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AT&T's YouTube PR Video Falls Flat
The video, hosted by Seth Bloom AKA "Seth the blogger guys," tries to explain the network issues, as well as the long delay in delivering MMS, which was launched for on other iPhone carriers when the iPhone OS 3.0 launched.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but AT&T's stance is that it's smartphones that have drained the network of every ounce of network bandwidth, and although not explicitly stated, the iPhone in particular.
That said, one has to look at this message and ask, "why aren't other networks worldwide chiming in with the same excuses?"
Here's an example, from Norway:
Here in Norway MMS has been available since 2002. Outages is almost unheard of, and when it happens it becomes national news.More complaints:
I use my cell phone to pay for parking, buy movie tickets, paying my bills (mobile banking services) and I can even use my cell phone to buy a Coke at a soda machine...
So for me the problems you seem to have in the U.S. is a mystery. You're still working on? MMS support?!?
Thanks for letting u know how cell phones work. However, other companies also have smart-phones? on their networks with MMS, tethering and a bunch of other features. Here is the bottom-line AT&T is full of excuses and doesn't deserve our business. AT&T should give refunds to customers for services paid for but not delivered, and APPLE must open the IPhone to other carries to relieve AT&T of this burden they can not carry.While many posit that when/if the iPhone moves to Verizon, users there will see the same issues as on AT&T, once critical mass arrives. It's true that the iPhone is a data hog, or as the NY Times called it, "the Hummer of cell phones."
AT&T has gained millions of new customers since the introduction of the iPhone, saved billions of advertising and marketing dollars because Apple does their own iPhone ads an promotions, and AT&T has failed to use those profits to provide their customers with services available to every other customer not using an iPhone. You can't use SlingPlayer (available on Blackberry and Windows Mobile phones), Skype, or Google Voice on their network because of their failures.
The iPhone has been out for more than two years now, and I STILL can't tether my iPhone. If I bought a Blackberry today, I can use AT&T to send MMS and tether it to my computer, so why am I penalized for buying the iPhone. If AT&T can't keep up with the traffic, then you should let Apple market the iPhone to other carriers who can. What's the point of upgrading your network for future customers if when that time comes you don't have any customers left?
BULL SH*T. You didn't plan for expansion, you didn't think ahead of the game and upgrade your infrastructure prior to rolling out the IPhone 3G and 3GS, you just wanted to make a buck and then stick everyone with a $100+ a month contract that they couldn't get out? of and have the entire network go tits up and all your users suffer without being able go to another carrier because we're STUCK in a two-year contract from hell!!! YOU SUCK AT&T.
That Norway user does bring up a good point, however, as do other commenters who post about not just wireless but also broadband. Why is the U.S. so far behind?
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Subject: | Re: Suri |
Author: | Chrisell (Authenticated as Chrisell) |
Date: | April 19, 2006 at 4:18:47 AM |
Reply to: | Suri by Anneza |
Suri *could* be a weird corruption of Sarah. The Hebrew Letters site does list it as a variant of Sarah, but that website is only halfway reliable. http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=758The Persian meaning is clearly nonsense, though - the Persian for 'rose' is Gul (also seen in Gulbahar, Gulistan and Gulzar)
A Google search for Suri shows that it's also an Indian surname (I've seen Manil Suri, Neeraj Suri, Rajan Suri, Sanjay Suri etc) and a breed of Alpaca (oops!). There's a male British actor with the first name Suri.
All in all, it's an odd name they've heard somewhere and decided to use, and no doubt the two meanings they've pulled out of thin air will be all over the Baybee Naym boards before the week is out!
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Hi,Can a woman contract HPV by having oral sex with a man? How big are the chances?
If yes, can this woman transfer HPV to another man by kissing? How big are the chances?
If yes, can this man transfer HPV to ANOTHER woman by kissing?
These types of HPV that can be transfered this way (if so), what can they cause - oral cancer or other problems as well?
If this is all a plausible scenario of transfering HPV, it would seem that kissing ANOBODY new could be a dangerous activity?! How much does one need to worry now?
Other related questions:
What about a woman who contracted HPV through vaginal sex, not oral - can she transfer it to another man by kissing?
Can a person contract HPV (and tranfer it to other people) by touching (with a hand) the vagina of a woman who has HPV (especially if if she is aroused and therefore wet)?
I am aware that HPV can be transfered by genital contact even if a condom is worn - by skin-to-skin contact. Does this apply only to the cases when the skin of an HPV-infected person has warts, or even if that person has clear skin? Are these warts obvious?
And finally, should one apply all these concerns/questions to other types of STDs, especially HIV?
Thanks very much for clarifying all these concerns!
HPV found on the penis or in the vagina/rectum has an affinity for those surfaces, therefore it doesn't infect the mouth or fingers. It would be very unlikely to transfer the virus with kissing, but oral sex could transfer the virus. The only non-genital problems that have been noted are warts (papillomas) of the larynx.The same questions should be considered for other STIs like chlamydia or gonorrhea.
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Could have been bad - but.... So this past Sunday, my wife and I were on a TREC judged trail ride. She was on her paint and I was on my 2000lb Percheron. All was going well until at about the 3hr mark, we came upon a downed tree. We were told to stay to the left but not to get off the trail too far as the ground was all swamp. Real swamp as in the swamp thing swamp... Keep in mind this is all happening within seconds. So anyway, we're at the downed tree (which is not completely down or we would have walked over it) and we stay to the left. My wife goes down off the trail down a slight embankment and I follow. Once we're down there, my wife cannot find a clear path back up to the trail and her horse is ever so slightly side stepping. Me and mine are so close to the rear of hers now that I could touch her horses butt with my left boot. I'm directly behind my wife and my horse is faced up the embankment which is about a 15/20° angle. I ask my horse to backup slightly and move to the right when all of the sudden, we sink! All the way up to just above her rear hocks (she's 17.1/17.2). Now it's fight or flight for both of us. There are tons of tree stumps, logs, another horse (who could spook) and all kinds of things that could go very very badly for myself AND my big girl.... Naturally as she immediately starts to get upset and gearing up to start thrashing her way out. I instinctively let out a wooaaa girl... easy easy and reach down to stroke her neck.... ---this is the part that gets me.... What does she do? She immediately folds her front legs up under her and lays down. I literally step up and out of the saddle, she stands back up as much as she can, I walk back in the direction we came, leading her and she hops out of the swamp with all 4 legs like some sort of rabbit. God I love this horse.... she is the absolute best. I realize that this may be trivial for most, but for me it was a HUGE deal as we've only been together a little over a year and she's the first horse I've ever owned or ridden. In retrospect, there were a lot of lessons learned. So I had to come on here and brag to people who could at least understand the deep deep feelings that we establish with these beautiful creatures (big and small). Thanks for taking the time to read my post... :-) |
It IS a big deal!! |
Gave me the chills-- So awesome!! Aint it funny how some horses just know you mean calm down and just do it? What a good horse!! |
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that's the worst... I've actually buried horses to their shoulders in crap like that. My grandpa has had to build big tripods over them and use other horses to help get them out. Yukon quicksand, lol. Your mare sounds like she took the mud in stride :) You get to recognize the ground that isn't really ground. Though it sounds like maybe yours was just mud. |
Really, I got goose bumps. Good Girl! |
Thank you for posting this. She obviously trusts you. If that were my mare I would keep her forever. |
I love this! What a good girl! |
What a great mare. She's a keeper, for sure! |
that's a wonderful story! You should be bragging about your good girl. |
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WASHINGTON – Five months after playing its last match, the CUA women's tennis team begins its 2011 spring season on Sunday, February 27 when the Cardinals travel to take on Salisbury. CUA had a terrific fall season, posting an 8-0 record including an 8-1 defeat of St. Mary's on September 25 in the finale.
