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Virginia Commonwealth University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award certificate, baccalaureate, master and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Recent accreditation history
- Monitoring Report for CS 188.8.131.52 - No Further Action Required (1/19/16)
- QEP Executive Summary (2/13/15)
- SACSCOC Tenth Year Reaffirmation Letter (1/13/15)
- SACSCOC Fifth Year Reaffirmation Letter (7/8/11)
- SACSCOC - Off Campus Sites - Final Approval (7/10/10)
- SACSCOC Report of the Substantive Change Committee Examining Off-Campus Sites as Part of the Fifth Year Interim Report (4/28/10)
- SACSCOC Accreditation Reaffirmation Letter (1/6/05)
Substantive Change Policy (Commission and Institutional Responsibilities, Procedures, and Reporting Timelines)
For more information, please see the VCU SACS website.
For academic units that have or are planning an academic degree program or programs where 25-49 percent of the course work required is being taught either via technology-based instruction (including online) or at a new off campus site, the program coordinator (or chair or dean) must notify the Vice Provost prior to implementation of such delivery. This pertains to all programs approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (certificate, baccalaureate, master, and doctorate degrees). The Office of the Provost then works with the unit to prepare the appropriate notification for SACSCOC.


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As a lover of crime writing, I am mourning the passing of Dominick Dunne , one of the best practitioners of the genre. Dunne wrote about the degenerate side of the wealthy, and even though he had an eye for debauched detail, he always kept his sympathies with the victim, because of his way into the subject: the murder of his daughter Dominique. Dominique was a 22-year-old emerging actress when she was strangled to death on the lawn of her Los Angeles home by her abusive ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney. If you have not read Dominick Dunne's account of his daughter's trial, published in Vanity Fair in 1984, go right now and read the entire thing ( via The Awl ). It is an impressive piece of work. Not just because of the quality of the writing (magazine prose of the best kind), but also because Dunne was able to function at all after the horror of his daughter's trial. Dunne had been a successful movie producer, but after a divorce and a series of flops, he became an unemployed alcoholic. He was just beginning to forge a new career as a novelist and magazine writer when Dominique was killed. As Graydon Carter wrote in his tribute to Dunne , it was a thrilling second act.
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It's been roughly 11 years since I've been to the Big Apple and I'm sooo excited about this trip. Many of the painters that I have followed since I began painting 3 years ago exhibit in NYC or have studios there. And then there's the Metropolitain Museum of Art! Is going to be an inspiring and invigorating trip and I hope to get lots of ideas for future projects when I return.
Open Studios is in 2 weeks! So excited and looking forward to meeting roughly 2000 art enthusiasts that will be visiting our city. I've made a few new pieces especially for Open Studios and can't wait to hear the feedback. To the left is the first painting of a series of pieces I'm going to be making utilizing metallic colors. I've not used them much in my work but interested to see how they play into my typical color pallette. Hopefully, it will be successful!


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Free HPV vaccinations are available to uninsured, low-income women ages 19 to 26, through the Merck Vaccine Patient Assistance program, at the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association office at Yampa Valley Medical Center. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease and can lead to cervical cancer and other diseases.
Hepatitis vaccinations are available from the Colorado Department of Public Health at a reduced cost to adult clients with certain risk factors, such as multiple sex partners, recent sexually transmitted disease or other qualifying factors. Completing the vaccination series will provide lifelong protection against the most common types of hepatitis. The cost of the vaccinations will be on a sliding fee scale up to $14.
For all vaccinations, call the VNA at 879-1632 to learn if you qualify.
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Time is running out for local businesses and organizations to enter this year's Fourth of July Parade. Only 60 parade entries will be accepted. If you are interested in participating, call Kristi with the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association at 875-7006 or download the parade entry form at http://www.steamboatchamber.com, under the "Events & Activities" tab.
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Kenneth L. Brokmeier
The promotional ad simply announced: "Eternity: Heaven or Hell." The speaker, Bill Wiese, was appearing at the local university, and the event was open to the public.
I had heard of Wiese. A few years back I had read his New York Times bestselling book 23 Minutes in Hell. As I thought about the topic, my curiosity was piqued. This topic had potential for some interesting discussion at our collegian Bible study.
A representative of the sponsoring faith-based organization introduced both Wiese and his wife, Annette, to an audience that filled about half of the large auditorium. In his opening remarks Wiese announced that his wife was on stage to verify that he was allowed to see the terrors of hell on Nov. 22, 1998. Annette stated that at 3:30 a.m. that morning she awoke to find her husband curled up in a fetal position screaming and terrified and asking her to pray for him.
As she exited the stage, visuals began to flash on the screen behind Wiese as he summarized his book. Phrases like "the horrors unimaginable of a place where you wish you could die, . . . burning in flames of fire, and giant demons are biting you, . . . the stench of sulfur, and raw sewage . . . the screaming is so loud" were surrounded by Bible references that plainly disclosed he had imparted this message more than a handful of times.
Several things became clear. He had fervor for wanting all in attendance to know that hell is a real place—even though, Wiese announced, that a majority of surveyed Americans think few, if any, will go there.
Likewise several times that evening he repeated to all skeptics a "motto" that is also on his Web site, "Even if you don't believe my story, you should believe these Bible verses and avoid hell just the same."
I admire Wiese for this kind of passion as well as his simple confession that Christ died so that no one needs to go to hell. He also openly condemned universalism—the commonly held belief that all people, no matter what, go to heaven.
As expected, Wiese invited everyone who wasn't sure if their names were written in the book of life to raise their hands and hold them high so that God could clearly see them. He then instructed those whose arms were reaching for heaven to repeat a prayer to invite Jesus into their hearts.
I also heard any number of disconcerting things, including the disturbing thought both Wiese and his wife introduced during the Q&A session. They believe that if Christians truly follow the proper principles of the Bible (e.g., tithing and other spiritual laws), they will either avoid sickness and disease or be cured of it.
This belief leaves little comfort for those whose loved ones in Christ died as a result of any sickness—sudden or prolonged. Such conviction also offers little hope should any of us suddenly contract a deadly disease in the year ahead or continue to battle a chronic disease we currently carry.
The Christ Child came to spare us from an eternity in hell. God pledges that even if we suffer in life here on earth—it is only temporary (cf. 1 Peter 5:10). As God's people look back over 2013 and ahead to 2014 we cling to his promise that nothing—including sickness and suffering—can separate us from his love (cf. Romans 8:35-39).
Contributing editor Kenneth Brokmeier is pastor at Our Savior, Brookings, South Dakota.
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Ever want to reveal all aliases to mailboxes in Office365?
Every once in a while my customers want to make sure the company policy (email@example.com) is being observed or being enforced. Just to check up on us I suppose :)
...In administrative mode; let's not take the chance that the commands will fail because you lack elevated permissions!
Also, don't start the Azure Module for PowerShell. I have to ask one of the braniacs why that won't work, but for some reason the Azure Module for PS won't recognize mailbox commands....
' It will prompt you for your Office365 administrative username and password - this is for your client/tenant subscription you wish to query on.
$NuSession = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $NuSession
Get-Mailbox | Select-Object DisplayName,@{Name="EmailAddresses";Expression={$_.EmailAddresses |Where-Object {$_ -LIKE "SMTP:*"}}} | Sort | Format-List
' alternately send emails and aliases to csv file
' Get-Mailbox | Select-Object DisplayName,@{Name="EmailAddresses";Expression={$_.EmailAddresses |Where-Object {$_ -LIKE "SMTP:*"}}} | Sort | Export-Csv
The formatted (table) list should display for you for all their mailboxes. All email addresses, all aliases.
Note that the previous step has a command that's commented out ( ' ) that will allow you to save the output to a CSV (Excel) file. Use that for larger subscriptions or for history's sake. I've needed to save lists from time to time as their subscription changed.
That's about all there is to it.
Relatively simple process; you create a variable that is called $LiveCred that contains (encrypted) a username/password to be passed to the New-PSSession command in order to open up a remote PowerShell session to Microsoft's Office365 servers in which to issue commands to it.
We're getting the mailboxes, selecting objects (through the pipeline), of which 'DisplayName' contains a member called 'EmailAddress'. We're going to grab the objects to each user underneath 'EmailAddress' whose text begins with 'SMTP:', and send each object to the Sort command - either to display to the screen or output to a CSV file...
Remember to enter the last line - for security's sake - to Exit-PSSession...!
This works well except I also need to get email addresses and alias's associated with Shared Mailboxes & DL's. Any thoughts?
Hmm. Haven't thought about that one, Nick4825. I will see about spending some more time on this in the near future.
Any idea how to do this for an account that I'm the partner of record for, rather than for my own companies account?
Frenz, sorry - just saw this :) You should be able to get aliases for all email accounts for your POR clients. Log in as that client's Admin within the $livecred credential.
I'm not sure if this is still need needed but you can use the following command to get the DL list.
Get-DistributionGroup | Select-Object DisplayName,@{Name="EmailAddresses";Expression={$_.EmailAd
dresses |Where-Object {$_ -LIKE "SMTP:*"}}} | Sort | Format-List
Is it safe to assume the first email address exported is the primary? Anyone know how to easily tell the difference?
Hey this worked great except I need all primary email addresses and aliases of all accounts. Active, Unlicensed, Blocked, Deleted, shared mailboxes and distribution lists. Just truly everything. Hoping to use this to create a list of every single domain email address and alias. Every. Single. One. Please and thank you. <3


