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Johnny Depp Does The Sliming
Dressed like the late-in-life French lesbian owner of an ostrich farm in New Mexico, Johnny Depp strolled onto the stage at Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards in L.A. yesterday and hosed everyone down with slime. I see what you did there, Nickelodeon, and Child Protective Services along with agents from The Chris Hansen Department of NOT RIGHT SHIT will be knocking on your door.
While most hos were on the receiving end of a Shrek green shower, Johnny doesn't play that mess. It took Johnny way too long to successfully snatch those clothes from Diane Keaton's closet, so he's not going to let Slimer's menstrual fluid mess 'em up. And I really feel sorry for the sick ho who Googles "slime me, Johnny Depp, slime me" and end up on this post. This is not what you signed up for when you clicked.
If you need to know the winners of this popped glow stick passed off as an awards show, you need to look elsewhere! We're all adults here (not really) and we don't look at the winners of some children's awards show! Adults don't do that! We only make inappropriate jokes about the pictures! And let's continue the theme.
Here's a few of those who showed up to that mess yesterday: Johnny Depp (and I know you're going to use the color picker Photoshop tool on that green slime), Josh Bieber, Fergie in a Lego dress, Heidi Klum with Nick Cannon, Russell Brand with Manny from Modern Family, Snoop Dogg, Selena Gomez, Wonky McValtrex (whose military trained gyno knows all about green slime), some tramps off the street, Taylor Momsen, Nick Simmons, Sophie Simmons, Willow Smith, Steven Tyler with Erin Brady and Sofia Vergara.


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine investigators have arrested a government intelligence agent in a burglary of the home of a leading opposition candidate, whose bloc could sway the balance of power in congress.
Security camera videos released Monday show Tigre Mayor Sergio Massa's home was robbed on July 20, allegedly by Coast Guard officer Alcides Diaz Gorgonio, who was detained hours after the crime.
While Massa stopped short of blaming the government for the burglary, he also said he would not be intimidated. The agent's boss, meanwhile, suggested that Massa was twisting a common crime into a political scandal.
Diaz works in the security ministry's intelligence unit under Deputy Security Minister Sergio Berni, who answers to President Cristina Fernandez. The videos show a man, allegedly Diaz, breaking into the house and carrying a pistol with a silencer. Massa said the gun was used during the burglary to destroy a security camera.
"If someone fantasized that I could be frightened by this political maneuver, they are mistaken," said Massa.
Massa used to be Fernandez's Cabinet chief but split from the ruling Front for Victory party and is leading an opposition slate in this year's midterm elections.
In a radio interview Monday, Berni claimed that Massa and the prosecutor "have a lot of explaining to do" for withholding information from the federal government.
"We are at the doors of a political scandal," Berni said.
Massa's effort to create a third force in the politically polarized country has been peeling supporters away from Fernandez. If his slate does well in Sunday's primary and then wins on Oct. 17, the government could lose the two-thirds majority it needs to change the constitution. That would end any possibility of modifying term limits to let Fernandez expand her presidency past 2015.
Massa said the burglary case is in the hands of a local prosecutor, Mariano Magaz, who has not discarded political dirty-tricks as a motive.
Massa said Magaz ordered him not to publicize the crime to avoid compromising the investigation.
He said he made it public only after a local newspaper accused him of covering up the burglary to avoid staining his anti-crime credentials.
"If this was a robbery, an example of crime, we have the pride and the satisfaction of showing that the video-vigilance systems work and work well," Massa said.
But this doesn't seem to be a simple robbery, he added; "Someone who enters a house with a pistol with a silencer, and uses it, is not someone who is committing a simple theft."
Diaz was detained after local police, who don't answer to the federal government, found the stolen goods in the officer's house. They reportedly included 65,000 pesos and 1,200 dollars, jewelry, Mont Blanc pens and two computer pen-drives with campaign information.
President Fernandez was in New York on Monday ahead of a Tuesday speech at the United Nations Security Council.
Berni, for his part, called it a simple burglary, and accused Massa of keeping information from the federal government to "manipulate" the case to promote his campaign.
Massa and the prosecutor "will have to do a lot of explaining to society," Berni told Radio 10 on Monday.
Berni did not immediately respond to a request to speak with The Associated Press.
The crime was first made public on Sunday by the pro-government Pagina12 newspaper, which provided many details and accused Massa of covering up the burglary to avoid undermining his claim to have reduced crime in the town of Tigre.
On Monday, the opposition La Nacion newspaper filled in a key detail, reporting that Diaz is a government agent assigned to the Security Ministry's intelligence unit.
But Berni suggested that Diaz is Massa's man. Diaz used to work with other Coast Guard officers guarding the gated riverfront community where Massa lives. Berni said Massa knows Diaz personally and alleged that Diaz did political work for the mayor.

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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club, in conjunction with the Chicago Fire Foundation, are the first professional sports team to be recognized as a charity partner for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. This Sunday, Oct. 10, runners supporting the Chicago Fire Foundation will join the near 45,000 other participants from all 50 states and more than 100 countries to kick off the race in Chicago's Grant Park. The Fire Foundation Marathon Team, comprised of 11 runners, will raise $10,000 for the Chicago Fire Foundation impacting Chicagoland youth in health, education and wellness. Notable team participants include Fire staff and fans.
