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Yesterday Wales were full of running and confidence but against the men in black, they found a side gunning for revenge after the All Blacks suffered a shock defeat to Wales at the same stage four years ago in Dubai.
Gillies Kaka raced away from the defence to convert his own try in the fourth minute and when Tomasi Cama added the extras to his touchdown, the signs looked ominous.
But a try by Rhys Shellard on the stroke of halftime offered Wales a glimmer of hope going into the second spell but two quickfire tries by Bruce Heem and Kaka put the game beyond Wales' reach.
Fittingly, it was Lee Williams, the only remaining member of the squad who tasted World Cup success in Dubai, who shot over for a consolation try for Wales.
Wales head coach Paul John couldn't hide his disappointment in the way his side left the tournament.
"The boys put in a huge performance yesterday against Fiji but we couldn't follow it up today against New Zealand. We made too many basic errors so we are slightly disappointed in the manner of our exit in the tournament," he said.
"We didn't reach the standards we played to yesterday so it's disappointing to go out on that note.
"Looking back on the tournament, we have proved we are a very dangerous side. We let in a few tries against Tonga but beat Fiji, so we had a few ups and downs but that's that nature of sevens. I think we just have to believe in ourselves a bit more when we come up against New Zealand in the future."
A disappointed Wales captain, Adam Thomas, added: "We didn't follow up the performance from yesterday. The boys dug deep but we were chasing the game from the start. We didn't give up. But today we just couldn't get the ball and New Zealand took their chances."


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A celebratory tradition since the 15th century, this Italian delight is created by master confectioners who handcraft the soft nougat from prized Piedmontese almonds, honey and spices.
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I'd thought that "masculine" and "feminine" wines were on their way out. Or, rather, I'd thought that the use of gendered stereotypes to connote particular wine styles was on its way out. One small sign that my hopes were premature: Wine Enthusiast's online feature on "Top Wine Terms Defined" not only includes "feminine" but asks me not to "automatically bristle at this gendered wine term." Okay. Tell me why. Unsurprisingly, their reasons are unconvincing and point back to why we shouldn't be using this term in the first place.
The article praises the term for being easy to understand and quotes a beverage director to the effect that feminine wines share a woman's "best qualities," being "light, refined, and delicate." So, I'm being asked not to bristle because, first, everyone knows the female stereotype of womanly refinement and, second, because it's implied that we're paying women a favor, referring to their best qualities. After all, "feminine" wines aren't moody, flighty, or hysterical, equally stereotypical but negative characteristics associated with women. Nope. I'm bristling.
We're being invited to agree that women are supposed to be — or at least that the best women are — gentle, fair, and fragile. I don't need to belabour the point. Women can and should be praised for being a lot more than that: strong, intelligent, capable, funny, and any other praiseworthy characteristic we appreciate in people. Heck, we have plenty of television ads of women getting muddy playing sports or brokering business deals but — stereotypically — at least some part of the wine community is being backward. It would be funny if it wasn't damaging first. Asking to be mollified by the idea of being paid a compliment just makes it worse.
Men aren't treated well by the gendered wine phenomenon, either; stereotypes of big, burly, strong, rich masculinity put them in a box just as much as do the female stereotypes for women. Suggesting so is hardly new. Steve Heimoff's blog hosted a promising debate over his reference to the feminine aesthetic in winemaking last year, for example. Nonetheless, Googling "feminine wine" suggests that the term remains reasonably common. Backwardly.
What's the problem? The short answer: stereotyping is bad. One better: stereotyping is bad because it limits individual's identities in terms of who they feel they can be and in terms of who other people allow them to be, because it let's us treat others as something less than human — because when we label them with a stereotype we apply and expect the contents of that category to how we see them and stop seeing them in their fullness as people — because we make categories and then fill them. Ideas don't exist out there on their own. We construct them. And so every time someone uses the term "feminine wine," they help build the cultural phenomenon of the associated stereotype. In a small way, sure, but large ideas are built of small instances. Castles and bricks.
I'd like to hand the editor of Wine Enthusiast some Michael Foucault (or Judith Butler, or pretty much any other late-2oth c. critical theorist). Instead, I guess I'll just rail a bit and embody the outraged middle-aged woman. You know the type.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC freshman guard Bryan Harris (Oxon Hill, Md./Southern/Massanutten Academy) scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half as UMBC built a 13-point halftime cushion, and UMBC held off a furious Hartford rally for a 60-58 win, Saturday afternoon in America East action at the RAC Arena.
The Retriever lead grew to as many as 17 at the 2:03 mark in the first half, but Hartford rallied to knot the game at 58-58, and then had a shot to tie or win it with 20 seconds left, but the hosts held on.
Harris and classmate Rodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) paced UMBC (6-14, 2-5 AE) with 15 points apiece, while Elliott also dished out five assists to earn America East Player of the Game honors for the hosts. Eight different Retrievers got on the board with senior Chase Plummer (Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) contributing eight points and junior Devarick Houston (Jonesboro, Ga./Mays/Chattahoochee Tech), freshman Charles Taylor, Jr. (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook/Mount Zion), and freshman David Kadiri (Beltsville, Md./Coolidge) each netted six points.
Sophomore guard Taylor Dyson matched Harris' and Elliott's scoring output to lead Hartford (10-12, 4-3 AE) while junior Yolonzo Moore II was also in double figures with 13 points.
Neither team shot above 40%, but the Retrievers forced Hartford into 16 turnovers and converted for 18 points. UMBC also outscored the Hawks, 26-20, in the paint.
The host Retrievers jumped in front early courtesy of a lay-in by Taylor and built the lead to 6-0 before the visitors could get on the board. From there, the two teams went back-and-forth before UMBC went on an 11-4 run to close the half. Harris shot 4-of-7 in the opening frame, going 3-for-4 behind the arc.
UMBC held the Hawks at bay for over half of the second stanza, maintaining a 13-point lead, 55-42, following a layup by Elliott with 8:00 minutes left. Hartford then made its run, outscoring the Retrievers 16-3 over the next 5:31 to pull level at 58-58.
Following Jamie Schneck's lay-in for the tying bucket, Harris drew contact at the other end of the floor and converted both free throws to restore UMBC's lead. The freshman then made the two biggest plays of the game with under a minute left, securing two offensive rebounds for the Retrievers.
But with 20 seconds left, Schneck collected a miss by Houston and got the ball up the court. Wes Cole pulled up for a potential game-winning three-pointer, but it clanged off the rim. Moore grabbed the rebound and had two chances to tie the game again, but both went begging, giving UMBC the home win.
UMBC now hits the road to face Binghamton in a midweek game on Wednesday evening in Vestal, N.Y. The Retrievers then head up to Maine to take on the Black Bears next Saturday, Feb. 1.
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ASHEVILLE NC – Led by UNC Asheville professors Trey Adcock, Reid Chapman and Sarah Judson, Reclaiming Sacred Ground: Native American Self-Representation in Film is a 4-part film and discussion series at the West Asheville Library beginning in January. The series will start with Smoke Signals, the first feature film made by a Native American crew and creative team.
Scripted by Sherman Alexie, this award-winning movie concerns two young men from the Coeur D'Alene Reservation in Idaho who have very different memories of Arnold Joseph, a former resident of the reservation who has just died. Journeying together to Phoenix to retrieve the dead man's ashes, the young men confront the profound reality of Arnold's legacy and their own identity as Native Americans.
Running time for the film is 89 minutes, with discussion to follow. Contact the West Asheville library at 254-4752 for information. This program is free and the public is invited.
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My instructor kind of assumed we'd know how to do this. I kind of get the idea, but I don't know what to do with the cstring I generate when I tokenize it.
He said to:
Write a program that prompts the user for the name of a file. Then it opens the file, and counts the number of words and lines in the file, and prints out those counts.
