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- What does "support expiration" mean?
- Customers receive product updates and priority customer support at the Online Service Center for the duration of their support period. Typically the support period is one year but it can be longer. Once the support period expires, product updates and priority customer support status will no longer be available. However, the license itself will not expire and you can keep using your product. Note: Some licenses, such as free academic licenses, are set to expire after one year.
- Is it better to renew my license or purchase a new license?
The answer depends on if you still have active support, if your active support has recently expired, or if your support had expired longer than 13 months ago.
Intel offers deeply discounted renewal prices of Intel® Software Development products, making it even easier to consider renewing early to ensure uninterrupted access to product support and product updates. Intel currently offers two renewal options for Intel® Software Development products: Pre-Expiry Date Renewal and Post-Expiry Date Renewal (see "What are my renewal options" below).
If you wait more than 13 months after your product's expiry date, you no longer qualify for a renewal. If you want continued support at that time, you will have to repurchase the product.
- How can I learn about renewal and upgrade options available for my purchased products?
- Use the Support Renewal tool to help you make a better choice about renewal and upgrades available for your purchased Intel® Software Development Products.
- What are my renewal options?
Intel offers different license renewal options based on your support expiration date. Depending on when your support expires, you could be eligible for a Pre-Expiry or a Post-Expiry renewal.
Buy a Pre-Expiry Date Renewal before your support period ends for an exceptionally low price. A full year of product support and updates will be added on to your current product's expiry date. You can buy this renewal any time before your current support ends.
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Use the Support Renewal tool to help you make a choice about renewal available for your purchased Intel® Software Development Products.
- What are the requirements for a successful renewal?
- The standard renewal process requires that the original and renewal products be exactly the same, including the license type (amed-user or floating with the same number of seats). You may also renew a product registered by someone else in your company. Note: Your email domain name must match that of the person who registered the original serial number.
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- Free software products cannot be renewed. Renewals are available for paid licenses only. One has to satisfy certain requirements in order to qualify for free products. If you are an Educator, Student, Researcher or an Open Source Contributor, find out if you qualify for free software. If you do, you will have to reapply for a new license.
- My evaluation license has expired. How do I renew it?
- Evaluation licenses cannot be renewed. We currently offer free 30-day evaluation licenses for many of our software products. You can choose to evaluate another product or purchase the product and receive a full year of updates, upgrades, and priority customer support.
- When does my renewal period start?
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- Can renewals be applied to licenses that came with a CD? Is there a way to track them online?
- If both products match exactly, the renewal can be applied to a serial number that came with a CD. If the serial number from the CD is registered, you can track it at the Intel Registration Center.
- Why do my serial numbers that are up for renewal appear out of sequence?
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- What do I need to do after renewing my license in order to keep using my product?
Once you renew the license for your product, make sure you have the newest license file on your system. If your serial number was already activated, new license files will be generated and attached to the renewal email. You can then manually place the license file on your system or use the Intel® Software Manager. Depending on the license, do one of the following:
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- What is an upgrade to a software product?
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- Intel may make changes to its licensing model, in which case a free upgrade will be offered to customers with active support.
All the cases above require a new license, which requires a new serial number.
- Can I purchase an older version of Intel® Parallel Studio XE?
- When you purchase a new license, you are entitled to the newest version and a full year of free updates and priority support. However, if you choose to do so, you can install any older version that is still supported. See: How do I get an older version of an Intel® Software Development Product? To determine what versions are still supported, see: Unsupported Product Compiler and Library versions.
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- When purchasing licenses for a large organization, you may consider named-user licenses versus floating licenses. To help you determine how many floating licenses you might need, refer to this article.
- How can I evaluate Intel® Software Development Products?
Evaluation versions of Intel® Software Development Products are available for free on the Intel® Software Developer tools page. The evaluation period is 30 days. After registering, you will receive an email with a download link and instructions.
During your evaluation, you are also eligible for priority customer support. You will be prompted to create an account with the Intel Registration Center when you download and install the product. You can also visit Intel® Developer Zone Forums for support.
Note that the product will cease to function at the end of the evaluation period and the evaluation license is not renewable.
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- Evaluation licenses are not renewable. To continue using the product, you will have to buy it. Once you purchase the full license, replace the evaluation license with the new commercial or academic license. You do not need to reinstall your product. Refer to: How do I manually install my new license?
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Free Community License provides access to the latest versions only of our performance libraries:
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When shipping the Intel® Compiler, its redistributable libraries, or other Intel® Software Development Products, you need to get the current ECCN for that product. Classification numbers can change over time, so don't assume that the number you used six months ago is the number to use today.
To get the current ECCN do the following:
- Send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Include the full product name and version
Example: Intel® Parallel Studio XE Composer Edition for C++ Linux* Version 2016
- The ECCN and CCATS will be emailed to you.
Disclaimer: The ECCN provided is Intel Corporation's opinion of the proper classification for the product today (based on the original software and/or original hardware). Classifications are subject to change. Under the U.S. Export Regulations, the U.S. Government assigns your organization or client as the exporter/importer of records with the responsibility for determining the correct classification of any item at the time of export/import.


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Are you looking for an eggs Benedict, omelette, baked eggs, quiche or Yorkshire pudding recipe? Need a recipe for meringue, crème caramel, crème brûlée, custard, mayonnaise, zabaglione, hollandaise or bearnaise sauce?
Despite its Thai sounding name, nasi pattaya originated from Malaysia. It's a simple fried rice in omelette parcel ; available at malay hawker stalls and usually served with sliced cucumber, tomato and drizzled with ketchup or chilli sauce.
Let me tell you, I have tried many flan recipes. I finally found the correct way to make a flan. The extra step in straining your flan mixture is the key for no weeps. I use 8-9 inch round pan. Sometimes I would use a nice oval baking dish and don't invert. Just cut them in squares and let them swim with all that caramel sauce in the bottom.
A popular streetfood in the Phillipines, kwek kwek refers to the smaller quail eggs and tokneneng is for the larger chicken eggs. These hard-boiled eggs are dipped in orange coloured flour batter and deep fried then served with sweet sour sauce.
Growing up, this was a favourite "western" food that we would order at the clubhouse restaurant. The sides that went on this dish would include potato fries, carrot & peas salad and garnished with sliced tomato and cucumber. The asian touch would be to eat the chicken with chili sauce - preferably Lingam's. If you prefer, mushroom sauce can also be served over the chicken.
The crumb topping is what makes these banana muffins stand apart from the ordinary. They're scrumptious!

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Rubella is an upper respiratory infection most known for its red rash.
Rubella is caused by a virus. The virus is passed from person to person through tiny droplets in the air.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase your risk of rubella include:
- Never having the condition
- Never receiving an immunization for rubella
Many people with rubella do not have symptoms. In those who do have them, symptoms are usually mild and include:
- Red, spotty rash all over the body which begins on the face and occurs 14-18 days after exposure
- Fatigue, low energy, and discomfort
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Flushed face
- Red throat that is not sore
- Fever
- Headache
- Achy joints and arthritis , especially in adults, which may last for a month or more
Upper respiratory symptoms and fatigue occur first, followed by the rash.