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GENEVA--(Marketwire - Sep 5, 2012) - STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a top player in ICs for digital TVs and set-top boxes (STB), has extended its portfolio with a device that opens up new application scenarios, including the industry's smallest pay-TV broadcast secured STB. Housed in a package measuring just 23x23mm, the new STiH205 system-on-chip (SoC) solution is optimized for applications that demand the smallest footprint and minimum bill of materials, facilitating production of very small two-layer PCBs for IP and broadcast set-top boxes.
The STiH205 complements ST's existing STiH207 family of STB SoC solutions for High-Definition terrestrial, cable, satellite and IP equipment. Code-compatible with both the recently announced STiH207 and the widely-used STi7105 families, the new device facilitates rapid porting of existing software, permitting customers to expand or upgrade their product platforms with minimal development costs. The STiH205 continues this theme, but targets applications such as HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) dongles, where low cost and small footprint are the key driving factors.
"Up till now, customers have had to sacrifice high-performance secure content delivery against the need for minimum form factor. With the STiH205, this compromise is no longer necessary," said Laurent Remont, Group Vice President and General Manager of ST's Unified Platform Division.
The STiH205 allows the size and cost of the end equipment to be reduced, while delivering performance that is 30-50% higher than the popular previous generation STi7105. For end users, this offers the prospect of smaller, cheaper portable STBs that allow broadcast and OTT (Over-The-Top) multimedia services to be enjoyed beyond the confines of their home.
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Complete Prose of T.S. Eliot
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Confidential Print: Africa
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Corpus de la littérature de l'Océan Indien : écrite et orale, des origines aux Indépendances = Corpus of Francophone literature from the Indian Ocean
This Corpus gives access, as completely as possible, to the whole of Francophone written and oral literature from the Indian Ocean, from 18th century to independence (1960), covering the countries of Comores and Mayotte, Reunion Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, and the Seychelles
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For conservatives, the Benghazi scandal is a Watergate-like presidential cover-up. For liberals, it a fabricated Republican witch-hunt. For me, Benghazi is a call to act on an enduring problem that both parties ignore.
One major overlooked cause of the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans is we have underfunded the State Department and other civilian agencies that play a vital role in our national security. Instead of building up cadres of skilled diplomatic security guards, we have bought them from the lowest bidder, trying to acquire capacity and expertise on the cheap. Benghazi showed how vulnerable that makes us.
Now, I'm not arguing that this use of contractors was the sole cause of the Benghazi tragedy, but I believe it was a primary one. Let me explain.
The slapdash security that killed Stevens, technician Sean Smith and CIA guards Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty started with a seemingly inconsequential decision by Libya's new government. After the fall of Muammar Qaddafi, Libya's interim government barred armed private security firms - foreign and domestic - from operating anywhere in the country.
Memories of the abuses by foreign mercenaries, acting for the brutal Qaddafi regime, prompted the decision, according to State Department officials.
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Don't be afraid, "The Neighbors" means you no harm. ABC's new aliens-among-us sitcom traveled to our TVs simply to be silly.
Created by Dan Fogelman (the "Cars" movies), "The Neighbors" (8:30 p.m. Wednesday, ABC; 2 stars out of 4) revives an old storyline used in everything from the the "SNL" Coneheads sketch to "Third Rock from the Sun." It just doesn't do it as well.
Marty (Lenny Venito) and Debbie Weaver (Chicago native Jami Gertz) move with their three kids from New York to the gated suburban community of Hidden Hills, N.J., where the houses are pretty much identical, with manicured lawns and golf carts parked in the driveways. The Weavers' neighbors, too, seem to conform to a certain lifestyle. They dress the same, get nourishment from reading books and are all named after famous sports stars.
Turns out they are part of a marooned alien colony, headed by Larry Bird (Simon Templeman) and his mate, Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Toks Olagundoye). While waiting to hear from their home planet of Zabvron, they've disguised themselves as humans. They've apparently never left their 'burb nor had cause to interact with humans--which seems fairly odd even for this oddball sitcom. Who hooked up their cable?
Anyway, the extraterrestrials' lack of contact with humans has resulted in their misinterpreting American life, customs and social manners in almost every way--which results in much of the show's attempts at humor. That, and the aliens' own customs and habits. I thought the show had exhausted its comedic possibilities in the first episode. The alien kids are named Reggie Jackson and Dick Butkus--there really isn't more funny to be mined from the names.
The second episode, however, surprised me. "Journey to the Center of the Mall," airing Oct. 3, finds Debbie interrogating the aliens about their intentions toward the human children. ("If we were to abduct your children, it certainly wouldn't be Max," Larry Bird deadpans about their brat.) The Weavers also take Larry's family to a nearby mall for a crazy day of school shopping.
