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'American Idol' Season 12, Episode 17 Recap: Top 10 Finalists Are Revealed
After the auditions, Hollywood week and the sudden death rounds, the 'American Idol' pool is now down to the Top 10. There were many trials and tribulations the remaining 10 contestants went through to get to this point, most notably the team competitions where they had to balance group cohesion and separating themselves as individuals for the judges to get to the next round.
Last night's episode didn't leave to many surprises, especially on the guys' side as the five who were going to make it through were obvious. The way they announced the top 10 this year made for some hilariously awkward TV.
First, the top 10 guys were seated in a back room, behind this Roman coliseum type door hidden from the judges and the live audience. As Ryan Seacrest called each individual's name to go through the door to show they made it and sing a victory lap song, the remaining contestants remained sitting there like sad little dogs whose owner forget them at the park.
Charlie Askew, a Nicki Minaj favorite, was one of the five guys who didn't get America's stamp of approval as he was sent packing. Not too many surprises in this one as the ones you'd probably thought were going home went home.
The good thing is everyone in the top 10 will be on the 'Idol' summer tour, which means they'll be visiting almost every state to perform and get more opportunities to possibly get signed -- the obvious downer is that only one can win the competition.
The only kicker from the episode was that the person with the leading votes from the men's and women's side who didn't make the cut will compete next week in a sing-off to make the 'Idol' summer tour.
So last night might not be the last time you see Zoanette Johnson.
Check out the top 10 finalists below.
- Lazaro Arbos
- Janelle Arthur
- Curtis Finch Jr.
- Candice Glover
- Kree Harrison
- Amber Holcomb
- Paul Jolley
- Angela Miller
- Burnell Taylor
- Devin Velez
Watch 'American Idol' Season 12, Episode 17 Recap


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Thanks to everyone — including and especially mangeur, Ptipois, Parigi, johanabanana — for the recommendations leading to two great weeks (mid Sept) in (1) the Hérault; (2) the intersection of the Cantal/Lozère/Aveyron; (3) northern Gard and much of the Ardèche. I'll mention in separate posts within this thread most of our dining stops, and I'll try to augment many of them with a few photos (taken furtively by iphone, often as my wife rolled her eyes).
We really loved these areas for the people we met, the fine driving roads and walking paths, beautiful vistas and villages — and very often fine foods, including châtaigne in many forms.
In line with recent requests/comments, I'll usually give our dining price totals. (Note: Most lunches included an aperitif, a demi or pichet of local wine, a local bottled gazeuse water, and one or "deux express"; dinners almost always included the same, but with a full bottle of wine and only one express.) — Jake

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Internet hasn't obsoleted Realtards. Why not?
Perhaps they will always be with us.
Here's why real estate agents are still around
By Lydia DePillis, The Washington Post
In this Tuesday April 2, 2013, photo, Christian Bell and his wife Beth Heinen Bell view a home for sale with real estate agent Becky Dickenson, left, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Paul Sancya/AP)
The quintessentially mainstream American real-estate brokerage — Re/Max — went public Tuesday. The housing market is hot enough, its initial filing explained, that raising investor cash could launch it into markets around the country it hadn't yet reached.
But wait — real estate agents? Wasn't the Internet supposed to drive them out of business?
The online age has been hard on all kinds of middlemen, after all. Travel agents, for example, were rendered obsolete by Orbitz and Expedia. Soft-goods retailers were outpaced by Amazon. The effect should be similar with people who sell homes: What do they have but what they know? And what of that can't be better figured out through unbiased, publicly available data, crunched and presented free on websites such as Zillow and Trulia?
This is a piece that asks many questions yet delivers few answers. "It's complicated" is not really an explanation. And what the heck is Jason's House? Shouldn't he be more original and call it Jason's List? It's mentioned in a Washington Post article and there's mentions in Texas media, so it should be really helpful to all our Northern California readership.
It's Weekend Open Thread time, too. Met any helpful real estate agents lately?


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Advertising and marketing mess-ups of 2012
Major brands including Ikea, KitchenAid, Kit Kat and Urban Outfitters took an uncomfortable trip through the public opinion wringer in 2012. Companies ran advertisements referencing rape, offered discounts connected to devastating storms and employed mascots indirectly linked to child pornography. They misused social media, made controversial omissions and, on occasion, tried too hard to be funny. Here are some of the worst marketing and advertising decisions of the year.
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I thought the process of making the DME or LME denatured all of the enzymes. Am I mistaken on this?Dave
Quote from: davidgzach on January 19, 2013, 01:58:41 PMI thought the process of making the DME or LME denatured all of the enzymes. Am I mistaken on this?Dave I think you are correct. But adding the extract to the mini-mash has potential to dry out the beer.
Ugh... the Beano idea just won't die.Don't ever use Beano. NEVER. You will be sorry if you do. You have been warned.
. . . . . However, I also know that the various extracts in the market today have different attenuability depending on which manufacturer, i.e., some extracts won't ferment down below 1.018, no matter what you do or how much simple sugar or adjuncts you add or whatever. . . . . .
I don't brew much with extract anymore -- my experience with extract is from about 10 years ago. It's possible that extracts are made more fermentable these days. It is also possible that you have been lucky with your selections and I was not so lucky with mine. I know I used to use a lot of John Bull, and that stuff wouldn't ferment for nothing. Maybe get down to 1.020 if I was lucky. Maybe these days it's not such an issue. I guess I really don't know.


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Last Friday marked the 2nd Graduating class from Hilo Youth Robotics Summer Enrichment program.
Lots of smiles. Lots of happy parents. Lots and Lots of happy campers!
Robot Summer Camp session #3 got underway today @ 8:00 am.
Continued tweaking the dance routine for Robbie. Couldn't get as much done as I would have liked because Robbie's left shoulder and elbow servo aren't responding.
My husband, Bruce, performed surgery on his left elbow last week and replaced the servo. I was too terrified to watch. I just couldn't watch all his little innerds being splayed out like that, oh the horror!
Sometime this week Robbie has to go under the screwdriver again, this time Bruce is going to crack his breastplate to replace his left shoulder servo. It helps to have a Doctor in the house.
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Craig's Quest
Craigslist founder talks about how far he's come and where he still hopes to go
When Craig Newmark started e-mailing San Francisco Bay Area event listings to friends in 1995, he had no idea his "little hobby" would explode into craigslist, a mostly free service providing classified listings and forums in more than 500 cities around the world. Though he has no plans to go public or sell ads on his site, this hardcore Barack Obama supporter who blogged as he delivered the commencement address at Case Western Reserve University this spring is looking for ways to use his nerd values for good.
You've said you're a bad investor and a lousy manager, that you're withdrawn and your need for attention is lower than you thought. How were you able to found such a successful company with traits like that?
Well, one thing is that I'm not a good manager. Actually, as a manager, I suck, so my solution was to hire someone who was really talented and then get out of the way. My investment skills are minimal, but they apply only to me, not craigslist, so that's worked well. All humans need a little attention and everyone has a different threshold for it. My threshold is lower than I thought, but it's only attenuated by my sense of humor.
You've been called the "antichrist of print media," and Stephen Colbert has thanked you for single-handedly destroying newspapers. Did you ever imagine you'd craft a business that would be bigger than newspaper classifieds?
I don't know if we are bigger than newspaper classifieds. The whole success and growth of craigslist has been a surprise to me. When I hear about how successful we are, it's flattering for five seconds, but then it's back to customer service, which is what I spend time doing.
Describe a typical day for you, from beginning to end.
I try to take enough vitamins to be healthy since I don't eat a very balanced diet and don't exercise enough. My typical day is that I get up around 8 a.m. and do customer service for as long as it takes, then I go down to a café and have coffee and read the paper. Then I'll go to the office and do more customer service. I'll have lunch there, then maybe run an errand and then go home. I'll do more customer service in the evening, maybe watch TV and read, then more customer service around 10 or 11 p.m. Then I'll go to bed.
What do you mean by "do customer service"?
It includes removing spam from the site, particularly for dubious products and services. I do light moderation of forums, and I also help people with advertisements once in a while.
Have you ever bought or sold anything yourself on craigslist?
I've bought and sold a lot of small electronics, but my biggest sale was my old car, a '92 Saturn SL2.
Have you noticed any correlation between the types of postings on craigslist and the state of the economy right now?
We've seen a surge in people selling stuff they don't need and selling gas-guzzlers that cost too much. Today, I filled my tank for the first time in a long while and I didn't expect the bill to be as big as it was. What we're seeing on the site is a reflection of that.
You've said you've built a business based on "nerd values." What are nerd values? And what would our country be like right now if we had leaders who embraced them?
The comment about nerd values is a facetious reference to a real phenomenon that my fellow nerds [and I have witnessed], that people will pay us money to exercise our skills—in my case, computer programming. Once we make a comfortable living there's not much point in making more [money] and at that point it's more satisfying to devote time to community service. That's the spirit I think was embodied in occasional civic generations in American history—one that we're seeing now among 18- to 30-year-olds in response to the Obama campaign. If more people embraced nerd values, we'd be helping each other out a lot more with things.
How do you leverage technology to promote this sort of altruism?
This is a big year where we really need to fix government in Washington and need to restore democratic values. People have used Internet technology to raise funds, organize and get voters excited. But we're trying to figure out how to use it to get people to help on an everyday level, and get their input to Washington on big issues. But once you get 1 million people involved in something like this, how do you find the best ideas? That's not easy. You see examples out there of how it could work—Slashdot and Amazon come to mind—places where people are rating and measuring things like books or news stories. I think this idea applies to politics also, but there are practical problems to be solved. Because what happens when people try to damage the process, or post disinformation?
What else can we expect from craigslist in the coming years?
We do one thing really well and we don't want to screw that up. So we'll be working on better customer service and fighting spam. We'll also be in more cities and countries, and in more languages. We will improve our functionality incrementally, because the idea is to listen to people to find out what works. Sometimes we have what we think are bright ideas, but when we ask ordinary people about them they tell us just to stick with the basics.
Craig Newmark received his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer and information sciences from Case Western Reserve University in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He lives in San Francisco, where he puts his nerd values to work with groups such as DonorsChoose.org, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (iava.org), and the Sunlight Foundation (sunlightfoundation.com).


