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March 2014: In Progress
I love the colors. Will get started on my kit soon.
Nadia, gorgeous kit!! You are fast. Wouldn't mind if you did add more.
I loved the colors and the theme I just had to get started, so many variations could be made that I decided to do more than one, so here is my Part 1
Wow, Nice Colors, Love them!
@ Laurrie: that is gorgeous!! So romantic and dreamy!!
I'm definitely going to have to do this one. My wedding was based around lilacs and purple hydrangea flowers, so this is perfect for my use, too.
Thank you Nadia, this collection is going to be soo much fun, I have already nearly finished the second more rustic part as well as a couple of paper packs, I know for a "normal" blog train, we don't put a ton in each kit, but this one is special and I love the color palette that I just want to create more for this one
Oh my, the portions that are already ready are AWESOME! We will gona rock!
@Brandi: Glad you´re gonna put all those fantastic goods in use
OK here is what I have so far. There might be more Items added to it.
I was wondering if I can participate in this blogtrain... I'm still newbie, but I'm learning... here's my preview
it will be on my blog, Dea's designs, on time
Because February is a busy month for me Here is my contribution for the blog train!
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I'm loving everyone's portions already so far!!! Can't wait to see them all and snatch 'em up. Thanks Ladies!!! Y'all are AWESOME!!!
beautiful kit Samantha, luv the frame
Thanks @Annu... glad to hear you like it!!!
Part 2 woo hoo, this was so much fun I nearly didn't want to stop!
and finally Part 3, All will be available on my blog by March 1st
@ Laurrie: WOW, you did your best!! Beautiful kits, I like the idea of that blue scarf paper.
WOW! Laurie, your parts are fabulous! Can't wait to get my hands on them!!
Now that I see everyone else's I'm thinking I've gone too far in another direction. Oh well. I might do something else but here's the kit I've made
@ Jeanet While I think all of the contributions are beautiful so far, I really like what you've done. This is the exact direction I am trying to get to but I haven't gotten that far yet. Your horseshoe is perfect and I love the whitewashed letters and frame.
@Jeanet: I like it too!! Very pretty, I think it really goes well with all the other contributions that we have so far.
Thank you ladies, I enjoyed putting mine together!
@Jeanet - I LOVE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!!!
Jeanet: I really like what you've done a lot. I personally can really tell you looked through my pinterest board I made just from the elements you made. I love it all but especially like these embellies: Love, the mr&mrs, and the XOXO!
@Lauurie: I love both of your sets too. especially the two styles of the horseshoe and the wagon wheel... and the dainty purple second kit. WOW
TYSVM ladies for all your AWESOME contributions!!! I can't believe all that you are all doing for this for us... I can hardly contain myself with all the excitement oozing out just to start collecting the March train. LoL
Oh my gosh, you ladies are doing such an awesome job! Laurrie - I can't thank you enough - your stuff is awesome (just like I knew it would be ). And Jeanet - I think your stuff is great & on the right track. I love the country-rustic vibe that you have going on there - don't knock yourself down!
@shawna - I certainly did use your pinterest board. I figured it was things like that you wanted to have so it made it a bit easier to get started on.
And thank you everyone for your kind words
Getting really excited for this! Everything looks tremendous!
Oh ladies, everything is looking good
Here is my second volume...
Love the palette and theme for this one.


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Media outlets owned and controlled by big business.
Feeding off our own self-indulgence.
We are whores to the corporate machine.
The machines that are running our world.
We are gluttonous in our selfishness.
Unaware of our world in peril,
Technology growing at an unfathomable rate,
The population consists of mindless sheep.
Our governments dictate our everyday needs.
The media shoves it down our fucking throats.
Asphyxiating on our own self-indulgence,
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Boston Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino has been removed from the starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series against St. Louis because of lower back tightness.
Victorino was batting second in the original batting order, but the Red Sox announced about 75 minutes before the scheduled first pitch Sunday that he had been scratched.
Daniel Nava was moved from left field to right and from fifth to second in the batting order. Jonny Gomes was inserted in to the No. 5 slot and in left field.


