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The UEFA chief joked that the voting extension was to please Cristiano Ronaldo and suggested that a Spanish player should have won after World Cup 2010.
Barcelona forward Messi helped his side win La Liga with his stunning goal haul last season. Ronaldo is the current favorite having shone bright for Real Madrid but lacks any silverware, while winger Ribery starred as Bayern Munich romped to treble success in 2012-13.
Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Platini is in no doubt as to the favorites for the FIFA accolade, who he is unable to separate, and joked that the deadline extension for votes could have been for Ronaldo's sake after his public spat with Sepp Blatter.
"It seems that the favorites are Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ribery," he mused to AS. "The first two are very good and Ribery is the one who has won everything. They are three great players. The choice of the Ballon d'Or this year is the most difficult in the history of the trophy.
"The voting extension was a FIFA decision, though it happened to coincide with Portugal reaching the World Cup thanks to three goals from Ronaldo against Sweden.
He added, laughing: "It may be that FIFA has done it to please Cristiano..."
Platini also rued the fact that a Spanish player did not win the award after the nation won the 2010 World Cup, with Messi instead taking home the second of his current four Ballon d'Or titles.
"I do wonder about why [a Spain player didn't win]," the Frenchman added. "I agree that, in 2010, the Ballon d'Or winner should have been Spanish.
"Andres Iniesta, Xavi... For me, one of them deserved it. Messi won it and he is a great champion. But in 2010, for me, it had to be a player from Spain that lifted the trophy."
The Ballon d'Or award ceremony takes place on Jan. 13, with voting having closed on Nov. 29 after a two-week extension from the original date.


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Toxic clumps of hormone cause both types of diabetes: Study
Toxic hormones cause both types of diabetes. (Fotolia)
Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are both caused by the formation of toxic clumps of a hormone called amylin, a new study has found.
Insulin and amylin are produced in the pancreas and work together to regulate the body's response to food. If the body no longer produces them, blood sugar levels can rise.
Researchers from the University of Auckland and University of Manchester found some of the amylin can be deposited around cells in the pancreas as toxic clumps, killing cells, which causes diabetes.
Lead researcher Garth Cooper had previously shown the toxic clumps cause Type 2 diabetes, but his most recent research revealed the hormone clumps are also behind Type 1 diabetes.
The results, researchers say, suggest both types of diabetes could be slowed down and potentially reversed by medicines that stop amylin from forming toxic clumps.
The study was published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
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SANFORD — Heather LeBlanc led the Sanford High girls basketball team in scoring this past season with a total of 219 points.
LeBlanc, a senior, also led in steals with 40.
Morgan Fogg was second in scoring with 188 points, Sam Adams was third with 179 points, and Taylor Littlefield was fourth with 123.
Littlefield and Fogg were tied in steals with 30 apiece.
Adams led in 3-pointers with 33 during the regular season and 37 overall. She also led the team in assists with 52, followed by Littlefield with 37 and Fogg with 33.
Junior Shelby Paiement had the team's best free-throw percentage, connecting on 81 percent of her shots from the line. Adams was second with 73 percent, followed by Littlefield (66 percent) and Fogg (62 percent).
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Thanks for your post.Just a quick question. Does the G at the beginning of the name sound the same as it does in the English name George? Or does it sound more like it does at the start of the name Gore, like Al Gore?
More like Gore - with a gutteral "your"
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man i wish i never got doombringer now..
79% completion for me on that class, people hardly touch the generator when I'm in control.
Doombringer is underrated.
maybe i need to play him more but it seems i do fuck all defending and it's a cunt to hit anyone with the minigun cause i cant see due to the hugh sprites
I like doombringer, but I need to get better at leading shots.
Forget tribes, I want an earthsiege remake with joystick controls so I can actually beat it :(
Chirno's constant ghost-rating hurts me
Is the shrike supposed to be really fucked up when flying? I tried it for my first time and it was really fucked up, couldn't fly straight nor aim at all.
yeah it's shit and useless don't buy it
It is bugged when your machine can run the game well. For some reason its lot more difficult to control. Also the controls are invert by default
i played against sneakbear average at best that guy must have been going slow
People, it is time for shazbot. Join me in a glorious game of tribes.
Add me Im Burdmahn
I think this game is almost pay to 2 win with those 100k unlock.
Fuck the stealth spinfusor and thumper.
In comp play the SMGs are both better. Now the landmines, those are beast.
Get owned.
The thing that people forget is that non of the upgrades can be bought with gold.
You played against me? Don't you play on the US servers?
I have bought none of the weapons yet. I plan on getting the stuff for raider and soldier. I don't care for any of the super expensive weapons. My Sentinel is fully unlocked for stock gear, do great each map.
Finally realized that the steam overlay allows you to take screenshots fullscreen without being messed up. So much easier to take pictures now.
Going faster makes it easier for base turrets to hit you, actually.
Fuck, Ive been trying to purchase preorder vip all week and I now try putting credit card on a new paypal account and chose 30 day booster instead of VIP, now I don't have money for the preorder vip. fuck dicks.
Going fast makes you follow smoother curves, which are easier to follow. Kill the turrets or generator first. Turrets are only a big problem on Bella Nova, they cover most of the base, like they should.
Really? I found the turrets on Bella Nova to be the easiest to avoid when grabbing.
He's been "bragging" about sniping on eu servers if I remember right
When I go faster, the base turrets can touch me; You are going too slow
Basically, the turret targets by extrapolating from your current velocity and position to determine where you'll be at any given time, and then uses its projectile velocity to determine what position along that time-path will result in a collision between projectile and target. If you're screaming along at 200kph, your ability to change course is fairly limited- the turret can fire at its calculated point, and you have very little time to adjust course sufficiently to dodge it. If you're on the ground, however, and start moving, the turret will fire in front of you, but then it's very easy to jet or reverse direction and have it miss entirely.
The faster you're going, the less your course can be altered in a given amount of time. Hence why turrets splatter Pathfinders zipping along in straight lines more than they kill Juggs dancing around on foot.
Turrets are pretty much useless if you're skipping, and it doesn't make you lose any speed from what I can see.
Weird. The only Sentinel who I've played against that was any good was some dude named "Plipper", if he's him then wow, impressed. But if not then I don't know who he is.
Nah he's Cirno ingame afaik, thus he's an idiot anyway
Oh well, can't have been that good, otherwise I'd recognise the name. Shamefru dispray.
The game isn't really Pay 2 Win, just hilariously overpriced.
unless you have the thrust pack thing and/or idiot unclocked infils trying to get into their gen room who distract the turret
Any tips for sentinel (first class i bought)...Sniper rifle has ridiculously low damage and zoom...
move with wasd when aiming for fine aim, it moves a few pixels at a time so you can hit small targets (also you can zoom in with scroll)
i switch servers when theres no good players in open games on US servers
Chirno is your in-game nick?
I'll look out for you, because I honestly don't remember playing with or against you. When was this? Weeks ago?
its cirno and i only played against you like 3 times and you were average and it was like 2 weeks ago maybe? idk maybe more?
Don't remember your name at all, sorry.
2 weeks ago I wasn't playing Sentinel much at all, mainly Soldier or Tech. If you remember me sniping 2 weeks ago then it was probably someone else, I've seen a few people with similar names to me "FancyBear" for example.
Should I get brute or raider? I don't really want to go fast as much as I just want to be a force to be reckoned with.


