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"Despite the protests of other countries, the 2002 farm bill did not break our country's World Trade Organization commitment," he told members of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association at their summer meeting at Branson.
Greene, himself a ginner at Courtland, Ala., said the "current situation gives us cause for serious concern" as negotiations continue on the WTO's Doha Round, a Central American Free Trade Agreement, a Free Trade Area of the Americas, and several other bilateral agreements, including Australia and possibly Taiwan.
In recent contacts with Washington officials and in trade testimony before the U.S. Senate, Greene outlined the council's position on the type of Central America Free Trade Agreement that can benefit the U.S. cotton industry.
"We strongly communicated the view that good farm policy and good trade policy are interrelated; that U.S. farm subsidies and U.S. farm/textile tariffs must not be unilaterally eliminated or reduced; that Congress should insist that the Bush Administration demonstrate that existing agreements are aggressively enforced before approving new agreements; and that any trade agreements that may be negotiated with other countries in this hemisphere must include provisions to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. interests in the global trade economy."
The council is also working with the administration and Congress, Greene said, to address China's continued refusal to comply with its WTO commitment to open its markets to raw cotton imports. "We've also registered serious concerns about U.S. negotiations with Vietnam for apparel quotas and have worked with the administration for the release of China safeguard rules with respect to import surges."
In recent testimony before the House Agriculture Committee, Greene said the council's statement served as a reminder that "despite the protests of other countries, the 2002 farm bill did not break out country's WTO commitment, and its expected spending levels are well within WTO ceilings."
Point to the "unprecedented number" of trade negotiations currently under way, he said the council also urged the U.S. "to devote necessary resources to insure compliance with agreements already negotiated – for example, with China, where the U.S. cotton industry has tried without success for over a year to get them to comply with the terms of their WTO agreement."
The council has joined with 13 other fiber and textile organizations in a coalition effort to persuade the Bush Administration to initiate the China safeguards, Greene said. "Coalition members will be making contacts with congressional leaders to build support for this effort," as well as urging the administration to maintain U.S. textile tariffs under the WTO until other countries reduce their tariffs to U.S. levels.
And he said, the U.S. should refuse to accept tariff preference levels in the Central American Free Trade Agreement, and other similar agreements, to keep China and other countries from trans-shipping textile components into the U.S. duty-free.
Although it is related to farm bill defense, Greene said the council's effort to oppose Brazil's WTO complaint against the U.S. cotton program "is primarily considered a trade issue," and we're working closely with the USDA and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to coordinate our defense."
Despite this, he noted, the U.S. cotton industry continues "a positive relationship" with members of Brazil's cotton industry, and a U.S. delegation recently participated in 10-day mission to Brazil's cotton and textile industries. The trip, in which Greene participated, "was designed to foster relationships between our countries and to obtain information about Brazil's production and manufacturing industries.
"There is tremendous production capacity in Brazil, and fashioning a policy to incorporate them in a free trade agreement will be a challenge."
Greene said the council continues to deal with "an incessant media attack" on U.S. farm policy, with "allegations that our cotton program is responsible for depressing the cotton prices of many producing countries in Africa. This stream of articles and editorials is supporting the call by these countries for a reduction and the eventual elimination of cotton subsidies by developed countries.
"We're providing a strong response to these media attacks," he said, including a fact sheet for key congressmen to use during the appropriations debate that "clearly explains that our nation's agricultural subsidies are not responsible for declining world prices."
The media claims, Greene said, "ignore a number of important facts, including the negative effects of some African marketing systems on their growers, and that the combined effect of U.S. programs has had a very positive impact on world cotton prices."
Members of the Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas-Missouri Cotton Ginners Associations attended the Branson meeting.

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The Federal Reserve's promise to hold borrowing costs at record lows into 2015 risks a loss of its credibility and a downward spiral in financial markets, according to the Center for Financial Stability.
Fed policy makers began a third round of debt purchases last month and said it will probably hold the federal funds rate close to zero "at least through mid-2015." Since January, the central bank had said the rate was likely to stay low at least through late 2014.
"The Fed is essentially making a bet that its promise will in fact keep long-term rates low for that period as well," said Lawrence Goodman, president of the CFS in New York, a research group focused on global finance and markets, in an interview. "If rates edge higher due to factors such as inflation or credit issues, then the Fed will suffer a loss of its reputational state and that could have complications all across the yield curve. That can happen quickly and can unleash a forceful slide in the market and could thrust the economy back into recession."
The Fed latest round of quantitative easing, known as QE, involves buying $40 billion a month of mortgage-backed securities. This will combine with the central bank's purchases of Treasuries as part of its maturity extension program, known by traders as Operation Twist, which includes sales of short- term debt. The Fed is seeking to lower debt yields and push investors into higher-returning assets, in hopes to spur economic growth and lower unemployment.
Markets Gain
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index has gained 0.73 percent since the Fed's announcement, and is up 17 percent this year. Yields on benchmark 10-year notes have declined 14 basis points to 1.62 percent since Sept. 12, the day before the conclusion of the Fed's two-day meeting.
The FOMC also said in its policy statement on Sept. 13 that "a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic recovery strengthens," heightening speculation that debt purchases and low rates will prove prolonged.
Policy makers have kept their target rate for overnight loans between banks in a range of zero to 0.25 percentage point since December 2008.
The Fed's actions have driven bond market volatility to its lowest levels since 2007, before the collapse of the subprime- mortgage market triggered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Volatility Declines
Bank of America Merrill Lynch's MOVE Index, which measures the outlook for the pace of debt price swings based on options, is at 60.4, compared with an average of 106.43 since January 2007. The index touched 56.7 in May, just above a record low of 51.20 basis points was in May 2007.
"The Fed should now be making it resoundingly clear to financial markets that it stands ready to stabilize the size of its balance sheet and slowly and methodically reduce the monetary base so rates move to more normalized levels over time," said Goodman, a former strangest at Bank of America Corp. and a senior fellow at the U.S. Department of Treasury. "The monetary transmission mechanism is seriously flawed. So the Fed needs to find alternatives to printing money."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow's top producer at MSNBC is the new man in charge on the daytime talk show "The View."
ABC announced Thursday that Bill Wolff is the new executive producer of "The View," which begins a new season on Sept. 15. Wolff replaces Bill Geddie, who decided not to stay when ABC said Wolff would be brought in alongside him. Three other behind-the-scenes appointments were made.
ABC's release did not mention the show's inventor, Barbara Walters, who had said when she retired from an on-air role last spring that she would continue working at the show behind the scenes. Walters was consulted about the changes and retains her title as one of the show's executive producers, says spokeswoman Lauri Hogan.
More panelists are expected to be named to join Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell.


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Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom & Flynn Head Out from Heathrow
Miranda Kerr and hubby Orlando Bloom bring their adorable son, Flynn, to Heathrow Airport for a flight out of town on Wednesday (October 12) in London, England.
The 28-year-old Aussie model and her sweetheart shared a smile as they made their way through the terminal.
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Miranda recently wrote about her experiences trying to find healthy food growing up on the Kora Organics website.
"Going to the supermarket and actually trying to find food that we could eat that didn't contain all of the nasties was a real challenge, the choice was minimal. It was then we discovered the benefits of health food stores and local markets and started our quest of ensuring what we put into our bodies truly supported our well being," Miranda wrote.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending.
As it has been written, and promised, and prophesied, so it is, and so it has come to pass: This is the last post for Counterforce. I'm going to try to avoid any melodramatics or perceived grief or anything like that because I've sure done enough with it in the past, and hey, it's just a fucking blog on the internet, right?
But I'll miss it. And I'll miss you, and doing blog shit with the people I did blog shit with here.
I think Counterforce was fun, but flawed. I don't think it ever reached its potential, and I think it's safe to say that the blame for that lays entirely with me. So, to that I would say: Sorry, everybody.
But also thanks. There were some good times and fun things to read/look at. Thanks, Benjamin Light. Thanks, Peanut St. Cosmo. Thanks, Occam Razor. Thanks, August Bravo. And thanks, Maria, whom we stuck with the name Lollipop Gomez. I hope you guys had some fun too.
Anyway. It's the end, but not totally. Benjamin Light do two podcasts which are very much in the spirit of Counterforce, and which you've probably heard of on here before: Time Travel Murder Mystery and Greedo Shot First.
Right now TTMM is on a brief hiatus, and could return as early as next week, though it will certainly be back sometime in the next few weeks. Greedo Shot First just posted its latest episode today, in which we rewatch one of our favorite movies ever, The Empire Strikes Back, so go check it out in iTunes.
And we'll follow that next week or the week after with an episode about rewatching Return Of The Jedi.
It's kind of sad that I won't be able to plug our podcasts here anymore. Or talk about any of the other things I had planned to ramble on about it, but… oh well. Tomorrow, like today, is another day in a brand new year. I'm sure there'll be more opportunities. And other spaces, other places.
We'll meet again. Don't know how, don't know when…
One last thing and then I'll shut up for, well, a while (at least here): I'm going to go rewatch the last episode of Lost right after I hit "Post" on this post. I feel like our love for that show so strongly informed this blog and we bounced back and forth between it so much. I don't mind telling you that the day we did our post on the last episode of the show, that was the day we got the most hits ever on this blog. So I guess a lot of people's hearts were either filled or burst along with the passing of the last truly great television show too. It just feels right to go watch that after this, at least to me.
Oh well.
Thanks again. For everything. I'm glad the blog is over, because it mattered to me, and I'm glad to start something else. Hopefully we'll see you there at the beginning of that.
-Marco Sparks