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Tests lead to doubling of fuel cell life
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Researchers working to improve durability in fuel cell powered buses, including a team from Simon Fraser University, have discovered links between electrode degradation processes and bus membrane durability.
The team is quantifying the effects of electrode degradation stressors in the operating cycle of the bus on the membrane lifetime.
The findings of the study, led by SFU graduate student Natalia MaCauley, are the latest in a long-term study at Burnaby-based Ballard Power Systems and funded by Automotive Partnership Canada that aims to make fuel cell buses competitive with diesel hybrids.
To improve fuel cell module durability and predict longevity, researchers are studying the degradation mechanisms of the fuel cells that occur under real-world transit bus conditions.
Says SFU project lead Erik Kjeang: "Our strong multidisciplinary collaboration between chemistry and mechatronic systems engineering (MSE) is bearing fruit. The fuel cell is a mechatronic device, and the bandwidth of this project allows advances in chemistry to be engineered and implemented into Ballard's products."
Adds Ballard lead Shanna Knights: "We are pleased with the progress that our multidisciplinary team from SFU and UVic is making to develop improved membrane lifetimes for our next-generation fuel cell bus module and to understand the details of these complex failure mechanisms."
"With continued work, this research will permit significant product costs savings and improved fuel cell lifetimes so we can directly compete against incumbent diesel technology."
The research team, comprising 40 highly qualified personnel (HQPs) – graduate students, undergraduate co-op students and post-doctoral fellows – is also developing simulation tools that can eventually be used by industry partners in their testing protocols and operations of fuel cell buses.
SFU post-doctoral fellow Amir Niroumand, who heads the research on system level reliability and lifetime for fuel cell buses, says their objective is to operate fuel cells safely with extended lifetimes by studying how and why these fuel cells work.
"Our algorithms can be used for repair and maintenance, following through something like the check engine light in the car," explains Niroumand. "When onboard diagnostics indicate maintenance is required, the check engine light goes on and tells you to take the car to the shop; however, the car would not stop and would continue to operate. This requires the capability to detect potential issues and determine operating capabilities."
Ballard has been developing successive generations of products with improved durability for more than 15 years. Testing to improve the understanding of membrane failure mechanisms and validate developed predictive models is underway in labs at Ballard, SFU and UVic.
Project manager Kourosh Malek says the work to date has met all of its 18-month milestones, including a substantive effort devoted to training students. "This has formed an industry-driven platform for our hired HQPs," he says.
Kjeang adds: "This is not only research that will lower costs, extend product life and address sustainability issues. These HQPs, vital to the project, are creating tomorrow's workforce."
Simon Fraser University is Canada's top-ranked comprehensive university and one of the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old. With campuses in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., SFU engages actively with the community in its research and teaching, delivers almost 150 programs to more than 30,000 students, and has more than 120,000 alumni in 130 countries.
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Life is all about balance. This statement holds true for most, and it certainly resonates with me. I try my best to juggle my studies while allowing myself to enjoy the things I love. This became a little harder as I transitioned into a collegiate setting at Whitman College, located among the Blue Mountains in Walla Walla, Washington. This small liberal arts college tested my intellectual abilities with its rigorous coursework and intense competition in the classroom. It also allowed me to enjoy some great hunting opportunities in eastern Washington while still acquiring an education. It was my first year hunting on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, and it certainly was not what I was expecting. It provided me with a new insight on public hunting, as I got to experience it firsthand. After hunting the McNary Wildlife Refuge nestled in the Tri-Cities, I was able to better appreciate the hunting opportunities that I have back home on San Juan Island, a small island off the coast of northwest Washington.
Many differences become evident when assessing hunting the public land in eastern Washington and the small private oat fields in Friday Harbor. The island has limited places to hunt. There is, in fact, no public land offered, and all hunters must rely on family or friends for permission to hunt on their land, unless they operate a farm on their own.
There is also not much work involved hunting the "island way." A normal morning consists waking up to an alarm around 5 a.m., loading the truck and driving no more than 10 minutes to our hunting location. We then put out no more than five dozen decoys before shooting light approaches. The variety of species is outstanding considering the restrained area. I remember a few years ago that in one pass, a specklebelly, snow, and a greater fell to the ground after they finished 20 yards from our layout blinds.
Chasing waterfowl usually occurs in the field setting with occasional marsh morning hunts for puddle ducks if one is lucky enough to get permission from the landowner. Competition is scarce on the island, and if there are others wanting to hunt the same spot, we usually end up sharing the hunt. The lack of pressure means birds are not as wary, and little calling and decoys are needed to coax in these confident birds. Nonetheless, this means that birds find safe havens where they stay for days and sometimes weeks without any pressure from hunters. Island hunters also face a predicament that is uncommon on the mainland: When it snows, you better head out to go deer hunting, because the birds congregate in False Bay, where they feed on shellfish and small bait balls.
Transitioning into the eastern Washington hunting scene was a whole new experience for me. Hearing about the great opportunities to chase waterfowl in the Tri-Cities, I called up Mark Purser, a veteran Pacific Calls pro staffer who has hunted Millet Pond before. He suggested that I get to the refuge the day before and camp the night, so I packed up the bags and left Whitman after classes.
I scouted the area before it closed and made a quick trip to Sportsman's Warehouse. Then parking my car as first in line at 4 p.m., I then made "bed" before calling my roommate to inform him where I was and when I would be back, just in case.
I woke up at 4 a.m. to about a dozen cars packed in line behind me.
"Knock knock knock…" I was a little startled by a camo-covered figure outside my window. "Where are 'ya hunting?" he asked.
"Blind four," I responded.
His eyes lit up, and I knew I had made a good decision of where I would be hunting. After some talk and persuasion, I agreed to let him and his friends hunt with me — they seemed like veteran hunters who knew what they were doing. With collaborated efforts, my three new friends and I trekked about a mile with 12 dozen decoys before setting up. Nine dozen floats, a dozen field mallards, and two dozen new Dakota Decoy floaters were the final product of our endeavor.
The sight of a drake mallard dropping in with his bright orange feet was the target of the first shot right at hunting light. "Looks like the Northerners are in!" someone said.
The wind was making it very difficult for birds to close in. At 50 mph (no exaggeration), this was going to be a tough day.
There were plenty of migrating ducks in the area and they were working the spread well, but the gusts of bone-chilling wind made it hard for them to finish their final descent. We decided to change up the decoy spread to make a larger landing hole and set up on the side for pass shots. Our efforts paid off, and we had our limit within the next few hours. My band of friends and I then packed up and hauled our gear back to the rigs where we exchanged phone numbers and said our farewells, promising to be in touch with one another next time we went out.
I learned a lot from my first experience on public land. The competition is fierce, so aggressive calling is necessary. I made sure to "plead" with the ducks with a whiny and "come over here" kind of tone with my Pacific Call single reed ITF. It is also important to be better than the guy next to you. What I mean, is that you need to make sure there is something unique and different than every other spread and setup. This might include using motion decoys or maybe adding in some black duck decoys to add some contrast to the spread. This also might mean that more work needs to be put in to perfecting your setup, but more birds will be the reward in the end. It is also frustrating to note that guides and outfitters have private land locked up, and it can be very difficult for weekend hunters to gain access to private farmland. This is quite contrary to the island way of hunting, since close connections lead to great hunting opportunities through just a phone call or encounter in the grocery store.
There are certainly some things that just don't change no matter how far you are away from home. Sharing the passion for the outdoors with family and friends is always something every hunter should enjoy, no matter where. You also should utilize the same general tactics when chasing waterfowl. Birds are birds, and no matter where you go, waterfowl will usually react to the same stimulus (sometimes not in all cases). This includes good concealment, sufficient scouting and smart calling. But most importantly, with birds or no birds, we hunters are the ambassadors for the outdoors, the stewards of the land. We are responsible for passing on the hunting tradition to others.
Each marsh, field, or pond offers a unique twist. To be honest, I don't care where I am as long as I get away to enjoy the outdoors. However, it is a special experience to be able to hunt this island. Its accessibility, bewildering geography, and exclusiveness are sure signs that I live somewhere special. Take a moment to ask yourself — where is your somewhere special?


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CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Hundreds flocked to the Chappaqua Library on Sunday afternoon for the chance to meet potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at her book signing event.
The former First Lady, secretary of state and U.S. Senator, herself a Chappaqua resident, signed copies of her new memoir, "Hard Choices," and repeatedly shook hands with the long line of attendees.
The event was co-sponsored by The Village Bookstore, a shop in Pleasantville, and Simon & Schuster, which is the publisher of Clinton's book.
Excited guests for the book signing came from both near and far. Several visitors wore stickers from the organization Ready for Hillary, which seeks to support her should she run for president.
"It was cool," said Lilly Brown, one of several kids to get a book copy signed.
Her brother, Eli Brown, was "glad" to meet Clinton. The two came to the library with their father, Adam Brown.
"It was great," said Mount Kisco resident Karen Schleimer, who was among those to meet Clinton. A member of Mount Kisco's Village Board of Trustees, Schleimer also mentioned that she discussed local politics with Clinton.
Chappaqua resident Jin Sheng attended with her kids, Alexander Du and Katie Du. All three of them had signed copies of Clinton's book.
Alexander Du noted that he wanted her signature because she is famous. He also added, "and I hope she becomes the first female president."
Replying, Katie Du was "really happy."
Towards the end of her appearance, Clinton posed for photos with staff from the Chappaqua Library and staff from The Village Bookstore.
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Dr. Deiorio is winner of 3rd National Career Development Month contest
January 29, 2013
The AAMC has selected Nicole Deiorio, M.D., an associate professor in the department of emergency medicine, as a winner in the 3rd National Career Development Month Contest.
Dr. Deiorio co-hosted a group career-planning activity in November, and was chosen by the AAMC Careers in Medicine program as having presented an event that was especially effective and impactful for students. Dr. Dawn Dillman, associate professor in the department of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine, was the event's co-leader.
Dr. Deiorio's presentation overview from the AAMC web site:
Brief description of event(s): Half-day workshop for students interested in hospital-based, acute care careers such as emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and critical care medicine. The workshop involved an IV lab; smaller workshops about creating CVs, interviewing, and optional activities related to these specialties; a panel discussion led by faculty and fourth-year students in the featured specialties; and a presentation on the medical school and practice stressors of acute care fields as well as resources for addressing them.
The CiM team especially liked: The unique approach of combining technical skills (IV starts) with providing career decision information about hospital acute care specialties for students with this interest. A particular strength was having panelists discuss the various specialties they considered as students and how they ultimately arrived at their decision.
Dr. Deiorio is engaged in teaching students at many levels, from Principles of Clinical Medicine to the third and fourth year EM clerkships. As Director for Career Advising in the School of Medicine, she works with Dr. Dillman and the rest of the Student Affairs team to assist students in understanding their career goals, finding mentors and applying to residencies.