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Ronald D. Moore — a driving force behind the acclaimed "Battlestar Galactica" reboot — is turning Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" novels into an original series for Starz.
The premium cable network has ordered 16 episodes ahead of a 2014 premiere. The series begins filming in Scotland this fall.
The news was expected since Moore began staffing a writers room in May and Gabaldon let word of the series order slip at Book Expo America 2013.
Gabaldon's genre-hopping series already spans seven books, with an eighth due this fall. It follows combat nurse Claire Randall who is transported through time from 1945 to 1743 and forced to marry a Scottish warrior. The mysterious event leaves her torn between her husband in the 20th century and her new life in the 18th century.
"We are thrilled to be bringing 'Outlander' to Starz next year," Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said in a statement. "Diana has created an incredibly compelling heroine, thrust into a very complex world, not to mention, time. The books weave a fascinating tapestry of history, spirituality, love and honor, not to mention plenty of time travel, sex and warfare."
Moore added, "I'm very excited to have the opportunity to bring these books to life. Diana's created a rich and textured world filled with intriguing characters, and I believe that Starz is the perfect home for her story. I think we'll make something that the millions of fans of these books will enjoy and recognize as 'Outlander.'"


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Please Note: During a campfire ban, smoking is restricted in all public areas of a park or protected area. Please read this Information Bulletin [PDF 79KB].
- Access to this park is by active logging roads. The chance of encountering loaded logging trucks while traveling these roads is highly likely. Logging trucks have the right of way at all times. Drivers should use caution and yield to logging trucks; use pullouts whenever possible. Visitors should carry a full-sized spare tire.
- The banks along the river are extremely steep with canyon sections, creating hazards. Please use caution when hiking along the river's edge.
Nitinat River Provincial Park
About This Park
The Nitinat River carves through this lush forest, creating a series of spectacular falls and quiet pools perfect for viewing steelhead and salmon. While these deep pools within the canyon are closed to anglers, fishing is possible in the area around the Nitinat River bridge pool.This scenic wilderness park, which protects a variety of rare and endangered plant species, has no developed camping or day-use facilities, aside from a rough, unmaintained route leading from the roadside to the river.
Nitinat River Park can be reached by logging road from the communities of Port Alberni, Cowichan Lake and Port Renfrew.
Park Size: 160 hectares
Location and Maps
Please note: Any maps listed are for information only – they may not represent legal boundaries and should not be used for navigation. Nitinat River Provincial Park is located above Nitinat Lake, northwest of Port Renfrew on southern Vancouver Island. The park can be accessed via Port Alberni, Cowichan Lake or Port Renfrew along the Nitinat Main logging road. Two sites – Nitinat River Falls and Nitinat River bridge pool – are located approximately 8 and 15 km southwest of Cowichan Lake, accessed via logging roads. Nearby communities include: Cowichan Lake, Duncan, Port Alberni, Port Renfrew.Nature and Culture
- Conservation / Wildlife: Nitinat River Provincial Park protects 160 hectares of rainforest and riparian habitat for several endangered species, including threatened plant species such as Scouler's corydalis and the tooth-leaved monkey flower. The park protects an important stretch of the Nitinat River system, including spawning grounds of summer steelhead, winter steelhead, sea-run Cutthroat and Rainbow trout, and chum, coho and Chinook salmon.
Nitinat River Falls protects old-growth Douglas fir and Western hemlock forest and deep river pools important for summer steelhead, as well as winter range for Roosevelt elk.
Management Planning
Management Planning Information- An approved purpose statement and zoning plan for Nitinat River Provincial Park [PDF 116KB] is available in pdf format.
Activities Available at this Park
There are no designated campsites at this park, however random wilderness camping is allowed. No facilities are provided. Please practice "Leave No Trace" camping ethics.
The Nitinat River is home to steelhead, salmon and a variety of fresh water species. The pools within the canyon are closed to fishing, while the Nitinat River bridge pool is an open area for fishing. Fishing is permitted as per provincial and federal fishing regulations.
For up-to-date information, all anglers should check all current and relevant Freshwater (Non Tidal) Sport Fishing Regulations Synopsis and Tidal Water Sport Fishing Regulations, including the appropriate licensing requirements, prior to fishing. Click here for links to this information.
For up-to-date information, all anglers should check all current and relevant Freshwater (Non Tidal) Sport Fishing Regulations Synopsis and Tidal Water Sport Fishing Regulations, including the appropriate licensing requirements, prior to fishing. Click here for links to this information.
Pets on Leash
Pets/domestic animals must be on a leash at all times and are not allowed in beach areas or park buildings. You are responsible for their behaviour and must dispose of their excrement. Backcountry areas are not suitable for dogs or other pets due to wildlife issues and the potential for problems with bears.
Wildlife Viewing
Nitinat River Park provides excellent viewing opportunities of steelhead and salmon in the pools below the falls above Parker Creek. Rare plant species and old-growth Douglas fir and Western hemlock can also be seen in the park. Also of note is the river itself, which carves through this lush forest in a series of spectacular falls and quiet, clear pools.
Facilities Available at this Park
Walk-In/Wilderness Camping
There are no designated campsites at this park, however random wilderness camping is allowed. No facilities are provided. Please practice "Leave No Trace" camping ethics.


