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Residents invited to Great Savannah Cleanup
The city of Savannah will kick off the four-month-long Great Savannah Cleanup with a cleanup of the Cuyler-Brownville and Metropolitan neighborhoods Saturday.
Up to 200 residents from both neighborhoods, along with volunteers from a number of civic organizations and the Savannah Youth Council, will help pick up trash, remove graffiti, weed and mulch trees and conduct a litter survey to track conditions in the neighborhoods.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. in Wells Park at 39th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Residents are invited to participate and drop off old tires at a tire roundup being held for part of the event at 37th Street and MLK. There will be no charge for disposing of old car tires, though it is limited to four tires per person.
The Great Savannah Cleanup runs through June 30 and is sponsored by the city of Savannah and Keep Savannah Beautiful in coordination with the Great American Cleanup. Residents and businesses throughout Savannah are encouraged to help organize their own neighborhood cleanups. If residents provide labor, the city will provide bags and gloves, then collect and dispose of the bags of trash.
To organize a neighborhood cleanup, call Nathaniel Glover at 912-651-1967.
City to use social media for St. Patrick's updates
To enhance and expedite communications at one of the biggest and busiest events in Savannah, the city of Savannah will use Facebook and Twitter to broadcast St. Patrick's Day information and news.
City officials say they anticipate posting timely announcements for event goers and local businesses - everything from street closures to the length of lines at portable toilets.
Visitors, residents and business owners can go to www.facebook.com/savstpat and "like" the page to receive the St. Patrick's Day notices. City of Savannah Facebook entries also automatically appear in the city's St. Patrick's Day Twitter account, which the public can follow at www.twitter.com/savstpat.
All St. Patrick's Day information is available at www.savannahga.gov/savstpat.


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Sigur Ros' current UK tour
did people go to their show last night? or on previous dates of their UK tour? the setlist looks fantastic and the new songs sound great from what i've heard on Youtube.
also, if anyone has a spare for Wolves i'll take it (well, buy it).
Going to all three Brixton shows.
Felt like a good idea at the time, but it's probably a bit much on reflection.
Still, I do get to see Popplagid live
three times.
I'm going tonight, not seen them before so
should be good.
Got spares but for Manchester tonight, go to that instead.
I went to Glasgow
It was fucking brilliant. Second time I've seen them. The new songs sounded awesome. BLEH. I want to see them again already.
If anyone has a face-value spare for Saturday
Could you please PM me? Was supposed to go on Friday but I'm away with work. :(
I went last night. It was good, but not amazing. New songs were the highlights. Visuals are good but a bit OTT in some places. My big problem was how quiet EVERYTHING was. The beautiful soft passages sounded fantastic but the big swells of noise that make aforementioned soft passages all the more wonderful were very muted. I have no idea if this was exclusively because of the venue or not though.
I saw them in Amsterdam just over a week ago.
It was good but they were much better in 2000 as a raw and exciting four piece. The strings and brass sounded great in the Heineken Music Hall but the drums were far too quiet.
- Vian and the-breacher this'd this
I'm there on Friday
Realy hyped actually, despite not listening to them much these days. They are just a great live experience and I love Brixton.
Went on Saturday in Glasgow...
Sixth time seeing them, still stunning. Was a tad worried about the Secc but it was stunning, especially Vaka. Only down point was the incessant ipad/iphone use in place.
Brixton on Friday. Can't wait
For those looking for tickets for certaibn dates, wourth following @Twickets on Twitter. Quite a few have come up for Sigur Ros, all Face Value or below
they have a face book and an i-phone app too
although the facebook page is shite
Going to Wolves tomorrow
which is quite a tiny venue in comparison to some of the others on the tour. Saw them at Iceland Airwaves in November at it was really good despite my feet aching like they've never ached before while stood waiting for them to take the stage. Seats tomorrow however!
They were amazing at the Civic in 2008
Am going to Wolves tomorrow and Brixton Friday. Hope the latter is a better London gig experience than the Ally Pally/INNI gig.
Amazing last night
Sweet view from the balcony at the Civic and the performance and sound were incredible.
we ended up on the balcony for half the set
sound was perfect on the floor and on the balc
I went last night
Good but not as incredible and life-affirming as they're cracked up to be (hadn't seen em before). As someone said above the LOUD EPIC bits weren't LOUD and EPIC enough. Svefn-g-englar was the highlight, so beautiful.
Going to Brixton on Saturday
1st time I'll see them, so going with an open mind. Anyone got any setlists from earlier shows?
type in sigur ros. don't want to put it here incase it spoils it. best set they've done in ages if you ask me though.
you want to go with an open mind.. but you're asking for the setlist?.. good one
if anyone has a spare standing ticket for Friday
please could you let me know (via twitter is probably best @jimmydan) or message here as my mate's GF now wants to come along if poss. cheers
Fuck. didn't realise there were still tickets for the Saturday Brixton one
Hurrah, Fucking amazing! Finally gonna get to see them!
No, unfortunately not!
My girlfriend has moved back to London from Oxford, so will be going up on the Friday.
Sweet, grabbed myself one too.
I have a standing ticket for Friday
spare if anyone wants it for face value (obv) - £35.
Anyone need a ticket for tonight (Thurs)
Have a spare standing ticket.
New to London
Would love to commemorate first real week here with sigur ros. If anyone has two tickets for any night going spare I'd jump at the chance
You know tickets for all nights are still on sale at ticketweb, right?
Still have a standing spare for tonight
if any ya folks want one.
Spares for Saturday?
Ticketweb has sold out again. Have a friend who is looking for 2 (preferably seated) tickets for Saturday if anyone wants to get rid of them?
did anyone go last night?
how was it?
what are stage times?
stage times please!
it was incredible
they were/are on at nine
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents.
"Whoever these gunmen were, they were directly outside the front door," Sacramento County sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos said Sunday. "This was not a drive-by. These gunmen approached the house and shot inside."
Sacramento County sheriff's officials suspected that a family member had gang ties.
"You have to be hard pressed to think a 10-year-old girl was the intended target," Ramos said.
At least a dozen shots were fired from two guns at the house on Saturday night, killing Elvira Campos and injuring her parents, Ramos said. The names of the parents — both of whom were in their 40s and were expected to survive — were not released.
The girl's 14-year-old brother was playing video games in a back room and was not hurt.
Detectives were canvassing the neighborhood for possible witnesses and forensic units were gathering evidence at the home Sunday, where a cluster of bullet holes marked a front window and more holes were found in the front door and a window frame.
