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|The trip included a visit to Stung Treng province, where two controversial hydropower projects are impacting local communities and threatening to unleash negative environmental consequences. Parliamentarians visited the site of the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng and had the opportunity to meet with local communities affected by the project. They also met with community members feeling the downstream impacts of initial construction on the Don Sahong dam, located just across the border in Laos.
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Participants included Daw Aye Mya Mya Myo (MP, Myanmar), Kraisak Choonhavan (Former MP, Thailand), Rachada Dhnadirek (Former MP, Thailand), and Ramakrishnan Suppiah (Former MP, Malaysia).
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|APHR meets with Environment Minister Say Samal in Phnom Penh:
(from left) Kraisak Choonhavan (Former MP, Thailand),
Aye Mya Mya Myo (MP, Myanmar), Minister Say Samal,
Ramakrishnan Suppiah (Former MP, Malaysia)
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True to its name, there was lots of delicious bark on both the brisket and the pulled pork. The spareribs were very meaty and perfectly cooked. Four varieties of sauces are served at the table: mild, mustard-based, vinegar-based, and hot pepper. I liked the mild sauce the best. The sides were tasty; the sweet tea was a little too sweet for my taste.
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Maya. Post-BDM. In which we make the reacquaintance of Wes and Brad Tanner, Mal pays a call, and Addie receives visitors. NEW CHAPTER
The snow was deep and crisp and even, and sparkled like a billion supernovas in a white sky.
"You really think we can walk through this?" Indigo asked, shading his eyes from the sunlit glare. "Someone's sure to notice us. Or me, anyway."
"That's why we're taking the mule." Mal glanced up into the comparative darkness of the Firefly's cargo bay as a clanking of chains and grinding of gears announced Jayne was starting to lower the hover vehicle. "Better get out of the way 'fore he squashes us both and takes over the ship."
The men moved to one side to allow the mule to descend, but Indigo still wasn't convinced. "That'll just be more obvious."
"So much so nobody's gonna think twice we've got someone on board we shouldn't. And you can hide in the footwell." Mal fastened his coat, the leather settling around his shoulders and conforming to his body in a warm embrace from an old friend.
"That'll be fun."
Mal smiled slightly at the ironic tone.
"Are we ready?" Freya asked as she descended the metal staircase into the bay. She was bundled up in her own heavy coat, her cheeks already pinking from the cold air coming in.
The hover mule touched down on the floor with barely a whisper.
"Just need to get her warmed over," Jayne said, releasing the clamps and climbing into the driver's side.
"Story of my life," she murmured, making the big man growl a laugh. Walking around the yellow vehicle she approached her husband. "You forgot this." She draped his scarf around his neck, tucking it beneath his collar. "Don't want you catching a cold," she added tenderly.
"Thanks, ai ren." Mal smiled.
Indigo looked down at his boots. As much as he'd cared about Polly, Sara's mother, there'd never been this easy intimacy between them. Maybe if he'd been around more, not just making visits, things might have been different, but in his heart he knew it wouldn't have been. He was too ... contained.
He hadn't had a home, had roots since he'd walked out on an abusive father as soon as he was old enough, and doing what he did there was no point. Then Polly told him she was pregnant. That was the closest, but he hadn't been miserable when she'd declined his offer of marriage. But Sara ... Sara had broken through his shell enough so that when he'd found out she was in the hands of slavers he knew he'd kill to save her. Maybe there was hope for him yet.
Then Freya glanced over at him, and for a moment he just knew she could read the thoughts off the inside of his skull. No. That's crazy, he told himself. Pull yourself together, Abraham.
Freya's lips twitched, but he had no chance to wonder if it was just a coincidence as the engine fired on the hover mule and it lifted from the deck, the air beneath shimmering.
"Time to be gone," Mal said, tugging his gloves on then holding out his hand to Freya. "Your carriage awaits."
Cutter McCoy watched as Hiram Pederson strode to the back of the saloon and eyed up the girls waiting there as if he owned the place. Then, with a laugh that cut through the conversation in the room and left nobody in any doubt as to his intentions, he scooped two of them up with his arms around their waists and went up the stairs, whispering to them both under their falls of long hair.
"I don't like that bastard," Cutter muttered as the slaver disappeared around the corner. They'd had a drink, discussed a few matters, even played a hand or two, but that didn't make them friends.
"I'm sure he feels the same about you," Brad Tanner said, lining up the chips in front of him, his face annoyed at their reduced number. "But Pederson's useful."
"You know how he keeps 'em, don't you? His cargo?"
Wes leaned back in his chair. "Are you growing a conscience?" he asked, his voice deceptively soft, a smile playing over his pretty face, putting his brother in mind of a snake about to strike.
"No," Cutter admitted. "I like the good things in life too much for that, and I ain't never gonna get rich just being the sheriff of Cason's Point."
"Because if you were considering saying something to someone, it would be best if you thought again."
"Or I'd end up like Troy?" Cutter pushed his chair back with a squeal and stood up. "You ain't that good."
"Want to find out?"
Cutter scoffed. "In a fair fight you'd be bleeding into the snow, and you know it."
"Which is probably why I don't fight fair." He barely blinked, but suddenly Cutter found himself down on the floor, Brad's knee in his chest, and everyone in the saloon realised they had something better to do.
"Get off me," he grunted.
Brad didn't move.
"This is easy money, Cutter," Wes went on. "We don't even break sweat. And I for one intend it to go on for a long time. But you even think of mentioning Troy's name again, or talking to folks that you shouldn't, and they won't even find the pieces, dong mah?"
Cutter glared at him, barely able to breathe, knowing that it would only take a little more pressure for his breastbone to break and drive ribs into his organs. "I told you, I wasn't planning on talking to anyone," he managed to say. He bucked a little, trying to throw Brad off. "Let me up."
Brad looked at his brother, who nodded and smiled. "Sure."
Climbing to his feet, the younger Tanner even put out a hand, but Cutter ignored it. He got up, brushing dust from his coat and smoothing his hair.
"You ought'n't to be doing that," he warned. "There's no need. And you know the things I've done for you."
"And been well paid." Wes reached into his pocket and took out a roll of credits. "Here. We haven't got our cash yet, but here's something towards your share." He tossed them towards the sheriff.
Cutter caught them, glancing at the amount before stuffing them inside his jacket. "It'll do to be getting along with." Picking up his hat he strode out of the saloon without even a goodbye.
"He could be trouble," Brad said, sitting down again.
"Perhaps in the future, but at the moment he's right – he likes the good things in life too much. We'll just keep an eye on him."
"'Cause it wouldn't take much, one dark night ..."
"And I'm sure you'd be your normal efficient self." Wes smiled again and picked up the deck of cards. "Come on," he said, flicking the old pasteboards and making them rattle.
"Gorramit," Brad complained, "You've got most of my cash as it is."
"Then you've still got some to bet with." Wes began to deal, keeping the cobra-smile at bay this time. It wouldn't do to let his brother know he could read that scarred face like a book, and even if he couldn't there were tiny marks on the cards he knew Brad hadn't noticed. "I'll go easy on you," he promised.
Still grumbling, under his breath this time, Brad sat back and picked up his hand, stifling a groan at the paltry display.
Mal drove, over Jayne's argument, taking the mule out of the docks towards the centre of town and creating his own little snowstorm in his wake from the downdraught. Once they reached the main road, though, the snow had been ploughed away into huge heaps at either end, and a handful of children were taking advantage by sliding down the far one on sleds, and those without were using what looked like tin trays.
Ethan would love that, Freya murmured into his mind.
He glanced at her sitting next to him as he manoeuvred the mule between two buildings towards the back of Addie's place, and smiled. All of the kids, xin gan. The hover vehicle settled to the ground and the cloud of snow fell slowly back to join the drifts as the engine died. Maybe another time.
Another place, you mean.
It's winter on Lazarus, too.
She flashed him a quick smile then climbed easily from the mule, her face flushed from the cold air. He followed suit, Jayne jumping down after.
The big man looked up and down, then said, "Clear."
"Frey?" Mal asked, looked at his wife.
She unfocused a moment then nodded. "Nobody close that I can ... see."
"Shiny." He rapped on the side of the mule. "Come on."