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The Cardinals ripped off eight straight wins during their fall season, including all five matches at home. Individually, CUA posted a 41-7 mark in singles matches and a 21-3 record in doubles matches.
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Azurdia's highlight reel goal goes viral
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Azurdia and his Langley Rivermen teammates were locked in a 3-3 tie with the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings on Sunday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre.
The Rivermen were up 3-0 a dozen minutes into the game and the junior A hockey club looked to have its third-straight victory in the bag in the late stages of the third period. But Prince George's Justin Rai scored twice in 55 seconds to tie the score.
Azurdia said he knew his line would likely get the last shift. And after he gave the puck away, Logan Smith recovered it behind the Langley goal and passed it to fellow d-man Bo Pellah.
Pellah hit the winger with a tape-to-tape pass in the neutral zone.
"I figured I had been going wide on the rushes all game so I figured why not try something?" Azurdia said.
Azurdia executed a perfect toe drag around the Prince George defender. With his man beat, he saw the top corner was open and his shot beat Kirk Thompson with 0.3 seconds left.
Azurdia said he had tried a variation of the move before in midget hockey, but this was his first time at the junior level.
It was Azurdia's fourth goal and fifth point in the two games — including both game-winners in 3-2 and 4-3 wins — and earned him the BCHL player of the week honours.
The goal has also gone viral with Global News, TSN, ESPN and the Sports Illustrated and Yahoo websites all featuring Azurdia's heroics.
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We've been having the most beautiful sunny weather for the past few days here in Oakland, and it's making me desperate to get into a garden . . . if only I had one! I've been planning to create a container garden for a while now, but hadn't really found a space-saving design I liked — until this recycled barrel planter from Kate at Centsational Girl landed in my lap. Inspired by a similar planter she saw in a catalog for hundreds of dollars, Kate decided to make her own version for ten times less, using a half barrel and wood from old pallets. I love the architectural tiers, and the pre-weathered effect of both the barrel and the pallet wood. Thanks for sharing, Kate! —Kate
See the full how-to for Kate's recycled barrel planter after the jump!
- half wine barrel
- 2 strips of wood ½" x 6" x 26"
- 7 strips of wood ½" x 4" x 10–12" (length varies with mitered corners)
- jig saw
- compound miter saw
- power screwdriver & drill bit for holes
- measuring tape
- wood screws
- twine (optional)
1. Divide the barrel into thirds with a measuring tape, then mark where you'll cut the barrel to create the three main tiers. I used twine to help me visualize how the barrel would look split into three levels before I drew my markings on the side of the barrel.
2. Measure the drop in the front tier where you'll cut (12" down) and the second tier behind it (6" down) and mark areas to cut.
3. Use a traditional blade on a jig saw to carefully cut through the wood staves. For the metal band, you'll need a special blade. I found this set of metal blades at my local True Value Hardware store for $2.39. Detach the wood blade and attach the metal blade for the sheet metal band cuts. Before you cut, double check the stability of your metal band on your barrel, since band stability varies from barrel to barrel depending on where it's created. The band on the barrel we used was stabilized by nails driven into the band every 6" during the fabrication (or cooperage) of the barrel, so even after the cuts were made, the metal band stayed intact.
4. Once you've made your vertical cuts, measure the distance across the barrel (approx. 26"), and trim your wood to match the curvature of the barrel. Attach your ½" x 6" x 26" board with wood screws as shown.
5. Drill drainage holes in the bottom, two for each of the main tiers. To create the six tiers, I used salvaged wood from these pallets sitting in my side yard, which worked perfectly, and they were free! The larger boards were used for the main tiers, and the smaller boards were used to form the triangle tiers.
6. Once your main tiers are set (above), create the triangles with angled cuts on a compound miter saw. Attach your triangles together with wood screws, then secure them to the main three tiers with additional screws to form the raised triangle tiers.
7. Fill your planter with soil (it holds 2 cubic feet) and add your favorite plants!
What a great accessory to any outdoor space!
wow that looks great! I wish I had some power tools so I could make this!
holy cow! this is the best diy ever! now…where to find a wine barrel…
Would using packing peanuts to fill part of the tub instead of soil help keep the weight down? Read that somewhere on filling large pots first with packing peanuts then soil.
Great idea and a place down the road has free pallets! :)
Im so inspired this morning! I cant wait to have a backyard to try it out in, or I'm even wondering if i could paint it white and toss is in my living room. It would be a conversation piece?
What a great idea. It would look nice in a porch room with magazines, a few summer pillows and blanket nestled inside the barrel.
So cute and clever!
I love this! What an adorable idea!
Awesome! I'll pin it!
But…it's WOOD. Which is going to rot rather quickly, right?
This looks great! I don't garden since I don't have the time or yard, but I love the inspiration. And one day, I definitely plan to spend my fair share of time sprucing up the yard.
Clever! Giving wine barrels a second life is a fab idea,not to mention eco-friendly! Love it! :)
So smart! I love this!!!! And its so pretty!
Oh wow, what a beautiful project! I think this is one that is going to have to go in my notebook of DIY ideas to try!
It won't rot quickly. We have had one in our yard for a long time. I imagine they are pre-treated since wine barrels are made to hold liquid.
Great idea and great for those with little space to grow veggies but want to start going a little green! Great blog.Thanks for putting it out there.
awsome!!!!! :D
I Like it. The Pallette may have been recycled , but the barrel was new. I want to know was it designed on paper first or did it come from the head straight to the hand and then dimensioned to teach others?
Just oh so lovely.
found a wine barrel on craigslist! yay!
living in near wine country barrels are fairly inexpensive and the free wooden pallets would make this a project hubby can do for me.
Hi there, great project! We included your planter and a link to this post in a roundup of some of our favorite DIY wine crafts here: http://clubveritas.com/pressed/10-plus-wine-craft-projects/ and while I haven't yet completed this one, it's on the list. Thanks for putting this together. We are lucky to have plenty of half barrels around Napa for about $20 each.
I would love to plant this with herbs and strawberries, and maybe a tiny tomato shrub variety — interspersed with marigolds and other plants that would keep away pests. It would be gorgeous and colorful, and very practical.


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HH's Diary 1988-1999 [lightly edited]
Tuesday 1988 - [Elderhostel Netherlands 2-week bike trip through 9/16]
Wednesday 1989 - GHU talks of going into nursing home, yet she is wondering what she will wear to MV's big event on 10/8.
Thursday 1990 - [Japan and China through 9/30]
Friday 1991 - [USSR trip through 9/18/91]
Sunday 1992 - [Roberta and Serena visiting] 4th Quarterly Conference. Ed Johnson said he would stay if wanted. Had sandwiches, salad and dessert with DS as speaker, be an outreach church.
Monday 1993 - Wade Roby telling me about his job (or rather lack of), he is 59 and finding that he is over qualified or too old.
Wednesday 1995 - [China trip with Roberta, etc. through 9/27/95]
Saturday 1997 - [KY] Somerset Library having booksale, hard backs 50¢, paper 10¢. [This sentence is actually listed under 1996.] Had picnic at Stearns with food we bought at Arby's. Drove to Blue Heron Coal Mine. They had jacks in one of the displays. Had supper at Bob Evans. Was going to go to Natural Arch but sign said closed.