The family had lived in the home in an area about 11 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento for less than a year, Ramos said. There were no records of sheriff's officials being sent there previously, he said.
"I can't even imagine what would bring people to do that," neighbor James Corbett told The Associated Press. Corbett, who lives about three houses down from where the girl was shot, described the neighborhood as quiet, with a "bunch of young families."
On Sunday morning, about a half dozen grieving relatives arrived at the home, The Sacramento Bee reported.
"We have no idea what happened — she was a very happy little girl," Tony Reys, the uncle of the girl, told the newspaper.
Sheriff's officials were also investigating a separate shooting Sunday morning that took place not far from the home. The victim of that shooting — a 32-year-old man who survived — was "definitely a gang member" and detectives were looking at the possibility the shootings were related, Ramos said.


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Wonderfully unselfish play from Shevchenko to set up the fourth there. Looked far more like what they're capable of being today.
Could just be the Saudis being turd, mind...
Wonderfully unselfish play from Shevchenko to set up the fourth there. Looked far more like what they're capable of being today.
Could just be the Saudis being turd, mind...
Cricket Web's current Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"At this point, the merciful thing to do may be to put up one of those big green curtains they use when a horse falls at a racecourse, to spare the crowd the sight, and afford the man some privacy, for the ruthless but necessary end of his Test career." - The Guardian's Andy Bull on Keaton Jennings
Ukraine should be on track to come second in this group & will probably set up & intersting second round clash with Korea.
Ha. Spain reverting to jibbing type.
Nice of them to wait til I put money on them to win as well....
Must have a lot riding on it to bribe Tunisia's goalkeeper...Originally Posted by BoyBrumby
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Error of judgement - apart from that walkabout he was excellent.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
3-1 now - we saw two different Spains tonight.
Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men
Ha. Fiver @ 2/1. High roller, me.Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
Spain look the goods to me. They didn't have their best game tonight by any means, played a pretty solid Tunisia side that defended well and whose keeper played well, and still put 3 past them. Fabregas' performance off the bench was the best individual effort since Cahill, and Torres would have had a hat-trick if he hadn't stuffed up the easy chance for his second before the penalty. Would have won me $45 if he got it, too.
It's cold on the outside they say
But the cold leaves you clear while the heat leaves a haze
I'm annoyed because I tipped Spain to 4-1 in the predictions thread, but oh no he just had to miss didn't he.
On the other hand I can really see Spain running up the equvilant of a cricket score against Saudi Arabia.
I can see them easing to a 1 or 2 nil using some of the squad.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
yeah probs rest some of the big guns i imagine, whilst giving a run out to fabregas and raul, maybe marchena coming in for a go at centre back.
Talk is Aragones will rest all of the eleven which started against Tunisia on Monday for the Saudi game tomorrow night.Originally Posted by marc71178
Can't see he'd go that far - very risky tactic.
His a man of his word old Aragones, completely different line up and Spain are in complete cruise control.Originally Posted by marc71178
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The Myth of "Voluntary Return"
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble only wants to grant asylum in Germany to a small minority of Iraqi refugees. Schäuble has announced that an EU decision on taking in more Iraqis should be reached by the end of the year.
While the Iraqi government is doing its best to lure back the estimated 2.5 million displaced persons within the country and more than 2 million Iraqi refugees abroad, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning against a premature return home.
Instead, the UNHCR is calling for the EU to launch a much more massive effort to resettle Iraqi refugees and provide financial assistance in the main receiving countries.
Schäuble's proposal for an EU-wide initiative
Two weeks ahead of the meeting of EU interior ministers in July 2008, Schäuble called on his counterparts to quickly agree to an EU-wide initiative. But the German interior minister provided no detailed information on the exact numbers of refugees who would be accepted.
Schäuble's proposal called for the German share of refugees to focus primarily on Christian refugees. He based his initiative on the "ongoing widespread uncertainty, the violence and the violations of human rights in Iraq." Before the EU interior meeting could even take place, this idea drew sharp criticism from both international aid organizations and politicians around Europe.
Slovenian interior minister Dragutin Mate found the preferred treatment of Christians "alarming." And in Germany, Schäuble's own coalition partners, the left-leaning Social Democrats, called for "extra protection for religious minorities" instead of focusing solely on protecting Christian refugees from Iraq. But the fact that the German interior minister so quickly withdrew his proposal probably has more to do with members of his own party who warned against importing "terrorists" and "criminals" from Iraq.
Al-Maliki and the "improved security situation"
After announcing his initiative with such confidence, Schäuble was able to base his decision to abandon his initiative on the words of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who had come to Berlin for talks a few days before the interior minister meeting. According to al-Maliki, the refugees should not head for safe third states, but return instead to their homeland. He said that these refugees, primarily the predominantly well educated middle class Iraqi Christians, are sorely needed to help rebuild the country.
Al-Maliki said that the required conditions for their return had been achieved, including above all an improved security situation. However, virtually no one shares the Iraqi prime minister's opinion. The UNHCR, Amnesty International and other human rights organizations remain skeptical and explicitly warn in their latest reports against Iraqi refugees returning to their homes too soon. Despite the improved security situation in Iraq, the country remains one of the most dangerous in the world.
There are other arguments against returning home right now. The Iraqis who fled abroad – as well as those who are displaced inside the country – need to establish a new basis for their existence. The homes of many refuges have either been occupied by other Iraqis or destroyed. In many cases, their personal savings have been spent during the long odyssey. How should they return home and begin again?
Campaign for a "voluntary" return
In order to promote the "voluntary" return of refugees, the Iraqi government has recently passed a new catalogue of measures. This includes assuming all transportation costs, a transitional amount of money amounting to one million Iraqi dinars (roughly 610 euros) and compensation for damage to their property.
In addition, the Iraqi government wants to ensure that squatters return all houses and property to their original owners.
In autumn of last year, the Iraqi government launched a similar campaign. Shortly beforehand, al-Maliki visited Syria, the largest receiving country for Iraqi refugees after Jordan, where he reportedly explicitly advocated raising the bureaucratic hurdles for Iraqis seeking to enter the country. This surprised the Syrians, who were actually hoping that the Iraqi government would agree to further supportive measures.
Nobody can say how many Iraqis have returned as part of this initiative. Estimates from organizations like the Iraqi Crescent place the numbers significantly lower than Iraqi authorities, who point to the alleged return of "tens of thousands of families" in the media as proof of the improved security situation.