Babies whose mothers have rubella during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester, may be miscarried or stillborn, or they may be born with severe birth defects known as congenital rubella syndrome , which can cause:
- Intellectual disability and/or behavior problems
- Hearing problems
- Vision abnormalities, blindness, and/or cataracts
- Heart defects
- Increased risk of diabetes throughout early life
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Rubella is confirmed by blood tests.
The rubella vaccine is often given as a combination vaccine with:
The regular schedule for giving the vaccine is at age 12-15 months and again at age 4-6 years of age. If you or your child has never been vaccinated against rubella, talk to the doctor.
Women who are not sure if they have been vaccinated should be tested. This is important if they are in occupations with high risk of exposure to rubella, such as:
- Healthcare workers
- Teachers
- Childcare workers
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Marcie Sidman, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
- Update Date: 08/27/2014 -


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he hoped the Senate will pass a landmark immigration reform bill with "the strongest possible vote" and urged Congress to advance legislation before a planned summer break.
Obama and his top aides met with eight chief executives and business owners ahead of a key procedural vote set for later on Monday in the Democratic-led Senate.
"I hope that we can get the strongest possible vote out of the Senate so that we can then move to the House and get this done before the summer break," Obama told reporters.
While the bill is expected to pass the Senate later this week, it faces a tougher path in the Republican-led House of Representatives.
The business leaders, representing businesses from the technology, agriculture, food and manufacturing sectors, plan to meet lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week, Obama said.
Obama said the bipartisan bill adheres to core principles he sought for reforms, including a pathway to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, tougher border security and improvements for the bureaucratic immigration system.
"It's not a bill that represents everything that I would like to see: it represents a compromise," Obama said.
The bill is expected to include an amendment that would double the number of federal agents on the U.S.-Mexican border to about 40,000 and provide more high-tech surveillance equipment, including drones and other aircraft.
More than a dozen religious groups urged senators on Monday to reject that measure, saying it was a poor use of resources and would lead to more deaths at the border.
So-called DREAMers, the young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States by their parents, echoed their concerns that it would further militarize the border.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)


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O pioneer: A filmmaker explores how we find home in the West
L.A. transplant Vera Brunner-Sung's first fictional work tackles displacement, transience and belonging in Montana.
On a bitter morning in early April, on the south shore of Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana, Vera Brunner-Sung stood still behind a camera. At first, all was quiet. Then came the hollow knocking of an actress' boots on the dock, and seagulls crying, and water lapping at the trestles. Suddenly, everything seemed quite loud: A nail gun; a truck in reverse; a plane overhead. "Cut," Brunner-Sung called. She wore stiff jeans, leather boots with cowboy heels and an old blue coat. Thick dark hair topped her lanky frame. "I liked that," she said. "Let's move on."
The film, Bella Vista, is Brunner-Sung's first fictional work, built from trappings of her own life. It is less a story than a threading together of images and ideas that say something – "something small," she insists – about finding oneself at home in the West. Doris, played by Kathleen Wise, is in her early 30s. After years abroad, she comes to Missoula, Mont., to teach English to international students at the university. A fiercely quiet woman, her long hair often pulled back, she spends much of the film walking through the camera's wide, fixed frames. She seldom speaks, except with her students, who, at first, seem similarly out of place. "Doris is not someone we're supposed to get to know that well," says Brunner-Sung. She is a passerby, lost in her transient anonymity. It is never clear whether she intends to make Missoula her home. If there is a question that undergirds the film, it is, says Brunner-Sung, "Do I stay, or do I go?"
Brunner-Sung, 34, moved to Missoula from Los Angeles in December 2011. Her fiancé had been hired as an archivist at the University of Montana, and she took a teaching position in the film department. Missoula was the smallest city she had lived in. She found herself telling cashiers, unasked, that she was new: "I was really excited about being a stranger." She learned the city by walking through it: Down Catlin to Third, where she watched kids ride four-wheelers around a parking lot; up Mount Sentinel, from which the valley's sprawling lights reminded her of L.A. She loved these walks as she loves slow, avant-garde film – "I like to stop and take a breath and let my eyes wander" – and came to know Missoula at a studied distance: The apartments crammed into back alleys, the tracks bisecting town diagonally, the clapboard houses tilted on their foundations. She scribbled her observations onto note cards. Eventually, these moments became scenes, and the person who walked through them became Doris. By the following September, Brunner-Sung had written a script.
I met her in April, in Polson, Mont., on one of her last days shooting. We spent the morning with the crew at the Bayview Inn, all crammed into the bathroom of Room 17 while she filmed Wise shifting restlessly in bed. This, I thought – the stiff sheets, the carpet, the cigarette smoke drifting under the door – was the nadir of lonely transience. "Do you still see yourself in Doris?" I asked Brunner-Sung later, as we drove south for another scene. "I don't feel as lost as Doris does," she said. "I think she looks around Montana and doesn't see herself here."
The anonymity Brunner-Sung once relished had worn off; she now recognized people in the grocery store. "I think if you decide to open yourself up to a place and make it your home, the place becomes you." So would she stay in Montana a while? "I don't plan on growing old here," she said.
Brunner-Sung spent her first 18 years in a house on Longshore Drive in Ann Arbor, Mich. Her father had emigrated from Korea, her mother from Switzerland. Of mixed race, she understood what it meant to be "between things"; to her, borders – geographic, ethnic – seemed mutable. She saw her parents as converts to the American mythology that anything was possible, and that their coming to the States was a chance to redefine themselves.
When Brunner-Sung was in college, the house on Longshore, a 1940s single-family home with creaky floors and a single-car garage, burned down. The structure her parents built in its place was tall, blockish and set at a different angle in the yard. Eventually, Brunner-Sung returned to Ann Arbor, but felt like a stranger in the new house. She missed the staircase and the sound of the second-floor fan they used when summers got too hot. She thought about memories and the meanings that people attach to material things.


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Olivia Logan dropped by the virtual offices to discuss her recent release, Urgent: One Nanny Required. Please give her a warm welcome.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Olivia Logan] I am strong willed and impulsive. To me 'No' means try harder. Life is an adventure and no opportunity should be turned down without a second look. I hate when it is too hot or too cold so Spring and Autumn are my favourite seasons. Whilst I love high heels (what woman doesn't!) I am more a bookaholic/ foodie then a clothes horse and can trawl for hours around a book shop or a deli than a clothes store. The two things that scare me the most are sharks and heights, so despite my impulsive nature the idea of sky diving/ parachuting/ bungee jumping/ swimming with sharks is a no-no!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Urgent: One Nanny Required?
[Olivia Logan] 'Urgent: One Nanny Required' is the story of Rania George who owns a sweetshop who one dark night spots a little boy outside alone. Not having had the best childhood growing up she empathises with him and lets him in prepared to call his parents and give them a piece of her mind only to find his single dad on the doorstep annoyed at her!