Sunday 1998 - [to Rockbridge OH, near Logan] Had a light lunch here, then drove to Chillicothe, all the restaurants listed, i.e. Harvester and NY,NY were closed. Ate at Valentines, a "real family restaurant", a few pesky flies. Visited Adena. Worthington had come from Charlestown VA (now WV) near Harpers Ferry. The children gave us this gift certificate at Glenlaurel, opened 12/11/94. We have a large room on first floor in carriage house, $150, very comfy but they could have used more light. Nice sun porch. We couldn't figure out how to use the CD player.
Monday 1999 - [Seattle -- Credit card statement shows charges at: Gravity Restaurant (closed prior to 12/05), LA Seafood Restaurant, and Pacific Plaza Hotel with arrival date of 9/11/99, 3 nights $240]


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text: Project Runway: 3 Finalists, 1 MeltdownDodai Stewart10/22/10 12:55pmFiled to: Tv watchProject Runway Season 8Project runway finaleProject RunwayMondo guerragretchen jonesAndy southtim gunnMichael KorsHeidi KlumNina GarciaTVFashionCelebrityTop3132EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkLast night, Tim Gunn visited the four remaining designers at their homes in Hawaii, Denver, Portland and Palm Springs, and checked up on the collections they'd been designing. Andy's Hawaiian catfish farm was pretty great, especially since we got to see Tim scream and squick out. Mondo can design, tap dance and play piano, because he is awesome.Gretchen was experiencing serious upheaval: She's broke, her relationship failed and she has nowhere to live. As for Mike C, we met his boyfriend and friends. But onto the runway…Mondo Each designer had to show 2 looks from the collection they'd been working on and one new look that fit in with the collection. Heidi Klum loved this polka-dot dress, calling it elegant.Mondo Michael Kors and Nina Garcia appreciated that Mondo's separates — like this sheer blouse — can be won with jeans or a plain skirt and still look great.Mondo Everyone loved the skirt Mondo made for his new, additional look… the turquoise blouse, not so much. Michael Kors said something like he didn't want it to be a circus… but Mondo was inspired by the Mexican circus! In any case, Mondo is going to fashion week, as if there were ever any doubt.Andy The judges were mixed about Andy's ensembles, asking if he showed enough range. I, for one, was IN LOVE with his headpieces. Love!Andy Heidi Klum called this fairy bikini with cape a "throwaway" piece.Andy All the judges were impressed with Andy's new piece; Michael Kors said, "The dress sings!" Andy pleated the silk shantung himself. Beautiful. Andy's going to fashion week.Gretchen Obviously I don't get Gretchen, we don't share the same aesthetic, she loves colors I hate, and so on. But seriously. Seriously. Is this flattering? She managed to give a model — a person HIRED for her near-"perfect" physique — some kind of muffintop or whatever.Gretchen Gretchen's commitment to fug is astounding. Sad, droopy, dismal, depressing.Gretchen This attempt at "fashion" probably saved Gretchen. She and her doo-doo colors are in the final three.Michael C. Poor Michael Costello. He worked really hard, but there was something off about his pieces. The feathers here are pretty, but Heidi was correct when she called the shape "boxy."Michael C. Yeah… no.Michael C. This last "new" gown was really quite stunning when the model walked down the runway — the flow and shimmer was totally liquid and sexy. Michael Kors declared the dress to be "good at every angle."The back was breathtaking! But in the end, Mike C was auf'd. Then Michael Costello had a breakdown.But Tim Gunn gave him a hug and told him he should be proud of what he'd accomplished.Next week is the finale, and, as you know, TEN designers actually presented collections during New York Fashion Week. The three real finalists and seven decoys to throw us off the scent! All the pictures are here, so take a look and decide for yourself if Mondo is going to win this whole thing!


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Ashley Tisdale's Andy Lecompte Salon Stop
Stepping out to get her hair done, Ashley Tisdale headed to the Andy Lecompte Salon in West Hollywood on Monday (January 7).
The "High School Musical" star looked cute in a sleeveless Bob Dylan T-shirt, dark skinny jeans, and brown boots as she headed back to her vehicle with her hair looking fine.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, the 27-year-old actress will join Nicholas Cage in the adaptation of the Christian-themed book series "Left Behind."
Ashley will play the role of Chloe Steele, daughter of Ray Steele. After millions of people suddenly disappear from Earth, Chloe wanders through America looking to find any remaining members of her family.
Enjoy the pictures of Ashley Tisdale visiting the salon in West Hollywood, CA (January 7).
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Remember that video clip of Michelle Williams tripping as Destiny's Child strutted on stage? Poor girl was ignored as the other two just kept going like nothing happened! What do they say about karma?
Kelly Rowland was performing this past Sunday as part of the ThisDay Music Festival in West Africa when she collapsed on stage mid song. Click here to see the video, it's rather surprising.
Poor girl!!! At least her backup singers didn't ignore her! Turns out she was dehydrated. But not to worry, she's all right.
Rowland was taken to an undisclosed Lagos hospital for a check-up and is in good condition at present."
Let's see, that's 2 out of 3 Destiny's Child members who have fallen on stage. Let's hope Beyonce keeps her feet firm on the ground!
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Originally published on January 30, 2011. The 2011 WWE Royal Rumble winner wasn't who was expected and that is a good thing. Alberto Del Rio won the Royal Rumble and a trip to the WrestleMania 27 main-event against a WWE champion of his choice. Del Rio eliminated Santino Marella to win the Rumble and earn his title match.
Rey Mysterio, Kane, Wade Barrett, John Cena, Alberto Del Rio, and Randy Orton were the final six of the Rumble or were they? Mysterio eliminated Kane and was then quickly tossed out by Barrett. The announcers pushed the RAW vs. SmackDown theme of the final four.
In the shocker of the night, John Cena was eliminated by The Miz. Yes The Miz was down doing commentary and wound up running in. Alex Riley distracted Cena and The Miz wound up tossing Cena over. The ref never "saw it" and only caught Cena on the floor, thus eliminating Cena. Barrett, Orton, and Del Rio are final three. Del Rio eliminated Randy Orton, started to celebrate, and was then attached by Santino.
CM Punk entered the Royal Rumble as #1. Punk was soon jumped by members of Corre. The RAW GM (how did he have power here?) chimed in and ordered Corre to the back. Daniel Bryan then entered as the official number two. Punk and Bryan started off which I am sure appealed to their hardcore following on the Internet.
Kevin Nash made a long awaited return to the WWE entering the Royal Rumble at #32. Nash entered as his old character Diesel with a black haired dye job and his old Diesel gear. Nash got a nice reaction but it was nowhere close to the reaction that Booker T received. Nash did his trademark Diesel moves but was eliminated pretty shortly by Wade Barrett. Nash and The Big Show walked by one another as Nash left and Show entered. It could have been a prelude to a WrestleMania match but let's hope not. Hey Paul, don't let him powerbomb you this time. Hey may try and finish the what he couldn't do at Souled Out.
No Triple H for the record. Not sure what he is waiting for at this point but I have to admit that I was hoping to see him come out at #40 instead of Kane. No Undertaker either.
Nash's fellow Main Event Mafia partner, Booker T also returned to the WWE. King Booker entered the Royal Rumble earlier at #21. Booker T got a huge pop and entered the ring to face four members of Nexus. Unfortunately the numbers got the best of him and Booker T's return lasted for about 90 seconds before being eliminated. I am not a big proponent of seeing Booker T back but the fan reaction sure made it a great Rumble moment. The former TNA stars got nice reactions but were limited with short appearances in the Rumble match which was probably for the better.