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By Sheena Barnett
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OXFORD – More filmmakers are coming to the Oxford Film Festival than ever before.
The festival, now in its 11th year, will screen more than 75 films, including feature-length narratives, documentaries, shorts, animation, experimentals and music videos.
"We have 78 films, and for every single film we have (someone) representing them," said the festival's director, Molly Fergusson. "This will be our most filmmakers ever."
The Oxford Film Festival kicks off tonight at Thacker Mountain Radio at The Lyric Oxford, with a screening of the festival's 4th annual Community Film Project, "Killer Kudzu."
That event's free.
The movie screenings begin at 11 a.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday, all at the Malco Oxford Commons.
"The quality of our submissions has gotten a lot stronger. We received more submissions than we've ever gotten – 525," Fergusson said.
Friday night's films include the narrative feature "Someone Marry Barry."
"Supernatural" star Misha Collins' short film, "TSA America: Level Orange" will screen before it.
Other films screened over the weekend include:
• "West of Elvis," a documentary about Graceland Too;
• the comedy "Father-Like Son," about a 24-year-old whose mom marries a man his age;
• the short doc "Herd in Iceland," about the Icelandic horse, directed by New York Times photo editor Lindsay Blatt;
• "Jimbo Mathus: Finding Your Roots," a film about the Mississippi musician;
• "Dance Like No One's Watching," a documentary about competitive Country/Western dancing in the gay community;
• the short film "The Horrible Life of Dr. Ghoul," about a TV horror host;
• the short comedy "The Sidekick," starring "Parenthood" actor Jason Ritter and "Supernatural" stars Richard Speight Jr. and Rob Benedict.
Ritter and Speight will also speak at a panel, Splitting Time Between TV and Indie.
"They love independent film, but they make their living on TV," Fergusson said.
Speight showcased an indie film at OFF last year and is also a judge for the festival this year.
Emmy-nominated animator Kent Osborne, best known for "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Adventure Time," will speak on an animation panel, and musicians and producers such as Scott Bomar and Hummie Mann will speak on a panel about scoring films.
One of the perks of OFF, Fergusson said, is that movie-lovers can meet the filmmakers whose movies they see.
"You can come to the festival and talk to any filmmaker you want," she said. "I think what's made the festival successful is that people enjoy themselves. We don't take ourselves too seriously. Our focus is that people have fun."
• What: 11th annual Oxford Film Festival
• When: Tonight-Sunday
• Where: Tonight's event is at The Lyric Oxford; movie screenings will be at the Malco Oxford Commons; panels at Oxford Conference Center; parties and award ceremonies at The Lyric Oxford
• Cost: $8/block of films, $15/day pass, $12/student day pass, $30/three-day pass, $25/student three-day pass, $50/party upgrade for Friday and Saturday nights, $25/party upgrade for either Friday or Saturday
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Game 17
Furman Series History
• Wednesday's game is the 29th all-time between Duke and Furman and first since the 1998 campaign ... The Blue Devils hold a 22-6 record against the Paladins.
Duke vs. SoCon
• Duke brings a 193-77-2 all-time mark versus teams currently in the Southern Conference into Wednesday's tilt: Appalachian State (4-3), The Citadel (4-3), Davidson (106-30-1), Elon (31-20), Furman (22-6), Georgia Southern (0-0), Samford (0-0), UNC Greensboro (7-6), Western Carolina (1-4) and Wofford (18-5-1) ... The Blue Devils fell 8-9 in 12 innings at UNC Greensboro Feb. 18 in the front end of a home-and-home series ... Duke and UNCG square off for a second time Apr. 22 in Durham.


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Bulgars were originally a Turkic-speaking tribe that then merged with Slavic tribes they conquered in the area of present-day Bulgaria and took over their language. The Turks then conquered them in the 14th C., influencing the language for several centuries so that modern Bulgarian has many words from Greek and Turkish.Sevda is from the Turkish root sevgi/sevi meaning 'love' and would mean 'loved'. The 'precious' meaning you got inevitably relates to the expanded translation 'loved, cherished' as one would cherish and love something that was precious to them. It all leads back to the same, ultimately Turkish, source.
My Turkish ex always called me sevgilim (sounds much prettier in spoken Turk - sev-jhee-lim) which means 'darling' or 'beloved', from the same sevgi root. Clearly your daughter was very much loved by whoever named her in Bulgaria :o)
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With a nod to the wonderful Dave Maddux arrangement written for the vocal group First Call, Bob Curnow has created a gorgeous version for big band. Every jazz group needs Christmas charts to perform, and this one is beautiful in its simplicity and overall effect. It begins quietly in a jazz chorale style and gradually builds to a dramatic climax followed by a sonorous ending. There are no solos. Turn off the house lights, put the spotlight on your band, and you will be able to hear a pin drop when you finish this beautiful arrangement. Very highly recommended!
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viernes, 15 de julio de 2011
harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 reviews
For the final film in the Potter series, which opens Friday, director David Yates and his team exercised restraint throughout. The result? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is 3-D done right.
Stereoscope expert Hugh Murray, who supervised the Hallows 3-D conversion, explained the filmmakers' strategy in an e-mail to Wired.com.
"David's guiding aesthetic was that a 3-D film should be no more than a richer visual telling of the story and never a distraction," Murray said. "If you're reacting to a 3-D gimmick, you can't simultaneously be lost in the narrative."
Unlike the eight-week rush job that delivered a critically underwhelming Clash of the Titans conversion last year, Murray and the 3-D vendors spent seven months on Deathly Hallows Part 2, adjusting their calibrations to conform with a two-pronged, story-driven approach.
"David wanted us to be quite conservative during character-centered scenes, like during the Shell Cottage sequence at the beginning of the film, and to let it rip in the big set pieces like the dragon escape and the battle for Hogwarts," Murray said.
With dozens of 3-D flicks opening in coming months, one can only hope other filmmakers learn from Harry Potter's final trick: Start with a good film, dust with subtle stereoscopic visuals and stir gently to make movie magic.
The formula could come straight from the Deathly Hallows Part 2 style guide. Titled "Keeping It Real," the filmmakers' manual stressed the notion that even in a fantastical universe, certain rules of perception dictate whether the human eye is going to buy a given effect as an organic enhancement or reject it as cheesy exaggeration.
"The Potter universe requires you to believe that this is a real world, parallel to ours, that just runs by a different set of rules," Murray said. "It's critical that the 3-D doesn't undo that sense of the magical version of the ordinary. So no gimmicks, no impossible spaces."
3-D, or Not 3-D
Both installments of Deathly Hallows were filmed as a single production, so last November's 2-D-only Part 1 and Friday's finale share identical creative DNA. As such, the films offer a rare opportunity to compare visual design with, and without, 3-D.
Part 1's handsome action vistas evoke a sense of spectacle without any 3-D enhancement. Death Eaters soaring through the darkened skies in pursuit of Harry and his airborne motorcycle sidecar come across as a wondrous interlude. The sequence unveiling six Harry Potter clones, and the trio's mystical encounters in the Forest of Dean, enchant in two dimensions.
'It's critical that the 3-D doesn't undo that sense of the magical version of the ordinary.'
Would these scenes gain a little oomph from stereoscopic depth-of-field? Maybe, but the film conjures a sense of adventure thanks to time-honored assets including high-end cinematography, costumes, makeup and music.
By extension, Part 2's epic Hogwarts battle scenes, dragon flights and wand-on-wand showdowns would look plenty dramatic in 2-D, to the point where moviegoers who want to save a couple bucks on the ticket price likely won't feel short-changed if they skip the 3-D screening.
Part 2 disproves the old lipstick-on-a-pig pop music truism about "fixing it in the mix." 3-D might make a good movie better, but it can't make a bad movie good. If the core story, cinematography and characters fail to ignite interest in 2-D, extra depth-of-field will probably only compound the mess. Even if Green Lantern had the world's most sophisticated 3-D effects, the alien space cops and obligatory fight scenes would have fallen flat because they weren't that compelling to begin with. Clash of the Titans likewise suffered from shallow story and performances that couldn't be rescued by adding the illusion of depth. Oficina de Abogados en Republica Dominicana
Only once during the 2 hour, 10 minute Deathly Hallows Part 2 do the filmmakers go whole hog with the 3-D, and that's at the very end.
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Prize Recipient
Yuen-Ron Shen
University of California, Berkeley
"For his contributions to the basic understanding of the interaction of light with matter, and for his development of novel linear and nonlinear techniques for pioneering studies of semiconductors, liquid crystals, surfaces and interfaces."
Dr. Shen received his BS degree from the National Taiwan University in 1956 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1963. After a year of postdoctoral work at Harvard, he was appointed to the physics faculty of the University of California at Berkeley where he has been ever since. He has also been associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1966. Dr. Shen's research interest is in the broad area of interaction of light with matter. He was involved in the early development of nonlinear optics, searching for basic understanding of various nonlinear optical phenomena. He is the author of the book, The Principles of Nonlinear Optics. He has applied nonlinear optics to studies of materials of all phases from gas and liquid to liquid crystal and solid. He has been interested in developing novel linear and nonlinear optical techniques for exploration of new areas of research. In recent years, he has been focusing on the development of surface nonlinear optical spectroscopies and their applications to many neglected, but important, areas of surface science.
Dr. Shen was a Sloan Fellow, a Gugggenheim Fellow, and a Humboldt Awardee. He has received several prestigious awards including the Charles H. Townes Award of the Optical Society of America in 1986, the 1992 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize of the American Physical Society, and the Max Planck Research Prize of the Max Planck Society, Germany in 1996. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the Academia Sinica. He also is a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.