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Each Friday I am highlighting a Random Act of Kindness.
I invite you to join in and spread some happiness.
This week....
Give Something Away
A good friend had tried this Moby wrap with her baby
and hated it.
So she passed it along to me
to keep or give away.
I ended up liking another carrier better
so I offered the Moby up for free on Hellobee
(a favorite parenting site of mine)
and sent it off to another mama
who hopefully put it to good use.
Got something lying around your house gathering dust?
Give it away to someone who could use it!
For more Acts of Kindness, look here
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Aliens are invading our forests, pastures, fields and lawns.
Aliens are invading our forests, pastures, fields and lawns.
Actually, they are invasive weeds called cogongrass.
Cogongrass � brought as packing material into Mobile, Ala., in the early 1900s � was later planted in Florida and other states as a potential forage and soil stabilizer. It has low forage value and is on the Federal Noxious Weed List.
Drought and shade tolerant, it is yellowish green with an offset midrib and a fluffy white seed head. A single plant can produce 3,000 seeds. It grows in circular colonies. Mowing or burning while the plants are flowering can cause spread of seeds.
The weed can spread through creeping rhizomes and seeds and quickly displaces desirable grasses and plants. Its roots may produce allelopathic chemicals that help it out-compete other plants for space.
Getting rid of it
Removing a cogongrass infestation requires intensive management. Mowing and burning will not eradicate it. Ditto for herbicide options.
For small infestations less than 20-30 feet in diameter, treat the area with glyphosate once in the fall and once in the spring for three years, or until eradicated.
A more integrated approach may be necessary for larger infestations. Adding a burn or tilling the soil may help in some cases.
Cogongrass is not easy to eradicate, so it will take a coordinated effort from government agencies and private landowners.
Jennifer Bearden is an agent at the Okaloosa County Extension office in Crestview.
ANNUITIES 101 WEBINAR:11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 16. Register: http://bit.ly/Annuities101.
LANDSCAPE PROBLEMS� DISEASES AND WEEDS: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. May 17, 3098 Airport Road, Crestview. Cost: $10.
SAVING STRATEGIES� YOUR HOME LANDSCAPE:11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 23. Register: http://bit.ly/LandscapeSaving
4-H CAMP: June 10-14, for ages 8-12. Cost: $220 per person. Contact Haley Worley, 689-5850 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Registration packets are available at 3098 Airport Road, Crestview.
BUILDING YOUR FINANCES FOR RETIREMENT: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 20. Register: http://bit.ly/PlanRetire.
Jennifer Bearden is an agent at the Okaloosa County Extension office in Crestview.


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It is important for a hospital to stop administering preventative antibiotics within 24 hours after surgery to avoid side effects and other problems associated with antibiotic use. For certain surgeries, however, antibiotics may be necessary for a longer time.
Antibiotics are medicines that prevent and treat infections. While the likelihood of infection after surgery can be reduced by administering preventative antibiotics, receiving these antibiotics more than 24 hours after routine surgery is usually not necessary and can increase the risk of side effects such as stomach aches, serious types of diarrhea, and antibiotic resistance. (Antibiotics are effective if they are not administered too frequently.) There are exceptions; for example, where the surgical site has been contaminated (making the surgery not routine). Talk to your doctor if you have questions about how long you should take antibiotics after surgery.
The chart above indicates the percentage of surgery patients whose preventative antibiotics were stopped within 24 hours of their surgery.


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Nebraska Soccer Practice Facilities
Located directly next to Memorial Stadium, the Hawks Championship Center houses the soccer team's coaches' offices, locker rooms, meetings rooms and indoor practice facilitie. Nebraska is one of the few schools in the nation with all of its soccer facilities located on campus. The Hawks Championship Center opened for the soccer team during the spring of 2006. The magnificent facility features FieldTurf ideal for year-round indoor training for the Huskers.
The Hawks Championship field also opens onto the practice fields of the Ed and Joyanne Gass Practice Facility, which includes one grass field and one field which was converted to FieldTurf in the summer of 2012 and it was replaced during the summer of 2018. The Ed and Joyanne Gass Practice Fields help provide Nebraska with the most complete practice facilities in the nation. The Gass Practice Fields give the Huskers two full-size grass fields located in between NU's two indoor practice facilities - the Hawks Championship Center and Cook Pavilion.


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21 July 2011
Owners: Rich "BigSpicy" Lahm
Location: Chicago, IL
Vehicle: 2005 Chrysler 300
Car Club Affiliation: Xplizit Car Club. www.xplizitcc.net
What Events have you competed in?
World of Wheels, DUB shows, RPM/HIN, heading to SEMA this year as well
What will be your next performance modification/upgrade?
Well it's my daily driver with over 110k miles on it, so looking at a Dodge Viper Engine and drivetrain swap in the near future
"All Show", "All Go" or Both, Why?
Mostly show, did a few mods to the engine to get it more pepped up, but when I drive, I want people to see, stop and stare so I didn't go overboard with HP
Any Shout Outs?
To 402 motoring in Jersey for a true show stopping build, everyone at Showtime Audio in Chicago, all my sponsors, friends, family and Xplizit Car Club for giving me and my crew the chance to tear up the mid-west!