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Man with pipe bomb allowed on flight out of Edmonton: Report
A man has been fined after he tried to bring a pipe bomb through security at Edmonton International Airport — and was allowed to board his flight anyway, according to a CBC report.
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) confiscated the device and allowed the man to get on the Sept. 20 flight, but then the agency alerted RCMP four days later, the broadcaster reports.
Cops arrested Skylar Vincent Murphy, 18, of Spruce Grove, Alta., on Sept. 27, and charged him with possession of an explosive substance.
"The RCMP investigation indicates that the charge stems from an isolated incident, and that no other individuals were involved," Sgt. Josee Valiquette said in a statement about the arrest.
Last month, Murphy pleaded guilty and was given a $100 fine and one year's probation, the report says.
When questioned by the CBC as to why Murphy was allowed to board the flight, a CATSA spokeswoman said screeners don't have the authority to make arrests, only to alert police.


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Living in the Possibility
I am feeling very encouraged. We recently completed our most successful Hunger Walk/Run, with more than 17,000 participants and a cadre of volunteers and sponsors in attendance. The event was an affirmation of everything we believe in and work for at the Food Bank. The diversity of faith, business, public, civic and community groups reflected a rainbow of humanity with common values and commitment to make things better for our neighbors in need.
And we're making tremendous strides in our core work. We've increased food distribution by more than 100% over the past four years, and increased the nutritional value, with fresh produce now our largest category of food. Our donor base is growing, our network of partner agencies is becoming stronger, and we have the constant support of more than 1,500 volunteers each month. All of this gives me confidence that we can continue to offer great value and hope for those we serve.
But we don't operate in a vacuum. There have been recent discouragements as well. A $5 billion federal cut to SNAP (food stamps) in November was followed by an additional $8 billion in cuts in February. Here in Georgia, we learned of problems at the Department of Human Resources (DHS). More than $20 million in benefits were not being delivered to eligible recipients, and some benefits were being distributed to people who weren't eligible. This was not a result of fraud, but of case worker lay-offs, poor administration, and a new automated system that was underfunded and understaffed.
This series of events has had a serious impact on people already struggling to get by.
Then a new hurdle was raised when Rep. Greg Morris from South Georgia proposed HB 772 – legislation which subsequently passed – to give drug tests to people applying for food stamps or cash aid if the case worker suspects drug abuse. Not because Morris thought recipients were using more drugs than the general population – incidentally, they don't – but because, in his words, "too many people were applying for help."
Never mind that this legislation has been found illegal in other states (Fourth Amendment) or that Georgia will have to spend hundreds of thousands of tax dollars defending an unconstitutional law. According to Morris, it sends a message. The same message I presume that U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan communicated recently when he said helping the poor causes them to be dependent, and the best way to help them is not to help. This is certainly an interesting stance, when at the same time, education and training dollars have been dramatically cut; we've experienced the worst recession in our lifetime; and the long term unemployed and underemployed are at record levels.
"We can't legislate by speculation,'' Rep. Morris said. "We have to do what we believe is right." And then the Legislature legislated on the speculation that by making it more difficult to apply, maybe less people would get help.
In the eyes of Rep. Morris you're guilty if you're poor, and you have to prove your innocence. Never mind that the same system to whom one would have to prove one's innocence is under a Federal order for poor performance. Or that the legislation gave no guidelines to case workers on who should be tested, and no money for training. It is now the law, as the Governor signed it on April 29.
But what is right, and for whom?
Maybe this is just a sloppy way to "starve the beast" – a way to cut government by making it more dysfunctional (a self-fulfilling prophecy) or beginning those cuts with the poorest and most vulnerable among us. (This theory began in the early 1980s, but ironically the government has grown under every administration since then.) Maybe this is just our anger at those who we feel are not pulling their weight, even though more than half of those receiving benefits work every day at low wages and more than half are children.
I think there is something deeper going on – deeper than pitting good Americans (the rich and accomplished) against bad Americans (those who have not fared as well). There is something deeper going on that is difficult to talk about and almost impossible to address in a mean spirited environment looking for someone to blame. There is something deeper that is driving our rhetoric, our "gotcha" journalism, and our dysfunctional policy making.
Both Rep. Morris and Congressman Ryan are good people. They share personal narratives that are full of stories of strong family values, how they worked hard in their childhood, how they pulled themselves up by their "own" boot straps, how they loved their country enough to serve it, and how faith had informed their life decisions. The stories are full of pride and certainty that we just need to be more accountable and more like them. They think Americans are spoiled (poor Americans in their narrative) and we must toughen up to be competitive.
As I think about their stories and the values they express, I see a reflection of my values. I too grew up in a hard-working family; I too worked for my father and grandfather after school and all day on Saturday (which was hard when my friends were sleeping in after our Friday night game). I too voluntarily served in the Armed Services (two of those four years in Southeast Asia and Vietnam); I too was the first in my family to go to college; I too essentially paid my own tuition and have been independent since I was 17 years old. I too am a fiscal conservative, but unlike them, I come to a very different conclusion about how we should treat the poor and disempowered. And here lies a fundamental conflict with how to collectively decide a path forward.
My experience does not motivate me to blame the poor for their situation, to feel like everyone should act and think like me, or to give so much energy to the fear that someone is getting something they don't deserve. Certainly there are outliers, but we don't typically cut programs because of the few. In that case, we would have dramatically cut the defense budget and clamped down on Wall Street.
How did we arrive at such different conclusions? Maybe we need to reframe our work and rethink our approach to finding common solutions.
What if we all answered the question "Under what circumstances would we support ending hunger in America?" and began the conversation there?
What if we were able to create a "safe place,"a table that invites everyone into the conversation – to move from our "positions" to a conversation of common values and possibilities?
What if we thought of feeding the hungry as a wellness initiative? All studies show that well fed children learn better (enabling them to be more productive workers one day) and have better health outcomes (saving us money on health care).
It's a long journey back to the possible, but it's the only road leading us to a prosperous shared future.
The table is set at the Food Bank – we invite you to come and explore the possibilities.
-Bill Bolling, Executive Director
This letter originally appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of Foodsharing. To learn more about Foodsharing, visit our Newsletters page.