CM Punk was looking like the favorite for awhile. At one point Punk and three members of Nexus just wound up eliminating everyone and continued to throw away future entrants. They just looked unstoppable after eliminating Booker T in less than two minutes. John Cena wound up entering at #22 with his Superman cape and eliminated all of Nexus including CM Punk. I was fairly certain up to that point that Punk was going to be Final Four if not the winner altogether.
John Morrison may have had the best Royal Rumble spot I ever saw. Shortly after entering the Rumble Morrison was tossed over the top rope. However, instead of landing on the floor he landed on the barricade like Spiderman avoiding elimination. Morrison than leaped from the barricade to the metal steps and returned to the ring. The spot and sequence have to be seen to be believed.
Randy Orton entered at #39 and eliminated Sheamus and Kofi Kingston. He and Cena had a stare down that was designed to get a big reaction. Guess what? Nobody seemed to care. Maybe because WWE fans have seen Cena vs. Orton on and off for the last three years. I can't imagine anyone having any interest in seeing Cena vs. Orton in any way, shape, or fashion in 2011 (or 2012, 2013, 2014).
Overall I thought the Rumble match was excellent. I never felt like it dragged and it had some pretty cool spots. I thought that 40 guys would be too much but it really wasn't. If you missed the show, I'd go out of your way to try and get a copy of the match. It certainly wasn't the best Rumble match of all time but it was far from the worst.
On a totally random note, listening to 40 WWE entrance themes is a reminder at how God awful WWE entrance music is in 2011. Well, 39 because Booker T's music is still pretty damn good.
It would appear from the WWE championship match that CM Punk vs. Randy Orton is a highly likely WrestleMania match. Randy Orton vs. The Miz ended after interference from Nexus which saw Punk nail Orton with the GTS. The Miz capitalized and pinned Orton to win the match.
On yet another random note, I think I was vindicated for everything I have said about The Miz and his inability to be a successful WWE champion. He is not over at all! I have gotten a lot of criticism for a blog I wrote entitled "Is The Miz the worst WWE champion ever?" People told me that I don't know what I am talking about, he is awesome, and I am in the minority. I think I stand corrected. He is now a day over two months as WWE champion and if he hasn't been able to sell anyone by now, he isn't going to sell them by WrestleMania. Guess what happened when he came out for the biggest match of his career? Nobody cared or reacted to him like a champion and quite honestly, the match wasn't that good. The lesson learned here is just because a guy can go out and cut a 15 minute "great" (Wow the standards have dropped enormously) promo and deliver witty lines doesn't make him a great champion. The point being is that nobody believes in him as a champion and the fans see right through it. Sure you can blame the booking but he is just not championship material no matter how "funny" you may think he is.
An early look at WrestleMania 27 probably looks like…
The Miz vs. John Cena for the WWE title
Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio for the WWE world heavyweight title
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk
Nexus vs. Corre
Big Show vs. Kevin Nash
2011 WWE Royal Rumble results:
Edge defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE world heavyweight title
The Miz defeated Randy Orton after interference from Nexus and CM Punk
Natalya and Eve Torres defeated LayCool
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The EUR/USD pair fell hard during the session on Tuesday, but as you can see still remains in the middle of the consolidation area that we have been paying attention to for some time now. After all, I have been talking about the 1.35 level as support for what seems like ages now, as well as the 1.37 level as been massively resistant. Because of that, I feel that we are essentially in the "summer range" at this moment in time, and with that in mind I'm not really that interested in trading this pair unless we are here one of those two areas. Granted, we will finally break out of this consolidation area and one direction or the other, but I am hoping to have several wins in a row before that actually happens and stops me out.
As you can see on the chart, I have overlaid a 100 day exponential moving average, and it has acted as both dynamic support and dynamic resistance. We are starting to tilt to the downside, so I do think that this market will continue down to the 1.35 handle. It is down there that I plan on making my next trade.
Patience will be crucial when trading this market.
Patience is going to be your number one friend if you wish to make profits in this market. Quite frankly, I'm going to wait until we get to the 1.35 handle to make my next decision. Down in that general vicinity, I would not hesitate to buy a supportive candle, as it has been supportive in the past several times over. Ultimately though, if we closed well below the 1.35 handle, perhaps somewhere closer to the 1.3450 level, I would be more than willing to start selling as it would be a significant breakdown in this pair. Until then, I'm really don't have anything to do in this market except for possibly look for Euro strength or weakness in order to trade other pairs, using this market as a tertiary indicator.


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Anyone who has gone through middle age knows that one can either get out of the ego's way and proceed with change, or cling to a crumbling shore. One must be fearless, by which I don't mean standing on the street and challenging cars, but letting go of what you think you know in order to find happiness. Often we have to approach the very things we find intolerable, even repulsive. And always the hope is to re-find our natural sense of good will to carry with us and spread.
I've been on a spiritual path since changing gears, and more specifically since my husband was deployed as a surgeon to Afghanistan. He's in harm's way, and yet despite this very real threat, I'm experiencing firsthand the importance of letting go of both fear and the urge to control. I pause, send my prayers and thoughts, and then get on with building my life. Life is good.
Lately, I've returned to reading the late Fr. Thomas Merton's journals. Best known for his books New Seeds of Contemplation and The Seven Storey Mountain, Merton was a Trappist Monk, poet, artist and social activist who wrote prolifically about the human experience over a 30-year period. If I could think of one way to describe him beyond his complexity, it would be this: he was enthralled with life, despite its tortuous path. The fifth journal, published after his unfortunate death in 1968, is Dancing In the Water Of Life. It resonates the most with me, with its talk of the duality of living with solitude and chaos. There's a lot here to give perspective about the world we live in today.
September 11, 1965 – It is said that the war in Kasmir is due in part to some mechanisms of the CIA. This is a very strange outfit from what I hear, and in some ways typical of what is ill about America. It appears to be monumentally stupid in the first place! What this country has to suffer from fools in the government. But since it is the most powerful country in the world, the whole world is endangered by the folly of these idiots.
And this, after an ex-seminarian burnt himself alive in front of the UN building: "November 11, 1965 – I cannot understand the shape of things in the Peace Movement or the shape of things at all in this country. What is happening? Is everybody nuts?"
Merton grappled with events during the shifting politics of the '60's, whether it was the world at large, the Vatican, or the hermitage where he lived. The reader will find reassurance in seeing firsthand that even Merton had a hard time making sense of the era's events.
On the blog Curmudgeon: An Unlikely Army Chaplain, Fr. Tim shares his experiences in the US Army. In an entry called "I love my job," he talks of the freedom he finds in being able to help others during his deployments to Iraq, and soon Kosovo, Serbia, and Montenegro.
Fr. Tim describes himself as crusty and irascible, and indeed he often writes about things that annoy him. He's a Jesuit, a Catholic Priest, a former Stanford Professor in molecular neurobiology, and is now serving as a chaplain in the US Army.
He writes: "I'm constantly amazed by the burdens that human beings shoulder, often in silence and solitariness. These men and women are no different."
Fr. Tim tells his readers of detaching himself with love from the soldiers, doing so knowing that God holds them even closer, and in fact having to get out of their way so that their own spiritual experience may proceed. A good signal to the reader as well.
On my desk, there's a pile of cards. Each is printed with a different evocative word. I try to pick one at night before I go to bed. They can help set the focus for the next day. The other night, I chose "Gratitude." I was glad, because it's apropos. A few days ago, I was publishing a new iPhoto book about our summer. I think for most, our journey is difficult for others to understand, with the exception of some very close friends. So I summed it up simply by saying this: "We have chosen to live with gratitude. Once you do this, life is easy."