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Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect AttacksDate: August 28, 2005
Source: onlamp.com
I don't think so, no. Regular users lack the understanding of machines' inner workings and the protocol subtleties needed to determine what to do in even the most trivial scenarios. They want to watch a movie they got from a friend, but they have no clue if that translates to clicking Yes or No in some firewall pop-up prompt.
Of course we could hire professional security experts to somehow perform near real-time review of someone else's traffic--but then, they have no way of knowing what the user really wants or expects his computer to do. Clicking on a link to some obscure .exe file may be a phishing attack or a legitimate download of a software update for a Mongolian Tetris-alike game we never heard of. Without feedback from the user, it's hard to tell what should be done.
Why do you think we cannot develop a software that behaves autonomously like a human being in such restricted environments?
We did! Most antivirus programs and personal firewalls usually attempt to implement a certain level of "smart" adaptive protection, rather than forcing the user to define everything from scratch. I doubt this could be much improved without reading the user's mind and scanning it for true intentions and motivation for each mouse click.
Four years ago, you wrote an interesting paper entitled Against the System: Rise of the Robots for Phrack #57. The main idea was to use search engines' spiders as an attack vector. Just writing specially formatted URL on a web page, and wait for the spider to follow those links. After all this time, do you see a better or worse situation?
Our ability to understand how search engines address potential security threats and other abuse scenarios is very limited; most of them, Google included, are very secretive and not willing to discuss their business. As such, I can only guess--but my impression is that a good number of major crawlers implemented basic checks to trap the most obvious exploitation attempts, simply by rejecting URLs that either appear clearly malicious or very strange.
That said, I don't think the problem can ever be fully addressed; what exploits one web script is a valid and expected parameter to another.
You developed a chatting bot that uses Google to create answers. Obviously it's far from being perfect, but do you think that AI software could use Google as a repository of human knowledge to make decisions such as what is spam and what is a valid email?
Certainly Google and other search engines are in possession of databases that may come handy for various applications--AI, automated learning, and content classification included. Unfortunately for us mortals, they do not share their databases with others; they only provide you with a very limited search front end or similarly limited API, which is obviously not enough to write much more than a toy chatbot (and even that is a possible violation of their Terms of Service, as I learned from a friendly cease-and-desist-style letter a while ago).
I don't know if you play modern videogames, but I saw some projects about AI on your website. I think we could learn something from the work game developers have done with AI. We both act in a restricted context (rules of the virtual world/rules of protocols), but for my experience their "intelligence" is much better than most security tools.
Funny you say that--many gamers complain that mainstream game AIs are awful and too dumb, and ruin all the realism.
As to your question--AI is a meaningless term; it can mean just about any algorithm that either appears to have certain poorly defined "human" characteristics, or an algorithm that mimics a certain aspect of wetware processing, or simply a program that adopts in some way. As such, yes, some of the techniques and tricks collectively labeled "AI" can be of some use--now, if we had a great idea how to put this to work. ;-)
Some of them seem to work as regular expression catchers. Think of Snort, for example; it seems a pattern-matching tool. Should we start playing with AI in security too?
Snort could be greatly improved by simply working on signature quality, making it more stateful, incorporating more heuristics and so on. (Some may argue that heuristic algorithms are AI, but that's what most commercial AV and IDS products can already do, and so this is beyond the scope of that question.)
It's easy to claim that "adding AI" would help (or to claim the opposite), but as I mentioned, this means nothing--it's like saying "computers would be faster if we invented some cool new computing method." Sure, but so what? Unless you're talking about a very specific use of a specific, known algorithm, you're not going to get anywhere.
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By Gabriela Ramirez Hernandez, ChildFund Mexico
Imagine having a soccer ball that produces light, just by playing with it. If you are a child with no electricity in your house, this seemingly magical ball will help you do your homework or light up the dinner table. Your family won't have to spend money on candles.
The Soccket ball, produced by Uncharted Play, a U.S.-based social-enterprise company, generates light after a couple of hours' play; kicking it for half an hour supplies enough kinetic energy to power a small lamp for three hours. The founders of Uncharted Play, which has been honored by the Clinton Foundation for its innovation, invented the Soccket for a class at Harvard University.
In this video, you'll see the Soccket in action in ChildFund-supported communities in Mexico.
ChildFund, Uncharted Play and Fundación Televisa are working together to supply Socckets to families who live without electrical power in the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca. Today, about 180 children in these indigenous communities have a Soccket in their homes. Not only do these children have a new toy (a luxury), but their families also have a light source for reading and sewing at night.
ChildFund Mexico is evaluating the project and considering providing Socckets to additional communities.


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Create a Desktop Shortcut to the Time Clock
- Go to your desktop.
- Right-click anywhere on the background; the following dropdown menu will appear:
- Click on "New > Shortcut"
- In the input area under "Type the location of the item:", type "http://www.byui.edu/timeclock" and click "Next" button.
- Type a name for the shortcut (ie: "BYUI Timeclock") and click "Finish" button.
- Congratulations! Now all you have to do is click on this button, and you'll be brought directly to the Timeclock login page.


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We protect the American Dream by fighting each day for lower taxes, less government regulation, and economic prosperity for all.
There are over
of us, and we're active in your neighborhood.
Americans for Prosperity is building a long-term effort to undercut the left's long-standing dominance in grassroots organizing.
-Washington Post
AFP is building a standing ground force of activists that it can mobilize quickly for legislative fights this year...
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There were plenty of activities throughout the day, including guided tours of the Bird & Nature Walk, a Garden Tour led by executive director Susan Lacerte, a Flushing High School kung fu demonstration, and must by No Regrets.
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, whose district includes QBG, also stopped by for a visit.
For the kids, there was face painting, old-time games, petting zoo and the TD Bank Craft Table.
For the adults, there was a beer tent and plenty of food trucks, including Famous Dave's, Hibachi Heaven, and Shorty's, to name a few.


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Knewt Presents at the first Dorkbot Atl meeting
Dorkbot presentation
Dorkbot is an art group that is making use of technology as a medium. Their motto is "people doing strange things with electricity". There were about 30 people there and they seemed to have a good time.
Knewt was 3rd on the agenda following Greg Kellum and Craig Dongoski.
Greg's endeavor uses a computer and midi dimmers to control lights. He did a very cool "layering" of control to add hand motions from a data glove, on top of a programmed sequence. It had an eerie "ethereal" effect, like dappled shade of trees in the breeze, or sun through broken clouds. He explained all the technical aspect pretty thoroughly.
Craig showed a system for reaching the "sound of drawing". He controls various electronic input with the user's input on a special piezo board that makes the drawing process "audible". The samples we listened to were very thought provoking. In the "nonsense" one could make out the scratching of a pen, breathing, barking, voices. The objective it seems is to evoke images from the listeners sub-consciousness. I'ld say it works, because you can't really discern the noises, but they are strangely familiar. Like a tool for getting into the creative "zone".
These are two fine examples of interface technology being used for creative purposes. Art being the motive. I wonder what it would look like to have art techniques being used for technological purposes? A cliche might be conductive paint used as circuitry. Any other suggestions?
In Knewt's portion of the show, I showed lots of the reference material that inspired Knewt to be built in the first place, and talked about what makes up the "robot aesthetic" in general comparing the "cute" factor in Japanese design to the "terminator" factor in American movie robots. The response was very good, I think it was a success.
Thanks to Jason Freeman for organizing the meeting and for having Knewt on the agenda.
Syndicated 2006-01-15 16:14:00 (Updated 2006-01-15 17:21:00) from Keith Rowell