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Querrey ousted at Delray Beach
Mar. 01, 2013
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Third-seeded Sam Querrey of the U.S. double-faulted on the last two points of the third-set tiebreaker to lose to qualifier Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) at the Delray Beach International Championships on Thursday.
Querrey double-faulted eight times in the match. Querrey, who led 4-0 in the third set, double-faulted at 30-40 when serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set.
"I played a sloppy game at 4-1, and then at 5-4 I played some tentative shots and the double-fault killed me and then it's a 50-50 match after that." Querrey said. "It was just one of those days, one of those matches."
Also Thursday, defending champion and sixth-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Second-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany, who won the Delray trophy in 2006, scored a 6-4, 6-1 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. Top-seeded John Isner of the U.S. closed out the day with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Go Soeda of Japan.
"I wasn't really going after the ball in the first set," Isner said. "The first set became a battle, but like I've done before, my serve kept me in that set."
The 109th-ranked Gulbis won his first of two career titles at Delray Beach in 2010. He smashed his racket when he lost his serve in the first game of the third set Thursday. That delivered a warning from the umpire.
Then in the fifth game of the third set, Gulbis took a point penalty after cursing.
"At that moment you don't care so much," Gulbis said of trailing two service breaks in the third set. "If I didn't get that first service break back then, it would be over real fast."
The 34-year-old Haas finished last season ranked 21st and was the oldest player in the world's top 50 players.
Haas, who reached the San Jose final earlier this month, never faced a break point against serve in the 67-minute match against the 42nd-ranked Istomin.
"It's a little different with the cool weather and no wind today so it was very pleasant to play," Haas said. "I had a lot of chances early on that I didn't take and frustrated me, but at 4-5 I broke him to win the first set and I think that mentally disturbed him a little bit."
Qualifier Daniel Munoz-De La Nava of Spain upset eighth-seeded Xavier Malisse, a former two-time Delray champion, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3.
In other matches, Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania defeated American wild card Jack Sock 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Eduoard Roger-Vasselin of France beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-5. Ivan Dodig of Croatia beat Evgeny Donskoy of Russia 6-3, 7-5.


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Persepolis (UK - BD RB)
Reviewer Marcus Doidge gets animated about the Blu-ray release of Persepolis
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Persepolis is the critically acclaimed animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The story follows Marji, a young girl, as she grows up against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, the Islamic fundamentalists taking power and how Marji's life and the lives of those around her change because of it.
Highlighting just how little I knew about the history of this part of the world, Persepolis does a stellar job at making this a detailed account under the guise of a very personal tale. It feeds you the information from a human point of view, a lot of which is through the eyes of a child growing up. Marji is instantly a character that draws you in, other than the coolness of seeing this little ten year old animated character idolising Bruce Lee, you are seeing the events of the world changing around her through very innocent eyes. Seeing how her family is affected by the new regime that's forced upon them and how the very fabric of their everyday lives changed so drastically, really made for an interesting take on these events in history.
Persepolis could very well have been all about these events but the story goes so much further and continues with the ongoing effects. Watching Marji grow up in the ever changing world around her shows a very realistic teen-life which includes getting into heavy metal, punk and Michael Jackson and more so, seeing how this character's resisting against the government on a very teenage scale isn't unlike much of the rest of the world. The fears that this induces in her parents feels so much more pressing considering the political backdrop and when they decide to send their daughter away to Austria, you get an even broader look at how the world outside of Iran was so different to what Marji was used to. Once again this is the sort of thing that pushes Persepolis in the direction that was always going to get it noticed for being more than just 'an animated film'. To follow this character into the real life turmoil of falling in love, bouts of depression and returning to Iran to find it more tyrannized than ever, is something that is above and beyond what's seen as the norm in the animation field (though anyone who's a fan of animation will know beforehand that's not the case at all).
I think in general a lot of us have a very narrow view of the politics and way of life in Iran and the surrounding areas and Persepolis does a very good job at highlighting this fact—for me anyway, for some, I'm sure it feels oversimplified. There were so many elements woven into this story that were genuine surprises to me. The lifestyles of the Iranian people before and after the political change, the day to day family elements of many of the films characters and especially how different this account was to my very un-educated view of the problems the country has had to deal with over the last few decades.
That said, for however informative and eye opening Persepolis was, I never found it as rewarding as critics and the general hype around it led me to believe I would. Marji is a very well presented character that keeps you involved in the movie throughout, but the format around her sometimes feels a little too episodic, really showing off its comic book roots in an almost Garfield short story panels way (not that I'm comparing this to Garfield in anyway outside of the structure). The end of the middle act gets a little too slow in places and as Marji gets older and events get even more downtrodden and heavy, I began to feel as if I was watching something that would be shown in schools for years to come, rather than feeling like I was watching a movie or a piece of informative entertainment.
The visuals of Persepolis and particularly how they are presented on this Blu-ray release, are quite remarkable. On the surface, it looks as if Persepolis may be quite a bland animated movie; quite simple and nothing exciting. Anyone thinking that is so far from right as Persepolis is a visual delight. Beginning in colour, the bold images of the character designs strike you immediately. Once this switches over to full black and white, with every shade in-between, the images really seems to come to life. The characters themselves, with their white faces and black clothing are flawless in this HD transfer. I don't think I saw a speck that shouldn't have been there. The whites glow brightly off of the screen and the blacks are bold and strong. In fact there's something about the overall boldness of the images in this movie that almost made my 42 inch screen seem about twice its size and as a fan of animation, especially 2D animation, it was quite enthralling.
Persepolis is full of top quality animation design. It uses so many different techniques and visual tricks that you can't help but be in awe. The images of war are both disturbing and wonderfully captured. There's a scene where Marji discovers the hand of a bomb blast victim that is both shocking and haunting without really showing you anything. It's a very striking image as are many of Persepolis's greatest moments.
At the complete opposite end of the scale, the study in the human emotions captured, in what are quite simple character designs by modern standards are spellbinding. Little movements in a characters reaction really show off the talents of all of the artists involved in this project and it's a joy to see that it's all been captured so beautifully on this Blu-ray release.
Now I know overall, that using just black and white in an animated movie is never going to cause that many problems in regards to transfer and this was always going to look good on both DVD and Blu-ray, but even going into Persepolis knowing that this would more than likely be the case, I have to say I am still left impressed. With the combination of exceptional visuals from some very talented artists and a full HD experience, my confidence in 2D animation for this new generation of movie making is at an all time high and Persepolis will be my benchmark of quality while I wait for more to come along.
There's not really much to say here. The sound mix has moments where it does a little more than is required, but essentially this is quite a dialogue based affair. That said, the dialogue is crisp and clear in both the French and English audio selections. The music used fills the surround-sound nicely and overall the audio remains strong throughout.
There's quite a nice selection of features here, besides the fact not a great deal of thought has gone into them. There's a whole host of interviews with many of the people involved in the making of Persepolis, including Vincent Paronnaud, Gena Rowlands, Joe Sacco and Brian K Vaughan. These are all done individually—all very generic and all clock up to about two hours in total . Everyone involved has a lot of interesting things to say, but the way it's presented is quite cold, using the dull inter-cutting of the questions on a black screen.
There's also a short animated film 'Raging Blues'(6:06) from Vincent Paronnaud, which was quite entertaining. The one feature that was really interesting was the Making of (30:12). We get Marjane Satrapi with whom we get a very good look at the process of making this movie. It's a personal, funny, very enjoyable look at the entire production of this movie with some great insight into Satrapi's feeling on traditional 2D animation as well as a detailed look at all the other elements that were involved in the making of the movie. This feature is well worth checking out, it's just shame a little more time wasn't spent maybe editing this and the interviews into one larger documentary and making it a little more special.
Persepolis is one hell of a visual treat for any fan of animation and is a very personal story about what is still very much a current concern in the world today. The movie itself is understandably a critical darling considering its topics and the style of the movie and for much of that, I agree with the praise whole heartedly.
However, as a piece of movie entertainment, I can't say that it kept me engaged for its entire ninety-five minute run time. I certainly wasn't in awe of it by the end as I was for the first hour or so and because of that I can't say I recommend it on a blind purchase. This may very well be worth the rental first or even the inevitable showing of it on Film4 at some stage soon. Saying that, I'd imagine for those of you who are already fans from the cinematic run and will no doubt be jumping straight in, you are in for a treat, because I can't imagine that Persepolis could look much better than this.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page.
Review by Marcus Doidge
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Finally saw it. I adored it. Very close call between it and Ratatoullie this year, but I think Pixar gets the slight edge. Do the French have anything this year to rival Wall-E?
I disagree because you were obviously led to believe it was a masterpiece like No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. This received good reviews like Iron Man where the film is totally enjoyable and worthwhile. Just because everything written about Persepolis has been positive doesn't mean it's perfect. I do agree that at the end I was left wanting more but still, it was satisfying to end the movie on a note where the main character was proud of her heritage. She is asked where she is from and she replies this time that she's Iranian.
I adore 2D Animation and I'm sure artists will continue to experiement and not abandon the style.
I adore 2D Animation and I'm sure artists will continue to experiement and not abandon the style.
That doesn't even make sense.
so much bether than all the american-made kids-animation c**p...jet u can't give it the right credits....
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 18th August 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 French
Subtitles: English
Extras: Short Film : Raging Blues, Making of, Interviews
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Cast: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve Danielle Darrieux
Genre: Animation and Drama
Length: 95 minutes
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New ATAP partner in Taiwan increases the number of ARM core-based design services available in Asia Pacific region
CAMBRIDGE, UK AND TAIPEI, TAIWAN – May 21, 2003 – ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, and Progate Group Corporation (PGC), a leading design center in Taiwan, today announced that PGC has joined theARM® technology access program, ATAP™. Under this agreement, PGC will offer total design and consultancy capabilities to OEMs and silicon vendors of ARM core-based systems.
PGC brings significant capability to the program by providing experienced system-on-chip (SoC) design services that include physical design as well as testing and production. The company is one of Taiwan's earliest established providers of design services with a sales channel reaching into Japan, Korea, the US and Europe. PGC has worked on more than 800 projects and has a long-standing relationship with TSMC, a major semiconductor foundry, and also an important member of the ARM Foundry Program. PGC joins SOTA, Global Unichip and Faraday as one of ARM's four Taiwanese ATAP Partners, with Synopsys also offering design services in the region.
"The ARM solution has evolved beyond the industry-standard core architecture to encompass the entire design cycle. The ATAP program is an essential element of this complete solution. Through the ARM ATAP program, PGC provides ARM Partners with enormous value by offering both physical design and the management of test and packaging issues," said Philip Lu, president, ARM Taiwan. "This end-to-end service, coupled with PGC's established relationship with one of Taiwan's major foundries, TSMC, presents a compelling solution for developers throughout the Asia Pacific region."
"Joining the ARM ATAP program enables us to offer our turnkey design services around the ARM microprocessor core, a well-recognized industry standard," said Fred Lai, general manager, PGC. "We will be offering ARM core-based services to a wide range of customers locally, and in the US, Japan, and Europe through our own offices and our authorized distributors. We have the in-depth experience to deliver to semiconductor companies professional services from design and manufacturing to packaging and testing that will help them to shorten development time."
About the ATAP Program
ATAP design Partners must go through a strict qualification process to become an ARM Approved Design Centre. This includes a design flow audit, training on implementing designs with ARM cores, tools, AMBA™ interface peripherals and development techniques. Each Design Centre must demonstrate its own unique skills in specific technology domains, as well as end-market expertise. The ATAP program also provides additional benefits such as geographic and time-zone locality and local language support. For more information on the ATAP program, please email email@example.com or visit the ARM website.
About PGC
Progate Group Corporation was founded in 1991. As the first turnkey service provider of ASIC designs in Taiwan, PGC always exerts its endeavor to provide the focused and quality services to achieve Time-to-Volume. PGC has taped-out successfully more than 800 projects and shipped millions of chips worldwide. In this era of SoC, PGC provides a complete and stable chain of services, including the wafer fabrication, die package and IP integration. As part of this chain of services, PGC has the business relationship with TSMC for more than ten years as a certified member of its Design Center Alliance Program. More information about PGC is available at http://www.pgc.com.tw.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, handheld computing, multimedia, digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ATAP and AMBA are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. 'ARM' is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM, INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.