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You'd think that planning a trip from South America to Australia/New Zealand (just a wee little hop across the pacific ocean – in the same hemisphere and everything) with frequent flyer miles three months in advance would have been easy.
It wasn't. In fact, it was impossible.
Here's what happened, and how you can learn from my (sordid) experience.
Rule #1: Use Miles for Long-Haul Flights in Business Class
I discovered the virtues of frequent flyer miles in 2010 after capitalizing on a US Airways promotion that resulted in enough frequent flyer miles to fly long-haul around the world in business class. Since then, I've become something of a flight snob, ensuring that most if not all of my long-haul flights are in business class – for less than the price of equivalent economy tickets.
That was my plan this time around too (in fact, the original article I drafted on this topic was entitled "How I Saved Over $10,000 on Business Class Flights").
My plan was to fly from Peru to Australia/New Zealand for a two month reprise down under, a place I've been itching to revisit for the last few years since living there on and off from 2008-2010. The timing was perfect; I'd escape the worst of the rainy season in Peru and enjoy summer down under.
I had 60,000 US Airways frequent flyer miles from years gone by; not enough for the trip, but I knew that I could purchase the extra miles needed and still pay way less than I would to book the trip with cash – even in economy.
But after two full weeks of award-booking tribulations, speaking to 15 different US Airways agents and eating up over 12 hours of talk time (not to mention the time I spent on hold, the dropped calls, and so on), I had to concede that my plan was flawed.
Rule #2: Get Help
I abhor booking flights – with miles or otherwise. The whole industry is shrouded in a veil of mystery that makes it overly difficult to find the right flights at the right prices when paying cash, and often to find any flights at all when paying with miles.
With a smattering of miles across five different airline accounts, I didn't even know where to begin in finding an itinerary that would ultimately deliver me from Peru to Australia/New Zealand. Do I go open jaw? Or create a stopover? And how do I find flights with seats available?
So I enlisted some help.
Max Frankel of Max Points introduced himself to me with uncanny timing. (Lucky for me, and unlucky for him once we dug our teeth into my grandiose plans).
For consumers and frequent flyer mile enthusiasts, Max Points offers two services:
- Credit Card Rewards Maximization involves a consultation about your everyday expenses and spending habits, that results in an individualized plan to transform your everyday spending into a frequent flyer mile generating machine. ($150)
- Flight Finder is about finding your dream itinerary based on the miles you have in your accounts. Once he sources and sends you the itinerary you need to call the airline's rewards agent to book the flights right away since availabilities can change on a dime. (Prices start at $25, and you don't pay until you have an itinerary).
I received a free Flight Finder consultation from Max, but even taking into account the expense of using an award booking service, the savings (would have been) substantial.
Rule #3: Book as Far in Advance as Possible
I would have thought that booking an awards ticket three months in advance was such stellar planning (and so unlike me) that it would be a cinch. Turns out that award seats for flights to Australia and New Zealand – in the height of their summer holidays – fill up 11 months in advance. So any logical routing you could imagine was impossible. Max had to do some very fancy footwork using his magic flight comparison searching abilities to find an itinerary.
Why couldn't I just call the airline and have them do the searching, you ask? Because most agents don't have the creativity or patience to explore all the options with their partner airlines, and their search engines are less superior to what Max Points and other award booking services can provide.
Rule #4: Get Creative
Eventually however, we found an itinerary that was going to work; it involved flying through Brazil and Doha enroute, and through Kuala Lumpur and Brazil on the way back.
Slightly out of the way? Yes. But I didn't mind, because it created opportunities for some interesting layovers and a stopover in Brazil. In business class it's far from a hardship, with not only the ability to catch some proper shut-eye on the luxurious flights, but also to wile away the hours between flights in the comforts of fancy airport lounges.
Rule #5: Buy the Extra Miles You Need
So, with these flights on hold and an assurance from the (6th thus far) US Airways agent I spoke to that the itinerary was valid, I took advantage of a US Airways promotion and spent $1,700 (after taxes) on the extra 60,000 miles required to book the trip. (To put this purchase into perspective, if I paid in cash I'd have spent over $2,400 for the flights in economy, and this purchase ensured I'd get there in business class – which would have cost $6,500-$12,000).
This is where things got really ugly.
Rule #6: Hang up and Call Again
After purchasing the miles, I gleefully called US Airways to ticket the itinerary we had on hold. "No can do," they said. The itinerary wasn't valid, but they couldn't exactly tell me why.
So I thanked them, hung up, and called back with the hopes of getting a different story from another agent (this is standard practice in frequent flyer mile circles). The next agent concurred that the itinerary wasn't valid, but gave me a different reason.
The next four agents gave me different reasons again.
Some of the excuses I got for the itinerary not being valid included:
- I have two stopovers – one in Sao Paulo, and one in Melbourne. (They didn't want to understand that Melbourne was my destination, not a stopover).
- This route doesn't take me over the Pacific Ocean. (Excuse me)?
- It's not the most direct route. (Never been a problem before, especially if there's no availability on the direct route).
- The return leg has too many miles. (Never mind the fact that the outward leg was actually more miles).
- It's too many segments each way. (Five segments are typically allowed, and mine was four).
The real problem, which only a few US Airways agents would allude to, was that US Airways is in the process of merging with American Airlines, and with a different airline alliance and new regulations to get used to, nobody knew which way was up.
Rule #7: Escalate
After speaking with agents and supervisors alike, all of whom gave me a different sob-story as to why I couldn't book this trip, the gloves came off. I asked for supervisors, and for supervisors' supervisors. I made it to the tippy-top of the supervisor tree, to a woman I spent 2.5 hours with trying to find a valid itinerary (an exercise I'd been through fruitlessly with numerous agents before her but maybe – just maybe – she would find a solution. She didn't).
I pleaded. I had just spent $1,700 on frequent flyer miles on the promise that the itinerary I had on hold was valid and bookable. The purchase was non-refundable, and I had no flights to show for this exorbitant expense.
I even threatened. I informed the tippy-top supervisor of my influence and audience, and how I didn't want to have to tell this story to the world at large. (As I'm doing right now).
All to no avail. Even the tippy-top of the supervisor tree was powerless; she said even if she could find a way to ticket this "invalid" itinerary, I could be denied boarding.
In the end, I got 5,000 free miles for the inconvenience.
End of story.
Conclusion – The Real Rules of Booking Flights With Frequent Flyer Miles
Many of the rules above are old hat; I've used them before and they've served me well. I've purchased miles to fly in business class for well under the cost of flying in economy. I've hung up and called different agents to easily accomplish what the previous agent was incapable of. And although I thought I was booking well in advance this time, apparently to fly down under in the high season, "advance" means 11 months in advance, not three months.
Unfortunately this whole situation ate up an entire week (and then some), between the many phone calls to US Airways, the dozens of emails back and forth with Max, and the stress and frustration that completely and utterly consumed me.
Some colleagues have suggested that I close my US Airways account and tell them to go to hell. Although tempting, having just spent $1,700 on miles I couldn't use or get refunded, it's not a viable solution; at some point I'm going to have to go to bat with them again, but I'll wait until the merger with American Airlines is complete first (and pray that my miles aren't devaluated in the process).
In addition to the rules above, there is but one more golden rule to booking flights with frequent flyer miles – or even with cash: be prepared for your plans to change. I've learned this lesson over and over again in different incantations, but once again I was clobbered with it.
Despite my best intentions and plans, I'm simply not meant to visit New Zealand and Australia this time around. You can only come up against so many obstacles before it's time to reevaluate, and consider the possibility that something better is around the corner once you open yourself up to the possibilities.
And although this all sounds very zen of me, I still get nauseous when I consider the $1700 I wasted on US Airways miles with nothing to show for it, and the injustice of the entire process I endured with numerous idiotic agents in the throes of a merger.
But really, there's nothing more I can do, other than to move on and be thankful for this lesson.
Next stop: who knows. But wherever it is, it'll be good.