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What's in Store: Off Track Art
Two businesses share this artistic space. Walk in the door and on the left, you'll enter Off Track Art, an artists cooperative which currently shows the work of 10 local artists. On the right is Carousel Stained Glass, with work mostly by owner Roger Lewis, who also teaches locally and shows the work of his students. From Off Track Art: a 20-inch-x-22-inch mixed media collage displayed in a 6-panel window, titled Egg Visions ($250) by Bob Waddell; a 32-inch-30-inch Reclining Nude laminated plywood sculpture by Linda Van Hart; and an 18-inch-x-12-inch red and black patchwork small laundry basket ($150) by nationally acclaimed basket maker Joyce Schaum. Off Track Art and Carousel Stained Glass are at 11 Liberty St., Westminster. For Off Track Art, go to offtrackart.org. For Carousel Stained Glass, call 410-596-6110.
Sloane Brown, Special to The Baltimore Sun
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|2005-12-18, 18:51
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Blood+ TV Series
So, who here's watching it?
I recently started with the series and got up to date with the anime within a week. I think the story is really deep and engaging and the animation is just beautiful.
So yeah, it's a thumbs up from me.
Oh and also, would anyone recomend seeing the movie; Blood: The last vampire before I continue with the series, or is it not really neccessary?
|2005-12-18, 18:54
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Blood+ TV Series
I couldn't find the old Blood+ thread so I started a new one...
If the original thread is found or restored please merge with this new thread..
Ep11 Screencaps and Summary
|2005-12-18, 18:55
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Yay for Blood! It's one of the series that I'm enjoying watching the most.
As for your question about Blood: The Last Vampire; although I haven't seen it myself, a friend tells me that it's not absolutely necessary to watch it first. It would probably provide a little bit of backstory and maybe allow you to be privvy to some insider info that they talk about in the show as well. Other than that, Blood + seems to be a good standalone anime.
|2005-12-18, 18:58
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I agree with you about it being a series that I enjoy watching the most. I just wish I could find some other animes that apeal to me as much as this and bleach.
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Though interesting.. it is definatley not necessary to watch that before this series..
|2005-12-19, 07:43
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Does anyone know what day the Shinsen Subs release of Blood+ comes out. Coz I've just downloaded all the ones that were out and watched them, so it'd be nice to know the release day of the rest of the series so I can get it as soon as possible. :P
|2005-12-19, 10:51
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Shinsen doesn't really seem to have a release schedual. They release whenever they feel like it And this is fine with me; their releases are excellent.
As for Haji - he hasn't always seemed to have that Chiropetan arm, as we saw in a flashback. I think that their relationship was a lot deeper in the past. We'll have to wait and see more flashbacks.
What I'm wondering is what Delta 67 is. Anyone have any ideas?
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What is confusing me is the whole wine thing.
|2005-12-19, 15:18
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Yeah, no clue what that wine is all about... at first I thought they'd smuggle the D67 in it, but then it was said, that they ordered the Wine from some company...
But wasn't it shipped from Vietnam? Maybe they really smuggled at least an important ingredient.
At first I thought D67 is just Blood from a Chiropteran, but that was disproven when that Candy Guy said something about "I want to see the Delta 67 you're making"...
Well... I'm looking forward to more
A really interesting series :O
|2005-12-19, 17:18
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Delta 67 seems to be a drug developed to turn people into Chiropterans, probably to try to use them as military weapons since the Army seems to be the ones experimenting with it.
Going from my memory of previous episodes, it looks like they may have brought D67 into Japan hidden in a shipment of wine. The winery in VietNam is owned by a French company and the Candy Man seems to be French (at least I see him that way). Pure conjecture here: the Army probably places an order thru a wine distributor for a certain label, vintage, year etc. of wine from the Vietnam winery. The distributor wouldn't even know it wasn't truly wine. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
|2005-12-19, 18:52
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This is a great series and I have been enjoying it much. The wine subject is still a mystery to me as well, but hopefully that'll be answered soon. As for the recent episodes, does anyone else feel the story about the Phantom is dragging a little bit too long?....
|2005-12-19, 20:57
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I love this series, one of my new favourites. Great plot thus far, very good characters and well, the music is just the best I've heard in any anime series.
|2005-12-19, 21:59
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In the flash back scenes with Saya, you always see her leading the Chiropteran but now she seems completely the opposite; a Chiropteran hunter.
I'm thinking that maybe the government was using her as well as the Chiropteran as weapons before. Or maybe they listen to her just because her blood kills them. Hmm.. what do you guys think about this?
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Laptop Rental Provider Sued For Spying On Renters Via Surreptitious Webcam Software
from the this-again? dept
However, in a similar story, a Wisconsin couple has apparently sued Aaron's Inc. for spying on them. Aaron's is a giant "rent-to-own" retailer, offering furniture, electronics and computers on a rent-to-own basis. In this case, the couple had rented a Dell laptop from the company, and later discovered that it had sneaky monitoring software on it which they were unaware of... but which was used to turn on the laptop's webcam and take pictures of the family without them knowing about it.
The only way they found out was that a store manager came to take back the computer, incorrectly believing the couple had not paid their bill (they had). When he showed up, he showed them a photo he had, which was taken from the webcam, which (understandably) freaked out the couple. They asked him how he got the photo, and his response was that he wasn't supposed to show them the photo. Well, that's comforting. Apparently, the product that was used to do this monitoring was hardware based as well, meaning that it couldn't be detected or turned off via software.
The couple and their lawyers are seeking to turn this into a class action for all renters of computers from Aaron's that have this tracking technology. Also, the couple contacted the police, who apparently still have the computer, so I guess there's at least some review of whether or not this is a criminal matter. The AP article (linked in the paragraph above) has a short discussion on whether or not this effort violated either ECPA or the CFAA:
Two attorneys who are experts on the relevant computer privacy laws, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, said it's difficult to tell if either was broken, though both agree the company went too far.It's no secret that both ECPA and CFAA have their problems, but it seems like this might be the type of case that those laws were more designed to cover -- though, that definitely depends on some of the details which haven't come out yet.
Peter Swire, an Ohio State professor, said using a software "kill switch" is legal because companies can protect themselves from fraud and other crimes.
"But this action sounds like it's stretching the self-defense exception pretty far," Swire said, because the software "was gathering lots of data that isn't needed for self-protection."
Further, Swire said the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act "prohibits unauthorized access to my computer over the Internet. The renter here didn't authorize this kind of access."
Fred Cate, an information law professor at Indiana University agrees that consent is required but said the real question might be: "Whose consent?"


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The '30 Rock' star found retired New York Police Detective (NYPD) G. N. Miller staking his Manhattan home on Sunday trying to gain information on Alec's pregnant wife, yoga teacher Hilaria Thomas - who is being sued by a student.
Alec is alleged to have called Miller, who is black, a "coon" and a "crackhead" and unleashed other insults before proceeding to make comments about his mother, the former police officer wrote in his statement.
The 54-year-old actor also apparently told the snapper to "suck my d***" and branded Miller's ID showing he is a retired police officer as "fake".
Miller told the New York Post newspaper: "He was saying some serious racist stuff. He could have said a lot of other stuff. But he used all of the stereotypes associated with black people."
Shortly before the altercation, Alec had been approached by a female New York Post reporter inquiring about the lawsuit against his wife, to which Alec is said to have responded by grabbing her arm and saying: "I want you to choke to death."
However, following the altercations, Alec is filing a formal complaint against Miller - who he refers to as "Ralston" in a series of tweets.
In a post now deleted, Alec wrote on Twitter: "Moments after I tweet about the Post, Ralston, the ex-crackhead "photographer" shows up at my door w 1 of Murdoch's nieces in tow.
"Ralston claims he's ex NYPD!! That can't be!!! Ex NYPD don't become crackhead, ex jailhouse paparazzi! (sic)"
He also thanked officers who came to his home and took his statement about being "assaulted".
He continued in tweets that still remain on his page: "Thank u 2 NYPD officers who came to my home 2day so that I could file a formal complaint against NY Post "photographer" who assaulted me (sic)"
Alec told police Miller "pushed into him", but the photographer claims it was the other way round.
In a statement on behalf of the actor, a spokesperson said: "That's one of the most outrageous things I've heard in my life."


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ntw3001 wrote:Why did they include a poll?
I don't know how they came to this conclusion. Unless the theory is that bottled water doesn't prevent dehydration by itself, and must be correctly applied to obtain the benefit.
Wait, were the bottled water people actually using this claim to advertise in the first place? Is there some sweeping trend amongst advertisers to indicate that food items are intended to be eaten?
"Dude...you look awful...you're that dehydrated that you're actually shrivelling up."
"Ha! Never! I have in my house the world's largest collection of bottled water. I sit amongst my bottles every day. If anything, I'm overhydrated."


