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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake lost the so-called Clash of the Titans on Saturday night, falling 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City at Livestrong Sporting Park in a match many had branded the game of the year thus far.
RSL allowed a stunning 11 corner kicks to Sporting KC, a stat that would ultimately make the difference in the match as Aurelien Collin nodded home Graham Zusi's service in the 63rd minute. And although it wasn't the result they were looking for, the visitors were pleased with the grind-it-out performance that they had put in up until that point, especially considering the opponent and venue.
"Tough game," goalkeeper Nick Rimando explained to Salt Lake ABC-affiliate KTVX after the match. "Tough place to play, but I thought that the boys were confident. I thought we played good. Great effort out there."
OPTA Chalkboard: Nielsen has another slow night as SKC defeat RSL
Sporting KC pressured the ball and limited RSL's chances, which followed what they've done to each of their opponents in 2012. However, RSL also limited Kansas City's attacking punch, holding a team that leads the league with 19 shots per game to just 10 shots on goal.
Still, those efforts were rendered moot by one corner kick and one timely run to the back post.
After wasting corner after corner until that point, Collin was unmarked to meet Zusi's cross after it appeared that Alvaro Saborio failed to match his run into the six-yard area.
"It's disappointing that it comes down to one play off of a corner kick that cost us the match, but all-in-all I'm pleased with the guys effort again," Coach Jason Kreis told KTVX.
Kreis admitted set pieces were an area of focus for his squad, something that they've talked about extensively in the past.
"We said to our guys many times, there are very few chances that we give away in games, and often times it'll come down to a dead-ball situation where we lose just a little bit of focus," he said. "And it cost us three points."
The play in question occurred on one of just two corner kicks in the second half. It appeared that RSL had weathered the real storm as Sporting KC whipped in a whopping nine corner kicks in the first half, with RSL fending them off rather well.
"We knew we were going to have to defend and weather some storms," midfielder Kyle Beckerman said. "That's kind of what they do. They just pressure. They put it in your half and pressure, pressure, pressure, and they live for corner kicks and free kicks and that type of stuff."
The RSL captain appeared to rue the defending on that fateful play, but downplayed the overall meaning of the game despite the hype, putting the outcome into focus.
"We'd love to see these guys again," said Beckerman. "That'll drive us to work even harder and come back and hopefully get another chance at them in the playoffs. We'll lick our wounds and come back and learn from it, and work harder."


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Photo of Britney Spears In Tiny Car Makes Us Wistful
We know it's been around the internet a couple times since yesterday, but we just find something so lovely and sad and telling about this photograph of a be-tube-topped Britney Spears, alone in a sea of asphalt, riding atop a tiny Escalade. Our Daytime Editor Alex Pareene says, "Here is your 21st century, America!" Here it is indeed. Puttering slowly in circles, bottled water clutched in hand, the hot sun beating down. Some days it feels as though we will do nothing else but form those lazy circles for the rest of time, until the day we all sigh, nod our heads, and disappear.

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October 9, 2009
New Tiffany666 Video with (maybe/kinda) New Clip?!
Maybe a new scene?! I'm not sure if it's just epic editing...
Thanks Thinking of Rob
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- jessicaOctober 9, 2009 at 12:25 PM
this almost made me cry.ReplyDelete
Surely you can't edit that! if she did, AMAZING!
WOW. just.. wow! it's so cool! nice editing.. :DReplyDelete
thats gottta be a new clip, if so i wanna know where she got it from.ReplyDelete
yeah i think it's just reallly good editing, but that was awesome!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 1:57 PM
she is fantastic in her editing and putting things together.. I'm always hoping the movie is as good as some of the You Tube clips we get to see by these talented people.ReplyDelete
I love TJD's videos :) If it's real or not, it's so sweet :) I hope it's a real clip ;)ReplyDelete
- ChristyOctober 9, 2009 at 2:53 PM
That was awesome! Just beautiful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Nope I think thats just REALLY really good editing. Tiffany is an amazing editor i've seen all of her videos, they are AMAZING =)ReplyDelete
Epic editing for sure! She is amazing with that kind of stuff.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Brilliant the way she merged Bella in the woods with Em in Adventureland (crying in the street) - so smart!ReplyDelete
Epic Editing But Such a Good ending scene, Love it!ReplyDelete
HOLY SHIZ!!!ReplyDelete
This girl needs to be hired by Summit YESTERDAY! We know what her future holds...
Wow. Just. Wow.
So beautiful...ReplyDelete
Amazing - I want to pick up a new skill. I'll never be that good, but it makes me want to start making my own videos.ReplyDelete
- want2BinforksOctober 9, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Tiffany666 Rocks!! I have loved every video she has made. I think she should be hired by Summit--love her style and music choices. I am so disappointed in the NM soundtrack but Love her song choice. I am going to itunes right now :)ReplyDelete
Wow! Excellent job!ReplyDelete
I too want to cry now. Where's the Kleenex?
WOW! I rarely watch clips people make put to music, but that was AMAZING! My jaw hit the floor. Tiffany666 has major skill! Plus it was combined with one of my favorite songs. :-) The timing of her in bed screaming was perfect ...and then the end just destroyed me (in a good way). ;-) Excellent!ReplyDelete
W-O-W! That was amazing. I'm seriously impressed. Im going to need an industrial size box of kleenex and peto-bismol for the New Moon midnight release. GAH!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2009 at 4:10 AM
wow...just wow! i like her choice of songs than the NM soundtrack..sorry.ReplyDelete
That looks new! If u look close enough, his hair is moving in the water-I don't remember it doing that in the original trailer, unless she zoomed in really, really, close and caught the movement and then fliped both the actors around. Cool!ReplyDelete
Seriously, Summit, hire this woman! Her trailers are BETTER THAN YOURS!!ReplyDelete
This trailer has no dialogue and it's better than the one summit put out!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I thought this was amazing!!! The music and how she put the videos together, just AMAZING. I see a film career for you in future...ReplyDelete


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Could Radon Lurking in Your Basement Cause Lung Cancer?
Radon is a naturally occurring odorless, colorless radioactive gas that results from the decay of rock and soil components. Radon moves up from the ground into homes, where it becomes trapped and accumulates, exposing the inhabitants to its cancer-causing potential. Different areas of the world have different amounts of Radon produced, but the type of foundation in your home is also important, since some foundations are better ventilated. Because of this, two homes next door to each other could have different levels of radon in the indoor air.
After tobacco use, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. Radon can accumulate in new and old homes and those with OR without a basement. The only way to know if your home contains radon is to have it tested, which can be done using a kit from a hardware store or having a radon professional perform the test. Many areas have laws requiring radon testing before a house is sold. If radon is detected in levels above 4 pCi/L (picocuries per liter), a qualified radon professional can install a removal system, which vents the gas to the outside using a pipe and fan system. Because it is not clear what level of radon is safe, the EPA recommends that people consider a removal system for a level of 2 pCi/L or higher.
To find out more about radon and radon testing in your home visit the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) website. To learn more about radon and radon exposure see the list of national organizations compiled by the American Cancer Society at ACS Radon Information.
If you are a smoker and exposed to radon, it is very important to quit smoking because the risk of lung cancer for a smoker with radon exposure can be 10 times higher than a non-smoker with radon exposure. Notify your healthcare provider if you have been exposed to high levels of radon so that, if appropriate, screening tests can be done to either decrease the risk of developing cancer or detect the cancer at an early stage when it may be able to be best treated. It is also very important to let your healthcare provider know if you develop any potentially worrisome symptoms such as shortness of breath, new or worsening cough, chest tightness or pain, hoarse voice, or difficulty swallowing.
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I am using Borland C++ 3 (yeayea oldie, need it for school) in MSDOS and trying to do VERY accurate timing.
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- PEAKSHOW...mark's been playing them the last
couple of weeks.
w/ illogical, joanna, go betty
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monday, december 17 @ the troubadour
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- HAHAHA....!!!! great story....!!!! Yeah I
agree.... Quetzal was off tha hook....!!!
They simply
TORE IT UP....!!!! Marta's vocals gave me goose
bumps.... all the musicians were incredible....!! They are
the front runner for the 2002 Grammy for Best Latin
Rock/Alternative Performance..... but why stop there.... how about
Best Female vocals.... Best New Artist.... best Album
of the year.....???!!! We should not be limited to
this narrow little category.... but that's another
story.....