Meanwhile, there are reports that many of the initial returnees have again become displaced persons in their own country. In addition, surveys show that the main reason refugees return is not because they believe in an improved security situation, but rather because widespread poverty and the inability to finance their survival abroad have forced them to come back.
Urgently needed resettlement in safe third countries
All claims of an improved security situation and the latest return campaign aside, the chronically ill, severely traumatized and young children of refugees have to return to a country where the health and education systems lie in ruins and where water and sewage systems cannot be provided for large segments of the population.
Given such disastrous conditions, it is not surprising that many Iraqis still prefer to be resettled in a safe third country such as the EU member states. Nonetheless, only seven EU states currently take part in the resettlement programs of the UNHCR, usually with low quotas for Iraqi refugees.
In 2006 and 2007, only some 58,000 Iraqis managed to gain asylum in Europe outside of these programs. This represents only an extremely small proportion of the total number of refugees from Iraq.
Given this situation, one can only hope that the German interior minister and his counterparts in the EU will not again try to shirk their humanitarian responsibilities based on the hardly plausible argument of "an improved security situation." They would be well advised to reassess their agenda, which focuses solely on helping the Iraqi refugees to return home.
Anja Zorob
© Qantara.de 2008
Anja Zorob is a research assistant at the Institute for Development Research and Development Policy at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.
Translated from the German by Paul Cohen
Interview with Migration Minister Tobias Billström
"We Need a Common European Migration Policy"
Sweden's Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy, Tobias Billström, is in favour of a common EU asylum policy and calls on the Member States of the European Union to support Sweden in the matter of Iraqi refugees. Petra Tabeling spoke to Minister Billström
Iraqi Refugees in Sweden
Fleeing Violence and Repression
Up till now Sweden has been the only EU country with a reasonably accommodating approach to admitting Iraqi refugees. The Swedish town of Södertälj has become a particular stronghold for refugees, and is now known throughout the local population simply as "Little Baghdad". Petra Tabeling went there
Iraqi Refugees in Syria
Open Door Policy at Significant Cost
Syria's welcoming policy toward Iraqi refugees has been praised by the UN. But the estimated 1.5 million Iraqis who fled the violence in their home country are putting increasing stress on the Syrian housing market and the public sector. Zaytuna Razan reports


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the devil of a ______
a devil of a = the devil of a
something very large or bad of its kind – informal
1919 - Katherine Mansfield - LETTER - We had the devil of a great storm last night, lasting for hours, thunder, lightning, rain & I had appalling nightmares!
between the devil and the deep blue sea
caught in a dilemma
trapped between two equally dangerous alternatives
devil may care
cheerfully or defiantly reckless
the devil's in the detail
the details of a matter are its most tricky or problematic aspect
the devil's own
a very difficult or great ______ - informal
1991 - Mavis Nicholson - Martha Jane & Me - It was the devil's own job to get her to give me some money for savings.
the devil to pay
serious trouble to be expected
This expression refers to the bargain formerly supposed to be made between magicians and the devil, the former receiving extraordinary powers or wealth in return for their souls.
give the devil his due
if someone or something generally considered bad or undeserving has any redeeming features these should be acknowledged – proverb
like the devil = like a demon
with great speed or energy
play devil's advocate
take a side in an argument that is the opposite of what you really want or think
A translation of the Latin phrase
advocatus diaboli
, devil's advocate is the popular name for the official in the Roman Catholic Church who puts the case against a candidate for canonization or beatification.
He is more properly known as
promoter fidei
promoter of the faith.
1994 - Jude Deveraux - The Invitation - She had played devil's advocate with herself a thousand times.
play the devil with = play Old Harry with
damage or affect greatly
Old Harry has been a nickname for the j devil in northern England since the 18th century.
raise the devil
make a noisy disturbance – informal
sell your soul = sell your soul to the devil
do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong, in order to achieve your objective.
The reference here is to a contract supposedly made with the devil by certain people. In return for granting them all their desires in this life, the devil would receive their souls for all eternity. The most famous person reputed to have entered into such a contract was the 16th-century German astronomer and necromancer Faust who became the subject of plays by Goethe and Marlowe and a novel by Thomas Mann.
speak of the devil = talk of the devil
said when a person appears just after being mentioned.
This phrase stems from the superstition that the devil will manifest himself if his name is spoken.
sup with the devil = dine with the devil
have dealings with a cunning or malevolent person
The proverb
he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon
is used especially to urge someone dealing with a person of this type to take care.
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Tuesday August 16, 2011
Audrey Tautou has admitted she likes to play independent women in her films.
The French star entered the global spotlight following the success of Amelie, and has played fashion icon Coco Chanel in Coco Before Chanel and a confident salon owner in Beautiful Lies.
"I think the part I like to play has a lot of personality, or maybe it's me who gives them more personality than what they can have when you read the script," she said.
While she injects her vibrant personality into her roles, Audrey looks for them to complement her in return.
"At this point of my life I think what's important for me is to grow older with my character.
"I would like my parts to follow my whole personal evolution as a woman. So I feel that's a very interesting moment in my work to try to do it a bit better."
Despite the success of The Da Vinci Code, Audrey wants to keep her distance from Hollywood.
She explained: "I like blockbusters because it stays something special and exotic for me.
"I couldn't do a blockbuster, and another big movie and another big one... because I think I'm closer to independent-minded movies.
"It doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy my experience on The Da Vinci Code, and you know maybe one day... But I don't want to become bigger than what I am today so I prefer to keep it calm."
Beautiful Lies opens in cinemas on August 12.
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Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control Review
Ok, I know everyone has done this, as I know I did all the time until now. You sit down and turn on the TV, then you have to grab the cable box remote to change it to the channel that you want to watch. Wait! The volume is too low so you have to get up and pick up the the TV remote to adjust the sound. Then you realized that this is now what you want to watch so you decide to watch a DVD. Hmmm, where did you put the DVD player remote now? This gets very frustrating after a while doesn't it? Well, not if you have a remote that takes care of them all.
The Logitech Harmony 1000 Remote Control will take care of all of your devices and then some. The Logitech Harmony 1000 can control up to 15 devices including TVs, game systems, video players, and even home lighting and appliances. So you ask yourself why a remote like the Harmony 1000 over a $15 computer store special universal remote? Well lets find out why together.