I think I possibly could somehow use a counter to increment using getLIne() until getLine() returns NULL, but the problem is, I'm worried if I try that, a file that looks like this:
Bla bla bla bla bla lkfdljkfaklafdskjladsjkdfkjlkdfjdfshafdsjkjrerjkkjfaddjkfsafkjdjakdfsjkasfjkjkfdskjldfjkfjkdjfkdsakdjfkjfdkjdfskjfdskjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjdfkerea
Only register four lines and not get the one after the fourth line.
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Did I do that right?Code:#include <iostream> #include<ifstream> #include<cstring> #include<string> #include<vector> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; iostream keyboard; ifstream file; iostream cin; iostream cout; vector<int> v; int main() { int lineCount = 0; string filename; cout << "Enter a file name."; cin >> filename; file(filename); char* ch; int tempWord = 0; ch = strtok(line, "%s\"); while (ch != NULL) { tempWord++; } v.push_back(tempWord); lineCount++; while(!file.eof()) { string line = file.nextLine(); char* ch; int tempWord = 0; ch = strtok(line, "%s\"); while (ch !=NULL) { tempWord++; } v.push_back(tempWord); lineCount++; } cout <<"Line count: " << lineCount; int total; for (int i =0; i < v.size(); i++) { total = total + v[i]; } cout << "Word count: " << total; return 0; }
Will that count the number of words and number of lines correctly?
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Beyond its natural ability to tow, haul and generally move anything not firmly anchored to the ground, Ford's Super Duty trucks are loaded with modern conveniences and high-tech gadgets to make a busy work day go a whole lot smoother.
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If you're looking for a pickup that telegraphs your rugged, do-it-yourself attitude and blue collar roots, but you don't really have a rugged do-it-yourself attitude and blue collar roots, a half-ton variant of the F-Series truck will probably suffice.}
What's New
The big news for 2011 is found beneath the Super Duty's hood, where a new 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel pumps out 390 horsepower and 735 pound-feet of torque; also new is a 6.2-liter gasoline V8 good for 385 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque. Both engines are mated to an all-new heavy-duty six-speed automatic transmission.
Interior Features
While its little brother, the F-150, has long since set the benchmark for plush truck interiors, the Super Duty trucks have only recently come into their own. Interior choices range from the "get mud on it and don't care" XL trim, to the "wipe your feet or walk home" variants that include the XLT, Cabela's Edition and Lariat trim levels, not to mention the almost limousine like King Ranch and Harley-Davidson packages that coddle you in highly refined leather and wood trim. To ensure you never run out of music, all Super Duty audio systems include an MP3-compatible CD player, as well as available upgrades such as satellite radio and iPod-ready receivers.
Exterior Features
To be sure you don't mistake this Ford work truck for a Dodge or Chevy, Ford stamps the name "SUPER DUTY" in all capital letters across the truck's massive three-bar chrome grille. Behind the grille's big inlets are a number of cooling units for the engine, transmission and, on diesel trucks, the intercooler for the sequential turbochargers. All that cooling capability means bigger towing capacity, which is a good thing for a work truck. Beyond the hyper-masculine exterior styling, the Super Duty features useful items like fender-mounted vents, available telescoping mirrors and optional 20-inch forged aluminum wheels.
Driving Impressions
Ask any truck owner and they'll tell you the most important feature after the truck's engine is its body strength. To this end, Ford has concentrated on giving the Super Duty the stiffest chassis it has ever produced, including fully-boxed front frame rails, and thick C-Channel frame rails and crossmembers. After crisscrossing hundreds of miles of Texas terrain, we can report that Ford's hard work has paid off handsomely. Whether it's the quiet cabin, the taut steering, powerful brakes or the overall subdued ride motion, the Ford Super Duty is one of the most comfortable and capable heavy-duty pickups available.
Pricing Notes
Regardless of budget, Ford builds a 2011 Super Duty model to fit it. At a base price that starts just under $30,000 (the diesel adds nearly $8,000) the two-wheel-drive F-250 Regular Cab will serve most fleet and commercial needs, while the diesel-powered Crew Cab F-450 in the XL trim level has a base price of about $50,000 and, depending upon trim and options, can top out at well over $64,000. The pricing of a 2011 Ford Super Duty is fully competitive with what Chevrolet and Ram are marketing for the 2011 model year. Chevrolet prices its base 2500 HD Regular Cab around $29,500; the diesel is an additional $7,000. The Ram 2500 has a base of just over $28,000 and opting for the diesel is an additional $7,500. As far as resale values, Ford's residuals trump both those of Chevrolet's and Dodge when compared over time.
Notable Equipment
We'll start at the front, where Ford has located a front step bumper – under-the-hood checks are made easier when the step-stool is built-in and not something you need to carry with you. In back Ford includes a hitch receiver – matched to each model's capabilities – on every Super Duty, along with seven-pin and four-pin connectors. Given the importance of towing capability to the Super Duty mission, the receiver is a standard feature any owner can appreciate.
Notable Options
Those intending to tow with their 2011 Ford Super Duty truck will appreciate Ford's factory-installed TowCommand System. The system fully integrates the trailer brakes, anti-lock brakes (ABS), TorqShift automatic transmission and tow/haul mode into one safe, capable towing platform. Functional enhancements include a foldable bed extender, which improves load utility when in place and stays out of the way when not needed, and a spray-in bedliner. Accessing the bed is made easier – and safer – by the why-didn't-they-think-of-this-before tailgate step option. And for those venturing off into the Great Unknown, an optional navigation system should get you there and – hopefully – back again. New options for 2011 include available heated/cooling 10-way power operated front seats and lockable under-seat storage.
Favorite Features
King Ranch Trim
Constituting both interior (Chaparral leather) and exterior (PowerScope mirrors) upgrades, the King Ranch enhances over-the-road comfort with material, workmanship and appointment upgrades, adding immeasurably to the Super Duty's attractiveness. And, unlike some luxury pickups, there's no intention of appealing – overtly – to the Country Club set; this remains a work truck and not a work-in-progress.
Power Stroke Diesel
Ford's new 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel is a true dynamo, with torque and towing figures near the top of its class.
Under the Hood
Ford offers two new engine choices for work, play or any combination of the two. The base powerplant is the new 6.2-liter gasoline V8 that features an iron block and aluminum heads, and is also E85 compatible. Those needing more power can opt for the 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel that infuses the Super Duty with both "tow" and "go" capability. Both engines are teamed to a heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed automatic featuring Ford's SelectShift manual shift control. Super Duty trucks with the diesel engine can be fitted with Live Drive Power Take Off (PTO). This setup allows the transmission to power auxiliary equipment such as a snowplow, a truck lift or cement mixer any time the engine is running.
6.2.-liter V8
385 horsepower @ 5500 rpm
405 lb.-ft. of torque @ 4500 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: N/A
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Editors' Notes
While half-ton pickups make up much of the domestic manufacturers' sales, the trucks that really do the heavy lifting are the three-quarter and one-ton models. To this end, some of the toughest, most abused, and most proven trucks on the market are the 2011 Ford Super Duty lineup. Making up some 40 percent of F-Series sales, the Super Duty is no weekend warrior; it's a bona fide workhorse with an appetite for getting dirty.}


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Well, they're stringing lights out on the Common, and turkey seems to be on sale in bulk at the grocery stores, so it seems there's no denying it: the holidays are here. And that means lots of things to lots of people: gathering with friends and family, great food, Thanksgiving football, etc. … but for a certain group, this time of year means there's something particularly exciting ahead: The "Doctor Who" Christmas special!