The equipment was all mine and Peter Franco who mixes
many of the Sunday shows at Universal Citywalk did the
mixing.... assistant engineer was Ernesto Molina from East
LA Sabor Factory.

If there are any other
stories out there about how the Quetzal live performance
saved your life or you car.... drop a line on this
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oh and yesterday when I turned into
my alter-ego ROCKETMAN, I bowled my best series to
date my first game was 224, then i bowled a 233, then
i bowled a 208....!!! three 200 games in a row for
a 665 series... woo hoo.... needless to say our
team won all 4 points for that
nite.....!!!!

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I really love this song.
I said "Once I Fly, I won't be coming back"
And I set out for that blue blue sky
I haven't learned "sadness" yet,
And I'm just starting to learn "Misery"
Even this feeling I hold towards you is starting to turn into words
Waking up from the dream of this unknown world
I spread these wings and fly
I said "Once I Fly, i wont be coming back"
And i set out for that blue blue sky
Knowing I'll find the answers if I pierced through it
I'll break free from that blue blue sky
That blue blue sky."
Which opening song/music do you like in Naruto?
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Washington State University's Hortsense Web site presents specific information on about 600 common plant problems in western Washington. It's a tremendously helpful site and one I use often. Topics include problems with turfgrass, ornamentals, small fruits, tree fruits, vegetables, and weeds. The site offers non-chemical management information and a list of registered chemicals for the problem.
Caring for Perennials
Inside Caring for Perennials: What To Do and When To Do It, by Janet Macunovich (Storey, 1997; $18), you'll find a season-by-season guide to creating and maintaining a topflight garden with a minimum of effort. There's general advice for doing preventative maintenance in early spring; mulching, dividing, and moving plants in mid-spring; staking them in late spring; deadheading in midsummer; cutting back and removing them in mid-autumn; and composting in autumn. Chapters on pruning, edging, weeding, watering, and fertilizing round out the book, which focuses on the care and feeding of 130 of the most popular perennials.