Indigo unfolded himself and stood up. "Gorramit, but I think I'm getting old." He got down, stretching his limbs.
"Well, you won't be getting any older if we don't get out of sight," Mal said, stalking through the shovelled snowdrifts to a door. Making a fist he banged on it, rattling it in its frame. "And hide your face in case there's anyone inside we don't want to see you," he added.
Indigo nodded, pulling his hat low over his eyes and the collar of his coat as high as possible so that only an inch or two of skin was visible.
After only a few seconds the door flew open, and Addie herself stood there in all her glory. "What the hell do you think you're ..." Then she registered who it was. "Boys."
"Morning, Miss Addie."
"What're you doing coming in the back way like thieves?" she demanded, but she was smiling. This morning she was decked out in maroon and purple velvet, the colours making her look sallow which she had tried to alleviate by using a lot of pink blusher.
"Getting cold," Mal said, rubbing his hands together. "Can we ..."
"Sure, sure." Addie stepped back. "Come inside."
"Thank you kindly, ma'am."
They trooped into what turned out to be a warm kitchen, a large range down one side and a high wooden table taking centre stage. Cupboards lined most of the other three walls, while through a closed door came echoes of faint music and conversation.
Charlie, Addie's man-of-all-work, was standing at the range, holding a spatula in one hand and a gun in the other.
"Put it away," Addie commanded. "They're friends. And your bacon won't finish cooking itself."
That was the smell that was making everyone's mouth water.
Charlie wrinkled his nose and slid the pistol back under his apron, then turned around to deal with the spitting pan.
"So to what do I owe this pleasure?" Addie asked, her gaze going from Mal to Jayne, then flicking past the woman and other man standing behind as if they were of no interest whatsoever. "Or did you miss me?"
"We've come to buy a couple of barrels of that fine beer you brew," Mal said, smiling easily, opening his coat and tucking his thumbs into his gunbelt.
Addie laughed, moving a little too close to put her hand on his arm. "For you, anything."
"I did tell you I was married, right?"
"And half my customers have partners at home."
"Well, mine ain't at home." He nodded towards Freya. "She's right here."
Addie looked around, seeing the other woman properly for the first time, and studied her minutely. Tall, short dark hair, her own coat open enough to see the well-used weapon at her hip, curves in all the right places ... "Yeah, well, I guess she'll do," Addie said almost approvingly, dropping her hand.
Mal chuckled. "Addie, you've known me all of a day, and you think you know?"
"I'm a good judge of character," Addie insisted. "I have to be. Else I wouldn't be in business for long, would I?"
"Never having owned a saloon, I wouldn't like to say."
"But you've drunk in enough of 'em."
"That I have. That I have, Miss Addie." Mal drew himself up. "Now, about that beer?"
"Sure. Come on down to the cellar and I'll see what I can do for you." She led the way to a small door in the corner, calling over her shoulder, "Charlie, you make a fresh brew. It's chilly down here, and I know I'll be wanting something hot when I come back."
"You think I ain't got enough to do?" Charlie whined.
Addie ignored him, opening the door and clicking on a pale light. She led the way down the steep flight of stairs revealed, the others following and leaving Charlie to his half-hearted grumbling.
She had been right, it was chilly, but different to the feeling outside. In the sunlight there was at least the illusion of warmth, and while cold it also felt fresh, and clean. Down here, though, the air was damp, and smelled of must and age, and the darkness in the corners of the cellar almost seemed to seethe.
"Where's your kit?" Jayne asked surprised, looking around. "You said you brewed this yourself."
Addie chuckled. "It's not down here, you big lummox. It's too cold for the ingredients, so that's in one of the back rooms upstairs. No, I just keep the product down here – means I don't have to refrigerate and it's always a decent temperature, even in the summer." She pointed to a stack of small barrels. "Take a couple and we can come to an arrangement over price."
"Later," Mal said.
She turned to look at him. "What're you talking about?" she asked, bringing herself up to her full height, even if that was still a head or more shorter than him. "You said –"
"I know what I said. And we'll buy 'em off you. But that's not why we're here."
"Then what ..." She stopped, her hand to her mouth as Indigo took off his hat, allowing his face to be seen. "Are you fong luh?" she demanded. "Coming here in broad daylight? Do you have any idea what they'll do to you if they find you here? To me?"
"We need to talk, Addie," Indigo said, his rolling voice reverberating off the close-packed earth walls.
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Some Amiga game questions...
It's good to be back on these boards!
Someone put up some T-Zero footage when I was on here a while back, and I just wonder if there was anymore put up since? I have asked on the Recorded Amiga Games site for footage of this game, but no replies so far.
Also, how would you rate Xenon and Xenon 2 on the Amiga? I have played the Mega Drive port of Xenon 2, and it's pretty good-as is the Game Boy port! The SMS port is REALLY slow, which is dissapointing.
Still thinking about getting an Amiga, but I am in the process of trying to sell one of my consoles. My 7800 and SMS aren't going anywhere!
I LOVE the Recorded Amiga Games site! I downloaded a longplay of "It Came From the Desert", and loved it! What a great old point and click adventure! And King's Quest-awesome old schoolness!
|03 February 2007, 04:48
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Hello and welcome to EAB.
I haven't really looked on that site much, but I agree that game recordings are great. I say this ever since I saw the recording of Shadow of the Beast II being completed on You Tube a few weeks ago - I honestly thought that game was nigh on impossible to finish.
As for Xenon II, you will probably receive mixed reactions. It had gorgeous graphics, and it was made by the Bitmaps, whom I consider the best Amiga game makers ever. But the playability to some rapidly became stale, and the soundtrack became repetitive.
I never played the first Xenon much. And there are heaps of great shooters on the Amiga.
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It Came from the Desert isn't exactly a point and click adventure game.. it's more of an adventure/arcade thingie.. and very little pointing and clicking (except on the map). It's a GREAT game though! One of my favourites.
I've posted some longplays on this site btw, check out the "Shadow of the Beast longplays" and "Last Ninja longplays" threads
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I would say that what Xenon 2 offers when it comes to stills... it doesn't offer when it comes to gameplay. Yes, the soundtrack was very original and daring for its time... but, hey, who likes to listen to a 10-second long loop all the way through the game? Yes, the gameplay was rather orginal back in the days with its shops... but, hey, who likes to play a game that lacks smooths scrolling, offers special weponry that really feels like it is put in there only to make the game seem cooler than it is (but not at all because it is needed) and overall feels quite sluggish in its controls? Yes, the graphics were rather good for its time... but, hey, today it seems rather monotonous and stale and the levels are too long and repetative to really manage to hold up ones interest for long. It just feels dated, in every possible aspect besides when it comes to stills... and when it comes to the original Xenon I can't consider it being much more than rubbish in every possible aspect.
...but, on the other hand... we all do differ, and what I consider being a bad game (which I really do think Xenon 2 is) someone else can consider pure genius. So it is in the end not really much more than a matter of taste...
If you are looking for high-quality SHMUPs to be played on the Amiga I would recommend Z-Out (R-Type clone), Apidya, Project-X (no, it isn't as hard as people claim... one just has to 'learn' the levels with the help of good old 'trial & error'), Battle Squadron and uhm some more... there are other good SHMUPs aswell, but these just do feel like a good place to start.
I had completely forgotten about the longplayer site... have to check it out at once... and if I hadn't been such a failure when it comes to recording good quality movies I would have done my best to add a Turrican II movie where I run through the game without dying once with 40+ lives left when the credits start to roll; the one and only game I really do feel like I've got what it takes to play in an impressive way...
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You should give Plutos a whirl - a vertical scrolling blaster with sub-C64 graphics and general 'feel', but a cracking and charming little game that's very underrated.
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I'd say Swiv, Banshee AGA, and Battle Squadron.
Did we have a best shooter poll yet?
If not, we need one
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All of them good games, thankfully and anyways... but not perfect...
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I have used the glossary in my classroom in mostly the traditional sense as a resource for vocabulary words. I typically have each of my students submit one word to a large group resource glossary, and each of their entries must contain the definition, an original sentence using the word correctly, and some type of visual device to help classmates remember its meaning
a glossary for students to create mini research projects on the organs of the body. Each student had to do the research on an organ and then post information, including photos and other graphics in kind of an encyclopedia format. The work the students did was very impressive.