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During the months of November and December, Help Change My City Alliance invites individuals, families, students, businesses and corporations to come and give together with us. Donation boxes will be located at various locations around the lower mainland through the month of November where you can drop off donations of *NEW* socks, gloves, toques and scarves.
Please note the 2 different locations for December 8th and 9th!
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December 8th all volunteers are welcome to join us in sorting and packaging all of the items! Volunteers begin by writing personalized encouragement notes and holiday wishes to our friends on the Eastside of Vancouver who are in need of a little warmth from our community. We then stuff the bags with several warm items each and prepare them for the Give the following morning.
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December 9th volunteers are welcome to join us again as we hand deliver these gifts of love and warmth to people living on the streets along with hot chocolate and coffee starting from 11:00am at the Help Change My City tent which will be set up at 488 Carrall Street
Donations: We need *new* socks, toques, mittens and scarves collected for 5:30pm on December 9th and brought to Templeton Secondary for Prep Day.
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It was a re-design assignment, and the theme was 80's cartoon character SNARF from the cartoon "Thunder Cats".
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How many of you have a phone that accesses the Internet? And if you do have a smartphone, how many of you have left that phone further than 5 feet/meters away from you right now? I'm guessing that if any of you answered yes to that second question, you are now patting pockets and enduring mild panic attack symptoms as you try and remember where on earth you left it. Smartphones are small, portable, have instant connectivity and are always close at hand. This is a super advantage that libraries and librarians are well positioned to make the most of.
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Wayfinding: Put QR codes in hard to navigate areas. Patrons can link to a map that shows people how to get to the circulation desk, or a map of the stacks, which can then be carried around and bookmarked.
Help: QR codes can link to phone numbers (i.e., the Research Desk) or contact details (i.e., a librarian's e-mail address) in the stacks or mobile friendly chat reference windows.
Advertising: Posters with QR codes could link to promotional videos, mobile calendars, the library's twitter feed, mobile web/catalog, and mobile databases; one click and the user is at the webpage without having to type in the long URL.
Outreach: Provide a link to your contact details or your departmental office hour information. Include a vcard QR code on all your outreach posters and users can save your contact details as a contact in their phone.
Collections: Link to digital copies (or records of the microfilm) of periodicals and newspapers in your reading room, online versions of reference materials, or reviews/recommendations of new books. Link to digital exhibits or videos around campus or in the library.
QR Codes are flexible, easy to use, and do a great job of providing more return on investment from our electronic and physical resources. If you bear in mind obvious accessibility issues, such as non-smartphone users and disabled patrons, as well as planning for user education, it is easy to create effective, enhanced links between your building and community.
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iClouDrive is the easiest way to use your otherwise unused iCloud storage space for syncing files between your Macs. iCloud's predecessor, MobileMe, had a feature called iDisk which allowed you to easily sync files between your Macs. For some strange reason, Apple killed this great feature when iCloud was released. iClouDrive brings this great feature back to your Macs, by creating a folder on your computer which is seamlessly synced using your iCloud account.
What is new in this release:
Fixes a bug where the English localisation could not be accessed.