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From the second I sat down, this young woman had my attention. (And, given the fact that it took the waitress ten minutes to even come and greet me while I was sitting alone waiting for my daughter to arrive, I can say that I was definitely feeling like she and I were making a connection!) No matter how hard I tried to look away from her, and busy myself with something else, like checking my email on my phone, or just doing some people-watching, I couldn't stray away from her gaze. She had me.
So much was going through my mind, most of which, I'm sure needs no explanation for most who are reading this. Who was this woman? When was the picture/portrait made? Had she been a slave? A free Black? Who made this picture of her? Was this the original frame? How did Cracker Barrel get this? WHO IS HER FAMILY?
Yep, that was the big one. Who is her family? Would they even know who she was if they were the ones sitting under her portrait? Could she even be an ancestor of mine?
Finally, I averted my eyes away from the portrait and began to look around the restaurant. I hadn't been into a Cracker Barrel in years - not since before 2004 when the infamous mouse-in-the-soup fiasco occured in my area. My family and I used to eat in CB when the kids were young, but I'd never paid much attention to the decor in any of the restaurants back then. But now, as I glanced all around me, I noticed that, in amongst the many antiquities that graced the walls of the eatery, there were scattered portraits of many ancestors - men, women, and children of all ages, all appearing to be in 19th century (or earlier) garb! WHO WERE THESE PEOPLE? WHO DO THEY BELONG TO?
I turned my attention back to my lady, who seemed to be begging me with her eyes to do s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g, but what? Just about this time, my waitress finall made an appearance. I ordered coffee and a manager. (I'll bet she was skeeered!) The gentleman appeared promptly, and my inquisition began.
As it turns out, the manager didn't know exactly where the portraits came from, but he did point out to me that each one is tagged with a number and other identifying information, and that if I was interested in knowing more, I could contact their corporate office to find out where each one came from, and if there is a name or any other identifier associated with a particular portrait. I asserted my suspicion that the pictures may have been acquired from thrift shops and/or estate sales, and Mr. Manager agreed that this was a possibility. He also offered that he has been told that an effort has been made to see that the decor for each restaurant is reflective of the area in which it is located, and he suggested that perhaps the portraits had been acquired locally. Hmmmm....
So now, I have yet another item added to my "to-do" list. I don't know when I'll get around to it, but I certainly will contact the CB Corporate Offices to find out more about this, and I urge anyone reading this to pay close attention to the wall hangings on your next vist to Cracker Barrel!
Addendum: (November 3, 2010)
I did send a communication to Cracker Barrel's Corporate Office (Customer Relations) to inquire about the portrait. Here's the disappointing (and less than helpful response I got:
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments with all of us here at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. We're always pleased to hear from our guests.
The tag numbers are inhouse inventory numbers for tax purposes so that we can identify which store has what decor items. However, the decor peices have been purchased throughout the years at estate sales and auctions.
We look forward to seeing you in one of our locations again soon.
Jason Hill
Guest Relations Representative
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
Well, of course I sent a reply, clarifying my original questions, but I haven't heard anything back yet. It seems my mystery lady might remain just that... a mystery.


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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ (April 14, 2013) – The Sacred Heart track & field team both took home second place finishes Saturday afternoon at the Rider University Invitational. The Pioneers won six events on the day.
In the 1,500 meters, the Pioneers picked up points from four Pioneers who finished in the nine runners. Junior Brianna Castrogivanni (Commack, NY) led the way winning the event with a time of 4:39.85. Senior Alyssa Selmquist (Northford, NY) finished third in 4:45.94, senior Michelle Navarro (Piscataway, NJ) was sixth in 4:50.41 and freshman Shannon Hickey (South Easton, MA) was ninth with a time of 5:00.41. Castrogivanni and Selmquist turned in their top-times in the 1,500 this spring.
Navarro led off the Pioneer's 4x800 relay team that finished third with a time of 9:49.42. Sophomore Emma Bolduc (Peterborough, NH) and freshman Cynthia Gray (Pine Bush, NY) were followed by Castrogivanni running the anchor leg. SHU's 4x400 meter relay team of sophomore Emily Isch (Tolland, CT), freshman Holly Maggio (Bohemia, NY), freshman Alexa Duffy (North Andover, MA) and junior Kelly Ann deAprix (Scotia, NY) took second with a time of 3:58.09.
Junior Katelyn Racanelli (Riverside, CT) earned the top spot in the 200 meter dash, winning the event with a time of 25.86 seconds. Junior Chelsey Parks (Moultonborough, NH) took sixth in the event with a time of 27.67 seconds. In the 100 meter dash, freshman Angela Harris (North Haledon, NJ) took second with a time of 12.69 seconds while senior teammate Julianne Cappadona (North Attleboro, MA) was fifth with a time of 13.23 seconds. In the 400 meters, sophomore Bridget Carey (St. James, NY) was fifth with a time of 1:00.68.
In the 5,000 meters junior Teresa Gagliostro (Township of Washington, NJ) finished fourth overall crossing the finish line with a time of 18:36.69.
The Pioneers grabbed the first and second spots in the shot put with junior Lindsay Aponte (West Islip, NY) winning the event at 14.10 meters and freshman Adaora Nwodili (Coram, NY) in second at 12.24 meters. Nwodili nabbed a fourth place finish in the discus with a throw of 33.95 meters. In the hammer throw, senior Patricia Deutsch (Somerset, NJ) placed sixth with a toss of 124'7". She finished sixth in the javelin with a throw of 96'3", just behind teammate sophomore Katherine Wilk (Colts Neck, NJ) in fifth at 97'5".
Freshman Sara Isaacson (Aberdeen, NJ) and sophomore Emily Kiss (Kenvil, NJ) finished second and third in the pole vault, clearing heights of 10'2.75" and 9'3". In the long jump sophomore Dylan Baker (Petersham, MA) was seventh with a leap of 4.99 meters.
Senior Matthew Wagner (Brookhaven, NY) won the hammer throw event for the second consecutive week, firing off a throw of 177'7", his best of the outdoor season. Junior Daniel Pepitone (Oakhurst, NJ) was sixth in the event with a toss of 43.85 meters. In the shot put, r-junior Marc Troiani (Valhalla, NY) notched the win with a season-best throw of 52'11". Wagner and Troiani were second and third in the discus with throws of 43.90 meters and 43.88 meters, respectively.
SHU sophomore Scott Sheehan (Beverly, MA) won the javelin for the Pioneers, besting the field with a toss of 172'5", a season-best toss. Pepitone took seventh with a throw of 42.11 meters.
Junior Brandon Hutchinson (Bay Shore, NY)) and sophomore Gregory Hazell (Airmont, NY) finished second and fourth in the long jump while sophomore Thomas Ford (East Meadow, NY) was eighth. Hutchinson had a leap of 22'4.25", Hazell came in at 21'7.25". In the high jump, junior Drayke Jackson (East Northport, NY) cleared the bar at 6'2.25" to tie for second place. Sophomore Adam King (Columbia, CT) tied for fifth with a height of 6'0.5". Drayke and Hutchinson had a second, fourth finish in the triple jump event. Drayke registered a jump of 46'0" while Hutchinson cleared 45'4.5". On the track, Drayke took sixth in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 17.29 seconds.
On the track, the SHU 4x100 relay team of senior Matthew Lyhne (Wethersfield, CT), freshman Daniel Graw (Nesconset, NY), junior Chanse Wilkie (Stratford, CT), and sophomore Paul Olivia (Southington, CT) finished third with a time of 43.14 seconds. Graw finished third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.31 seconds.
In the 400 meters, junior Patrick Peterson (Gloversville, NY) was third with a clocking of 50.01 seconds. Senior Christopher Connelly (Medford, NY) finished fourth in the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 4:01.37 seconds. Connelly was joined by freshman Sean Ferguson (Smithtown, NY), sophomore Colby Jennings (North Haven, CT) and sophomore Stephen McNicholas (Waldwick, NJ) in finishing fifth in the 4x800 with a time of 8:16.37.
SHU took second in the 4x400 meter relay with the team of Graw, Lyhne, Peterson and sophomore Warner Cooley III (Central Islip, NY) clocking in at 3:19.34.
Graduate student Richard Marcello (Foster, RI) was seventh in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15.49.51


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When the Obama administration, ahem, extralegally delayed the implementation of ObamaCare's employer mandate — pushing the original deadline for January 2014 back to January 2015 for businesses with 100+ workers, and all the way back to January 2016 for businesses with 50 to 99 workers — they were only delaying the inevitable, and purely for political time bonuses. The rough and costly processes that many businesses are going to have to go through to comply with the law are only just beginning, as the Washington Post mentioned in a report today:
In recent weeks, criticism of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate — one of the law's most controversial components — has intensified, as employers such as Settles complain publicly and even some Obama administration allies acknowledge that the mandate has harmed some workers.
A number of businesses, including Regal Entertainment and SeaWorld, have reduced hours for part-time workers to fewer than 30 a week — the law's definition of full time — to avoid having to offer them health insurance. Other companies say they are holding back on hiring to avoid the insurance requirement. Seasonal employees and low-wage workers, such as adjunct professors and cafeteria staffers, have been hit especially hard. …
Many of the employers that have cut part-time hours or taken other actions to limit their costs under the law, such as fast-food restaurants and school districts, have large numbers of seasonal or hourly-wage workers. Traditionally, most of these workers have not received health benefits. And they are often difficult to categorize as part time or full time, because their hours vary.
Reducing hours and holding back on hiring? Sounds like just what the doctor ordered for our recently shrunken economy (which only contracted because of that unseasonably cold winter we had, don'tcha' know).
The White House has already pretty much Declared Victory on its crowning legislative achievement based on signups in the new independent marketplace that it fashioned in its own ideological image, but ObamaCare's implementation and the corresponding consequences for the private sector have barely even begun.


