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Great vid!
The channel it's from has more of that…! (see on y00t00b) -
Buffet, Charlie "Suck it up" Munger, Jamie Dimon, heirs to Walmart, Mitt Romney/Obama, etc…., yes, All Welfare Queens!!
But also they are the "Entitled Establishment"
In this World War #3 they are using propaganda words against "We the People" ( Ya, it's a socialist type concept of Government!)
They gotten people to call them "The Elite" when in fact they are not & we should in fact refer to the scum as the spoiled "Entitled Establishment".
Those jerk off gangsters are not royalty!
Remember this the next time one of those asshats tell us "We just have to fix this "Entitlement problem" with Social Security & Medicare.
As I understand it Wal Mart, & there-by Monsanto/Coke/Pepsi/etc, are receiving as much as 40% of their revenues from US Gov. Welfare!
Just like Wallst Banks/Insur/Energy Scum, Wal Mart's whole business model crashes into bankruptcy without Gov. Welfare from "We the People"!!!!
Maybe Occupy movement should load up with cameras/people march on down to the local Wal Marts Midnight at the end of the month when the Welfare cards lights for Walmart/JP Morgan & witness the circus.
No doubt Occupy could camp out there, milling around & doing others things I'll just leave to you're own imaginations. LOL;)
great little vid. Real Bernank head was funny.
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I recently learned that Brooks running shoes were owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Buffet's company). This makes me really slow, because apparently the sale to Berkshire Hathaway happened in 2006.Anyway, shouldn't Brooks be renamed Crooks? 😉 (thank you, I'll be here all week).
Needless to say, I didn't buy. But god knows what other companies he has interests in. I'm (almost) afraid to find out.
He is not a welfare queen. He is a cancerous tumor.