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Software development company MasterObjects sued Amazon and Google this week, charging the companies with infringing on a patent for technology that presents possible complete search terms as users type in a search bar.
MasterObjects received a patent in the middle of last year for the technology. In its suit against Amazon, the company says it has been selling products that use the technology since 2004, the same year it filed for the patent.
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MasterObjects alleges that Amazon began infringing on the patent when it implemented "search suggestions" in 2008. "Search suggestions" is a drop-down list that appears as users type words into the search bar on Amazon. The list includes possible search terms, and the user can simply choose one rather than continue typing.
On Friday, a MasterObjects complaint citing the same patent appeared against Google. The suit against Google is not available for download but the case file includes forms indicating that it is a patent suit involving the same patent referenced in the Amazon case. Both cases were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
TechCrunch was the first to notice the Amazon suit.
Many other companies, including Bing and Yahoo, use a similar predictive technology. MasterObjects did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the first two suits or the potential for additional action.
In a statement, Google called the lawsuit baseless and said it would vigorously defend the case. Amazon said it does not comment on active litigation.
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Better than last week, but I hate when they make them do the jive to a rock song!
Better than last week, but I hate when they make them do the jive to a rock song!
Well, maybe those guys should make jokes like that, there certainly isn't anything precluding them from doing it and I am pretty sure Emmitt would take it totally in stride and find it equally hilarious because he truly is that kind of guy.
And Emmitt is a great athlete based largely upon sheer will who was told over and over that he would never make it the NFL and then, not only made it, he became it's leading rusher of all time -- so I would not definitively say that Emmitt Smith would suck at anything he would try to take on. :)
I think you're onto something here. Lack of chemistry. For me, Anna, is lacking in chemistry with a lot of her partners. Maybe it's a lack of chemistry in her because he seems like a guy who could have chemistry with the right female partner.
The costumes tonight are not as good to me. I hope it's just the bad music choices that are influencing the bad costumes.
Listening to the music this week is making me long for another classical music night, just so I wouldn't have to listen to the house band/singers.
I still think they should have a Big Band night with a genuinely fine big band. Get someone like Harry Connick Jr. to "host" it, so to speak (don't get rid of Tom by any means...but if Brooke took a week off, I'd be fine with that).
Scores: 7.5/7.5/7.5
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- Crime reports provided by the L.A. County Sheriff lag behind events, in some cases for a few weeks. Sheriff's officials have said clerical staff shortages delay the processing of addresses needed to map crimes. Because of the delay, The Times' Crime L.A. database does not provide short-term analysis or alerts about recent rises in crimes for areas patrolled by the sheriff.
- Below is a list of crimes reported for Desert View Highlands in the latest seven days. Keep in mind that the number of crimes reported for this time period may increase over the coming weeks as the Sheriff provides additional data.
- No crimes have been reported for the last week.
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- Six-month summaries are based on the latest six months where data are available from all departments, Aug. 22, 2016 to Feb. 19, 2017
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- The 2000 population count of 2,287 from the U.S. Census is used to calculate per-capita totals.
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This product bulletin describes some of the primary hardware and software features supported by Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.2(50)SG for the Cisco® Catalyst® 4500 Supervisor Engine 6-E, Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 4900M Switch, Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine V-1'0GE, Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine V, Cisco 4500 Supervisor Engine IV, Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor II-Plus-10GE , Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus-TS, and Cisco 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus.
Primary Hardware and Software Service Innovations Delivered in Release 12.2(50)SG
• New hardware support including X2 10GB pluggable modules, DWDM and ZR Modules
• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(50)SG continues to enhance Cisco Identity-based Networking Services (IBNS) with several primary innovations to simplify identity configuration that will support heterogeneous endpoint device environment, transparently integrate with existing network and Internet Protocol Telephony (IPT) infrastructure, and provide IT administrators comprehensive policy enforcement options.
• VLAN Trunking Protocol Version 3 (VTPv3) supports the advertisement of the extended range of VLANS (4094). Configuration changes for the entire VLAN range can be made centrally on one switch and automatically communicated to all other switches in the network.
• Enhance campus and data center network virtualization with Multicast VRF-Lite extending the virtualization capabilities on the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Sup6E and 4900M and providing additional IP VRF-Aware services such as NTP, HSRP,VRRP, Telnet, Ping
• Energy saving features in 12.2(50)SG: Ability to monitor and police power consumption. Automatic Power Optimization: unused ports are powered off resulting in savings of up to 12W per line card. Available with the Supervisor 6-E ,E-Series line cards and 4900M with half cards
• Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Intermediate Agent (PPPoEIA) enables subscriber line identification over Ethernet during the PPPoE discovery phase. The switch tags PPPoE discovery packets destined for the broadband remote access server with the subscriber's circuit and remote IDs and untags PPPoE discovery packets destined for the subscriber.
• 12.2(50)SG improves operational manageability by delivering additional service enhancements (CNS agents, Config Change tracking ID, Rollback Confirmed Change).
Release Overview
Table 1. Release Overview
Cisco Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing X2 Pluggable Module
• The Cisco DWDM X2 supports 10GBASE Ethernet.
• The hot-swappable input/output device plugs into an Ethernet X2 port of a Cisco switch or router to link the port with the network.
• The Cisco DWDM X2 supports the Cisco Quality Identification (ID) feature, which enables a Cisco switch or router to identify whether or not the module is an X2 module certified and tested by Cisco.
• The 32 nontunable X2 modules support the 32 ITU 100-GHz wavelengths compatible with the Cisco ONS DWDM channel plan.
Cisco X2-10GB-ZR Module
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Software Features
Identity Enhancements
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 4500 Identity Innovations: Simplifying Identity Deployment
• Flexible authentication sequencing: Flexible authentication sequencing provides a flexible fallback mechanism among IEEE 802.1x, MAC authentication bypass(MAB), and web authentication methods. It also allows switch administrators to control the sequence of the authentication methods. This simplifies the identity configuration by providing a single set of configuration commands to handle different types of endpoints connecting to the switch ports. In addition, it allows users to configure any authentication method on a standalone basis: for example, MAB can be configured without requiring IEEE 802.1X configuration.
Figure 2. Flexible Authentication
• IEEE 802.1x with open access: This feature allows users to have limited network access, such as the Intel Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot server, prior to IEEE 802.1x authentication. The limited access is controlled by an access control list (ACL) that is defined by the switch administrator and applied on the switch port.
• IEEE 802.1x, MAB, and web Authentication with downloadable ACL: This feature allows per-user ACLs to be downloaded from the Cisco ACS server as policy enforcement after authentication using IEEE 802.1x, MAC authentication bypass, or web authentication.
• IP Telephony Integration using both the following Identity features
– Cisco Discovery Protocol enhancement for second port disconnect: Cisco Discovery Protocol is enhanced to add a new Type-Length-Value (TLV) for the IP phone to indicate when a PC disconnects from the IP phone. Upon receiving this notification, the switch can clear the security record for the PC.
– Inactivity timer for IEEE 802.1x and MAC authentication bypass: This feature provides a local inactivity timer for IEEE 802.1x and MAC authentication bypass. If the authenticated devices stay idle for longer than defined period, the switch resets the security record of the devices.
Figure 3. IP Telephony Integration
• IEEE 802.1x with multiauth: Multiple authentication allows more than one host to authenticate on an IEEE 802.1x enabled switch port. With multiauth, each host must authenticate individually before it can gain access to the network resources.
• Centralized web authentication: This feature allows the switch to redirect users using HTTP URL redirection to a central web authentication server or a guest access server for authentication before accessing the network resources.