Closer Look:
At first look you see the familiar sight of a Logitech product box with the green and white color scheme and the large product pictures on the front. The back side of the packaging highlights some of the key features of the Logitech Harmony 1000 remote control. The sides of the box show the product picture and the name again for easy recognition.
Opening the flap of the box you will notice the inside of the cover that Logitech give you a little taste of what the Harmony 1000 will do for you. Also, there is a clear case which allows you to get a glimpse of the Harmony 1000 is all of it's glory.
Once the second flap is opened up the box reveals two layers of packaging that house the Harmony 1000 unit and it's accessories. In the first layer is the Harmony 1000 unit and the charging base. Underneath that are the CD/manuals, power cable and the USB cable, which is used to program the Harmony 1000 for all of your items you want to control. The last picture shows everything that comes in the box.


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Educational Articles
Teaching your cat to accept the brushing of its teeth will take some training, but will be relatively easy once he is accustomed to the process. Daily brushing is most beneficial and will help to establish a routine for your pet.
Periodontal disease is the most common problem affecting cats of all age groups. The very best way to prevent periodontal disease is daily dental home care. However, it is useful to add in effective, evidence-based dental food to provide appropriate daily plaque control.
It all starts with an exam room evaluation. When rough tartar accumulates on tooth surfaces and touches the gum line, it's time for a professional oral assessment, treatment, and prevention visit. This visit will include a thorough dental examination, teeth cleaning, and polishing to remove the tartar and invisible plaque from all of the tooth surfaces.
Root canal therapy is a treatment which involves removing infected contents from the center of the tooth, sterilizing the canal, and replacing the removed material with dental material which provides antibiotic action. The tooth is then restored to function.
Alveolar osteitis is a relatively common condition that is the result of chronic periodontal disease in cats. It can occur around the upper or the lower canine teeth.
Gingivitis is a medical term that refers to inflammation of the gums. Gingivitis is the earliest phase of periodontal disease.
Halitosis is an offensive odor coming from the oral cavity.
Cats normally have twenty-six deciduous (primary or baby) teeth, which erupt during the first six months of life, and thirty adult teeth
Oral surgery can be done to remove growths, repair oral defects, fix jaw fractures and in many cases remove teeth to relieve pain.
Oral swellings are never normal in a cat's mouth. Oral swellings occur from diseases such as local trauma, infection, fluid accumulation and cancer.


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We celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday.
We did our traditional go out for yummy Mexican Food lunch,
homemade Angel Food Cake for Dessert (at home)
and gifts!
(blurry photo of Dad unwrapping his new Garden Gazing Balls)
The girls made my dad's gifts this year.
A set of Garden Gazing Balls
for his garden this spring...
yes, it's only January and freezing cold here
but we can dream about warmer days right!?
Want to make your own?
Check out my old Tutorial Here.
Then, the favorite gift this year...
A homemade book
illustrated by both girls
(it's really fun now that "C" is old enough to make her own artwork!)
"The Grandpa Guidebook:
How To Be A Terrific Grandpa"
It was a huge hit and the favorite gift
for both my Dad and my Mom.
Some photos are a bit dark but you get the idea.
Bake Yummy Bread.
(Dad bakes us Ciabatta bread every week! Yum!)
Make Naughty Bacon,
Bean Salad,
Deviled Eggs,
Peaches Stuffed With Sweet Potatoes.
(My dad is the chef in our family.)
Take Field Trips.
(This is a favorite memory my girls have
from going to the aquarium this summer
with my parents)
Plant Fairy Gardens.
(Dad has now planted two different AWESOME
Fairy Gardens with my girls)
Grow Pretty Things.
(Dad is a wonderful gardener too!)
Have Naughty Cats.
(Molly doesn't have a tail and Murph is the naughty orange
kitty who is possibly the loudest and most persistent
cat I have ever met!)
Rescue Pink Kitties.
(C's lovey, "Rosie Cat" was accidently left behind
on Christmas at my parents' house.
My dad drove out to our place, in snow, the next day
to deliver her safely back to her rightful three-year-old owner.
I think my dad earned permanent hero status with that one last week!)
Even "Rosie" the cat got a festive makeover
with leftover ribbons and bows!
Collect Santas.
(My dad has a really cool collection of Santas
and this "Birdhouse Santa" is E's favorite.)
Share Your (Angel Food) Birthday Cake!
Give Lots Of Hugs.
Happy Birthday Dad!
Here's to another year.
pink and green mama,


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Tickets are onsale via an exclusive PLANET ROCK Presale on Monday April 29th at 9am UK time via www.planetrock.com/blackstarriders and then on general on sale on Thursday May 2nd through all normal outlets and agents. Dublin is on sale Friday April 26th at 9am.
Tickets are priced at 22.50 GBP (25.00 GBP London) – subject to booking fees. Dublin is 25.00 Euro inc Booking Fee.
VIP Packages available for all shows – including meet and greet and special acoustic performance – available from April 29th via the VIP package link at: http://www.blackstarriders.com
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In an enlightening article about the origin of the venerable vi text editor, Bill Joy reminds us that its quirks and qualities are all about the computing reality back in the 1970s: "you've got to remember that I was trying to make it usable over a 300 baud modem. That's also the reason you have all these funny commands. It just barely worked to use a screen editor over a modem. It was just barely fast enough. A 1200 baud modem was an upgrade."


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Two goals in six second-half minutes snapped West Ham's frustrating run of five straight npower Championship draws and moved Sam Allardyce's men within a point of second-placed Reading.
The Hammers' frustration looked set to continue in a goalless first half at London Road but Ricardo Vaz Te headed the opener on 51 minutes and Gary O'Neil added his side's second in the 57th minute.
Middlesbrough missed the chance to leapfrog Brighton into fourth place as they were held 1-1 at Ipswich. Lukas Jutkiewicz put Boro ahead in the 63rd minute but Grant Leadbitter equalised 11 minutes later.
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Apple Falls From Investors' Grace
Apr 18, 2013 11:30 AM PT
Apple's stock took another hit on Thursday, sinking to a dismal US$392.25 by the closing bell.
Fears have been mounting about Apple's place in the world, and they were heightened earlier this week by a report from a key supplier, Cirrus Logic, which posted a disappointing revenue forecast.
On Wednesday, Apple's shares dipped below $400 per unit for the first time in more than a year, ending the day 5.5 percent lower at $402.80. On Thursday, they slipped another 2.75 percent.