And as has been the show's habit in recent years, the special was teased during the BBC's "Children in Need" charity marathon, first with a minisode, "The Detectives," introduced by "Doctor Who" actor Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, who will play The Doctor's new companion, Clara, beginning with the special. The special features The Doctor and a handful of character's we've not seen since the 2011 episode, "A Good Man Goes to War":
While the Christmas special is supposed to introduce Coleman's character as the Doctor's new companion, Coleman actually first appeared in the September episode, "Asylum of the Daleks." In a second video from "Children in Need" — this one teasing a trailer for the Christmas episode — Coleman and Smith are coy about whether or not Coleman is reprising the role, or playing a new character:
The "Doctor Who" Christmas special will air on Christmas on BBC America.
On the other hand, If you like your science with a bit less fiction and a bit more comedy, there's always CBS' "The Big Bang Theory," which like most sitcoms tapes in front of a live studio audience. And one such audience got a special treat during a taping: The cast and crew engaging in a flashmob dance routine to a medley of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and other songs. (Reportedly, the performance also took the show's executives by surprise, too.)
The clip above only was distributed by CBS, and only has the "Call Me Maybe" bit of the routine. There's a full-length version here, but the quality's not as good.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee to be the nation's top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation.
Ron Binz, a former Colorado energy regulator who strongly backs renewable energy, was opposed by at least half of the 22-member Senate Energy Committee, including all 10 Republicans and at least one Democrat.
Opponents said they considered Binz's views to be outside the mainstream and were troubled by his comment that natural gas may be a "dead end" fuel.
Republicans said they were concerned that Binz was not truthful when he assured them that he was not part of a coordinated effort by a green-energy group and a Washington lobbying firm to boost his nomination to head the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Binz said in a statement that he plans to remain in Colorado. No replacement was announced. Colette Honorable, chairwoman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, and FERC commissioner Cheryl LaFleur are among those mentioned as possible successors to outgoing FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff.
A White House spokesman said Tuesday that Obama was grateful for Binz's willingness to serve and regrets that "qualified public servants continue to get obstructed by the Senate confirmation process."
Binz, who served on Colorado's public utilities commission from 2007 to 2011, has championed renewable energy such as wind and solar power and helped former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter push through a law that led to closures of older, coal-fired plants in the state.
Binz, 64, said in an interview Tuesday that he was caught up in an ideological battle that had little to do with him — or with FERC's job of regulating interstate transmission of electricity, oil and natural gas. The panel does not regulate coal.
"That was the greatest disappointment, that the person considered for this job was a caricature of me ... spun up by my opponents," he said. "The committee announced its votes on someone I didn't even recognize."
Binz called the battle over his nomination a "blood sport" and said advocacy groups funded by the fossil fuel industry waged an organized and effective campaign against him.
"It was a coordinated attack," he said, calling the dispute a proxy battle against the Obama administration's clean energy policies.
A former advocate for energy consumers, Binz now works as a consultant and is affiliated with a renewable energy institute headed by Ritter. Binz said Tuesday he will focus on "how to move forward on a clean energy agenda."
At a confirmation hearing last month, Binz denied he is anti-coal, but the perception that he is hostile to coal and other fossil fuels persisted. Sen. Joe Manchin, a pro-coal Democrat from West Virginia, sharply questioned Binz at the Sept. 17 hearing and announced his opposition to Binz the next day. Another pro-coal Democrat, Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, also was considered likely to oppose Binz if his nomination had continued.
"Mr. Binz's record shows he strongly favors renewable (energy) over other energy sources, and he favors rising rates as part of the new economy," Manchin said.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the top Republican on the Senate energy panel, said she was not convinced Binz's views were "compatible with FERC's mission."
Binz's withdrawal was celebrated by pro-coal activists, who had strongly opposed his nomination. Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, a conservative group backed by fossil fuel interests, called Binz "the wrong nominee at the worst possible time for American consumers."
Binz's "record of radical advocacy and regulatory bias was too much to overcome, even for (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid's rubber-stamp Senate," Pyle said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Binz's withdrawal a "victory for job creation and for Kentucky families." McConnell had vowed to oppose Binz on the Senate floor.
"Given the Obama administration's hostility toward coal and other fossil fuels and the jobs they create, the last thing American families need is another regulator who is willing to block job growth in the vital field of energy production," McConnell said
Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called Binz well-qualified to lead FERC and said it was "unfortunate" that Binz was forced to withdraw.
"The next nominee should be judged on his or her merits," Wyden said, "and not on organized PR campaigns, either for or against."
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When reading about the Bayesian approach to statistics, priors are an important component of the whole methodology.
Yet, it seems like priors are chosen without any specific theoretical motivation. There is the theory of conjugate priors, which is motivated mostly computationally, I believe, but still, I haven't seen a result in the line of "the choice of a certain prior will lead to faster convergence rate" or something similar to that.
Is there a good reference that analyzes the choice of a prior somehow, instead of always assuming that it is given, and assuming that it is completely the modeler's choice?


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The crunch point came when I stood outside a cafe in the bucolic Devonshire town of Totnes, pondering the questionable ethics of taking food away from a homeless person in the name of journalistic enterprise. I'd ducked into a covered alley to escape a sudden springtime downpour and the icy ankle-deep stream it sent coursing through the narrow streets, and there I chanced across the Happy Apple cafe. A sign in the window tallied the number of "suspended purchases" on offer: six coffees, two snacks and one meal had been paid for by the cafe's previous visitors, and set aside for those who couldn't afford them. I could have done with a hot meal to warm my cold bones. And I wasn't about to let myself buy one.
For the previous week, I'd been trying to live without money. Or rather, to see if it was possible to live in a regular town in the UK without traditional forms of currency. I'd been inspired after visiting the Tomorrow's Transactions Forum in March, an annual conference in London that discusses the future of money and how we use it. I was surprised to learn that we are not moving toward a unified currency, a kind of global credit that could be spent the world over. Instead, the experts are predicting a rise in so-called community currencies, semi-official forms of money that are exchanged within ad hoc groups.
There are hundreds of alternative currencies in the world, from the Microsoft Points traded by Xbox gamers, to the Co-op supermarket's savings stamps. Virtual items in online games can have real value, and thefts of in-game items are occasionally settled in real-life courts. With the recent pinioning of Cypriot savings accounts and a spike in the value of electronic BitCoins, I wondered whether a citizen of a European country that has not entirely escaped the continent's economic woes might do better to eschew official currencies. Could I live in a parallel world of credits, coupons and cryptocurrencies?
It's an idea not without precedent. In 1932, the Austrian town of Worgl printed its own currency known as Freigeld, which was designed to continually decrease in value by 1% every month and thus discourage hoarding. The experiment was a tremendous success, and the town's economic boon in the midst of the Great Depression became known as the "miracle of Worgl".
In times of economic uncertainty, official currency loses its allure. "There have been occasions that the public fled national banks in favour of financial service providers," says technology consultant Dave Birch, who runs the Tomorrow's Transactions blog at Consult Hyperion. "Kenya has the most successful mobile payment system in the world, M-Pesa. In the unrest following the 2007 elections, many Kenyans took money out of banks and put it into the M-Pesa mobile [payment] system." Birch explains that these people knew that M-Pesa's parent company, Vodafone, is a multinational company, and therefore judged it a safer place to keep their savings than a Kenyan high-street bank.
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There are a few good reasons to try and live outside of official currencies, but plenty of bad ones. Criminals, endlessly devising creative ways to exchange and store their ill-gotten gains make great contributions to parallel economies. Jewellery and art works are useful proxies for real money because they hold value and are easily transported – and better yet, can be passed off as fakes to inquisitive authorities. It would be a rare customs official who could discern a genuine Old Master from a half-decent copy.