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Zarafa WebAccess Single Sign On configuration
From Zarafa wiki
The article describes how you can setup a Single Sign On Zarafa WebAccess with Active Directory domain controller. This article is written for Red Hat Enterprise Linux server, but can also be used as basis for other distributions.
It is assumed the following prerequisites are in place:
* Red Hat server with Zarafa 6.30 or higher * Windows Server 2003 R2 or 2008 SP1 which is configured as domain controller * Windows XP or Vista client that has joined the Windows domain
In this example, the following servers and realms will be referenced:
AD Server dc.example.com Linux Server zarafa.example.com Kerberos Realm EXAMPLE.COM
Active Directory configuration
Add a new user "httpd-linux" to your Active Directory. Make sure that you enable the option "Password never expires".
Install the Windows Support tools which include the ktpass.exe program. See [1] for the download of these tools.
Execute the following command to create a keytab file for the Apache webserver.
ktpass -princ HTTP/[email protected] -mapuser EXAMPLE\http-linux -crypto DES-CBC-MD5 -ptype KRB5_NT_PRINCIPAL -mapop set +desonly -pass secretpassword -out c:\keytab
Copy the keytab file to the directory /etc/httpd/conf/ on your Linux server. YOu can use a scp client for this, like Winscp.
Apache configuration
Install the mod_auth_kerb Apache module.
</code>yum install mod_auth_kerb</code>
Open the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_kerb.conf. Add the following lines at the end of this file:
Alias /webaccess /usr/share/zarafa-webaccess
<Directory /usr/share/zarafa-webaccess>
AuthType Kerberos AuthName "Kerberos Login" KrbMethodNegotiate On KrbMethodK5Passwd Off KrbServiceName HTTP KrbAuthRealms EXAMPLE.COM Krb5KeyTab /etc/httpd/conf/keytab require valid-user
Set the permissions of the keytab file to 400 and change the owner to the Apache user:
chmod 400 /etc/httpd/conf/keytab chown apache.apache /etc/httpd/conf/keytab
Open the file /etc/krb5.conf and insert the following lines:
default_realm = EXAMPLE.COM
ZARAFA.LOCAL = { kdc = dc.example.com admin_server = dc.example.com }
.example.com = EXAMPLE.COM example.com = EXAMPLE.COM
Replace the kdc and admin_server with the FQDN of the Domain Controller.
Restart Apache to activate all changes.
Zarafa configuration
To setup a Single Sign On environment with Zarafa Collaboration Platform, you need to make a trust between the Apache webserver and the Zarafa Storage Server. The trust is necessary to handle the WebAccess authentication by the Apache webserver and not anymore by the Zarafa Storage Server.
Change the following line in the /etc/zarafa/server.cfg file:
local_admin_users = root apache
To configure the Zarafa WebAccess for Single Sign On change the following option in the config.php file: In this configuration we assume the Zarafa WebAccess is installed on the same server as the Zarafa Storage Server.
define("LOGINNAME_STRIP_DOMAIN", true);
Restart the Zarafa-server processes to activate this change.
service zarafa-server restart
Webbrowser configuration
Before you can use Single Sign On in your browser, configure the following settings:
* Type in the addressbar about:config * Filter on auth * Change the option: network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris and network.negotiate-auth.delegation-uris to .example.com
Internet Explorer
* Go to Tools -> Internet options -> Advanced * Make sure the option "Enable integrated Windows authentication" is enabled * Add the url of the Zarafa server (http://zarafa.example.com) to your "Local Intranet" sites
Restart your browser and open the webaccess via the FQDN (http://zarafa.example.com/webaccess). If the configuration is correctly done, the webaccess will login without typing the username and password.


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Over Labor Day weekend, a woman was at the Suds Your Duds Laundromat, 547 N 27th St. when the suspect grabbed the victim's purse and the two of them struggled. The suspect then threw the victim down to the ground and fled.
Meanwhile, down the street there was a sidewalk sale at 2711 W Michigan St. As the suspect ran past the sidewalk sale, a witness to the strong arm robbery of the purse yelled to the people at the sidewalk sale to "stop that guy he just robbed a lady!" Two men who were working the sidewalk sale tackled the suspect and held him until police arrived and arrested him.
We frequently say police can't do it alone and this is a great citizen cooperation story that perfectly illustrates the point. The men who tackled the suspect and the witness are all being written up for citizens' commendations.


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Quote from: Famine on June 5, 2005, 12:23 PMI think he was joking?KevinI was not upset or anything. Damn my communication skills
I think he was joking?Kevin
It wasn't the lightsaber duels that caused me concern for my son -- it was seeing the dead Jedi younglings strewn about, and more so, the crispy Anakin scenes. I think PG-13 was appropriate.
I still shudder every time I see Anakin ignite his lightsaber in the Jedi Council Chamber.
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In this post:
I talked about separating dates from times for certain columns in your database. One thing I have never really used before in SQL Server 2000 is user-defined datatypes and rules. Rules are like CHECK constraints, but from what I understand they are very non-standard. User Defined Datatypes are cool, but they require you to use rules if you'd like them to include validation, so in general they aren't very powerful. I think all of this is addressed in SQL Server 2005. (I'm sure someone will help me out with this...)
Note: As Adam points out in the comments section, Rules are being phased out in SQL 2005. I don't know if a mechanism will replace them, so this type of thing may not be possible in future versions of T-SQL.
Anyway, if you like, you can use User Defined Types and Rules together to create two new datatypes: udt_Date and udt_Time. Both are based on the usual DateTime datatype, but both implement rules that ensure they hold the proper data, as discussed in the previous article. Using this approach, you won't have to worry about implementing CHECK constraints in all of your tables since the UDT does that for you.
Here is a sample script for you to enjoy:
CREATE RULE DateOnly
dateAdd(dd,datediff(dd,0,@DateTime),0) = @DateTime
CREATE RULE TimeOnly
datediff(dd,0,@DateTime) = 0
exec sp_addtype udt_Date, 'DateTime'
exec sp_addType udt_Time, 'DateTime'
exec sp_bindrule 'DateOnly', 'udt_Date'
exec sp_bindrule 'TimeOnly', 'udt_Time'
-- So, now we can just create a table and use our User Defined Type
-- and not worry about using CHECK constraints everywhere:
create table Test (ID int primary key,
TransDate udt_Date,
TransTime udt_Time)
-- this will succeed:
insert into Test (ID, TransDate, TransTime)
-- this will fail -- there is a time attached to the date:
-- this will fail -- there is a non-zero date attached to the time:
select * from Test
-- clean it up:
drop table Test
exec sp_unbindrule 'udt_Date'
exec sp_unbindrule 'udt_Time'
drop rule DateOnly
drop rule TimeOnly
exec sp_droptype 'udt_Date'
exec sp_droptype 'udt_Time'
Update: If you are using SQL Server 2005, see this.
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Chris Messina on Screen Nudity and the Secret He Hasn't Told Mindy Kaling Yet
"We've never talked about that, Mindy and I!"
Chris Messina has had a very busy year — he's popped up in movies like Argo, Ruby Sparks, and The Giant Mechanical Man while juggling TV arcs on The Newsroom and Damages — and he'll finish out 2012 the way he began it: At the same time Messina is starring opposite Mindy Kaling on Fox's The Mindy Project, he's starring in the new indie 28 Hotel Rooms, where he and Marin Ireland play two people who continue their sexually charged relationship over a long span of time in various hotels, even though both have significant others at home. Messina rang us up the other day to discuss his onscreen love scenes, and he also revealed a secret connection to Kaling's favorite film that she may not even know about.
You were naked in your first high-profile role on Six Feet Under, and you're naked throughout 28 Hotel Rooms. Is it fair to say, then, that nudity is not a big deal for you?
Oh, you know, it's never been a problem. I don't know why; I don't feel incredibly comfortable with my body or anything. I was naked a bunch in plays, and I remember there was a certain power onstage when you got naked. There's a certain power in the idea of "This is what I look like, and you can look or turn away or do whatever you want with it." I guess if the nudity was uncalled for, then it would be uncomfortable, but anytime I had to do it, it was right for the story or the character in that moment.
As a working actor, you must spend a lot of time in hotel rooms while shooting. What's it like for you?
You always miss your family and your life, but at the same time, there's something nice about being on location. You can kind of get lost in the world of whatever it is that you're doing. If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.
Here's a practical question for you, Chris: When you're watching a movie where your character is making out or fooling around a lot, do you critique your own technique?
When I'm watching myself make out, am I critiquing the way I make out?
Um, no. Because when I watch myself as an actor, I'm always thinking, Oh, I sound like that? I talk like that? Do I look like that? So I'm sure that when I was seeing myself naked or kissing or rolling around in bed, I was thinking the same thing. Like, God, why did I do it that way? Or a lot of times with me, it's also Boy, I'm a terrible actor. Why did I do this? I'm so full of shit, that moment is so false. As an actor, it's really educational to watch yourself. You learn a lot.
Both on her show and in real life, Mindy Kaling makes a case that Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail is basically the ultimate modern romantic comedy. But until I rewatched it this year, I didn't realize that you're actually in You've Got Mail! You've got a small role as the Fox Books employee that Meg Ryan eavesdrops on when she goes into the book superstore.
Yeah, we've never talked about that, Mindy and I! I don't know if she knows that. She loves Nora, and rightly so. I think I had like four lines in You've Got Mail, and Nora Ephron was one of the only people who ever cast me on the spot, in the room, which doesn't really happen that much. I auditioned for two small parts in that movie: the one I did, and one other. And she was like, "You'll play one of these roles, you'll definitely be in the movie." And then, years later, I got to work with her again on Julie and Julia. That was a great experience.
Did she remember you at the time from You've Got Mail? Had you guys kept in touch?
No, we didn't keep in touch. She was really nice to me when we did You've Got Mail, and I remember I ran into her on the street in New York and she said, "I was just looking at you in the editing room, and you did a nice job," and she was very kind and made me feel really good as a young actor. And then I hadn't seen her at all, and I got the script for Julie and Julia and I flew from L.A. to New York to meet with her, and that was the first time I had seen her in years. It was kind of great that that would come around full circle. Because I remember when I got You've Got Mail, at the time, I thought I had made it, you know? Like Oh, this is it, big time. And it was a great opportunity and fun to do but I think it was three or four lines, so I was a little delusional about it. There was a long road from You've Got Mail to Julie and Julia, you know?
But you must look back fondly on the fact that you got to appear in two Nora Ephron movies, including her last film.
Those are both special moments in my life. I felt like I owed her a lot, and she was always really good to me. I loved to talk to her about movies and her love of movies. We talked a lot about Mike Nichols, which is way dorky, and I would grill her a lot about Jack Nicholson and Meryl. Obviously, it was a major loss when Nora died. She's one of those women that you feel is invincible, and she was sort of strong and had such passion and just this zest, you know? She was pretty incredible, and she taught me a lot about movies. I love her dearly.