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"Once Upon a Time" came back in a big way with "Lacey," the first of four new episodes going into the Season 2 finale. Now check out these sneak peek pics and episode description for "The Evil Queen," airing Sunday, April 28 on ABC.
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With the aid of Hook, Regina attempts to put a plan in motion that will help transport herself and Henry back to Fairytale land. But her plan revolves around a fail-safe that was planted within the curse, which if triggered could wipe Storybrooke off the map – and kill all of its inhabitants; and Emma's suspicions about Tamara grow. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, the Evil Queen asks Rumplestiltskin to transform her into an unrecognizable peasant in order to kill an unsuspecting Snow White, with the twisted aim of earning the love and respect of her subjects.
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% Daily Value (DV) A value in the nutrition facts table that shows how much of your recommended daily intake of a nutrient the food contains; 5% DV or less is a little of a nutrient and 15% DV or more is a lot
Adolescent medicine specialist A doctor who specializes in helping teenagers deal with issues such as puberty, drugs, alcohol and birth control while living with a chronic disease
Anaesthetist A doctor who specializes in giving you medicine (an anaesthetic) to make you sleep for your transplant surgery
Anaemia A common condition that occurs when you have lower-than-normal levels of healthy red blood cells; can leave you feeling low in energy
Antibody-mediated rejection Rejection that occurs when harmful antibodies from your blood attack the transplanted organ
Anti-infectives Medications that prevent and treat infections
Arteriogram A test that involves injecting dye into the arteries in a specific part of the body and then taking x-rays to see how well the dye flows through your bloodstream
Audiogram A hearing test
Attenuated (non-live) vaccine A vaccine that contains the parts of a virus that have been killed and that enables your body to make antibodies to the virus after transplant.
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Belly breathing Also known as abdominal breathing, a way of breathing that uses muscles in the belly to help you take slow, deep breaths and relax
Biopsy A procedure that involves using a needle to take out a tiny piece of a transplanted organ so it can be studied under a microscope
Bloodwork Blood tests
Body image How a person feels about how they look
Central venous line (CVL) A thin tube placed in a vein near your collarbone that allows the transplant team to give you medications and take your blood for tests after your transplant surgery
Child life specialist An expert in child and teen development who can help you prepare for your time in hospital
Cholesterol A fatty material in the body that, in small amounts, helps to make cell membranes, some hormones and other tissues
Creatinine A waste product from the muscles that the kidneys remove through your urine; a good indicator of whether the kidneys are working properly
Cross-match A special test that mixes blood from an organ donor and blood from a recipient to see if the recipient forms antibodies to the donor's blood; no antibodies (also known as a "negative cross-match") means the donor is a match
Deceased donor organ donation An organ that comes from someone who has died in an intensive care unit in a hospital after an unexpected event (such as a car accident or a serious fall) and whose family has agreed to donate their organ(s)
Delayed graft function A delay in the normal working of a transplant organ; for kidneys, this is also known as acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and usually lasts a few days or weeks
Dexa scan Short for dual x-ray absorptiometry, an x-ray of your bones by a special machine that measures the density and strength of your bones
Dialysis A treatment to remove waste products and excess fluid from your blood when the kidneys can no longer do so
Dietitian A health care professional who helps you to follow a healthy diet and maintain a healthy weight
Drainage tube A tube that is inserted near your transplant incision (cut) to drain blood and fluid collecting around your new organ
Echocardiogram A test that uses sound waves (also known as sonograms) to take pictures of the size, shape and texture of your heart and how the blood flows through it
Electrocardiogram (ECG) A test that measures the electrical activity of your heart (such as the strength of your heartbeat) on a graph
Electroencephalogram (EEG) A test that measures electrical activity in the brain over time
Electrolytes Substances in the body that control how the cells work; examples include sodium, potassium, phosphate and magnesium
Enema A treatment that passes water into the rectum to flush stool (poo) out of the large intestine before surgery
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) A virus that can give you mononucleosis (mono) or "kissing disease"
Flow rate and post-void residual test Tests to find out how much you urinate (pee) and how well your bladder empties
Full urodynamics test A test that shows the size of the bladder, the amount of pressure in the bladder and the strength of the muscle around the outlet of the bladder (called the urethral sphincter)
Graft Another name for a transplanted organ
Hematologist A doctor who specializes in different blood disorders, clotting and bleeding
Hematoma A collection of blood inside the body, usually around a wound
Human papilloma virus (HPV) A sexually transmitted infection that can cause genital warts and lead to cervical cancer
Hyperlipidemia Having high levels of fat and cholesterol in the blood
Immunizations Another name for vaccinations, vaccines or "shots"
Immunosuppressants Medications that suppress, or weaken, the immune system so that it will not attack your transplanted organ; also known as anti-rejection medications
Individual education plan (IEP) A written plan that describes any accommodations or services you might need to help you with your learning at school
Intravenous (IV) lines Any tubes that are inserted into a vein in your hands or arms to let your transplant team give you medications and fluids
Live vaccine A vaccine that contains a small amount of a living virus and that cannot be given after a transplant because the immune system may not be able to fight the living virus that the vaccine contains.
Living donor organ donation A donation from someone over 18 years of age who is usually a close relative, such as a mother, father, brother or sister, but can also be a close friend or family friend. See also living donor paired exchange.
Living donor paired exchange program (LDPE) A program that allows your intended living donor to give a kidney to someone else for whom they are a match and allows that person's donor (whom you might not know) to give their kidney to you
Lymph A clear-to-white fluid that is made of white blood cells, which fight bacteria in the blood, and fluid from the intestines, which contains proteins and fats
Maintenance medications Medications that you take routinely after transplant to help control the side effects of other transplant medications or treat other conditions that you have; several of them can usually be stopped when your condition becomes more stable after the transplant
Medic Alert™ bracelet A bracelet with information about your transplant and any allergies you have that should be worn every day so that you can get the right treatment if you ever need medical help in an emergency
Nasogastric (NG) tube A tube that goes in through the nose and down into the stomach to drain fluids in the stomach and, sometimes, give medications and feeds; not commonly used for kidney transplant patients
Nasal cannula A plastic tube connected to two prongs placed in the nostrils to give you extra oxygen while you recover from transplant surgery
Nephrologist A doctor on your transplant team who specializes in kidney disease and treatment
Nephrology An area of medicine that specializes in the kidneys
Occupational therapist A health care professional who helps people with day-to-day tasks such as feeding, dressing and washing themselves
Ophthalmologist An eye doctor
Otolaryngologist An ear, nose and throat specialist
Panel reactive antibodies (PRA) Antibodies in the blood that can interfere with the ability to match you for a transplant
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) Pain medicine that is given to you through a tube when you press a button
Peripherally-inserted central catheter (PICC) A tube that can be in place for several months after your transplant to allow the transplant team to take blood and give you medications when you come to hospital
Pharmacist A health care professional with special knowledge about the medications you need before and after your transplant surgery who will develop a medication schedule for you and can discuss any side effects and help obtain information about coverage for your medications
Phosphorus A mineral in your body that works with calcium and vitamin D to keep bones strong and healthy
Physiotherapist A health care professional who helps you with your movement after surgery and will give you exercises to do to build up your strength and mobility
Polyoma virus (BKV) A virus that, in rare cases, can damage the kidney
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) A disease that occurs when certain cells called lymphocytes grow much more quickly than they should; over time, and only for a very small number of patients, the cells can lead to a form of cancer called lymphoma
Potassium A mineral in your body that helps to keep the muscles and heart working properly
Primary kidney disease The underlying disease that damaged your kidneys and caused them to fail
Primary non-function When a transplant organ never starts working and must be removed
Rejection When the body's immune system starts to attack the transplanted organ; can happen if medications are not taken as instructed
Relaxation with tension A way to relieve muscle tension and pain by tensing and, after a few seconds, relaxing different groups of muscles in your body
Renal (kidney) scan A test that involves injecting dye through an IV line and then taking close-up x-rays of the kidney with a large camera
Renal osteodystrophy (ROD) series and bone age test A set of x-rays of the ankles, wrists and knees to show how kidney disease has affected your bones and show how well the bones are developing
Self-esteem How much a person values themselves and feels worthwhile
Self-monitoring Keeping track of your health and any unusual symptoms after transplant surgery; must be done regularly to give you the best chance of long-term success with your transplant organ
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Infections that are spread from person to person during intimate contact, including skin-to-skin contact and contact through the mouth and genitals
Sodium A mineral in your body that helps control blood pressure and the body's water balance
Stenosis A narrowing of the blood vessels going in and out of the kidney, which can lead to very high blood pressure
Stressor Anything that involves a change, threat or demand on the mind or body; can be external (such as a busy school schedule or changes in relationships with friends) or internal (such as wanting to fit in with your peers or worrying about your health)
Surgical and post-operative complications Problems with your new organ that directly result from the transplant surgery
Suspension Another name for liquid medication
Three-sentence health summary A short description of the type of transplant you had, when and why you had it, the medications you are taking, and any side effects, along with any special diet or other routines you follow every day to manage your health
Thrombosis A clot, or blockage, in a blood vessel
Total fluid intake (TFI) How much fluid you must drink each day to keep your kidney working well
Transition Moving from paediatric care (health care for children and teens) to a team that specializes in caring for adults
Transplant program information co-ordinator Someone who does all the administration tasks for the transplant office and will usually arrange all your tests and appointments before and after your transplant
Transplant program nurse Your main contact during your transplant journey; usually the first person to contact if you have any questions
Transplant social worker Someone who specializes in talking about your feelings about having a transplant and how it will affect different areas of your life, including your lifestyle, education, family, friendships and other relationships, and can help you access resources and prepare for your move to the adult health care system
Ultrasound image A picture created from sound waves
Ultrasound scan A test that uses sound waves to take pictures of the size, shape and texture of your organs
Ureter The tube that carries the urine from the kidneys to the bladder
Urine output The amount of urine you produce
Urologist A doctor who specializes in surgery on the bladder and kidney
Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) A test that uses x-rays to show what happens when your bladder is full and what happens when urine leaves your bladder and flows out of your body
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Weight Training Success - Get Back To The Basics With These 4 Important Exercises
Are you about to start weight training and you want to know the best exercises to do? Or are you a gym veteran but your not getting good results and you want to discover the most effective exercises to use? Whatever the case, help is at hand!
In this article I will be talking about the four of the most powerful gym exercises of all-time. Remember, every time you step foot in a gym, you will have hundreds of potential exercises, which you could choose to do. But 90% of them are not as effective as the ones you are about to learn....
Exercise One - The Bench Press
Now I am sure you have heard or regularly use the bench press to help carve your chest muscles. This compound lifting exercise is one of the best ways to build your upper body. If you happen not to be a big fan of doing the bench press, I am here to tell you that you cannot neglect this super important exercise. It's one of the most powerful pectoral exercises and it will also help build your arms in the process.
Exercise Two - The Squat
This exercise may not be on the "most popular" list for regular gym goers because it's so damn hard to do. But the fact remains, this exercise isn't called "the king of all exercises" for no reason! When it is performed properly, it will hit just about every muscle in your whole body. It's especially useful for targeting the legs but it also helps target your core muscle groups, which are often hard to hit.
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If the squat is the king of all exercises, then the deadlift is the "queen". Once again, it's not on most people's popularity lists but it's vitally essential that you do this exercise if you want to get the best results in the gym. It's primarily a lower body exercise but just like the squat it does hit many other muscle groups at the same time. Lift heavy with the deadlift and you will see miraculous results unfold over time!
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Although most people don't acknowledge that the chin-up is an actual gym exercise, it most definitely is. As a back exercise, you cannot get a more perfectly designed exercise than the humble chin-up. Even though it's a body weight exercise, it's very demanding and difficult to do. Once you are able to easily lift your body weight without any drama at all, add weight to each lift by holding a dumbbell between your feet or use a weight belt.
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Juneau's Planning Commission unanimously gave developers the green light Tuesday to build the largest new housing project the city has seen in at least a decade.
The new 40-unit complex will be built on Vista Drive in West Juneau, and a second 35-unit complex is planned to go adjacent to the development in the future.
Volunteers of America will manage the housing.
Volunteers of America is a faith-based national non-profit organization that provides affordable housing across the country.
Of the first 40 units to be developed, 25 will be rented at rates dependent on the tenants' income level, and 15 units will be rented at market rate. Eight units will be reserved for disabled tenants.
Members of the public expressed concern over the long-term stability of building on this particular hillside, and with degrading property value in the area.
Other concerns centered on the danger of increasing traffic on Vista Drive which is a steep hill road that empties onto Douglas Highway and, residents said, gets covered in black ice regularly in the winter.
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Hi – I spent about 3 hours searching the forum (expecting this was something that has been done before) – if you could point me to an existing discussion that would be great too!
I'm looking to synchronise applications, laptops etc with a clock – but with the possibility of changing the clock speed, and possibly location. Pretty much what the transport function does but I'm struggling figuring out how a 'transport' object can be slaved.
My initial thought was to send midi clock over OSC. Or MTC over OSC, not sure.
So imagine 2 devices running their own 'transport' I can see how I can send a 'tempo' and a 'start' and a 'stop' to the slave transport – but not sure if there is a chance of drift between the the master and the slave (is that likely?) and secondly not sure if I can fluidly changed the speed on the master and how the slave will follow.
On a related note – how do I slave a transport to midi clock?
I've synced different computers with OSC (tempo/start/stop) and didn't notice any drift during a run of about 30 minutes, but without tempo changes. I think that tempo changes are problematic due to message delay.
For slaving to midi clock the [sync~] object can be used.
Thanks broc! Can the sync~ then control a transport?
Yes, sync~ reports start (250), stop (252) and current tempo. For details see ref page.
ah now i get it – I thought [transport] generated a clock, like an advanced [metro] but it actually needs to be driven. Thanks broc!
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Three out of four Americans want government to do something to curb overuse of antibiotics on animal farms that supply most of the nation's meat, and nearly as many believe the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - "superbugs" - as a result of the misuse is a serious threat to human health, a new survey commissioned by Applegate Farms has found.
Consumers are willing to pay the extra $1 a month meat and poultry would cost if regulations were in place to ensure their food came from unmedicated animals, the survey reveals. Applegate, a producer of antibiotic-free meats and cheeses, initiated the poll as part of Citizens Against Superbugs, a public awareness campaign condemning the non-therapeutic use in animals of antimicrobial drugs meant to treat humans.
The campaign is backed by testimony from scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who affirmed last year that antibiotics used in livestock contaminate the food supply and contribute to the spread of drug-resistant infections in humans. According to 2009 FDA data, nearly 80 percent of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to food animals to promote weight gain and compensate for unhealthy living conditions. And in 2003, a joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Organization for Animal Health, and the World Health Organization concluded that the "consequences of antimicrobial resistance are particularly severe when pathogens are resistant to antimicrobials critically important in humans."
Still, 56 percent of the survey respondents who said they were concerned about the effect of animal antibiotics indicated they had not changed the way they shop. Of those who said they had altered their shopping habits, 37 percent revealed they simply buy less meat and poultry, and about a third said they look for food labeled "organic" or "natural."
When told that unlike the "organic" seal, the "natural" designation can apply to meat treated with antibiotics, 65 percent of respondents thought the label is misleading and should not be allowed on products sourced to farms that use antibiotics.
"If we don't convert this broad awareness and bring it to Washington, the antibiotic-resistance issues are going to get more and more severe. Eventually it's going to hit a tipping point, where you might have an epidemic," Applegate CEO Stephen McDonnell told me in a phone conversation. "The way the industry is set up now, the cheapest one wins. There are costs embedded in [raising animals] properly. But when you factor in the environmental and healthcare impact, it's not that cheap."
McDonnell took his message to Capitol Hill earlier this week to support a bill introduced by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) that seeks to phase out non-therapeutic uses of medically important antibiotics. Slaughter, who is the only microbiologist in Congress, has proposed the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) and has gained the support of more than 300 organizations representing health, consumer, agricultural, environmental, humane and other interests, including the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, and Chipotle.
PAMTA is specifically concerned with seven types of antibiotics whose effectiveness in humans may be reduced because of their overuse in animals: penicillins, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, streptogramins, macrolides, lincomycin, and sulfonamides. The drugs were previously identified in two citizen petitions that have languished at the FDA since 1999 and 2005, respectively. After a coalition of nonprofit groups sued the agency for inaction in May, it rejected the demands in a letter citing statutory hurdles such as a long and legally convoluted drug withdrawal process that would drain its resources.
The FDA's denial runs counter to its own recent recommendations for judicious use of medically important antimicrobial drugs. In explaining its decision, the regulator says it is "currently pursuing other alternatives" to address the issue. Among them -- relying more on pharmaceutical companies and industry to self-regulate the promotion of antibiotics.
"They are acutely aware there's a problem and it's become a public issue for them," McDonnell said. "I think [meat producers] are scrambling to find means to keep their low-cost model and at the same time eliminate antibiotics. They realize there's a fundamental flaw in the system."