Law-abiding citizens of many countries have switched to unofficial currencies, especially during cash shortages. At the beginning of the 19th Century, Britain lacked the necessary low-denomination currency for day-to-day transactions, forcing people to get by on trust, barter, promissory slips and scrips until some bright spark invented small change. As recently as 2012, British supermarkets were reporting bulk thefts of chewing gum, which is used in some parts of Romania as a substitute currency. Surely with the aid of 21st -Century technology, I'd be able to shake off sterling's chains? I had a list of goals, and if I could carry out these transactions without touching pounds or pence (real or electronic), I could claim it is possible to live in the UK without the country's official currency.
As it happens, the Happy Apple cafe is one of the few places in Britain where I might be able buy a coffee while complying with this self-imposed challenge. Totnes residents have a reputation for being fiercely loyal to local businesses, and have been running their own version of the Worgl experiment since 2007. It's just one of a variety of alternative currency projects in operation around the UK. Foremost amongst these is the Bristol Pound, with £140,000 ($210,000) currently in circulation. Brixton, Stroud and Lewes also boast their own local currency schemes. The driving force behind these initiatives—the Transition Towns movement – encourages communities to build local resilience to outside economic and environmental forces. Like its kin, the Totnes Pound is only accepted within the town itself, a restriction that is intended to keep money circulating within the local economy instead of being leaked farther afield.
For all its virtues this system doesn't seem to work for one simple reason – I can't find anyone to sell me some. "People take them home as mementos," the owner of a gift store sighs. "They're forever having to print more, and obviously they can't charge for the notes – a pound is a pound – so it's a problem." The shop is a clutter of porcelain figures, tea towels, crystal jewellery, calendars, fudge, snowglobes and postcards. A couple of damp tourists pick at the goods, waiting for the rain to stop. It doesn't look like I'll be able to buy the first item on my list – a wedding gift – without resorting to cash. "So long as I get the real pound, I don't care," the man winks as he rings up my purchase. I fail.
Above all else, I need somewhere to live. I put the question to my landlord – or rather, the tenancy holder who sublets my room to me. Could we come to some kind of alternative arrangement? "If I owned my place then I could be interested in swapping rent money for decoration, house renovation, gardening, cooking type deals, stuff I have less time for," she says. But how many cut lawns and mopped floors equate to a month's rent? "I guess I would likely convert the rent money into hours of work, depending on level of job and technical details," she says. The point is moot though. "As I do not own my house," she concludes, "I would only be interested in wonga." (Wonga being slang for cash.)
Booking a holiday – the third task on my list – also presents a unique set of problems. I'd assumed the flights would be fairly straightforward, with a well-established air miles system in place for most major airlines. After a few calls, I've found a friend willing to trade a large stash of Avios air miles with me in exchange for cold, hard PayPal dollars. However, it turns out that all air miles are not created equal. Airlines have coalesced into groups, each offering their own loyalty system. I have my heart set on flying to Bangkok with KLM because Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport offers the best stopover experience, with free wi-fi, plentiful soft furnishings and a library. But the Dutch airline is partnered to the Flying Blue group. So instead of KLM, I'd have to stump up nearly double the price for a direct flight with British Airways, or travel with one of the other members of OneWorld Alliance, such as Cathay Pacific, which flies via Hong Kong at three times the price of a KLM ticket. My cash card jeers at me from my pocket. Three-nil to sterling.
I also need to renew my passport. It's a surprise to discover that Her Majesty's Passport Office is only too happy to comply with my unusual restrictions. HMPO accepts postal orders, a curious little throwback to the 18th Century that has lately experienced a resurgence in popularity. Postal orders enable money to be sent securely between individuals without drawing on a personal bank account, like a cheque would. Like the air miles, I can buy one in advance, but this time through official channels. Accepted throughout much of the British Commonwealth, they have become a popular way to settle small transnational debts, such as those that come with eBay sales. The fee for making one out to HMPO is £12 – a whopping 15% surcharge on top of the cost of a passport, but, given how my other efforts to avoid handling sterling are going, it's a small price to pay for the victory it bestows.
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Organising the weekly grocery shop – the final item on my list – was less successful. At first, I didn't feel any need to be worried. Every major supermarket in Britain has a loyalty card scheme, several of which have grown so big that they've spilled out to cover restaurants, leisure centres, gyms, florists and much more. It would be easy, I thought. The points weren't real money, but were widely accepted as such. It was perfect. So I buzzed the team at Nectar to ask where I could get a loyalty card pre-loaded with points. "I'm not quite sure how that would work," the befuddled rep responded. "The only way to get points on the card is to start collecting..." It turns out the problem with loyalty cards is that you're expected to show loyalty by regularly spending money on other things, earning a few points on each occasion. I scour eBay, but there doesn't seem to be much of a trade in pre-loaded Nectar cards. This is in contrast to the US, which has a roaring grey-market trade in exchanging electronic food stamps for cash. These electronic welfare cards can't be used to purchase cigarettes or alcohol, so inevitably some people are willing to sell them for liquid currency. A motion for a similar system in the UK was quietly withdrawn in 2012 out of fear of the unregulated trade that might arise.
Eventually, I manage to convince a friend to give me an antiquated Nectar card, under the solemn promise to reimburse her in kind for however many points happen to be abandoned on it. Arriving at the self-service checkout believing that I have enough points to pay for a week's supply of pizza and beer, I run the card once, twice, three times through the scanner. It beeps plaintively but offers nothing more. I take the card to the customer service desk, hoping they won't notice the incongruous gender difference between the cardholder's name and the man standing before them, only to discover the Nectar card has wilted over time and is thoroughly unresponsive. Chalk up another advantage to sterling – even the coins and notes that get ripped and dirtied in your pocket still work in shops.
By now it should be fairly obvious that my plan to live outside official channels has a fundamental problem. Even if transactions are free of sterling at the point of sale, I'm still forced to rely on old-fashioned pounds and pence to buy into these systems, whether they be Totnes pounds, postal orders or Nectar points. Government-backed currency underlies all of these exchanges. I cast around for something that, once purchased, could at least offer a similar level of liquidity, practicability, and stability as traditional currencies.
So I turn to the monetary system a la mode: BitCoins. One of the attractions of this cryptocurrency is that as a peer-to-peer system it lacks any central planning, government or otherwise, so I won't have to worry about a Cypriot-style lockdown on my savings.
Setting up a BitCoin wallet is the easy part. Filling it proves to be much more difficult. If I was a patient man, I could leave my computer to "mine" for BitCoins, using its processing power to slog away at the coalface of the BitCoin economy, crunching blocks of encrypted data in exchange for virtual coins like the world's most tedious version of Super Mario Bros. But the returns are miniscule, and unless I commandeer a supercomputer or a global botnet to do the legwork, I'd be better off mining loose change from the backs of old sofas. Instead I pay a visit to BitCoin Central, one of the most popular BitCoin trading services. It's partnered with a French bank, Credit Mutuel Arkea, which provides a way to port my real world currency into a cryptic one. But after I agree to the eye-watering £17 transaction fee my bank demands for transferring a few bits of data across the English Channel, an unexplained error in the online form repeatedly blocks my progress. It's Saturday afternoon and sunny outside, so I give up for the weekend, resolving to visit my bank in person first thing on Monday morning.
When I explain my plan to Birch, the Tomorrow's Transactions blogger, he's more sanguine about the idea of converting life savings into BitCoins to escape Europe's struggling economy. "BitCoin holds no respite from risks of currency," he warns. "And what's more, BitCoin Central is not a bank. Part of being a bank is to take deposits and make loans, but there is no lending and borrowing with BitCoin Central." This hits at the heart of the problem with community currencies. Aside from their restricted use, you can't squeeze much growth out of your savings. Keeping your money as BitCoins is like stuffing cash under the mattress: it's interest free. Birch's message is clear. Not only is cashing in my savings as BitCoins a dangerous plan, it's a dumb one.