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Former Bill Clinton Mistress Gennifer Flowers: Hillary's Had More Women Than Bill!
President Bill Clinton's former mistress Gennifer Flowers--who we were sure fell down some sort of rabbit hole never to be heard from again circa 1992--is clawing her way back into the spotlight to promote her new sex advice column.
And what's the best way to do that? Accuse potential Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of "getting more pussy than Bill." Classy.
In promoting her new sex advice column, Flowers raised the question of Mrs Clinton's sexuality responding to a question of whether she thought rumours that the former first lady was having an affair with long time aide Huma Abedin.
The rumours about the affair were originally prompted when Abedin stood by her husband Anthony Weiner, former New York Mayoral hopeful, amid a scandal involving him sending naked pictures of himself to other women.
Flowers said that she knew that Hillary Clinton had gotten "more p*ssy" than her husband.
"I don't know Huma or the Weiners," Flowers continued. "I just know what Bill told me and that was that he was aware that Hillary was bisexual and he didn't care. He should know."
The former Penthouse model also said that "it would be nice to sit down and talk" with former President Bill Clinton about "unresolved issues."
"He was the love of my life and I was the love of his life and you don't get over those things," she said.
We're sure Bill remembers you fondly, dear. On to the next!
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RTRS: Stock futures recover from a drop after U.S. airstrike on Syria
By Yashaswini Swamynathan
U.S. stock index futures were flat on Friday, recovering from a drop after a U.S. airstrike in Syria, which U.S. officials described as a one-off attack that would not lead to wider escalation.
* S&P 500 futures had dropped by 0.5 percent late Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a targeted military strike against an airfield in Syria from which a deadly chemical attack was launched this week.
* Helping the futures recovery was a cordial start to a meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
* Xi urged cooperation on trade and investment. Trump has said he wants to raise concerns about China's trade practices and press Xi to do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
* Oil prices jumped more than 1 percent as the airstrike raised concerns that the conflict could spread in the oil-rich region. Safe-haven gold hit five-month highs. [O/R]
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* Wal-Mart (WMT.N) edged up 0.6 percent after Telsey Advisory Group upgraded the stock to "outperform".
Futures snapshot at 7:06 a.m. ET:
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* S&P 500 e-minis ESc1 remained unchanged, with 268,167 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQc1 were up 0.25 points, or 0 percent, on volume of 51,677 contracts.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)


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NYC Says Renting Out Your Place Via Airbnb Is Running An Illegal Hotel
from the stifling-innovation dept
Of course, laws like the illegal hotel law are supposed to be about public safety, and to maintain certain health and safety standards. But, the reality is that, like so much regulation these days, it's turned into a way to keep competition out. Laws to protect hotel visitors certainly made some amount of sense in the past, but most of the reasons why they're in place don't necessarily apply to the way Airbnb functions. Because we can now share information pretty easily, Airbnb's detailed review system and communication process take away most of the "risk" that necessitated a health and safety law.
Just as an example, in my own search for a place to stay, I went through about half a dozen different apartments that were available, and looked over the pictures and carefully read the reviews. I immediately discounted the cheapest one, because multiple reviews mentioned that the apartment had not been cleaned prior to them showing up. Information and the sharing of information made that place undesirable just like that. No laws needed. I also emailed back and forth with a few other apartment/condo owners to find out some details about their places, before finally selecting one that worked for me. Honestly, the experience has been awesome so far, giving me much greater choice, and the likelihood of a much nicer stay than in a hotel.
The new ruling doesn't suddenly make Airbnb itself "illegal," but does suggest that if the city finds out that you're using the service, you could face stiff fines. At the heart of the issue is a really stupid law that was basically designed to make Airbnb impossible: it says you can't rent out your place for less than 29 days. The only purpose of this law is to protect hotels from competition. The backer of the law claims that it was really about landlords illegally converting residential buildings into hotels, but if that was the case, they should have made the bill a lot clearer, because it's being used to punish this Airbnb user. Airbnb, which tried to intervene in the case, is (quite reasonably) disappointed:
This decision runs contrary to the stated intention and the plain text of New York law, so obviously we are disappointed. But more importantly, this decision makes it even more critical that New York law be clarified to make sure regular New Yorkers can occasionally rent out their own homes. There is universal agreement that occasional hosts like Nigel Warren were not the target of the 2010 law, but that agreement provides little comfort to the handful of people, like Nigel, who find themselves targeted by overzealous enforcement officials. It is time to fix this law and protect hosts who occasionally rent out their own homes. Eighty-seven percent of Airbnb hosts in New York list just a home they live in -- they are average New Yorkers trying to make ends meet, not illegal hotels that should be subject to the 2010 law.As the reports note, this doesn't mean that the city will now be going after the tens of thousands of residents who rent their places out on Airbnb, but if complaints are filed, it can go after them. Hopefully, this doesn't scare off the person whose house I just requested... But, more importantly, this shows, yet again, why bad regulations can do serious harm to innovation, often while serving to protect less innovative incumbents.


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Jason Aldean coming to Lincoln
Jason Aldean coming to Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. —
The Academy of Country Music's male vocalist of the year Jason Aldean is bringing his Night Train Tour to Lincoln.
Officials with the new Pinnacle Bank Arena made the announcement Friday.
Aldean will perform at the arena on Sept. 19, joined by special guests Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett. Tickets for the event go on sale April 19.
This is the second major concert announcement for the arena. P!nk is also scheduled to perform there Nov. 9.


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Even as she chokes herself to death under the biggest and most toxic shroud of smog in history, China has won some admirers for the ethereal quality of scenery she now offers those brave enough to chance their lungs to see.
Canned air and stylish air filters are amongst the latest innovations to grace Chinese markets, although with the air merely coming from elsewhere in China and the masks being made in China, there may be some reasonable doubts as to the efficacy of either:
Official Chinese statistics suggest some 600,000,000 Chinese were affected by air pollution in January alone, with the toxic cloud covering a quarter of the nation.
According to estimates published by one Chinese paper, air pollution will kill 300,000 Chinese this year, and hospitalise a further 600,000 – a toll which may paradoxically only add to China's impressive growth rates, as expenditures on treatments and efforts to mitigate pollution are liable to be counted as additions to GDP.
Even neighbouring Japan is not safe – the cloud now extends over the entirety of Kyushu, and cities there have been forced to begin monitoring air quality and issuing health advisories:


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AUBURN, Ala. (Feb. 22, 2008) - Auburn had two early homeruns as the Tigers defeated ETSU, 6-3, in the season opener on Friday afternoon at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala.
The Bucs (0-1, 0-0) had five hits spread out through nine innings as ETSU left seven runners stranded.
"I thought we played well defensively, and we pitched well when we settled down," said head coach Tony Skole. "The difference in the game was that
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"I am very excited about tomorrow," Skole said. "Our kids will come out and play hard, and we will be ok. We did some good things today."
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The Tigers took an early lead on a two-run homerun by Mike Bianucci in the bottom of the first inning. The Bucs would get one of those runs back in the second when junior Chris Rankhorn (Gallatin,
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Pitchers: ETSU - Brandon Langston; Jimmy Tidwell (6); Matt McGahey (8); Chas Byrne (8)
AU - Luke Greinke; Michael Hurst (7); Evan Crawford (8); Bryan Woodall (9)
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With financial institutions making a push into online-only checking and savings accounts, some industry insiders say this could be a defining year for Internet banking. But does it make sense for customers to adopt a purely web-based model?
Certainly, some already are doing that. Overall, online-only banks saw their deposits rise to $364 billion in 2012, up 32% from 2010 and more than 400% from 2004, according to Novantas, a research firm. More players large and small have been wooing those migrants: New Jersey-based financial firm CIT, for example, recently announced that it has landed 50,000 customers and $5 billion in deposits in less than 18 months since the launch of its internet-only CIT Bank. Capital One COF, -2.06% , one of the country's 10 largest banks, made a major online bet with its 2011 acquisition of ING Direct; in February, the company rebranded the online-only platform as Capital One 360. "It gave us a chance to lead the digital-banking revolution," Jon Witter, Capital One president of retail and direct banking, says of the ING deal.
Meanwhile, the number of U.S. bank branches dropped by more than 750 last year, to 97,337, according to data provider SNL Financial; that marked the third consecutive year of decline after several years of growth.
The online-only share of the banking industry is still fairly small, representing 4.2% of deposits. But a few key factors still bode well for Internet banks. For starters, in a low interest-rate environment, online-only banks can offer savers higher yields. Web-based banks don't have to pay staff to maintain physical branches, which frees up money to pay out in interest.
The average rate on savings accounts at web-based banks is more than five times that of bricks-and-mortar counterparts—0.60% to 0.11%—according to a recent survey by MoneyRates.com. Capital One's new platform offers a rate of 0.75%, plus checking with no monthly maintenance fees. (Another MoneyRates.com survey showed that traditional banks were almost twice as likely as online ones to impose such fees.)
Those factors, along with a growing familiarity among consumers, indicate online-only banking "may finally have hit a tipping point," says Sherief Meleis, a partner with Novantas.
Still, not all banking can be done virtually: Think requesting a cashier's check or cashing in a jar of coins.
Moreover, while the current spread in rates between branch and Internet banks may be significant, that spread won't remain as marked if rates in general start to climb. If the average branch savings rate rises to 2%, don't expect online-only banks to offer 10%; during past times of higher rates, Internet banks have offered a premium of about 1.5 percentage points at most, according to Novantas.
Ultimately, financial advisers say, customers need to decide whether chasing a rate advantage or eliminating account fees will make up for any hassles associated with changing—especially in cases where the savings may add up to only a few hundred dollars a year.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell says the solid GOP win in the Wisconsin recall puts the state in play for Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney this fall.
McDonnell, the head of the Republican Governors Association, tells CNN that the people of Wisconsin voted on what matters most to them: jobs, cutting debt and budget issues _ the same issues he says will drive the election for the White House in November.
McDonnell says President Barack Obama "is out of time to get results and stop making excuses and blaming Republicans."
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defeated Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Tuesday, becoming the nation's first governor to survive a recall election.
McDonnell's name has been floated as a possible vice presidential running mate for Romney.
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Finished the season 15-3 overall, including 9-1 in the No. 3 position ... Second team All-America selection ... Team co-captain ... Named a finalist for the CSA's Richey Award ... Named to the All-Ivy League first team ... Swept matches against Stanford and Williams Nov. 18 in the No. 1 position to help the Crimson start 2-0 ... Continued streak of sweeps to four with 3-0 wins over Rebecca Lau (Dartmouth) and Abigail Jenkins (Middlebury) in the No. 2 position Nov. 30 ... Helped the Crimson to a 8-1 win over No. 5 Trinity Jan. 21 with a sweep of Ashley Tidman in the No. 3 position ... Contributed a 3-1 win over Rhetta Nadas of Yale at No. 3 to propel Harvard to the Ivy League Championship Feb. 12 ... Went 3-0 in the Howe Cup, including a 3-0 win over Ashley Tidman of Yale, to help Harvard earn its 13th national championship Feb. 26 ... Advanced to the second round of the CSA individual national championship tournament.
2010-11 (Junior):
Named to CSA All-America first team ... Finished the season with a 12-5 record and was 8-4 at the No. 2 ... Swept Dori Rahbar from Brown to open the season (Nov. 19) … Defeated Stanford's Kerrie Sample 3-1 … Downed Laura Henry from Williams, 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 … Defeated Hannah Conant of Dartmouth, 11-1, 11-5, 11-3 …Won a five-set thriller over Cornell's 16th-ranked Jamie Laird ... Won her first match in the No. 1 spot against Cheri-Ann Paris of Bates (Jan. 12) ... Won the No. 2 match in Harvard's 9-0 win in the first round of the 2011 CSA National Team Championship against Cornell ... Went 3-1 in the Ramsay division at the 2011 CSA Individual National Championship.
2009-10 (Sophomore):
Tabbed to All-America second team ... Named to All-Ivy League team ... Qualified for CSA Individual Championships ... Compiled a 9-5 overall record ... Boasted an 8-3 record at the No. 2 position ... Went 2-1 during CSA Team Championships, including a win in national final against Penn (Feb. 28).
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Tabbed to CSA All-America first team ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Selected to All-Ivy team ... Placed eighth at CSA Individual Championships ... Owned a 10-5 record mark and was 6-1 at the No. 2 position.
Captain of the Sri Lanka Junior National squash teams in 2005 and 2007 ... Sri Lanka National Junior colors both years ... Sri Lanka Senior National Champion in 2008 ... Sri Lanka Junior National Champion from 2003-2007 ... Earned silver medal at Sri Lanka 2006 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Games ... Won bronze in the individual at the 2006 SAARC Games .... Runner-up at the Milo Junior Open in 2006, a U-17 event ... Recorded the best GCE O Level results in 2005 in secondary school ... Father, Oliver Guruge, was the Sri Lanka National Squash Champion in 1981, 1983 and 1984 as well as the Sri Lanka Junior Nation Triple Crown Winner in badminton in 1971.


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Wild About Wallpaper: 25 Cool & Pretty Patterns
Yesterday I sat down to look for a few examples of wallpaper, and things got quickly out of control. Four hours later, I was still poring over websites and wasn't even close to a semblance of a post. With wallpaper's rise in popularity, there are SO MANY great designs and patterns out there (I should know. I just looked at every single one of them) and it was hard to limit myself once I started.
The benefits of wallpaper are many. It adds instant color, helps define your room's style, and introduces dimension beyond the comparative flatness of paint. You can cover an entire room, or limit yourself to one accent wall. You can be as subtle or as dramatic as you want to be.
Settle in, because here is a massive round up of modern wallpapers, organized around some vague trends. I limited myself to cool tones this time around. Because my self-discipline is just legendary.
FIRST ROW – These painterly washes are both light and bold:
1. Abstract wallpaper from Mr. Perswall's Expressions Collection
2. Howard Hodgkin Brush wallpaper from Designer's Guild.
3. Designer's Guild's Saraille wallpaper in aqua
4. Eskayel's Prima Wallpaper in slate
5. Clarissa Hulse's Demeter Stripe Wallpaper in indigo, ice and french navy
SECOND ROW – Geometrics are still going strong in the world of pattern, with an emphasis on the geological facets, trellises, and mosaics:
6. Minakani Lab's Foudre pattern
7. Anna Spiro's Round and Round the Garden wallpaper in Ginger Jar Blue
8. Indian Summer Collection from Jujupapers
9. Madison and Grow's Elizabeth in peacock on shimmer
10. Cavern's Trellis pattern in navy
THIRD ROW – These damasks, toiles and florals nod in the general direction of tradition, but remain relevant today through redrawn motifs and modern colors:
11. Katja Behre's //www.ellipopp.com/Victorias_medley.html in mint green
12. Emma Malony's Beastly Chronicles
13. Kreme's Muse Collection. Via Studio Four NYC.
14. Abigail Edwards Brambleweb Pattern in olive green on dusk background
15. Graham & Brown's Flourish in Purple
FOURTH ROW – High end metallics, flocked patterns, and regal tones introduce luxury:
16. Erica Wakerly's Soda pattern in aqua and silver
17. Barneby Gates' Deer Damask in claret
18. Bartsch's Moon Crescents in Navy Ink. Via Wall-Library.
19. Cole & Son's Feather Fan in a rich emerald green
20. Jim Thompson's Byzance
FIFTH ROW – Quirky line drawings and simple block prints are playful and feel handmade:
21. Ana Montiel's Topo Azul wallpaper
22. Schumacher's Views of Paris
23. Madeline Weinrib Maroc wallpaper
24. Prudence wallpaper by Rachel Powell
25. Garden City Bustle wallpaper by Missprint
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Blog post from Nancy Mohrbacher on block feeding:
Block Feeding Dos and Don'ts
She says it's normal for newborns to have some trouble keeping up with the flow of milk, and it's not necessarily a sign of OALD or oversupply.
If oversupply is truly the problem, baby will gain weight rapidly. Nancy Mohrbacher recommends block feeding only be considered if baby is gaining more than 7–8 ounces (>200g) per week or 2 lbs per month.It takes practice and maturity for babies to learn to coordinate sucking, swallowing, and breathing during breastfeeding. Some episodes of milk flow struggles and pulling away are completely normal and are not necessarily signs of OALD or oversupply.
She suggests nursing "uphill" if weight again is average, but your baby is having trouble with the flow.If breastfeeding is going well, during the first 3 months, most babies gain on average about 2 lb/mo. (0.90 kg/mo.). If baby's weight gain is double this or more, block feeding for no longer than 1 week makes sense. If baby's weight gain isn't this high, it is likely that block feeding will cause more problems than it solves.
See her post Some Ins and Outs of Laid-Back Breastfeeding for more about uphill nursing positions.What can you do if your baby's weight gain is average but she is struggling with milk flow during breastfeeding? The best strategy is using feeding positions that give baby more control over flow.