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Miscellany. 06.28.11.
One of the best visual tricks in Ryan Trecartin's solo show at PS1: A mirror on the floor reflected the video on the screen on the wall — allowing the viewer to take in the already-hallucinatory spectacle upside down. (Photo by C-M.)
Ryan Trecartin at PS1
I've been pondering the Ryan Trecartin show over at PS1 and felt like I needed to come back to it in a more meaningful way, since I think that my initial assessment was quite glib. I'm gonna be honest: the work still grates on my nerves. The relentless Alvin and the Chipmunks talk inspires a prejudice I don't know that I can overcome. (I also find Elmo exasperating, so it may just be me.)
But, the show at PS1 did make me appreciate Trecartin's work more than I had in the past. I'd seen his videos at the Hammer Museum in L.A. a few years back and they'd pretty much driven me nuts. I appreciated what he was doing visually: the gender-bending, the banal, suburban-style backdrops peopled by surreal scenarios and the self-centered internet-ish habit of having characters speak over each other rather than engage in dialogue. But the cumulative effect of spending a couple of hours watching his videos left me feeling as if I'd been subjected to an eternity of Nyah Nyah Cat. It was an orgy of excess — with characters who were excessive, scenarios that were excessive, dialogue that was excessive, overstimulation delivered in industrial doses, the raging American id as channeled by the YouTube generation.
His work is still about excess — the show at PS1 eats up a whole lot of real estate and no doubt has a fairly spectacular carbon footprint. But I have to admit that the surreal sculptural sets from which you view the work made this exhibit, more than any other I've seen of his, far more intriguing. The squishy chairs and giant headsets left me feeling as if I was truly part of the work. In addition, the wall-sized video projections gave the whole thing a kind of sci-fi vibe. In fact, as my partner-in-crime reminded me, it was right out of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 — a world in which the walls talk and the citizenry has no ability to turn them off. Montag, the main character bemoans this condition: "Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because they're yelling at me. I can't talk to my wife; she listens to the walls."
Viewed in that light, I came away respecting the gesture, even if the tweaky nature of the characters still left me irritated. And even though it left me wondering at what point an artist's commentary becomes the act that he's critiquing. But maybe that's the point…
On Generation Blank
It seems like the week's talked-about essay is Jerry Saltz's piece about the cerebral, content-free creation of so many art school types: "These artists draw their histories and images only from a super-attenuated gene pool. It's all-parsing, all the time." (Which kinda reminds me of this little bit from Tom Wolfe.) But the sentiments echo what Holland Cotter had said earlier in his review of El Museo's (S) Files Bienal:
In short, the 'The (S) Files' confirms what should be obvious but rarely is in the art world: there are scads of artists out there with careers and lives that don't, whether by chance or by choice, revolve around a few square blocks of mid-Manhattan art real estate. At the same time another truth is demonstrated: In a highly competitive market that turns art schools into art mills, a lot of art, no matter where it comes from, looks like a lot of other art everywhere.
Kyle Chayka at Hyperallergic thinks some critics just aren't looking hard enough for good work. I think I land somewhere in the middle: you'll always find something fresh if you search for it, just like you might find orchids in a swamp, but it might mean a whole lotta slogging through navel-gazey art school mumbo jumbo to turn it up.
Random Linkage
- Stories that make me realize I should never bellyache about anything ever: Photojournalists talk about the pictures that almost got them killed.
- Ai Weiwei is out, but the drama ain't over. Eyeteeth has a round-up of good reads related to his release — and covers the fact that Ai's release is likely a token gesture prior to Wen Jiabao's trip to Europe. Hyperallergic has reports on Ai's associates. And, Art City quotes a poignant excerpt from the artist's now defunct blog.
- Speaking of which, the Tate is honoring Ai with a special display of his porcelain sunflower seeds.
- Douglas Rushkoff on the ways the internet changes the way we think.
- I've enjoyed the Rebus-like arrangement of images that Joseph Maida and Katie Murray have gathered for their exhibit, Picture Consequences — in which one artist responds to another's image and vice versa. You can see the sequential stream of photos here, or at the Home Front Gallery in Long Island City through August 27.
- Jennifer Dalton's reality show application for artists. Priceless.
- A 19th century paint set. Like, whoa.
- Frida Kahlo beer.
- Lastly, a veeeeeery long and loopy tag by Alexone. (Ekosystem.)


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Eastbourne (UK): Sania Mirza rallied from behind to overcome the challenge of Renata Voracova in a gruelling three-setter to move into the second round of the WTA AEGON International qualifying event.
The seventh seed Indian faced stiff resistance from her Czech oppoent but finally prevailed 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the opening round of the qualifying event.
She next faces Georgia`s Anna Tatishvili, who beat local wild card Emily Webley-Smith 6-2 6-4 in her first round match.
In the doubles Sania and her Russian parter Elena Vesnina are seeded third and will open their campaign against Australian pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Samantha Stosur.
Sania and Elena had ended runners-up at French Open.
Elena is top seed in the singles qualfiers and took put American Jill Craybas 6-3 6-4 in her opening round.


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"Of course I am a historic figure. And this doesn't mean I fart higher than my ass."
—Bahman Mohassess
Prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Bahman Mohassess towered over the tumultuous Persian art scene. Shortly after the Ayatollah seized power, Mohassess vanished, retreating in a self-imposed exile to a modest hotel room in the "slimy, vast uterus" of Rome, to use his soundbite-friendly words. In his heyday, he crafted dozens of sculptures and paintings that harshly criticized the regime of the dictatorial Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and attracted controversy to match. His works, alternately grotesque and gorgeous, denounced authoritarian rule with a white-hot fury that frequently provoked the government to deface or destroy his pieces. (Though Fifi Howls From Happiness director Mitra Farahani, in the interest of fairness, includes a scene in which a political official provides a cockamamie explanation as to how one sculpture clearly just happened to fall over and break.) Political censorship was only one motivating factor of Mohassess' reclusion, however. Farahani flits through a slideshow series of pieces Mohassess laid waste to himself, with a voiceover from the artist describing them as "deceased." In fits of pessimistic rage at a world that rejected him both as an ideological dissident and a gay man, he obliterated what should've been his legacy—which has ironically made his remaining pieces all the more precious; Farahani shows one of them going to auction with a price tag around half a million dollars. The hasty montage of dead art only lasts a minute, but it says everything viewers need to know: His creations weren't just alive. They were an essential component of his life.
But Farahani's elegiac documentary takes far more interest in Mohassess the man than Mohassess the artist. Instead of approaching his pieces with an art-history major's critical eye, she uses them to contextualize his tempestuous mental state. Farahani makes it clear that she has no intention of tracing a misunderstood artiste's path to redemption. Her narration states, "I will not tell you how I found him, but I will show you how I penetrated his room." Searching For Sugar Man this isn't: For the most part, the film is content to be a rudimentary character study, which is fine, since Farahani has located a singular character in Mohassess. He's the sort of man who can sputter a diatribe on the brutish injustice of man one moment, and break into a fit of raspy, smoke-choked cackling at one of his own half-jokes the next. "Colorful" doesn't begin to do his eccentricity justice. He follows up his previous memorable description of Rome by declaring it "a city whose population squirms in an eternal coitus, whose alleys are stained with the sperm of bygone centuries." During an interview segment, he cuts Farahani off as she suggests that political suppression and the crucial ephemerality of art compelled him to destroy so much of his own. "Yes, of course that is all part of it," he says, "but analyzing everything in life is stupid." Decades of injustice and personal hardship have done nothing to dampen his rakish joie de vivre. Farahani doesn't get in her own way when illustrating that. Pointing the camera at Mohassess and letting it roll is more than enough.
But perhaps the most unusual aspect of this documentary is the spirit of collaboration running through it. Mohassess doesn't hesitate to backseat-direct, instructing Farahani to use a wide-angle frame in one instance, and to combine his voiceover with footage of the sea in another. He claims a rare degree of agency in his own portrayal on film, and conveys no compunction at wresting control from Farahani, either. He explains early on, "I really don't understand what this film you're making about me is all about. If it's a film about a subject, I must know what the role it is that I am to play." In working with Farahani, as opposed to the traditional documentarian-subject disconnect shown in most docs, he actively shapes his own portrayal.
Fifi's only major shortcoming is the visual indifference that hobbles many of Farahani's shots. She frequently lingers on images far past the point of letting a moment land. But demanding she tighten up her editing feels like an inconsequential request in the face of a portrayal this thunderously personal. Oozing volatile magnetism like Ai Weiwei, Mohassess ought to be the historic figure the epigram above suggests. This film is a promising first step to getting him there.