I don't have long to wait before his warnings pan out. On Monday morning, I fire up my laptop for a final stab at getting hold of some BitCoins, only to discover my virtual bank has suffered a very real robbery. Hundreds of BitCoins have been stolen, and all transactions are suspended. It turns out that electronic vaults are just as fallible as real ones.
That seemed an appropriate point to end my experiment. I have little doubt the future will bring a diversification in what we think of as money, in its official and unofficial forms, as well as a diversification in how we spend it, and in how it's stolen. But I won't be giving up my cash card any time soon.
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Being in love is a wonderful thing, but sometimes you're just not in the mood for Valentine's Day.
Maybe you're gleefully significant other-free, and would rather be your own Valentine than anyone else's. Maybe you're single and a little bummed about it. Or maybe you're in a relationship and just can't stomach one more February 14th with a begged-for reservation at an overcrowded restaurant topped off with a box of waxy chocolates and hothouse roses.
Break the mold! A movie night with some good friends and great food is the best way to beat the V-day blues, whatever the cause. We've coupled our suggestions with some good nibbles that are guaranteed to rid you of the taste of those conversation hearts you inevitably made the mistake of eating.
3 Recipes for A Perfectly Un-Romantic Un-Valentine's
Scenario #1: Very Happily Single
Surely we can all agree that watching things blow up for 90 minutes is pretty unromantic. The aptly named Independence Day comes to mind because not only does it have non-stop fireball action, it also has aliens, which are even less saccharine -- bonus points!
This '90s gem is impossible not to love, but it also indisputably falls into the category of a popcorn flick. Better toss together some Party Popcorn by merrill to munch on during all those tense alien staredowns!
Fully embrace singledom by indulging in Tom Kelly's Burger with Spicy Slaw because why not? Much like Independence Day, it doesn't get much more all-American than this. No need to hold back -- get as messy as you want. The only person you're looking to impress is yourself, and this burger is sure to do that.
Scenario #2: Single, a Little Bummed About It
Fret not! The obvious Hollywood answer for the not-pleased-about-it singleton is none other than Bridget Jones' Diary. Funny, light and just sweet enough, it's an easy choice for a night in with your favorite people, or as Bridget would say, your "urban family" (or suburban, depending). Ms. Jones' vulnerability is ultra-relatable, especially if you're nursing a bruised ego or broken heart. And hey, Salman Rushdie makes a cameo, so you can pretend it has intellectual cred!
If you're as familiar with this movie as, ahem, some of us are, you'll know that there is a Turkey Curry Buffet that plays a rather central role in the film. We're a little wary of that Turkey Curry, but we feel confident that amanda's Curried Smoked Turkey Salad will make a great stand-in.
There is a fair amount of cocktailing in this movie, and you should probably do the same -- you gathered all your friends together, you should at least offer them a tipple. This Holiday Sparkler is just the thing as so much of Bridget Jones' Diary is set around Christmastime.
Scenario #3: In a Relationship, Not into Valentine's
Opting out of the restaurant reservation madness is a brilliant move, and especially since it falls on a weeknight this year, why not skip the pressure of a fancy homemade meal too? Whip up some fun things to snack on, mix a great cocktail to wash it all down, and pop in your favorite funny movie. While your fellow couples sit stiffly eating overpriced prix fixe 'aphrodisiac' menus served by harried waiters, curl up on the couch and treat yourselves to a real aphrodisiac -- laughing really, really hard together. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a good place to start, though anything similarly silly will do.
Snacks and a movie are fun way to spend an evening, but they're even more fun when you feel like they're a little bit wicked, like you're hiding from the world. So have a cocktail! It's a weeknight, though, so let's keep it light. How about a Bloody Michelada from TheFlyingFoodie?
Far simpler than they sound, these Paprika-Scented Manchego Chorizo Puffs from the Half-Buzzed Hostess make for some dreamy movie snacking, and we think they pair beautifully with that michelada.
Happy Un-Valentine's Day to all!
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Breaking in the brand new West Campus Cross Country Course, the Georgia College & State University cross country teams each had solid third-place finishes today (Sept. 6) in the Georgia College Pre-Conference Meet.
The Bobcat women finished third with 91 points, 49 behind second-place Augusta State University and 55 off the pace set by Columbus State University. The CSU men also took the team title with 28 points, 14 ahead of Clayton State University and 61 in front of Georgia College.
Finishing 10th, freshman Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) set a personal best collegiate 5K in 20:07, tied with Crystal Sutton for the sixth-best time in school history. Supporting her was junior Heather Raines (Loganville, Ga.) in 13th (20:24).
Another rookie, Sarah Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.) was third on the team at 21st overall (20:51). 2007 All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) honorees Bonnie Ueltzen (Blairsville, Ga.) and Dani Destiche (Snellville, Ga.)were 23rd and 24th, respectively. Ueltzen finished in 20:59, with Destiche a second behind.
The men's course was an 8K distance, as these Bobcats were also led by some fresh faces. The top four Georgia College finishers each set personal bests. Freshman Colin Conroy (Dacula, Ga.) finished 14th in 27:49, as classmate Rob Manning (Lawrenceville, Ga.) crossed the line just seven seconds later in 15th.
Sophomore Erik Ottoson (Suwanee, Ga.) also set his personal best at 28:05 in 17th, while freshman Travis Knight (Oxford, Ga.) added a 28:30 finish in 21st overall. Returning All-PBC honoree Josh Hollar (Canton, Ga.)was five seconds and one slot behind Knight.
Clayton's Allison Kreutzer won the women's title at 18:45, setting a high bar for the course record at 33 seconds ahead of the competition. The men's race was taken by fellow Laker Fidelis Mutiso, covering the course in 26:07, setting the course mark over Francis Marion University's Hillary Kiprop by a second.
The Bobcats are back in action in Wingate, N.C. Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Pre-Region Meet hosted by Wingate University.
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Enjoy Your Cells is a new series of children's books from the acclaimed creative partnership of scientist/author Fran Balkwill and illustrator Mic Rolph. Once again, they use their unique brand of simple but scientifically accurate commentary and exuberantly colorful graphics to take young readers on an entertaining exploration of the amazing, hidden world of cells, proteins, and DNA.
It's over ten years since Fran and Mic invented a new way of getting science across to children. Think what extraordinary advances have been made in biology in that timeand how often those discoveries made headlines. Stem cells, cloning, embryo transfer, emerging infections, vaccine development
here in these books are the basic facts behind the public debates. With these books, children will learn to enjoy their cells and current affairs at the same time. And they're getting information that has been written and reviewed by working scientists, so it's completely correct and up-to-date. Readers aged 7 and up will appreciate the stories' lively language and with help, even younger children will enjoy and learn from the jokes and illustrationsno expert required!
This series is a must for all elementary school students and those who care about educating them to be well-informed in a world of increasingly complex health-related and environmental issues.
Fran Balkwill is Professor of Cancer Biology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the London Queen Mary School of Medicine. Mic Rolph is a graphic designer with much television and publishing experience. Together, they have created many books for children, and have won several awards, including the prestigious COPUS Junior Science Book Prize.
Planet Earth can be a dangerous place for all living creatures, including you. You can usually escape from erupting volcanoes and floods. You can protect your body from the blazing Sun and freezing snow. But wherever you live and whatever the weather, you cannot escape GERMS!
"Parents wearied by the bizarre exploits of Metal Greymon, Goku or Bubbles (don't ask) might try presenting their embattled child with Germ Zappers. This nifty little book is in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press's Enjoy Your Cells series. It showcases home-grown heroesthe cells of the immune system.
It's presented with brilliant simplicity: the drawings are accurate, the text is a doddle to understand. Nor can you lose with plot lines like thesemurder by squashing, macrophages as super rubbish collectors, neutrophils engaged on spy-like "deadly missions". It is full of inspired touches such as "Top of the Pox", a parade of all the usual viral suspects that has warts rubbing shoulders with diarrhoea.