A glossary to have students create three quiz questions from the research that they did in the organ study glossary. This glossary was setup so that the students were given one of the Moodle quiz format types, and they created quiz questions matching one of the import formats. The glossary was set so that teacher approval was required before any posts were live so students couldn't see each others questions. After all the questions were submitted, the teacher exported them into a text document and imported all the questions into the quiz module and then tested the students. It worked flawlessly.
In a similar style to this. For helping students train for debating and public speaking.
Put a list of topics into a glossary and set's up the random glossary entry block. A laptop is set up at the front of the classroom so that the person at the front can see it. Students take it in turns to come up to the front, refresh the page and speak for 1 minute on that topic off the top of their head.
After the class make the glossary open for all to see and their homework is to pick another topic than the one they spoke on and write another 1 min speech for next week.
I think that's an important point for collaborative glossaries where students are sharing (like Lesli describes) as I found that the random entry really encouraged students to contribute so their entry had a turn to come up.
Also if you are able to make the glossary public you can share it with another class. A blogging glossary developed by masters students was made available to first year students as a resource for their research on their own blogging assignment.
I used the Glossary as a test review tool. As students walked into the classroom, they drew a topic from the hat that was going to be on the test. They then worked with a partner to gather everything they could from their individual practice activities, quizzes, textbooks, and online resources like Discovery Education Science. They then added this information to their glossary item in a 15 minute time period.
Once that time was up, we worked through the glossary as a whole group with students adding information or correcting information that they had entered.
My students loved this way of reviewing because they had ownership of their glossary item, but also were able to add to the other entries as we discussed. Those students with special IEPs could print out the sheets or could review from home 24/7.
This entry is great:
Creative glossaries - tips and tricksTeacher predetermined wordlist vs students creating definitions as they come across new words.
Peer evaluation:
- Assign individuals to contribute a term and its definitions.
- Ask students to rate each others contributions.
- Ask students to comment on each others contributions - help each other define the new terms.
- Ask students to write their own definitions and then other students rate them - highest rated definition becomes the entry for the final class glossary.
- Have a different glossary for each topic/unit/week. Ask different groups in the class to take responsibility for each topic's glossary.
- The other groups are the reviewers of the definitions and they have to comment on the definitions to help that group define the terms correctly.
- Random glossary block - terms that "make the grade" get put into the glossary used in the random glossary block on the main course page. This may help encourage students to write high quality definitions that they can be proud of.
- Entries require approval - to get high quality definitions you can choose "entries require approval". The teacher must approve all entries into that glossary.
- Use roles to allow selected students the right to approve entries - this is a good way to recognise and reward outstanding students.
- Ask students to enter a new word in the concept field, then in the definition field write an example sentence using the new word. Teachers can use the "requires approval" option to check the entries before the other students see them, or use the other students to help that student get the sentence right.
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Your home layout and décor is extremely private, yet many homeowners wind up buying luxury houses which are already decorated and find themselves instantly redecorating. Constructing a new construction house enables you to select and pick everything from kitchen finishes to light fixtures if you utilize the ideal builders. A number of these builders provide virtual tours of homes for you to get started making a plan. When you have taken a peek at some model homes, you are ready to get started designing your own residence.
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text: Your group of characters begins the Kingmaker Adventure Path as one of four groups sent south into the Stolen Lands to defeat bandits and, hopefully, to establish one of four new nations in the River Kingdoms. It certainly won't be an easy task. Before any such settlement can even begin, the bandits and monsters must be dealt with—and once that initial task is done, the danger will only increase. As you struggle to foster a fledgling kingdom, build up its cities, and expand its farmlands, your group is destined to face rival warlords, ferocious beasts, strange cults, invading barbarian hordes, and even the mysterious fey denizens of the near-mythical First World. Can you tame the Stolen Lands and forge a lasting settlement amid such opposition? Who will survive to rule your kingdom? Who among you possesses the makings of a king?


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Success is different for everybody. Maybe you want to sell 1 million units of whatever you have or you want to win a specific award or get recognition in your industry or effectively balance your business and your family. You define your own success.
To DeVon Franklin, Hollywood studio executive and author of Produced by Faith, success is happiness. In his heart the money and fame cannot replace the joy. I know a rap artist who's definition of success is influence. For her there's not enough money to replace the need to positvely impact the mind and heart of a generation. But while success may look different for each person, there's a key element that all long term successful people possess.
You don't have to be the biggest
Athletes use it — it's how they show up for training day in and day out. Tenacious small business owners use it — it's how they build clientele in and out of recessions. And it works for shy people and bold alike. It's grit — the ability to stick with something. It's not sexy, but it works. It's the thing that keeps your dream in motion long after others have given up on theirs. Dan and Chip Heath, authors of Made to Stick, say that grit is as important as your talent. You cannot win without grit because you won't last. And this is what I love:
you don't have to be the biggest or the loudest to be gritty, you just have to be persistent.
Grit is the quiet, consistent decision to keep going. And it works for every personality type — if you work it.
Let's apply this to your marketing message
Nobody ever said that it would be easy to build a team or market your message. In fact, we expect doctors to spend hours training and perfecting what they do because our life in their hand. Well, your marketing is a life line to your business. Remember: your marketing — and all communication — boils down to a few a core questions: What are you saying? Who are you saying it to? Why should they care? and How are they responding to the message?
Ok, to be successful at marketing you will have to get gritty. And the first step is to recognize your role .
When it comes to your marketing message — and all communication — you're the storyteller and it's the storyteller's job to connect.
No matter your product or your industry, there's a story that matters to your target audience. But if you don't know what it is, then you can't share it. You can't expect others to "get it," if you don't know how to explain it.
The key is in the message. It has to be clear and simple — quickly conveying what's in it for them.
Here's two examples of a marketing message that works…
When Apple started selling the ipod their story was "1000 songs in your pocket." And that simple message was all about you and me. It was specific. I could see my CDs at my fingertips. That one line turned my life into a musical in which I control the playlist.
In recent advertising BMW says that they create "the ultimate driving machine." Their story — and yes I'm calling these one liners a story — causes driving enthusiastics to see themselves in motion. I can see myself on the open highway or winding back country road, left hand just outside the window, sun shining, music playing. That one line sells an experience.
Your company needs a concise story about who you are what you provide and every product that you sell needs one too. That takes effort — which is where the grit comes in. To get to this core message you have to start with the four core questions mentioned earlier:
- What are you saying? What's the point?
- Who are you saying it to? Who is your target audience?
- Why should they care? What's in it for them? Your marketing is not about what you want, it's about the audience — speak their language.
- How are they responding to the message? Pay attention to the signals and adjust as you go.
It takes grit to get the answers to the questions above. You have to care about your audience, fans, clients, enough to keep pushing until you discover the marketing message that matters to them. It's funny, the better you do this, the greater the impact on your bottomline. And if marketing is such a lifeline for your business, then it's worth your attention. You don't have to do everything — you probably have enough on your plate — but you do have to understand the strategy, protect the process, test your efforts and keep moving forward. In marketing, communication as well as business, it's the consistent behavior that produces the best results.
— Ms. J —
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The U.S. economy needs to grow faster than "the limping rate" of the last few years, said Mitch Daniels, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush.
One of the ways to help address the problem would be to tackle the nation's staggering debt, he said in a "Squawk Box" interview. "One hopes that eventually our decision-makers in both parties will get serious about the debt we're piling up and planning to leave for the next generation."
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The two-term governor of Indiana became president of Purdue University in 2013 after leaving office and deciding not to seek the Republican nomination for the White House.
"The explosion in entitlement spending is eating the discretionary part of the budget," Daniels said. "That means less money for investments in education and basic research—things that are really important to our economic future."
His comments come as the debt ceiling debate heats up in Washington, with Congress yet to authorize an increase. The Treasury Department this week started taking "extraordinary measures" to temporarily pay the government's bills—moves the Congressional Budget Office estimates would last until October or November.
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Meanwhile, Republicans on Capitol Hill and President Barack Obama are also gearing up for a budget fight.
House Republicans Tuesday unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget plan for next year, which effectively breaks tight budgetary restraints on the Pentagon, while promising a familiar roster of big cuts to social programs, including the repeal of Obamacare. The budget road map by new House Budget Chairman Tom Price of Georgia aims to eliminate the federal deficit within 10 years.