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Top 3 kitesurfing spots?
Cape Hatteras, USA
I've spent every spring down here for the last five years! Most of the NA Blend crew is down here cruising, looking to ride and party at this time of the season! Spending a lot of time in the park and the slick plus Hatteras has lots of fun spots to surf and skate! Just basically a good ol' time with the crew... Island life!
Long Point, Canada
My home spot. Super similar to Hatteras minus the island life and consistent conditions. But when it does fire it's an insane place to ride, private slicks all over the Inner Bay or the main beach filled with a great group of locals!
Taiba, Brazil
Consistentcy! It's windy and flat everyday in Brazil! Such a good place to go with the crew and bang out some new tricks and stack some stock clips and photos for the year! Cant wait to get back there this fall!
Favourite gear setup?
Vegas on 22's with a 142 Gambler and the North boots
Top 5 songs?
On my playlist right now...
White Arrows - Johnny Belinda
Santigold and the Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Games
Emalkay - Fabrication
Mac Miller - Frick Park Market
Jitta - Drink Face
Favourite Artists...
The Sheepdogs
Chiddy Bang
Jack White
Cat or dog?
Dog for sure! My family has always had German Shepherd's. Love spending time with my pooch!
Vegetables or pizza/burger?
Well a burger or pizza are two of my favorite foods but I do like vegetables as well... just not as much as a pizza or burger ha!
Girls or boys?
Girls... c'mon now!
Water or champagne?
Champaign showers! But really if it comes down to it you cant live off champaign. Water it is!
Car or bike?
Really all depends on where you are in the world.
City or beach?
Love them both but if I had to pick it would definitely be the beach!
Pink or black?
Black. Straight murdered out! Right?
Plane or road trip?
Both have their advantages... Plane gets you there fast and that's nice but it kinda sucks going through all the hassles of flying. Roadtrips can be really fun if you have the right crew and ingredients but I can get over spending 10 hours in the car pretty quickly. Either way, I always just try to relax and enjoy the ride however I may be getting there.
What have you always wanted to say?
You can measure your life in two ways... Either by the amount of dollars in your bank account or the life expieriences you have encountered.