I'm not going to say it was great. The metaphor that we're all a little strange when viewed by strangers is obvious, and the life lessons learned are standard sitcom fodder. But "The Neighbors" isn't as awful as I thought it would be. It's going for silly fun, and that's pretty much all it beams onto our screens.
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|Livingstone, S., Polidoro, B. & Smith, J. (Global Marine Species Assessment)
The population of this species on Oahu declined drastically to only two known remaining colonies after a bleaching event in 1996. Colonies have since increased to approximately ten. On the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, it remains common in a few areas, despite bleaching events in 2002 (Aeby pers. comm.). This species appears more resistant to bleaching than other Montipora species, but the chances of serious decline due to future bleaching events are very high. This species is listed as Endangered under B criterion as its area of occupancy is less than a total of 500 km² and exists in less than five locations (as dictated by threat). The population has experienced serious fluctuations over the last 20 years due to climate change related events. It will be important to reassess this species in 10 years time because of predicted continued threats from climate change and ocean acidification.
|Range Description:
|In the Indo-West Pacific, this species is found in the Hawaiian Islands, where it is known only from Kaneohe Bay on Oahu in the main island group, and in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands it is known in 2004 from four islands: Midway (two sites); Kure (two sites), Pearl and Hermes (two sites) and Lisianski (one site). The records from the Northwestern islands had previously been recorded as Montipora turgescens. However, inspection of photographs provided by Aeby (pers. comm.) indicate that the species in question is likely to be M. diiatata. Corals possibly belonging to this species have been reported from one location on Palmyra in the Line Islands (Maragos and Obura), and this requires confirmation.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:United States (Hawaiian Is.)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northwest
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|The population on Oahu declined drastically to two known remaining colonies after a bleaching event in 1996, which have since increased to approximately ten. On the northwestern Hawaiian Islands, it remains common in a few locations, despite bleaching events in 2002 (Aeby pers. comm.).
The age of first maturity of most reef building corals is typically three to eight years (Wallace 1999) and therefore we assume that average age of mature individuals is greater than eight years. Furthermore, based on average sizes and growth rates, we assume that average generation length is 10 years, unless otherwise stated. Total longevity is not known, but likely to be more than ten years. Therefore any population decline rates for the Red List assessment are measured over at least 30 years. See the Supplementary Material for further details on generation length estimates.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|It occurs in shallow back reef environments with strong surge. This species is found to at least 10 m.
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|Major Threat(s):
The bleaching of coral reefs, which has become increasingly frequent since the 1970s, is related to the ongoing rise in ocean in temperatures as a result of global climate change. Bleaching events, leading to coral mortality, are predicted to become more frequent and severe.
Acanthaster planci, the crown-of-thorns starfish, has been observed preferentially preying upon members of this genus (Colgan 1987). Crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) (Acanthaster planci) are found throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Red Sea. These starfish are voracious predators of reef-building corals, with a preference for branching and tabular corals such as Acropora species. Populations of the crown-of-thorns starfish have greatly increased since the 1970s and have been known to wipe out large areas of coral reef habitat. Increased breakouts of COTS has become a major threat to some species, and have contributed to the overall decline and reef destruction in the Indo-Pacific region. The effects of such an outbreak include the reduction of abundance and surface cover of living coral, reduction of species diversity and composition, and overall reduction in habitat area.
In the northwest Hawaiian islands this species was more resistant to bleaching than M. capitata, which bleached and died. Montipora dilatata bleached and recovered (Aeby pers. comm.). It is also less susceptible to disease. The Oahu population crashed to near zero due to bleaching, and has had a very slow recovery.
In general, the major threat to corals is global climate change, in particular, temperature extremes leading to bleaching and increased susceptibility to disease, increased severity of ENSO events and storms, and ocean acidification.
Coral disease has emerged as a serious threat to coral reefs worldwide and a major cause of reef deterioration (Weil et al. 2006). The numbers of diseases and coral species affected, as well as the distribution of diseases have all increased dramatically within the last decade (Porter et al. 2001, Green and Bruckner 2000, Sutherland et al. 2004, Weil 2004). Coral disease epizootics have resulted in significant losses of coral cover and were implicated in the dramatic decline of acroporids in the Florida Keys (Aronson and Precht 2001, Porter et al. 2001, Patterson et al. 2002). In the Indo-Pacific, disease is also on the rise with disease outbreaks recently reported from the Great Barrier Reef (Willis et al. 2004), Marshall Islands (Jacobson 2006) and the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Aeby 2006). Increased coral disease levels on the GBR were correlated with increased ocean temperatures (Willis et al. 2007) supporting the prediction that disease levels will be increasing with higher sea surface temperatures. Escalating anthropogenic stressors combined with the threats associated with global climate change of increases in coral disease, frequency and duration of coral bleaching and ocean acidification place coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific at high risk of collapse.
Localized threats to corals include fisheries, human development (industry, settlement, tourism, and transportation), changes in native species dynamics (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), invasive species (competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites), dynamite fishing, chemical fishing, pollution from agriculture and industry, domestic pollution, sedimentation, and human recreation and tourism activities.