Nicholas Trenton knows what is son is like with nannies however he seems to be different with this woman. He has a shoot coming up in LA for 3 weeks and yes she seems angry at him but from the looks of her shop she could use all the financial help she can get. Why not ask her to come along and be his nanny since she clearly doesn't think the other nannies he hired in the past up to scratch.
Question is what has Rania got to lose by saying yes?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Olivia Logan] I am very curious by nature and love to people watch and got the idea for my story just by passing an old fashioned sweet shop in London and found myself wondering about the lives of the people who worked there. That kind of started my idea for my heroine in 'Urgent:One Nanny Required'.
The idea of a single dad was actually inspired by one of my favourite story books written by Roald Dahl 'Danny, The Champion Of The World'. In this book Danny, our young hero lives with his dad who is loving and kind and dotes on him completely. Not exactly the same as the father in 'Urgent'. But before I digress onto telling you the plot of that story which ends happily, as a romantic I was always left wondering about the father. Did he ever remarry? Would he ever be persuaded to remarry? Hence the idea of our hero being a single parent.
The Hollywood idea actually came from a friend of mine who works in film who always complained that none of the heroes in romances ever have 'real' jobs! Like a Hollywood director is a real job! But after much ear bending I decided to listen to their views and make my hero have a 'real' job in Hollywood and by that I mean a 'behind the scenes' guy as opposed to a film star.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Rania?
[Olivia Logan] Resourceful, Determined, Survivor
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Nick had a theme song, what would it be?
[Olivia Logan] Mmmm that's tricky! I'd say it would have to be Eric Clapton's 'Layla'.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Rania is never without.
[Olivia Logan] Her kindle as she loves to read.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Nick's bedroom?
[Olivia Logan] Male toiletries as he doesn't have time for worrying about that stuff as a single working parent; a little black book of women's numbers (see previous reason) ; More than 3 pairs of shoes as being practical he doesn't see the need.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Rania's greatest regret?
[Olivia Logan] Waiting so long to find and reconnect with her long lost father.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Olivia Logan] The first and foremost was my love of Greek and Roman myths that fuelled my passion for writing in the first place as I was saddened as a child to learn that after reading most of them I was running out so I tried to invent my own. The next was my class teacher when I was in (UK) year two who used to make up class stories with us which also made me think I could do it alone. And last but never forgotten my aunt who gave me my first romance book as a teenager(okay so I borrowed without asking) but which set me on my way to writing romance and I have never looked back since.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Olivia Logan] Twinings English Breakfast tea, my laptop for obvious reasons and a window to look out of so I can daydream if I hit a writers road block.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Olivia Logan] 'The Book Of Lost Things' by John Connolly.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Olivia Logan] Mmmm that is a tough one as my parents encouraged me to read from an early age and I've loved all kinds of stories and authors. If I had to pick one book I would say 'Under the lilacs' but Lousia M.Alcott because of the imagery.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Olivia Logan] I would love to say sleep but alas that isn't true. I work full time so if I'm not writing I am working and if not that then running or hanging out with friends and family.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Olivia Logan] I'm around on twitter as @olivia_logan_ or on my website http://olivialoganromance.com where they can also email me from the 'Contact Me' page.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
You can purchase Urgent: One Nanny Required from your favorite bookseller or by clicking the link below:
About the book:
Hollywood director Nick Trenton needs a nanny and fast. It certainly hasn't helped that his son has run off every one he's hired. With a big shoot coming up in LA, Nick's running out of options. Then along comes Rania George – sweetshop owner and one of the few people his son doesn't want to give the slip. No, she doesn't like Nick, but he can work around that. He loves his son and will do anything to get the lovely Miss George to say yes to his plan.
Rania is used to children hanging outside her sweetshop but seeing one alone on a dark night is a first. What sort of parent would let his child wander the streets at night?
Then she meets his Hollywood director father and assumes Nick's too self absorbed to notice his son is wandering the streets alone. She learned from an early age that anything Hollywood related was bad news. She has vowed to stay away from anything – and she means anything – Hollywood.
Not that it helps when Nick's cute-as-a-button son captures her heart nor when she's offered to babysit said son for a huge amount of money. Only catch is she has to fly to Hollywood and spend three weeks in the company of his devastatingly attractive father.
After all her experiences with Hollywood, is she willing to risk it?
Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Check out Crimson Romance's Urgent: One Nanny Required page here: http://www.crimsonromance.com/new-release-romance-ebook/urgent-one-nanny-required/


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NEW YORK (September 16, 2013)—Catalyst President & CEO Ilene H. Lang today announced that she will step down as President, CEO, and Director of Catalyst, effective January 1, 2014. The Board of Directors has appointed Deborah Gillis, currently Catalyst's Chief Operating Officer, to succeed her. In the 51 years since its founding, Catalyst has had only three presidents. Ms. Gillis will be the fourth—the first from outside the United States and the first internal successor to this office.
"Ilene's inspired leadership has positioned Catalyst as a global force for women and business. For 10 years she has led Catalyst through its most significant period of growth, expanding its knowledge platform, tripling its membership, and extending its reach beyond North America to Europe, India, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. We salute her passion and steadfast commitment to driving Catalyst's mission impact in the 21st century," said Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell, plc, and Chair, Catalyst Board of Directors. "Deborah is a proven leader. As we look to the future, the Board is confident that her broad experience, strategic vision, and operational savvy will accelerate Catalyst's global impact."
Joining Catalyst in September 2003, Ms. Lang became the third Catalyst president and the first with a business career, having been a high-tech and Internet executive in both F500 and entrepreneurial companies. With global executive experience in fast-paced innovative markets, she recognized that, to increase mission impact among its global corporate members, Catalyst must adopt emerging technologies, globalize, and virtualize. Under her leadership, revenue doubled, membership tripled, brand awareness quadrupled, and the number of Catalyst research reports and knowledge products increased tenfold. To sustain that growth, in conjunction with Catalyst's 50th anniversary in 2012, Ms. Lang launched the "Changing Workplaces. Changing Lives." major gift campaign, a first for Catalyst, which is helping to secure well into the future Catalyst's longitudinal research and the development of women leaders globally.
"Catalyst is recognized by millions of working women and men around the world, from the classroom to the boardroom, in business, government, and media, as the expert and 'go-to' resource for research and advice about the power of women and diversity in the workplace," said Ms. Lang. "It has been an honor and privilege to serve as Catalyst president for 10 years. Having worked closely with Deborah since hiring her, I have seen her remarkable leadership first-hand. Experienced in both business and public policy, she is the right person to take Catalyst to the next level."
Ms. Gillis has had a distinguished career at Catalyst. Appointed Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations, in 2011, and then Chief Operating Officer in 2012, she led Catalyst's global growth strategy, expanding Catalyst's membership and opening new offices in India and Australia. She joined Catalyst in 2006 as Executive Director of Catalyst Canada and became Vice President, North America, in 2008, introducing a new global membership model which enabled Catalyst to support members and their operations around the world. She initiated Catalyst Canada's signature event, the Catalyst Canada Honours, paying tribute to champions of women's advancement to leadership in corporate Canada. In anticipation of the current attention to board diversity challenges in Canada, she led Catalyst's initiative to increase women in the boardroom, resulting in the successful launch of the Catalyst Accord and Catalyst's first acquisition, Women on Board™. She is a recognized strong voice for women in business and public leadership.