The company's share price is just one piece of a complicated puzzle. What the future holds in store for Apple is far from clear, despite the discouraging trajectory.
"The bottom line is this: Apple will be fine when -- or if -- it comes out with another breathtaking product," Trip Chowdhry, managing director of equity research at Global Equities Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Before, the market always assumed this would continue to happen," he said. "Now it is no longer so sure, and so it is seizing on every tidbit of news to try to figure out where Apple is headed."
What Cirrus Logic Had to Say
The news from Cirrus Logic was no mere blip in the data. The company makes analog and audio chips for the iPhone and iPad, and 90 percent of its business comes from Apple. So when it warned on Tuesday of a reduced product forecast from unnamed customers, it was easy to see how the market connected the dots and delivered its verdict on Apple.
"When Cirrus reported a holding inventory, it implied that the supply chain is not absorbing the inventory, thus indicating a production shortage -- hence lower demand for Apple products," Mohan Ponnudurai, industry solution director at Sparta Systems, told the E-Commerce Times.
This might be true, but there might also be other possibilities, he suggested. Perhaps the next gen iPhone -- the 5S or 6 -- is moving away from Cirrus chips.
As for the speculation that consumer demand for the iPhone is waning, Ponnudurai doesn't buy it.
"There is a huge untapped market in the developing world for lower-priced phones, at the $100 mark, which typically had been served through older tech product cycle, such as the iPhone 4 or 4S," he pointed out.
Another possibility is that Apple might have a totally new design with a lower-cost part mix in the works, suggested Ponnudurai. "This is a huge segment that Apple had ignored, and Android-powered phones are taking it in a storm."
The Bigger Picture
Whichever path Apple winds up taking -- another round of innovation or a continued slow decline -- it probably won't become apparent any time soon, even with its next quarterly earnings scheduled for next week.
The market will finally know one way or another within 12 to 18 months, said Loizos Heracleous, a professor of strategy at Warwick Business School and author of a research paper published in Organizational Dynamics.
Apple has safety net of $137 billion in cash and liquid assets, he noted, which will allow it to buy any new technologies that appear to pose a threat.
"Stock markets react -- and sometimes overreact -- immediately," wrote Heracleous, "but what matters is the big picture, and Apple seems to be on a solid footing by that measure."


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Lipscomb's Lady Bisons softball team earned its first Atlantic Sun Conference doubleheader sweep Friday over visiting Stetson.
The Lady Bisons won the first game 4-1 and held on to take the nightcap 9-8 at Crockett Park .
Lipscomb pitcher Danielle Catalano threw a five-hitter in the first game, striking out seven and walking two. The only run scored by Stetson was unearned.
The Lady Bisons scored all four of their runs in the third inning. Lindsay Larson started off the inning with a single through the right side. After Leigh Little struck out Julie Davidson moved Larson to second with a sacrifice bunt. Jessica Wilson walked. Larson moved to third on a wild pitch. Heather Collins rapped a single up the middle to score Larson. Jennifer Cannon then reached base on a fielding error by the third baseman which scored Wilson . Collins scored on a passed ball that also allowed Cannon to move to second. Shay Sullivan singled to center field to score Cannon.
Stetson scored in the top of the sixth
Collins finished with a pair of singles. She was the only Lipscomb batter to get more than one hit.
Game two was highlighted by the return of Sara Meek to the mound after being sidelined for a couple of weeks following a tonsillectomy. Meeks pitched six innings, allowing 10 hits and giving up eight runs, five earned. Kim Jacobson came on in relief in the seventh inning to pick up her first save of the season.
Both teams struck for three runs in the first inning.
Leigh Little led off with a walk. Julie Davidson reached base on a bunt single, moving to second on an error by the third baseman. Jessica Wilson singled up the middle to score Little. Heather Collins walked, forcing Stetson to remove pitcher Jennifer Buckley from the game. Heather Colding took the mound, and was greeted by single through the left side by Jennifer Cannon that scored Davidson. Shay Sullivan fouled out to the third baseman, but Wilson tagged up and scored.
In the second the Lady Bisons added four runs on six hits with singles by Little, Wilson Collins, Forsythe, Niki Bails and Larson. Colding left the game for Stetson and was replaced by Jenny Diaz who pitched the final 4 2/3 innings.
The Lady Bisons added two more runs in the third to take a commanding 9-2 lead. Davidson started off with a single. Wilson reached base on an error by the third baseman. With two outs Sullivan doubled to left center to bring both Davidson and Wilson home.
Stetson picked up a pair of runs in the fifth. In the top of the seventh they gave the Lady Bisons a scare when Melissa Wiggins led off with a double to right center followed by a single to center by Lindsay Wightman. Jessica King then slammed a three-run homer to left field. That brought Jacobson in from the bullpen. She faced four batters, walking one, to close out the game.
The Lady Bison pounded out 13 hits.
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For the last two years, Bob Rigali Sr. and his five children have poured their collective heart and soul into renovating Holy Name Cathedral.
For more than a century, generations of the Rigali family have contributed to Chicago's Catholic landscape, restoring houses of worship with their signature marble statues, hand-painted murals, ornamental altars and storytelling stained glass.Their work on the latest restoration of Holy Name -- closed for renovations for six months last year, only to be shut again when fire badly damaged it in February -- was revealed to the public Friday.
It's the realization of a dream deferred five decades ago when Rigali's father was passed over for the renovations made to accommodate liturgical reforms prescribed by Vatican II. "We're here now," said Rigali, 77, recalling how crushed his father was when he learned Cardinal John Cody had hired a friend from Italy. "We're making up for it."
On Saturday evening, 2,000 worshipers attending the first mass at Holy Name since the February fire got a chance to see the craftsmanship of Daprato Rigali Studios.
New and restored gold-leaf accents created a glow beneath the cathedral's vaulted ceilings. Previously whitewashed columns had been glazed and gilded. By Friday, a hand-painted rendering of Cardinal Francis George's crest will adorn the back wall of the sanctuary. The Cardinal was unable to attend mass Saturday, but wrote a letter to parishioners, comparing the cathedral to a phoenix, saying it "been brought out of the ashes and into a new life."
Rev. Dan Mayall, pastor of Holy Name, who led mass instead, was greeted with loud applause when he told the congregation, "Welcome back to Holy Name Cathedral."
"There was a time I thought I'd never get to say that again," Mayall said. The cathedral "has never looked better."