The severity of these combined threats to the global population of each individual species is not known.
|Conservation Actions:
Several colonies are now growing ex situ. Research on the resistance of M. capitata to bleaching stress could also be extended to this species.
All corals are listed on CITES Appendix II. Parts of the species' range fall within Marine Protected Areas.
Recommended measures for conserving this species include research in taxonomy, population, abundance and trends, ecology and habitat status, threats and resilience to threats, restoration action; identification, establishment and management of new protected areas; expansion of protected areas; recovery management; and disease, pathogen and parasite management. Artificial propagation and techniques such as cryo-preservation of gametes may become important for conserving coral biodiversity.
Having timely access to national-level trade data for CITES analysis reports would be valuable for monitoring trends this species. The species is targeted by collectors for the aquarium trade and fisheries management is required for the species, e.g., MPAs, quotas, size limits, etc. Consideration of the suitability of species for aquaria should also be included as part of fisheries management, and population surveys should be carried out to monitor the effects of harvesting. Recommended conservation measures include population surveys to monitor the effects of collecting for the aquarium trade, especially in Indonesia.
|DeVantier, L., Hodgson, G., Huang, D., Johan, O., Licuanan, A., Obura, D., Sheppard, C., Syahrir, M. & Turak, E. 2008. Montipora dilatata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T133170A3612492. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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The meatier part of the leak though includes a detailed synopsis of the plot, which we're not going to spoil here. The short story though is that the game starts just minutes after the end of Modern Warfare 2, as Russia continues its attack on the US and something very close to World War III breaks out.
The game will contain around 15 separate missions, switching between multiple characters and countries - as implied by the trailers. You'll get to play as a SAS soldier, Russian Federal Protective Services agent (a sort of modern day KGB equivalent), tank gunner and an AC-130 gunner.
There also seems to be mention of 'SEAL Team Six', suggesting that Activision is going to be taking full advantage of the group's new found fame following the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The multiplayer is described as having a 'chunky' list of around 20 playable maps, as well as two types of Spec Ops co-operative modes: Survival and Mission.
*There are trailers for France, England and Germany in the link above*
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Festival runs March 22 – April 27
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When spring comes to Nashville, it chooses Cheekwood as its main stage every year! With large-scale colorful plantings, special programming and naturally gorgeous views, the botanical garden and art museum are a must-see for locals and visitors alike as the seasons change.
More than 100,000 brilliantly colored tulips are set to bloom across Cheekwood's grounds in early April--nearly double the number used to create 2013's impressive carpet of color--along with daffodils, magnolias, redbuds, and dogwoods. The organization's signature spring festival, Cheekwood in Bloom, will kick off on March 22 with six weeks of family-friendly seasonal programming, quality entertainment and plenty of creative opportunities to explore and experience nature's seasonal beauty.
"Spring allows us show off a bit here at Cheekwood," said Patrick Larkin, Senior Vice President of Gardens & Facilities at Cheekwood. "Since we received such an overwhelming response to last year's tulip display, we decided to double the intensity and color for a view you won't find anywhere else in the area. We can't wait for that first bloom to make its appearance so we can kick off the festivities with our members and visitors."
With Garden tours, live music and interactive programs for all-ages, Cheekwood is Nashville's premier place to experience and celebrate spring. Following is a full schedule of all events and programs; complete details are available at cheekwood.org.
Weekend Activities, March 22 – April 27
Family Studio Drop-In 'ART'ivities
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Join us in the studios each weekend and create a spring-inspired art project to celebrate the season.
Open to all ages!
Live Music: Jazz in the Herb Garden
Nashville Jazz Workshop Ensemble
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Have a seat, enjoy the view and relax in our garden to the soothing sounds of our talented friends from Nashville Jazz Workshop.
Garden Tales
10:30 am & 11:00 am
Watch your favorite nature-themed books spring to life in the Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden, featuring songs, dance and fun interactive reading.
Live Music: Piano in the Museum Drawing Room
Steinway Piano Society of Nashville
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Stroll through our galleries to the peaceful sounds of piano music performed by talented local pianists. It's the perfect soundtrack for exploring our beautiful historic mansion.
Guided Tours
Tours are free and no reservations are required.
12:30 pm - House & History Tour
1:30 pm - Collection & Exhibition Tour
1:30 pm - Garden Tour
Drawing Room Concert Series featuring Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music
2:00 pm
March 23: John Johns, guitar
March 30: Amy Dorfman and Ben Harris, piano four-hands
April 6: Lauren Coplan, piano
April 13: Student Chamber Musicians
April 20: Philip Dikeman, flute, and Melissa Rose, piano
April 27: Piano students of Craig Nies
Guided Tours
Tours are free and no reservations are required.
12:30 pm - House & History Tour
1:30 pm - Collection & Exhibition Tour
1:30 pm - Garden Tour
Saturday, March 22
Modern Twist: Family Day
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Bring the whole family for exciting Japanese-themed activities to celebrate the opening of our Modern Twist exhibition. Watch as master bamboo artist Mr. Ueno Masao creates a giant sculpture in the courtyard, try your hand at origami, view a traditional tea ceremony, observe an Ikebana flower arranging demo, create a cultural craft in the studios and take a guided tour of Shōmu'en, our Japanese Garden. It's a wonderful, interactive way for all ages to experience this amazing exhibition!