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A Hedge Fund Wants to Teach PetSmart Some New Tricks
byPetSmart is in the doghouse with one of its biggest shareholders.
The pet-goods retailer has been hurt of late by aggressive sales at Amazon.com's Wag unit and by rival Petco, the third big player in U.S. pet retail. New York hedge fund Jana Partners is agitating for changes after building a 9.9 percent stake in PetSmart, which it disclosed on Thursday. Jana, a $10 billion firm run by Barry Rosenstein, said in a regulatory filing that it would pursue discussions with management, directors, and other shareholders about changes that could include a sale of the company.
PetSmart shares jumped 15 percent on the news. The stock had declined almost 18 percent this year, in part because of weakening sales. In May, PetSmart reported a 0.6 percent decline in same-store sales—a first in 28 years for the Phoenix-based retailer. The company needs to fix its operational performance and capital structure and improve its financial returns to shareholders, according to Jana's filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In a statement on Thursday, PetSmart said it "welcomes open communications with its shareholders and values constructive input toward the goal of enhancing shareholder value."
One template that Jana is no doubt considering: the changes made by Petco as a private company. The rival retailer was acquired in 2006 for about $1.7 billion by private equity firms Leonard Green & Partners and Texas Pacific Group. Petco has roughly 24,000 employees, compared with about 53,000 at PetSmart.
One big question that PetSmart management—and investors—will need to weigh as Jana presses for changes is whether the staple pet-care business will migrate online with only specialty stores likely to remain. Fido may need food overnight, but PetSmart may not need more than 1,300 stores to stave off such hunger pains. When millions of people—encouraged by Amazon and other Web retailers—decide that schlepping pet food and cat litter from store to car to house is a silly exercise, how does PetSmart protect its margins? And how many retail stores are necessary in that type of competitive landscape?


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Glendora is nestled at the base of the scenic San Gabriel Mountains, in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County. Located approximately 27 miles from downtown Los Angeles, Glendora offers convenient access to major commercial, cultural, educational and recreational areas in Southern California.
Founded in 1887, Glendora was officially incorporated as a City in 1911. The City remained a small citrus-producing community until the late 1950s, when agriculture gave way to large scale residential development.
Today, more than 50,000 residents enjoy Glendora's excellent public and private schools, lush parks, comprehensive community services and one of the lowest crime rates in Los Angeles County.
Glendora's diversified business community ranges from the downtown "Village," where personalized service is provided by several owner-operated retail stores, to corporate headquarters of major U.S. and international firms--including Rain Bird Sprinkler Manufacturing Company and the National Hot Rod Association.
Glendora is also one of Southern California's most attractive residential communities, with a variety of homes, from cozy turn-of-the-century cottages to prestigious executive hillside estates.
Quality education, both public and private, is yet another shining attribute of the Glendora community. According to 1994-95 State testing results, Glendora High School students scored 30-50 percent higher than State averages in reading, writing and math. In addition, a recent graduate follow-up survey showed that approximately 80 percent of Glendora High School graduates go on to higher education.
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Washington mudslide death toll 'not simple' to calculate
28 March 2014 Last updated at 17:27 GMT
The number of fatalities in a mudslide in Washington state will rise "substantially" in the next two days, authorities say.
Sixteen bodies have been recovered and at least 90 people remain missing after the 177ft (54m) wall of mud hit the town of Oso, north of Seattle.
Local fire chief Travis Hots defended the delay in releasing a specific death toll saying: "there are processes we are going through".


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Learning What Food Is
These days so much of our food comes in a pouch/box/can from the store shelf it's no wonder some kids don't recognize basic fruits and veggies in their unprocessed form. It's important to me that our kids know where their food comes from and how it's produced. Living in a city it does take some deliberate effort to help make those connections. Here are the ways we try to give a well-rounded view of the food that is served on our table:
· Shopping at farmers' markets. Ideally, we like the meet the people who grow our food and make small talk about how crops are looking this season - but even a walk through the produce section at the grocery store or getting a CSA box can spur some conversations about seasonality and new fruits and veggies to try together.
· Cooking together. Seeing the whole process from raw ingredients to a delicious meal helps demystify food. It also gets kids invested in the meal and much more likely to try new foods.
· Visiting farms. From pumpkin/berry picking to seeing goats and cows - visiting farms (or even a neighbor with a chicken coop) helps make the connection from farm to table.
· Growing some edibles in a container garden. Our second floor apartment doesn't allow me to have my dream raised beds that grow a good chunk of our food - but we do always have some pots in the window with herbs or berries along with some tomatoes on the balcony in the summer.
· Making convenience items from scratch. We still buy jars of jam and cartons of ice-cream from the store - but we try to make these things on our own from time to time as well. Whether it's cultivating some yogurt in the crock-pot or baking a loaf of bread - I want our family to think, "I can make that!" when it comes to most of our grocery list.
How do you teach your kids about where their food comes from?
I do have conversations with my youngest son when we go shopping for produce and he is curious when I am cooking dinner. Last night he was asking about the spaghetti I was making, so I told him that I cook the sauce and the noodles separate and then combine them together at the end before we eat.
our home actually backs up to a 54 acre farm so dd actually has learned alot about where our food comes from. The neighbor who owns the farm lets her come up and feed the animals, milk the cows and even pick some of the crops.
We also have our own smaller garden that we plant every year and dd loves that. She loves eating vegetables that she plants and picks herself