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Raj Giri of WrestlingINC.com recently interviewed former WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield. In part one of our interview below, Layfield discussed signing with WWE, his singles push as JBL, how Eddie Guerrero helped his career, his new Layfield Report website, his Seven Summits project and more.
Make sure to check back tomorrow for the second and final part of our interview, where JBL discusses a potential return to the announcer's booth, appearing at RAW 1000, making amends with Tully Blanchard, more about the Seven Summits project and more.
WrestlingINC: You started in WWE back in 1996. So, you've been there a long time. You've seen all the crazy ups and downs. When you made your debut as Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw, how did you see your career going your first year?
John Bradshaw Layfield: I didn't think I'd be there very long. I really thought I'd be there two or three years. That's about all people were around for at that time. People came and left a lot and I really figured I'd be there two or three years and I'd go back to Japan and maybe even going back to college and being a coach somewhere. I didn't expect to be there for 15 years or whatever. That was completely unexpected to be there that long.
WrestlingINC: After that, you were kind of put into the tag team scene with a couple different teams with Barry Windham and Ron Simmons. During that time with the APA, it seemed like you guys were really enjoying being a tag team. Was a singles career still on the back of your mind at that period?
Layfield: No, I really had no desire for one. I assumed that Ron would probably retire ahead of me, I didn't know that in fact. But, I was happy with the APA and I really would have been happy if my career ended with the APA. I really enjoyed being around Ron, we had a great time and a good gig there in WWE. I didn't really see a major singles run coming at the end of that.
I figured that I might have a chance for one because I knew Ron was going to retire in the next couple of years -- in that time frame -- so I thought I still might be yougn enough to have one. But, I didn't know that for sure.
WrestlingINC: When the WWE did let Simmons go, did you know in advance that you were being groomed for a gimmick and character change?
Layfield: No. In fact, I don't think anybody even expected it. The JBL character, I had had in mind for a long time, a character very similar. But they were very reticent to let me do that because I was doing a lot with the troops and they didn't need me. Then, all of a sudden at once, I think Big Show was hurt, Brock Lesnar had left the company. All of a sudden, you needed somebody immediately in that role and that's when they did the change. All of a sudden, just one day.
I don't think it was something thought about with a lot of forethought. Vince McMahon always said that he thought I could be a world champion and he was probably the only one in the entire company that thought that. [Laughs.] I have no idea why he thought that. But, when they came up with the JBL character, I knew this was going to be my last shot at it, so I was hoping it would work. It didn't work at all for the first few weeks and if it hadn't been for Eddie Guerrero, it probably wouldn't have worked. Thank goodness, I had the right opponent and a good friend of mine and it ended up working.
WrestlingINC: You mentioned that Eddie Guerrero helped you out. How did he mostly help you? Was it advice in the ring or selling for you?
Layfield: Eddie was the perfect character for JBL at the time and he was such a popular character that it made a big difference. But, Eddie and I were really good friends and we sat backstage a lot with me, him and his brother Chavo [Guerrero] and went over a lot of different storyline ideas and a lot of different things. The whole heart attack thing with Eddie's mom in El Paso around Mother's Day weekend right before our first match, that was, I believe, an idea of Chavo and Eddie. There the ones that pitched it to me.
A lot of my promo, Eddie really helped me with a lot of these promos as far as the content of it. Eddie really took it personal in that he wanted my character to get over because it was failing miserably at the beginning. I'd been a tag team wrestler, a mid-card guy, for so long that people weren't buying me as the main event guy. Eddie really took it personal that he could help make me. That was one of the main reasons that the JBL character succeeded.
WrestlingINC: I know you said that WWE didn't have a lot of options in terms of building you up a bit more and then putting you in the title feud. Do you think that would have helped initially or do you think it's better that it played out the way it did?
Layfield: I don't know, you know, it turned out as well as it could have for me. We had a long pay-per-view window at that time. If we just had three or four weeks, I don't think it would have worked. But we had time, I think five or six weeks to try this. It finally started working and it finally started getting heat on the JBL character, mainly because of Eddie.
It ended up working and I think a lot of that had to do with the long lead-up time with pay-per-view.
WrestlingINC: Did you speak with Ron Simmons much during that time?
Layfield: Oh, of course. Yeah.
WrestlingINC: I take it he enjoyed what you were doing with the character and everything.
Layfield: Absolutely. Ron and I are really good friends and he got to see me get a chance to do something.
WrestlingINC: For a short while, you went to commentary and you seemed to be doing very well. Fans really seemed to be enjoying it. I remember at that time you said you were retired for good. Did you originally think you were retired and that you wouldn't be returning or did you know in the back of your mind that it would probably happen at some point?
Layfield: No, no. I didn't know. It came up during the weekend. I had some physical problems with my back that caused me just some really bad problems. So, that's when they came up with the idea out of the blue. I think it was in Phoenix, somewhere in Arizona. I wrestled Rey and quit. It happened within two days, it was just something in my back and it got really bad. I was having really bad nerve problems. I really thought I was done.
So, when I quit/retired, nobody expected me to come back. I was doing commentary and I was enjoying it but then my back started getting better. I didn't quit because I wanted to, I quit because I had to. I didn't have any lead up to it. It was just that one day I was a later, and the next day I wasn't. So, I kind of wanted to finish on my own terms. That's when I came back and my back slowly started getting worse again. That's when I came up with the idea to retire at WrestleMania. I just thought it was fun to have Rey do it twice. [Laughs.] Plus, the association of Rey and Eddie, it was kind of my tribute to Eddie in the same vein.
WrestlingINC: So did you know your match with Rey at WrestleMania 25 would be your last match far ahead of time?
Layfield: Oh, yeah. I knew for months and I picked Rey out. I wanted to do it in three seconds and that was the original plan. I'm not sure why they changed it. I wanted Rey to come back before and get beat in three seconds. I wanted to do something historic at WrestleMania and with most heels, that usually back fires on you. I thought that was the perfect way for JBL to go out -- just a whining and crying heel that I was. But, it ended up changing the day of and being 20-some seconds. But, I really wanted to put him over just in three seconds.
I couldn't do a match at that point. I couldn't have done 10 or 15 minutes, anyway. So, I wanted to do something and kind of make it a unique deal for Rey as much as anything then go out. So, yeah, for months I knew that was going to be the last match.
WrestlingINC: Was the thought of going back to commentary an option or did you just want to take some time away from the business?
Layfield: There really wasn't. There's really only two commentary spots that are open and one of them is not open. One of them is Jerry Lawler and he's still a young guy to this day. So, there's really only the Smackdown! commentary job. I forget who was doing commentary at the time. So, really, the option wasn't there and I really just wanted to relax for a while and not travel.
I had traveled my entire adult life at least once a week and many times many times a week for almost 20 years. I was just tired of traveling. I just wanted to relax for a while and do something different. So, that's what I'm doing now.
WrestlingINC: You've been involved in a lot of projects since then. You dabbled in MMA commentary, you have The Layfield Report and now the Summit Climb. How did the idea for The Layfield Report come about?
Layfield: Well, I'll try to keep it as short as possible. I started up this program here in Bermuda, working with what society deems under-privileged kids, at-risk kids. I had an idea to do the seven summits to raise money for the kids that I work for. WWE signed to partner with me on that which was just phenomenal. I wanted to do something to raise awareness. I've always been a news junkie. So, LayfieldReport.com is part of what I want to turn into. Where I can do things to promote sport for change-charities around the world that work with kids like I'm doing.
There's a wonderful group out of London, Yawn Sport, that has about 1,000 charities that they highlight. I wanted to have a way to be able to do that. Also, have a way to be able to help fund the program. So, I'm trying to build up Layfield Report to support my program. If you have a website -- I've got a website called BeyondRugbyBermuda.com but nobody goes to it. [Laughs.] There's no reason to go to it. Layfield Report has all your news and everything. What I can do -- I'm still building on that site -- is I can put stuff about our program.
There's a great program in New York called Play Rugby USA or a great program called Project Alcatraz down in Venezuela. I can do stuff to highlight that within the news, so it's interesting to come on there. But, a lot of LayfieldReport.com -- and it's not finished yet -- was built to help fund the program, hopefully, if I can monetize it. So, I'll be able to raise awareness about the Seven Summits and the charities that work with kids around the world.
You can follow JBL on Twitter @JCLayfield, and you can check out The Layfield Report at this link. You can also get the latest on his training for the "Seven Summits" project by clicking here.
Follow Raj Giri on Twitter at @RajGiri_303. Got a news tip or correction? Send it to us by clicking here.