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I thought it was very well done, with lots of laughs. Can't wait for the DVD set in September !!!
I thought it was very well done, with lots of laughs. Can't wait for the DVD set in September !!!
What a disappointment. I laughed at Stanley's comment about theatre, chuckled during the volleyball game, but other than that, disappointing.
Maybe I should send my resume to the producers to see if they're in need of new writers.
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"Woke up at 9.55am. Soon as I woke up, I looked at Suzanne and she looked at me. I said, 'Did I tell you about the immune system?' Suzanne starting laughing, I said, 'it's amazing.' She said, 'Not now.'"
Ha! I like how they bumped Ryan down to 5th wheel and moved The 'Nard Dog up.
FYI -- Hallmark has an Office Christmas ornament coming out in October. It's pretty cool looking (at least the picture in the catalog looks cool) but I don't know if it will find a place on my tree.
It looks like I'll have to choose between Target and Best Buy tomorrow for the season 5 DVD...right now I'm leaning toward Target.


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Gwyneth Paltrow saved woman's life on 9/11 because why not
We're not going to make a movie out of this now, are we?...
Say what you will about Gwyneth Paltrow. She may be the most annoying celebrity on Earth (which is saying something), having pulled back somewhat on a successful movie career in favor of marrying the most pompous blowhard musician in the free world not named 'Bono', giving birth to the most unfortunate offspring this side of Suri Cruise, and becoming the poster child for the most mindblowingly-unasked-for, irritatingly-bourgeois, self-styled super-motherhood since Jenny McCarthy Googled autism, but whatever you call what it is that she's doing these days, she's doing it well. So well that anyone who follows Hollywood news and doesn't name their children after produce is as likely to dislike 'that Paltrow woman' as to have an affinity for breathing oxygen.
If that describes you, you may very well wish that you hadn't clicked on this article, because HELLO ADD LIFESAVING SUPERHERO TO THE LIST! DUH!!! From the pages of The Morton Report comes this most recent Gwynnie gem, which somehow managed to not make headlines for nearly 10 years after this event supposedly happening which isn't suspicious at all. At least the Morton Report writer had the good sense to hook readers by believing this woman's conclusions with the same level of certainty normally reserved for Yankee fans' belief that New York will win the World Series every year during spring training.
"Lara Lundstrom Clarke's life was saved by a Sliding Doors chance encounter with Gwyneth Paltrow on September 11, 2001." [So we're just calling it then? No 'may have been saved' or anything like that, huh? - ed.]
The article goes on to devote a few paragraphs on Ms. Clarke's usual morning routine before the tragedy, taking great pains to describe her "Ann Taylor Loft grey skirt and blouse" and "low kitten heels", because if there's anything one needs to know about a near-death experience, it's "WHAT WAS SHE WEARING???!!!" Finally, the incident in question, where Clarke was jaywalking in Manhattan on 9/11 and nearly got mowed down by film superstar Gwyneth Paltrow...
"It was one of those mornings that felt good [until that whole 'planes crashing into buildings' thing - ed.], you had a little skip in your step. What the heck - I always cross over 7th Street. Then all of a sudden, a silver Mercedes SUV came barreling down towards me. I stopped and it screeched to a halt. Then it developed into one of those classic 'who goes first' situations... Then I made eye contact with the Mercedes driver. It was Gwyneth Paltrow! ... She waved me across, I crossed, and she continued on her way. At least if I was late to work, I had a story to tell."
Great story! You ran across the street like some tourist and almost got turned into something messy that Paltrow had to have the hired help Spray N' Wash off her $120,000 SUV's grille. More stories!
Naturally, though, it gets even better. After the Paltrow incident, Clarke recalls "racing" to the subway stairs and "hurtling" down them, just to find that the train's doors had just slid shut (Sliding Doors reference #2) and the cars were pulling away from the station, leaving her stranded on the platform to await the next one. Once she eventually arrived at her destination, Clarke barely emerged above ground when the first plane hit the World Trade Center and everyone retreated in panic down the stairs. Fifteen minutes later, the second plane impacted the WTC 2, or the South Tower, where Clarke's office existed on the 77th floor...
"That was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life - my office exploded."
The Morton Report embellishes this point, evidently in the hopes that Paltrow will read their article and get pre-production moving on this newly-uncovered tale of heroism...
"Still unsure of what she was witnessing, Lara fell to her knees and started dry-heaving, certain that everyone that she knew and loved in her company was dead. It was only towards the end of the day, thanks to the Internet, that she learned that the majority of her co-workers had miraculously survived. Given the fact that the plane's wing sheared through her office, it was astonishing that just four of the 170 staff on duty perished."
Uh...hold on just a minute. Out of the 170 people in her office at the time, 166 of them survived a fricking jetliner straight up crashing through their office despite not experiencing the angelic presence of Gwyneth Paltrow and yet this woman is convinced that GP saved her life? Okaaaaayyy. Apparently not one to let a basic understanding of probability get in the way of gut feeling, Clarke penned a letter to Paltrow and thanked her for saving her life (arguable) and for being a 'positive role model for women out there' (barf).
The Morton Report managed to contact Paltrow's PR rep Stephen Huvane who "confirmed the accuracy of the incident", so I guess we can now add 'photographic memory' to Gwyneth's lists of superpowers. What, you mean you don't remember inconsequential near-misses with pedestrians that happened 10 years ago? Sucks to be you. Huvane added that Paltrow was "deeply moved" upon hearing Clarke's story.
Gwyneth Paltrow saves small people's lives and then is deeply moved afterwards by the experience, everybody! Is it too late to recast Henry Cavill's Superman in Man of Steel? We have a new contender. You're welcome, Internet.
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This surely didn't warrant a "Gwyneth Saved My Life" article by The Morton Report. Must have been a slow day...
Lara was "lucky" she didn't get run down by her Mercedes. It could have ended even worse for her.
I have to say though, that I really think Gwyneth Paltrow was great in Shakespeare in Love & Proof.