Joshua, six-and-a-half, read it with relish. "A germ," he told me afterwards, "is a small thing that has quite a lot of power, really, and could make you very, very sick. Germs are bacteria or viruses. Cells in our body can kill them. There's a special sort of cell in your belly that makes acid and destroys anything suspicious like a germ. I also thought the natural killer cell was powerful and cool. It's funny-lookingball-shaped with bumpsand it sneaks up and sticks holes in the membrane of an infected cell."
See? Germ Zappers is every bit as weird as Dragon Ball Zand there's no merchandise attached to it. Go for it."
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Atheist Michael Newdow is determined to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. His allies in this battle are members of the 9th Federal Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the American Civil Liberties Union, and anti-Christian forces.
America was founded on Christians principles, and our system of government is based upon the belief that we are a nation "under God." Our rights come from God, not from government.
Learn what the Founding Fathers believe about God and government-and why the idea of "separation of church and state" is nothing more than a myth created by one Supreme Court decision in 1947. Yet, that one decision has result in dozens of ill-informed rulings that have undetermined religious freedom and exalted secularism as the state-protected religion in America.
The attack on the Pledge is simply one part of this ongoing war against religious freedom in America-a war waged by Newdow, the ACLU, and others.
This book shows you how you can fight back against Newdow and the anti-Christians forces in the ACLU. WE must take back our nation from the secularists who seek to deny religious liberty!
"William Murray" shows us convincingly how the attack against the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is a clarion call to those of us who love America and appreciate the importance of our religious heritage. In this Second Farewell Address, President George Washington warned that anyone who labors to undermine religion and morality cannot be called a true patriot. Religion and morality are the twin pillars upon which America was founded. Today there are forces actively engaged in removing both pillars. America is great because it is based on a solid foundation. That foundation is a belief in God, and therefore expressions of that belief pervade our documents, our institutions, and our customs. But America is not impregnable. As it was in the beginning, today's true patriots must fight for freedom. The battle for the soul of America is winnable, but we must show up and become engaged to win"
- Matthew D. Staver
Dean and Professor of Law
Liberty University School of Law
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
WILLIAM J. MURRAY, son of famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, is chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC. For more than two decades, Murray has been at the forefront of social conservatism.
From his office in Washington, DC, Murray continues to work for the rights of Christians in America and persecuted Christians around the world. He has led the Religious Freedom Coalition's campaign to preserve "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and to preserve the Christian heritage of our nation.
He also works to assist Palestinian Christian families and supports Christian schools in Samaria (the West bank). Murray has participated in fact-finding missions, taking him to the Sudan, Darfur, Kosovo, Serbia, China, and the Middle East.
Murray has appeared on ABC,CBS,FOX,MSNBC, and NBC news programs. He is a regular guest on numerous radio talk shows.
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Spiked Drink - What should I do?
If you are with a friend tell them immediately.
If you are in a bar or club tell a member of staff or security.
If you are not with anyone, telephone someone you trust and get yourself to a safe place.
If you have been attacked or had something stolen from you contact the police.
If you need urgent help dial 999 (or 911).


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Soon going to a ballgame might be like this scene from an airport security line, what could be worse than this? Watching the play on the field by this year's Phillies team could include this by the end of July
Just announced, the Phillies will install metal detectors at the gates of entrances to Citizens Bank Park by late July in an effort to as they say, working with Homeland Security in accordance with providing security for the fans attending games.
This may be a noble gesture, but as most people know that have seen it, you can get virtually anything you want over the Citizens Bank Park fences that surround the park, many people even climb the fences occasionally to sneak in, so the effect of this may sound on the outset to be great, but I am sure it will be a major annoyance to the millions of peace loving fans that have attended sporting events for years in Philadelphia without a problem.
Not to mention the fans are fewer in numbers at the stadium already this year with the Phillies playing like they have been and many fans start adding up the annoyances that they are starting to find at the ballpark and just simply will elect not to go at all. Here are some of the reasons:
1. Parking is now at $16.00
2. Seat ticket prices are the highest they've been ever
3. Concessions are very expensive
4. Now, you'll feel like you're going through airport security to watch a ball game
Add all of those annoyances up, and it is little wonder that fans will start to want to stay away.
Why now, they have the good old fashioned pat downs by security, soon the addition of metal detectors will make a trip to the ballpark a laborious chore, and not an enjoyable experience.


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Our latest member to be featured in an interview needs little introduction, for Terri is possibly one of the most prolific and well-known fashion doll bloggers on the Internet. With her blog Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold. I'm sure all of us at one time have read one of Teri's insightful reviews or been in adoration over her stunning photography. So it was a special treat to see that Terri become a DollObservers.com member.
Recently Terri also kindly agreed to an interview, giving us a real insight into her creative process, collection, and life in general. I hope you enjoy it!
DollObservers: What made you join DollObservers.com?
TG: I had seen it on Facebook and I think a specific doll was featured that interested me.
DollObservers: When did you start collecting/playing dolls?
TG: I began playing with dolls as a child. My first dolls were Toni, Little Miss Revlon and Ginny. By the time Barbie hit the scene I was outgrowing dolls and I never got involved with them. Many, many years passed during which I did not play with or collect dolls but I never got tired of little things. I built scale model furniture and created rooms – which I still have – although some of my dolls have now stolen items from those miniature rooms.
My first experience with a Barbie doll ended badly. She was a skier. (Ski Fun Barbie?) My young son got a hold of her and brushed her hair. She looked awful after that and I threw her away. One Halloween weekend a bunch of years ago, my husband and I were in Manhattan for a photography convention at the Javits Center. While wandering around Toys-R-Us in Times Square and I saw the Bratz dolls. I don't know why they appealed to me so much. I started collecting them. I discovered a Bratz group on Yahoo. From there I found other doll groups and doll boards, one of which led me to the Tonner Doll Company. The wild coincidence is that I lived only 11 miles from Tonner's offices. I went to what they called a Trunk Sale and bought my first Tyler dolls. I had already been buying Tiny Kitty dolls. The doll doctor, Noreen, predicted that there would be no going back. Who knew she was right?
DollObservers: The dolls in my collection:
TG: The most numerous dolls in my collection are from the Tonner Doll Company. I have a very large collection of Tiny Kitty dolls, their furniture, cases and props. My other Tonner dolls are the 16-inch Tyler types and Antoinette dolls. I love Tonner's fashions and often buy back items that I sold years ago. I can gaze at my showcases every day and not get tired of the dolls inside. The next largest group of dolls are those manufactured by Integrity Toys. I had at least 100 of them at one time, but in the last three years, I've whittled them down to my very favourites.
I got into Gene for a while and currently have a nice selection. I love props, and the Tonner Doll Company and Ashton Drake have made wonderful furniture for the 16-inch dolls. It takes up a lot of room, but it's worth it. I have a lovely collection of Silkstones and Madame Alexander Cissettes. The Monster High populates a big shelf, and there are several boxed vinyl Barbies. I have a few big Cissy dolls and a collection of Somers and Fields Daisy and Willow dolls. Rounding out the collection are my resin BJDs. They range in size from 4.5 inches to 17 inches and are from different manufacturers namely Soom, Fairyland, Jamieshow, Ficon and Superdoll.
DollObservers: You write an incredibly successful fashion doll blog. What made you start the blog and what is it that you most enjoy about owning a blog?
TG: I just looked back at my first post, which was 10/20/06. It shows two pictures of the first re-root I ever did and was written during the Fashion Royalty convention, which was held in Baltimore. I suppose I needed to connect to the doll world in a more complex way than just being involved on doll boards.