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Brian Wilson meets Barack Obama
July 25th, 2011, 8:33 am by Sam Miller, The Orange County RegisterThe San Francisco Giants will meet President Barack Obama today. It will be on television. Brian Wilson is a San Francisco Giant. Brian Wilson will be on television. Which means Brian Wilson will do something wacky while meeting President Barack Obama today.
But what, exactly? Almost certainly one of these three things:
"Are you sure you were on that team?" President Barack Obama asked Barry Zito. "You're very famous. I'd think I would remember you pitching in the World Series."
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Monastic scribes, printing presses, Shakespeare, the Industrial Revolution, planes, trains, automobiles, cargo ships, Einstein, satellites, astronauts, and, finally, moon rovers. What does this centuries-long arc of technological and cultural progress eventually lead to? Too much paperwork!
That's the message delivered by Paperwork Explosion, the 1967 corporate movie masterpiece produced by IBM and an unlikely collaborator: Muppet founding father Jim Henson. But don't fear. The film also offers a way of dealing with the world's paperwork explosion: IBM hardware! "Machines can do all the work," says one Clark Kent-like IBMer, dressed in the company's standard uniform: dark suit, dark tie, and white shirt.
Well, they can do at least part of the work. After all, this is the 1960s, when the computer revolution was still in its infancy. The film isn't pitching the digitization of our paperwork. It just wants you to know that IBM machines can help you deal with paperwork faster. These machines include things like the Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter and Selectric Composer, something that, according to Big Blue, could help you record stuff on paper four times faster than you could with a good old fashioned pen and two times faster than someone dictating to a highly skilled secretary. The new typewriter — which you can think of as a primitive word processor — could deliver a whopping 150 words per minute. And those 150 words are error-free!
'Machines should work. People should think.'
You may not realize it, but in the 1960s, Jim Henson created a series of commercials and short films for a wide range of companies — from AT&T to Getty Oil — with most exploring the often tenuous relationship between man and the world's ever-evolving machines. Paperwork Explosion fits right into this corporate movie collection. Though it's a bit more buttoned-down that some of the others — there's not a single Muppet in sight! — it retains that familiar Henson flair. "It's kind of serious a piece in terms of trying to sell products," says Karen Falk, the archives director at the Jim Henson Company, the outfit that oversees the legacy of the man who created Kermit the Frog and Fozzie the Bear and Miss Piggy, "but very slightly, Jim is trying to make fun of it as well."
Our favorite bit is the old codger in the cornfield who informs us that we can't stop progress. Amidst all the middle-aged corporate minions — lawyers, accountants, secretaries in cat glasses, executives, engineers, and, yes, IBMers in dark suits — the codger periodically pops up to break the Big Blue monotony. But we also love the almost hypnotic closing montage. It accelerates from people mouthing entire sentences to shorter phrases to, finally, just words. Together, their rapid-fire mutterings form a single message: "Machines should work. People should think."
Then Henson cuts back to the codger in the cornfield. "So I don't do much work anymore," he says, holding a pipe. "I'm too busy thinking."
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Gossip is an intriguing novel. The reader will enjoy the novel if she likes a novel which moves slowly for the most part but which ends with a lot of tension and angst. Although the pacing of the novel is unpredictable, it is still a good read and well-worth the reader's time.
Most women will be able to relate to the authenticity of Loviah Walker since many women are similar to her. She has universal fears, feelings, and emotions. She lives a fairly solitary life, except for her few girlhood friends. But Loviah is a strong willed woman who knows her path in life.
Gutcheon showcases the complexities of the different friendships and how they interact over the short-term and long-term. Together the friends go through a lot. They experience marriages, divorce, motherhood, betrayal, trust, and intimacy. What I love about the narrator is that she is so honest about her inner feelings. I felt drawn into the narrative's psyche, and that really gave the story a real intimacy.
Another theme in the novel is how the two opposing friends, Dinah and Avis, endure many hardships to remain friends with Loviah. Some of the sacrifices might seem difficult to fathom, but it is great to see how friends stick with each other through thick and thin. That is great message for us today since our friendships tend to be very transitory and short-lived.
I like Gossip a lot. At first, I wanted to read the book because of its intriguing title. But as I kept reading the book, I realized that the novel was about so much more than gossip. There are some important messages contained within the pages of the story. Anyone who is interested in human relationships and what makes them tick should read this book.
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text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Iria is invested with a frontier spirit due to her upbringing on the fringe of civilization. She's also short-tempered and occasionally unsure of her own feelings, especially towards Ruca who she meets during the game's opening. She is currently travelling the world to escape the antagonistic forces pursuing her, due to her status as an Avatar. She is accompanied by a creature named Coda, who resembles a monkey. Coda can speak, but rarely about anything that isn't related to his hunger for food.In battle, Iria favors water and healing magic and her dual pistols, which are able to chain together fast combos from a distance. She is ideally suited to stay as far away from the front line as possible.In her former life, she was Inanna, a high-ranking Ratio noblewoman and the lover of Asura. This relationship is what sparks the early interest Ruca and Iria have for one another, but Iria is troubled by memories that suggest Inanna was not as pure-hearted as she seemed.


text: Target Thinks "Plus-Size" Means Being Pregnant, ApparentlyRebecca "Burt" Rose1/05/14 9:30pmFiled to: weighty matterstargetclothing Plus sizeshopping24811EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkWondering why you always have such a hard time finding good plus-size options at retailer Target? Maybe it's because you're not pregnant!Thanks to one observant tipster, we now have even more proof of just how much trouble Target seems to have when it comes to providing clothing for its plus-size customers and marketing it to them. In this ad for what is actually a pretty cute dress, instead of opting for a real plus-sized model, Target used a maternity model, holding her belly. Oh, and just for the added boot of bullshit to make you pull your hair out, the plus-size version is an extra five bucks than the petite one, because of course extra fabric and yada yada yada. And still, they couldn't spring for the photo shoot with a plus-size model. Nice.Oh Target! Where plus-size women are nothing more than pregnant manatees, I guess.AdvertisementAdvertisementScreenshot via Target.comReply248 repliesLeave a reply


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It comes from Melissa Nkonda - an "also ran" in the now defunct Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol.
Melissa Nkonda (screenshot from "Nouveaux horizons" video)
Nkonda took part in season seven of Nouvelle Star in 2009, making it through to the final 15 and then the top 10 but being but eliminated just three weeks into the show's run.
That obviously didn't stop her though and a year later she entered the (non-televised) search for talent launched in 2010 by the French record label AZ, which belongs to the Universal group.
The 20-year-old ran out one of the joint winners of "Je veux signer chez AZ", landing a contract with the label and the chance to record an album.
Since then Nkonda has been on roll.
The album, "Nouveaux horizons", was released earlier this year and includes a track, "J'ai fait tout ça pour vous" featuring one of the most recently rising stars of the British music scene VV Brown and a version of Nkondo's first hit single also entitled "Nouveaux horizons" with the critically acclaimed French rapper, Soprano.
The original of that first single is a catchy, funky uptempo number with an infectious beat and sung in a mixture of English and French which has already been a Top 30 hit in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Not bad going from a singer who was all but overlooked by the voting public during Nouvelle Star.
Melissa Nkonda (screenshot from Je veux signer chez AZ video)
Oh yes the winner that year - Soan.
Now that was a triumph of audience power in determining a commercially successful artist.
Oh well, Nkonda, along with a fellow contestant from the same season - Camélia Jordana - is proof that TV talent shows certainly don't always get it right.
Here's "Nouveaux horizons".
Try not to tap you foot as you listen.
Bet you enjoyed that.
If you want to catch her in concert, check out the dates on her official website.