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Fri, 13 May 2011 12:11:47 -0700
The New York Mets acquired OF Bubba Bell from the Cleveland Indians Friday, May 13, in exchange for cash considerations. Bell will report to Triple-A Buffalo.
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The Cleveland Indians acquired OF Bubba Bell from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for cash and assigned him to Triple-A Columbus, according to the team's Twitter page.
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|MLB | International League All-Star team announced
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The International League released the roster for the 2010 All-Star Game Wednesday, June 30, according to MLB.com's Danny Wild. Filling out the roster will be Chicago White Sox C Tyler Flowers, Philadelphia Phillies 1B Andy Tracy, Cincinnati Reds 2B Chris Valaika, New York Yankees SS Eduardo Nunez, Philadelphia Phillies 3B Cody Ransom, Cleveland Indians OF Michael Brantley, Detroit Tigers OF Jeff Frazier, Minnesota Twins OF Dustin Martin, Tampa Bay Rays DH Dan Johnson, Chicago White Sox SP Dan Hudson, Tampa Bay Rays SP Carlos Torres, New York Yankees RP Jonathan Albaladejo, Philadelphia Phillies RP Scott Mathieson, Pittsburgh Pirates C Erik Kratz, New York Yankees C Jesus Montero, Atlanta Braves IF Barbaro Canizares, Tampa Bay Rays IF Joe Dillon, Tampa Bay Rays IF Elliot Johnson, Washington Nationals IF Chase Lambin, Boston Red Sox OF Bubba Bell, Cleveland Indians OF Jose Constanza, Baltimore Orioles OF Jeff Salazar, Philadelphia Phillies P Nate Bump, Atlanta Braves P Mike Dunn, Boston Red Sox P Robert Manuel, New York Mets P Pat Misch, Detroit Tigers P Jay Sborz, Minnesota Twins P Anthony Slama, Baltimore Orioles P Chris Tillman and Cincinnati Reds P Travis Wood.
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Marc Jimenez, of MiLB.com, reports Boston Red Sox OF Bubba Bell hit two three-run home runs Monday, June 25, for Class A Lancaster. Bell, who leads the California League with 20 home runs and 72 RBI, is in the running for the Triple Crown this season.
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By day, this room is a compact office for two. His 'n hers desk space with plenty of shared surface to spread out briefs, architectural renderings, or musical composition sheets feature crisp, uncluttered lines and a warm, polished finish. A wide-screen television could as easily become a super-sized computer monitor as serve its prime function of mini-theatre for the latest Hollywood offering.
But when guests come calling, all it takes is the flip of a switch and a matched pair of Murphy beds unfold from where they've tucked themselves invisibly into the wall. The millwork's horizontal grain finish is oriented in the same direction as the hardwood floor planking, thus creating a sense of continuity that visually expands the space.
Add a pair of black leather recliners and a geometric scatter rug in bold red geometric pattern, and you've got a room that goes from boardroom to bedroom in a flash.
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Hi, I was just wondering what percentage of starter is supposed to be in your leaven. Any help is greatly appreciated
Hi, I was just wondering what percentage of starter is supposed to be in your leaven. Any help is greatly appreciated
What is the effect of increasing starter percentage to 30% or more? Will this proof faster, and result in a milder tasting loaf?
yes, it will proof faster. I dont know how do you maintain your starter but if your starter contain more acidic bacteria as lactic your loaf will taste more sour. Cooler temp. provide more acidic bacteria, I never store my starter in fridge (but I did my first starter and all my loaf tasted sour) but at room temp.(19-20°C) and feed every 24-48 hours.
Look, a starter just adds bacteria, yeast, and whatever flavor might come along. The above comment is wrong; bacteria like warm, yeast like it cooler (so the literature says). A 100% starter (all starter loaf with no flour) might be nice and sour, but might damage your tooth enamel. So, we add flour. The more amount of starter, the greater the flavor in a short build. A little bit of starter with a long build....same result because the yeast and bacteria grow. Get a feeling on what the starter + flour + time + temperature of your build means, and you are a loaf-maker. Good luck.
Acetic bacteria likes 24°C, Yeast over 24°C (24-26°C) and Lactic 26-30°C.
I got this info from my good friend (German Master Baker)


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Release Date: October 19, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Homecoming Fan Fest is the highlight of the University at Buffalo's annual fall homecoming weekend, True Blue Days, and will transform UB's North Campus on Saturday afternoon Oct. 2o from noon-3 p.m. into a festival with carnival rides, street entertainers, live music, a massive tailgate buffet, a marching band parade and other celebratory activities to launch UB's Bulls football game against the Pitt Panthers.
Media are invited to attend any and all of the activities--with their accompanying color and energy showing UB's school spirit--as the campus community prepares for the game to kick off at 3:30 p.m.
A partial list of the Oct.20 activities is:
12 Noon: UB's True Blue Days Homecoming Fan Fest
Carnival games and prizes, bounce houses, a paratrooper ride, magician, balloon artist, caricature artist, photo booth, music and other entertainment.
1 p.m.: Family Weekend tailgate buffet begins (700 people registered)
1:30 p.m. (approx.): UB Bulls Walk to Victory
Participating in the parade will be the members of the UB football team as well as the UB Thunder of the East marching band. The parade takes place down Augsperger Road.
3:30 pm: Bulls vs. Pitt kickoff
For a more comprehensive schedule of the weekend's events go to: http://www.buffalo.edu/truebluedays/events.html
Media can contact Charles Anzalone in UB's Office of Communications at 716-645-4600 or Erin Lawless at 716-472-3819, on site the day of the celebration.
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Warning as truckie captures astounding overtake video
VIDEO footage captured by a Gladstone truck driver shows what not to do on the roads over the busy Christmas period.
John Coutts was driving between Rockhampton and Gladstone on Friday when another truck sped past him at the end of an overtaking lane, nearly running a car and caravan off the road and narrowly missing an oncoming car.
"It's just absolutely ridiculous," Mr Coutts said about holiday road behaviour.
"The company we work for, they more of less lock the gates at this time of year.
"Slow down, take your time and just think about what you're doing.
"The wife's beside herself. I've been a truckie for 30 years and she wants me to give it up.
"So she's getting a good reason for it now."
The close call could have resulted in a number of deaths given the amount of traffic on the road.
Mr Coutts said the driver would have known they were merging.
"We were averaging about 95km/hr when it all happened," he said.
"I had a look in front of me and there were several cars so I didn't think I'd make it to overtake the caravan. I sat back, I was in no hurry to get home and was taking it safe.
"(Someone on Facebook) more of less accused us of trying to cause the accident because we were travelling too slow, he said we should've pulled over and let the truck go past.
"We had our indicators on long before merging lanes, he would've seen that."
Regional traffic coordinator Cameron Barwick said the Christmas road safety campaign, running until February 4, was in full swing.
"We're basically going to be everywhere - mobile cameras, mobile radar, speed cameras, RBT sites and general traffic activity - anywhere at anytime," he said.
"It's alarming that people are still driving while tired and drink driving. There's the driver reviver sites and I would encourage people to stop and take a rest...
"The extra officer hours are not about trying to get more tickets, we want that down, we don't want more tickets... getting there is the most important thing, not getting in trouble."
South Eastern Police Regional Traffic Coordinator Inspector Karen Shaw said the Christmas season was a busy time on all Queensland roads.
"With more vehicles on the road and people generally travelling longer distances, it is essential that motorists plan their trips carefully, ensuring they have adequate rest breaks and allowing sufficient travel time," Inspector Shaw said.
"The sad truth is the majority of fatal and injury traffic crashes could be avoided, with the "fatal five" causes of crashes still claiming lives on Queensland roads.
"The message is simple.
"Driving whilst fatigued, speeding, failing to wear a seat belt and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol or inattention can kill you, or someone you love.
"Don't risk it - it is simply not worth it."


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Some Background:
This isn't mission critical data that I'm recovering, it's a few gigs of movies and mp3's.
I'm attempting to recover data from a laptop that has had the operating system re-installed.
The data, along with windows was wiped out on a laptop and since, a technicain reinstalled the OS, before I had a chance to attempt to recover files with an undeletion tool.
I'm sure the data has been written over, but only once. I know for it needs to be written over at least a few times before it's complete gone.
The systems:
I have at my disposal a linux workstation and the ability to install any recommend software.
The victim computer is a w2k laptop.
The criteria:
The tools has to be an open-source solution, or at the least if it has to be windows, free solution to recovering the files.
I'm willing to try any tools that meet the criteria.