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Two men have been killed, and seven others were wounded during multiple overnight shootings on the West and South sides of Chicago, Tuesday (July 31). According to police, two men were standing with a group on the 1000 block of North Lawler Ave., when gunshots rang out, hitting them both. One of the bystanders, Quincey Simmons, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another 18-year-old man was hit in the thigh and taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital. He is listed in good condition.
Another shooting took the life of 32-year-old Victor Coleman, who was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital, after sustaining several gunshot wounds. Coleman was walking when someone pulled out a gun and started shooting. Also on the city's West Side, a 16-year-old boy was hit in the hip, when a person inside a car driving by his house, opened fire.
Less than an hour later, a 26-year-old was waiting for his girlfriend in his car when two gunmen approached him from behind and started shooting. 15 minutes later on the South Side, two gunmen ran up on a 24-year-old victim shooting him in the lower back. The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and is in stable condition.
Meanwhile, an armed robbery in the neighborhood known as West Englewood left two men wounded. The men were standing in an alley at around 11:05 p.m. when they were confronted by a group looking to rob them. The men tried to run away but were shot in the backside and the hip. They were both taken to Christ Medical Center, and police have questioned four men about the shooting.
Also, on Tuesday (July 30), the Chicago Tribune reported that a 42-year-old man was shot and killed in his driveway.
Several shootings have occurred in the city throughout the summer. Last week, six people were shot over a 15-minute time span.
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Jeff Samardzija fired the first shot in the competition for one of the rotation spots behind Dempster and Garza Wednesday afternoon. Samardzija had electric stuff, and tremendous command, which is the biggest thing for Jeff. If he can locate his pitches, he can be scary good, and he was this afternoon. He tossed three scoreless innings, and is currently in line for the win as the Cubs are beating the Royals 5-1 in the 7th inning. Check back later this evening for a full recap of today's game.
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Will do!
only thing wrong with my current one is the reboots, i dont have light bleed.
i will be blown if i receive a tablet that no longer randomly reboots, but has light bleed!!
also, is there a way to check the build version? like to determine a how a batch the tablet was in when manufactured?
i dont want a first day release tablet
This is actually the WRONG way to go about "fixing" a problem. I haven't had a reboot since I bought it over a month ago and have used three different ROMs (including completely stock). If you're having reboot issues you debug the problem with stock ROM, stock kernel, and market apps. Not throwing completely customized ROMs and kernels at the problem. That doesn't even make any sense.
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UAB Music Beginners Percussion Camp
UAB's Hulsey Center, 950 13th St. South, Room 203
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Ages: Rising 6th through 8th grades
When: June 3-7, 2013
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Description: These four days of instruction is designed as an introduction to basic drumming and percussion skills for the young beginner. A bonus session on Friday allows students to observe the morning block of the 2013 UAB Drumline auditions.
Cost: $150
How to register: Download an application from www.uabpercussion.com, and mail it to the address above, or register online at www.uab.edu/music
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Stella McCartney Lingerie Collection
Passionate about lingerie, Stella McCartney launched her lingerie line in collaboration with Bendon in 2008. The collections combine unique design sensibility, a signature colour palette and attention to detail, with expert functionality and fit to create aspirational styles that reflect a modern woman's lingerie needs.
Effortlessly cool, comfortable, and made to last, the collections reflect the designer's signature style of natural confidence and sexy femininity. Stella McCartney Ready To Wear prints are also found throughout the collection creating a cohesive tie between the runway and Stella McCartney Lingerie.
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Actually, I am using the POEM @ Home program which is similar to folding at home but is optimized for AMD video cards. I'm currently running a Dell Workstation with Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9650 @ stock 3ghz with an HD 7850 card. IF I eBay the workstion and run an ivy or sandy bridge rig with this same card 24/7 how much money per month do you guys think I would save on my electric bill?
Using Boinc and POEM@Home this system is generating 114,000 Points per day ( I do not know how much the Folding @ Home equivillant is, as no one seems to know the correct ratio....BUT this card would only do about 10k PPD folding @ home max).
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Wheeler hoping to haunt Giants with good start
By Chris Haft / MLB.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- Pitching at AT&T Park was Zack Wheeler's destiny since the Giants selected him in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
At the time, of course, the Giants believed that Wheeler would perform for them, not against them.
Wheeler, who joined the New York Mets' starting rotation last month, will oppose the Giants in Wednesday's series finale. The twist in Wheeler's career occurred at the Trade Deadline in 2011, when the Giants sent the right-hander to the Mets for right fielder Carlos Beltran. Needing a productive hitter to further its bid to return to the postseason, San Francisco was willing to part with Wheeler, the organization's top pitching prospect.
"You try to make deals happen so you can win," Wheeler said Monday. "No hard feelings or anything; it's going to happen. It's probably going to happen again sometime."
Though Wheeler, 23, harbors no animosity toward the Giants, he'd still like to haunt them with what-if thoughts.
"I definitely want to go out there and do well for myself and maybe show them what they could have had, I guess," said Wheeler, who's 2-1 with a 4.29 ERA in four starts. "That would be fun."
Wheeler sensed that the deal would hasten his career advancement.
"At the time, it was a better opportunity for me," he said. "The Mets' pitching wasn't really deep. The Giants had guys who were young and doing very well. I had a chance to be a front-of-the-rotation starter over here a little bit faster than I could have [with the Giants]."
Arias hits DL after appendectomy
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants expect infielder Joaquin Arias to be sidelined for at least two weeks after he underwent an emergency appendectomy late Sunday night.
Arias, 28, was batting .282 in 60 games, including 23 starts. Giants manager Bruce Bochy has relied on Arias' versatility, starting him in 13 games at third base, six at shortstop and four at first base. Arias also has proven handy offensively. His double on Sunday was one of only three hits in eight innings off Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw.
"Tough news for him," Bochy said. "He was swinging the bat well."
The Giants recalled infielder Nick Noonan from Triple-A Fresno to replace Arias on the active roster. It's the third stint with San Francisco this year for Noonan, who entered Monday batting .212 with four RBIs in 85 at-bats spanning 48 games. With Fresno, Noonan was hitting .311 in 11 games.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Brown Trucking Company announced the induction of 22 drivers into its "Million Mile Safe Driving" Driver Safety Hall of Fame. The group was recognized for successfully driving more than a million consecutive miles accident-free, all with Brown Trucking and/or Brown's acquired companies West Brothers Transportation Services and Schrader Trucking Company. It takes an individual driver at Brown an average of 12 to 15 years to drive a million miles, the company ...Read More
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The anti-choice advocates are always citing a handful of embryologists in order to claim that scientists say human life begins at fertilization. The one fellow who is always getting cited in these claims is Keith L. Moore, a very familiar name in embryology circles, because he wrote several introductory texts on human embryology. I thought I would quote what Moore and Persaud actually wrote in the 4th edition of Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects in 1993 (this text has been around since 1974, so it really has trained a generation in medical embryology, and there is also a 2012 edition, which I don't own…it's a bit on the elementary side for my interests).
The section on the first week of human development begins:
Human development begins at conception or fertilization when a male gamete or sperm fuses with a female gamete or ovum to form a zygote (Br. zygotos, yoked together). This highly specialized, totipotent cell is the primordium of a new human being. By birth the zygote has given rise to millions of cells [that's an underestimate –pzm]. Although large, the zygote is just visible to the unaided eye. It contains chromosomes and genes (units of genetic information) derived from the mother and father.
Odd…it doesn't say we have a human being at fertilization, but instead says we have a totipotent cell that is a primordium that will become a human being.
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She wants to wait until marriage … for everything
Dear Meredith,
"Sarah" and I have been together for a year and a half. It has been wonderful from the get-go; we both have the same interests and she is one of the kindest, smartest people I've ever met. We're also 12 years apart in age (I'm 36, she's 24), but we're both grounded. She still lives at home with her parents but says that will change once she gets a full-time job in her field. (That's taking some getting used to; I've been on my own for 14 years).
However, one thing has been nagging at me recently: she's waiting for marriage to have sex. She told me this very early on in our relationship -- it's a religious thing, as well as her own personal preference -- and I was fine with that at the time because I thought, well, there's other things you can do. It's also her preference; who am I to pressure her? I learned soon after that no sex before marriage meant no real physical relationship before marriage. It really never bothered me until the last few months when it's been on my mind constantly. I also realized that I'm nowhere near to getting engaged -- I'm still trying to figure out if it's because I will be making a career change soon, or if I'm still unsure if she's the one. This is the longest relationship for both of us (and her first "real" relationship).
Recently, she and I had a long conversation about this waiting. I told her that this no-contact thing is very frustrating to me, but quickly added that I wasn't looking for the obvious solution because I'm not forcing her into doing something if she's not ready. I've never experienced anything like this before -- nor have the few, close friends with whom I've discussed this, and they're all as perplexed as I am about what to do. What I'm worried about is losing interest in her physically, which apparently already is showing itself; I don't ask her to stay over anymore because what's the point? Can physical attraction ever leave and come back? What happens if we get married and on the wedding night, I have no interest in seeing her naked? It's like we're an old married couple and it's only just begun. I said this to her, concerning the wedding night, during our talk and all she said was, "You better not," which kind of says to me she doesn't fully understand where I'm coming from.
Look, I'm not some kind of sex-crazed person, but it is one of the fun parts of being in a relationship (like I need to tell you that). I really don't know what to do. Sarah is such a sweetheart and we do have a lot of fun together, but I'm kind of worried that the lack of physicality will doom this relationship and there won't be anything to get it back.
– Stop! In the name of celibacy, NH
You're either the kind of person who can accept the no sex before marriage rule or you're not. And you're not. You never were. You want to be in a physical relationship with the person you're dating. Seems fair to me.
I have to wonder why this relationship appealed to you so much and why you've let it go on for so long. It makes me think that somewhere deep down in that brain of yours, you're so afraid of rejection that you felt good about being with someone who talked about lifetime commitment on the first date.
Maybe you needed that kind of security to get going in a relationship, but you're obviously ready for more risks – and some reality. I'm sure that Sarah is fantastic, but she should be with someone who shares her philosophies about sex and marriage. And you need a peer.
You already want less of her. You're moving on. Let her move on, too. End this.
Readers? Any reason to stick around? Why did a relationship with Sarah appeal to him so much? Is it lack of confidence? What should he do? What's the lesson here? Discuss.
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The Wisconsin Office of Credit Unions liquidated the 294-member New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church Credit Union of Milwaukee on Monday and appointed the NCUA as liquidating agent.
Wisconsin's state regulator made the decision to pull the plug on New Covenant after "determining the credit union was in an unsafe and unsound condition to transact its business and had no prospect of restoring viable operations," according to a release.
A quick review of the tiny credit union's most recent financial performance reports reveal something went horribly wrong: net worth plunged from 8.45% in the second quarter 2012 to just -0.49% as of Sept. 30. Also from second to third quarter 2012, delinquencies increased from 7.44% to 19.63%, and net charge offs increased from -0.07% to 7.56% of average loans.
That loan quality correction prompted a nearly $64,000 third quarter loan loss provision for a credit union that had just $35,363 in undivided earnings. Albert Cooper Sr. is listed by the NCUA as the credit union's manager.
New Covenant is the first federally insured credit union liquidation in 2013. Originally chartered in 1982, the state-chartered, federally insured credit union had assets of approximately $585,000. New Covenant served members of the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church and related groups.


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Ahmed El Balguiti v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Submitted: 14 September, 1993; Filed: 27 September, 1993
27 September 1993 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Morocco - United States of America


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Aloka wrote:No. The word "convert" makes me think of Christian missionaries and the people who ring my doorbell on Sundays !Should one try to convert non-Buddhists?
lol funnily enough I had a JW knock my door this morning
She kinda had her work cut out for her preaching to a Gay Buddhist Marxist She kinda gave up when she said that all gays go to hell, to which I replied in that case that is where I would like to be
I joke lol to be fair we had a nice chat about Buddhism and Christianity
With Christianity though, and Islam as well, they feel the need to try and save you from a future nightmare. It is an act of kindness, worry and concern (mostly) however they always seem to forget the free choice bit and keep pushing to sign up.
As I said Buddhism isnt like that, mostly because you need to see things yourself and realise things for yourself.
A Buddhist going up to a guy and saying "you need to believe that craving causes your suffering" is pretty pointless, as he hasnt known it for himself. The four noble truths, taken as dogmatic doctrine that is "believed in" ex credo is useless.
They are there as tools to use and reflect on and to see, not just to have faith in
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Websites are constantly reporting that Nintendo is failing, that its stock is dropping, and that it's losing money fast. While that was the case over the past year, Nintendo will definitely not be going anywhere for the next several years. According to a recent report, Nintendo has enough cashola in the bank to last it at least four more decades, and that's if the company suffers horrible financial losses in that time.
The Big N's financial data indicates that it currently has 812.8 billion yen stashed away. That's about $10.5 billion. And just to be clear, it would take years and years (and a few more years after that) worth of failures for the company to lose that much money. Oh yeah, Nintendo is definitely going out of business within the next couple of years.
Of course, Nintendo also has other valuable stock, and GamesRadar reports that it would take another several decades for the company to lose its "premises, equipment, and investments." By that time, it would probably be the year 2075. Of course, Nintendo also owns some of the most valuable, recognizable, and marketable franchises in the history of the video game industry. I'm certain Mario and Zelda are worth more than a few coins.
So there you have it, folks. Yes, the Wii hasn't generated much cash as of late. And yes, the 3DS had to get a drastic price cut. But no, Nintendo is not going anywhere any time soon. Seriously, I always find it ridiculous and stupid when analysts make bold claims about Nintendo being in danger, because someone like me, who doesn't really know about the financial side of the industry, knows that the company is rolling around in piles of money.
It brings a big smile to my face when I'm proven right, and so, so many people are proven wrong.