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Update: The reporters at Bloomberg are somehow using us as a source for this false rumor. We've contacted them to correct but they've so far left it untouched. Our report comes from iFoAppleStore and CultofMac (below)
Updated from Cult of Mac: Apple has gotten back to us a statement, reading: "The search for a replacement for Ron Johnson continues, and Apple has nothing to announce about this subject at this time."
Updated: 2: Apple wanted to make sure it was clear that no decision has been made yet and the Cult of Mac story is without merit.
Ron Johnson has only been gone a few days but rumors are already swirling that Steve Cano will be replacing the new JCPenney CEO as head of Apple's retail business. Cult of Mac reports separately from an earlier post by ifoAppleStore's Gary Allen which seems to indicate that Cano will assume the position. Here is the full statement as released by the Apple Retail Workers Union:
Statement regarding Steve Jobs and the future of Apple
by Apple Retail Workers Union on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 2:06am
The organizers of the Apple Retail Workers Union wish to express their condolences to the family of Steve Jobs. He was an inspiration to many, and will be regarded as one of the greats of our time. He followed his heart and did what he loved, which resulted in Apple becoming one of the greatest companies in the world. He surrounded himself with intelligent people who helped create technology that improved the way we live and share our lives.
With that in mind, we want to remind that while Steve and his teams created products and solutions to work "right out of the box", Apple's retail stores are still experiencing problems 10 years after launch. The messages we receive from workers illustrate a desire for improved compensation, consistent management policies and adherence to local, state and national laws. The feeling extends to the workers at Apple's suppliers including Foxconn, Wintek, Samsung and others.
We wish much success to Tim Cook and Steve Cano, who will be leading Apple and its retail stores going forward. As word of our movement grows and workers become increasingly interested in finding solutions where management is unwilling or unable, we continue to take pride in the opportunity we have every day to provide our customers with enriching experiences. At our core, we simply want Apple to return to its roots and remind itself that their "most important resource… is our people".
We can't confirm that Cano has been promoted and in fact his role is still listed as Apple retail employee in Region XV. He's certainly in the running, as one of Ron Johnson's subordinates.
Cano started with Apple ten years ago as the manager of Steve Jobs's local Palo Alto Apple Store. He then rose through the ranks…
Cano began his Apple retail career as manager of the Palo Alto (N. Calif.) store in 2001, and then later moved to New York to manage the SoHo store. In 2004 he moved to Tokyo (Japan) and managed the Ginza store, Apple's first international location. He was later appointed a regional director in Japan as additional stores were opened in the country. Some time after that he moved to London and became the company's first Sr. Director of International Retail, in time for the chain's expansion into Europe.


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A superstar Dutch DJ who helped shape the EDM explosion of 2012-2013, Robbert van de Corput became Hardwell when he began DJing at the age of 13. Watching the massive dance parties broadcast on MTV influenced the teen Hardwell to learn how to mix, and he soon became interested in remixing and working on his own productions. His remixing debut came in 2006 when his version of the Underdog Project's "Summer Jam" hit the clubs, then 2007 found him remixing the stadium techno act Scooter ("Lass Uns Tanzen") and collaborating with fellow DJ Greatski on the track "Never Knew Love." Two years later his bootleg mash-up "Show Me Be" would pit Steve Angello against Laidback Luke for a dancefloor hit, while 2010 saw him drop the first volume of his mix series Revealed. In 2011 he collaborated with Tiësto on the single "Zero 76," which, when combined with remix work for Dada Life ("Fight Club Is Closed [It's Time for Rock'n'Roll]"), Avicii ("Levels"), and Taio Cruz ("Hangover"), added up to his breakout year. In 2012 he would crack the Top Ten of DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list and top Billboard's dance chart with remixes of Rihanna ("Where Have You Been") and the Wanted ("Chasing the Sun"). His single "Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)" arrived in 2013 along with a fourth volume of Revealed. His full-length debut album United We Are was released in early 2015, with an album of remix versions by DallasK, Vicetone, Bingo Players, and Pep & Rash, amongst others, following later in the same year. ~ David Jeffries