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In the giver, i guess headdresses and hair ribbons represent sameness. Does anyone know what page number it talks about the headdress because im not able to find it ?
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I know but, does anyone know a movie or book that also relate to sameness ?
September 20, 2012
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The Giver.At the age of 3, each child needs to have hair ribbons and for boy head dresses. Those are the community rules. But now i need to know what do the hair ribbons and hair dresses symbolize ? Why ? And how do they relate to the outside world or to a book or movie ? ...
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text: The Battlefield 3 Cheaters Are Coming Here? We Shall Double Our Efforts!Luke Plunkett1/13/12 3:00amFiled to: Battlefieldbattlefield 3EaDiceNewsKotakucore285EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Battlefield 3 is the first multiplayer shooter I've played regularly for years, but I've been on the cusp of tapping out lately because of all the cheats. Like guys in helicopters who hover at the edge of the map and deal out instant death. Advertisement "What, you can't get out of that flying tin can and come and face me like a man?" I scream as I clamber from the burning wreckage of my tank. "FACE ME YOU COWAR-" is all I get out next as instant death strikes my body as quickly as it did my vehicle.Anyway. Advertisement I'm not the only one, obviously, EA promising "Starting today, we will further intensify our efforts to hunt down and rid Battlefield 3 of cheaters. Stats wiping and banning this disruptive minority is the only way they will understand that they are ruining the game for others. We do this for the millions of dedicated players out there who deserve a fair game, every game."Let's hope it has an effect. I really, really like the game, and want my time with it to come to an end on my terms, not because some morons with a superiority complex want to break the rules.Battlefield 3 anti-cheat measures intensify [EA]Reply285 repliesLeave a reply


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A tense standoff with deputies ended with the arrest of an Indian Land man early Thursday, Feb. 28, after he allegedly fired a gun into a television and held a woman at gunpoint inside his home.
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1. She's come undone! While partying (what else?) at Movida in London last night, Kate Moss was the definition of worse for wear in more ways than one. The supermodel downed Pandor absinthe and hopped on the bar to bust a move, whilst her equally-bombed buddies danced on the sofas. When the festivities finally came to an end at 4:00 a.m., Moss ripped her sparkly Balmain dress as she stumbled out of her pal's car. We'd say it's about time to put down the bottle for good, Kate. (Daily Mail)
2. Who does he think he's fooling? Levi Johnston, who is considering taking the Palin fam to court in order to obtain custody of his son, spoke with Larry King on Wednesday (the episode airs tonight) and flat-out declined to answer questions pertaining to his former sex life with Bristol Palin.
"You know, Larry, that I'm a gentleman, you know," Levi stated when asked where sexual relations had taken place. "And I don't, you know, kiss and tell. So, you know, I don't think that really – that really matters."
And this is the same guy who had no problem telling Tyra Banks all about his interactions with his baby mama? Sounds like someone finally got to the self-professed gentleman! (People)
3. Hayden Panettiere had quite the scare after returning home from vacation on April 15. Though there was no sign of forced entry the Heroes actress' LA pad had clearly been burglarized. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that about $15,000 worth of jewelry was missing. Apparently "several" people had access to Panettiere's house, and an unknown individual had actually filed a theft report on April 10, five days prior to her arrival. Spooky! (Omg!)
4. Audrina Patridge has been turned into a billboard angel! The reality star, along with her puppy, posed for a PETA pet adoption ad that can be seen on Beverly Boulevard. On Wednesday she happily unveiled the latest print campaign which reads "Be an Angel for Animals – Always Adopt, Never Buy." Avid PETA supporter Pam Anderson is surely fuming, but that's what she gets for opening a steak house! (Gossip Girls)
5. While it was rumored that Madonna was dumping Jesus Luz for good, she and the boy toy enjoyed a dinner date in Manhattan yesterday evening. Their get-together marked the third time that the two have been seen together in a week. On Saturday Madge allowed Jesus to accompany her to the Kabbalah Centre, and on Monday they grabbed a bite at Ye Waverly Inn. So, what the heck happened with the 44-year-old millionaire Moses we keep hearing about? (The Hollywood Gossip)