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1. LEARN about home education. It is very important to know why you are making this decision. Homeschooling is a wonderful journey, but when difficult days come, you will need to be confident that you made a sound, informed decision.
2. FAMILIARIZE yourselves with Oklahoma law concerning home education.
3. PERSONALIZE home schooling information.
4. FORMALIZE your reasons for choosing home education in writing.
5. CONNECT to others for support, encouragement, and to share ideas and information.
6. EVALUATE each child's level, including his/her academic needs and strengths.
7. CHOOSE and purchase appropriate curriculum for your home school.
8. SET UP your school environment.
9. CONSIDER community resources that complement your curriculum
10. ESTABLISH your own schedule.
11. CHOOSE and PREPARE your record keeping. It is wise to keep records even though it is not mandatory in the state of Oklahoma. There are a variety of ways to accomplish this.
12. CONSIDER a Home School Legal Defense membership.
If you have further questions, please contact OCHEC.


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IU East summer enrollment increases 8 percent
Increase marks 16th straight term of growth
Summer enrollment at Indiana University East has increased relative to the same time last year. IU East enrolled 1,749 students for summer 2013, an increase of 8 percent compared to a 1,620 headcount in summer 2012. Credit hours increased 2.6 percent from last summer. During the two summer sessions held this year, students completed 10,625 credit hours compared to 10,359 in 2012.


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From left, Dr. Kathryn Verbanac of ECU, project director; Debra Mascarenhas of Vidant Medical Center, nurse navigator; Dr. Nasreen Vohra of ECU, project director; Virginia Jackson of Vidant, project coordinator; Rocio Anderson, community outreach associate with the Susan G. Komen Triangle to the Coast affiliate; and Kenisha Bethea, associate director of community programs with the Triangle to the Coast affiliate, hold a symbolic check for one of the grants. Contributed photo
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Aug. 29, 2013) — Two East Carolina University projects to promote women's health have received grants from the Susan G. Komen North Carolina Triangle to the Coast Affiliate.
"The Pitt County Breast Wellness Initiative" and "Bridging the Gaps in Breast Cancer Treatment in Pitt County" aim to provide screening, diagnostic and treatment services while streamlining care and supplementing costs for breast cancer patients. The projects are led by Dr. Kathryn Verbanac, a scientist and professor of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine at ECU, and Dr. Nasreen Vohra, a surgical oncologist and assistant professor of surgery at the Brody School of Medicine.
The projects are funded with a pair of grants totaling $85,295.
The goal of the Pitt County Breast Wellness Initiative is to increase access to breast cancer screening and diagnosis services for women in Pitt County, targeting uninsured and underinsured women as well as African-American women and women at high risk for breast cancer. The project works with local partners to assess women's breast health needs and breast cancer risk, link women with existing assistance programs and provide funding for screening when existing resources fall short.
The Bridging the Gaps in Breast Cancer Treatment program will assist patients in Pitt County with treatment-related needs. Breast cancer patients who meet certain guidelines may obtain financial assistance for co-payments, chemotherapy, required follow-up tests, rehabilitative therapy, lymphedema treatments and transportation.
Community health statistics from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, indicate that more than 40 percent of eligible women in Pitt County have not had a mammogram in the past year. Minority women in Pitt County have higher rates of advanced breast disease compared to white women (6.7 vs. 2.7 percent of cases) and the highest breast cancer mortality rate within the affiliate service area (42.4 per 100,000).
These community health grants represent a partnership between ECU and Vidant Medical Center through the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center.
For more information about these programs, call Virginia Jackson at 252-744-5267.
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Teachers tell of technological adventures in classroom
Staff member remembers pre-Internet.
Roxanne Whiting knows the world without the Internet.
The Gothenburg High School English teacher also remembers when the Internet, still in its infancy, was not allowed for research when she was in college.
Whiting said it's difficult for students to comprehend life without the Internet which she shows in some of her classes."I teach them how to do research the old way in the library and it's hard for them to fathom," she explained. "They want it instantaneously."
When Whiting was hired to teach English at GHS two years ago, she used what she describes as "now archaic" methods to prepare for classes.
"I sat down with my books and notes," Whiting said.
Since then, she's learned how to create multimedia presentations using the Internet.
"That has made my teaching so much easier," she said. "I can pull up presentations someone else has done on a subject and tweak them to fit me.
"The amount of information available has really made it easy."
Creating multimedia presentations are also required for all of her classes.
For example, senior English students recently used Google Docs to develop multimedia presentations about an aspect of the civil rights movement.
Google Docs allow for the creation and editing of documents online while collaborating simultaneously with other users.
"Everyone has access to the material and there are more opportunities for students to share with each other," Whiting explained. "Changes can be made simultaneously on the screen with both students working at the same time."
Before using the technology, she said student feedback and revisions were gathered by students making them on paper.
Students would also have to retype and redo work when collaborating with others in the class.
Still, Whiting said technology is not perfect.
Slow Internet access or problems with the computers themselves can occur.
Format can also be affected especially with Google Docs as words may appear on the page that cannot be deleted.
While learning about new technology and applications in the classroom, Whiting said she feels supported by the technology staff and administration.
However she said the administration is not yet open to the use of cell phones in the classroom.
Although challenges exist, Whiting said she attended a recent seminar where teaching the proper use of cell phones was also described as an opportunity.
"If you can teach students the appropriate procedures and uses, it's a benefit to society as a whole," she said. "I think cell phone use in the classroom may be the next thing we'll have to tackle."
If given a chance to select technology not yet available, Whiting said her dream would be to write a grant and receive money to buy iPod Touches.
Holding the device in their hand, students can use an iPod Touch to search online, create multi-media presentations, flash cards for study guides, listen to educational podcasts and more.
iPod Touches could mean that students wouldn't have to sign up for time in the school computer labs.
Internet sites like Grammar Girl, that offers short grammar lessons to improve writing skills, could be downloaded to iPods.
"There are tons of things you can do with iPod Touches," she said.
Mobi Boards, or interactive mobile boards. are also helpful devices, Whiting said.
They are said to be a tool in which teachers and students can concurrently interact with each other and work on the same digital content.
Although technology is not a replacement for teaching, Whiting said it's extremely important in education.
"That's the world students are living in," she said. "We need to prepare them for more possibilities in the future."
In Dudley Elementary, third-grade teacher Kim Sudbeck showed her students how to use Clickers.
"They love Clickers," she said. "Using them is easier for some kids who struggle with paper and pencil."
In addition to using the remote-control devices to answer questions and receive instant feedback, Sudbeck said her students use the elementary computer lab and create multimedia presentations.
"We also do a lot of things on the Internet," she said.
Sudbeck said the kids love to use technology.
"I feel it's very important if it's used effectively," she explained. "Sometimes the challenge is incorporating all of the new technology into curriculum, learning to use it right and teaching the kids to use it correctly."
Sudbeck said she didn't know if technology would replace teachers someday but computers could take the place of paper and pencils.
"For some kids, typing is easier than writing on paper," she noted.
Sudbeck considers herself somewhat technologically savvy but said keeping up with technological changes can be challenging.
She added that the technology staff and administrators encourage teachers to learn about as many technological tools as they can.
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No matter how bad the Vikings are, trading Adrian Peterson can never be an option.
There's no sense denying it any more.
It pains me to say it, too, mostly because I've said it so many times before, the four words that Vikings fans know far too well: There's always next year.
But this isn't exactly an easy thing for the Minnesota fans to accept though, is it? Not when over half of the team's games still remain on the schedule, not when it seems a long shot that the Vikings could win as many as three or four games.
It's time to stop looking forward to what this season was supposed to be.
It's time to start building for the future.
It's time to start accepting the fact that what the Vikings once had for a brief moment, an exceptional run of success born from a shock playoff push last season, is now gone. Now, unfortunately, we're back to square one.
So where does the team go from here?
As with any losing team, rebuilding has become a popular talking point for the Vikings, especially after moments like we experienced last night, moments that remove any chance of a miracle postseason recovery.
The Vikings have a lot to offer NFL teams in terms of the players they're willing to deal. Jared Allen's name has been mentioned more than once as a player likely to be dealt before Tuesday's deadling. Minnesota has indicated that the team would be willing to let Allen go for the "right price."
Allen is concerned about the rumors surrounding him, but he's certainly aware of what others have been saying about him.
"It's not even something I've got to worry about right now," Allen told FOX Sports' Jay Glazer. "I got no control over that stuff. It is what it is. I understand the league. I understand how it works. I'm not an idiot. But my goal is to play football."
It's been reported that the Vikings will seek as high as a second round pick for the 10-year NFL veteran, a player that has registered more sacks than any other defender in the NFL since entering the league in 2004.
This would be a very productive move for the Vikings. With free agency looming, the team might as well cash in on Allen while it still can, while he's still worth anything significant.
The Vikings have a lot of things to mull over in the coming hours with the 3 p.m. trade deadline fast approaching, and for a 1-6 team languishing at the bottom of the NFC, it seems that all options are being considered. Even Adrian Peterson has been chalked up as a potential trade subject.
While I can see the logic behind such a move, I hope that the Vikings are smart enough to hang onto Peterson, who is easily the best running back in the league and already among the NFL's all-time best.
Teams don't get better by ridding themselves of their best players. Teams get better by building teams around their superstars, showing them that they're committed to winning consistently and ready to challenge for trophies.
So for all of you who think trading Adrian Peterson would be a good decision for the Vikings in the long run, I urge you to reconsider.
AP is everything to this team, and if you take him away now, with nine games still left on our schedule, we won't win another game.
You simply cannot trade Adrian Peterson, not when he is playing at the level that he is, not when he is so committed to winning championships in Minnesota.
This is a guy who aspired to rush for 2,500 rushing yards this season, more than 375 yards more than the single-season record that currently stands, a guy who came into this season believing that the Vikings could take the next step in 2013.
And now that we're struggling, we're thinking of cashing in on him? It's too ridiculous for me to even comprehend.
What would the Vikings get for Adrian Peterson? A couple of first round picks, most likely, which is never a proposition to sneeze at... Except in this case.
For me, Peterson is invaluable for this Vikings team. It should take a Tony Dorsett-calibur deal for Minnesota to even begin thinking about moving the best running back in franchise history to another team. He accounts for nearly a third of our offensive production this season (695 total yards), an offense that is ranked 29th in the league in total yardage. That proportion would likely be much higher for Peterson if his team possessed any competence at the offensive line and quarterback positions.
We saw how good he could be last season, and the thought of giving that sort of talent to another team would tantamount to this franchise conceding mediocrity and defeat for the next five years at least.
We don't need to cash in on him. We need to put a team around him, and soon.
Let's draft an offensive line that creates holes for our Hall-of-Fame back and keeps opposing defenses off our quarterbacks.
Let's draft cornerbacks who can actually cover the Packers' No. 5 wide receiver. Yes, Chris Cook. I'm talking to you.
And please, can we get a middle linebacker in the building? I can't tell you how many times Erin Henderson ends up getting swallowed up in a block, falling flat on his rear end or finishing a play with his back to the ball. Seriously, this Sunday, watch No. 50 in purple. No wonder we're dead last in the league in defending third downs.
As for our perpetual quarterback conundrum, I say, if we're paying Freeman that sort of money, we might as well give him the season to prove himself. If he can rake in a few strong performances and show improved accuracy and decision making, the team can make a long-term decision from there.
For now, Josh Freeman has earned himself nothing more than an expensive nine-game trial run. If he disappoints, the Vikings have to be smart enough to realize it and reconsider their quarterback options in April's NFL draft.
Oh, and a few fresh faces in the coaching staff wouldn't hurt, either.
These are just a few of the items on the Vikings' bountiful to-do list, but all of them should be structured around one focus: putting a team around Adrian Peterson.
We can't simply give up on having AP as a member of this team. No matter how many draft picks you get for him, they aren't going to amount to what Peterson is right now. He's a once in a generation player.
And we need him, now more than ever.
This is the opinion of Joe Mellenbruch, a Devils Lake Journal reporter. Follow him on Twitter @Journal_Joe.