The White House submitted its proposed $3.99 trillion budget last month, with the president saying his blueprint is based on the principles of "middle-class economics" he addressed in this year's State of the Union address.


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Former Sen. Edwards Holds a News Conference on Wife's Health
J. EDWARDS: Let me say first, welcome to all of you who came here from someplace else. You can see, just by looking around, why Elizabeth and I love Chapel Hill so much. And this is actually the place, 30 years ago this summer, where we had our wedding reception. So this is a place that's very familiar to the two of us.
We came today to talk about what's happened with Elizabeth and what's happened with her health situation.
Monday of this week, Elizabeth went to the doctor because she felt a pain on her left side. She went in, had X-rays taken. The result of the X-rays showed that she may have a fracture on the left side. And there was also something that looked suspicious on a rib on the right side.
I was in Iowa at the time. She was called on Tuesday. I was in Iowa at the time. She called me and said that they wanted to do follow-up tests yesterday, on Wednesday. So I came back from Iowa on Tuesday night.
Wednesday, we went into the hospital, here in Chapel Hill, had further tests done. A bone study was done. That study actually made the suspicion about the rib on the right side more intense. There was more concern about it. And as a result, there was a biopsy done of that section of her rib on the right side. The biopsy showed that the cancer had returned. It was malignant.
And later in the day, we did a C.T. scan, which was done for the purpose of basically examining the soft tissue. The bone study had looked at her hard tissue. The C.T. scan showed very little.
And so the net result of all the tests is that she has -- her cancer is back. It's largely confined in bone, which is a good thing.
Dr. Kerry (ph), who's actually seated on the front here, Dr. Lisa Kerry (ph), who's the -- in charge of Elizabeth's care, will be available to answer questions from you when we finish, if you have medical questions, technical questions.
But the bottom line is, her cancer is back.
We are very optimistic about this, because having been through some struggles together in the past, we know that the key is to keep your head up and keep moving and be strong, and we intend to do exactly that.
J. EDWARDS: Although, when the cancer goes from breast and shows in bone, which it's doing now, it's no longer curable: It is completely treatable.
And I'll let Dr. Kerry (ph) speak to this later, but she indicated to us that because of the relatively minimal presence of cancer in other places, because of the size, the relatively small size of the tumor, that she, and we as a result, are very optimistic. And many patients in similar circumstances have lived many years, undergoing treatment.
The thing that is true is that her cancer will not be cured now. Elizabeth will have this as long as she's alive. And the analogy that Dr. Kerry (ph) gave us is, it's like a patient having diabetes. You know, the disease never goes away. The diabetes never goes away. But you treat it; you treat it with insulin; you take your medicine. And that's exactly what we intend to do.
And I intend to do the same thing I've always done with Elizabeth. We've been married 30 years, known each other longer than that. And we will be in this, every step of the way, together.
And I think Elizabeth may want to say a few words before we take questions from you.
E. EDWARDS: Thank you all for coming. And I appreciate that we delayed telling you all anything. And that's because we have family all over the country that we wanted to talk to first. And so we thought that was the best decision for us to do.
And I appreciate that you all allowed us the opportunity to do that, to talk to everybody -- explain things to my mother in Florida and to my aunt in Pennsylvania, and John's parents -- so that everybody could hear from us first before they heard through you.
Honestly, through you -- it hasn't turned out to be so reliable in the last 24 hours.
But, in addition, it's given us an opportunity to explain it to our children, which we have done.
And they are fairly disappointed that it doesn't look like I'll lose my hair with the next round of medicine. But aside from that, they have the same hopeful attitude that we have, and that is that you do what the doctor tells you. And we're blessed to have such an extraordinary doctor in whose care I have been and will continue to be.
But the other thing you do is keep -- keep a positive attitude that we had actually before. You know, John was saying that last week people asked him how I was doing, and he said, she's cancer free. It turned out not to be the truth.
But it was that attitude of, you know, we're going to always look for the silver lining. It is who we are as people, and we'll continue to do it.
E. EDWARDS: I do want to say something, and that is, this is what happens to every cancer survivor. Not that you ultimately get a bad diagnosis, but every time you get something suspicious, you go into alarm mode. And every cancer survivor that you know personally has exactly that experience of knowing that that pain they feel in their side, the ache they feel someplace could be the sign of something worse.
This turned out to be -- there were times yesterday that we thought it might be a lot worse than it is, and we wouldn't be having the same conference we're having right now with the same hopeful tone. We're actually encouraged as we got more and more test results. And right now we feel incredibly optimistic.
I expect to do next week all the things I did last week, and the week after that and next year at the same time all the same things I did last week. I do not expect -- except that I'll be seeing Dr. Kerry (ph) a lot more often -- I don't expect my life to be significantly different.
E. EDWARDS: Campbell just asked how I was feeling physically.
One of the things -- one of the hopeful signs, besides the fact that this is, as Lisa will say, low volume in terms of how much cancer I have in me -- in my bones -- I'm also completely asymptomatic. I'm actually very lucky that I cracked this rib. Because if I hadn't cracked it, I wouldn't have gotten the chest X-ray that identified the suspicious place.
And something now, which is at least a scenario about which we can be reasonably optimistic, might not have been the case two years from now or three, when I became symptomatic.
The only thing that hurts me on my whole body is my rib right here. And, honestly, I bless it, because that's the reason that I'm able to stand before you with a smile.
QUESTION: Senator Edwards, what does this mean for your campaign? Are you going to suspend any activities, fund-raising, travel?
J. EDWARDS: No.
QUESTION: Not at all?
J. EDWARDS: The campaign goes on. The campaign goes on strongly.
Elizabeth and I have talked at length about this already; talked with our children about it. Basically, as I mentioned earlier, we've been confronted with these kind of traumas and struggles already in our lives. And we know from our previous experience that when this happens, you have a choice: You can go cower in the corner and hide or you can be tough and go out there and stand up for what you believe in.
J. EDWARDS: And both of us are committed to the cause, we're committed to changing this country that we love so much. And we have no intention of cowering in the corner.
QUESTION: So no suspension (OFF-MIKE)
J. EDWARDS: None, whatsoever.
We leave here, this press conference, to go to New York and Boston, and tomorrow to California, together.
E. EDWARDS: For the people who couldn't here, "Am I ready for that?"
I absolutely ready for this or ready for that. Honestly, I have all the energy. I mean, one of the reasons to do a press conference as opposed to a press release so that you can see, I mean, I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly. And, you know, I'm as ready as any person can be for that. I mean, you know how grueling it is in general.
There is a likelihood that some of the medications that I will be taking will at some times make me tired. I have, as you all well know, and a lot of you actually know my younger children, a 6 and an 8-year-old. If I get tired, I actually expect they're going to be the reason, as opposed to the medications that Dr. Kerry (ph) is going to be giving me.
But there's a chance the both of them will make me tired sometimes, and so sometimes I'll step back to, sort of, regain my energy.
But I'm also 57, you know, and so I might get a little tired. But right now, I don't feel any of that.
And I want to say something. And that is that one of the reasons that it's important, from my perspective, to move forward with this is that I'm immensely proud of John's campaign. I don't -- he's run a campaign that's based on substance, based on reaching out to individual people. I mean, he's made certain that people understand the reason why he wants to be president.
And it's not about John Edwards. If it were, you know, it would be easy to give it up, honestly, and I think he would give it up in a second and I would give it up, although there's honestly no health reason why we should.
But they're not the reason. And it's the people that John met in the last two years working in the poverty center and the people he met as he went overseas. It's the people that I met in 2003 and 2004.
I described it one time, every event I ever did, someone cried on my shoulder about the state of their life, you know.
Is this a hardship for us? Yes, it's yet another hurdle.
But I've seen people who are in real desperate shape, who don't, first of all, have the wonderful support that I have and have no place to turn. And it's unbelievably important that we get this election right.
And in my view -- and, of course, you all can recognize I'm probably prejudiced in this -- there's nobody who's offering people of this country a more positive and delineated vision about where we can go than John.
And so, that's why it's important. It's important that the American people have the opportunity to have a president like him.