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btifuldreamer wrote:Thanks Tania i'll use your suggestions!Summerlander wrote:For me, DEILD is the fastest and most effective way of entering the lucid dream world. It's like the technical effort has already been made for you. All that remains, at least in my case, is to get out of bed to find that the surroundings are not the real world.
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Ahh good i thought i might be alone on this because no one else said this is the best technique But we all have our own opinions. How do you remember to keep your eyes shut and not move? I did that the other night and i was ready but i saw a scary movie earlier so i didn't want to do it But maybe next time!
Nothing at all wrong with this technique. I dont know why it doesnt get much mention. Maybe there is no best technique thou, what best for one isnt necessarily the best for another. This one thou is one which everyone should try as it does often work very well.
Its a technique I used to use extremely successfully a lot (when I was newer to LD). I still do use it nowdays at times when I drop out from from WILD LDs, I use it to reenter back into the LD. So even if this technique isnt being used for someone to have a LD in the first place, its still a handy technique to know and use at times.


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Beginning Wednesday, March 13, several roads around First Niagara Center will be shut down due to the start of construction on the HARBORcenter property. Also beginning Wednesday morning, patrons of the Sabres Store and the arena box office will be able to park in the arena's parking ramp at no charge.
At 7 a.m. on Wednesday, a section of Perry Street, between Main and Illinois streets, will be closed to all vehicular traffic. Additionally, a block of Washington Street, between Perry Street and Scott Street, will also be closed to traffic. Main Street and Scott Street will remain open.
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Fans that intend to visit First Niagara Center while the closures are in effect should plan on using Michigan Avenue instead of Washington Street. During First Niagara Center events, the Buffalo Police Department Traffic Division will control all affected intersections and will direct traffic accordingly.
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This page allows you to track the amounts of contributions given to state candidates, state PACs, and the state parties. These totals are based on the amounts reported by the committees. If there is an error on any amount, please contact the Board's staff.
This information is available in an Excel spreadsheet. It may be saved to your computer where you can then sort by using the "Data" link at the top, choose "Sort," and then enter your specific sort criteria.
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Throughout history, there have been many terrifying stories and legends about sea monsters based on the real-life giant squid.(1,2) Though these stories may be exaggerated, the giant squid is truly a mysterious, intelligent, and gigantic creature of the deep.(1,2) It can reach a total length of about 18 m (59 ft) and a weight of about 900 kg (1980 lbs) (though, since the tentacles stretch after the squid dies, some high size claims may not be accurate(2));(1,3) on average it is around 11-14 m (36-46 ft) long and weighs around 455 kg (1000 lbs) or less.(1,3) This huge squid lives in deep, cold ocean waters around the world,(1,3,4) especially where the ocean floor slopes down off the coasts of continents and islands,(1,3,5 )often choosing to live near places where there are particularly large amounts of food, such as underwater canyons.(6) Because they live so deep in the ocean, we know little about the behavior of giant squid.(2) We do, however, know that they grow very large extremely quickly and so must have a huge appetite(7)—and they certainly are equipped to catch food! Unlike in other squids, the giant squid's two long tentacles are covered with small suckers and bumps which allow the squid to "zip" the two tentacles together into a single long weapon.(2,4) On the tips of the tentacles are a set of closely-packed special suckers with sharp tooth-like structures on them which the giant squid uses to attack and grab its prey.(2,4) The giant squid also makes use of its enormous eyes—at up to 25 cm (10 in) across,(7) the biggest eyes of any animal(1,7) except for the giant squid's relative, the colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)(8)—to hunt in the near-darkness of the deep sea.(3,4) From examinations of stomachs as well as other methods,(9,10) scientists have learned that the giant squid eats many kinds of animals, including fish, crustaceans, and squid (possibly even other giant squid!9).(1,3,9) As fierce a predator as it is, though, it often gets eaten by sperm whales(1,2,3,6) and sleeper sharks.(1,11) With so many relationships with other species, this incredible squid may play a major role not just in sailors' stories, but also in the complicated deep-sea food chain.(3,10).


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Your site introduced me to mirin and I love it and the flavor it gives to food. The first bottle of mirin that I found (at an upscale grocery store - not asian) was very dark brown. Not as dark as soy sauce but almost. I'm almost out and went looking again (my upscale store is out of it). I found Kikkoman Aji-Mirin which looks like white wine. Is there any difference in the light vs. the dark or is all mirin basically the same? I haven't used the light stuff yet so don't know if there is flavor difference or not. And since I started my hunt, I'm seeing much more light colored mirin, almost no dark. Inquiring minds want to know...
Aji Mirin is a mirin-flavored sauce basically. I has added sugar and flavorings, and low alchohol content. You could call it the equivalent of 'cooking wine'. Hon mirin is real mirin, and is favored by serious cooks. Aji Mirin is about 1/2 the price of Hon Mirin. If you have to get just one, I would recommend Hon Mirin.
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Never tried aji-mirin but i have a couple of bottles of hon mirin and absolutely love it!! :D
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how do you store a bottle of mirin once opened? does it need to be refrigerated?
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del maggior corpo al ciel ch'è pura luce:
luce intellettüal, piena d'amore;
amor di vero ben, pien di letizia;
letizia che trascende ogne dolzore.
Since good quality hon mirin (with a generous percentage of alcohol) is sort of hard to come by outside of Japan, I'd recommend refrigerating it, especially once the weather gets warmer.
Even though I buy stuff labelled as hon mirin, after I once found some bluish mold inside the cap of a bottle (although not on the surface of the actual liquid) I've always refrigerated mirin. I also like to keep a close eye on the consume by date on the bottle - it's not quite as non-perishable as I initially assumed it was!
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Nice work man
you're dreamy
WTF??? How old are you? Really, you are acting like a baby.
ты ведь не знаешь русского языка, да?
Отлично, как у тебя?
Привет .
i would actually be really happy for you if you became a very respected lawyer with shitloads of experience
hey there harley. Roger S. Baldwin.
the small property lawyer in the movie The Amistad
I would appreciate if you didn't call me mean things. You just joined yesterday and you are already being mean to me! WTF!
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Lecturer: Dr S.M. Hand
No. of lectures: 8
Prerequisite courses: Operating Systems, Concurrent Systems and Applications
This course hopes to impart a detailed understanding of the algorithms
and techniques used within operating systems. It aims to consolidate
and build upon the knowledge learned in earlier courses, and to
encourage students to develop an appreciation for the trade-offs
involved in designing and implementing an operating system.
At the end of the course students should be able to
Recommended books
Bacon, J. & Harris, T. (2003). Operating Systems or Bacon,
J. (1997) Concurrent Systems (2nd ed.). Addison-Wesley.
Silberschatz, A., Peterson, J.L. & Galvin, P.C. (1998). Operating Systems Concepts. Addison-Wesley (5th ed.).
Tanenbaum, A.S. (2001). Modern Operating Systems (2nd ed.).
Leffler, S. (1989). The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix
Operating System. Addison-Wesley.
Solomon, D. & Russinovich, M. (2000). Inside Windows 2000. Microsoft Press (3rd ed.).
Singal, M. & Shivaratri, N. (1994). Advanced Concepts in Operating
Systems: Distributed, Database, and Multiprocessor Operating
Systems. McGraw-Hill.
Useful Links
The notes [gzipped postscript,
PDF] and the
past exam questions are available on-line. There are also some
additional prose notes which
discuss some of the lectured material in more detail (including
additional, non-examinable material).
past exam questions are available from the predecessor course
entitled "Operating System Functions"; this had a slightly different
syllabus, but most of the past questions should be answerable.
Additional reading:
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Researchers in Florida poured a liquid plaster-metal mixture into the nests of the Florida harvester ant. The resulting casts display astonishing intricacy and depth. One interesting discovery was that the top heavy nature of the chambers reflects age distribution within the any colony and not necessarily earlier digging. Younger ants tend to dig within the…