Two years later I moved the blog from Yahoo to Google Blogger, so there are two dates on those early posts. Approximately a year ago, I changed photo servers, and many of the images on the blog are blank. Other than the work involved in 'housekeeping' a blog I like being able to do research and give background information on dolls. For a few years, I did a popular weekly "Photo of the Week Award" in which I featured a great picture and the collector who created it.
One of the best things about writing a blog is the people who write to me – usually off the blog – about all sorts of issues. It's amazing who's out there and the feedback I get is really great. I love it. According to many people, I am the only blogger who is willing to tell the truth about certain products. This has also created a group of haters. Do you know what they say about how to start an argument? Post an opinion.
Having written for so many years has created a wonderful diary. I do recommend it.
DollObservers: Any tips for members who might want to start their own blog?
TG: Make it personal but create boundaries; it is the Internet and your personal family issues, economic situation and very personal problems do not belong in a blog.
Put yourself into the blog with your opinions and feelings. Give people a reason to keep coming back. Develop a style uniquely yours. Be a reporter and develop a certain distancing diplomacy because if you are honest and post opinions, the haters will come out of the woodwork. Don't slander people and don't break the law. Post great photos and edit your own to show only one or two of the same doll. It is unnecessary to post ten pictures of the same doll in slightly different posts. Pick the best and store the rest.
DollObservers: Your doll photography is phenomenal. What top tip do you have for budding doll photographers?
TG: Read your camera manual. Put your camera on a tripod if your pictures are out of focus. Comb your dolls' hair. Simplify the settings. There are many how-to pages on the Internet. Read a few.
7. What does your family make of your love of dolls?
TG: My husband is very supportive. He attends conventions and other doll events with me. The young children in my family love the dolls. The rest don't care. The only questions I've ever been asked by a family member is, "How many dolls do you have?"
DollObservers: Other than playing with dolls what else do you do to relax?
TG: Yoga, gardening, reading, cooking and TV. We're a few months into a new home so there is a load of stuff to do. It's not exactly relaxing but it's necessary.
DollObservers: Lastly how would you describe yourself in 3 words?
TG: Irreverent, hungry and fun-loving.


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How do firefighters learn the proper method of opening a Tesla Model S, with its high voltage cables, battery pack, and DC converter? They tear one apart for practice.
Wired put up this video (skip straight to the carnage at 27:47) made by Tesla itself. What's interesting is just enough care has to be put into avoiding slicing into any high-voltage components as the firefighters have to take just for the car's high-strength modern construction.
You can't just chop a car in two anymore, and definitely not an EV.


text: Been wanting to get a birth year watch for a long time I all ways put it off. I would be thinking doing it then I would see a good deal on some thing else and the funds for it would be gone. Being born in 1958 picking are slim the thought of a Rolex sub like most younger people get because some are affordable but early subs from 1958 are not. Even thought of Tudor or military issued from 1958 came close on a RAF Omega that's the same as a 53 but with a 58 date but did not want to pay the high price there a little more rare than the 53. Then I saw this Omega Seamaster 2869 with cal. 501 automatic movement full set with paper's sold a month before I was born. It had a cool two tone dial only flaw it mite have a replacement constellation crown from the correct era. Still a cool watch I did get 200 off the asking price not often you see box and paper of a watch this age. Should get it in a few weeks.


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Adam Snyder left the San Francisco 49ers last season for a chance to start with the Arizona Cardinals, picking up a $5 million signing bonus along the way. That didn't go very well, at least for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals released Snyder last week, and he's landed back on his feet with the San Francisco 49ers and a two-year contract from his former team.
"Thank you all for the support. So excited to have the opportunity to finish what I started long ago!!" Synder tweeted on Monday.
The 49ers see Snyder as the perfect backup because he can play any position when asked. He's also familiar with the scheme. While Snyder isn't guaranteed a roster spot on the 49ers, he's got a good chance to make the team.
Snyder was a third-round pick on the team back in 2005. That was about four head coaches ago.
Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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Finance & Development, September 1999
- Reforming the International Financial Architecture
- The Case Against Benign Neglect of Exchange Rate Stability
- Moderating Fluctuations in Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies
- Capital Flow Reversals, the Exchange Rate Debate, and Dollarization
- Is Greater Private Sector Burden Sharing Impossible?
- Guest Article: Evolving Cooperation and Coordination in Financial Market Surveillance
- Guest Article: The IMF and the Lender-of-Last-Resort Function An External View
- Large Capital Flows Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses
- Guest Article: Incomes Policy, Equity Issues, and Poverty Reduction in Transition Economies
- The Role of the Currency Board in Bulgaria's Stabilization
- Do Commodity Price Shocks Last Too Long for Stabilization Schemes to Work?
- The Asian Financial Crisis What Have We Learned?
- Impact of Asia's Financial Crisis on Cambodia and the Lao PDR
- The Chinese State as Corporate Shareholder
- Corporate Balance Sheets and Macroeconomic Policy
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- International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
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- January 1999
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Super Rugby
Police investigate alleged assault
ESPNscrum Staff
May 30, 2011
The Lions came from behind to beat the Highlanders on Saturday © Getty Images
Dunedin police are investigating an alleged sexual assault in the city involving a Lions rugby player, according to reports in New Zealand.
The alleged incident took place following the Lions' 26-22 victory over the Highlanders in their Super Rugby match at Carisbrook on Saturday. Police confirmed that an incident had taken place early on Sunday morning involving an 18-year-old female but did not offer any more details, although reports claim that the complaint was made by a University of Otago student.
Lions team manager Mustapha Boomgaard said that the touring team were not aware of any potential incident until they were contacted by the New Zealand media for comment.
"We have heard nothing from the [Dunedin] police, the [Otago University] or any individuals," Boomgaard told rugby365 from New Zealand.
Otago University communications manager Megan McPherson said the incident was a "police matter".
Meanwhile the Lions are reportedly set to leave Ellis Park for a move to Soweto's Soccer City as relations with their equity partner the Guma Group reach breaking point.
The move to Soweto could raise doubts over the viability of Ellis Park, which hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup final and has been a long-term home for the Golden Lions and Transvaal Rugby.
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Albers ejected after arguing call at second
ST. PETERSBURG -- Indians right-hander Matt Albers was ejected from Saturday night's game against the Rays at Tropicana Field for arguing with second-base umpire CB Bucknor at the end of the sixth inning.
After Ben Zobrist grounded out to Nick Swisher for the final out of the sixth, Albers shouted as he walked toward Bucknor and pointed at second base, clearly upset about a call Bucknor made earlier in the inning. Bucknor quickly ejected Albers, who tossed his glove as he walked toward the dugout.
Rays shortstop Yunel Escobar led off the sixth with a hit to center field and hustled around first base, extending his foot as he slid into second base. Michael Bourn got the ball to Jason Kipnis in plenty of time to make the tag, but Bucknor ruled that Escobar safely slid around Kipnis' glove.
Asked about the ejection, Indians manager Terry Francona responded, "[Albers] said something to CB after the inning" about the call.
The Indians protested the call to no avail. Escobar came around to score on Shelley Duncan's RBI single to right field, giving the Rays a 4-0 lead.


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Decorating and Design Tips From Timothy Corrigan
Timothy Corrigan is the master of creating beautiful, nonchalant luxury
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Whether working from his office in Paris or Los Angeles, interior designer Timothy Corrigan manages to turn his clients' homes into spaces that synonymously feel luxurious yet livable. He carefully mixes furniture, art, and design from different periods to create spaces that are interesting, warm, and alive—without feeling decorated.
Want to transform your home? These design tips from Timothy Corrigan will help you unlock the secrets of creating a comfortable environment without sacrificing a beautiful setting.
Create Inviting, Intimate Conversation Areas
Any space can become cozy and inviting when you create intimate seating arrangements. Depending on the size of your room, you can create more than one arrangement. It can be any combination of sofas, chairs, stools, and benches, ideally anchored with a table, ottoman, or side table.