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Kieran Mulroney (born 24 September 1965; age 53) is the actor who played Benzan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "The Outrageous Okona" in 1988. Thirteen years later he portrayed Shaw in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Fortunate Son".
He has made guest appearances on Judging Amy (with fellow Enterprise guest star Rudolf Martin and Carolyn McCormick), NYPD Blue (with Gordon Clapp and Ivar Brogger), ER (with Castulo Guerra and Robert DoQui), and the infamous "They're real and they're spectacular!" episode of Seinfeld along with Jason Alexander, Teri Hatcher, and Tony Amendola.
Mulroney was also one of several Star Trek actors to appear in the acclaimed HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, playing Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweikhart. Others who appeared in the series include Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Dan Butler, David Clennon, Ronny Cox, Brett Cullen, Ann Cusack, David Drew Gallagher, Jerry Hardin, Clint Howard, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Dakin Matthews, Conor O'Farrell, Holmes R. Osborne, Harve Presnell, Mark Rolston, Stephen Root, Alan Ruck, and Winona Ryder.
Mulroney was among the ensemble cast of the 1993 war epic Gettysburg; he also co-starred in the 1996 film The Spitfire Grill.


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domingo, 15 de febrero de 2009
Esther Phillips - The Best of Little Esther (1951-1953)
Esther Mae Jones began singing in church as a young child. When her parents divorced, she split time between her father in Houston and her mother in the Watts area of Los Angeles. It was while she was living in Los Angeles in 1949 that her sister entered her in a talent show at a nightclub belonging to bluesman Johnny Otis. So impressed was Otis with the 13-year-old that he brought her into the studio for a recording session with Modern Records and added her to his live revue. Billed as Little Esther, she scored her first success when she was teamed with the vocal quartet the Robins (who later evolved into the Coasters) on the Savoy single 'Double Crossin' Blues.' It was a massive hit, topping the R&B charts in early 1950 and paving the way for a series of successful singles bearing Little Esther's name. In 1951, Little Esther moved from Savoy to Federal after a dispute over royalties, but despite being the brightest female star in Otis' revue, she was unable to duplicate her impressive string of hits. Furthermore, she and Otis had a falling out, reportedly over money, which led to her departure from his show. The 32 tracks on this set include many of the tracks she recorded with Otis from this period as well as recordings up until 1953 with other combos. After battles with heroin she re-emerged in 1961 as Esther Phillips and was later to have huge international hits for Atlantic, Kudu, Columbia and Mercury. But that is another story - maybe a good one for future posts! ~ http://www.artistdirect.com/
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Found you via Singin and Swingin. Great site.
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Florida 84, Ohio State 75
ATLANTA (AP) - A long, tough season ended with a Gator chomp
Mission accomplished for Florida.
The Gators were too much to handle once again Monday night,
keeping their stranglehold on the college basketball world with an
84-75 victory over Ohio State for their second straight national
Al Horford had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Taurean Green had 16
and Greg Oden's 25 points and 12 rebounds weren't enough to stop
the Gators (35-5) from completing the quest they set upon when all
the starters delayed their NBA plans for a try at another title.
They celebrated with the usual Gator chomps and took a chomp out
of NCAA history, too - becoming the first team to repeat since Duke
in 1991-92 and adding their name to the debate about the best teams
of all time.
Best athletic programs of all time, too.
This win completes a 2007 championship-game sweep of the
Buckeyes (35-4) in college's two biggest sports - men's hoops and
football. Florida, a 41-14 winner in the football title game in
January, remains the only program in history to hold both
championships at the same time.
The celebration looked much the same as last year. Lots of
jersey tugging, jumping onto press row and Joakim Noah running into
the stands to hug it out with loved ones.
Billy Donovan added another gold star to his resume, and figures
to be making more than his current $1.7 million next season,
whether he returns to Florida or bolts for a possible job offer at
Even with the same starting five as last year, this was more
than just rolling the ball out there.
All season - including in the 86-60 victory over Ohio State in
December - the Gators have morphed into whatever kind of team they
needed to be to win.
In this one, stopping Oden figured to be the key, but really it
was more complex than that. The 7-foot freshman, who may be
one-year-and-done with the NBA looming, stayed out of foul trouble
and played most of the game - just what the Buckeyes figured they
needed to have a chance.
Florida's focus, however, was more on stopping the rest of the
team. Oden drew mostly single coverage when the ball went into the
post. Donovan played a lot of zone and mixed his big men in and
out, adding 6-10 Marreese Speights to the mix to give him five more
fouls to play with.
That strategy worked well enough - well enough to win at least.
Ohio State couldn't take advantage of any other matchups,
especially on the perimeter. Ivan Harris was the only Buckeye to
make a 3-pointer over the first 39-plus minutes of the game, and he
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badass. neem is best example- western companies patent, sell, and sue successfully for royalties- on thousand year old plants (domesticated or not). neem is an extremely valuble tree, i'm not sure if it was domesticated, but it's existed in it's current form for at least several thousand years in india.
not bocca raton, FLShow Less
more fake fake fake than the dolphins
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same thing happens with stadiums- cost too much don't make a profit. olympics is net drain on economy always.
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We spent Saturday afternoon at the El Capitan State park~
..so it's goodbye to California for now and Hello once again to Israel! We're thrilled to be sent back to the little country of Israel~ there are so many places we still need to see!
We were hurried on our trip to Jerusalem in September and promised each other that we'd come back and hike an area called the Mata Forest [forest of Peace]..there are some very sweet ruins there.
So, the next time I post we should be in Be'er Sheva, Israel..stay safe everyone!