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Actor and Rockland County resident Stephen Baldwin has been using a traffic infraction arrest as a springboard to tweet about his evangelical Christian faith.
Baldwin, a member of the acting clan that includes "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, was charged with driving with a suspended license, New York City police said Sunday.
The star of "The Usual Suspects" and "The Young Riders" was stopped by police at 5:15 p.m. Thursday after he made an illegal U-turn in his Lexus SUV on 125th Street, between Seventh and Lenox avenues in Manhattan, police said.
Two days later, Stephen Baldwin, of Upper Grand View-on-Hudson in Orangetown, tweeted: "Many suggestions about what I should do & what I knew & when. Obviously didn't know license was suspected. Just glad I know Jesus is the savior!"
Police gave the actor a desk appearance ticket and released him.
It was unclear why his license was suspended. A telephone message to his house was not returned.
On the day he was arrested, Stephen Baldwin also tweeted: "I saw a whole new level in the warfare today, intense but not compared to what's coming . . . Fear not. I am a weapon! Are you? 2 Cor 10."
Baldwin also wrote a 2006 book detailing his religious conversion, "The Unusual Suspect: My calling to the new hard-core movement of faith."


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Amazing instances of stop and go
Q: Thinking of "the game of g's," what circumstances can create truly extraordinary accelerations or decelerations?
A: At Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., in 1958, Eli L. Beeding, Jr. took a rocket sled with nine rockets behind it to a speed of 72.5 mph, recounts Jearl Walker in "The Flying Circus of Physics."
While the speed was rather unremarkable, its time of acceleration was anything but: 72.5 mph in 0.04 second, less than the blink of an eye.
"Beeding's acceleration of 83 g's remains the record in a controlled situation."
Then in Northamptonshire, England, in 1977, David Purley's race car crashed, dropping his speed from 108 mph to zero over a distance of only 26 inches.
"His deceleration was a seemingly lethal 180 g's but, although he had 29 fractures, three dislocations, and underwent six heart stoppages, Purley survived." Q: What's the scoop on dogs wearing collars?
A: Some 5,000 years ago, according to ancient Egyptian artifacts and wall paintings, dogs wore leather collars during training for hunting or guarding, sometimes labeled with names like "the brave one" or "the useless one," reports "Science Illustrated.Com" magazine.
The Greeks and Romans also used collars, but more for protecting the throats of guard dogs from wolves and other predators.
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, small dogs became popular as lap dogs, serving as status symbols for the European nobility who adorned their pets with gem- studded silver and gold collars.
As the middle class grew during the Renaissance, more people could afford to have dogs, and the demand for cheap leather collars increased.
Q: Your own DNA is one of the most dense and stable media for storing information. So why not use DNA molecules to store computer files?
A: Actually, George Church and colleagues of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University encoded a 53,400-word book, 11 images and a JavaScript program into single-stranded DNA, beating the previous record set in 2010, says Douglas Heaven in "New Scientist" magazine.
They used DNA bases A or C and G or T to encode either a binary zero or binary one.
In principle, these four letters could encode two bits of information per nucleotide, providing an information storage density per gram of 455 billion gigabytes -- roughly the capacity of 100 billion DVDs! (It takes about 28 grams to equal an ounce.)
Given this enormous storage density and the fact that DNA is stable for thousands of years, it may be an attractive archival medium for computers of the future.
But currently there is no fast and inexpensive way to read out the data, so don't expect commercial applications any time soon.
Q: When does one lowly urine sample make the news?
A: When it comes from a 31-year-old bonobo named Kanzi at the Bonobo Hope Great Ape Trust Sanctuary in Des Moines, Iowa, and the veterinarian requesting the sample doesn't quite know how to go about getting it, reports "IEEE Spectrum" magazine.
"Well," a researcher told the vet, "you could just ask him." Then she pointed to the appropriate lexigrams -- abstract symbols that the bonobo uses to communicate -- for the words "please" and "pee."
Next thing, Kanzi went to the corner of his enclosure, took a plastic cup and peed into it, then handed it to the amazed vet.
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|Posted Jan 29, 2011 9:11 pm
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Date Climbed: Jun 23, 2009
|Amazing the way the rock divits in for nice hand/foot holds! I especially enjoyed practicing a short layback move off a flake near the top (good suggestion from below:-)
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|Fun introduction to Garden style climbing and Garden rock. Located at what seams to be the intersection of every trail and walkway in the Garden (plenty of spectators). The moves through the potholes are solid and fun.
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Angry Birds Star Wars is strong with the force, sets record on the way to the top at iTunes
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Breaking the record set by stablemate Bad Piggies, Angry Birds Star Wars set a new record as the Rovio developed game hit the top of the charts at iTunes in only 2.5 hours; earlier Friday, we called it the best game in the series...
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1. nobelset (Posts: 270; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
I have it free on my note 2, runs so well makes me wanna ditch battlefield 3. Yea, that sounds stupid but you get the point.
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2. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
but the weird thing is that, Angry Birds Star Wars for iOS is a paid app same with WP than android, only the HD version is the paid app....
5. darkkjedii (Posts: 26805; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
That's cuz the free version is ad supported n android. That makes it not as fun to play, cuz the ads can b disruptive.
7. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Yes the ads can be very disruptive.
10. OptimusOne (Posts: 694; Member since: 22 May 2012)
or you gould use adfree and block the ads on android
3. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
huh, Angry Birds condoms....well, I feel bad for those people that had to buy the game, but for 99c it is worth it.
4. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
well if u check ...the play store will have a more download's than istore !!!
6. darkkjedii (Posts: 26805; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
What does that have to do with, and how is that even relevant to this article? The article states a record for iTunes, not more than the play store. Always a useless competition, is google gonna give u a check for that comment? NO!!!
8. michaelmoreno1983 (Posts: 8; Member since: 27 Oct 2012)
I think it is a fun game!!
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I love it too. Can't wait to unlock the Death Star. By the way, Star Wars episode 7 in theaters may 2015. Can't wait.


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You may not realize that the hair on your head, arms, face and everywhere else on your body is constantly passing through one of four phases in a complex cycle. Growing from underneath the skin, hair extends from a root, known as a follicle. And from the time each hair starts to grow to the time it falls out many years later, it cycles through four stages: anagen, catagen, telogen, and exogen.

The first phase, anagen, is the growth phase, which can last between two and seven years. This phase and its length determine how long the hair becomes. The catagen phase, also known as the regression phase, comes next and only lasts about 10 days. During this time the hair follicle shrinks and detaches from the dermal papilla. The third phase is telogen, which lasts about three months. The fourth and final phase, exogen, is when the hair eventually detaches and falls out.

What Happens During Telogen?

During telogen, the resting hair remains in the follicle until it is pushed out by the growth of a new anagen hair. The telogen phase is the resting phase of the hair follicle. At any given time, 10 to 15 percent of all hairs are in the telogen phase. This phase lasts for about 100 days for hairs on the scalp and much longer for hairs on the eyebrow, eyelash, arm , and leg.

During this phase, the hair follicle is completely at rest and the club hair is completely formed. Pulling out a hair in this phase will reveal a solid, hard, dry, white material at the root.

Anything that disrupts the hair growth cycle can cause more hairs to enter the telogen phase. When this happens, a greater amount of hair will shed when the hairs enter the exogen phase a few months later. This excessive shedding is known as telogen effluvium, and while the hair loss is diffuse (spread over the entire scalp), some people may notice more loss near the front of the scalp.