Mix & Match to Create Interest
Rooms with matching furniture sets look contrived and uncreative. Break away from the showroom look by mixing something new with something old, and combining different styles and periods. Also don't be afraid to mix textures. Mixing rough with smooth or shiny with matte makes each piece seem a little more unique. You'll end up with a look that is interesting and exciting which showcases your creativity.
Throw in the Rug
Not only are rugs decorative, they create a sense of grounding, anchor a furniture arrangement, and define a space. While Americans tend to buy a rug that matches their decor, Europeans favor using whatever rug they have on hand, thus avoiding a room that looks too studied and uptight. Nothing beats an old antique rug for creating the feel of a well-used room in which everything doesn't have to be shiny, new and perfect.
Slipcovers Save the Day!
Slipcovers serve a number of useful functions:
1. They present an inexpensive alternative to buying new furniture or reupholstering an existing piece.
2. They are easy to clean.
3. They offer design flexibility.
4. They lend a relaxed feel to a room.
Choose User-Friendly Furnishings
Create a stress-free environment by using durable, washable fabrics on your furniture. That way, drinking a glass of red wine no longer induces heart palpitations. There are also an increasing number of attractive outdoor fabrics that can easily be used indoors.
Kick, Curl, and Sink
No, this is not the latest aerobics exercise. I'm referring to all the things you desire to do when sitting on a sofa or chair. A wooden chair with beautiful lines makes a great design statement, but when it comes to true comfort, nothing beats an upholstered piece. Depth, angles, firmness, filling material, and construction all play important roles in comfort and durability, so do some research before you buy. A lot of contemporary style furniture looks great until you try to curl up on it!
Let Color Express Your Mood
Don't underestimate the power of color to affect the look and mood of a space. For example, yellow is perceived as sunlight, so it's a great choice for creating a cheerful and bright environment. Red, on the other hand, creates a sultry, warm mood, while green has a calming effect. So before you choose that color swatch, think about the atmosphere you want to impart. And don't be afraid of color. Pale and cream-color rooms look great in magazines, but a room with some color usually creates a more interesting and comfortable place to really live.
Light Up Your Life
Even with all the perfect furniture and accessories, nothing kills a space more than bad lighting. A pockmarked ceiling of canned lights turned on full brightness creates a harsh cold environment. It's better to combinef floor lamps, table lamps, and some strategically placed overhead lighting—all connected to dimmers!
Live in your Home!
Many people create rooms they are afraid to use or mess up. Too often the living room is "only for company." Why have any room that you don't really use? If you don't ever use your dining room, then turn it into a library with a big center table that can be used as a dining table when needed.
Be Unique, Use Antiques!
Break free from mass-produced catalogue furniture and throw in an antique piece for instant character and depth. Many antiques can be purchased at costs well below that of new furniture, and they have the added bonus of holding their value over time. Did we mention they are eco-friendly, too? That's because no new resources are used to produce them.
Create Calming Retreats
In today's hectic world, we all need a place to relax and unwind. Create a sanctuary in your own home by using soothing, monochromatic colors. Upholstered walls offer another great way to soften your environment.
Have Fun At Home!
Why go out looking for fun when you can have it at home? Choose a room in your house to express your personality and create a bit of drama. Whether you pick a dining room, small den, or bedroom, with a little creativity you can transport your guests without ever having to leave home.
Decorating with Antiques
Want more ideas for incorporating antiques into a home's interiors? Check out this renovation of a 1926 Tudor Revival house whose designer points out, "When this style is done correctly the first time, it's timeless."


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English | ISBN: 0321575431 | 2010 | PDF | 1442 Pages | 22 MB
English | ISBN: 0321575431 | 2010 | PDF | 1442 Pages | 22 MB
Bob Blitzer's unique background in mathematics and behavioral sciences, along with his commitment to teaching, inspired him to develop a precalculus series that gets readers engaged and keeps them engaged. Presenting the full scope of the mathematics is just the first step. Blitzer draws in the reader with vivid applications that use math to solve real-life problems. These applications help answer the question "When will I ever use this?" Readers stay engaged because the book helps them remain focused as they study. The three-step learning system-See It, Hear It, Try It-makes examples easy to follow, while frequent annotations offer the support and guidance of an instructor's voice. Every page is interesting and relevant, ensuring that readers will actually use their textbook to achieve success!
Prerequisites: Fundamental Concepts of Algebra; Equations and Inequalities; Functions and Graphs; Polynomial and Rational Functions; Exponential and Logarithmic Functions; Trigonometric Functions; Analytic Trigonometry; Additional Topics in Trigonometry; Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Matrices and Determinants; Conic Sections and Analytic Geometry; Sequences, Induction, and Probability
For all readers interested in college algebra.
Instructor Solutions Manual for Algebra and Trigonometry, 4th Edition.pdf


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Bingo! Plenty said at oil-shale hearing
In case you weren't keeping score, the enviros report that oil-shale promoters uttered plenty of decades-old "rhetoric" at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday in Grand Junction.
The Checks and Balances Project came up with a bingo card for the phrases. All but one — "Oil shale will supply oil to the nation soon" — was said.
Here's one bingo entry and who said what:
ENTRY: Oil shale is believed to hold promise as a reserve supply of petroleum. (09/01/26)
Brad McCloud, executive director of Environmentally Conscious Consumers for Oil Shale: The U.S. is sitting on a massive reserve of oil.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs: "Enough [oil shale] to provide the United States with energy for the next 200 years."
Read about the other testimony at The Checks and Balances Project web site.
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The last time we checked in with Griff Jenkins, Fox News' talented field humorist, he was gamely wading into waves of angry anarchists outside the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
Today, Mr. Jenkins resurfaced on media blogs across the internet. The occasion? Last night, Mr. Jenkins was attempting to interview participants at a gathering of ACORN members in Washington D.C. when a liberal blogger named Adam Green conducted an ambush interview of sorts with the tuxedo-wearing Mr. Jenkins.
For anyone who has watched Fox News in recent months, it should be of little surprise that Mr. Jenkins was on the prowl for footage of ACORN members. After all, ever since last fall, when reports first surfaced that the FBI was investigating the community activist group for possible voter registration fraud, Fox News has relentlessly cranked out stories, updates, and analysis of all things ACORN.
While other news outlets have for the most part moved on, Fox News has dug in.
How much more air time does Fox News devote to ACORN than its competitors? Hard to say precisely. But here are the results of our highly unscientific survey of Nexis transcripts over the past month.
Total number of ACORN references by cable news outlet since May 18.
Fox News: 362


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WASHINGTON – Arriving late to a Nationals baseball game because of heavy traffic can spoil the fun.
Fortunately, there are several bus services available that can take baseball fans directly there.
The DC Hopper provides shuttle bus service to weekend games from Bethesda, Md., according to operator Brandon Yu. If customers reserve bus tickets online in advance, they are guaranteed a seat, no matter how bad the crowds are.
"This Nationals bus is geared toward everyone — kids, adults, whoever, families," Yu says. "We want to just be able to provide that safe, convenient transportation."
For those coming from Northern Virginia, there is Ballpark Bus, a shuttle bus service from Ashburn, Va.
There are two water taxis that dock near the ballpark, and a Nationals spokeswoman says the taxicab stand at M and Half Streets SE is beefing up its staff this season for smoother operation.
If people do decide to drive, checking the parking options online ahead of time can save time and money, especially if there are new neighborhood developments.
Other ways to get to the park include Metro trains and buses, the DC Circulator and Capital Bikeshare. There also are 250 bike racks at the ballpark.
WTOP's Dick Uliano contributed to this report. Follow @WTOP on Twitter.