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Vampires, Wolves, and Witches, Oh My! Who Won The Vampire Diaries Episode 214, "Crying Wolf"?
Last night's episode of The Vampire Diaries was packed with so many plot lines, it didn't seem fair to recap the eppie based on TEAM STEFAN vs TEAM DAMON alone. That's why, in this very special edition of our TVD recap, we're determining via our highly scientific ranking system who won episode 214, "Crying Wolf": the vampires, the werewolves, or the witches.
Now on to our talley! (And, OK, we also reveal if TS or TD won the eppie. We can't help ourselves.)
Third Place: The Werewolves
For a second, we thought the wolves had it in the bag, with their dual take down of Stefan (Paul Wesley) with those damn wooden bullets up at the Gilbert lake house (here's a thought, wolves, why not carry stakes with you AT ALL TIMES? y'all are way too into torture) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) back in the Salvatore mansion with their wooden spiky collar (see previous parenthetical statement). But by the episode's end, Tyler (Michael Trevino) skips town (PS TVD writers, this best not be permanent!) after nearly the entire wolf pack gets wiped out, which leads us to…
POLL: Do you think Tyler should come back to Mystic Falls? Discuss it now over at VampireDiaries.com!
Second Place: The Vampires
OK, so Stefan and Damon both took a nasty beating tonight, but thankfully Elijah was able to save the day. Sure, it was revealed that Elijah is keeping Elena safe only to kill her in the inevitable season finale sacrifice, but a win's a win. And how did we find out Elijah's master plan? Oh, that's right…
Winner: The Witches!
Team Bonnie (Katerina Graham) totally ruled the episode in our opinion. Not only did she manage to witch roofie Luka into revealing Elijah's evil plot to kill Elena (Ed note: we don't condone roofies, unless they're doled out by a Bennett witch), but she also FINALLY sealed the deal and made out with Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen)! On the one hand: JEALOUS! On the other hand, it was about damn time. Plus, we totally agree with Caroline—that thing Bonnie does with insta-lighting candles is totally hot.
EXCLUSIVE: Katerina Graham, Teen.com Guest Editor!
Do you agree with us and think witches ruled last night's episode of The Vampire Diaries? Tell us what you think in the comments!
(PS, for the record, TEAM STEFAN totally won. Who doesn't want their boyfriend whispering I love you's and talking about the future on a dock overlooking the lake? Sigh…)


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Find out why a Claflin education is more than a means to a degree.
The best way to get a feel for Claflin is to visit us.
Claflin students work with the best leaders in their fields.
You'll find endless opportunities here to get involved.
There is always something happening at Claflin!
Claflin is #1 in alumni giving among all HBCUs, thanks to you.
"It is fitting that we're holding today's celebration here, in Minister's Hall," she continued. In addition to Clyburn's commitment to education, Marshall said, "Historic preservation is another of his passions, and this building was lovingly restored with federal resources he secured."
Clyburn "has always been a steadfast advocate for those without a voice and a committed leader," Marshall said. "His tenacity, endurance, fortitude, patience and faith provide a living example of what it means to be genuinely Southern and proudly black."
Claflin President Dr. Henry N. Tisdale said Clyburn is a great friend of the institution.
"In fact, he's been a tireless servant and friend of higher education throughout his career as an elected official," Tisdale said. "I say with tremendous appreciation to the Congressman that Claflin University has benefitted from the commitment and from the friendship.
"Through his book, our children and grandchildren, and future generations, will have a source to inspire them to dream big, understanding that a setback can be a setup for something grand."
Clyburn shared with the audience his inspiration for Blessed Experiences and its title. In the book, he tells in his own inspirational words how an African-American boy from the Jim Crow South was able to beat the odds to achieve great success.
"The epilogue in this book is a letter to my children, my grandchildren, and all other children and grandchildren similarly challenged," Clyburn said. "I wrote this book to take into account all of the challenges that I've had, and how I have dealt with those challenges in hopes that children coming along will benefit from them."
Clyburn said Blessed Experiences has been nearly 30 years in the making. He wrote the first chapter in 1985.
"I set the book aside because I came to the conclusion as I was writing that I had not lived long enough nor had I had enough experiences to write the kind of book I wanted to write," Clyburn said. "I wanted to write a book that would be motivational, informational, and a book that would tell exactly what … I wanted to pass on to future generations.
"I want this book to be a textbook for young people."
The title comes from two episodes in the congressman's life, he said.
"Bill Howell taught me my second year at South Carolina State, and Bill Howell and I were a bit combative in class," Clyburn said. "One day, we were going back and forth, and he said to me, 'Young man, you must understand, you will never be any more nor will you ever be any less than what your experiences allow you to be.' That struck me, and it stuck with me. So I decided that my book had to be about those experiences. But about halfway through the book, I hit a wall and couldn't write. And I remembered that my father used to spend all day Saturday reading, writing and humming his favorite hymn, Blessed Assurance … so I read the hymn Blessed Assurance. And there it was – I could see what my dad got from that hymn."
The subtitle comes from an episode Clyburn recalled during his early days at the South Carolina State House. A legislator made a comment that Clyburn felt crossed the line. He approached the legislator after the meeting and was told that he needed to understand that the legislator spoke that way because he was a Southerner.
"I, too, am a Southern," Clyburn said, adding that was the working title of his book for many years. "My parents were Southerners, and they didn't talk that way, they didn't use that kind of language, they didn't insult people gratuitously. I wanted to make the case that we, too, are Southerners. … But we are a proud people, proudly black.
"The whole thing is to say to every child – black or white – in this state that you have a stake in being a South Carolinian. This state is as much yours as anybody elses, and you should be proud of the contributions you make to this state. Throughout this book, you will see time and time again I make the case for being a genuinely Southern and proud black person. And I never ever stray from that."
Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black is $34.95 and available wherever books are sold. Clyburn said he has plans to write a sequel.


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I installed the SSD N drive and it took the data migration program so all of the material has been transferred except that the driver is Microsoft date to 2007? and I cannot get the Samsung driver to install???Any ideas?
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text: Jedi Academy Multiplayer (and a few other Q3 engine games) doesn't run on Lion/Mountain Lion because of some OpenGL issues on ATI graphics cards. JKJALaunch is a launcher for Jedi Academy Multiplayer that forces ATI FSAA off, allowing the game to run on Lion. It also allows you to specify command-line options and force 32-bit colour (as needed on certain graphics cards). By default OpenAL is turned off by the launcher. If it is turned on then the sound system of the game is automatically restarted on launch by the launcher to avoid a slowdown on Lion. Hold Shift down at launch to bring up the options window, where you can choose the location of Jedi Academy Multiplayer and set the command-line options (such as launching mods with +set fs_game modname). Otherwise, the launcher will just launch the application from the saved path with the saved options (if there are any). When you're asked to find Jedi Academy MP, you can also select Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight II, Jedi Knight II MP or Wolfenstein ET. (if Jedi Academy MP can be found in the same folder as JKJALaunch, and your preferences are not to launch another application in the folder, this copy will be launched regardless of the previously saved path) You can download it from here. There's a slightly out-of-date screenshot of the options window here.