"I am honored to be entrusted by the Board of Directors to follow Ilene as the steward of Catalyst's mission," said Ms. Gillis. "Ilene is an outstanding leader, mentor, advocate, and friend who has inspired me, our colleagues, and women globally to reach our full potential. She has earned the profound respect of business leaders as she worked to support Catalyst members in new ways and new geographies. Catalyst's reach and impact are growing and our leadership team is strong. Together with our talented staff, we remain focused on sharing insights and, importantly creating solutions that will drive sustainable change globally for women and business."
Founded in 1962, Catalyst is the leading nonprofit membership organization expanding opportunities for women and business. With offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, India, and Australia, and more than 600 members, Catalyst is the trusted resource for research, information, and advice about women at work. Catalyst annually honors exemplary organizational initiatives that promote women's advancement with the Catalyst Award.


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Found jersey ensured win?
Written by Jim Peterson, Lincoln Friday, 11 December 2009 21:19
Thank you for recently publishing the records for GHS football. I don't think I had ever seen those before and I found it very interesting. It brought back a lot of memories. One in particular was Doug Swanson's record for longest punt return for a touchdown—87 yards. I was a teammate of Doug's so if you see him around town ask him if he remembers the time he forgot his jersey at an away game in Holdrege.
You see, we had a team rule that stated that if a player forgot any integral part of his uniform (helmet, jersey, shoes) for an away game, he could not play. So as we were each packing our gear into our own duffle bags at our locker room and heading out to the bus, I noticed ol' no. 20's jersey lying on our locker room floor. So I picked it up and stuffed into my own bag and thought this could provide for some fun later.
I told a couple of other teammates about this and said to keep it quiet and just keep an eye on Doug as we dressed in Holdrege. So as we were suiting up I watched Doug taking his time unloading his gear out of his bag and pretty soon he was digging a little faster into that duffle bag and finally he had a panic stricken look on his face as his arms were flailing about in that bag. Finally, he just stopped and stared straight ahead and I decided that was enough punishment. So I asked him what was wrong. When he told me I said, "Here, I've got an extra one." And I tossed no. 20 over to him. Remember OJ Simpson's face the minute the jury acquitted him? The weight of the world had just been lifted off Doug's shoulders.
Doug was fast and a big part of our offense and I am certainly glad he got to play that night. We beat no. 1 ranked Holdrege 28-24 I believe. I don't remember if that was the night of the record setting punt return, but if it was, I'll take all the credit.
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Prices rose for a fourth day after touching a seven-month low on Aug. 25. U.S. economy expanded more than previously forecast in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Demand for gasoline rose 3.7 percent last week, latest Energy Information Administration data showed. Brent gained on escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
"Economic numbers continue to point to a slowly improving economic picture, and it means better fuel demand," said Gene McGillian, an analyst and broker at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. "The market kind of overextended itself when it slid to the seven-month low. We do have new concern surrounding the fighting going on in Ukraine."
WTI for October delivery advanced 64 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $95.19 a barrel at 9:02 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices are up 1.6 percent this week. The volume of all futures traded was about 7.3 percent above the 100-day average. Prices have declined 3 percent in August, a second consecutive monthly loss.
Brent for October settlement rose 39 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $102.85 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Volume was 9.6 percent above the 100-day average. The European benchmark crude traded at a $7.67 premium to WTI, compared with $7.91 yesterday.
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Gross domestic product, propelled by the biggest gain in business investment in more than two years, grew 4.2 percent last quarter, accelerating from an initial projection of 4 percent, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.
The U.S. will account for about 21 percent of global oil demand this year, almost double that of China, the second- largest consumer, forecasts from the International Energy Agency in Paris show.
Finished gasoline supplied, a proxy for demand, rose to 9.1 million barrels a day last week, the EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm, said. Gasoline use averaged 9.04 million barrels a day in the four weeks ended Aug. 22.
WTI may increase next week amid worsening tension between Ukraine and Russia, a Bloomberg survey of analysts and traders shows.
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are battling government forces on two fronts near the Sea of Azov and south of Donetsk after NATO reported a surge of Russian troops and advanced equipment into the war-zone.
The U.S. and the European Union threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with further sanctions, even as the EU began talks in Moscow today aimed at a temporary deal with Ukraine to allow natural-gas flows to resume.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a teenager has drowned in the Niagara River in Buffalo while trying to save his 7-year-old sister after she slipped into the water.
Local media outlets report that the 17-year-old boy jumped into the river Monday afternoon as his younger sister was being carried away by the swift current off an island in the river.
The teen managed to get the girl to shore where two older sisters were standing, but he was swept downriver. The 13-year-old sister jumped into the water to help her brother, but she also struggled against the current.
That's when fisherman Leonard Stevens jumped into the water. He rescued the 13-year-old but the boy disappeared under the surface. Police divers found his body about 45 minutes later.
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Stevens Miller Gets An Outlet For His Charges Of Bias, If Not Bigotry, Against Fellow Loudoun County Supervisors
Loudoun County Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles), who is running for the 86th district house of delegates seat, was the catalyst of an odd story in the current edition of the Loudoun Independent newspaper.
During a September 15 "executive session" (closed meeting), Miller apparently accused his fellow supervisors of some degree of bias in the selection process for candidates for the vacant county administrator position. The following day, a report of the accusation was leaked both to a Northern Virginia blog and to Independent reporter Jason Jacks.
The substance of Miller's strange statements in the Independent story might lead one to conclude that Miller himself was the source of one if not both of the leaks, possibly to ensure his accusation received press coverage.
No one will know the truth about what happened in the executive session or how the proceedings might have been leaked until one of Miller's fellow supervisors speaks out. But a review of the facts is instructive:
During the Tuesday, September 15 executive session: Miller said something about the hiring process and the final slate of candidates for the county administrator job.
Within hours: Dated September 16 but reported as "today," so likely after midnight that same evening – a story about Miller's statement appeared on the Crystal Clear Conservative blog:
Today, in unusual fashion, Loudoun County Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles) attacks his fellow Loudoun BOS for not having a minority candidate in the final round of recruits for a new county administrator. He referred to other BOS members as being bigots.
Less than 24 hours later: The CCC blog post and quotes from Miller appear in a newspaper story. Though the Independent article is dated "September 17″ on the page, their Website software – Drupal – embeds the actual date each post is begun in the URL.
The story by Jason Jacks was started on "2009-09-16," the same date as the CCC blog post:
Supervisor Stevens Miller (D-Dulles) is denying claims made online that he called fellow members of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors "bigots" during a lengthy closed-door meeting in Leesburg Sep. 15…
The press and residents are not permitted at these gatherings, but the Crystal Clear Conservative blog said that Miller verbally "attacked" other supervisors at Tuesday's meeting for not including a minority among the final candidates for the job. The blog also said that Miller "referred to other BOS members as being bigots."