Saturday, March 29
Zoo on the Move
12:00 pm
The Nashville Zoo is coming to Cheekwood! Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn fun facts from expert animal educators and meet our animal guests as they visit our grounds. You never know what kind of animals will be here—all ages will be wild about this show!
Saturday, April 5
Nashville Puppet Truck presents The Stonecutter
12:00 pm
Featuring Japanese Bunraku puppetry, this traditional Asian folktale teaches two life lessons: be happy with who you are and make your wishes carefully! We're so excited to welcome our favorite puppeteers from the Nashville Public Library & Wishing Chair Productions for another spectacular all-ages show.
Saturday, April 12
Nashville Ballet presents Ferdinand the Bull
12:00 pm
Enjoy the Nashville Ballet's delightful interpretation of the beloved tale of Ferdinand, a gentle bull who prefers to smell the flowers than to spend his time in the bullfighting ring. With music, choreography, and bright costumes inspired by Pablo Picasso, this ballet performance is a fabulous way to spend a colorful spring day at Cheekwood!
Saturday, April 19
*New Extended Hours* 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Special Event Pricing: Member Adults $5, Member Kids FREE Non-member adults $17; Seniors $15; Youth 3-17 $10; Children 2 and under are FREE Free passes are not valid for special events.
Celebrate spring in style with egg hunts, crafts, performances, music and more at the 22nd annual Spring Art Hop. This special event has long been one of Nashville's favorite spring traditions, and this year's edition is packed full of even more activities and excitement for families and kids of all ages. We'll be hiding over 20,000 eggs, so don't forget to bring your basket!
10:30 am – 3:30 pm: Egg Hunts every HALF hour
12:00 pm: 'Egg'cellent Magic Show
2:00 pm: 'Egg'cellent Magic Show
10:00 am – 4:00 pm Musical Petting Zoo, Country Music Hall of Fame
Saturday, April 26
Tennessee Craft Day
Watching a skilled artist or craftsperson at work is an inspiring experience—and we can't wait to share it with you! On Tennessee Craft Day, talented local artists will exhibit their mastered skills, explain their processes, and answer questions from art lovers and artists of all ages.
About Cheekwood
Cheekwood is a 55-acre botanical garden and art museum located on the historic Cheek estate. Our mission is to preserve Cheekwood as an historical landmark where beauty and excellence in art and horticulture stimulate the mind and nurture the spirit. Cheekwood is located at 1200 Forrest Park Drive in Nashville, 8 miles southwest of downtown Nashville. New 2014 Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Friday nights May – October open until 10 p.m. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, $10 for college students and $7 for children 3-17.


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40. You must not copy, reproduce, republish, transmit or distribute any source code given to you or divulged to you by any other means. You must not copy or make use of work-flows and methodologies used on this website other than through your Expr3ss! service. You must not attempt to reverse-engineer or copy any software or computer code you access via this site. You undertake not to develop, create or market a similar product for 5 years from the date of your last usage of the Expr3ss! Service.
41. Unless you notify Expr3ss! otherwise, Expr3ss! will use the e-mail address you have given Expr3ss! to communicate with you as required for the conduct of the Expr3ss! Service. Additional information about other services may form part of this communication. All communication sent to the email address you supplied Expr3ss! will be deemed to have been received by you, whether returned or not. It is your responsibility to maintain a current working email address with Expr3ss! at all times.
42. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
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If you make changes in your Ad (Job Title, Sub-title or Job Ad Copy (including embedded video) these changes will not automatically appear on the third party until you explicitly update them.
Expr3ss! has used all reasonable endeavour to make these service accurate but cannot be held responsible for the results on the third party website. In using these services you absolve Expr3ss! of any responsibility for results on the third-party platform that are not under our exclusive control.
Your ad will not necessarily appear on the third-party website exactly as it is formatted on Expr3ss! - its appearance will be determined by the third party's publishing policies from time-to-time and thus is beyond our control. Expr3ss! does not guarantee that the third-party will publish the ad in a timely fashion or even at all.
Other than technical and usage questions about this interface, all questions and support requests should be directed to the third-party provider.
You must not publish material that is misleading, obscene, offensive, unlawful, discriminatory or subject to copyright (without written permission from the copyright holder).
Contact Us
All correspondence concerning the Terms of Use should be addressed to:
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B. Privacy Policy
The privacy of your personal information is afforded the highest level of importance by Expr3ss! Pty Ltd ACN 102 229 961 LG 146 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia.
We uphold the principles of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Act") regarding the manner in which we handle your personal information and how we respond to your requests to access and correct it. While we take careful measures to protect the confidentiality of information provided to us, we have adopted this Privacy Policy to reflect the intentions of the Act. This document sets out our information handling procedures and the rights and obligations that both you and we have in relation to your personal information. We will uphold all relevant legislative requirements. However, in the event of any inconsistency, the legislative requirements will override the provisions of this document.