E. EDWARDS: And I can't deprive him of that just because I want to sit home, feeling perfectly well, but wanting his company.
J. EDWARDS: And if I can just (inaudible) take one moment to just add something that Elizabeth can't say, because she would never do this, yesterday afternoon when we were in the hospital with Lisa (ph) getting these results was not a good day for us. And in the midst of all that, we had -- just the two of us, no one else was there -- a conversation about what this all means. And not shockingly to anyone who knows Elizabeth, all she wanted to talk about were me -- our children first, me and the country.
And there was no one else there. She wasn't doing this for show. It was just me. I was the only person there. Not a word about her. No concern about her.
This is the most extraordinarily unselfish woman I have ever known. And I -- I just can't tell you how proud I am of her today.
QUESTION: How'd you break your rib?
J. EDWARDS: I knew that question was coming.
E. EDWARDS: Yes. OK.
We moved into a new house. You all probably heard about it.
And in one room I have a lamp that sat on the floor, and I have a chest that's in storage, and I just got sick and tired of watching that lamp on the floor. So I went into storage while John was gone on a trip and I found the chest of drawers. Unfortunately, there was some boxes in front of it. So I did -- though my dad was in the Navy, I moved 100 times -- well, not 100, but a lot -- and I moved -- I reached over and picked it up. Really stupid, you should be picking up something that heavy with your legs and not with your back. I knew immediately I'd hurt my back.
So I had a hurt back. John came home and gave me a big hug. That felt uncomfortable and I wrenched in a way, and he immediately heard a pop. So, it was -- if you want to think about the coincidences that happen...
J. EDWARDS: Actually, I was beating her.
This was probably a week or so ago?
E. EDWARDS: Yes, probably a week, yes -- maybe a week ago exactly now.
So I went -- and I went to the doctors on Monday to find out about whether -- what this was on my side. I went to the same doctor I had gone to the previous week about what do I do about my back.
E. EDWARDS: And I said, well, I've got a new problem now.
But, honestly, I consider all of those circumstances unbelievably fortuitous. If I hadn't picked up the chest, I wouldn't have turned; the rib wouldn't have broken; I wouldn't have seen Dr. Lee, who sent me to the X-ray -- for the X-ray.
QUESTION: Obviously, it's extremely selfless of you, Mrs. Edwards, to want to continue campaigning while you're going through the treatment.
Senator, did you ever consider saying to her, "No, I'm not going to, even though you want me to"?
J. EDWARDS: We did, about this, what we've done about every major decision in our lives, which is we discussed it openly, the two of us.
You won't be shocked to hear that I don't mandate anything with Elizabeth Edwards, and I don't think she believes she does with me.
E. EDWARDS: No, I don't.
J. EDWARDS: We talked about it, thought about it.
There wasn't a great deal of consideration given to that, I think, largely because, when we talked to Dr. Kerry (ph), she said that nothing about campaigning -- the physical and difficult nature of campaigning and this kind of campaign -- would interfere at all with her treatment or effect her results.
So, that being the case, there really, from our perspective, other than sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves, there was no reason to stop. And we -- I don't think we seriously thought about it to be honest with you.
I'll let Elizabeth speak here.
E. EDWARDS: Yes, I do want to say that before the final decision was actually made between us, you know, John cornered Dr. Kerry (ph) and, you know, "Would this make a difference?" Because if it made a difference -- if the answer had been yes, it will make a difference, I think the answer to your question would have been very different. But...
J. EDWARDS: Because remember Dr. Kerry (ph) said to you...
E. EDWARDS: That's right.
J. EDWARDS: ... you should tell that story.
E. EDWARDS: That's right. She said, "No, it won't make any difference." And then she thought -- she said, "Do you want it to make a difference?"
And I said, "No, the truth is what we want." And so that was -- and so we moved on from that.
But if the answer to that question had been different, John's answer to you, I'm certain, would have been different. He would not have...
J. EDWARDS: Let me be absolutely clear. Any time, any place that I need to be with Elizabeth, I will be there, period. It doesn't matter what's happening in the campaign. If she needs me -- if she's not with me, which she will be most of the time -- I'll be there.
J. EDWARDS: I have not.
E. EDWARDS: Honestly, we don't know whether anybody's tried. It may be that people have tried through the campaign. We just don't -- and we haven't heard of it. I don't want to...
J. EDWARDS: Also, in fairness, I'm not sure they knew anything until now.
QUESTION: Mrs. Edwards, I wanted to ask if you could describe the treatment that you're going to be undergoing, when that treatment will start, and maybe say a few words about what you're doing to prepare mentally as you do that?
E. EDWARDS: Well, we discussed the likely protocol with Dr. Kerry (ph). I don't think that that protocol is actually quite settled, because there is some -- they get some information -- some information will come back from the biopsy we had yesterday -- wasn't back yesterday and I don't think is even back today -- in order to know with some certainty.
But I understand that I will have what will be a less debilitating kind of chemotherapy that I will, basically have in some form or another for the remainder of my life. And Dr. Kerry (ph) can answer that question more accurately than I am. If she says something different from what I said, she's right, I'm wrong.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) in 2004, that there was some sort of abnormality around your rib. Is this related to that?
E. EDWARDS: No, actually. The question was, in my book, I described an abnormality that's shown up on a bone scan. This is another one of the scares that you always get if you have cancer.
And there was a shadow on one of my ribs.
E. EDWARDS: It actually turned out to be a shadow on my left rib; probably an old break that I may have had a long time ago, even as a child. It was never identified. I may be the weak place that allowed a hug and a twist to cause the break. I don't know.
But the rib that is completely asymptomatic but has the cancer is actually on the other side and in the back. It's an entirely different location.
STAFF: Last question.
QUESTION: Just to clarify. You don't expect that you're going to adjust your schedule, other than your obvious comment that if you need to pull out to be somewhere, you will? But you don't anticipate adjusting your schedule?
And sort of a follow-up would be, mentally, how do you, when you're in the midst of a campaign like this, how do you stay focused when you have this kind of a burden?
J. EDWARDS: Well, anyone who wants to be president of the United States needs to understand and recognize that there will be very difficult, intense, high pressure times when judgments have to be made. And if you're not able to, in a focused, thoughtful way, to deal with this kind of pressure, you're not ready to be president.
And the maturity and the judgment that's required of the president, especially in these historic times, requires the president to be able to function and focus under very difficult circumstances.
And as I mentioned earlier, we have -- not the first time we've been through things like this. So we have some experience with it. And I think we've demonstrated how we deal with it.
E. EDWARDS: Can I say something about that? And that is I've seen John through each of the things -- some things before there were ever any press around -- to watch him in tough times. And it's not that it doesn't hit him. I mean, things hit him like they hit everybody else. But he has an unbelievable toughness, a reserve that allows him to push forward with what needs to happen.
It's what happened after our son died in 1996. The reason we were able to accomplish the things we were able to accomplish in his name, I'd like to say it was me. It sure wasn't. It was entirely because John saw what needed to be done and persisted in getting it done.
And with my breast cancer, it was the same thing. I was able to be, in a sense, something I'm not usually, which is docile. I was a docile patient, because I knew that all the toughness that was required of me, he exhibited for me.
E. EDWARDS: He found out what needed to be done. He found out who the best doctors were and made certain that I had everything that I needed, even though he was facing the same unknowns that everybody who faces cancer faces.
He's unbelievably tough.
J. EDWARDS: But this is what I mean by unselfish.
Thank you all very much.
E. EDWARDS: Thank y'all.
Mar 22, 2007 14:46 ET .EOF
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Dear Coach Pete: Our business is growing and as a result I hired my wife, two sons and a daughter-in-law about two years ago. What can I do to reduce the interpersonal tension? It's causing a lot of problems in our once loving family.—Fred
Dear Fred: This is a challenge shared by many family-owned businesses in varying degrees. If it isn't nipped in the bud it could cause serious consequence.
A family business can be the most rewarding and enjoyable way to express your talents and create wealth or it can be a nightmare. Here are a some suggestions, keeping in mind that the business and family relationships should be kept separate as much as possible:
- Get a vision in your mind of how well you are all communicating and handling business decisions when you and your family members are in harmony and synergy with each other.
- Start creating an environment and process that foster open and proper communication with each other.