"That is absolutely not true," Miller shot…
Though it's unclear whom the board has interviewed so far since personnel hirings are confidential, Miller did acknowledge that he has concerns about the process.
"I think we should be looking at a more diverse pool of candidates," he said.
Miller would not comment on whether he intends to pass along his concerns to any civil rights organizations, such as the NAACP.
Now let's review the facts.
Within a 24-hour period, Miller's statement from a private meeting the previous day is reported on both the blog and newspaper Web sites, and in the latter story Miller confirmed the substance of the blog report. Although Miller denied accusing the other supervisors of "bigotry," he then proceeded to confirm he thought the hiring process potentially merited reporting to organizations that police the public sector for racist policies and actions.
Miller's statements to the reporter comprised a denial that is not really a denial at all – and the substance of the story contradicts its headline. If one attempts to discern the actual point of the Independent article, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that it's simply a platform for Miller to publicize the political message begun in the private session the previous day.
The essence of Miller's message is: The board of supervisors conducted a hiring process which gives indications of racism, and which I publicly denounce.
This brings up the question of how the story leaked so efficiently that it evolved into a newspaper report promoting Miller's message within 24 hours.
The author of Crystal Clear Conservative wrote to me:
My source, who wishes to be unidentified, did not give any indication that Stevens leaked this out to the press for additional attention.
I believe the CCC author would have no reason to lie to me, and her coverage of Miller is generally very critical, so the possibility she conspired with Miller to get him some PR seems unlikely. But her statement above also is worded such that CCC herself does not deny the ultimate source of the leak could have been Miller.
Jacks, a good reporter with whom I am acquainted, did not respond to a request for comment about the story – which is no surprise since he certainly would not say anything about a confidential source and has no obligation to reveal anything to a small-time local blog anyway. So all we have to go on is the that in a short period of time Jacks found the CCC blog post, got the quotes from Miller and turned it into a news story the substance of which is actually contradictory.
Though a great blog, CCC is not exactly Fox News in terms of public awareness, so it's notable Jacks found the post and whipped up a story so soon after the private meeting.
But it is strange that a local blog post in itself would have been the genesis for a news story. (A local liberal blogger picked up on this point while entirely missing the substance of the Independent article – either as a result of myopia or plain dishonesty).
All kinds of unattributed statements appear on blogs, and one like in the CCC post seems hardly worthy of news coverage. It's one a reporter, I would think, in most cases would not bother to make phone calls about, and certainly would not have expected Stevens Miller to have any inclination to comment on.
However, the blog post ACCOMPANIED BY a pointed quote from Stevens Miller, delivered as a package, could be considered raw material for a news report. As a news report, it is bizarre; but applying Occcam's razor, the simplest solution is that Stevens Miller wanted the CCC blog post to be found so he could use it to get his message out.
For now this is all supposition on my part, but even a cursory review of the events must lead one to conclude it worked out very conveniently for Stevens Miller.
A final interesting issue – and one which I believe will become more interesting in the weeks to come – is the utter silence from all the Democrat and Independent supervisors who now have been publicly accused of bias and possibly privately called bigots.
(I am leaving the two Republican supervisors out of the discussion because a Democrat calling Republicans racists is the quintessential dog-bites-man story, and they are just two votes out of nine in the hiring process).
If Stevens Miller had NOT called the other supervisors bigots, and someone had concocted an out and out lie in the leak to CCC blog, one would think somebody out of the entire board would have spoken up to defend Miller from such potent false claim.
One of the supervisors, a Democrat, told me:
I have decided to be quiet in public about this issue, because we are in the middle of the most important decision this Board will make during our tenure. As important as many of the other challenges and opportunities we face are, I believe this one will have the greatest impact of all. We are hiring the top county employee, who will be responsible for wise use of our tax dollars, leadership for all our employees, and stewardship of so much that impacts our lives. I do not want to do anything to jeopardize the process we are undertaking, and because it is done in executive session, I want to honor the confidentiality and sensitivity of a fair process.
Once we are ready to make a decision and announce it publicly, I would be happy to talk.
This is a very reasonable statement and prudent course of action, and none of the supervisors has any responsibility to reveal jack to a local conservative blogger anyway about what happened in executive session. But it's also hardly a vigorous defense of Stevens Miller against what would have to be considered a scurrilous false statement conveyed to the CCC blog and reported in the only remaining newspaper serving eastern Loudoun county.
I think the absence of a single syllable of public defense of Stevens Miller from his fellow supervisors, and the fact Miller himself echoed the accusation of bigotry in statements the following day, serve to support the notion that he did in fact call the other supervisors bigots.
If this is the case, it is not surprising the other supervisors – for the most part on the liberal side of the spectrum – are silent. In the liberal playbook, the charge of racism is used to stifle debate. It is the accusation that implies such dreadful moral condemnation that once leveled cannot be refuted. Voices must hush, heads shall bow, and the accuser is declared winner of all arguments.
Most sensible people recognize such shallow argument as the patent nonsense it is, sloganeering rather than thinking. When prominent Democrats attempt to employ the tactic on the national stage, the American public now responds with a collective snort of derision.
But reality apparently has not sunk in here at the local level. Looking across the political landscape in Virginia during this state election season, one has to wonder if many of the Democrat candidates have been fooled into thinking they could ride to victory this November on the same wave which carried so many Democrats to victories in elections from 2006 through 2008.
If Stevens Miller believes he can win Tom Rust's 86th District seat through racial politics, I would suggest he is attempting to ride a wave which crested earlier this year and became a dank ebb tide over the summer.
The Democrat moment was 11 months but also an eon ago – the eon before Democrats showed what they do when they control the federal government. In the learning process since, Virginians have discovered that much of what they were told prior to the historic 2008 elections was a sham.
Making an incendiary accusation that bigotry could have tainted the hiring process in Loudoun County might have temporarily stunned his fellow supervisors into silence, but in my view it is an act of political grandstanding that voters in the 86th district will recognize as a ploy with no basis in reality.
UPDATE: Full disclosure – I am a Tom Rust supporter, as anyone can tell from the ad in our sidebar. But I am also one of the few area conservatives who seems not to have a reservoir of animus toward Supervisor Miller, and I think I'm one of the few who has never written about him here. From my minor communications with him, I have found Miller to be reasonable for someone on the other side of most issues. Racial politics, however, is in my opinion one of the primary scourges of modern culture, and I will call it out when it arises in my neighborhood.


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Boston 71, Chicago 69
Bass, Garnett leads Celtics past Bulls
Boston 71, Chicago 69
Kevin Garnett scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics overcame poor shooting to beat the Chicago Bulls 71-69 Wednesday night.
Paul Pierce went only 2 for 12 from the floor but he hit a 3-pointer that bounced around the rim to give Boston a five-point lead with 3 minutes to play.