Truth is, Chicago's cathedral has always been a work in progress. Built on a tiny budget after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and opening in 1875, it did not have a lot of the flourishes found in many metropolitan cathedrals, said Denis McNamara, author of "Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago."
A renovation launched in 1883 added some artistic flair. Using white marble from Pietrosanta, Italy, where the Rigalis have a studio, the family designed a pulpit for the sanctuary and other accents.
But when the cathedral closed between Easter 1968 and Christmas 1969, much of what had been added was taken away. The pulpit, stained-glass windows and murals were discarded to create a sleeker, more modern look -- the trend of the time.
Duncan Stroik, director of the Institute for Sacred Architecture at the University of Notre Dame, said many pastors stripped down worship spaces on the basis that traditional iconography distracted worshipers from Christ.
The backlash against decor took a toll on the Rigalis' bottom line. What kept the business afloat was what Vatican II prescribed. Because priests now had to face the congregation during mass, altars had to be moved. Communion rails were removed.
Stroik said the pendulum has swung back toward ornate decorations and design.
Bob Rigali Jr., 51, a salesman for the company, credited parishioners.
"What's steering it back is people worshiping," said Rigali Jr., who like his father and some of his siblings, worships at St. Paul of the Cross Parish in Park Ridge, where Mayall served before moving to Holy Name. "We as Catholics need to see the beauty of the sacraments."
Marie Cox, 52, was one of hundreds of worshipers who arrived more than an hour early for Saturday's mass, waiting for an afternoon wedding to finish so that she could see the Rigalis' work.
"The bride better be pretty," she joked as she waited on the cathedral steps.
But by the time Brooke Hendricks -- pretty -- and her groom, Chris Tagliaferro -- handsome -- emerged, Cox and dozens of other parishioners had already squeezed in through a side door.
"It's good to be home," Cox said.
Inside the cathedral: Images from the renovations at chicagotribune.com/holyname


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Steve Lopez: More worthwhile causes for Meg Whitman's $140 million
For $140 million, Meg Whitman could have bought every man, woman and child in Ojai -- population 7,800 -- a brand new Toyota Corolla.
Or, taking advantage of a deal now being offered by Domino's, the GOP candidate for California governor could have sent two medium pizzas, with two toppings each, to every household in California.
Based on the latest polls, in which Whitman is dropping further away from Democrat Jerry Brown despite the huge investment of her own money in campaign staff and advertising, I'd argue that she might be doing better if she'd spent the $140 million on pizza.
Then again, since job creation is one of Whitman's key promises, you have to wonder if she would have been better off handing out 140 $1 million grants to small businesses. In fact, it might have been smart to do that this year, establish some good will and a record of economic development, and then run for governor in four years.
Or she could have saved a state program that provides mental health services for 20,000 special education students -- a $132-million program that was one of the casualties in the latest budget cuts.
I'm wondering if you have your own suggestions on how, win or lose, Whitman might have put that $140 million to better use.
-- Steve Lopez
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Tuna Melt Recipe
Yesterday was a day filled with special events. As you may know, it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day and I made sure the entire festivities were recorded on my DVR. But if you're involved in the specialty food business, yesterday was important for another reason. It was the second day of the Winter Fancy Food Show at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
It's the second year in a row I've attended this event, and I've had so much fun discovering what the latest food trends are. I can't wait to share with you what I've learned! I also met the manufacturers of some of my favorite products, such as California Lavash. They are a bread company that just went through a beautiful design makeover in which I participated.
It was great to see Lilea and the California Lavash team at booth #503 (you can still see them today), and I was so proud of how the backdrop turned out. I food-styled all the dishes and the photos were my contribution to the new look of this delicious product.
It seemed only fitting to share one of the delicious sandwiches featured at the California Lavash booth. I selected the tuna melt, which is perfect choice for the season. A combination of tuna, artichoke, olives and cheese is the filling of the delicious warm sandwich. Give this a try with California Lavash Sangak bread and you won't be disappointed! Sangak bread is a sesame-studded Persian bread that is part of their new flatbread product line. You'll be able to see the new packaging design in stores in a few months.
Yields: 8 sandwiches1 (5.6-ounce) tin white tuna, drained and separated
1 (8.3-ounce) package grilled artichoke hearts (or marinated artichokes), coarsely chopped
⅓ cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, coarsely chopped
¼ cup cured green olives, pitted and chopped
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper, freshly cracked
¼ cup red onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons coarse-grain mustard, optional
½ teaspoon hot sauce, optional
1 cup arugula
1 lemon, zested and freshly squeezed
2 tablespoons capers, drained
2 tablespoons flat parsley leaves, coarsely chopped
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
8 thin slices provolone cheese (see tips), halved
4 sheets noor thin bread (or any flat bread)
Prepping the filling:
In a mixing bowl, combine the tuna, artichokes, red onions, olives, caper, parsley and sun-dried tomatoes. Season with lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, pepper and hot sauce (if using). Drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil and arugula. Toss well.
Assembly time:
Preheat your panini press.
Spread mustard on one side of the inside of the sandwiches. Drizzle the outside of the sandwiches with olive oil.
Place one piece of bread (the one without mustard), sesame side down onto the hot grill. Layer the sandwich with a thin slice of provolone cheese, spread the tuna mixture and finish with another thin slice of cheese. Close the sandwich with the second piece of bread (sesame side up). Close the panini press and cook until you get light grill marks (about 3-4 minutes). Remove from the machine. Let the panini cool a bit and cut the sandwiches into quarters (wedges). Transfer to a serving platter.
Serve warm or at room temperature with potato chips on the side.
Bon appétit!
I use a Cuisinart panini press. This is my favorite brand of panini maker; two kinds of plates (flat and griddle) are provided and they are removable and easy to wash. This is very convenient when you're making sandwiches for a large crowd. You could also use a griddle pan and press the sandwich using a cast iron press or any other weight such as a brick wrapped in aluminum foil.
I used Roland brand grilled artichoke hearts.
Some people might add mayonnaise; we wanted to keep the sandwich healthy so we didn't.
You can use any kind of cheese that is stringy when melted, such as cheddar, Gruyère, Comté or Beaufort.
For a vegetarian version, I replaced the tuna with lentil fritters.Published By: on January 22, 2013.


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...and all this time I was CONVINCED that whites were the only people who gave blacks trouble...
Two democrat constituencies.
This is a situation that should be exposed.
And if the situation were reversed, what do you think would happen?