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Burt reveals why the tomato was accepted in Italy and Southern Europe but not in the north.G
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"El Comienzo (The Beginning)"
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
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Private Universe Project In Mathematics
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Human Condition
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Saddle Club
"Herd Bound"
Lisa's mother is enrolling Lisa in an elite boarding school that is several miles away. She and her friends try to devise ways she will be allowed to stay and ride at Pine Hollow.G
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"Understanding Your Paycheck"
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"Annie's Annuals - Preserving Heirlooms While Promoting the Environment"
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"Year Round Parties"
You don't need a holiday as an excuse for a party - just about any day deserves a celebration. On this episode make decorations for the perfect party every day. Party favor pencils are first, made from little blocks of foam to create everything from a mummy to a snowman. D
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Cuisine Culture
"Thomas Henkelmann, Connecticut"
World-renowned Chef Thomas Henkelmann and his wife Theresa open up their hearts and home as we experience the magic and delights at his namesake restaurant nestled in charming Greenwich, CT. On the menu is seafood from the local fish market, where we learn how to choose the best catch of the day. On the menu: Black Truffle Royale with Lobster Bisque, Napoleon of Atlantic Halibut filled with Onion Compote & Marinated Salmon as well as Sauteed Langoustines and a Vegetable Flower with Sauce Mousseline. D
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"Baja Beach House Cooking"
Rick introduces viewers to some of Los Cabos top chefs and their restaurants then cooks dinner for them at a luxurious beach house. Margarita Carrillo, chef/owner of Don Emiliano Restaurant in San Jose del Cabo, joins Rick to purchase the local cabrillo fish and to visit Tamarindo's Farm for organically grown produce. Rick makes a tamarind chile sauce to go with his fish and eggplant course. D
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Globe Trekker
In the capital city of Lagos, Adela Ucar checks out the night life.G
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The Victory Garden
Correspondent Paul Epsom visits a specialty grass nursery in New Hampshire. Host Jamie Durie heads to the Filoli gardens in northern California for plant ideas.G
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"Mind Over Miter"
This butt joint of distinction joins everything from picture frames to crown moldings. Learn all the angles and see how to carefully cut corners as we master the miter box for fitting frames and fine furniture. D
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Woodturning Workshop
"Trent Bosh/Surface Decoration"
Master turner Trent Bosch shows Tim how he makes one of his famous carved platters. Trent does not stop at turning tools as he uses grinders, saws and chisels to shape this work of art. D
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Growing Bolder
"Quiet Confidence"
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"Glistening Snow"
Learn how to create evening snow flurries, a majestic mountain range and an alpine cabin in this lovely watercolor. This winter retreat is so inviting you will wish you were there. D
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Best of the Joy of Painting
"Days Gone By"
Take a hike with painter Bob Ross (if only on canvas!) along a winding dirt road that leads to a wonderfully weathered old barnhouse. D
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Essential Pepin
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Ricotta Dumplings With Red Pepper Sauce; Macaroni Beaucaire; Gnocchi Maison; Linguine With Clam Sauce And Vegetables. D
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Benjamin Millepied Takes A Very Big Leap Forward
Theres a chandelier in Benjamin Millepieds 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini.
The ballet world is always searching for new talent; theres no lack of gifted choreographers interested in aligning ballet with modern or postmodern dance, but few are gifted at honoring the classical vocabulary and modeling it to great music of the past. Millepied, like the immensely talented Christopher Wheeldon, started in ballet as a youngster. He was already a well-trained teenager when he arrived here from France to enroll in the School of American Ballet. He was one of the lucky students on whom Jerome Robbins created his 1994 Two and Three Part Inventions. Once he joined the New York City Ballet, he rose through the ranks to become a principal dancer (in 2001). He still holds that position, but has been making ballets for the last seven years.
Hes on a roll. 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini premiered in 2005 as a showcase for students at SAB, his alma mater. After showing his choreography at the French Alliances Florence Gould Hall that same year, he assembled a pick-up company to perform works by several dancemakers at the Joyce in 2006. During the past two years, he has made a solo for Mikhail Baryshnikov, two ballets for the Paris Opera, and a version of Petrouchka for the Ballet de Génève. Presenters, producers, and funders apparently flock to him like bees to honey.
Benjamin Millepied Danses Concertantes
Joyce Theater
December 9 through 14
With reason. Hes very good. And smart enough to inspire confidence. Of the13 terrific dancers assembled for the two works on the Joyce program, all but one (Céline Cassone) are on loan from American Ballet Theatre, and the costumes for 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini come from NYCBs wardrobe department.
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The Brahms ballet begins like the liveliest of dance parties. Couples enter on the diagonal, the men wearing vests over their shirts-and-tights outfits, the women wearing shiny, full-skirted dresses in different colors. Right away, the guys start lifting their partners in canon, and no one just walks to a new position. They run and leap and change directions, and suddenly theyre in two opposing lines, as if for a contradanse, but that doesnt occupy them for long. Millepied has a knack for merging and transforming patterns, and most of the steps are buoyant. There are times when each couple has its own steps, and others when they slide effortlessly into unison. To a particularly stormy musical variation, two men slide the feet of the woman between them along the floor, then swoop her upright so they can slide her againall the while rushing to cross another trio doing the same thing.
Sarah Lane dances for Blaine Hoven, then he for her. He, a lusty fellow, has a couple of short solosone of them a cleverly twisting skein of jumps. Isabella Boylston enters, turning stiffly on pointe to a tinkly passage of music, and Cory Stearns sweeps her into a duet. The men roister together in a clumpso close that their leaps look endangering. Then they lie down and the women pull them up to dance some more. They change partners for a waltzy section, but for the most part, Millepied shows us whos dating who and whom each loves best. Nicole Graniero and Luis Ribagorda are a couple; so are Melissa Thomas and Tom Forster, Gemma Bond and Eric Tamm. Theyre all vivid and charming, and they perform for Millepied with delighted exuberance. (Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner, who have been staging Antony Tudors works for ABT, served as ballet masters for Millepieds project and got a well-deserved hand for their coaching at the first-night curtain call).
Millepied is musical, and hes clever at devising choreography that entertains and excites us. However, although the steps in 28 Variations breathe, and the patterns evolve and interrupt one another pleasingly, the ballet as a whole feels as if it could stand a little air. The ear adapts to prolonged density more easily than the eye does, and theres no rule that says choreography always has to keep pace, second for second, with the musics fever.
The premiere, Without, is a little more relaxed, airier, less dense. Set to nine preludes, five preludes, and a nocturne by Chopin (elegantly played by Pedra Muzijevic), it is also blessed by silky, blue-gray curtains that surround all three sides of the stage. They glimmer in Brad Fieldss fine lighting, and the dancers can appear and disappear through a number of slits. In one wonderful sequence, they simply dash in and out of the openings, making them billow in the breeze of their passage. Its the kind of breather (no pun intended) that Millepieds work could use more of.
Millepied considers Robbins to have been a mentor; as a young dancer, he received support and encouragement from that master choreographer and absorbed ideas about dancing. Withoutin part because of its Chopin piano accompaniment and womens short, simple dresses by Marc Happelmight be an homage to Robbinss Dances at a Gathering. Alexandre Hammoudi and Maria Riccetto replace Graniero and Ribagorda and join the other couples from the previous piece (with Céline Cassone replacing Lane as Hovens girlfriend). One of the finest of the assorted pas de deux that crop up is the one for Riccetto and Hammoudi, maybe because Millepied creates a brief motifone dancer, then the other ducking gently under the partners outstretched arm. These two also have a later, more morose duet in which Hammoudi repeatedly kneels at Riccettos feet, and she has to keep pulling him up
The feeling is windblown; in the most rippling, fluttery passages of music, the dancers flit like butterflies. Forster and Thomas have solos at various pointshis full of big jumps, hers light and pliantand they come together for two amorous duet. Bond and Tamm frisk and romp, even bumping hips like the couple in one variation from Robbinss Im Old-Fashioned. He leaves her and goes off with Thomas, and a sympathetic unseen hand (maybe his?) yanks Bond offstage after them.
Millepied tries to establish these coming-and-going dancers as a societysometimes using a favorite device of Robbinss: People not dancing watch those who do. He also suggests a troubled relationship between Boylston and Stearns that comes into clear focus only toward the end of the ballet. Stearns is a prince of a dancer, but Boylston, while lovely, is not as expressive as he is about their relationship. Its hard to tell how she feels (maybe thats why he gives up and leaves), and Millepieds arresting ending comes as a surprise. All the others flank Boylston or stand behind her. She walks slowly along a diagonal path with her friends close around her like a large, comforting cloak.
These two ballets are more ambitious than anything Millepied has yet presented in New York. If a theater program were like a high school yearbook, his head shot would have Will Go Far printed beneath it.
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BBC Books has today confirmed details of the forthcoming publication of Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice by Stephen Baxter, an all-new Doctor Who adventure starring the Second Doctor, as played by Patrick Troughton, with his companions Jamie and Zoe.
Speaking about the title, BBC Books' Albert DePetrillo commented:
"Stephen Baxter is one of the leading lights of British science fiction, and I was thrilled when he decided to write for our Doctor Who list. The Wheel of Ice is a delight – a bold Second Doctor adventure with elements of the harder SF that is Stephen's forte. It's fitting that our first original adventure for a past Doctor since 2005 should be a book as special as this."
Baxter is recognised as one of the world's foremost science fiction writers. Since 1987, he has published over forty books, mostly science fiction novels, and over a hundred short stories. With degrees in mathematics, from Cambridge University, and in engineering, he is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He is also collaborating with Discworld author Terry Pratchett on a series of science-fiction novels. Stephen's novels have been published in the UK, the US, and in many other countries, and have won several awards including the Philip K Dick Award, the John W Campbell Memorial Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Kurd Lasswitz Award (Germany) and the Seiun Award (Japan) and have been nominated for several others, including the Arthur C Clarke Award, the Hugo Award and Locus awards.
As a fan of Baxter's since he released The Time Ships (an "official" sequel to HG Wells' The Time Machine) I'm personally boiling in anticipation!
So what's it all about?
Resilience. Remembrance. Resolution. Whatever the cost.
She had no name. She had only her mission – she would return Home. And bathe in the light of a long-dead sun… Even if it meant the sacrifice of this pointless little moon to do it.
The Wheel of Ice: a ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn, home to a colony mining minerals for a resource-hungry future Earth. A bad place to grow up.
The Wheel has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremlins, just bad luck. But what's the truth of the children's stories of 'Blue Dolls' glimpsed aboard the gigantic facility? And why won't the children go down the warren-like mines? And then sixteen-year-old Phee Laws, surfing Saturn's rings, saves an enigmatic blue box from destruction.
Aboard the Wheel, The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe find a critical situation – and three strangers who have just turned up out of nowhere look like prime candidates to be accused of sabotage … The Doctor finds himself caught up in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. But it's a mystery that could have dire repercussions for the people on the Wheel. It's a mystery that could kill them all.
The Wheel of Ice will be published on 16 August 2012, as a £16.99 hardback, but you can pre-order now from Amazon and pick it up for £14.44!