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We've talked about the most recent poll data, including the state-by-state Zogby polls which showed results generally interpreted as favorable to John Kerry. Dafydd ab Hugh, who has done an in-depth analysis of Zogby's history, gets the last word. Dafydd quotes Zogby's own description of the methodology underlying his "interactive" online state polls, and continues:
[N]ote two things: first, these are very small numbers of people with very high MOEs; of the sixteen polls, eleven of them show "leads" within the margin (which means no lead at all). Also, it wouldn't take much of a bias — in favor of people who spend a lot of time on the Internet and who are willing to go online and take a poll, for example, which bias Zogby does not weight for or indeed even acknowledge — to skew these polls in favor of the perceived "post-modernist," "high tech" party, regardless of nominal party affilliation.
Also, as usual, when the pollster weights in favor of such factors as "region, party, age, race, religion and gender," he is actually expressing his own opinion as to the likelihood of each category to show up and vote. Thus, he has to assume that X % of Democrats and Y % of Republicans will show up and vote… but where does he get these numbers? Usually, he looks at the last presidential and mid-term election, then changes the numbers according to some ideas he has about who is more "energized." Since the news has been full of how much more energized the Democrats are and how depressed and enervated Republicans are — with little or no evidence to support the claims — it's highly likely that Zogby used a model that assumed higher Democratic turnout and lower Republican turnout than will actually occur.
Dafydd notes further that Zogby badly miscalled the results in Florida, Missouri and California in 2000 (in the latter case, grossly overestimating Bush's competitiveness). He concludes:
The problem is that Zogby's methodology is a failure; his polls are unpredictably off, both in numbers and even sometimes in who is ahead…. Basically, Zogby is unreliable. His polling method is simply unrepresentative — and unpredictably unrepresentative. He is a "known unknown," to use Rumsfeld's lexicon.
Reader Dawna Reandeau anticipated Deacon's deconstruction of Dana Milbank's latest outrage, but in somewhat more colorful language:
I've been watching this jerk write for the last two years, and it's the same BS day in and day out. Here's his latest:
[Milbank writes]: "Scholars and political strategists say the ferocious Bush assault on Kerry this spring has been extraordinary, both for the volume of attacks and for the liberties the president and his campaign have taken with the facts. Though stretching the truth is hardly new in a political campaign, they say the volume of negative charges is unprecedented — both in speeches and in advertising."
What scholars? What political strategists? Can we say, "Democrats"? How does this pathetic excuse for a journalist get away with this endless Bush attack ON THE NEWS PAGE? And the irony of it all is, he's going after Bush for taking liberties with facts. He's an over-paid, under-talented fish-wrap hack, and he's not going to make a lick of difference in the campaign. But he still p***** me off to no end. The Washington Post should be condemned for allowing this jerk to have a job. He belongs on Air America.
A number of readers have expressed appreciation of our Miss Universe coverage; Mark Hessey voiced a preference for Miss Estonia. Well, there are many fine contestants.
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Come To The Twin Lakes, Take in Some Spectacularly Unique Scenery
It is not one but two highland lakes which are the main attractions here. The Lakes of Danau Diatas (Lake Above) and Danau Dibawah (Lake Below) are beautiful natural wonders separated by only a few hundred meters. Located over 1000 meters above sea level, the lakes are covered with a thick mist giving them an eerie beauty. The soil surrounding the lakes comes from volcanic ash from eruptions of Mt Talang.
Come here to relax and take in some spectacularly unique scenery. Walk around and take in the superb view of the cool clear lakes against a mountain backdrop.
The Twin Lakes are located in the Kerinci-Seblat Reserve, around 45kms from Padang. The easiest way to get here is to drive, leaving the main Padang-Solok road at Lubukselasih and travelling up the flank of Mr Talang.
A number of tour operators run trips to West Sumatra which include a stop at the Twin Lakes.
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It is not possible to make scp resume copying after an interrupted transmission. The good news is you can use rsync over SSH:
rsync --rsh='ssh' -av --progress --partial source destination
It is not possible to make scp resume copying after an interrupted transmission. The good news is you can use rsync over SSH:
rsync --rsh='ssh' -av --progress --partial source destination
If you are using jQuery 1.6 or greater, there is a simple way to change the disabled property in an input field:
$("input").prop('disabled', true); $("input").prop('disabled', false);
Before merging two branches that have been separated for a while, it is useful to know which files have been modified:
$ git diff --name-status branch1..branch2
Update your system with this PPA (Personal Package Archives) so you can install an up-to-date version of PostgreSQL:
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/postgresql $ sudo apt-get update
And now install PostgreSQL and the dev packages:
$ sudo apt-get install postgresql libpq-dev
That's all. You can check your new PostgreSQL version:
$ psql -V psql (PostgreSQL) 9.1.6 contains support for command-line editing
Express is a node.js web application framework. Before installing express we need to install node.js and npm (Node Packaged Modules). I recommend you to update your system with this PPA (Personal Package Archives) so you can install an up-to-date version of node.js:
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm $ node -v v0.8.15
Express is a node.js module, so we can:
$ npm install express
To check that express is already installed:
$ npm ls /home/jvp └─┬ email@example.com ├── email@example.com ├─┬ email@example.com │ ├── email@example.com │ ├── firstname.lastname@example.com │ ├── firstname.lastname@example.com │ └── firstname.lastname@example.com ├── email@example.com ├── email@example.com ├── firstname.lastname@example.com ├── email@example.com ├── email@example.com ├── firstname.lastname@example.com ├── email@example.com ├── firstname.lastname@example.com └─┬ firstname.lastname@example.com └── email@example.com
Easy, isn't it?
The default capistrano task for compiling the assets compiles them every time, regardless of whether any assets were changed in the set of commits that you are deploying. This is the code snippet I use to check if the assets have changed:
namespace :deploy do namespace :assets do def not_first_deploy? 'true' == capture("if [ -e #{current_path}/REVISION ]; then echo 'true'; fi").strip end desc "Run the asset precompilation rake task only if there are changes." task :precompile, :roles => :web, :except => { :no_release => true } do if not_first_deploy? from = source.next_revision(current_revision) if capture("cd #{latest_release} && #{source.local.log(from)} vendor/assets/ app/assets/ | wc -l").to_i > 0 run %Q{cd #{latest_release} && #{rake} RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} #{asset_env} assets:precompile} else logger.info "Skipping asset pre-compilation because there were no asset changes" end end end end end
It's based in this other snippet. You have to load the file that contains the snippet after loading the default capistrano asset tasks. For example, if the above snippet is in lib/deploy/assets.rb, you should write in your main deploy.rb file something like:
load 'deploy/assets' load 'lib/deploy/assets'
If you want to copy a directory recursively and preserve exact file timestamps, ownerships, and permissions you can do an on-the-fly tar:
cd source-directory tar cf - . | (cd destination-directory; tar xf -)
I'm going to delete the FeedBurner RSS feed of this blog, so if you want to keep subscribed you will have to re-subscribe to the new feed http://javiervidal.net/feed. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Just a quick tip:
desc "Rake task with arguments and :environment" task :task_name, [:arg1, :arg2] => :environment do |t, args| args.with_defaults(:arg1 => "Foo", :arg2 => "Bar") puts "Hello, #{args.arg1}. Bye, #{args.arg2}." end
So you will be able to pass arguments to your rake task:
$ rake task_name["Moon","Sun"] Hello, Moon. Bye, Sun.
I'm using Paperclip (2.3.11) to upload images to S3 and, as some other people have pointed out, if the content of a file changes but its name remains the same (for example, if you recrop the image), the timestamp added by Paperclip to the end of image URL won't change. Consequently, the browser thinks the image hasn't changed, and will display the old version.
Being image a Paperclip::Attachment, the url method will return something like:
> image.class => Paperclip::Attachment > image.url => "http://domain/filename?1305625852"
If the image's content changes, but not the name, the timestamp won't change. To fix this issue, I've added a new and simple processor:
# config/initializers/paperclip_timestamper.rb module Paperclip class TimeStamper < Processor def initialize(file, options={}, attachment=nil) super(file,options,attachment) timestamp_filename end def timestamp_filename attachment.instance_write(:updated_at, Time.now.to_i) end def make @file end end end
Custom processors are currently not being loaded correctly in Rails 3 from lib/paperclip_processors, so a quick hack is to define it as a regular initializer. Don't forget to specify the :processors option to has_attached_file:
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The 5th edition of the International Conference on "Advances in Textiles, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles-ATNT 2008" will be organized by Texas Tech University in collaboration with Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India from July 14-16, 2008. Several leading international professional bodies such as INDA, TAPPI (Nonwovens Division), IFAI (Safety and Protective Products Division) and Society of Dyers and Colorists (SDC-India) serve as honorary sponsors of this international meet. The theme and venue of the international conference is timely as India offers enormous potential for the growth in technical textiles. A recent study by researchers at Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Texas Tech University shows that the technical textile industry's growth in India will be in double digits for the next 3-5 years.
As the industry is growing with support from both public and private sectors, it is extremely essential to bring leading scientists and industrialists from many parts of the world in one platform. The 5th edition of ATNT 2008 will focus on cutting-edge research and marketing papers spanning the entire segment of textile industry from fiber to finish, nonwoven, technical textiles to marketing and economics. This year, the organizers will have a special/dedicated session on cotton.
For the first time in its history, the conference will also present awards to individuals who have played major roles in the growth of technical textile industry in India.
A call for the papers has been extended and brief abstracts should be sent to the Organizing Secretary listed below no latter than May 15, 2008. Table-top presentations and sponsoring opportunities are also available. More information on this conference can be obtained at: www.atnt2008.com
Please contact:
Dr. Seshadri "Ram" Ramkumar,
Organizing Secretary
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX, USA.
Cell: 806-445-1925
Fax: 806-885-0228
Email: [email protected]