These wetback gang bangers are just harassing (and killing) the Americans that Americans couldn't be bothered harassing.
Mexicans are going to ethnic cleanse blacks right out of Southern California.
The browns REALLY hate the Blacks.
Whew! For a minute there I thought this thread was going to be about crime.
This is disturbing.
It also begs the question whether we may be witnesing the initial skirmishes in CW2.
I pray that God will, somehow, overlook our shortsightedness as a nation in turning our backs on Him and save us from our own foolishness.
Obviously either the Latinos or the Blacks in Compton are "cornball brothers" who aren't "down with the cause." Otherwise they'd be just one big, happy family (like the moslems and the "gays").
Obama, McCain, Rubio,and others think we need amnesty for these people and we need to allow more of them in here.
I wonder how this family feels about Latino's
Question-how do areas come to be called "historically black", when it's often only been a matter of decades that the blacks pushed out the whites who lived there for one hundred or more years? ie certain neighborhoods in DC which describe themselves as "historically black" when they only became majority black after white flight in the Sixties.
Dem on Dem violence what could be better? Maybe of we could declare it a gun free zone and send in the ATF for gun confiscation, the EPA for land use violations, and the TSA for disrupting rail traffic.
This is the type of diversion needed for CW2.
Frankly I lay this krap right on Obama's doorstep and it can even be tracked backed to that regimes position on guns. It may seem a stretch so I've included my opus on that subject.
I happen to feel that Romney could have suggested Obama's promotion of racial division could cause this during his campaign but as with everything else such as the policy driving costs of energy and the control of types of fuel to create it the GOPES didn't go with. Then the regime has the gonads to claim "Republican ain't got demographics" which the GOPES buy hook line and sinker when every "demographic" was getting socked in the purse from those polices.
Democrats and RINOS
Conservatives and supporters of the 2nd amendment the Obama regime is using the 2nd amendment argument to blame gun owners for its inability to deal with the hundreds of gangland murders and shootings commited in areas under their solid control using illegally obtained firearms.
Obama's solution to those inner city problems is to remove those rights provided by the constitution to have and bear arms from all US citizens before any search an seizure begins in those troublesome areas which by the way will never happen.
But none of those 23 so called reforms and unconstitutional efforts being edicted by who some call an emperor do not deal with the following issues briefly outlined below let alone insane shooters using stolen weapons. .
They wont because instead of creating a uniformly democratic society where every citizen has an equal voice no matter what their race or ethnicity.
Obamas policies have divided races and ethnic groups gerrymandering congressional districts where much of this criminal activity occurs.
GOPES {G-overment O-f (the) P-eople (republican party) E-lite-S} see this issue as a 3rd rail because most of it is black on black or illegal vs illegal (Mexican) activity .
GOPES are also afraid to say that policy also increased racial tension which has resited in deaths. But again GOPES accept this because of the influence of mainline socialist media which would be accusing them of racism if they dare to question it.
The purpose of all this hype on guns is to keep the right and conservatives focused on what the Demo-Coms describe as issues through their propaganda arm known as the MSM (mainline socialist media) not on the problems created by the Libs on their road of good intentions or the socialist/fascists/communists successors to comtrol over todays Democrat party;
Which is the cost ,waste, and corruption of this administration which had led to a 16 trillion dollar deficit.
Not one word addresses or offers a solution about the hundreds of gangland murders and shootings using illegaly obtained mostly handguns and revolvers .
Perpetuating the general populations ignorance and using code words like assault rifles they're demonizing single shot per trigger pull semi automatic rifles, used for small game hunting or target practice. That are legal in every state but made to look like their military counterpart..
Military AR's since Viet Nam and a DOD decision ARs are really medium caliber (22.3) machine guns designed to wound not necessarilly kill which is why they are automatic and fire as many rounds that are in its magazine once the trigger is kept in the pulled position.
They replace quick kill 30 caliber semi automatic (single shot) M-1, Springfield rifles and carbines used during WWII and Korea and approved in most states for use in big game hunting.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2977901/posts NY Post pix of shooter using handgun
Obama certainly cant critique a system created by his ilk .Ignored in his 23 edicts is that when once caught, perps get set free with lenient sentencing from liberal judges or sob sister plea bargain prosecution (which Obama supports for when a Illinois state senator while introducing legislation to sentence any 15 year old as an adult,(opps they could be fatherless) Obama voted "absent" with others on that roll call vote. But that leniency is promoted by the MSM,The New York Times CNN, NBC and,ABC. Theres certainly no criticism of no snitch mentality partcularly in areas where these shootings are rampant.
It would be nice at these rallys if conservatives would point these facts out to Obamas adoring public.
Living on the border between Mexican town and Black town I can verify that most "latinos" do not like blacks. They will however tolerate Asians.
If 65% are Latino and 33% are black, what are the other 2% ... referees?
The black population of Corpus Christi, Tx is only 4%.
I've heard many times that the heavy Latino population creates a hostile environment for them.
My mother is an RN in a large hospital and she says the Latinos hostility toward the blacks is unbelievable- and they get away with it.


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The Pizza Triangle is a freewheeling satire of Italian mores, hilarious despite its outwardly morbid plotline. The murder of flower girl Monica Vitti triggers a long flashback involving Vitti, middle-aged Communist bricklayer Marcello Mastrioanni, and young pizza chef Giancarlo Giannini. The married Mastrioanni falls in love with Vitti, but Giannini gets in the way. A fight results, after which the girl is hospitalized. Declaring a truce, the three lovers move in together, allowing Vitti tie to decide whom she loves best. The subsequent discord nearly results in the girl's suicide; she moves out and takes up with butcher Hercules Cortes, but returns to Gianinni when he attempts suicide. The now unemployed and unmarried Mastrioanni shows up, and when Vitti refuses again to commit herself to any one man, another fight results--this time ending in Vitti's death. Also released as A Drama of Jealousy and Jealousy Italian Style, The Pizza Triangle was originally shown in Italy as Dramma della Gelosia--Tutti i Particolari in Cronaca.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Director: Ettore Scola
Writer: Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli
Producer: Pio Angeletti
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini, Manuel Zarzo, Marisa Merlini, Hércules Cortés, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Gioia Desideri, Juan Diego and Bruno Scipioni
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All your favorite girly vices at one location! What Women Want will feature vendors from all over the tri-state including: salon and spa, makeup, perfume, clothing, jewelry and accessories, treats and candies, gifts, wellness and fitness, weight loss and much more! If women want it, it will be at What Women Want!