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January 22, 2011 I shattered my Tibia in a ski accident. I now have metal and screws running from mid calve to ankel. I have much nerve damage and the tingling is driving me crazy. It is now May 23 how long will the tingling keep up and will I be able to rehab this back to the point I can ski again? I am applying preasure on broke Tibia with walking boot on using crutch on oposite arm.
Bone healing following a fracture typically takes place over a 4-6 week period. Since you've undergone surgical fixation, and since it's been 16 weeks since your injury, discuss with your physician why you still need to wear a walking boot to apply pressure to your broken tibia, and also why you still need to use a crutch... has fracture healing taken significantly longer than is typical, and is healing still ongoing? Is there anything about the bone fractures or the hardware - or the walking boot - which could be contributing to your ongoing nerve symptoms?
If your nerve damage has been diagnosed and documented by nerve tests called "electrodiagnostic studies", ask your physician to explain the nature and severity of this nerve damage, since these details determine prognosis - that is, the time course for, and extent of, nerve recovery which can be anticipated.
In the meantime, if not already tried, there are a number of treatments which could lessen the severity of the tingling you continue to experience, including "antidepressant" medications (such as Nortriptyline or Duloxetine) for nerve pain, and/or "anti-seizure" medications (such as Pregabalin or Gabapentin) for nerve pain, as well as a portable electrical stimulator called a TNS unit (transcutaneous nerve stimulator).
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Taxes aren't just complicated for the wealthy, either: At the end of 2012, the government created two more tax rates for capital gains, two more tax brackets, and started limiting deductions you can take in interest and property taxes as you make more money.
Long story, short? There are a ton of variables that make paying taxes way harder than simply calculating a percent of your income.
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I have a client who is approaching 90 and receiving a pension distribution. Depending on when she retired, she could have owed no taxes on this income, partial taxes or full taxes. It's very important that she and other older folks living on a fixed income see a CPA.
After reading a rather vaguely reported tax form, this client's daughter misunderstood and told her mother she didn't owe taxes for three years. Well, the government labeled my 85-year-old client a tax evader and fined her $5,000. She only makes $10,000 a year.
This part of the tax code affects a non-sophisticated part of the population pretty unfairly.
Here are some suggestions to make the tax code clearer and fairer:
1. Eliminate the AMT
There are other ways to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. The AMT isn't really necessary, and it's unnecessarily confusing. Not to mention that it increasingly hurts the middle class. The original legislation that created the AMT didn't account for inflation, so it has gradually ensnared more of the middle class. In 1970, only about 20,000 people paid the AMT; 4 million paid it in 2011.
Last month, Congress passed a law indexing the AMT to inflation, but I believe it will still envelop more taxpayers over time. Just look at history: Congress has repeatedly "patched" the AMT to try to prevent this "creep" that keeps enveloping middle class taxpayers, and yet look at the ever-growing numbers!
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Many adult learners enrolling online for the first time may be somewhat apprehensive about online education. After all, their only experience of learning has been in traditional, face-to-face settings. Other adult learners expect it to be fun, fast, and friendly.
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In a world where graduation rates matter, it matters to a university whether its students get the courses they need, when they need them. It matters whether students get the courses they need, or just the courses left over after other students have gotten the courses they need.
What if the "official" graduation rate doesn't give the full picture of how many students graduate? As things now stand, the current rate calculation doesn't include students who transfer into a college and graduate.
While we clearly need to improve college completion rates across the board, one group that is of special interest to policymakers is minority students -- largely first-generation, low-income, and urban -- whose college completion rates continue to fall well below the average.
Though I make these observations, do not see me as an apologist and excuse-maker for higher education. There is much to be done to improve student success as it takes its place along with access as a national priority.
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Welcome to Baobab Tree Bar in Modjadjiskloof
"Come and see the largest Baobab in the world"
The Sunland 'Big Baobab' is in Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo Province, South Africa and is famous internationally for being the widest of its species in the world. Africa is symbolised by these magnificent trees. The Sunland Big Baobab is carbon dated to be well over 1 700 years old and has even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal!
When baobabs become a thousand years old, they begin to hollow inside. In the Big Baobab this has resulted in wonderful caverns and caves, where the world famous Baobab Tree Bar now amazes visitors.
The Big Baobab is on the mango farm Sunland, where day visitors are welcome. Sunland can also accommodate 20 overnight visitors in 5 chalets. We also offer quadbiking on our own quads or you can bring your own. There are hikes, waterfalls in the surrounding area and mountain biking trails, while the tree itself hosts a variety of activities. The Big Baobab has hosted many weddings over the years an there is now a honeymoon suite in a tree house for a wedding with a difference!
Sunland Farm is an ideal base for exploring the surrounding area - the Modjadjiskloof Cycad Forest, the Magoebaskloof hills and forest, the verdant area of Tzaneen and more.
Doug and Heather van Heerden bought the farm in 1989 and cleared half, planting mangoes and Palm trees. The Big Baobab is important both historically and ecologically and is home to many animals and birds, as well as providing food for many others. The van Heerdens fiercely protect the tree and the surroundings – woe betide anyone who doesn't share their views!
Day visitors to the tree: R25.00 per person. Kids under 3 free!!
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Small-town confinement, poverty, and parental problems confront innocent 20-year-old Vince in this coming-of-age drama. Universal themes make "Break Free" an engaging if at times overly endearing small film.
Small-town confinement, poverty, and parental problems confront innocent 20-year-old Vince in this coming-of-age drama. Universal themes make "Break Free" an engaging if at times overly endearing small film. Driven by nuanced performances and a well-wielded narrative, pic should strike chords in Italy and, with proper marketing from producer-distrib Fandango, earn helmer Gianluca Maria Tavarelli the local box office recognition that eluded him with previous pics, despite critical appreciation. Niche international prospects appear possible.
Freckle-faced Vince (Elio Germano), in v.o., provides a quick depiction of dismal life in Bussi, his mountain village in the depressed Abruzzi region southeast of Rome. Protag's father, Cenzo (Luigi Maria Burruano), is layed off when a local chemical plant closes down, and the unemployed factory workers are given a government job clearing out rocks in the Abruzzi national park, where one of Cenzo's disheartened co-workers commits suicide. Cenzo's wife, Paola (Anita Zagaria), dumps him for a local politico with whom she flees to the nearby Adriatic seaside resort of Pescara. Cut to the balmy beach life of Pescara, where Vince, singing "I Will Survive," also has headed, having landed a summer job as a junior cook at a resort. As he fumbles with frying pans, he falls in love with Genny (Nicole Grimaudo), a waitress afraid to travel by bus or train. He helps her overcome these panics and romance sparks. But just as they are about to consummate their relationship after a romantic dinner, the despondent Cenzo appears on Vince's doorstep, demanding hospitality and guidance in his vain attempt to recover his estranged wife. The choices Vince has to make form the central conflict of the drama, paralleled by the contrast between desolate Bussi and sunny Pescara, a summer playground for the Italian middle class. Crisp lensing and well-paced editing underscore this juxtaposition, with pic becoming quicker and brighter when action moves to Pescara. Understated performances, a rarity for Italy, bring characters to life, particularly in key father-son scenes. Music is apt, with the Sacramento band Cake's cover of "I Will Survive" ending things on the right note.Break Free
A Fandango release of a Fandango/Medusa Film production. (International sales: Intramovies, Rome) Produced by Domenico Procacci. Directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. Screenplay, Angelo Carbone, Leonardo Fasoli, Tavarelli.
Camera (color), Roberto Forza; editor, Marco Spoletini; music, Andrea Rocca; production designer, Francesca Bocca; costume designer, Francesca Casciello; sound (Dolby Digital), Bruno Pupparo; assistant director, casting, Laura Muccino. Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (Upstream), Sept. 2, 2003. Running time: 108 MIN.
Elio Germano, Nicole Grimaudo, Luigi Maria Burruano, Anita Zagaria, Myriam Catania, Rosa Pianeta.