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DCSAR is dependent on grants and donations for much of its income. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation; all donations are tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
DCSAR and the Douglas County Sheriff do not charge citizens for search and rescue services!
DCSAR enhances our community by saving lives and promoting wilderness education and safety. You can be part of the team and help keep our mission alive. The contributions of you or your corporation will make a positive impact in Douglas County and surrounding areas.
or make your donation by clicking on the PayPal "Donate" button below.
By Check
Donations by check can be sent to:
Douglas County Search and Rescue
PO Box 1102
Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
For questions regarding donations, please e-mail the team at email@example.com.
DCSAR would like to thank the following organizations for donating money or equipment.
- Boeing Employees Community Fund
- Castle Rock Fire (command Post and communications equipment)
- Castle Rock Self Storage (storage unit)
- Chatfield-River-Canyon-Roxborough Triathlon
- Colorado Search and Rescue Fund (annual grants)
- Colorado State Parks (snowmobile)
- Douglas County Commissioners
- Douglas County Emergency Medical Services
- Douglas County Public Works – (2 team trucks)
- Douglas County Sheriff's office (communications equipment and command post)
- El Paso County SAR (equipment)
- Highlands Ranch Law Enforcement Training Foundation (meeting room)
- Highlands Ranch Metro District (command post)
- Larkspur Fire (2 command posts)
- Metro District of Highlands Ranch
- Microsoft Corporation
- Recreational Equipment Inc.
- Routt County SAR (snowmobile)
- Sanctuary Golf Course (charity tournament)
- State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs
A fundraiser for Douglas County Search and Rescue at the Bluff's Regional Park in Lone Tree, CO.
This event is organized by and for Douglas County Search and Rescue with all proceeds raised supporting the team. We are an all-volunteer organization, we never charge for our services and rely on donations and fundraising.
For more information: Running to the Rescue website


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Cinelinx: "I have always loved Super Smash Bros. and it's the one game that has always made me miss having a Nintendo console. However I have always loved the idea of Sony doing something similar. So many characters to choose from, so many ideas, and it's finally here! The two games are not the same at their core. Is the idea the same? Sure, but anyone that gives both games a shot will quickly learn they are two very different experiences. Which is a good thing, we get to see a very awesome game with very creative ideas. At its core, PlayStation All-Stars is a stellar fighting game about some of the most iconic characters in the industry."
I like this game. I think more people should give it a chance, instead of just looking at the metacritic (Which by the way has a lot of positive reviews) and giving up on the game because it didn't exactly get critical acclaim. But yeah, the campaign is over in a about 15 minutes & the menu's really DO suck. But just play a few matches online with a friend and you'll realise the gameplay is really fun
i think right now for $40 at amazon and bestbuy. this is a big bargain. you get ps3 and vita versions.
This game needed more content. Any true Sony fans from day one would understand where im coming from. Too many unique characters were left behind. It just isn't good enough. Sorry.
The game is fun. You dont have to be a fighting game person to enjoy it. Fun is fun.
But the online issues are completely frustrating.
Got this game the day it came out, none of my friends got it and played a few random games online. won a few, lost a few but in the end I didn't enjoy it and haven't played it since, if you are looking to get this game to satisfy some smash bros fix, don't get it.
If you have some friends you can play with then try it by all means, you might enjoy it.


text: Though subjective, by definition an "AAA game" is a big-budget entity that's been green-lit for supposed success. In layman's terms, it's a newborn Kennedy (or Kardashian… depending on the developer.) Holding in its fat, baby hands a megastar publisher and a staff the size of the ancient Roman army, an AAA title gets the important press at E3 and generally holds the public in a state of anticipation that varies from three years to the end of time. However, there seems to be a problem emerging, a crack in the side of the marble statue of gaming. Behind the facade of glory and brotherhood, the Game of the Year awards, and overall hoopla, the oldest rift in the books is occurring: the one between bourgeois and the proletariat, the head honcho and desk worker.


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Frans Pop wrote:
On Thursday 13 October 2005 08:35, Christian Perrier wrote:-We should find a way to align the localised names of languages. Probably tricky because we use a variable width font.One option would be to use FreeMono as default instead of FreeSans. But the result kind of defeats the purpose of having a graphical installer.http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/GTK_mono.png
i would suggest not to use fixed width fonts since they're very ugly: if alignement of language names is really needed i will figure out another way to do it .
ciao Attilio


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A career in the snow sports travel industry is one that many people seek, because it is thought to be one of the most rewarding ways to work and see a new part of the world at the same time. There are various roles that exist in this part of the travel industry, and in this article we will look at some of the major ones.
The rep job obviously pops up in various walks of the travel industry, as it is an essential way that travel firms communicate with their customers. A good rep will help keep holidaymakers happy as well as help generate more profits by getting those tourists to buy other holiday experiences and products whilst on their break. In terms of snow sports, reps also organize hiring of ski and snowboarding equipment along with ski lift passes – all essential for having a good ski holiday.
Pot Washer
The humble 'dish pig' might seem to be a role that people in the travel industry try to avoid, but in terms of snow sports, it can be quite advantageous. The job itself is not really well paid, but you can often get jobs doing this that include accommodation, ski pass and snowboard or skis. In most hotels, you would work in the morning – cleaning the breakfast dishes and cutlery, and do some prep for dinner time. After this most pot washers have around 4 hours off in which they can go snowboarding or skiing. Few other hotel based travel industry positions offer this amount of time on piste.
Hotel Manager
The hotel manager would of course get more money than many other roles in the travel industry – because the job involves a lot of responsibility and indeed can involve working long hours and dealing with problems at any time of the day or night. Although it pays well, the hotel manager job might not allow for a great deal of time for activities such as snowboarding or skiing.
These are just a few jobs that might be considered by those wishing to work in the snow sports travel industry. There are many UK based companies that run hotels in places such as the Alps (Italy, France, Austria etc.) who offer jobs that include accommodation and food. In theory, it might be possible to save some money in this period, but that in reality would involve avoiding going out to bars and restaurants – which might impair the overall experience.


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How to play Kebab Fling Game
Use the arrow keys to move the skewer around the screen. Catch the ingredients on the tip of the skewer to make the kebabs.
Kebab Fling game controls
fire = na;jump = na;movement = arrow;
Game Description
You are the kitchen warrior. Disciplined, skilled, and with razor sharp reflexes.
You must prepare kebab orders the only way a warrior can: by having the ingredients launched at you and catching them on the skewer in mid-air.
What? Would you expect any different, Master Chef?