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Silent decay: it's the nightmare hinted at by drive array vendors when they talk about tape libraries. How do you know the restore is going to work, they ask? Some don't.
Tape is generally being relegated from acting as a backup medium – a role now taken over by disk-drive-based backup data – to acting as archival storage. It is low, low cost compared to disk. The fact that it's not consuming power when simply sitting in cartridges on a shelf someplace, the second fact that it's offsite, and its reliability, gives it killer economic advantages compared to disk in that role.
But there's always the worry lurking in the back of tape sysadmin's minds: "Will the sucker actually restore?" The test comes when you really do need to restore files and there's often no second chance at all. At that point tape is it and tape had better work.
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If there is doubt about the restorability of a cartridge's contents then the library operators are alerted that migration to new media is required.
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The company is also announcing a faster server in its libraries, its gen 3 library server, which, with hyper-threading support, will run the Bluescale 11.3 library software faster and can track a larger number of tape cartridges.
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DACA Approvals Being Mailed... But How Many?Published: Sep 12, 2012 11:00 am
On September 10, the Wall Street Journal reported that USCIS only received 40,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) applications out of a pool of an estimated 1.7 million potential applicants.
Yesterday (September 11, 2012), the Associated Press reported that USCIS received 72,000 DACA applications and that a "small group" have been approved. DHS has not released the actual statistics on DACA approvals.
This report of approvals has been confirmed by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). AILA was contacted directly by DHS who indicated that electronic notifications of approval of DACA applications are being sent, and that grants should start "trickling out in the coming days." AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12091150 (posted Sep. 11, 2012).
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- How many DACA applications have actually been received by USCIS?
- How many DACA applications have been approved by USCIS?
- How many DACA approval notices have already been mailed?
- How many DACA applications have been denied by USCIS?
- What was the basis for the denial (i.e., fraud in the application, serious misdemeanor, ineligibility, etc.)?
- How many DACA applications have received requests for additional information?
- How many DACA applications are awaiting adjudication in the pipeline?
- And most importantly... How many denials, if any, have resulted in a referral to ICE for the institution of removal proceedings.
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The Arkansas Democrat said the bill, which was scheduled to be part of a mark-up session in the House Agriculture Committee June 20, appears to be "headed in the right direction.
"We hope to have this supplemental bill finished and have the payments in farmers' hands before the end of September," he told reporters. "We hope to have the bill done before that, but don't want it to be later than September for the payments. I'm pleased about that."
That's about all that's happened in Congress in recent months that Berry is pleased with.
With a new president, an unprecedented switch of party control in the Senate, and about four months into the legislative session, Berry says that the U.S. House of Representatives, "hasn't actually accomplished much." And some of what has passed, in Berry's opinion, isn't necessarily anything to be proud of.
"We've passed a budget which I voted against," he said. "We passed a tax bill a couple of weeks ago which I also voted against — primarily because the money to be used for tax relief is coming directly out of the pockets of our children and grandchildren. I have a great big problem with that. It almost guarantees we won't be able to make Social Security and Medicare sustainable without major effort down the line."
The House also passed an education reauthorization bill recently. There were some good things in that bill. However, Berry isn't aglow about that either.
"I was disappointed that both the education and budget bills didn't make enough provisions for reducing class size, building and repairing school buildings and supporting the program for children with disabilities."
The four months hasn't been a total wash, he says. Efforts have moved forward on a supplemental payment to farmers in working with a bill Berry introduced earlier in the year. That has now gone to the House Agriculture Committee, "which is now working its will and adding some things to it.
Is the rumored $40,000 cap on the supplemental AMTA payment being looked at?
"It certainly is. The caps haven't applied to the other supplementals. I haven't heard any discussion on applying a cap to this one either. We do expect the payments to come down at the 1999 levels."
A Farm Bureau lobbyist was recently quoted as saying, "After you've had three years of assistance, it's gotten to the point where farmers expect that unless things get better that (extra assistance) is going to be there." Does this point to a real failure on the part of the farm bill and does Berry think with the Senate realignment, revisiting the farm bill might happen soon?
"I think that Freedom to Farm, which passed in 1996, has failed. It's been a disaster for Mid-South agriculture and agriculture across the country. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, new chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee) has indicated that he wants to move forward with a new farm bill. He expects it to be the 'greenest' farm bill we've ever written which means it's going to have a lot of conservation titles and programs in it."
Harkin said he didn't expect completion of the bill before next year. Berry hopes Congress can get a bill finished before next crop year.
"But there's no question about providing some kind of safety net for our farmers that they can count on instead of the worrying with supplementals like they are now. The current situation is simply unacceptable. There's no question about the need of farmers currently. Most of our farmers are in a desperate financial situation."
Are Democrats like Berry in an awkward spot by opposing the tax cut? Many people are looking forward to the check that's coming.
"I find it awkward not making any substantive payment on the nation debt, allowing it to get larger because we haven't the money to pay it down. We're going to be spending about $1 billion per day on the national debt. That situation will be passed on to our children and grandchildren along with a condition where Social Security and Medicare trust funds have been robbed to pay for these tax cuts."
When he gets his refund check, Berry says he intends to put it into a savings account for his children and grandchildren because there's no doubt "they'll need it."
Further, the tax cut, "was also one of the worst pieces of legislation I've ever seen written. It's a nine-year bill -- not 10 years as was presented to the American people. The cost of it is also not $1.35 trillion, but at least $2 trillion. It also sunsets in 9 years. At the end of 9 years, we go back to current law. This is just an attempt to send out a check -- which I'm glad about. But we should have made the necessary and appropriate reductions in spending rather than take it out of the (aforementioned) trust funds."
Where would Berry make those cuts? His first stop would be the Department of Interior. Berry says he'd first stop them from buying land. The department also has a lot of personnel that "don't seem to be getting a whole lot done. I think their whole operation needs to be reviewed. We have a number of regulatory people on the street in agencies throughout the government that need reviewing.
"There are (government personnel) going after landowners for doing something on their own land. If we're going to spend taxpayers' money, we should be going after real criminals instead of people who were doing nothing more than using their land as they saw fit. There are examples of regulatory abuses that I could cite until the sun goes down. There are also a number of programs that need to be reviewed. That's the problem. We haven't gone over these programs carefully looking for ways to reduce spending."
The best example of a foolish reduction in spending to accommodate the tax cut was in funds for the Mississippi River and tributary levees, says Berry. Those have a direct impact on the health, safety and well being of the lower Mississippi River Valley.
"We've under funded that for 20 years and it's now showing up in places where the levees aren't strong enough."