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We're counting down to 10th April when the next edition of Nikita Chickita Europe hits the slopes at Serfaus, Austria. The quiet resort will be awash with friendly female snowboarders looking to ride on the groomed slopestyle course, in order to win the top prize of 1000 Euros, a one-year Nikita team rider sponsorship and a whopper bag of goodies. Pre-registrations have been coming in and will continue to be open until Thursday 8th April 2010, but you can still just turn up and register to take part onsite at Serfaus Ticket Office from Friday 9th between 15:00 – 17:00pm and on Saturday morning between 08:00 – 09:30am.
Riders: We are looking forward to welcoming back the likes of Agnieszka Rusin, Cilka Sadar, Pia Meusburger, Diana Sadlowski and Elena Könz adding to the cross-section of quality European riders already confirmed to head over from the depths of Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, UK, Spain and home country Austria to compete.
To join in and register all you need to do is e-mail email@example.com – please supply your full name, age and date of birth, contact telephone number, address and e-mail. Any riders with sponsors please state who they are. It's an open invite and all ages are welcome. The contest is split into womens and juniors (under 16's).
In it to win it: The first three placed women and juniors will receive a huge bag of products from Nikita and this year's sponsors, plus the top three placed women will also receive:
1st – €1000 and a one-year Nikita sponsorship
2nd – €500
3rd – €250
Judges: This year's judges will include the effervescent Judge Julia (Baumgartner) as head judge, first-time guest judge and new outerwear team signing Lisa Filzmoser and Nikita Chickita Swiss Tour event supremo and team rider Maude Richon. They will be looking at a number of things in order to crown the champion of 2010, including style, moves, amplitude and attitude!
Course: This year's course will consist of a rail line and kicker line. The rail line will include a double kinked box, down flat down then stairs to down rail or a picnic table, alternatively the stairs to down flat rail or down rail up pipe (bowl) or double kinked rail and wall. The kicker line will include a combo of either 10m or 14m kicker, or a combo of either 11m or 16m kicker then up pipe (bowl) or double kinked rail and wall. Check out www.2high.at for the Serfaus Park.
Patschi Party: Again this year the infamous party will be taking place at the Patschi bar. Last year's was memorable to say the least and has been the talk of the town since we left and they're looking forward to welcoming us back again! Thanks to K2 Snowboarding, who will be sponsoring the party this year and kindly paying for all to enjoy some drinks at the bar, so those taking part, make sure to get your share! You'll be shaking everything you got to the Cuban Brothers outfit, live in Serfaus to entertain you! Check them out – www.thecubanbrothers.com
Event Schedule: Saturday 10th April 2010
08:00 – 09:30 – Registration at Serfaus Ticket Office
09:00 – 10:30 – Open practice on the slopestyle course
10:30 – Riders meeting on the mountain at the Chill Out area next to the course
11:00 – Qualifying Heats (Womens and Juniors)
12:30 – 13:00 – Lunch break and course re-shape
13:00 – 13:50 – Juniors Finals
13:50 – 14:00 – Course re-shape
14:00 – 15:30 – Womens Final
21:00 – Prize Giving and party begins!! The Patschi Bar
Sponsors: We're stoked to announce this year's sponsors for NC Europe 2010. These special brands and the people behind them are kindly providing some top notch loot as part of the booty you can win this year.
Womens and Juniors podium placers will get
- K2 will be kitting out the women's winner with a new VaVaVoom Board, 2nd with Cassette Ltd Bindings and 3rd a pair of Scene Boots
- Dragon will be providing a brand spanking new pair of goggles to each of the women's and juniors winners
- Sector 9 will be providing a complete skateboard set up each of the women's and juniors winners
- Dakine will be kitting out the 1st place women's winner with the Leanne Pelosi Team Helo Pro Dlx backpack (plus Leanne Pelosi Gloves), 2nd will get the Girls Heli Pro Dlx (plus t-shirt) and 3rd the Girls Heli Pro (plus sunglasses case), whilst Juniors will get; 1st Girls Mission Backpack (plus gloves), 2nd Goggle case (plus t-shirt) and 3rd Sunglasses case (plus wallet)
- Les Ettes are making sure all the winners smell their best with the new Love-ette perfume, a favourite of Lisa Filzmoser who is fronting the new campaign
Thanks to Cooler and Onboard Magazines for being this year's sponsors, we appreciate your continued support!
You can check out more event information about Nikita Chickita online at www.nikitaclothing.com and watch last year's video here


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Well, not literally but for the latest party number from Boss
Yo Yo Honey Singh's latest is a soundtrack for Akshay Kumar starrer Boss, must we add that this song is already trending. After making everybody groove to his special Lungi dance song, it seems like Honey Singh wants to spread his sweetness on the party dance floors too. Here's our fun version of Party all night song from Boss, are Honey Singh and Akki ready get lost in transition then?
Aaj botallan khullan do
Daaru-sharu dhullan do
Whiskey da peg laga ke
Saari duniya bhullan do
Sun lo saari duniya waalo
Jitna bhi tum zor laga lo
Karenge party saari raat
Kaan mein dum hai toh band karwa lo
Party all night
Party all night
Party all night
We do party all night
Today bottles open two
Alcohol wash two
Whiskey peg hit
Whole world forget two
Hear me whole world people
How much ever you strength put
Will do party all night
Ear in strength is then stop do
Party all night
Party all night
Party all night
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Speaker John Boehner: Remove Michele Bachmann from the Intelligence Committee
Rep. Michele Bachmann has all-too-often voiced dangerous conspiracy theories claiming that the Obama administration is "aiding and abetting" radical Islamist groups. While Bachmann was roundly mocked and criticized for the baseless remarks, they were a hit in conspiratorial right-wing circles.
Members of the House Intelligence Committee are entrusted with classified information that affects the safety and security of all Americans. That information should not be in the hands of anyone with such a disregard for honesty, misunderstanding of national security, and lack of respect for his or her fellow public servants.
Bachmann's false and irresponsible attacks have gone too far even for her fellow Republicans and it is time she is removed from the House Intelligence Committee. This isn't a Democrat vs. Republican issue. It's about defending all of our values.


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World-famous evangelist Billy Graham has held four crusades in Georgia—one in Augusta, in 1948, and three in Atlanta, in 1950, 1973, and 1994. Each of these large revivals drew thousands of people from across the South.
Graham grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1939 he was ordained by a church in the Southern Baptist Convention and went on to attend the Florida Bible Institute (later Trinity College) in Trinity, Florida. After becoming active in the ministerial organization Youth for Christ and leading increasingly popular evangelical missions, he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1950.
That same year Graham brought his crusade to Atlanta for the first time. The six-week revival was held at Ponce de Leon Ballpark (then home to the minor-league baseball team the Atlanta Crackers) and lasted from October to December. Graham's opening service on Sunday, October 29, drew an estimated 25,000 people, the largest crowd that had ever assembled to hear him preach. (Earlier that year, a crowd of 17,000 heard him speak in Portland, Oregon.) Graham later credited the 1950 Atlanta crusade with teaching him a lesson that helped to keep his ministry largely above financial reproach, while other evangelists experienced scandals: a picture of a grinning Graham appeared next to a photograph of ushers handling bags of money collected from services in the ballpark. "I said, 'That'll never happen again,'" Graham recalled in a 1992 interview. From that time, he said, he never accepted another "love offering" but assembled a board of businessmen to oversee his ministry and put himself and his staff on salary.
In 1966 Graham contacted local officials and clergymen in Americus to solicit their help in organizing an evangelistic outreach program for the city. Community members objected to Graham's stipulation that the meetings be integrated, however, and none stepped forward to sponsor the program. Graham was prepared to cancel his plans when Jimmy Carter, then a state senator, volunteered to help. Because local churches refused to allow an integrated film screening, Carter arranged to host the program in the basement of an abandoned school building. According to Graham, Carter later reported that no fewer than 565 people attended the film screening.
In 1973 Graham returned to Atlanta for a six-night crusade at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium , which drew nightly audiences of between 35,000 and 44,000 people. The civil rights leaders Ralph Abernathy and Hosea Williams urged blacks to boycott the Graham crusade, and picketers, charging Graham with racism because of his refusal to affirm the U.S. Supreme Court's 1972 banning of the death penalty, protested at the stadium. But the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. sat on the platform with Graham and led a prayer one night. When Graham again took the pulpit in Atlanta for his 1994 services, Atlantans turned out in record numbers. The five evening meetings, held in the Georgia Dome in late October, attracted an estimated 311,000 people.