• Web authentication enhancement: Web authentication is enhanced to support inaccessible authentication bypass. In the event that the authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) servers are unreachable or non-responsive, user authentication typically fails with the port closed, and the user is denied access. Web authentication inaccessible authentication bypass provides a configurable alternative on the switch to grant a critical port network access in a locally specified VLAN. After the AAA servers become reachable again, those ports will either remain critically authorized or be reinitialized. Inaccessible authentication bypass can be enabled on a per-port basis for access ports, private VLAN host ports, or routed ports. It is typically enabled on ports connected to critical devices, minimizing business effects for the duration of the AAA server outage.
• Common session ID: IEEE 802.1X and MAB will use a session ID identifier for all 802.1X and MAB authenticated sessions. This session ID will be used for all reporting purposes such as show commands, MIBs, syslog, and RADIUS messages and allow users to distinguish messages for one session from others.
• Conditional logging: IEEE 802.1X and MAB will provide a capability to filter debug messages for a range of interfaces, MAC addresses, IP addresses, or session IDs to simplify troubleshooting.
Layer 2
Private VLAN Trunks
A PVLAN trunk port is used to restrict communication between attached hosts (on access ports) and routers (connected via trunk uplinks). Private VLAN trunks are an extension of private VLAN access ports. There are two types of PVLAN trunk ports supported in 12.2(50)SG:
• Private VLAN promiscuous trunk ports: Trunk ports carrying multiple primary VLANs
• Private VLAN (secondary) trunk ports: Trunk ports carrying multiple secondary VLANs, each of which associates to its own unique primary VLAN
VTP version 3 (VTPv3) supports the advertisement of the extended range of VLANs (4094). Configuration changes for the entire 4000 VLAN range can be made centrally on one switch and automatically communicated to all other switches in the network. Additionally, VTPv3 removes the risk of losing or overwriting the domain configuration when introducing a misconfigured or unauthorized server, provides hidden password support for VTP update validation, Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) database propagation, and suspension of VLAN or MST database propagation globally or per trunk port.
IP Routing and Multicast
IGMP Querier
In a network with IP multicast routing, the IP multicast router acts as the IGMP querier. If the IP-multicast traffic in a VLAN needs to be Layer 2 switched only, an IP multicast router is not required.
When IGMP snooping querier is enabled, the IGMP snooping querier sends out periodic IGMP queries that trigger IGMP report messages from the switch requesting IP multicast traffic. IGMP snooping listens to these IGMP reports to establish appropriate forwarding and prevent multicast flooding.
Multicast VRF-Lite
VRF-Lite has been supported on the Cisco Catalyst 4500 since 12.1(19)EW. Multicast VRF-Lite extends the VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) feature to Layer 3 interfaces or SVIs with IPv4 multicast configured. Up to 64 VRF domains are configurable. PIM, IGMP, and other multicast protocols can now run in the context of a VRF.
Bidirectional PIM
Bidirectional PIM was developed to help deploy emerging communication and financial applications that rely on a many-to-many model. Bidir PIM enables these applications by allowing them to easily scale to a very large number of groups and sources by eliminating the maintenance of source state.
Bidir PIM is a variant of the PIM suite of routing protocols for IP multicast. In bidir PIM, the IP address of the RP acts as the crucial to having all routers establish a loop-free spanning tree topology rooted in that IP address. This IP address need not be a router, but can be any unassigned IP address on a network that is reachable throughout the PIM domain. This technique is the preferred configuration method for establishing a redundant RP configuration for bidir PIM.
Membership to a bidirectional group is signaled using explicit join messages. Traffic from the source is unconditionally sent up the shared tree toward the RP and passed down the tree toward the receivers on each branch of the tree.
Bidir PIM is designed to be used for many-to-many applications within individual PIM domains. Multicast groups in bidirectional mode can scale to an arbitrary number of sources without incurring overhead due to the number of sources.
IP Services
DHCPv6 Relay
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) specified in RFC 3315 enables DHCP servers to pass configuration parameters such as IPv6 network addresses/prefixes and DNS server addresses to IPv6 nodes(DHCP clients).
A client locates a DHCP server to request the assignment of configuration information using a reserved, link-scoped multicast address, which suggests that the client and server should be attached to the same link. However in some cases where ease of management, economy, or scalability is the concern, it is desirable to allow a DHCP client to send a message to a DHCP server that is not connected to the same link. To meet the requirement, RFC 3315 defines a DHCP relay agent, which may reside on the client's link and relays messages between the client and server. The operation of the relay agent is transparent.
VRF-Aware Services
VRF is an extension of IP routing allowing multiple instances of a routing table to exist on the Layer 3 switch or router simultaneously. VRF-aware services enable the following IP services to be configured for each unique VRF: NTP, HSRP, VRRP, Telnet, Ping, Traceroute, SSH, TFTP, Static ARP, SNMP, Unicast RPF, per-VRF BGP Router ID assignment and Syslog.
Metro Ethernet Features
PPPoE Intermediate Agent
PPPoEIA enables subscriber line identification over Ethernet during the PPPoE discovery phase. The switch tags PPPoE discovery packets destined for the broadband remote access server with the subscriber's circuit and remote IDs and untags PPPoE discovery packets destined for the subscriber. Access, trunk, and private VLAN ports are supported. Per-port and per-port-per-VLAN configuration is supported. Interoperable with DHCP option 82. Circuit and remote IDs are configurable. NSF and SSO capable. SNMP MIB is not supported in this release. Upon release, this feature will be RFC 2516 and DSL Forum TR-101 section 3.9.2 compliant.
ANCP Client
The IETF Access Node Client Protocol (ANCP) is being adopted by broadband access providers in DSL and PON deployments. The E-FTTH network deployment can use the same protocol for conditional access, content delivery authentication, policy control, and configuration management. This phase of ANCP client feature on 4500 will be focused on conditional multicast content access for IPTV service delivery. The ANCP client will transparently work with the ANCP servers deployed in PE-Aggregation and N-PE locations.
Power Policing and Monitoring
Power over Ethernet enhancement: Monitor power output on an individual port, card, or chassis basis. Additionally, set thresholds that will shut down a port with a policing action that can automatically shut down a port or log an event if a PD exceeds the allocated port power.
Automatic Power Optimization
This power saving is automatic and not triggered by CLI; unused ports are powered off, resulting in savings of up to 12W per line card.
CNS Agents
Working with Cisco Configuration Engine 3.0 CNS agents in Catalyst 4500 will support following operations focused features
• Zero-touch Deployment of Catalyst 4500
• Cisco IOS bulk configuration
• Cisco IOS software image distribution and activation
Embedded Management
Configuration Change Tracking ID: Numbers every change to the IOS running configuration and stores it as a checksum. Management applications which focus on configuration tracking for archiving or compliance reasons can request the checksum, compare it with an existing one and if they are different then request configuration upload from network devices.
Rollback Confirmed Change: Enhancement to configuration roll back, users can set a timer before configuration is permanently changed in the network devices.
Reliable Delivery for Syslog: Support for reliable delivery of Syslog over BEEP.
IPSLA for IPv6: IPSLA for support for IPv6 Periodic MIB data collection and transfer mechanism: Bulk MIB data collection at pre-defined interval and export
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Cisco IOS Software Release Trains
Figure 4. Cisco IOS Software 12.2(50)SG Release Train
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Cisco IOS Software Migration Guide
• Customers requiring the latest Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series hardware and software features should migrate to Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(50)SG.
• Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(31)SGA will continue offering maintenance releases. The latest release from this maintenance train was 12.2(31)SGA8.