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An imperfect union
In the midst of my obsessive poll tracking and pundit checking over the presidential election - a habit which reappears every four years like a bad rash - it was a welcome relief when the folks in Oslo quixotically handed the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union; it gave me something else to ponder. Their singular choice of the EU was more than an acknowledgement of the 60 years of reconciliation and political and economic ties between former enemies. The Nobel committee undoubtedly wanted to send a strong, clear message to the 27 EU partners: Don't jump ship.
It's been a rocky year for the EU. Multiple member states have sought economic bailouts; Greece is still mired in terrible - seemingly intractable - economic woes; and Spain's unemployment rate just hit a whopping 26 percent. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to push a conservative austerity agenda for struggling states, while Christine Legarde - the French head of the International Monetary Fund - asserts that Greece deserves more time in which to wrestle with their deficits. The Merkel/Legarde tension reflects a rich history of distrust and animosity between France and Germany. The EU is anything but "at peace" right now.
Many southern Europeans claim they're at war - albeit economic - with the northern states. Certainly the tear gas residue hovering over Syntagma Square in Athens (during a visit from Merkel mid-October) lent an air of battle to the current situation. But Merkel, despite critiques that she is single-minded and not expansive in her thinking about the EU, recently acknowledged that she views the award as "an inducement and obligation at the same time." There's been a palpable shift in attitude in the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament. As Mary Lane reports in the Wall Street Journal, German lawmakers finally seem resigned to the need for extra loans to Greece. They fear Greek bankruptcy - and its subsequent exit from the euro - would wreak havoc in the currency zone at the very time that the EU appears to be taming its massive debt crisis. Perhaps they'll turn that wagging finger into a helping hand for the good of the financial union - regardless of how it smarts to do so.
Despite widespread European incredulity, it's not as if the Nobel committee had few candidates to consider for this year's prize. New York Times reporters Alan Cowell and Nicholas Kulish highlight that the Norwegian committee weighed 231 nominations before they settled on their winner. The Peace Prize has often been awarded to heads of state, diplomats or activists who have worked to end wars or fight economic injustice. But sometimes, as Cowell and Kulish write, its selection "reflects hope as much as achievement, seeking to bolster good intentions with a prestigious accolade that provides an unparalleled, if often contentious, global imprimatur." This was the case when President Barrack Obama earned the prize less than a year into his term. The overt message? Here's the prize, now do something with it. Thorbjørn Jagland, the prize panel's chairman, said as much about the EU choice. They wanted to send "a message to the European public of how important it is to secure what they have achieved on this continent." It is an exhortation to both remember the bitter past and reshape a more promising future.
Spain's astonishing new unemployment rate was the topic of a recent lunch conversation I had with some European friends. The discussion soon swung to what to do about Greece. One woman - sympathetic to the French position - thought Germany's austerity plans for Greece stymied any economic improvement. She pointed to the U.K.'s spending: "They didn't adopt austerity when things got really tough. They're in good shape now." Another, clearly supportive of Merkel's austerity position, disagreed: "We should cut Greece loose from the EU. We'd rebound faster without them. What are they doing in the EU, anyway?" With its strains and disagreements - nested in cultural and regional differences - the EU's imperfect alliance is not unlike our own awkward union.
Our peculiar, imperfect coalition is revealed in all its splendor and foulness each Election Day. The hostility and ideological frictions - between North and South, rich and poor, urban and rural - splash across our Electoral College maps in crimson and cobalt. And our unresolved issues of race, class, and gender bubble up into simultaneous accusations of voter disenfranchisement and voter fraud. When friends and family members lose sleep due to concern about the election's outcome, and each side voices worry in ominous tones, I take solace in the endurance of our Constitution and the regularity of our electoral process. Like Guardian reporters Luke Harding and Ian Traynor, who recently wrote of EU leaders reaction to the Nobel Prize and their "rapturously welcoming a boost to the bloc's sagging self-esteem," I find Election Day an exciting reminder of survival and durability.
A friend recently asked if perhaps I had rosecolored glasses about the election. It's not that. I am simply the product of two parents with very different - but useful - overarching worldviews. From my dad: There will never be a shortage of jerks in the world. From my mom: Everyone - and I do mean everyone - is a potential friend. Although I am too prone to hyperbole and anxiety at election time, I was raised by both my parents to respect the peaceful transfer of power and to value voting as a near sacred act. I hold our Constitution's aspirations and ideals in my heart and head, and they will temper my bitter disappoint - somewhat - if the Other Guy gets to nominate the next Supreme Court Justices.
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New Sun-Tolerant Caladium
Caladiums are known for their ability to brighten shady spots in the yard with their colorful leaves. Now there's a caladium that's more sun tolerant than other varieties, and its shorter stature expands the options of where you can grow it.
?Gingerland? caladium grows 15 inches tall and has large, curled, heart-shaped leaves. Each leaf unfurls creamy white with green edges and a dark red center. ?Gingerland? grows equally well in sun or shade. Its diminutive size makes it a great container plant that adds color to pots throughout the summer. For a bushier plant, simply pinch out the growing tip when young and the bulb will respond with multiple side shoots. In fall dig and store the bulbs, or bring the plant indoors to enjoy as a houseplant.
For more information on ?Gingerland? caladium, go to: Park Seed Company.
Grapes May Protect Against Diabetes
According to the National Institutes of Health, it?s estimated that 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents in the U.S. has type 1 diabetes. This epidemic has spurred research into ways to prevent it, and one simple solution may lie in table grapes. Eating this sweet fruit may actually help control blood sugar levels.
Researchers at the USDA?s Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California, have found that compounds in table grapes slow the progression of type 1 diabetes in mice. People with diabetes must closely monitor their sugar intake, but even though grapes are naturally sweet, they also contain phytochemicals that protect the pancreas from immune cells that attack insulin-producing beta cells. Insulin is needed to regulate the sugar levels in blood. If there are too few beta cells, type 1 diabetes results.
For more information on this research, go to: USDA?s Agricultural Research Service.
New Animal Control for Gardens
Controlling marauding animals from eating your landscape and garden is a never-ending task. Now there?s a new, low-impact, technological tool to add to your list of repellent sprays, fences, and scare tactics.
The Nite Guard solar-powered light is used to scare off night-patrolling animals such as raccoons, deer, and skunks. The red, flashing, LED light automatically turns on at dusk and stays on until dawn. The red color mimics the eyes of an animal, causing night visitors to avoid the area for fear of being watched. For best results, use three or four lights since they are one-directional. For tough-to-control animals such as deer, move the Nite Guard every one to two weeks so the deer don?t get used to it. For ground animals, such as skunks and raccoons, keep the lights at eye level of the animal. Place the lights 50 feet apart around your perimeter and 10 to 20 inches off the ground.
For more information on this new animal control devise, go to: Nite Guard.
Warm Temperatures Increase the Sugar and Nutrients in Tomatoes
Most gardeners know the flavor and nutritional quality of fresh tomatoes is best if you grow your own. New research from France shows that the temperature at which fruit ripens can also affect the taste and chemical composition. Researchers in Avignon, France, harvested mature green tomatoes from a greenhouse and ripened the fruits in light or dark rooms at either 70 or 79 degrees F. Six days later when the fruits were fully ripe, they measured the concentration of various nutrients.
Concentrations of carotenoids -- including the cancer-fighting compound lycopene -- were highest with fruits ripened in light rooms at 70 degrees. However, higher levels of sugar and lower levels of acidity were recorded when the fruits were ripened in light rooms at 79 degrees. While you can?t regulate the temperature outdoors in the garden, you can adjust the indoor temperature where you ripen those green fruits harvested before the first fall frost. For the highest nutrient content, keep the tomatoes at 70 degrees. For sweeter fruits, keep them at 79 degrees.
For an abstract of this research, go to: Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.