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Events-packed Anniversary Weekend
Wellingtonians will be spoilt for choice this coming Anniversary Weekend with a diverse range of events in and around the city.
Wellington City Council Sports and Events Portfolio Leader, Councillor John Morrison, says people will be spoilt for choice.
"Make a day of it on Saturday and head down to Civic Square and Waitangi Park to take in the annual gay and lesbian fair 'Out in the Square' and, just a short walk away at Waitangi Park, the Positively Pasifika festival. There'll be great food, traditional performances and 'have-a-go' activities to celebrate our diverse Pacific cultures."
The theme of this year's Pasifika festival is 'We Are The Ocean', which celebrates Pacific Islanders' voyaging cultures and connections.
Council Event Coordinator, Marisa Pene, says the Pasifika festival kicks off at 9.30am Saturday with a 'We Are The Ocean' procession.
"The sea is very important to Pacific Islanders and this year sustainability is part of the theme. In keeping with this, the festival will be plastic water bottle-free. Thanks to support from Bulk Water, there will be a 'Village Well' onsite that people can fill their drink bottles or cups from."
The headline acts for Positively Pasifika are up-and-coming street soul funkstress Iva Lamkum, and Brownhill – a sunshine reggae band – featuring special guest Swiss. There will also be a talent quest – supported by Nui FM – and fun competitions like jandal-kicking, tug-of-war and a chop suey taste-off. Marisa says bring your own ukulele and learn an island ditty at the ukulele workshop, 'island styles'.
To cap off the busy weekend, the ever-popular Capital E Great Scavenger Hunt is on Sunday between 10am and 4pm and the Birdman Competition on Monday, Anniversary Day, from 10am to 5pm on the waterfront. ASB Gardens Magic will also be continuing in the evenings at the Botanic Garden and there's a kids' concert on Sunday at 2.30pm.
Wellington Anniversary
Friday 18 January – ASB Gardens Magic: 7pm Kaivai, 8pm Data Hui
Saturday 19 January – Positively Pasifika 2013: We Are The Ocean – Waitangi Park, 11am–6pm
Saturday 19 January – Out in the Square – Civic Square 11am–5pm
Saturday 19 January – ASB Gardens Magic: The Nudge
Sunday 20 January – The Great Scavenger Hunt and Extravaganza – Capital E and waterfront 10am–4pm
Sunday 20 January – ASB Gardens Magic:2.30pm Gerry Pail – Tales from the Sea and an Elephant Tree (kids' concert), 8pm Amiria Grenell
Monday 21 January – Birdman Wellington – waterfront 10am–5pm


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Older News » Education Tax Refund 2012Last updated 11:52 AM on 17 February 2012
Don't forget to keep all your receipts from back-to-school expenses so that you can take advantage of the Education Tax Refund.
The refund gives eligible parents and caregivers a 50 per cent refund on a range of primary and secondary school education expenses, including school uniforms.
For the 2011-2012 financial year you may be eligible for the following:
Primary school child
You can claim a maximum of $818 for each of your primary school children – that is a refund of up to $409.
Secondary school student
You can claim a maximum of $1,636 for each of your secondary school children – that is a refund of up to $818.
Items you can claim
This year school-approved uniforms, such as hats, shoes and sports uniforms, bought from 1 July 2011 can be claimed.
You can also claim the cost of buying, establishing, repairing and maintaining any of the following items:
- home computers and laptops
- computer-related equipment, such as printers, USB flash drives and disability aids to assist in the use of computer equipment for students with special needs
- home internet connections
- computer software for educational use
- school textbooks and other printed learning material, including prescribed textbooks, associated learning materials, study guides and stationery
- prescribed trade tools for secondary school trade courses.
Find out more information about the Education Tax Refund.


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AS A JUNIOR IN 2012: Played and started in 30 games … led the team in most goals with 38 … collected 104 attempts, 24 assists, 25 steals and nine kick-outs drawn … scored two goals against Chapman on Sept. 23 … scored twice against Whittier on Nov. 17 … scored two goals against Pomona Pitzer on Nov. 18.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2011: Saw action in all 35 games … scored 17 goals and assisted on 11 others while adding 18 steals and seven kick-outs … scored his first goal of the season against No. 2 Cal at the Cal Bear Invitational … collected two goals against Brown … notched one goal against Fordham … scored two goals at UOP … delivered one goal vs. West Valley … added one goal vs. UC Davis … scored one goal at No. 4 Stanford … scored one goal in the consolation game of the WWPA Championships against LMU.
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