- A good way to start this process is by having a business family meeting for the purpose of brainstorming ideas and solutions. Have a specific agenda, keep it up beat, engage everyone to participate and write down every suggestion without judging them. Occasionally include some of you own to keep the flow going.
Include on your agenda questions such as-Would it be helpful to keep our business and family relationships separate? If so, what could we do to create a process to effectively communicate and make decisions without affecting our family life? How can we be a family and business associates handling the challenges, stress, accomplishments and successes while still growing the love and respect for each other.
You will be surprised how many good suggestions will come out of this, more importantly the synergy that will be created. With that information you will be well on you way to creating a more harmonious culture in your business. If need be, bring in an outside coach to facilitate the process, to dig deeper and offer different perspectives to the issues involved and/or mediate any real sticky issue.


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Sharpe's Prey
Richard Sharpe And The Expedition To Copenhagen, 1807Book - 2003
"The greatest writer of historical adventures today."
--Washington Post
Critically acclaimed, perennial New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell (Agincourt, The Fort, the Saxon Tales) makes real history come alive in his breathtaking historical fiction. Praised as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brian" (Agincourt, The Fort), Cornwell has brilliantly captured the fury, chaos, and excitement of battle as few writers have ever done--perhaps most vividly in his phenomenally popular novels following the illustrious military career of British Army officer Richard Sharpe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In Sharpe's Prey, Sharpe must prove his mettle once again after performing courageously on Wellesley's battlefields in India and the Iberian Peninsula, as he undertakes a secret mission to Copenhagen, Denmark in 1807 to prevent a resurgent Napoleon from capturing the Danish fleet. Perhaps the San Francisco Chronicle said it best: "If only all history lessons could be as vibrant."
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Sharpe's Prey represents one of Cornwell's earlier episodes in the career of Richard Sharpe. This is a rougher Sharpe; less secure than we will get to know him in later novels. Sharpe is but just come back from India and is but at the beginning of his career.
The setting for this novel is Europe in 1807. France, desperately wanting to attack England is prevented from doing so only by the British navy which stands in its way. France last its navy at Trafalgar and is eyeing the fleet of small, neutral Denmark as a replacement.Currently the Danish fleet is ensconced in Copenhagen's heavily defended inner harbour.
Sharpe, put off at his ill treatment by the British military is ready to defect to the Danish as the British fleet lobs bombs and shells at Copenhagen.
That, in a thumb-nail is the plot. There are spies; traitors; double-crossers; and ladies to lose a heart to.
On the Cornwell gore, violence and murder scale, I would say this rates at perhapsn a six out of ten.
Regardless, as always, Cornwell's books: well worth reading.
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This is another fab layout. Pretty soon I will run out of adjetives and will have to start reusing them.ReplyDelete
Hi Tanya, I love your style and your flowers made out of dress patterns are awesome!!!! You have inspired me to go out and look for great buttons and bling and have a go at these myself. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Sue McVeighReplyDelete


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Well I am that type of person. Perhaps one of the best things I learned when I took my art classes where color harmonies. A Color Wheel is something I keep in my work space to draw inspiration from. One of my favorite color harmonies is the triad.
Triad - color scheme created by placing an equilateral triangle on the color wheel. Or three colors that are the same distance from each other on the color wheel.
The result? A scheme that is full of life. At www.tigercolor.com they have the following to say about Triad combinations :
A triadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel.Triadic color harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.To use a triadic harmony successfully, the colors should be carefully balanced - let one color dominate and use the two others for accent.Here are some examples:
This one should look familiar and you've probably used it before. It is also the most vibrant of the bunch which is probably why it is associated with kids and toys.
So that is your challenge for this week: Create a layout using a triad color scheme. If you are feeling really adventurous, try basing it off of your least favorite color (like I do) and see if that makes a difference. If you are intimidated by bold, vibrant colors you can try to use the muted tones of those colors. You will still end up with a happy layout. And don't forget, the key to balance is to use one of the colors as your main color and accent with the other two colors.
Remember, as always, Lisa and I will post our take on the challenge by next Sunday. If you play along, remember to post your creation on our flick'r group with the tag WM#13. Can't wait to see what you create!


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Kundalini Yoga and other Yoga topics.
More meditative and relaxing styles of yoga, such as kundalini and ansura, have been associated with successful conception in women who have a history of infertility. Research has shown that stress affects hormones, and many women who have trouble getting pregnant also report chronic stress due to stressful jobs or other life circumstances. Sometimes all they need is to let go of the excess tension and let nature take its course. Even if yoga alone isn't enough, the increased inner calm that comes with yoga can help women manage the stress associated with medical fertility treatments.
Once you are pregnant, a kundalini style of yoga is well suited to prenatal yoga classes with its focus on mental strength and meditation combined with gentle stretches. And finally, kundalini yoga may be the hatha yoga that is most uniquely suited for helping new mothers cope with postpartum stress and depression and for easing new moms back into a fitness routine.
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Biased or not biased, I find everything I search for so fine by me... Also, what's wrong for highlighting their own products? When I use Google Search to look for "Translate", naturally I expect and get Google Translate, I search for "email", naturally I expect and get Gmail, I search for "images", naturally I expect and get Google Images...
i wonder why nobody sue apple for "monopolizing the app store" yet.
This just remember me the Microsoft Explorer case, hmmmm I believe this is the peak of the iceberg in sues already coocking against Google (Android)...and theres so many rasons
This is called the height of desperation. How Microsoft fits into this "fairsearch" category I can't understand when its been dominating the PC market by locking down the OS and not letting others be able to load other OS'. And Nokia is just a puppet of MS as long as it is selling only WP8 handsets.
Nokia and Microsoft are members,, I think things are obvious now!!!
I don't know how come those fools didn't learn from Apple that courts are a waste of time!
We the customers only ask for experience and affordable gadgets NOT COURTS AGAINST CREATIVITY!!
wtf :)
They own the Android OS. They decide which search engine to use :). Even google don't use their own search engine by default:) I'll change it as a default search engine.
I assume every one uses Google as their preferred search engine.
Microsoft? They've been sued for monopolizing their services and apps so many times it's not even funny.


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We used to celebrate New Year's on the spring equinox, until it was changed to January 1 in 1752. News didn't travel very fast from Europe to the colonies, so most people continued to celebrate New Year's on the first of the month following the spring equinox. This was great fun for those "in the know," and it's the origin for April Fools' Day. Yet the Sun/Jupiter sextile on April 1 shows that you will have the last laugh with someone who thinks that you are living in a fool's paradise. It's the perfect day to turn the tables on an adversary.
Nobody's Fool
ARIES (March 20-April 18)
Check in with that person you're rescuing on Wednesday to make sure that she or he is still on board with what you're doing. The problem with being born under the superhero sign of the zodiac is that you can rush to someone's aid only to discover that they were perfectly capable of taking care of themselves. It's an occupational hazard. Meanwhile, it looks like things will be heating up between you and a certain someone on Saturday. It's not who you think it is, so it could get awkward.
TAURUS (April 19-May 19)
Thursday marks the halfway point of your trial by fire that began on March 11. The good news is that you're through the worst of it, but you will still want to be on alert on April 6, 10 and 17. These are your red-flag days, and you know what bulls do when they see red. Curb the impulse to charge at anything that gets under your skin and you will get through this dicey period with sanity intact. Life returns to normal on April 19.
GEMINI (May 20-June 19)
Now that you're over the hump, you need to start gunning for the future. There will be so much happening between now and June 19 that it will be all you can do just to keep up. Build on the momentum of events and take advantage of the people you know and the favors they bestow. They can introduce you to that guy, property or lead that you've been looking for. Just remember to repay them in-kind one day.
CANCER (June 20-July 21)
Did you know that crabs molt? They shed their shells just like a snake sloughs off its old skin. That's what's taking place now in your life. You're letting go of the old way of doing things and moving into the new. It's an organic process and one that doesn't require anything more than patience and faith on your part. Trust in your inborn affinity for growth cycles and you can't go wrong.
LEO (July 22-Aug. 21)
This is one of the most powerful weeks of the year for you. Your solar energy is at its most magnetic and charismatic. Just about anything you want is yours for the asking, but you have to ask and not assume. You are also undergoing a time when your horizons are expanding, your margins are widening and when you will see that there's a greater selection of opportunities than the name brands you've been looking at. Try something new. You might like it.