This document reflects our Privacy Policy as at 1-Sep-2018. We reserve the right to amend our Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. If this Privacy Policy changes, the changes will be posted on the Expr3ss! Site. The date of this Privacy Policy will inform you as to whether there have been updates since your last visit.
Collection of Information
We will only collect personal information where it is reasonably necessary to do so for the conduct of our business. We generally collect your personal information through your submissions on the Expr3ss! Site. The kinds of personal information that we collect and hold may include:
a. your name, birth date and gender;
b. your contact information, including postal and residential addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, and email addresses;
c. your education; and
d. your employment history.
Any collection of personal information by us will be fair and lawful and will not be intrusive.
If it is reasonable and practical do so, we will collect personal information about you only from you, however, you authorise us to collect information from external sources including government agencies and other third parties such as advertisers, mailing lists, recruitment agencies, contractors and business partners as and when required.
If we collect personal information about you from a third party we will, where appropriate, request that the third party inform you that we are holding such information, how we will use and disclose it, and that you may contact us to gain access to and correct and update the information. We will not, however, make any such request to any third party in circumstances where it would not be practical to do so.
We will generally hold your personal information as either physical records, records on our servers, and in some cases, records on third party servers, which may be located overseas.
We may also collect and hold information about you that is not personal information, including:
a. data relating to your activity on the Expr3ss! Site via tracking technologies such as cookies; and
b. the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider.
We may use this information for internal purposes, including administering our services, diagnosing problems, generating statistics and trends, and improving the quality of our products and services. We may also use this information to identify any submissions you make on the Expr3ss! Site and to assess your engagement with the Expr3ss! Site and the materials herein.
Use and Disclosure of Information
In general, we will collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the purposes of providing or offering goods and services to you, any purposes that you may reasonably expect, for any other purpose authorised by law, or for any other purposes disclosed to or authorised by you. This may include disclosures to organisations that provide us with technical and support services, and professional advice, such as solicitors, accountants and business advisors.
By providing us with personal information, you consent to us using and disclosing your personal information for:
a. providing you with news and information about our products and services;
b. purposes necessary or incidental to the provision of our products and services;
c. contacting Job Advertisers using the Expr3ss! Site about your suitability for a position;
d. Job Advertisers contacting you about your suitability for a position;
e. sending you marketing and promotional material that we believe you may be interested in, which may be sent either by us, or from any of our related entities or a third party business which we consider may be of interest to you;
f. personalising your experience with our products and services, for example, via connectivity with social media services;
g. statistical analysis and internal research purposes; and
h. communicating with you, including by email, mail or telephone.
Where it is possible, we will use reasonable endeavours to de-identify your personal information before using it for these purposes. We will also, wherever possible, keep all personal information strictly confidential.
If you do not want to receive promotional material from us or third parties, please let us know.
A number of laws require the provision of personal information to third parties, including the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The precise information required to be provided will vary depending on the circumstances requiring disclosure of that information.
We may also use or disclose personal information about you to avoid, lessen or prevent a serious emergency or crime. If we use or disclose personal information about you in those circumstances we will make a written record of such use or disclosure.
Some Expr3ss! employees and contractors will have access to your personal information to a level that is necessary to enable them to perform their roles within Expr3ss!. They are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by Expr3ss!
Any disclosure that is required to be made to any third party will be made primarily for the purpose of providing or offering goods and services to you. If we disclose information to a third party, we generally require that the third party protect your information to the same extent that we do.
Any personal information submitted via our online form may need to be processed by a third party. By submitting personal information via an online form, you consent to the disclosure of that information to a third party, which may be located overseas, for the sole purpose of processing the online form.
Information Security
We store the information you send to us on our own computer systems and web servers. We will take reasonable steps to hold all hard copy and electronic records of your information in a secure manner to ensure that they are protected from misuse, interference and loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
We may need to maintain your information for a significant period of time. We will retain your information for as long as is required to discharge our contractual obligations and for a reasonable period thereafter as is appropriate to the reasonable conduct of our business.
We will destroy or de-identify your personal information once it is no longer needed for a purpose under this policy or the Service Terms or required to be kept by law. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.
Data Breaches likely to result in serious harm
Expr3ss! will manage all data breaches in respect of Personal Information collected from in accordance with the mandatory Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (NDB Scheme) which includes the obligation to:
(a) contain the breach and, if possible, take remedial action; and
(b) commence the requisite assessment process to determine whether the data breach is likely to be an Eligible Data Breach for the purposes of the NDB Scheme.
Data Access & Correction
You can review your personal information online via the Expr3ss! Site, or you may request access to your personal information at any time by sending a written request to our Privacy Officer by mail at Expr3ss! Pty Ltd ACN 102 229 961 LG 146 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia, Australia, or by using the contact form on the Expr3ss! Site.
You do not need to provide a reason for your request. We may charge a small fee for providing access if it requires a significant amount of time to locate or collect your information or to present it in an appropriate form.