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Terra-tron Assembles in StarCraft 2 Japery
When all else is lost and enemy forces close in all around, the Terrans can assemble their entire base into one giant walking titanic robot in a last-ditch effort to hold the line.
Dr. Ron Volt, Terra-tron's curiously named creator, explained at a recent conference:
With the use of magnetic flux generators and through some simple modifications to our existing building schematics, we've found we can utilize structures that already exist in our bases to assemble the frame of a siege-class combat walker - a construct that some of my colleagues insist on calling the Terra-tron. The Terra-tron is best deployed as a last-ditch effort to hold an important location on the grid. Currently the cost of operation is a bit of a problem, as energy conduits and pipes become dislodged or severed and leave dangerously exposed electrical wiring, steel framework, and sewage systems. However, let me assure you that we are working diligently on new waste-containment systems that should eliminate this problem and get our buildings back up to code in the near future.
But over the course of a prolonged defense, even the most hardened armor will crack; missiles and ammo will be depleted; and the toughest troops will be worn down. To create a truly comprehensive defense for high-priority, mineral-rich regions such as the volcanic uplands of Redstone, the terrans needed to devise an entirely new concept in battlefield strategy. Terran military engineers, led by Goraion Systems' head of development Dr. Ron Volt, have been working day and night to design a new kind of base for the terran armies: the titanic Terra-tron.


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A modern London hotel near Hoxton and Shoreditch with inclusive WiFi and breakfast
The family-friendly Holiday Inn Express® London - City hotel places you a five-minute stroll from the restaurants and buzzing nightlife of Hoxton and Shoreditch. Old Street train and Tube station is steps away, and you can catch Stansted Express at London Liverpool Street train station, a 15-minute walk away.
Spitalfields covered market, with its designer stores and one-off boutiques, is 15 minutes' walk away, as is the Barbican Centre, offering world-class performing arts. The hotel is well placed for visiting iconic St. Paul's Cathedral and Tate Modern art gallery. Buses run from stops outside the hotel to shops and department stores of Oxford Street .
A complimentary smartphone with 4G and free local calls available in all bedrooms
Business guests are a short walk from the City of London financial district. In the hotel, you can host meetings for up to 80 people in five, flexible air-conditioned rooms with natural light and free WiFi.
Tuck into the inclusive Express Start Breakfast buffet in the bright dining area, with hot choices. The light-filled lobby bar is a stylish spot to relax with friends over a glass of wine. Want to work out? Ask friendly staff for a discount pass to the nearby Nuffield Health gym with a pool, sauna and steam room.
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By Melanie Martens
Rejection. We've all experienced it, or know a fellow knitter who has: the grandchild who wore those felted slippers she asked for once, and never again; the husband who left that masterpiece Aran sweater in the closet for the moths to feast upon; the "friend" who gave a handmade layette to Goodwill "because it didn't match my nursery colors."
One Christmas as I was teaching myself two-handed Fair Isle while fashioning a beautiful yoke sweater in the process, a relative's comment floored me. "For you? Isn't that a little selfish?"
Selfish? To spend countless hours creating a wearable work of art, and then to want to wear it myself? Suddenly, I did feel a bit selfish, I admit. I almost lied and said it was for Aunt Peggy . . . but then I might have had to actually give it to her, and there was absolutely no way that was going to happen -- not a mohair's chance in hell. And so I ask: why are we knitters so sheepish about making things for ourselves?
It might be the fault of our hyper-productive grandmothers, who are always knitting, crocheting, sewing, and raising the bar for all of us. Mine at least is the craft equivalent of a polymath. She can darn my grandfather's socks, cross-stitch a picture of my cat, and knit up a pair of booties for her newest great-grandchild, all while watching an episode of Murder She Wrote. Or perhaps it's the Martha Stewarts of the world who are to blame for the myth of handmade simplicity. This brand of lifestyle marketing is especially strong during the holidays. "You too can make all your gifts from scratch! Just follow these fourteen hundred easy steps." Easy to say in August, but come December, with countless unfinished projects on the needles and our fingers permanently webbed together by the glue gun, we finally throw our hands up in defeat.
When will we learn? Never, that's when. Because, honestly, we should take part of the blame. Out of love, generosity, and maybe just a little bit of ego, we all perpetuate this myth that crafting is a selfless activity. Time to listen to some tough advice. . .
Dear knitters, beware that tiny swell of pride when someone praises your handiwork. Beware its mutation: over-commitment. Soon, you've agreed to make a blanket for every new baby in your neighborhood. You promise sweaters without noticing how long your project queue has become. Personally, I should have learned my lesson the year I found myself stuffing my father's Christmas stocking with one finished mitten, one ball of yarn, and bunch of feeble excuses. He got the second mitten for his birthday – in May. And I recall a friend's innocent observation: "You're always knitting so how come all your sweaters come from The Gap?"That's a good question.
Which is why I am speaking up at this, the gift-i-est time of the year. Let's all temper our enthusiasm, and dare I say it, our generosity. Let's bestow our creations only on the truly deserving. More importantly, let's take some time to knit for ourselves. We are all entitled to create something with our own happiness in mind.
So this December 25, cast on for that little cashmere cardigan you've been dreaming about. And the next time a friend announces she's pregnant, buy her some booties, then start that afghan you've always wanted in just the right colors to match your new couch. You say it's someone's birthday? Good grief, isn't it always someone's birthday, someone else's birthday? Mark your own. Knit YOURSELF something, for goodness' sake! You deserve it.