VIRGO (Aug. 22-Sept. 21)
The disparate pieces of your life will actually begin to make some kind of sense on April 1. This should bring a clear idea of what's working. Thankfully your home life and relations with loved ones are in the plus category, whereas a personal dilemma still requires more time. You know what you have to do; you just don't feel ready to do it. Meanwhile, good news about an investment or property concern will add a spring to your step on April 5.
LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 21)
It's hard to agree to the current terms when you know that you deserve better. But what are you going to do about it? That's the question that could stop you dead in your tracks on April 2. If you feel overwhelmed, then you should take another look at what you're being asked to live with. It may not be as bad as all that. And if it really is a dealbreaker — then you should make plans to go your own way on April 10.
SCORPIO (Oct. 22-Nov. 20)
You could go into a downward spiral on Tuesday, when the Moon occults Pluto in Capricorn. Scorpios are always mistrustful of success because they can't help but feel like the universe is setting them up for a pratfall. It's not, but it's also doubtful that anyone will be able to convince you otherwise before Friday. That's when the Moon in Aquarius will bring a more balanced mood. You won't exactly laugh off what you felt, but at least you can manage a tentative smile.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 20)
You were born under a sign that likes to be out and about. That's why your energy falls flat if you are sidelined for too long. Instead of being light and perky, you'll start to drag your feet. This feeling can weigh on you and make you susceptible to depression. Accept any and all invitations to get together with friends or to do something outside your normal routine — like attend a workshop or lecture — and you will start to feel that spark of enthusiasm again.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 18)
People make their own beds and then have to sleep in them. It's a fact of life no matter how much you want to fluff up the pillows. You were born under a parental sign. You can't help fretting about the choices that loved ones make. Right now a certain someone is making some pretty bad choices, but you can't talk him out of it. All you can do is let him stretch out and discover for himself that it's no bed of roses.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 19-Feb. 17)
You have a funny relationship to change. You know that change is good (you were born under the most revolutionary sign of the zodiac, after all) but deep down inside you can't stand it. In fact, you hate change. What gets you through these unpredictable passages that the stars throw at you from time to time is your unwavering faith that everything happens for a reason. Continue to fasten your gaze on that stellar truth and you will find that your faith isn't misplaced.
PISCES (Feb. 18-March 19)
Spring cleaning can be a mixed blessing, as a closer inspection of your closet or peek behind the couch can attest. But instead of making do with what you have, why not make a donation to Goodwill and treat yourself to something new? It would be perfectly in keeping with the Sun/Jupiter sextile for this week. And when your spouse groans about the cost, you can always say that it's cheaper than purchasing a whole new wardrobe or redecorating the house from top to bottom.
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Hi All,
Can anyone tell me any opensource mysql profiler? I want to see the execution time of all the queries.
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me any opensource mysql profiler? I want to see the execution time of all the queries.
I'm not sure on any specifics, but you should be able to find relevant information by searching for "MySQL analysis/analyzer" and "MySQL statistics", and perhaps "MySQL performance" as well.
I'm sure there's a package that can do this, but you could also relatively easily do it yourself. Just track the time from the start of the script to the end of the script (or by query). Lots of pages have a "processing time" displayed at the bottom.
Another way to do this would be to create a class that has a __construct() function, which starts a timer, and a __destruct() function, which stops the timer and records it (in a database? somewhere else?), and it just has a single function in it-- execute a mysql query. Does that make sense?
Something like this:
Of course you could also do a simpler version with just one function that does all of that, but using the class will allow you to make it more complicated if needed -- including additional operations like executing a search in a loop -- or for doing several queries at once. The simpler version would be:PHP Code:
class mysqlprofiler
function __create() {
$this->time = time()+microtime();
public function query($q) {
$this->q = $q;
function __destruct() {
if isset($this->q) {
$this->time = (time()+microtime())-$this->time;
//track time:
mysql_query('INSERT INTO mysqlprofiler ....'. $this->time');
function mysql_query_profile($q) {
$m = new mysqlprofiler();
unset($m); //perform __destruct();
//untested, but should work in general, probably after some adjustments for your setup, especially with tracking the times.
PHP Code:
function mysql_query_profile($q) {
$t = time()+microtime();
return (time()+microtime())-$t; //return the length as the output of this query, or put it in the DB now if you want
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My Projects
Works in Progress:
Legend: A fantasy novel set in a world of tradition in which a young scholar, Pheonix, discovers there is more to his lineage than what he ever knew and journeys to the war-torn continent called Legend to find the truth.
Disconnect: A cyberpunk novel based in the year 2087 in which two hackers, Adam Johnson and Mike Michaelson, fight to overthrow the ubiquitous technology company, UniTech, in an effort to initiate open source programming.
Gifted: A zombie novel set during the third zombie apocalypse in which a young adult, Jaz, fights to prove herself and protect those she loves in a world of uncertainty and extinction.
"Untitled", This Time Around, Eber and Wein Publications (Accepted)
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Since my 30-day reading ban, I've been casting about for ways to entertain myself on public transportation. I'm all for spiritual enlightenment and walking through the valley of darkness, but riding a city bus without any distraction…no thank you very much.
Enter Serial. You know about Serial right? It's the podcast spin-off of This American Life that explored the unanswered questions (like, WHO DID IT?) surrounding the 1999 murder of Baltimore high school student, Hae Min Lee. Twelve episodes cover everything from alternative suspects, the character of the ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed who's imprisoned for life for the murder, the wacky defense lawyer whose shrill questioning of suspects made my ears bleed, the technology of cell phones in 1999, etc..
Riveting stuff.
I was going to quit after two episodes because I've done habeas corpus work and I find it ineffably depressing. Digging into criminal trials post-conviction raises so many more questions than answers and casts such a long shadow over "justice" that my psyche shuts down, compelling me to turn away and pray no one I know or love ever has to face a criminal trial.
Serial was no different. After roughly 11.5 hours of podcasting, there are only more questions, which is why there are whole internet sites devoted to discussing Jay or the cell phone discrepancies. It's probably why this murder was the perfect subject for a podcast.
The highlight for me was the University of Virginia professor, Deirdre Enright. Enright runs the Innocence Project at the UVA School of Law, and she was the only bright light in this whole dismal case. Her energy, intelligence, and tenacity on behalf of those wrongly convicted infused much-needed hope into an area of law that desperately needs it. I love people who talk fast, think fast and know their shit. That's Enright. If I would have had her in law school, I'd be living in Virginia right now looking for DNA samples and filing postconviction motions.
Downside: There would be times when I was sitting on the bus, listening to host Sarah Koenig talking to Adnan from prison, and a dirty feeling would come over me. For me, this was all "entertainment," albeit of the public radio variety so there was also educational elements, but overall, I was using a tragic story about a murdered high school student as something to keep my misanthropy in check while riding the bus home in a snow storm. Is there something unseemly about that? I guess if that's true, then none of us should be watching Dateline or Frontline or 60 Minutes or the news. (Does anyone watch any of those programs?)
How about the portrayal of parents on this show? Was anyone else thinking that maybe it's a bad idea to be too controlling about who your kids date? With all due respect to religious customs that prohibit premartial dating or opposite-sex relations, it sure seems like some of the tension swirling about stemmed from the children's fears of disappointing their parents. It seems pretty obvious that the second you forbid your child, especially a teenager, from doing something, that something will start to look pretty fucking tempting. While I'm not saying I'll fling my kids out into the dating scene with zero boundaries, but I'm going to be very careful before drawing any lines in the sand. (Easy for me to say, of course. Ask me in ten years how I feel about one of my kids dating someone who doesn't read or who didn't grow up on Costco hotdogs.)
And ohmygod did those kids smoke enough pot? I couldn't get over how important pot was to them or how much they smoked. Maybe because I went to an all-girls high school where we smoked pot only on the weekends. Well, not me, but the girls who did. And definitely none of my boyfriends, especially never Kevin, who never smoked pot before his basketball tournaments. That never happened.
Moving on.