The Celtics shot just 36.8 percent but still had the advantage over the Bulls, who made just 36.5 percent of their shots.
Joakim Noah had 10 points and 16 rebounds, and Carlos Boozer had 11 and 11 for Chicago. Reserve Marco Belinelli added 12 points in under 20 minutes for Chicago.


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STOCKTON - Science is exacting and, sometimes, unforgiving. Areliana Martinez should know. Her electromagnetic experiment was equal parts fun and nerve-racking.
STOCKTON - Science is exacting and, sometimes, unforgiving. Areliana Martinez should know. Her electromagnetic experiment was equal parts fun and nerve-racking.
"I thought the battery was going to die before I did all of the connections," said Areliana, a fourth-grader at Stockton's Port City Academy. "But it didn't, and I had to use iron to make it magnetic."
Areliana, who's 9 and already knows she wants to be a physical therapist, joined hundreds of students from across San Joaquin County at Thursday's culmination of the 55th annual county Science Fair.
Areliana, wearing a pink ribbon in her hair, said she will be back next year - "I want to do it again with different batteries" - and she admitted the competition had her hooked. "It was fun," she said, then skipped off to join her Port City classmates in the front row to watch the "Mad Science" show that served as an entertainment reward for Science Fair participants.
"My goal is to use real-life experiments to bridge the gap between books and the classroom - what happens with different experiments," said Sean Kennedy, who also is known as "Dr. Ion." He is part of "Mad Science" of Sacramento, a program dedicated to transforming laboratory science into fun, interactive learning experiences.
"I have the best job in the world," he said. "I help kids get a better understanding of science. It's amazing how fast they learn."
Kennedy, 29, opened Thursday's show by using heat to force an egg through a too-narrow neck to a glass beaker. It didn't crack.
Students, parents and grandparents sat fascinated by his antics and experiments.
There were more than 400 entries this year, representing 1,500 students from 31 schools. Their work ranged from kindergarten through high school. It was spread around the Wentworth Education Center. Helping eager students and their families before and after the "Mad Science" program was J. Kirk Brown, director of science and special projects for the county Office of Education.
"There is value in kids being able to learn what science is and is not," said Brown, who taught for 25 years at Tracy High School. "It's just memorizing and measuring. It is exploring questions and studying independently and objectively."
Ten-year-old Megan Ashabranner took that approach with her experiment, "Does Temperature Affect a Soccer Ball's Bounce?" Her conclusion, after two weeks' study: A cold ball is flatter; a warm ball has more pressure and more bounce.
She is a fourth-grader at Wicklund Elementary in the Lammersville Unified School District.
"I like soccer," Megan said, shyly standing alongside her father. Her experiment allowed her to combine that interest with the Science Fair project. "I'll do it again next year. I enjoyed it."
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or email@example.com.


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Grant Pennison was selected as the 2012-13 Bayou Boeuf Elementary School student of the year.
Grant Pennison was selected as the 2012-13 Bayou Boeuf Elementary School student of the year. He is the son of Brent and Brandi Pennison.
Bayou Boeuf Elementary officials would like to thank the Bayou Boeuf Knights of Columbus for the $1,000 donation. The school purchased playground equipment and a rolling storage cart for the students.
School officials also would like to thank Thibodaux House of Prayer for their donations to the school this year.
Penny Martinez and Angie Benoit, kindergarten teachers at Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, wrote a grant to the Lorio Foundation for $15,000, which they received. Martinez also received a $500 grant from Entergy. The money will be spent on technology for their classrooms.
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School's spring fundraiser, World's Finest Chocolate, begins Tuesday and continues through March 1.
Katie Granier is Bayou Boeuf Elementary School's newest teacher.
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School's 2012-13 Parent-Teacher Committee officers are Chris Carlisle, president; Valerie Sepulvado, vice president; Terrie Becnel, treasurer; Angie Landry, reporter; and Penny Martinez, faculty adviser.
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School's 4-H club officers for 2012-13 are Christian Ricouard, president; Andy Daigle, vice president; McKenzie Sonier, secretary; and Isabella Lirette, treasurer. The 4-H Club sponsors are Myrtle Keller and Regina Rose.
Income tax help: Volunteer Income Tax Program's free tax preparation continues through April at the Choctaw Branch Library, 1887 Choctaw Road. Tax payers that earned $50,000 or less qualify for this free service. All taxes are electronically filed for speedy refunds. Appointments are being scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays. To schedule an appointment, call 633-6453.
Carnival club: Officials with the Krewe of Choupic are looking for residents who want to ride in the parade scheduled for Feb. 12. Dues cost $25 for adults and $5 for kids. Adults get to attend the krewe's Mambo party scheduled for Feb. 9. For information, call Mona at 633-5412.
The deadline for membership dues and insurance papers is Tuesday.
Fair: The Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department's annual fair is scheduled for March 8-10. The fair's parade is at 10:30 a.m. March 10 starting at Sixth Ward Middle School. For those wanting to ride in the parade, arrive at 9 a.m. at the school. If you are interested, call Shane Benoit at 414-2783 or 633-9958 before March 6.
Fair organizers also are looking for donations for the action.
Community fair: The Bayou Beouf Community Fair Committee held a meeting Jan. 15 with eight members attending. Fair dates are scheduled for May 31, June 1 and June 2 at the Bayou Boeuf Fire Station, 1870 Bayou Blue Road, Kraemer. The event features food, music, auction, cake-walk, games, drinks, sweets, etc. The next committee meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the fire station.
TOPS LA 0430: Chackbay TOPS, a weight loss group, meets at 6 p.m. Thursdays at the Ward 6 Senior Citizens Center on La. 20. Weigh-in begins at 5 p.m.
Hat Matters: Hat Matters members' social is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Griffin's Louisiana Grill, 523 St. Mary St., Thibodaux. Members should wear their favorite Valentine's or Mardi Gras or whatever head piece and bring a friend.
Mattie Glad, son of Annette Dempster and Matt Glad, was selected for northern Kentucky's Top 26 All Star Team — Dixie Heights Football.
A night for engaged or married couples, Road to Romance, is scheduled for Feb. 16. The night includes a meal and a movie. Tickets cost $20 per couple and are sold at Mass on Saturday and Sunday and Feb. 9-10. This event helps support the annual Thanksgiving senior lunch by Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church's Teen Ministry.
A youth rally, "Proclaim His Name," for eighth- through 12th-graders is scheduled from 1 to 10 p.m. March 23 at Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux. It concludes with Palm Sunday Mass celebrated by Bishop Sam Jacobs. The rally's $40 fee includes all events for the day, a meal and a T-shirt. Registration must be done through the church's Teen Ministry. Forms will be given out at CCD. Forms are also available in church and at the rectory. Early registration deadline is March 1. Steve Angrisano is the event's guest speaker. There will be music by Abundant Praise, 13 teen-oriented workshops to choose from including "Rise Above the Influence," a Prayer Labyrinth, Eucharistic Adoration, Reconciliation and games in the quad.