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My way awesome friend Stephanie over at 2peas1pod.com whipped up my fam's cards this year when I was burned out, stressed out, and just plain DONE. Thanks girl- you do such great work: detailed, precise, and quick. Plus- it's fun working with you. :-)
Mikhail (21) holding Sawyer (5), Chloe (15 at the time), and Cade (9). Click the image for a larger version to pop up.
I was asked several times if these photos were in Alaska (Alaska, Alaska) during our June trip- but they were actually taken in Houghton, MI at an abandoned copper mine up the hill from Mikhail's college. You can't beat the beautiful, beautiful UP for this stuff! Took these photos on the same trip. And some outtakes:


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Okay, I thought I'd got over the pink period of my life. I really did. But it seems I am back and maybe brighter than ever. I ran out of my oVertone Pastel Pink Conditioner. It was a sad day.
I needed my roots touched up too, and wanted it pulled through to the ends to get the brightness back after being brunette for so long (9 months - but that was a lifetime to me), so knew I needed a good lump of the pink stuff to get my hair back to the desired colour... I had a problem. It was - OUT OF STOCK.
Seriously. Not only did I have to wait ages for it to even get here from Vegas, I now had to wait extra long for it to get back in stock. Sometimes I feel like the whole world is against me (I hear the worlds tiniest violin playing somewhere...). In the meantime I thought I'd go get some non-sulphate shampoo to try and get the colour to last a little longer.
I went to Boots and was browsing the hair care aisles, when, I noticed 3 for 2 banners on all hair products. Okay. I came in for one thing. But if I don't take advantage of the offer, I'm basically losing money, right? Yeah, I know. But HAIRCARE PRODUCTS.
So, after deciding I definitely was going to take Ms.Boots up on this offer, I had a browse through the many ailses of hair products (St Davids, Cardiff has an amazing section). I just so happened to stumble upon Pastel Pink Shampoo and Conditioner. I could barely hold my excitement. Seriously. You see, before I ordered oVertone, I searched the entire internet (not literally, my Googling skills are not even a C-) and couldn't find anything similar in the UK.
Well it seems Boots were keeping this to themselves.
I bought the Bleach London Rose Shampoo and Conditioner, along with the Reincarnation Mask. I absolutely beamed out of the shop. Like for real. Oh yeah, forgot the best part. THEY ARE £6.00 EACH!
Sorry for the caps, I just am that excited.
Boots were out of the actual hair dye when I first bought the shampoo and conditioner. I took it to the hairdressers with me and they put it on after having an all over bleach. Due to the brightness of the bleach (and me not having chance to bathe in purple shampoo) I looked a little like a pink highlighter. Still looked lovely though.
|Just after having an all over bleach, using
just the shampoo and conditioner
I then used it myself at home. Left is the shampoo (so foamy) and right is the conditioner. It's great because it actually foams up which means it's easy to get it all over. Especially for an amateur like myself.
The Rose does build up more of a tone after continued use. However, as always, I wanted more. I started looking to order some of the dye to just give me a deeper colour. They've been out of stock on numerous websites for ages - so I resorted to getting it from eBay for double the price (I couldn't wait).
Bleach London Rose Hair Dye
Again really easy to get it all over. I'm not great with hair and when I've dyed my hair before I've left massive patches throughout but I actually managed to use this so that must be a good thing!I was absolutely chuffed with the results.
It may look like it has a purple tinge to it - it's probably due to the Silver Shampoo I use as I put it on before I used the dye to brighten the brassy tones. As I've said previously though I'm a bit of a addict of the ol' silver stuff and I always leave it on for ages.


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Grumpy Old Men is a movie about aging and attitude, and as the title indicates, it's not about getting old gracefully.
But a 2008 Gallup poll has found that by almost any measure, people get happier as they get older, and researchers are not sure why.
The results, published online May 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and reported in a New York Times story, were good news for older people, and for those who are getting old.
On the global measure, people start out at age 18 feeling pretty good about themselves, and then, apparently, life begins to throw curve balls. They feel worse and worse until they hit 50. At that point, there is a sharp reversal, and people keep getting happier as they age.
By the time they are 85, they are even more satisfied with themselves than they were at 18.
In measuring immediate well-being — yesterday's emotional state — the researchers found that stress declines from age 22 onward, reaching its lowest point at 85. Worry stays fairly steady until 50, then sharply drops off. Anger decreases steadily from 18 on, and sadness rises to a peak at 50, declines to 73, then rises slightly again to 85.
Enjoyment and happiness have similar curves: they both decrease gradually until we hit 50, rise steadily for the next 25 years, and then decline very slightly at the end, but they never again reach the low point of our early 50s.


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Actor Ranbir Kapoor buys a new home worth Rs. 35 Cr
16/05/2016 , by admin, in News/Views
Bollywood Actor Ranbir Kapoor has purchased a apartment in Pali Hill for Rs 35 crore. According to media report "Ranbir Kapoor has paid a whopping amount of Rs 1.42 lakh per square feet, which is the highest ever paid money as per square feet rate in Mumbai so far."
Therefore, the apartment that comes with two parking slots is priced Rupees 35 crore.
The 12-storey tower is also close to the Kapoor family's Krishna Raj bungalow.
However, Pali Hill has been one of the most favourite destinations of residence for a lot of Bollywood celebs. From those among the B-Towners who call Pali Hill a home include Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Prem Chopra, Gulzar many more.


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Windows Media Audio, or WMA, is a range of proprietary technologies created by Microsoft to compress audio files. WMA and WMA Pro are designed to compress audio files to a small size while retaining a high degree of fidelity. WMA Lossless can compress audio without affecting the quality, while WMA Voice is designed to compress voice recordings.
WMA is claimed to produce higher quality samples with smaller file sizes when compared to other audio compression technologies such as MP3.
This guide takes a look at a number of media players that support the Windows Media Audio format, and provides a collection of general tips and tricks for working with Windows Media Audio files.
|How To Move Your Music From Windows Media Player To iTunes
Many computer users try iTunes and decide they prefer it to Windows Media Player. However, transferring music collections can be troublesome. We explain the simplest way to do it and...
Best Audio Manipulation Utilities for Windows
Microsoft Windows has no strong tradition in handling audio. As a consequence, a whole range of audio utilities have been developed to address a range of functions not covered within...


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Swedish up and comer Nonne Reif just hit us up with the news that he's been hooked up by Stuntwood Distribution (the dudes who do Rome Snowboards in Sweden). Check out his welcome edit here.
You may remember catching Nonne in this stylish edit from a couple months back and here he is with a couple more clips from over the last few months.
From the opening shots in a resort with about as much snow on it than an a middle eastern businessman's swimming pool decking, to some creative spots in the streets and at contests, this is more solid snowboarding from Nonne.
We're looking forward to seeing more from Nonne over the coming seasons, and are stoked on his recent hook up.


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We're here to share our best recipes, tips on living a healthy lifestyle, and organic gardening ideas with you.
Welcome to the Peacock Ridge Community. Here's to living clean.
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