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Ordering Information
Table 2. Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(50)SG Product Numbers and Images for Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
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the pakistani cricket team is very stronges team in the world ok
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if we gone back last 2 series that srilanka played (vs england and aussies) at da end of da siries result was same. We lost test series 1-0 and lost odi series 3-2. Even this series we lost test series 1-0 and already lost odi series 1-3. These things showed that sl team din't do their home works well. So they do same mistake again and again. Before start a siries they must watch videos that opposition team had played recently. By doing this they can identyfy abilities and weak points of opposition players. After that sl team can practise with a plan. This is the modern way how to win matches easily. Otherwise we can't win a series. If our players can't correct their mistakes it is beeter that cansel the south african tour bcoz finel result may be 3-0 and 5-0. So our players may be come back srilanka with out cloths.
It is totally hopeless.we can't chase 201 runs to win.dilshan is the weakest captain i ever saw.he don't know how to apply pressure for rivals.such a shame.it is time for new captain and new batting coach.now days i tired of watching sl cricket.
we r really unfortunate cricket fans who watch these matches. I started watching cricket matches when i was 5 years old in 1996. So now i have cricket fever too much. Bcoz i addit 2 watching cricket matches too much. I have'nt missed even a test match. Bt unfrotunately today we have to watch only colours of other country players not ours.
Weaker and meeker cuurent SL team lost to a pretty ordinary team of PAK. That is no surprise.
SL players (these 11), please go home and relax. Then start another business like selling vegetables or something like that, instead of playing cricket anymore!
Allow a completely new team of players to play cricket for Sri Lankan in the upcoming series and even thereafter!
I am extremely sorry to say so, guys. We are fed up with watching you!
please remove Atapatthu from the batting coach position this team is a bunch of loosers they are making our life worst yesterdays match was an easy one to win what the hell anjelo mathes doing in the team kick him out of the team if he cant play a responsible role and dilshan is not a gud captain from 120-7 and 200 what a crap this bladdy IPL killing our cricket malinga will bowl well in IPl and CLt20 but for the country he couldn't bow properly send this loosers home and give chance to the youngsters yesterday we had so much shame in sharjah cricket stadium spent so much money to watch the cricket match but we can never call them heroes they are bringing bad name for Mother Lanka God Bless SL cricket
How could it be possible Attapattu to improve all these defectives techniques, overnight, that has been inhabited with them (seniors') since their birth? The Top-Order should be strengthened with technically sound batsmen (who have total control over almost all strokes they execute) of lightening reflexes.
If we're to be successful @the international level needs to appoint new batting coach to our team, standard of our batting had gone down and in this scenario I would like to question, contributions made by the present coach to our side. Batting is going from bad to verse pls appoint Roy or Aravinda or some overseas coach. ramanayake's contribution towards bowling has been wonderful but we need to develop 10-15 backup bowlers to run through a side twice, my suggesion is to get foreign bowling coach to develop our faster bowlers
Even the "Sakkradevendra" can't correct those defective habits in seniors. That is why we can't win matches even at home.
I believe there is a problem with the thinking ability/capacity of the SL captain, it only destroy him as a very capable match winning allrounder.IF he is relieved from captaincy he will become another Afridi . When Afridi came to the crease when Pak was struggling 96 for 6 down, why he did not apply pressure using his master bowlers???? this is what the commentators who are experienced past cricketers were commenting. what is the use of keeping Malinga for the last overs when the cream of Pak batting is already back in the pavillion. What match Prasanna and Mendis for Afridi?? only allowed him to settle and hammer us. How weak the reading of ball by all other batsmen other than Kumar and Mahela??????????? they are all Kana playing. shame for the coach. No other people capable of making professional looking strokes. They can survive only until the opposition identfy their weaknesses.
we'll need sanga back…and what the hell is dilhara doing in this series…..we need to take a right team for win a match….i've few suggestions…….suraj randiv,ajantha mendis,nuwan kulasekara,angelo methews,lasith malinga,tm dilshan,mahela jayawardena,kumar sangakkara,upul tharanga…this is my team……no one can chalange….with this team we're strong by everything….experiences , talents or blance….
USELESS SIDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Sl leaked so many runs in the middle overs. At 120-7, sl gave ajmal the freedom to get singles and give boom boom strike. Dilshan shud have brought in the fielders, but they didn't. final score was 200.sl have this habbit of failing under pressure, and they did it yet again, if it was a top side batting, then they wud have easily won without a fuss. SL survived in the world cup, but not this time. Sl have lost three test series on the trot and now three odis on the trot. SL are a bunch of losers and can be offficialy called minnows. My advice to slc is to stop sl from playing cricket. Don't you feel ashamed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel sorry for the sl fans who followed this rubbish side through out this tour. I hope they don't anymore. I was just like them some months back and have given up with these guys. SLC OFFICIALY IN TURMOIL!
Sri lanka paying for leaking runs in the second half of the 1st innings. Dilshan is a poor captain.


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Get ready for a cracking Cheltenham card
THERE will be plenty of pointers towards the destination of the big prizes at the Cheltenham Festival when a whole host of jump racing's stars head to the track for the Cheltenham Trials day meeting on Saturday.
The eight-race extravaganza features the £100,000 Grade 2 Argento Chase, three more Grade 2 races, headed by the £60,000 Rewards4Racing Cleeve Hurdle plus the rearranged Grade 1 Victor Chandler Chase which features jump racing's brightest star Sprinter Sacre.
Hunt Ball will bid to enhance his Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup claims when he lines up in the Argento Chase.
The eight-year-old, trained by Keiran Burke, features among 12 declared runners for the race and goes their on the back of a second in the rearranged Grade 2 Peterborough Chase at Kempton over Christmas.
Burke said: "Hunt Ball is absolutely buzzing and is in really good form. The weather has been rubbish but we have been able to get him out every day and we had him ready to run at Taunton so he has just been ticking over.
"I am hopeful of a big run and I think he has come forward for his run at Kempton. He is a big horse and it does him good to get a few runs into him.
"Obviously, the step up in trip is a little bit of a concern but he got three miles around in Aintree in a Grade 1 at the end of a long season so I'm not too worried.
"He is going to have to finish in the first three to warrant running in the Gold Cup. If you think he is going to have any chance in the Gold Cup, he will have to finish really close up."
Hunt Ball's credentials will be tested by 2010 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Imperial Commander, who is having his first start since March 2011, and rejuvenated 12-year-old Tidal Bay who hopefully teams up with Ruby Walsh for trainer Paul Nicholls if the chaser gets over a minor foot problem in time.
Two of this season's most exciting novice hurdlers, Coneygree and The New One,will put their winning records on the line in the £30,000 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle, while the opening £30,000 JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial should throw up Festival pointers with unbeaten juveniles Irish Saint, Rolling Star and Knight Of Pleasure all facing the starter.
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Barney Frank: White House Move On DOMA Is A Political Winner
"I got some indication they were thinking about their position and I urged them to go ahead with it," he said. "I thought there would be no political problem. People who will be angry at the President over this won't vote for him anyway."
He added that he believed gay issues were losing their cachet even among social conservatives.
"They are deemphasizing LGBT issues and putting all the energy into the abortion issue," he said. "For example, in this budget we just had where every very conservative idea was put in, no amendment was put in saying don't implement repeal of DADT. They are, I think, soft peddling their opposition to LGBT rights because it's finally dawned on them first that young people think this is nonsense, but also that lots of people in America have friends and relatives who are gay and lesbian."
He even suggested the Administration's interpretation would mesh well with Tea Partiers' small government ideals, since it allows the federal government to recognize gay marriages in states where it they were legally performed, but not require state governments that still outlaw same-sex unions to do the same.