Princess Day, a day for girls 3 and up, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church's parish hall, 529 La. 20, Chackbay. The event includes lunch, a nail salon, a hair salon, games and more. Tickets for admission cost $10. Tickets will be sold after Mass Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10 and 16-17.
The St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches' finance council's next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 10 in St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church's rectory, 3723 La. 307, Kraemer.
St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church's Ladies Altar Society's April trip is set for April 16. The group's sponsored Mass for February is Feb. 23. Check bulletins for upcoming scheduled dates and times. The group's next meeting is scheduled for March 13, with door prizes being anything green for St. Patrick's Day or anything yellow for Spring.
If interested in St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches' RCIA program, call Nellie M. at 633-5714 or 633-5132.
If interested in St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches' contribution envelopes, call the office at 633-9431.
Blessing of the throats is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches.
Members of St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches' Evangelization Committee are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 6.
Ash Wednesday services are scheduled for Feb. 13 at St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches.
Way of the Cross services are scheduled for every Friday during Lent at St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches.
Members of St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic churches' Pastoral Council are scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church.
The Ladies Altar Society-sponsored Mass is scheduled for 4 p.m. Feb. 23.
St. Lawrence the Martyr and St. James Catholic church CCD classes in February are scheduled for Monday, Feb. 18 and 25.
Meeting: Gambler's anonymous meetings are scheduled for 5:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Thibodaux Addictive Disorders Clinic, 303 Hickory St. For information, call 447-0851.
Birthdays: Faith Granier Barker, Claire Benoit, Frances "Popon" Martinez, Jan. 29; Catherine Young, Jan. 30; Dirk Dempster, Sarah Mahler, Jan. 31; Lorraine Martinez, Jan Martinez, Danielle Legendre, Lisa Cortez, Zachary Mims, Amy Holton, Shelbi F uselier, Crystal Porche Legendre, Feb. 1; Saia Trosclair, Esma Cortez, Patrick Chiasson, Mary Allemand, Jaime Kraemer, Elaine Chiasson, Feb. 2; Nicole Gaubert, Feb. 3; Brandi Tabor, Feb. 4; Denis Granier, Keli Gros Clement, Nora Abel, and Jan Hoggatt, Feb. 5.
Anniversaries: Eddie and Rosemary Pitre, Feb. 4.
Let people know: Ward 6 residents who would like to submit news of interest to be published in this column are asked to email Missy Kliebert Granier at email@example.com.
Interesting or heartwarming stories, special awards, landmark birthday celebrations, military service and fascinating travels are just some of the events that make for newsworthy stories.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has turned down lawsuits by two groups seeking to block a pilot program allowing Mexican trucks to operate throughout the U.S.
The three-judge panel Friday denied challenges by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
Among other things, the groups had challenged the program on safety, environmental and medical fitness grounds. The court said it found none to be persuasive.
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement that took effect about two decades ago, trucks from both countries were supposed to have unhindered access to highways on either side of the border.


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This rich nursery collection features bold butterflies and beautiful blossoms in a lively mix of fuchsia, raspberry, pale pink, white and green. Appliqué, embroidery, and a soft blend of cotton and textured plush fabrics add to the luxurious look. Six piece set includes comforter, crib sheet, bumper, dust ruffle, diaper stacker and window valance.The bumper actually comes in 4 different parts which is especially great for when a crib is turned into a toddler bed. Its also perfect for creating the exact look that you'd like. One side has the appliqued design and the other is a dotted fabric. The skirt is a great, long length. The bed is in the lowest setting here and I have it tucked in under the mattress. When pulled out to the fullest length, it would flow down pretty far even when the mattress is in the highest setting.
Coordinating items include a crib sheet, window valance, musical mobile, canvas wall art, wall decals, lamp & shade, appliquéd coral fleece blanket, and hamper.
A diaper stacker is one of those items that I didn't realize exactly how much I would love. It holds a bunch of diapers and makes it where I don't have those ugly diaper boxes sitting around. It matches the bedding perfectly and adds a special touch to the nursery.
At 9 months pregnant, I wasn't up for getting on a chair to change out the curtains for pictures since this is still Isabella's room, but I really love the valance. It has loops on the top and several of the embroidered patterns.
Lastly, the comforter brings the whole set together and also works very well once baby is ready for the crib to be transitioned into a toddler bed. NoJo's 6 piece bedding sets are a fantastic deal because they will last your baby through their infant and toddler years.
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Description:5 x 450GB 2.5-inch Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SFF6G Dual Port Hot-Plug 10K Hard DriveIn HPE Hot-Plug Hard Drive tray (as pictured)For HPE G1-G7 Proliant SAS Servers and select Storage ArraysGenuine HPE serial number and firmwareGenuine HPE Certified Hard DrivePart Number(s)Option Part# 581284-S21Spare Part# 581310-001Assembly Part# 597609-002Assembly Part# 599476-002Assembly Part# 619286-002Model# EG0450FBDBTModel# EG0450FBDSQModel# EG0450FBLSF
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Coyote Ugly: Extended Edition (US - BD RA)
Gabe could think of a million better ways to check out dancing girls in tank tops...
Piper Perabo stars as Violet, a New Jersey waitress who moves to New York to make it big as a songwriter. Just like the Bad News Bears, the Mighty Ducks, and the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, she is forced to surmount gigantic obstacles and odds to find her heart-warming third act triumph. Fortunately, Violet is a hotty, and she scores a job at a local dive bar called Coyote Ugly, where the bartenders are all scantily clad hotties who dance on the bar and pour water on their shirts. Because the record industry appreciates hotties, Violet has no problem getting her crappy demo sold within record time, despite her distinctly un-hotty father's disapproval.
Coyote Ugly is a terrible movie that is effectively a mix of two other less terrible movies— Showgirls and Cocktail. The problem being that Showgirls and Cocktail both have an inherent humour in their over-the-top bawdiness, which Coyote Ugly is lacking thanks to its initial PG-13 rating. This Blu-ray disc contains the racier 'unrated' version (including brief boobage), but in comparison there's still no reason to watch the film over the other two. Okay, maybe over Cocktail.
This is a movie based on a real life bar chain. Think about that for a second. A screenwriter sat down and wrote a fictional account of something that could've occurred at a hot chick hiring bar chain. Basing the heroine's hopes and dreams around Coyote Ugly bar is only a half step away from basing them in Hooters restaurants. In fact, I think I'd rather see a movie called Hooters about a trailer trash blonde who's only way out of the park is a job jiggling her breasts at the local Hooters, where she's discovered by a talent agent who helps her find a lucrative career in soft core porn. In fact, I don't 'think' anything, I'd definitely see that movie.
I'm not willing to put any real effort into a critical dissection of Coyote Ugly, because everyone involved in the process of making it knew it was stupid before it was even finished filming (and those that didn't deserved what they got). In its favour, the film is well made for placating crap, it's colourfully photographed, the performances aren't terrible (Maria Bello and Melanie Lynskey, yay!), the ladies are attractive, and I'm sure thirteen year old boys were made happy by its tame and teasing nature.