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Relax in luxury with this leather match power reclining loveseat with adjustable headrests. Plush pillow arms and bustle backs cushioning provide comfort. Tufting and accent stitching adds to the contemporary style of the reclining loveseat.Distance required between recliner and wall 4.70"
The Graford Leather Match Power Reclining Loveseat w/ Adjustable Headrest by Signature Design by Ashley from Furniture Barn. We proudly serve the Pennsville, Bear, Newark, Hockessin, Middletown, New Castle, Townsend, Talleyville, Wilmington, Marshallton, Smyrna, Elkton, area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
While it may seem like a luxury, you will soon find that having power reclining furniture and its customized position capability is a necessity for your home. Customized motion means that you can stop the recliner seat and back with simultaneous movement at whatever position best suits you, whether you need to soothe back pain or sit up and eat a snack while you watch TV. Gentle, power motion is suitable for all levels of mobility, and is as easy to use as a single touch.
When you've got the back of the recliner in the resting position, it's a huge hassle to adjust back to the sitting position for watching TV. Now you can save your neck and maintain a perfect viewing angle for TV or reading with this power headrest recliner. The same gentle power motion that lets you customize the position of your back and legrest allows you to adjust the headrest angle to better cradle your body.
Leather match is an industry term that denotes different qualities of material used on different parts of an upholstered piece. Helping make the piece more affordable, top grain leather is used on the parts of the chair or sofa that touch your body, while a lower quality split-grain leather or color-matched vinyl is used on the back and sides. This is very common, especially for reclining furniture, and it doesn't change the sophisticated look of your leather upholstery.
Unlike recliners that are built with a two or three-piece seat and leg rest cushion, this recliner has a no-gap cushion that extends from the seat to the feet. This style offers fuller comfort and support for your legs, and eliminates the open gap that toddlers can get fingers or toys stuck in.
Tufting on the seat and back of each piece offers a nod to retro style. Power reclining footrests and headrests, along with leather match upholstery, provide you with upscale comfort with a contemporary look for your living room decor.
The Graford collection is a great option if you are looking for Contemporary furniture in the Pennsville, Bear, Newark, Hockessin, Middletown, New Castle, Townsend, Talleyville, Wilmington, Marshallton, Smyrna, Elkton, area.
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The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) connects every first-time flyer to measuring equipment on each parabolic flight. During the flight programme that concluded in March 2010, the equipment recorded how motion sickness indicators manifested themselves on first-time flyers experiencing weightlessness during the 22 seconds of each of the 31 parabolic flights on the Airbus A300. In this interview, Dr Bernd Johannes from the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine (Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin) explains why these data are important for astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
Question: Would it be fair to say that you have reason to be pleased whenever a first-time flyer starts feeling unwell on a parabolic flight, beads of sweat breaking out on their brow?
Johannes: No, I wouldn't say that – just that it is a frequent occurrence. Half of test candidates are initially unable to cope with the change from steep climbing flight to parabolic flight, and these problems tend to occur begin about half way through the flight. What we want to do is to investigate motion sickness, which is something that arises when our sense organs receive apparently contradictory indications, for example when the organ governing our balance is effectively rendered inoperative. The test subjects have no prior experience to go on, nor do they receive any medication prior to the flight. Every one of them deals with this stress situation in their own personal way. For us the data get interesting when something happens to one of our test subjects.
Question: What are you investigating with your first-time flyers?
Johannes: We have a waistcoat in which the HealthLab measuring system is integrated. This system was funded and developed by DLR. It measures all the relevant parameters essential to an complete appraisal of cardio-vascular physiology. Blood pressure, pulse, the volume of blood that the heart pumps each minute, respiration and the voice are some of the parameters we analyse. There are different ways for stress reactions to come about. The heart may beat more often, more blood may get pumped with each beat, or its contractions may be more pronounced. These indicators vary from one person to another.
Question: What is the sequence of events for test candidates on a parabolic flight?
Johannes: There are three 'working blocks'. Firstly, there is a phase when people are only sitting. Then there is a section during which they are required to concentrate fairly hard on mental / problem-solving tasks using a computer. During this time, the test subjects wear special spectacles to block any events that may be occurring around them from their peripheral vision. The third task faced by the test subjects is to ride a bicycle during the weightlessness phases. First-time flyers feel least well when they are simply sitting around doing nothing. While they are solving tasks, mental concentration prevents or at least mitigates the onset of nausea. The physical strain of riding a bicycle also constitutes a requirement that 'structures' the body – and this also frequently helps to alleviate the response to the stressful situation of parabolic flight.
Question: Can individuals personally influence how they react to stress?
Johannes: No. One week before the flight, we record data from the test candidates when not exposed to weightlessness. However. this does not lead to any firm conclusions about how any individual is going to respond to the conditions experienced during parabolic flight. Sometimes, the person who responds most acutely is the one you would least expect — 'laboratory tigers' are still a long way from becoming 'space tigers'. A parabolic flight is a fairly robust stimulus. Participants suffering from symptoms of nausea are likely to find their reactions far from mitigated after 15 parabolic flights, instead the symptoms remain at the same level of severity. The hardest thing would be the transition back from weightlessness to normal gravity.
Question: Does that mean that astronauts may also exhibit reactions of this kind when they return from the Space Station?
Johannes: Even fully-trained astronauts react to this change. What interests us is to find out exactly what is taking place inside the body. This could, for example, prove to be important if we were ever required to bring back a sick person to Earth. To date, we have recorded data from 30 test candidates on parabolic flights. Our aim is to learn more about the different regulatory mechanisms that give rise to motion sickness.
Question: Is your HealthLab measuring device also in service on the ISS?
Johannes: During this German-Russian collaborative programme, the astronauts wear our measuring system during their training sessions for the manually-controlled docking procedure. Once a month, they train on the manual docking sequence for a Soyuz spacecraft – and we record data during this stressful situation. This investigation started back in 1996 on the Russian Mir space station. The long-term aim is to devise a diagnostic procedure that can be used to forecast the ability to act reliably in stressful situations.
This interview was conducted by Manuela Braun.


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I have 800 books in Russian. У меня есть 800 книг на русском языке.
Multiple book orders are always helpful in lowering the international shipping
rates, too. Individual or Bulk purchases welcome! I will combine shipping
charges. Я объединю стоимость доставки.
I have acquired over the past few months approximately half of another of the old county medical society libraries. Over 15,000 books were thrown into the garbage because I was contacted at the last moment and although I reacted quickly, I was only able to save approximately 10,000 books. Most of these books are in good condition, some of them quite old. I have complete runs of several medical journals, including The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Surgery, and more. Many are not online, yet, so send a note if you are interested.
NEW: YOU CAN NOW PURCHASE FROM OUR WEBSITE WITHOUT CREATING AN ACCOUNT! Our data collection system is safe because it is fully encrypted and maintained by an expert webmaster who is not underpaid. You can identify that the encryption process is in effect when you see the yellow highlight in the address bar with a little padlock image to the right. Furthermore, we do not store your credit card information: immediately after processing your order we delete the credit card number, expiration date, and three-digit code
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I am intending to stay in business! [this is an old post but has come true!--2/23/11]
January 5th, 2008
Roger has too many books, GeorgeAnn once said.
We are presently confronted with a very difficult prognosis for the immediate and long term financial future. I intend to remain in business throughout. To do this I will be cutting back but will continue to offer the highest customer service standards. You will notice that I have added the following tag to many books while repricing: "Price reflects the current depression and its devaluation". This speaks for itself. I am aggressively dealing with the situation by making my books more affordable, though I have consistently been in the lower price ranges for years on many of my most valuable items, anyway. Thank you.
The Max Silverman books, linked from: www.alba-valb.org:
We acquired a large collection of American history books, which have sold well. Presently there are still 184 of these books available. All are in Good to VG condition. These are primarily Revolution and Civil War, and include numerous socialist tracts, among which are numbered 18 Vols from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Complete Works. I have been waiting for this load for over two years. We are in deep gratitude to a fine chap who goes by the name of Carl Silverman, as these were his father Max's books.
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As we prepare for some marquee international friendlies this afternoon, headlined by the United States trip to Sarajevo to face Bosnia-Herzegovina, Raul Fernandez and Peru faced South Korea in Suwon overnight playing the Asian side to a 0-0 draw.
According to reports from the match, FCD goalkeeper Raul Fernandez came up huge for the Peruvians making some big saves in the shutout. This report from El Comercio said Fernandez was Peru's man of the match and has video of an incredible save by Fernandez.
Raul is expected to fly directly to Portland to meet up with FCD in plenty of time for Saturday's match against the Timbers and as the evidence shows, he's in fine form.