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text: What the Hell is Going On in This Leaked Assassin's Creed Video? [Update]Mike Fahey7/22/11 2:20pmFiled to: Assassin's CreedAssassin's Creed: RevelationsAssassin's Creed: EmbersLeakUbisoft Digital ArtsAnimus164EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Between the old-school Animus interface and the Ubisoft Digital Arts watermark, I'm positive this video is leaked footage of something Assassin's Creed related, but what? Advertisement I have no clue. It could be a cut scene from Assassin's Creed: Revelations, or perhaps a clip from the Assassin's Creed: Embers animated short that will come packed with the Revelations collector's and Animus editions. Whatever is going on here, it looks both sinister and painful.While I thank reader Josh for passing the clip along (Thanks, Josh!), you folks can occupy yourselves theorizing over what it all means. Advertisement Update: As commenters have pointed out, the audio is taken from the 1990 film Jacob's Ladder. Check out the video below, starting at about the two minute mark. An animation test then?Update 2: Sources tell us that this is an internal animation test, and it's a few years old. Still creepy.Reply164 repliesLeave a reply


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Putting up for sale my TWag 48'' Whiplash cable for JH customs. Has the doughnut shaped bubinga wood splitter, black connectors and black heat shrink. Bought in March 2010 and has been burned in for the suggested 300 hours. The plastic tubing on the right piece was a little loose so I dabbed a spot of glue to secure it in place. Otherwise, the cable has had maybe 30 hours actual head use and has no visible blemishes.
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Posted: January 20, 2013
Fun Under Pressure
Livernois Motorsports Takes An SVT Raptor To The Extreme
By Dan Sanchez
Livernois Motorsports in Dearborn Heights, Michigan is well known for creating ultra-high performance vehicles. Many are Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes and Challengers, but the company sees its share of customers wanting high-performance trucks too. Their latest creation is an 850 horsepower Ford Raptor SVT that was built for a customer who wanted to get the most extreme performance possible out of this popular off-road vehicle.
Livernois took the factory 6.2 liter V-8, stroked it to 6.6 liters (379 cubic inches to 400 cubic inches) and added a twin-turbo system using Garret GT 35R-ball bearing turbos. The engine only uses six pounds of boost, but it's enough to make this Raptor fly at outrageous speeds. The truck's factory exhaust can't handle the exhaust pressure so a CORSA stainless steel exhaust was used to help the engine breathe better.
While the Raptor's factory suspension is good enough to handle the Baja 500, it had to be modified to take on difficult terrain at speeds a Trophy Truck may encounter. So a long-travel suspension was installed, along with dual-coil over socks with remote reservoirs to handle the abuse. The factory frame was also reinforced and to help control the rear axle, additional bracing was added to help keep it in place. The factory 17-inch wheels were replaced with Method Racing bead-lock wheels, and a new set of 37x12.5R17 General Grabber tires were used. Because the suspension travel is so great with this performance truck, new front fenders had to be used that are wider and have a two inches of greater clearance.
Although it's a bit extreme, this Ford Raptor is a perfect example of how truck performance is alive and very popular with truck owners. Of course most won't go to this level of performance. But trucks like the Livernois SVT Raptor definitely strikes a chord with truck owners who them to seek out performance products that can give their own vehicles some added power to haul that trailer up a grade, or carry that cargo to the job site.
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text: Michigan announced Wednesday its September 7th game with Notre Dame in Ann Arbor next season will be played at night. It is the final game of the current series. It will mark the third straight year the teams have met under the lights. Notre Dame won in South Bend this lasst September 13-6.


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Dominic Sol
You can't mistake Dominic Sol for anyone else. He's the guy with the infinity symbol tattooed on his left pec, bookended with the words ""amor"" and ""puro."" His first porn feature was Trouser Trout (MBV 015), in which he bottomed for one of the hugest cocks in the business at that time, Antonio Biaggi. Dominic has lived all around the world. He's smooth, 5-foot-9, with an average size cut cock. Dominic made fewer than a dozen films in 2007 then left the business. Over three years later, he returned, starting once more with Raging Stallion, for whom he did his first film. He was buffer than before, and so was another model who returned to porn at the same time, also more buff than ever, also hooking up with Raging Stallion: Jesse Santana. Director Steve Cruz put them together in Blue Collar (RSS 089), with sensational results.


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I have one qestion...
there is a mod changing tier2 color for hunter-name ''Ds skins'' it is forbidden? ;p sya |
There used to be, but in 1.11 Blizzard disabled the loophole that allowed these to function. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
yap that is very sad ....i must use to this :( ,
anyway thx for answer. and cya :confused: |
It is still possible to apply skins if ur using a neat trick.
It's not a "neat trick", it's a hack and it's against Blizzard's rules and it shan't be discussed on this site.
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Gastrological ForecastIf you're thinking of trying out the basil remedy for cramps then you ought to consider growing your own basil plants. Much of the fresh basil found in grocery stores is a different variety, normally called sweet basil. Holy basil is native to Asia and is the familiar flavor found in Thai dishes. The name holy basil comes from the sacred status of the herb in Ayurvedic traditions; many researchers claim that holy basil has higher concentrations of the active ingredients. Look in the herb section at the nursery and examine the plant tags carefully, looking for the word holy or the Latin name, ocimum sanctum. Holy basil is available with red or green leaves that have jagged edges; other varieties have smooth-edged leaves. This stuff has a much more pungent aroma and flavor but there's no reason you can't use it in recipes that call for the regular kind. Try filling a big pot with a combination of red and green plants. Pinch off the flowers when they come up and you'll have leaves at least until the winter. The DishAll the News That's Fit to EatLooking for a quiet place to sit and have a cup of tea? Hadley's Tea opened about a month ago at 7600 Jefferson NE, Suite 9 (near Café Voilà and Hello Deli!). Owner Linda Butler serves both hot and iced teas, and a dozen or so pastries from Le Chantilly. Butler's stock includes over 100 types of teas and though they're all for sale, she rotates a smaller selection through the tea menu so customers choose from a list of around 20 teas on any given day. Hadley's also serves chai from Anapurna chai house and one daily coffee selection. Butler used to own Linda's Antiques and Sweets, a small shop on "antique row" in Nob Hill. At Hadley's, she sells all sorts of tea accessories but not antiques. Stop by and check it out or call 821-4832 to inquire about the tea menu. Know Your IngredientsThe Edible LandscapeGarlic flowers, known as scapes, spice up summerThe technical name for this beautiful and delectable apparatus is "scape." Such a harsh name—sounds more like an injury, or a disease, or misplaced blame—is a cruel injustice to the world of pleasure the name represents. That's why I refer to them as flowers, despite the fact that botanists advise otherwise. At least I'm not alone. Good and Good For YouFresh Basil as a Remedy for Menstrual CrampsA chefs' trick with science behind itWhy does eating a handful of fresh basil seem to relieve menstrual cramps? Sounds crazy, yes, but it's true and (who knew?) there are actually several good scientific reasons why. Years ago, the sous chef of the hotel I cooked at turned me on to this basil thing. I had terrible cramps at work and he told me to roll up 10 or 12 leaves of fresh basil and chew them. By the time I had picked the last green bit from between my incisors, the cramps had abated. via morguefile.com EVENT HORIZON (Sunday, Mar 26)Sugar and Caffeine—For Your Health?Southwest Chocolate and Coffee FestThe nation's largest festival dedicated to chocolate, coffee and gourmet foods. | Today's EventsSouthwest Chocolate and Coffee Fest at Manuel Lujan Building @ Expo NMThe nation's largest festival dedicated to chocolate, coffee and gourmet foods. WednesdaySpanish Olive Oil Tasting at National Hispanic Cultural CenterBread and Song at q-Staff TheatreMore Recommended Events ›› | |||||
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Aztalan Eng. welcomes Sen. Ron Johnson
Aztalan Eng., an employee-owned manufacturer of precision machined parts in Lake Mills, Wis., welcomed Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to its facility on May 27. The visit focused on how the company and other global manufacturers are attracting young professionals at a time when meeting the demands for a skilled workforce present challenges for a competitive hiring marketplace.
Johnson discussed the national debt and solvency of Social Security, while stressing the need to scale back on heavy federal government intervention. He also addressed innovative ways manufacturers can meet their needs of acquiring skilled laborers through heightened community and local education involvement.
For the past five years, Aztalan has offered a summer internship for students enrolled in mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering; production/operations management; or industrial technology management at a four-year university or college.
The company also offers a four-year apprenticeship program through the state of Wisconsin; two apprentices having been hired as full-time employees. The firm also will participate in the Middle College Program for the first time this summer. This program — a collaborative project of Madison College, Moraine Park Technical College, and the Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin — is designed to help students ladder into technical college education training and gain experience during and after high school to pursue their career.


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11 Alix Ziff
Height: | 5-8 |
Year: | Freshman |
Hometown: | Manhattan Beach, CA |
High School: | Mira Costa HS |
Previous College: | Cowell |
Position: | Outside Hitter/Libero |
Major: | Sociology |
HIGH SCHOOL: Alix graduated from Mira Costa High School in 2012. In high school Alix was an honor student for all 4 years in addition to winning the Academic Excellence award and the Teacher's Choice award. Alix also won the Most Inspirational award at her high school.
PERSONAL: Alix's parents are Hali and Jay. She has one sibling, Danie. In her free time Alix enjoys going to the beach.