I've only seen Coyote Ugly on television, so I have no real point of reference between this release and the DVD releases. This isn't among the top Blu-ray transfers I've seen, but it gets the job good and done. The torsos are smooth, the cheeks are rosy (both kinds), the black tank tops are truly black, and the red tank tops are effectively red. Compression is almost entirely absent, but the whole film is surprisingly grainy for a hi-def disc, and I did notice a few instances of print damage flicker every once and a while. The chaotic and dimly lit bar scenes are especially grainy, and sometimes the film's overall blue tint sort of sucks the darkness out of some of the blacks.
As per the norm, I still can't get the Uncompressed PCM track to work correctly on my system (in fact, I could barely turn it off). This release does not include the DTS tracks found on the previous DVD releases, but the Dolby Digital 5.1 track is plenty acceptable. The centre channel, which is dialogue heavy, is a little bit too loud, but the voices are clean. The surround channels aren't particularly lively (a little bit of cheering, some rain, glasses clanking), but the stereo and LFE channels pump the music efficiently (though I swear, if I have to hear 'Battle Flag' one more time it will be too soon).
Blu-ray technology allows room for both the PG-13 and unrated versions, along with a decent collection of extras, though one wonders who would ever watch the child friendly cut when given the option of both versions. The extras are a straight dupe from the two previous DVD releases, so nothing new for all you fans out there, unfortunately. There are a total of four commentary tracks on the disc—sort of. Technically there are four, but number four is really a mix of the first three. The separate tracks are available only during the playback of the theatrical version and the combined track is only available during the playback of the unrated version (yet another reason to prefer the unrated version).
The 'Coyotes' commentary is like being trapped in a sorority as chatty chicks with nothing to say yammer on and on about their hair (I'm really only exaggerating a little). Tyra Banks is the worst offender, craving attention and interrupting others left and right to talk about herself, as if anybody cares. I lasted about fifteen minutes. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer's track is scene specific, as is director David McNally's, which means we don't have to watch the whole movie to hear what they have to say. Both tracks are relatively informative, and do not overlap. The runtimes are shockingly short as well, Bruckheimer's runs about four minutes and McNally's just over five. Really, the mix track would be the way to go.
Next are seven minutes of deleted scenes, some of which seem to have made their way into the unrated version. The scenes are mostly little unnecessary plot details and character beats, and they are anamorphically enhanced, but not hi-def or 5.1 friendly. These are followed by a LeAnn Rimes music video, a terrible, terrible LeAnn Rimes music video. Eleven minutes worth of casting featurettes (entitled 'Search for the Stars'), three minutes of music production featurette (entitled 'Inside the Songs'), and the six and a half minute look at the pretend Coyote Ugly bar (entitled 'Coyote 101') will drown you in fluff before they're finished. 'Action Overload', a compilation of the film's more wacky moments, on the other hand, may be the preferred way to view such a terribly terrible movie. Trailers finish things off.
Boxofficemojo.com lists Coyote Ugly's production budget at $80 million. I hope that's a typo. The domestic take was $60 million, apparently, which isn't particularly impressive, so Buena Vista's continuous re-releasing is a little odd. I suppose one cannot argue with the power of Jerry Bruckheimer. If this is one of your guilty pleasures, and I'm not one to judge, then I suppose Blu-ray is the way to go.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st April 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: English PCM 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5. 1 , Spanish 2.0
Subtitles: nglish HoH, French, Spanish
Extras: Coyote's Commentary, Filmmaker Select Commentary, Re-Edited Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Inside the Music, Search for the Stars, Coyote 101, Music Video, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: David McNally
Cast: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello, Izabella Miko
Genre: Romance
Length: 101 minutes
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{lean on me}
from someone who doesn't have it all together
I couldn't help but notice the three words printed on each entrance gate at the ski hill's chair lift. It read: LEAN ON ME.
It was a literal instruction to every skier like me waiting to catch a chair up the hill. We had to lean our weight on the bar until the gate opened, jolting us onto a Jetson-like treadmill thing that carried us along like a piece of luggage on a conveyer belt. We did this until the chair whisked us around the corner and picked us up.
It sounds more complicated than it really is, but I just wasn't used to it. I had skied this mountain my entire life, and this new feature was throwing me off. I couldn't help but think, What happened to the days when you just did it yourself? No leaning. No gate. No treadmill thingy to help you along. You did it yourself...and that's the way I liked it.
Then it hit me. Leaning on gates at the ski hill wasn't the only thing I had a hard time with. I had a hard time leaning on people and things in life.
I suppose I have always been perceived as a strong person who seems to always have it all together. My little sister even said to me once, "Is there anything you struggle with Ali?" Whether it was exams in school, a break-up with my boyfriend or friendship conflicts, nothing seemed to faze me. I was good at handling things...on my own. In college, I felt like others shared my independence. Most of the people I knew seemed to be operating in much the same way I was, with an internal voice that said: Don't dare let anyone know what you're really thinking, feeling, fighting or fearing inside or they might figure you out. They might actually see you don't have it all together after all.
By nature, our world sells a "do it yourself" culture, though the Bible so clearly promotes the opposite.
• "Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you..." (Psalm 55:22)
• "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2)
• "...lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
It was never God's intention for us to live independent of Him or each other, but interdependently with each other. It was never His intention for us to 'tough it out' or 'get through it' on our own strength, but to share our burdens and problems with a sense of openness, acceptance and vulnerability.
Just like the gate at the ski lift, letting others into our 'stuff' can at first feel intrusive, unnatural, uncomfortable and awkward. But just like anything else, it requires practice. Here are a few exercises to help you get started:
• Ask yourself: "Am I being real or am I just putting up a front?" Sit quietly with a journal and pen in hand and ask God to help you get in touch with your inner self. Ask God to reveal emotions you might not be aware of or that you might be covering up. The first step to leaning is being aware of what you are feeling.
• Make a decision to call a friend this week and tell them an area/issue you are struggling with. Ask them for support, encouragement and prayer.
• When is the last time you cried? Tears can be a healthy sign of your humanity and the ability to feel. The next time you have the urge to cry, let it flow! If you rarely have the urge to cry, pray and ask God for insight into why. Let your tears be a like a river that brings refreshing and renewal to your soul.
As I have learned to let down my guard and let people inside my world, I have felt the most free I have ever felt. As I have gained the courage to admit I don't have all the answers and I don't have it all together I realize...no one else does, either.
But Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28)
"Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Entrusting the Key: From Serial Dating to Joyful Waiting by Ali Smith
Behind Those Eyes: What's Really Going on Inside the Souls of Women by Lisa Whittle
Ali is gearing up for a summer of reunions with close friends and family in various parts of the country, including New York, New Jersey, Maine, Texas and North Carolina (for She Speaks Conference!). She can't wait to start wearing that brightly colored nail polish again and bust out her favorite hot pink sandles. Ali speaks on topics related to her book, Entrusting the Key, and is also working on her next book. You can get updates on her blog at http://alinsmith.wordpress.com/.
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