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Marc slices and dices with Raiden in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Find out if he liked it inside.
I have 2000 words of criticism at the top of the page going through the good and bad.
BTW, it's *not* a Kojima story.
Uh....this review doesn't apply to the version I played. None of his issues bothered me one bit. Sounds like mindless complaining to me.
Not played the demo yet still meaning to give it try, however the original gameplay/trailer of rising which was slower paced looked. The best review of a game is by playing it yourself, just not good on the wallet :P


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KennyTheKangaroo wrote:My brain my be foggy, but didn't Orpik and letang play together a lot last year? This was prior to the highly regarded late season pairing of Orpik-Gonchar
Your brain may be foggy but it's correct here. Orpik & Letang played together for a while last year. From when Eaton went down until Orpik was paired with Gonchar after the trade deadline - so about two months.
And the idea that Letang desparately needs familiarity at this point is kind of silly to me. If MT thought that was true, he wouldn't have have switched the pairings around in the playoffs last year. What is he going to do, just not play Letang for a couple months because the guy he was paired with in the playoffs (Whitney) is going to be out? Therrien needs to make what would be the best top pairing - that would be Orpik & Letang with how things are at the moment.


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It takes a certain gumption for an artist of Kix Brooks' stature to call his brand-new album New To This Town. But for his first outing as a solo artist since his superstar days with Brooks and Dunn, that's exactly what he's done. And, as he explained recently to Trish Biondo of US99.5, in an exclusive interview for CBS Local, he chose that title for good reason.
"I think this music's really fresh and different," he explains–a different animal from what he recorded with his longtime partner Ronnie Dunn. So from that perspective alone, Kix says "I do kinda feel new to this town."
As half of Brooks and Dunn, Kix won numerous awards, earned 23 Number One hits, and sold more than 30 million albums. On top of that, he's been a Nashville resident for some 30 years and counting. So, again, the guy is hardly newest person in town.
But as Kix explains, recording and touring on his own for the first time in 20 years has been a new experience–one that, he says, led him to feel "new" all over again.
"I think [the album title] kind of works for me," he says. For instance, on one hand, part of him wishes that he truly was 'new to this town.' "It'd be nice to have a clean slate, and to throw this out without any preconceived notions"–which are inevitable for someone like Kix, who spent so many years as part of such a high-profile duo.
But on top of that, he says, with his new solo identity, "I am doing something completely different. Going out and playing these clubs…it's like starting all over again. And from that standpoint, it gives me a really fresh and fun perspective."
Kix also took what he calls a more "barroom perspective" on New To This Town–an approach, he says, that involved a lot more "shooting from the hip" than his Brooks and Dunn recordings.
"With Brooks and Dunn, we cut live, but a lot of our music, though never pop, was certainly well-polished. And this music is pretty much live, coming from a barroom perspective. It's got a good rootsy feel."
"To me," he says, the result is a sound that's "real fresh" and, maybe most importantly of all, "good for my soul."
Watch the video for the album's lead single, "New To This Town":
New To This Town was just released this week and is in stores now.
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by Sean Griffin, January 31, 2012
Top 3 Pool Pump Problems
The main pool pump is the heart of the necessary filtration process for your swimming pool. If your pool pump fails your pool water will be stagnant and you will soon develop water chemistry problems. To avoid costly chemicals and costly repairs, address your swimming pool pumps problems in a timely manner and repair! If you have an outdated pool pump beyond repair there are many cost effective and eco friendly options when you decide to replace your old pool pump!
Pool Pump not turning on?
Whether you are operating your main pool pump via time-clock, on/off switch, or simply the electrical breaker you will notice the pump not working almost instantly. The first step when this occurs is determining where the power is dropped. You can test the time-clock or the terminals located within the motor housing to confirm you are receiving the correct voltage at the pool pump. If the necessary volts are not making it to the pool pump you will want to trace the "power drop" back to the source. No sense in fiddling with the pool pump if you suffer from a bad time clock mechanism or a breaker gone bad.
Once you've determined the correct power is being delivered to the motor you will want to examine the pumps internals and confirm that the shaft spins freely. Older motors can become seized due to rust and weathering. If the motor is seized you will want to consider swapping out the motor. If the shaft of the motor spins freely and when you turn power onto the pump only to hear a low whining it is most likely a bad capacitor. The motor capacitor is like a car battery, the stored energy inside a capacitor helps get the motor up to the correct RPM's. Without a functional capacitor the motor will never turn on. You can check the capacitor with a meter but because most run and start capacitors run you under $20 most pool guys will simply swap out the capacitor if the motor shaft is unrestricted.
Another common issue with a pool motor only switching on for a short period of time is associated with an internal heat sensor designed to prevent the motor from reaching combustible temperatures. If your motor only runs briefly and kicks off it may have reached a temperature that fused the thermal overload preventing operation. When replacing the motor ensure you have determined the correct horsepower along with the correct service factor.
Pool Pump leaking?
Pool plumbing is normally designed to be a closed plumbing loop. No water should be leaking from anywhere in the plumbing cycle including the pool pump. Swimming pool pump designs incorporates separately molded components that interface using o-rings and gaskets. The most common of pool pump leaks are due to a rubber o-ring or paper gasket that has worn over time. Replacing these gaskets will be relatively simple.
A more elusive leak will be along the shaft of the motor. Any drip will come from the lowest point on the pump which can sometimes disguise this very common leak. The shaft of the motor that runs through the pool pump and turning the impellor is sealed watertight with use of a mechanical shaft seal. This ceramic seal can be prematurely damaged due to bad water chemistry, pump overheating, or improper replacement. If your pool pump has a leak and you are going to be breaking it down you will want to have a pump Go-Kit for that particular model which will contain both the mechanical shaft seal as well as common o-rings that deteriorate.
Some pool pump leaks are not so obvious. If your pool pump has ever overheated make sure all plastic molded components have not warped or developed a hairline crack. Any pool pump leak is typically an air leak as well when the pool pump is off. Air getting into the pool plumbing loop will put extra strain on your pool pump and can cause the pump to continually loose prime.
Pool Pump not pulling water?
So you've determined your pool pump has no leaks and is electrically sound but still you can't catch prime and begin circulating the pool water? Even though newer pool pumps claim to be self-priming you will still want to fill the pump strainer housing to add your pool pump. Before turning on your pool pump that is full of water make sure some of the obvious obstructions are not present. Confirm all valving is open correctly. To begin drawing in water you may want to isolate a particular line (usually a skimmer that is closer in distance to the pool pump).
Make sure that your skimmer is free from debris or other obstructions. Once you have followed the designated plumbing line back to the pool you can turn on the pool pump and visually inspect to see if the pre-filled water has been sucked through the pump.
If water stays trapped in the housing of the pump you may be dealing with a clogged impeller issue. A clogged impeller can be remedied by breaking down the pump and cleaning the individual channels with a small hand tool or piece of wire.
If you have confirmed there is no plumbing obstruction and suspect there may be a air leak somewhere in the plumbing you can force water through the plumbing using a portable pump to put pressure on the plumbing to locate any suction leak.
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