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Global Girl Scouts
Your Passport to Discovery
Find your place in the world—and discover new ways to make the world a better place—when you experience Girl Scouts on a global scale.
Global Girl Scouts helps boost your awareness of the world through cross-cultural learning opportunities that help you grasp important global issues and give you the power, inspiration, and resources to make a positive impact on the world.
Help us fulfill the vision of Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low, whose dream was to spread Girl Scouting across the globe and work toward world peace. "Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding," she said, "can be the magic thread which links the youth of the world together."
With Global Girl Scouting you can make a real difference, whether you travel the world or decide to participate in local activities with worldwide impact.
Global Action Award
The Global Action award recognizes your commitment to improving the world by working to help meet any of the United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG). These goals—ranging from reducing poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS to providing universal primary education—form a blueprint for a better world.
Whatever goal you choose to work on, the Global Action award is a terrific way to participate in Girl Scout Leadership Journeys. Get started.
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is a 146-member organization that includes Girl Scouts of the USA. Its mission is to inspire girls and young women to reach their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world. Get details.
Global Leadership Opportunities
Calling all future global leaders!
Submit your application now to be considered to represent Girl Scouts at events held by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
When global leadership opportunities become available (usually several times a year), we'll contact you for details about your interests and qualifications so we can better gauge your eligibility for specific events.
To be considered, you must be:
- A member of Girl Scouts of the USA
- Between the ages of 18 and 35
- Available to travel internationally on short notice
- Actively volunteering at, and endorsed by, your local Girl Scout council
- Committed to bringing back, sharing, and integrating your new knowledge and skills at the local Girl Scout council and/or nationally
Download the application form (PDF) and return via email.
Applications are accepted throughout the year. Selected volunteers will be notified by email. Travel stipends may be available. Due to the limited number of opportunities, acceptance in the pool of applicants does not guarantee attendance or participation at an international event.
United Nations
Girl Scouts of the USA enjoys Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. This preferred access helps us build on our efforts at the United Nations, share information with UN members, and provide input on issues of special importance to Girl Scouts.
International Travel
For over 60 years, Girl Scouts of the USA has offered girls the chance to travel abroad. It's a great way to learn about other cultures, make new friends, build leadership skills, and share ideas with women and girls globally. Find out more.
Juliette Low World Friendship Fund
Juliette Gordon Low believed that when girls travel the world, they have an unparalleled opportunity to foster cultural understanding. That's why the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund was formed in 1927 to support girls as they travel internationally, connect with sister Girl Guides, and take action globally.
Donations to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund support girls' international travel and participation in training and other global events. These unique opportunities for building international friendships connect Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from nearly 150 nations.
Give the gift of international travel…and make the world a better place!
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BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State linebacker Elandon Roberts is one of 30 players named as a candidate for the 2012 FCS National Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) announced today.
The watch lists are a rough guide, highlighting freshmen whose performances merit recognition. Freshmen are not preemptively eliminated from consideration, and all players are eligible for weekly, annual, and career awards at their respective positions.
Roberts, a true freshman from Port Arthur, Texas, is off to a tremendous start for his collegiate career. He was named to the Bears starting defensive unit as a linebacker during the preseason and has already posted two double-digit tackle performances. Roberts was selected MEAC Rookie of the Week following a season-high 14 tackles in a win at North Carolina A&T (Oct. 13).
The 6-1, 225-pounder has recorded a team-high 60 tackles, including seven tackles for loss (ranked No. 11), a sack and an interception this season. He is ranked No. 6 among the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference leading tacklers.
He is averaging 8.6 tackles per game.
Previous FBS recipients include Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller (2011), South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore (2010), and Oregon running back LaMichael James (2009). FCS recipients include Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke (2011) and Montana State quarterback DeNarius McGhee (2010).


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A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada
Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Usually, a congressional bill to create 14 new wilderness areas would be applauded and praised by the environmental community. But wilderness is only part of a newly introduced omnibus bill for eastern Nevada's Lincoln County, which would also sell off federal land to feed development, and boost a controversial Las Vegas water scheme.
"It's a terrible bill," says Dennis Ghiglieri, who represents the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club. "It will destroy rural Nevada."
Speaking before a House Resources subcommittee in June, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., described the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act as "a tough compromise." Along with Reid, the bill is backed by U.S. Reps. Jim Gibbons and Jon Porter, both Nevada Republicans, Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. Modeled on a 2002 wilderness-and-development bill for the Las Vegas area (HCN, 3/3/03: The Wild Card), the bill protects nearly 770,000 acres of wilderness, in Lincoln County; it releases roughly 246,000 acres of land in the county from wilderness study protection; it allows about 100,000 acres of federal land in the county to be auctioned off; and it establishes a half-mile wide corridor through the county that will be used for a pipeline by both the Lincoln County Water District and Las Vegas' Southern Nevada Water Authority.
For Lincoln County, the bill could be a means to financial independence. The 10,635 square-mile county is 98 percent publicly owned. Selling some of that land to private owners will help the county increase its tax base. The proposed pipeline would allow the Lincoln County Water District and its contractor, Vidler Water Co., to deliver the groundwater the county needs to grow (HCN, 8/4/03: County's hopes rest on a roller-coaster power market).
But 13,000 of the 100,000 acres the bill directs the BLM to sell off, located near the fast-growing city of Mesquite, have already been at the center of a controversy. The BLM tried to auction off the land in 2002, but environmental groups challenged the sale, saying the agency needed to complete an environmental impact statement (EIS). This March, a U.S. district judge agreed with them — but the new bill would allow the sale to go forward without an EIS.
A much bigger concern for conservationists is the pipeline corridor, which the Southern Nevada Water Authority will be able to use to ship water from Lincoln County and other counties to Las Vegas. In 1989, Las Vegas first announced an ambitious plan to draw up to 300,000 acre-feet of water — enough for 1.2 million people — from rural counties in Nevada. The water authority has quietly reduced the scope of the plan and kept it on the back burner for 15 years. Now, however, in the fifth year of the drought, Vegas is using its entire share of the Colorado River, and activists fear that the pipeline corridor is a crucial first step in turning the city's water-importation scheme into reality.
Water war
Forty-five organizations and individuals, representing conservation, ranching, business and other groups, have banded together to form the Nevada Ad Hoc Water Network in an effort to fight the Lincoln Lands Act. "We don't think that if a county can't control its own growth, it should be raiding other counties' water to compensate for its inability to do so," Ad Hoc member Tina Nappe wrote in a June 14 letter to Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, R.
The group claims the legislation (H.R. 4593 and S. 2532) circumvents federal environmental protection laws. Sen. Reid says the bill "is not intended to provide shortcuts" around those laws, but critics point out that, by designating a pipeline corridor, Congress may make it more difficult to deny the pipeline itself.
Environmentalists say that an independent study of the entire state's water needs and supply options should be conducted. They fear the impact of groundwater pumping on the wildlife that depends on the region's desert springs, including those in Ash Meadows, the Desert National Wildlife Range, Devil's Hole and Death Valley. It could, they say, harm endangered species, including bighorn sheep, the desert tortoise, and the Pahrump and Devil's Hole pupfish.
"Once you start pumping, you can lose surface water and springs," explains Daniel Patterson, an ecologist with the Center for Biological Diversity. "Once you do, you'll lose habitat — and the wildlife that lives there."
Model for the future?
The bill itself won't actually transfer any water from the county to Las Vegas, so the brunt of the fight will play out before the state engineer, who grants or denies groundwater applications. In April, state engineer Hugh Ricci held hearings on the Southern Nevada Water Authority's groundwater applications for northwestern Clark County and Lincoln County; he is expected to make a decision by the end of this year.
Las Vegas has also applied to pump groundwater in Nye and White Pine counties, where residents and officials are concerned that the proposed pipelines would take water away from them. White Pine County is believed to be home to one of the state's largest groundwater sources, and although the Southern Nevada Water Authority hasn't moved forward with the water-rights application process there, it may soon.
Wilderness groups still stand behind the bill, but even they have concerns, and hope to refine it when Congress returns this month. "They left out some incredible areas," says Shaaron Netherton, executive director of the Friends of Nevada Wilderness. "Our focus is to make the wilderness portion of the bill better."
Meanwhile, congressional leaders including Reid and Ensign have made it clear that future bills for White Pine and Nye counties will likely be modeled after the Lincoln County bill.
"This is establishing a very dangerous precedent that will be repeated in other areas in Nevada, and could serve as a model in other states for public land sales," says Jeff van Ee, another Ad Hoc member. "It's very troubling."
The author is a freelance writer living in Las Vegas.