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It has been recently revealed that Facebook is going to increase its $2.5 billion credit limit. The information has not been officially revealed and has been provided by two sources, which are in the known of the matter.
The decision to increase the limit is taken to cover a significantly major tax hit. It is expected that with this decision, Facebook is going to achieve conquer the market. Facebook's spokesman said that he cannot comment on the issue and everything will be revealed with the time.
It has also been said that Facebook is also going to enter in the initial public offering, which will increase its value in stock market. The world's largest social media network is said to be taking benefits of strong position to get more financing so that it can attain phenomenal success.
Sources, who do not want to reveal their identity, are of the view: "All these tax obligations are being created and you need cash to take care of it. You see this all the time but in this case it will be substantial".
There are a lot many plans, which Facebook will be taking to increase its market value like increasing credit facility and selling sell equity securities among other steps. The sources said that these steps will also help Facebook for not getting into tax problem again.
Moe, who is founder of investment bank ThinkEquity, said that Facebook is reaping the benefits of all the efforts it has done to reach at the top position. Moreover, they are using the right policy to make money and that is to get the money whenever you can.
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Virginia Senator Will Retire in 2008
The decision by Senator John W. Warner, a five-term Republican, immediately put his seat up for grabs.
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Two U.S. senators said that the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki should be voted from office.
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Senator John W. Warner has attracted criticism from fellow Republicans over a resolution opposing President Bush's Iraq policy.
February 1, 2007 washingtonNewsKey Republican Senator Offers Bipartisan Call to Reject Bush Plan for More Troops in Iraq
Senator John W. Warner's proposal soundly rejected President Bush's plan and urged the administration to find a new course in Iraq.
January 23, 2007 washingtonNewsSenator Says U.S. Should Rethink Iraq Strategy
The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee warned that the situation in Iraq was "drifting sideways."
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Virginia: Ex-Republican Senator Endorses Democrat
Former Senator John W. Warner, a Republican, on Monday endorsed his Democratic successor, Senator Mark Warner, over Ed Gillespie, a past national Republican Party chairman...
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Kilmartin village sits in the centre of Kilmartin Glen which is home to an astonishing 350 different monuments all within a few miles. The village includes the trust museum and the church
Kilmartin village sits in the centre of Kilmartin Glen which is home to an astonishing 350 different monuments all within a few miles. The village includes the trust museum and the church
Somewhat ruined 16th century Z-plan tower house just to the north of the village of Kilmartin. Probably built by Neil Campbell, Rector of Kilmartin 1574-1627 and later Bishop of Argyll and then was later owned by the Campbells before falling into ruin.
Ruined mediaeval castle near Sanquhar in Dumfries & Galloway. Walk up to view.
Elegant classical mansion outside Moffat once owned by Macadam famous for inventing tarmac. There is a roller he used still in the grounds.
House built around 1720 whose wings still exist facing across the Forth. The rest has been in-filled and a new town sprung up on the estate grounds.
Tower house that probably dates to C16 with modern farmhouse and steadings attachedthat are in use. originally must have been ancient.
Now a holiday park surrounding the derelict remains of the house that was gutted by fire in 1973.
Ruinous C16th castle near to Wick in Caithness. Its most striking characteristic is its position teetering on the efge of the cliff! Walk able or view from the beach. A photographer's delight.
Small ruined castle near Culzean Castle once owned by a nephew of Robert the Bruce. Now ruined but visitable. It is pretty intact in terms of the outside wall, but the interior is ruined.
Very tall standing stone on South Uist that dates to neolithic period. The stone rises almost 17 feet into the air which makes it one of the largest standing stones in the isles. Its history is veiled in a typical hebridean mist.
Original Palace to Scottish kings and now a baronial mansion with excellent gardens. Just north of Perth.
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Arvid is 37-years-old and about to get divorced. He doesn't want to, but he knows his wife has had enough of him. The knowledge that his life is about to careen off course is crushing; when he receives a call that his mother has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, Arvid can hardly function at all.
Norwegian author Per Petterson's latest novel describes just a few days in bitterly cold November 1989, but the landscape of Arvid's memory encompasses his entire life up to that point. In his despair and frustration at losing control over his life, Arvid is like a rudderless fishing boat; he cannot move forward in a straight line, but his efforts to retrace his steps also fail.
Her diagnosis certain, Arvid's mother retreats from Oslo, where she has lived for 40 years, to her native Denmark. Arvid follows, making the familiar ferry crossing, unsure of how to proceed, and unsure of how he will find his way once his mother is gone. Memories of summers past spent in Denmark overlay Arvid's journey to find his mother, and to communicate with her once they're reunited. Her actions are unpredictable, as she also attempts to say farewell to important places and people in her life. Arvid wants to be a part of this intimate goodbye, but doesn't know how—and his mother doesn't seem to want him to tag along in any case.
Petterson's prose, heavily autobiographical and translated by Charlotte Barslund, has a stately quality to it. Present day events have triggered this journey through the mysteries of Arvid's memory, and his struggle to piece together the events in his life that have led to this bleak time is unsettling. Arvid drifts a bit in time, and wonders how various actions have led him to this crossroads. He has a sense that everyone around him is moving in the correct direction in their own lives, while he is moving against the tide, without a clue how to correct his course. Arvid fears that the anonymous crowd passing him by in the city can tell at a glance that he has lost his way.
Arvid chain smokes, drinks too much, and dwells on formative moments: his decision to leave university, earning him a slap in the face from his mother; his relationship as a young union worker with a schoolgirl, the two lovers finding everything in the world within each other; the death of his older brother, whom he barely knew. Boiling water for coffee before dawn as his sweetheart sleeps on in the other room, Arvid remembers being awake absurdly early with his mother as a small child and cherishing her kitchen habits as she heated milk for hot chocolate.
Arvid is consumed by his own melancholy, and fails to reconnect with his mother as she wraps up loose ends in her own life. He wants to be with her and to be there for her, but his personal inner miseries and regrets make this impossible.
As he grew up and attempted to set himself apart from several brothers and his father, Arvid has failed in making a name for himself and succeeded merely in distancing himself from his entire family. The realization that his strength of character resulted only in this relative estrangement, and not in becoming a man his family could be proud of wears heavily on Arvid. He's 37-years-old, says his mother, "but I wouldn't call him a grown up. That would be an exaggeration."
The timing of Petterson's story is purposeful; the fall of the Berlin Wall is imminent. Arvid's musings are full of past meetings with fellow communists, and his desire to be a true part of the worker's movement. Arvid's frequent embarrassment with the man he has failed to become is endearing. Anyone who has been disappointed with their own failure to impress their loved ones, and ultimately satisfy themselves, will appreciate Arvid's state of mind and Petterson's novel as a whole.
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The bad news about AMD's upcoming 8-core FX series of processors aka Zambezi is that the launch has been delayed to late summer 2011, which points to an August debut. The good news is that AMD recently told reporters that it expects to price its top 8-core model, the FX-8130P will have a street price of US$320. This model has a clock speed of 3.8GHz, with a Turbo Mode speed of up to 4.2GHz. It also puts it directly against Intel's top Sandy Bridge CPU at the moment, the Core i7-2600K and provides an estimate on its performance level.
Bright Side of News - In a straight talk, AMD confirmed that the pricing for FX series is going to be extremely aggressive, with their king of the hill processor, the FX-8130P coming with a street price of $320. While AMD does not want to detail the clock speeds, FX-8130P was supposed to come with a 3.8GHz core clock and Turbo 2.0 mode at 4.2GHz in 105W ACP / 130W TDP
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