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Optimus Alive 2014
Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce they will headline Optimus Alive 2014 in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday 10th July 2014.
Tickets are on sale now from here.
25.06.14 8:20 pm
Please play 505. It's of my favorite songs. It's probably one of your best songs
25.06.14 12:31 pm
15.11.13 7:01 pm
And how about Rock Werchter in Belgium... We'd love to see you again!
14.11.13 12:44 pm
Hi there guys,
I've got some constructive criticism for you here, so, hopefully, you'll read the message, and get something out of it. I will post it also on the "wall", and the official AM site forum, because, I guess that's the best I can do on my own.
So, I've been on the AM concert 2 days ago in Munich, Germany. Have to say, I was never so disappointed in my life before at a concert, ever. Apparently Alex Turner cares more about his new hair style then he cares for his fans, which are his bread givers, mind you.
I was standing in the middle, maybe 10th row from the stage, feeling happy to finally seeing them perform when suddenly a mosh pit started to happen, as soon as they got on stage. Girls started screaming, not because they are oh so sexy, but because they COULDN'T BREATHE, and they we're being crushed under the crowd. Unfortunately I and my friend we're also the victims (there's really no other way of putting it). We got carried away in a flow of people, and got stuck 4 rows before the stage. I couldn't even reach the floor, that's how little space I had. After a while I got slammed to the floor, stepped on, but in the end was lucky enough to get away with only bruises.
Something COULD and SHOULD have been done. Alex just closed his eyes, and continued on with the show. He could have stopped for a few minutes and sort things out, but maybe he was high on coke, to really get what was happening?
I wonder, are they mainly performing for themselves or perhaps the fans who drove from all over to hear them perform? I didn't care about the 500 km drive in one direction, didn't mind the cost of the ticket, but the whole thing just disappointed me.
And as I've read on the forum it is a repeating occurrence. Some girls got it much worse than I did, and my body is still in pain, it feels as if I was beaten all over. No highly regarded, seriously taken artist should let this happen, sooner or later, there will be consequences. But how far do you want to take it? Until some teenager girl gets crushed to death, right under their noses?
Don't know about you, but I would consider this.
Just one more thing for the end, if there's a way let Alex know he doesn't need to comb his hair every 5 min, it will make him look more relaxed and in-to the public.
14.11.13 9:21 am
I have 1 standing ticket available for the Sheffield gig. Contact me if interested email@example.com
13.11.13 11:11 pm
i refuse to believe any of you are bigger fans than i am.
thank you.
13.11.13 11:10 pm
13.11.13 8:50 pm
iI HAD THE DRUMSTICK YOU THREW AT VORST NATIONAL BELGUIM, BUT THIS @#$*!HEAD OF A BOUNCER TOOK IT..
13.11.13 1:20 pm
So far, these are the best news I got music-wise for next year! I will be buying my ticket as soon as I can decide if there's anyone else worth watching for the remaining days of the festival... But I'll go to the first day, for sure, even if I have to work early the following day :)
Are you guys considering giving a standalone concert in Portugal, next year as well? I'm sure there would be a lot of happy people here if you were to do it. And with the economic crisis, I'm sure we can use with some fun ;-P
12.11.13 9:04 pm
is anyone opening up for you guys??
11.11.13 10:02 pm
Pleeaaassseee ccooommmee too brazil at lollapaloooza festival!! I'm a huge fan of you guys please love you all its my dream since i was 7 to see tou live on stage ! Please come to brazil ??
11.11.13 9:41 pm
Pleaseeeee come to Mexicooo! Please,please, if you do I'll be the happiest person in the World! Los amamos Arctic Monkeys!!
11.11.13 7:44 pm
So gutted that I can't see you this year in the UK, when are you going to have a gig in the UK again next year?
11.11.13 6:38 pm
My daughter had the most looked forward to amazing night turn into an absolute nightmare when the crowds at earls court last Saturday of november surged forward and 3 male idiots who refused to let her thriugh when she wnted to go outside for air as she was feeling crushed and claustrophobic.............instead they knocked her to the ground and kicked her in the head and the back. She lost her shoes and her favourite jac ket
She managed to make her way outside in shick and hurting .
Security wouldn t let herr back inside . She had only heard half a song of her favourite band in the whole world as she said to me
She was traumatised and scarned when I got to her but more than anything gutted that she couldn t see her favourite band. £ 140 for a ticket to get your head kicked in .???
Shes wasn t alone , the previos night a father who took his daughters ti see them had his jaw broken and faced punched badly
So if anybof you AArctic Monkeys are listening or reading getbin touch and put this right
11.11.13 6:18 pm
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11.11.13 4:16 pm
what Alex had in mind when he finished with alexa chung couple were more than perfect!
11.11.13 4:13 pm
alexa chung alex you and form a perfect couple! arielle has nothing to do with you! kisses
10.11.13 10:34 pm
10.11.13 1:50 pm
Please come to south america (Venezuela! !)
09.11.13 8:48 pm
Are you gonna be having a tour around the uk in 2014, Im only there for a year on a gap year!! All the way from New Zealand, hope you will!
08.11.13 2:30 pm
thank you!! i'm so gonna be there.
you should definitely play mardy bum here. can't wait 'till 2014! see you there guys
08.11.13 2:28 pm
08.11.13 11:17 am
I agree with RJSilvaPV!
And I would add Catapult, When the sun goes down and The Jeweller's Hands (my personal favourite!) Mardy Bum is definitely a must have for the sing along :D
Also I would prefer She's Thunderstorms instead of Reckless Serenade
07.11.13 9:03 pm
Play mardy bum, a certain romance and dance little liar please.
07.11.13 8:51 pm
The Portuguese crowd will appreciate a lot more if you refrain from playing songs such as One For The Road and Nº1 Party Anthem. You could benefit by removing these from your current setlist and replacing them with Knee Socks and 505.
A suggested setlist that the Portuguese crowd would rather enjoy .- a LOT -. would be:
Do I Wanna Know?
Dancing Shoes
Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
Teddy Picker
Crying Lightning
Knee Socks
Reckless Serenade
Old Yellow Bricks
Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Pretty Visitors
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Suck It And See
Fluorescent Adolescent
I Wanna Be Yours OR From The Ritz To The Rubble
Snap Out of It
Mardy Bum
R U Mine? OR 505
From my viewpoint, you should also consider some B.Sides such as No Buses, Stop The World I Wanna Get Off With You, Electricity Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts, the sorts. Those would grant you with the best crowd you would have and will have seen in years.
07.11.13 8:41 pm
Please please play Mardy Bum!! Looking forward to seeing you guys again =')
07.11.13 3:22 pm
OMFG im so fukin happy u cant even imagine. I didnt get to go SPSR i was so fukin mad that day bcuz i wasnt even i lisbon i was in Azores in a family trip. Im so happy i cant even breathe GOD IF U CANCEL IT ILL KILL MYSELF
07.11.13 11:58 am
yOU GUTS SHOULD BE RUNNING YOUR OWN fESTIVAL GIG, IE AN ALL DAY GIG WITH YOU GUYS AT THE END WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANGING SET LIST???? (PLEASE).
hONESTLY YOU GUYS HAVE SMASHED IT yOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR 100'S OF YEARS !!!!
lOVE JIMBO
06.11.13 10:24 pm
Please do more dates in the uk next year too! please please please! a bit of a longer tour is needed in Uk so we can all get to go! :)
06.11.13 9:39 pm
Sooooo gong to be there! Great festival choice!!!
06.11.13 8:53 pm
any dates for UK in 2014??
06.11.13 7:38 pm
i'm absolutly gonna be there!! love you guys X
06.11.13 7:03 pm
yeah :D
06.11.13 12:21 pm
Why not Lisbon's Coliseum? :(