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Immigrant rights activists rally in Escondido
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Dozens of people are holding a rally for immigrant rights in front of Escondido City Hall this morning. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has the story.
The rally got underway before eight this morning in front of a busy intersection in downtown Escondido.
Latinos of all ages took part in the protest. Most of them are members of a local Pentecostal church
They waved American flags at cars passing by. A group of people held up a massive American flag, measuring at least ten by ten feet.
Protester Grace Montoya says it's time to treat immigrants with respect.
Montoya: "I'm asking, actually I'm pleading with people to legalize them and have some heart. Because these people do not do any harm. All these people work and they pay their taxes."
Montoya says Latino immigrants love this country as much as anyone else.
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In this article, I am presenting a solution for solving and creating Sudoku puzzles with LINQ which is Microsoft's latest enhancement to the C# language.
The LINQ project is a code name for a set of language extensions to the .NET Framework 2.0 that encompass language-integrated query, set, and transformation operations. The extensions enable the construction of expressive and powerful expressions in SQL-like syntax. In fact, Dlinq which is a component of the LINQ project, provides direct translation between SQL and LINQ objects which makes programming database applications much easier. All LINQ programs are compiled into IL which can be run directly under .NET Framework. There is no interpreter required.
Sudoku is number puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to enter numerical digits from 1 to 9 in each cell of a 9x9 grid made up of 3x3 region (as marked grey). The puzzle starts with various digits in pre-determined cells as shown in left hand side of the following diagram. A solution of the puzzle must ensure that each 3x3 region, each row and each column, must contain all the numbers 1 to 9 as shown in the right hand side of the following diagram.
I will introduce some of the LINQ "query expression" used in this project in this section from the easiest to the more complex one. For complete reference, you can find it in C# Version 3.0 Specification (May 2006).
Query expression is a language integrated syntax for queries that is similar to relational and hierarchical query languages such as SQL and XQuery. A query expression begins with a from clause and ends with select or group clause. A query expression has 3 properties which are useful in programming.
IEnumerable<t />
Array<t />
List<t />
In the above points 2 and 3, type T is a compiler inferred and created anonymous type based on the select or group clause of the query expression. For example for the following code:
var smallNumbers = from n in numbers where n<5 select ( new { number=n, powerOf2=n*n }) ;
LINQ compiler will generate an anonymous type which canNOT be referenced anywhere in your code. It is shown as the following:
class __anonymouse_class { public int number; public int powerOf2; }
Then the following statement will loop through all the numbers that are less then 5 as stated in the query expression.
foreach( var n in smallNumbers ) Console.WriteLine(n.number + " " + n.powerOf2);
Internally the LINQ compiler translates query expression into invocations of methods that adhere to the query expression pattern. In our example, it will be translated into the following code:
smallNumbers = numbers.Where( n => n<5 ).Select( n => new { number=n, powerOf2=n*n });
n => n<5 is a Lambda expression. It can be written explicitly as (int n) => { return n<5; } which will be further translated into delegate type bool (int n) and anonymous method {return n<5;}. For details, please reference the C# Version 3.0 Specification (May 2006).
n => n<5
(int n) => { return n<5; }
bool (int n)
{return n<5;}
Before we start, let us look at another new feature in the C# version 3.0 called "implicitly typed local variable declaration". When a local variable declaration specifies var as the type and no type name var is in scope, the declaration is an implicitly type local variable declaration and the actual type of the local variable being declared is inferred from the expression used to initialize the variable. For example:
var i = 0 ; // same as: int i = 0 ; var s = "abc" ; // same as: string s = "abc" ; var sb = new StringBuilder() ; // same as: StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
Let us start with Sequence. Sequence.Range(1, 9) is a method call that returns a query expression which represents an array of number from 1 to 9.
Sequence.Range(1, 9)
var numbers = Sequence.Range(1, 9) ; foreach( var n in numbers ) Console.WriteLine(n);
select clause in the query expression specifies the type (or anonymous type) that will be returned. In the following case it is of type int.
var numbers = Sequence.Range(1, 9); var SameNumbers = from n in numbers select n; foreach( var n in SameNumbers ) Console.WriteLine(n);
Result:(same as the above output)
where clause in a query expression specifying a filtering condition of the query expression.
var numbers = Sequence.Range(1, 9) ; var smallNumbers = from n in numbers where n<5 select n ; foreach( var n in smallNumbers ) Console.WriteLine(n);
Except is a set operator which returns a query expression that has all the elements of a query expression but not in another query expression.
var numbers = Sequence.Range(1, 9) ; var smallNumbers = Sequence.Range(1, 4) ; var bigNumbers = numbers.Except(smallNumbers); foreach( var n in bigNumbers ) Console.WriteLine(n);
Fold is an aggregate operator which takes every elements in the query expression and does something about it. In our example, a temp variable r will be created and assigned to 0, and for each elements r = r + n will be evaluated. Result will be assigned to variable sum.
r = r + n
var numbers = Sequence.Range(1, 9) ; var sum = numbers.Fold(0, (r, n) => r+n); Console.WriteLine("The sum is: "+sum);
A puzzle is represented in a one dimensional array (int []). The value of each cell can be 1 to 9 or 0 if the cell is empty. One dimensional array was chosen for easy data manipulation/transformation using LINQ language constructors as it is easy to implement a 16x16 puzzle solver and generator without changing much of the code. A Sudoku puzzle is declared as the following code:
int []
int [] sudokuPuzzle = { 0, 7, 1, 0, 9, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 5, 0, 1, 0, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 2, 0, 8, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 6, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 4, 0, 3, 5, 0 };
The main routine is solvePuzzle which takes a puzzle as the single input parameter. Other auxiliary input variables will be used to determined the size of the puzzle, termination condition, whether we try to solve the puzzle by trying numbers in random order. Output variables are the return value of the solvePuzzle, true if it finds a solution and false if it finds no solution. Also it will set a variable if more than 1 solution found. It is mainly for generation of puzzles.
I will recommend to turn on the debugging output if you are curious to see how the solver works. The code is quite self-explanatory.
For creating a Sudoku puzzle, the approach I took had 2 steps:
if (_isRondomized) arrayOfAllNumber = from n in arrayOfAllNumber orderby _random.Next() select n ;
var arrayOfNumberToRemove = from n in Sequence.Range(0, size*size-1) orderby _random.Next() select n ;
LINQ language constructor provides a higher abstraction and enables programmers to spend more time on the actual algorithm and/or problem domain. Common operations on transform/mesh array of elements can never be easier with LINQ.
All the code in this article has been compiled and tested with Microsoft LINQ project May 2006 CTP.
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The North of Boston region is comprised of two unique tourist areas. North of Boston and The Greater Merrimack Valley. If you like beaches, witches, seafaring and freedom (and who doesn't?), the North of Boston region is for you. Here on the North Shore, you can explore 30 miles of gorgeous rocky coastline, with stops along the way as varied as the Salem Witch Museum and the New England Pirate Museum. Further inland, in the Greater Merrimack Valley, you can relive the revolution (just the fun, non-Bayonet-y, parts) in Lexington and Concord. Did we mention there's a North of Boston Seafood Trail that even has its own app? Yep, we just did. Tie on your lobster bib.
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Slade: Has a point to build on
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Manager Russell Slade hopes Leyton Orient can build on their first league point of the season when they face Dagenham.
The Os finally got off the mark in League One with a goalless draw at Chesterfield at the weekend.
Slade's side face the Daggers in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on Wednesday, and he told London 24: "We've got a point and we have to build on that. It's two games in a row we've not lost now on the back of a Carling Cup win over Bristol Rovers.
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Fiio is a great company with great enthusiasm, and the X5 is a rushed product (at least aesthetically speaking).
I will stay away from the X5, for a better finished/polished product.
Everybody makes a mistake (My Boss always tells me one who works will certainly make a mistake, one way or another), and Fiio should learn from these mistakes.
Hope the X7 will be the "One".
Please Fiio take your time with the X7, and we could help design a good DAP.
I know there are many artists, engineers etc here @ Head-fi...who could lend a hand.
PS: Just sold my ZX1 after some time with it, man this thing is a beauty with excellent sound.
I hope it is released outside Japan (US and Europe) so I can get it again.
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The Hilton Hotel ballroom in Costa Mesa was abuzz with chatter and warmth as some of the most established and esteemed Orange County women – and some men – gathered to highlight five of the 21 grant recipients from Impact Giving and to kick off the grant season for the upcoming year.
The women were of all ages, shapes and sizes. Two things were constant: They were fashionistas, donning brightly colored jewelry and festive ensembles, and they are the driving force behind Impact Giving. Light and fun conversations could be overheard and hugs were exchanged between friends.
"Collective giving wasn't a new idea, but (we decided to) make it affordable because people still want to give, then we can pool and give more back to the community, to the world," said co-founder of Impact Giving, Ann Duncan Levy.
As the three-course meal began, the night's guest speakers shared their personal stories, sharing their gratitude and telling the women how Impact Giving changed their lives for the better. The group writes grants to hundreds of nonprofits domestically and internationally annually, granting $475,000 in the last four years.
Featured recipients included the International Princess Project; Johnnie Phelan, a recipient from Families Forward; Patty Weltcher, president of Lotus Outreach International; Abdi Yusuf, a recipient from Just in Time; and Shelby McDougal, a 9-year-old member of Girls Inc.
"Girls Inc. has made me into the person I am today; it is like my second home," McDougal said. "If I fall down, they will always help me back up. Thanks to the support of Impact Giving, I have become a strong, smart and bold young lady."
The laughter and good cheer lasted the whole night, as everyone enjoyed their meals and wine knowing they were making a difference.
"I've learned about so many more organizations doing this. There are just so many," Levy said.
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