In rare circumstances, and only where it is permitted under the Act, we may not be able to provide you with access to your information. For example, we may refuse access where the requested access will have an unreasonable impact upon the privacy of others or where we are required by law to withhold the information.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect about you is accurate, up-to-date and complete, and ensure that the personal information we use or disclose is accurate, up-to-date, complete and relevant. You are free to update your personal information at any time. There is no cost for updating your information.
If we are unable to provide you with access to your information, or make any amendments which you have requested, we will provide you with reasons for our refusal.
Cross-Border Disclosure of Information
We are likely to disclose your information to overseas recipients, including, but not limited to our third party servers, international advertisers, or international branches of Australian based companies. You consent to us disclosing your personal information to such overseas recipients for purposes necessary or useful in the course of operating our business. Such disclosures will be in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles, subject to clause 26.a of the Expr3ss! Service Terms. The countries in which such recipients are likely to be located include, but are not limited to, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
If you do not want us to disclose your information to overseas recipients, please let us know.
If you believe that we may have breached the Australian Privacy Principles, or failed to comply with this Privacy Policy, you may make a written complaint addressed to our Privacy Officer by mail at Expr3ss! Pty Ltd ACN 102 229 961 LG 146 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia or by using the contact form on the Expr3ss! Site.
We take all complaints seriously, and will respond to your complaint within a reasonable period.
More Information
If you wish to contact us regarding this Privacy Policy, you may write to our Privacy Officer at Expr3ss! Pty Ltd ACN 102 229 961 LG 146 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia or use the contact form on the Expr3ss! Site.
If you are interested in obtaining additional information about privacy, you can visit the Australian Privacy Commissioner's website at www.oaic.gov.au.
C. Website Security
Please note that there are inherent risks in transmitting information over the Internet. There is a possibility that your information could be accessed by a third party while in transit. Each User of the Expr3ss! Site should make their own assessment of the possible security risks to their information when deciding whether or not to use the Expr3ss! Site.
Expr3ss! cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to Expr3ss! online and individuals do so at their own risk. To the extent permitted by law, Expr3ss! accepts no responsibility for the unauthorised access of personal information held by Expr3ss!.
Expr3ss! may use cookies to collect and log certain information about your browsing experience on the Website for statistical purposes. Cookies are small data files that a website is able to place on a user's hard drive to record aspects of that user's experience of the website. For example, Expr3ss! may use cookies to record that a user visited a particular section of the Expr3ss! Site, or that their browsing software was a particular version. In this way, cookies can improve the operation of the Expr3ss! Site, and make the experience more efficient, more enjoyable or more personalised.
Importantly, cookies do not need to identify the user or record any personal information. No attempt is made to identify you or your browsing activities except, in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the service provider's logs, or where your usage is causing technical issues for the Expr3ss! Site that may need to be resolved and Expr3ss! needs to contact you. A notice will be posted on the Expr3ss! Site if the Expr3ss! Site attempts to identify individuals from their cookies unless that identification is required by law or to assist in law enforcement.
The default settings of most internet browsers allow cookies. However, users may change their browser settings to disallow cookies. Please note that some parts of the Expr3ss! Site may not function fully for users that disallow cookies.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. based advocacy group says that satellite images show 13 villages were intentionally burned in Sudan.
The Satellite Sentinel Project said Friday that the images show that the government of Sudan deliberately burned 13 villages in the war-torn border region of South Kordofan from Nov. 17-22.
Sudanese troops are fighting rebels who were once aligned with South Sudan. When South Sudan peacefully broke away from Sudan last year, the rebels were placed in the Sudan half of the partition. The two sides have been fighting over the last year.
John Bradshaw, executive director of the advocacy group the Enough Project that supports the satellite program, said the images are visual proof that Sudan is violating the laws of war and carrying out indiscriminate attacks.


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Glee's Amber Riley Wins Dancing With the Stars
Watch her three perfect-score performances.
Shockingly enough, the lady who spent five seasons on Glee is a pretty good dancer. Amber Riley won this the seventeenth season of Dancing With the Stars, beating out finalists Corbin Bleu and Jack Osbourne for the title. "I did this competition because, I didn't know if I [could] do it and anything that scares me I wanna do, so I [want to] let women of all sizes out there know you can do whatever you put your mind to," Riley said after her win. "It doesn't matter what size you are, what color you are, you can do whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever you put your mind to!"
The night was also a big win for Riley's dance pro partner Derek Hough, who's now helped five ladies to the Mirror Ball Trophy (Brooke Burke-Charvet, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler, and now Riley). The pros in second place, Cheryl and Mark Ballas, have two wins each.
Check out Riley and Hough's three finals performances, which each earned a perfect score:


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BobSmith wrote:Changing anything in our National Parks is a titanic struggle. A few years ago the Park Service tried to limit access by automobiles (only on certain days and certain hours) in Cades Cove and the public screamed bloody fucking murder.
I suspect that as the Boomers age it's only going to get worse.


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Sometimes you just gotta ask
The reasons we live in a system we can't understand are many, and they aren't always obvious. Often, things we should be questioning have been staring us right in the face all our lives and we didn't even notice. An aware reader from New York City noticed one obvious issue, and he wrote in to tell us about it. He is tired of being victimized by confusing contracts and terms used by credit and debit card companies to squeeze every possible nickel out of cardholders.