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This was my sisters Christmas cactus she had for years. When she passed I took it home and nurtured it and this was my reward earlier this month.
Millbury, MA
Happy belated bday tnmtgrl looks like you have a new helper for your quilting sessions. ;-)
Angèle from NWO
Marie, that's a beautiful Cactus. After mine stops blooming I think I need to repot it.
Thank you for the pic Marie. My Christmas cactus didn't bloom this year, so I'm glad you shared yours.
Quilters are people who strip so they won't go topless.
Here is my Christmas photo. DH, my sister Diane and her dog Frank. We did get to skype with daughter Melissa this morning.
Chiliwist Valley
My Christmas cactus usually blooms at Easter!
Have 2 blooms and 4 buds this year....
As for the topic of this thread....what are you up to today?....well, didn't get my sewing projects done for Christmas....machine decided to stop picking up the bobbin thread! I did make Christmas wreaths from rolled book pages and sparkle balls (clear solo cups and lights) made, but none of the stitching projects AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
She IS adorable.
Your birthday is sandwiched in between my daughter's (the 20th) and mine (the 22nd)
Happy birthday!
Hope everyone had a great day today. Pretty soon I'll be playing with my new machine and all my new patterns for quilts. Planning a trip to frankenmuth on tues. and again their quilt shop will be closed must be my luck but thats when family can go ...
Quilting My Rainbow
This is what I've been doing lately
Bonita, mine needs repotting as well but I'm scared to death because I'm not sure how to do it without causing it damage . It has to be at least 15 years old, my sister had a knack with plants, me not so much. Any advice?
CC, you are welcome. When it was in my sisters hands, it was twice as big and bloomed at Christmas and Easter. I've been getting a few blooms at Easter time.
I got mine last year with no blooms and this is the first two blooms so far and it's in small pot. So I'm up for some advice too.
Is, that is so beautiful!
Just to let you know, the cactus has to be pot bound to flower. My mom had one that my cousin now has. It is now 63 years old. The main stem is like a small tree but it blossoms beautifully every year. My hens and chicks cactus are in a pot outside and finally started flowering last year when it got pot bound. Just a thought.
Diana in East TN
Patti, y"all look so comfy sitting there, and you can't ever deny your sister. You 2 look so much alike, except for the hair color. Glad you got to Skype with your daughter. Ginny
Diana:Just to let you know, the cactus has to be pot bound to flower. My mom had one that my cousin now has. It is now 63 years old. The main stem is like a small tree but it blossoms beautifully every year.
That's my experience, too. My 30+ year old cactuses love living in my 4-season-porch which is kept cool and receives indirect north light. One blooms profusely at Thanksgiving (coral color) and the other at Christmas (traditional pinkish-red).
I will say that these are messy plants, and since they share the room with my mid-arm frame, this holiday was their last. I couldn't find anyone to adopt my huge potted plants, so they went to the great outdoors and I am now houseplant free.
On the banks of the Mississippi River in north central Minnesota (Brainerd lakes area)


text: I recently posted a question to Stack Overflow about the possibility of using iPython to generate reproducible, repetitive reports. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13614783/programatically-add-cells-to-an-ipython-notebook-for-report-generation) Lets say that I have a number of Pandas data frames and for each data frame I want to generate a series of tables , graphs and text, and then combine these into a report. I could use a templating system like Jinja but I am curious to know if I could use the iPython framework of ipython-notebook ---> nbconverter ---> pdf/html/etc for the purpose of generating all of the data analyses and the report into a single document.I have followed Thomas K.'s suggestion to use the get_ipython().set_next_input() function to add text to the next code block. For my idea to work, a few things would need to work: example code. from IPython.core.display import Image, display_png x = Image(filename='test.png') for i in range(3): x = Image(filename='/Users/zachpowers/Downloads/pics/Sieve_1.png') get_ipython().set_next_input('Thats What I am Talking About!') get_ipython().set_next_input(display_png(x)) if you run this you will see that there are a few different problems that you encounter. 1) you can't create Markdown cells 2) the display_png() function does not respect the .set_next_input() function so they are all displayed in the same output block in which they are called 3) the .set_next_input() function would need to be modified to track which code blocks it insert. It iterates over the loop and inserts a code block below the code block it sits in with the result that the code blocks are added in reverse order from expected. 4) there would need to be a way to hide the code-block that calls the rest of the functions. 5) you would probably still need a templating engine to generate interesting text of each markdown block So in closing I think the python ---> nbconvert is a great tool and that it might potentially be useful for reproducible research of repetitive reports (say that five times fast). I think that a few tweaks to the ipython notebook might make this possible and that the benefit would be the creation of a single file from which analyses could be rerun and from which reports could be generated. However, upon writing up my thoughts I am not sure that this is easier than doing the analysis in one file and outputting the results via a separate templating system. I hope some of the iPython community might find this line of thought to be useful and if so we could try to implement some of these ideas. thanks, zach cp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-user/attachments/20121201/1bef4a72/attachment.html


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Samsung and Visa announced yesterday
that they would join forces to provide NFC technology during the London 2012
Olympics with an Olympics and Paralympics Games mobile handset.
field communication, or NFC technology, is a set of short-range, wireless
technologies that allows mobile devices to interact with specialized readers in
order to make everyday payments. This technology provides a way for mobile
users to pay for items in a store by simply tapping their phone on a
specialized reader at the cash register.
It makes
sense that Samsung and Visa would agree to a partnership in this NFC venture,
considering they both have some experience with the technology. For instance,
Google equipped
Samsung's Nexus S with NFC support and plans to
test this NFC technology in New York and San Francisco over the
next four months. Visa, on the other hand, has started NFC
trials in Europe using the iPhone.
Now, Visa
and Samsung plan to offer the NFC mobile payment service before, during and
after the Olympics. They're launching the Olympics
and Paralympics Games mobile handset in London that will use
Visa's payment application and a Visa SIM card. When a user is ready to make a
purchase, they simply open the Visa payment application and hold the phone in
front of a special reader at the register.
system will initially be made available to Visa and Samsung sponsored athletes
in the London 2012 Olympics, and to those in the United Kingdom. Currently,
there are 60,000 contactless readers in London alone, making the NFC-enabled
devices a perfect fit for the area. According to Seokpil Kim, President and CEO
of Samsung Electronics Europe, both companies would like to eventually
"expand the service to other countries in Europe and around the
Samsung and Visa have shown great enthusiasm in working together, and look
forward to next year's Olympic Games.
like Samsung, shares the vision of leveraging our Olympic and Paralympic Games
sponsorship to leave a lasting legacy in the market for banks, retailers,
mobile operators and consumers," said Peter Ayliffe, CEO of Visa Europe.
"We are not only breaking new ground for Olympic partnerships, we are
committed to enabling consumers to connect with mobile and contactless
payments technology for 2012 and beyond. We look forward to
working with financial institutions and mobile operators alongside Samsung to
make this initiative a success."
Kim also
added that the Olympics will be the perfect place to show off the new system
and put mobile payments on the map.
a pioneer in mobile technology, Samsung is striving for long term change in the
way we use mobile payments," said Kim. "In London next year, we
regard the greatest show on Earth as the perfect opportunity to showcase how
this technology can make a positive difference to people's lives - enabling
them to feel closer to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This mobile payment
device will be made available in the UK initially, and we plan to expand the
service to other countries in Europe and around the world where contactless
payment facilities are available in the near future."


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The world's best liars will be gathering in northwestern England to compete for the title of world's biggest liar. The competition is open to anyone other than lawyers and politicians, who are banned from the competition because they have an unfair advantage in the competition.
The Huffington Post is reporting that the annual competition his held at the Bridge Inn in Lake District hamlet of Santon Bridge. The competiong was founded to honor the late Will Ritson, the former landlord of the Bridge Inn who was famous for his farfetched stories.
Contestants will have five minutes to impress judges with a huge but convincing lie.
Glen Boylan, a nuclear power plant worker, was last year's winner. He took the top spot by telling a story about racing snails with Prince Charles.
They take this competition seriously across the pond, one local brewer is even producing a World's Biggest Liar ale to commemorate the event.