The biggest problem I had from the beginning was with memory. I have a wicked sharp memory. I remember what you were wearing when I first met you and when you got your hair cut and where we went for your birthday 11 years ago (and that you ordered that crappy cheesecake that we sent back, then the waiter brought us a chocolate box "on the house"). I bet you I could tell you what I was doing on Wednesday, January 13, 1999. (I went to my job-ette at a university, then went to Flat Top Grill for dinner with two friends, and spent the night at my boyfriend's house. I had a Harry Potter haircut.) How do these kids not remember anything? Was it the pot? Unless you are lying, how do you not know whether you went shopping, or the library, or the mall or to the fucking Best Buy?
My favorite people interviewed were the ones who had no shame about their past derelictions. The person who was able to describe Best Buy because she used to steal from it. Loved that. How about the porn store clerk who worked with Jay? (Forget what I said earlier about letting my kids date whomever they want: No porn store clerks. Or stars. Definitely no porn stars.)
In addition to feeling bad for Lee's family and friends and anyone wrongly accused in this saga, I also feel bad for defense attorney, Christina Guitierrez. She's dead now and can't defend herself or her so-called strategic decisions. And that unfortunate sing-song-y voice. It makes me cringe and pray that none of my professional orations end up on a podcast downloaded by 5 million people.
As I scrolled through websites discussing Serial and the murder, there was one other thing. It was also mentioned by a friend on FB. All of the producers and creators of the show are white: Sarah Koenig, Julie Snyder, Emily Condon, Dana Chivvas. And Ira Glass, he's involved, and he's pretty white. The story itself, however, is about people who aren't. Adnan is the son of Muslim immigrants. Hae Min Lee is the Korean-American daughter of immigrants. Jay is African-American. Koenig has been taken to task for getting things wrong with respect to the Muslim and Korean-American communities, for flattening the racial implications of Adnan's conviction and for conflating two separate immigration cultures (Korean and Muslim).
This criticism of white privilege reminds me of an article about Jill Soloway, creator of the Amazon hit Transparent. In her effort to get her fictional narrative on the transgender experience right, she has 2 full-time transgender consultants and enacted a "transfirmative action program" that favors hiring transgender candidates over nontransgendered ones. Her cast and crew is upwards of 1/3 trans. I know it's public radio, but maybe an extra hour of pledge drive might create a budget to hire consultants to be sure that the nuances of the cultures that are unfamiliar to Koenig et al and her listeners would be a useful investment. (Also: Everyone should watch Transgender. 10 episodes on Amazon.)
One more thing: Adnan did not take the stand, as criminal defendants are almost always advised not to take the stand because it opens them up for cross-examination which will potentially expose every bad deed the defendant has ever committed. Then, jurors may conflate something like stealing money from the mosque's till with first-degree murder. Better to stay silent is the prevailing wisdom. Juries are advised by the judge that they should not draw any adverse conclusions from the fact that the defendant opts not to testify. One of Adnan's jurors: "Oh sure, we were told it doesn't mean anything bad if he doesn't testify, but if he was innocent, why didn't he get up and tell his story." She clearly used his lack of testimony against him. Doesn't it make you nervous that these bedrock presumptions of our criminal justice system are routinely batted away by jurors? IT'S SO DISTURBING. What to know another one: Defendants are innocent until proven guilty.
I have to stop.
So what about you? What did you think? What bugged you? Are you joining the Enright fan club with me?


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Happy Valentine's Day, y'all! Today is when we celebrate our devotion to partially hydrogenated corn syrup and our hopefully still functioning livers. And love! Regardless of whether you're single or coupled or triaded (?) or bumping uglies with a fence post, I wish you all a glorious VD, with the sincere hope that you don't get any VDs.
For you singletons, I'd like to pass along this gem of a guy who wrote to my girlfriend on OkCupid. While I don't wish to disclose his actual screen name (holidays make me feel generous), it is something akin to YourPerfectSoulmate4eva. And these are his wishes, with my poignant commentary interspersed, of course:
I'd love to be in an LTR with 2 beautiful bi-women, who wanted a guy around to spoil and be spoiled by, and to help have and raise kids. However, all my bi-women friends have chosen male partner/kids OR career/female partner paradigms.
OR option 3: the not-wanting-to-be-with-you paradigm
No one I've met wants to try a triad; at least not anyone who I feel could handle that responsibility.
In other words, stop calling me, Tila Tequila!
And perhaps my triad dream is not sane; so, for the most part, I'm now prioritizing women who want to some day have kids. Anyway, any love or referrals from you or your partner are appreciated.
We're currently not accepting applications for PERFECT SOULMATE at this time, however we'll keep your resume on file for the next time our hot bisexual female friends request to procreate with strangers on the internet.
Meanwhile, lonely or not, I have work to do.
Oh, so sorry to have interrupted you!
If you're interested in giving it a try for 4 hours, I have some data entry and filing that I could pay you $10/hr to do on a Saturday. After that, if you're still interested, and I'm still interested, I would increase hourly pay to $11 or $12/hour. Boring stuff, but it needs to get done. I can provide references from other women who have worked for me (and might again – depending on scheduling it's possible you'll meet). Let me know if you want to give it a try by regular email: email@example.com
I'm sorry, what? Is that a proposition "disguised" as a part-time data entry job for fucking $10 an hour? I really don't know what's going on here. And while I may be unhappily unemployed at the moment, if you want my girlfriend and I to bear your children AND do your filing, it's going to set you back at least $12 an hour.


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Morlon overviewIf you're looking for a new favorite getaway, look no further than Morlon. Though there might not be many well-known attractions to visit in Morlon, you don't need to go far to find places to visit like Maison Cailler Swiss Chocolate Factory and Castle of Gruyeres. In the surrounding area, you won't want to miss out on seeing Tourist Office in Gruyeres and Charmey Gondola.
Where to stay in MorlonWhether you're planning a longer vacation or a weekend getaway, Morlon has accommodations to fit your needs. You can shop as many as 134 deals for Morlon accommodations on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 40%. We have room prices starting at 33 USD per night and here's a breakdown of hotels by star rating in Morlon as well as in the surrounding area:
- • 25 5-star hotels from 129 USD per night
- • 74 4-star hotels from 98 USD per night
- • 80 3-star hotels from 84 USD per night
- • 12 2-star hotels from 45 USD per night
How to get to MorlonFly into Bern (BRN-Belp), 27.9 mi (45 km) from the heart of Morlon. Sion (SIR) is the next closest major airport, 30.3 mi (48.8 km) away.
What to see around MorlonHere are some recommended places to see in the surrounding area:
- • Maison Cailler Swiss Chocolate Factory (1.5 mi/2.3 km from the city center)
- • Castle of Gruyeres (2.7 mi/4.4 km from the city center)
- • Tourist Office in Gruyeres (2.8 mi/4.6 km from the city center)
- • Charmey Gondola (3.8 mi/6.1 km from the city center)
When to visit MorlonIf you're beginning to plan your holiday, you might be wondering when is the best time to visit. Here are the seasonal norms to help you decide when to go:
Seasonal temperature averages
- • January-March: 53°F day, 28°F night
- • April-June: 73°F day, 37°F night
- • July-September: 77°F day, 47°F night
- • October-December: 62°F day, 31°F night
- • January-March: 0.20 inches
- • April-June: 0.35 inches
- • July-September: 0.35 inches
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Kitchener among first cities to host legal marijuana stores
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Published Friday, November 3, 2017 11:02AM EDT
Last Updated Friday, November 3, 2017 6:33PM EDT
The first batch of LCBO-run stores to sell marijuana will include a location in Kitchener.
The LCBO announced Friday that it had chosen 14 cities to host some of the first 40 stores of the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, which will open in July 2018.
Other communities west of Toronto selected for stores include Brampton, Hamilton, London, Mississauga and Windsor.
According to an LCBO press release, LCBO and provincial officials will meet with municipalities over the next few weeks to talk about the process for deciding where to locate a store.
The province has said it plans to keep cannabis stores away from schools, and to put them in locations that might deter illegal dispensaries from operating.
Once a possible site is identified, it will be made public and people will have the opportunity to give feedback on it before it is finalized.
The province also plans to allow online ordering of cannabis products once marijuana possession is legalized on July 1, 2018.
Over time, the initial 14 cannabis stores are expected to increase to 150.