He said he had a foolproof method for reducing retail prices and neutralizing all credit card charges, and he would be happy to share it with readers of like mind. He suggested that if you want to have a little fun, try this the next time you go out to dinner or purchase something expensive enough to warrant using a credit card. You know, like when you go to a restaurant that offers valet parking.
When you are presented with the bill, ask if the restaurant charges extra for paying with a credit card. The answer will always be, "No." Tell the waiter you are aware that credit card companies charge merchants for every transaction. An agreeing nod will probably ensue.
You might mention that you think this is a horrible practice because they also charge the credit card holder for using the card either with an annual fee, monthly interest, or for every transaction. Whoever is waiting on you will vigorously agree with everything you said.
Then drive your point home by saying that you think credit card companies are unconscionable for fleecing the public at both ends. Again, you will get wholehearted support for your astute observations. Add a little more credence to your argument by saying that you think credit card companies forcing the merchant to build in the cost of credit transactions into the retail price is just terrible. Trust me, you will get nothing but earnest yet sympathetic "yeses" from that statement.
Now, looking as livid as possible, loudly declare that you are not going to tolerate this kind of treatment any longer and that you will not allow the credit card companies to make so much as a dime from you. The merchant will absolutely agree, and probably congratulate you for your strong spirit.
In a calm voice, then declare that you are going to pay cash. The merchant will smile, and more than likely say that more people should be just like you. Using the same calm voice, ask what you owe. The answer will be, "Whatever is at the bottom of the bill." To which you will respond, "But I'm paying cash. Why would you charge me the same price as if I were using a credit card? Shouldn't the bill be five to ten percent less?"
At this point, you will probably get a confused expression on an ashen face and a response that somehow includes getting the manager. Defuse the situation right away by saying, "No need to go to all that trouble," and ask, "How much does the credit card company charge you for processing the transaction?" Let's say the answer is ten percent. Tell the waiter that you want to leave a twenty percent tip, but to avoid any hassle, you'll just leave ten percent and the balance can be worked out with the owner. Say, "there is no reason why the owner should charge the waiter ten percent when a credit card transaction never happened." I promise, you will get little or no resistance.
This same scenario can be played out in just about any situation where the customer is paying an end user, retail price. It is much more effective when purchasing high-ticket items.
Credit card companies victimize us every day. Their tactics to add fees to our bills boggle the imagination. I am happy to see that our government is beginning to crack down on some of their questionable and appalling practices. Credit card companies are a huge part of that system we can't understand.


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President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing.
"Conditions have changed since the 2006 Forest Plan was developed," announced WNF Supervisor Anne Carey on Tuesday. "The technology used in the Utica & Marcellus Shale formations need to be studied to see if potential effects to the surface are significantly different than those identified in the Forest Plan." The study will take up to six months to complete. The WNF study reportedly "will focus solely on how it could affect forest land," despite the significance of hydraulic fracturing to united proponents of the delay, "and not how it could affect groundwater."
Speaking of the WNF gas drilling, one environmentalist group spokesman suggested that moving forward with drilling "could turn the Ohio Valley into Ozone Alley," even though Wayne National Forest already has nearly 1300 oil and gas wells in operation.
The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) recently estimated that drilling in the Utica shale, which is affected by the suspension of the mineral lease auctions, would produce up 204,500 jobs by 2015.
"The President's plan is to simply say 'no' to new energy production," House Natural Resources Committee chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash, said to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar during a hearing pertaining to hydraulic fracturing. "It's a plan that is sending American jobs overseas, forfeiting new revenue, and denying access to American energy that would lessen our dependence on hostile Middle Eastern oil."
Salazar denied that suggestion, noting the sales of mineral leases over the last two years, but he also affirmed environmentalist concerns. "The increasing use of hydraulic fracturing has raised a number of concerns about the potential impacts on water quality and availability, particularly with respect to the chemical composition of fracturing fluids and the methods used."
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News about professor Mustafa Abushagur leading Libya topped last month's list of most popular RIT news stories. Check out all of September's most popular stories below:
Top News Stories
1. RIT Leader Voted Prime Minister of Libya
2. RIT Ranked Among Top Master's Universities by 'U.S. News & World Report'
3. RIT Breaks Tug-of-War World Record at Mud Tug
4. Free Reading, Book Signing With Authors Doctorow and Stross at RIT Sept. 9
5. Quality of RIT Students Attracts Employers to Fall Career Fair
6. RIT Implements Bottled-Water Policy as Part of its Sustainability Initiatives
7. RIT Ranked Third in Aerospace and Defense Workforce Study
8. RIT Welcomes Record Number of Employers to Fall Career Fair
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Thalia Castro and Pablo Delgadillo, Macksville, announce the birth of a daughter, Natalie, at 9:30 p.m. June 19, 2013, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Grandparents are Gabriela Ruiz and Cesar Ortiz, both of Wichita, Florinda Delgadillo and Martin Delgadillo, both of Macksville.