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Let's call them "the working crunched." They're not poor, nor are they unskilled or otherwise unprepared for the modern economy. But somehow -- among mortgages, credit cards, retirement savings, gas prices, health emergencies, kids in college -- the numbers don't add up to financial security. The working crunched are middle class people who feel far from secure, running faster yet getting closer to the edge.
Susan Marsh is among them. "When I teach economics to my ninth grade students," she says, "what I like to say about credit cards is that they are 'little plastic cards of doom.'"
Susan and her husband John have a comfortable home in Minneapolis with an open view of Lake Nokomis. Susan is in her 16th year as a teacher in Shakopee. Their son is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. Everything seems to be in order. But even John was surprised to hear Susan had just consolidated her credit card debt into loans totaling $20,000.
"It started with a transmission going down," she says. "And then that car was 500-dollaring me to death every month and there was no way to keep up. I eventually gave up the car, so now I have a car payment again.
"About that period of time, John's company laid him off and we started incurring significant medical bills. And pretty soon I started charging stupid things, like gas. I say, 'Never charge gas or groceries,' but I was starting to do it."
Susan's credit card woes mounted as John was laid off from his job as a computer programmer in 2004. "Basically, I got old and made too much money," he says. "I was really an economic cutback."
Soon after, John found out he needed hernia surgery. Their insurance called it an elective procedure, and the Marshes paid out of pocket. John's mobility is still limited, and he's nearing retirement age. They have begun tapping his 401(k) account, but John says taxes take a big bite.
Susan says they didn't live extravagantly, and after years as a two-income household they expected they could weather a string of bad luck. But this one has pushed them near the edge. They're planning to relocate to a smaller condominium next year, partly because of John's health. But he's not so sure it will help them financially. "We're going to end up trying to sell this house at the time we're trying to buy the other one, and of course the market is going to pot," he says. "I'm somewhat pessimistic."
While personal bankruptcy filings can be counted, the working crunched like the Marshes are not so easily defined. That's partly because most people feel crunched to some degree; whose life wouldn't be easier with more money?
But there are indications the Marshes are part of a trend. Credit card delinquencies are on the rise. Though consumer confidence rose in March, a recent survey found more than half of Americans believe the economy is getting worse. That's despite the fact that technically, the economy has been growing for almost five years and adding jobs for three.
Scott Anderson, a senior economist with Wells Fargo, offers more evidence of a consumer crunch: "The savings rate is in a long-term downtrend, and that suggests to me that consumers are stretching more and more to maintain their standard of living," Anderson says. "It's getting harder and harder for people to sock away that money. Wages and salaries have not kept pace with inflation of the last couple years."
Anderson doesn't believe our overall economy is in trouble. But when both wage growth and the savings rate are negative, it's clear many Americans are missing the fruits of the economic expansion.
One of the hallmarks of that expansion has been the strong housing market. But the market is cooling. That's bad timing for Nick Schrader.
We're these really model American families, and we're struggling beyond what you would think would happen.Jacque Bieber, South St. Paul
For Schrader, the American dream of home ownership has proved short-lived. The 26-year-old was excited to purchase his own condo last year in an art deco-style building in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis. He followed the conventional logic that a home would be a solid investment in his financial future.
Now he's putting it up for sale, convinced he'll be better off mentally and financially if he goes back to renting. "For me it ended up being a life that I didn't want to live, because it was too much ... work to be done to make the payments that it came to be a sacrifice of my personal life," he says. "And my personal health, too -- just working like a dog six days a week, only having one day off for a year and a half. It just wasn't worth it."
Despite a college degree, Schrader's two jobs at a restaurant and working with disabled children at a local school pull in only about $1,600 a month. He has an adjustable rate mortgage, which means his payments are rising along with interest rates. Even though it's not an ideal time to sell, Schrader says he's doing what he has to do: "It makes more sense for me to sell this place, take what money I can from it, and get back on my feet somewhere else."
Schrader is struggling to find work that is both personally rewarding and provides more than a hand-to-mouth existence. Overall, while the U.S. economy has grown, incomes have failed to keep up with inflation for three straight years.
Wells Fargo's Scott Anderson says the benefits of growth have so far been concentrated with companies and their shareholders. Profits are not going into hiring and raises. "Companies are extremely well capitalized," he says. "Their retained earnings are very high, and they're using those retained earnings to do mergers and acquisitions, and stock buybacks."
Jacque Bieber says she has never felt so crunched, and neither have some of her friends. "We're these model American families, and we're struggling beyond what you would think would happen," she says.
Four years ago, Bieber was the director of research at the St. Paul-based American Academy of Neurology. But when a new executive director came in, she was out.
Employment has been more difficult than you might think for someone with a Ph.D and a prestigious work history. Bieber is 54, and it has been difficult to find a good fit for her specialized qualifications -- much less a job that approaches her earlier salary.
"I've sent my resume out plenty of times," she says. "I don't even end up getting an interview, and I have really good credentials, you know. I was earning $130,000 a year. And so I've been going into my retirement funds to make ends meet. You can only do that for so long."
Bieber's husband is a therapist who works out of their home in South St. Paul. Bieber says their only option was a drastic change in lifestyle, or trying to start her own business. She has been working with a partner to establish a consultancy using their specialized knowledge. She says they have some big contracts in the works, but no cash flow yet. At the time of this interview, Bieber was preparing to visit her bank for a stop-gap loan.
"It's this money thing that really worries me more than anything, more than anything. And I've never been in this position before. It's really difficult to be well-trained, to have a lot to offer, and to have nobody who's willing to really pay for what you can bring to the party," she says.
Bieber she knows a lot of people in a similar squeeze. "These are people that are really capable people. People that can read and write and think on a critical level, and speak well. It's not that all my friends are without work. But I have never known this many people who are capable, who are in similar situations to my own."
Like the others in this story, Bieber is thinking of selling her home to make ends meet. With one child in college and another going soon, she says the family could get by with less room.
The best -- and maybe only -- remedy for many of the "working crunched" may be time. Economist Scott Anderson of Wells Fargo says while the fruits of economic growth in recent years have gone disproportionately to businesses, a change is coming.
"As the expansion gets longer in the tooth we will see a transition of forces," Anderson says. "Businesses won't be able to continue to expand without hiring more workers and spending more on capital and equipment. That suggests businesses will have to start hiring more workers."
And paying them more.
Within five to ten years, many economists also expect the millions of retiring baby boomers to create an urgent need for skilled workers to take their place. So, better days are coming -- maybe. For many of Minnesota's "working crunched," the challenge will be hanging on until then.


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Overview of sections
Have you ever gotten lost in a giant presentation when the slide titles and numbers start blurring together, and navigating through the presentation becomes impossible? You simply lose track of where you are!
In Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, you can use the new Sections feature to organize your slides, much like you would use folders to organize your files. You can use named sections to keep track of groups of slides. And, you can assign sections to colleagues to make ownership clear during collaboration. If you're starting with a blank slate, sections can even be used to outline the topics in your presentation.
While you can view sections in either Slide Sorter view or Normal view, Slide Sorter view tends to be more helpful when you want to organize and sort your slides into logical categories that you have defined.
Below is an example of how you can view sections in Normal view:
And, below is an example of how you can view sections in Slide Sorter view:
1. Shows the selected section in the slide deck
2. Another section in the slide deck
Add and name a section
In either Normal view or Slide Sorter view, right-click between the two slides where you want to add a section.
In this example, in Normal view, right-click between two slides, and then click Add Section.
To rename the section to something more meaningful, right-click the Untitled Section marker, and click Rename Section, as shown below.
Enter a meaningful name for the section. and then click Rename (as shown below in Rename a section).
Rename a section
To rename an existing section, right-click the Untitled Section, and click Rename Section, as shown below.
Enter a meaningful name for the section. and then click Rename.
Move a section up or down in a list of slides
Right-click the section that you want to move, and then click Move Section Up or Move Section Down.
Remove a section
Right-click the section that you want to remove, and then click Remove Section.