When: Saturday, May 10th from 10am to 4pm
Where: The Clarion Inn, 4101 U.S. 41, Evansville, IN
So bring your sister, your mother, your aunt and your friends—and don't forget to bring your man! Let him shop for Mother's Day while you model a new look!
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UH Hilo team earns berth in finals of world wide cyber security competition
UH Hilo Home > News and Events > UH Hilo Press Releases
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo students on the programming team have advanced to the finals of the 6th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) digital war games to be held November 13th, 2009 on the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU - Polytechnic) Brooklyn campus.
The UH Hilo team earned the right to compete for top honors in the world wide competition by finishing in the top ten during the opening round of the Application Security Challenge, held in October. The team of Jahrain Jackson, Asael Temple, Chris Usher and Francis Usher placed eighth overall. Aja Cornella and Tyler Yoshiyama served as alternates for the team. Dr. H. Keith Edwards, Michael Peterson, Shawon Rahman and William Wright prepared the team for the competition.
"Mere words cannot express how proud I am of our students who have distinguished themselves on a global scale," said Edwards, chair and associate professor, computer science. "They spent 27 straight hours in the lab working on this and have shown that they can compete with the world's best."
The teams faced its toughest challenge ever in this year's competition, which required knowledge of architectures for mobile phones and Macs, in addition to PC-based systems. The designers of the opening round challenge included Dino Dai Zovi, co-author of the Mac Hacker's handbook and The Art of Software Security Testing and a member of the NYU-Poly faculty. Stephen Ridley of the security research and development firm Matasano Security co-authored the application security challenge.
The UH Hilo squad will face a highly competitive field in the finals, which includes teams from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy New York, DePaul University of Chicago, University of Queensland, Australia along with undergraduates from NYU-Poly and California State Polytechnic University. Prizes will include a graduate level scholarship to NYU-Poly's prominent cyber-security program.
"Our students are very excited to be in the finals of this prestigious competition," Edwards said. "They now look forward to competing with their peers to become the next generation of cyber-security stars."
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Before gangster Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) explores a money-making opportunity in Florida, he takes care of business on his Atlantic City turf in Episode 38 ("Resignation") of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."
First there's an issue with German valet Eddie Kessler (Anthony Laciura), who threatens to resign unless he's shown more respect -- and involved more deeply in Nucky's criminal enterprises.
"Are you quitting or asking for a promotion?" Nucky asks.
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It's a promotion, turns out, for Nucky entrusts Eddie with a big wad of cash extorted from Mayor Edward Bader (Kevin O'Rourke), who just broke ground on a real estate development.
Nucky then deals with the murder of talent agent Dickie Pastor (Jeremy Bobb) at the hands of Dunn Purnsley (Erik LaRay Harvey), assistant to Onyx Club operator Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams).
The only witness to the brutal stabbing is Dickie's lustful wife, Alma (Jo Armeniox), who initiated a tryst with Dunn, then later cried rape.
Dickie's boss, Trinidad-born Dr. Valentin Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright), politely requests compensation for the loss of his employee. But Chalky reacts angrily, especially when Valentin prevents the nightclub's contract-bound performers from going onstage.
Savvy entrepreneur that he is, Nucky offers Valentin 10% of club revenue in exchange for bringing back the entertainers and making the Dickie problem go away.
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Taking care of loose ends on his drive back to New York, Valentin tells Alma her rape story is "a tale I've heard one time too many." One of his thugs then strangles her and dumps her body at the mayor's construction site.
Nucky also deals with innocent-looking federal agent Warren Knox (Brian Geraghty), who took over Prohibition enforcement in Atlantic City after the untimely demise of his corrupt partner.
"You and I are not going to meet again," Nucky orders Warren. For all future matters, the go-to guy is Nucky's brother Eli (Shea Whigham).
Suspecting that Warren isn't as naive as he appears, Nucky checks with Gaston Means (Stephen Root), a rotten-to-the-core investigator at the Department of Justice.
"I'd say your Agent Knox is a hayseed of the purest variety," Gaston says, unaware that Knox is reporting directly to J. Edgar Hoover (Eric Ladin), acting director of the Bureau of Investigation.
In Chicago, former federal agent Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon) now toils as a low-paid "deliveryman" for bootlegger/florist Dean O'Banion (Arron Shiver).
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Needing someone "who can think on his feet," Dean dispatches brawny Nelson to nearby Cicero to keep tabs on ascendant gangster Al Capone (Stephen Graham) and Al's brother Frank (Morgan Spector).
Nelson soon proves his worth as a mob enforcer when Al and his hoods violently disrupt a political rally, sending the bloody message that voting for a Democrat for mayor "isn't good for your health."
"Who's feeling like a hero?" Al asks before beating a rally goer with a metal pipe.
A thousand miles away in rural Wisconsin, war veteran Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) reunites with his twin sister, Emma (Katherine Waterston), who's pregnant, widowed and beset with money woes that endanger the family farm.
"Whatever brought you home, I'm glad," Emma says before Richard leaves on a trip to Milwaukee. "But if you don't come back this time, don't come back at all. I couldn't bear it."
The purpose of Richard's excursion is carrying out an assassination at the behest of Carl Billings (Sean Cullen), who's eliminating his former partners. But Richard's heart has grown sick of killing, and he can't pull the trigger.
Carl later does the dirty deed himself then phones Richard at the farmhouse, posing as a county official inquiring about those overdue taxes.
And murderous Carl doesn't look happy.
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In a word or phrase, what does leadership mean to you? Leadership means excellence.
Why did you join the program? I joined the program to increase my knowledge on different colleges and to build my leadership skills.
What do you hope to gain from the program? I hope to grow my public speaking skills and become a role model to my younger peers.
What is or do you think will be your favorite part of the program? My favorite part of the program has been traveling to new areas for college tours.


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Titan Hati Review
Titan, as we all know, is very popular for its Fenrir series of coolers. For quite some time, the Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ was putting out some of the best numbers until it was more or less dethroned by the Noctua series that have been ruling the market. Even so, Titan is still a big competitor in the computer cooling market. Titan offers products such as heatsinks, VGA coolers, notebook coolers, and hard drive coolers. I recently discovered that the company also makes coolers and aftermarket fans for game consoles, as well as car AC power inverters. Operating under the Titan name for almost twenty years, Titan has continued to grow its company to over 500 employees and is capable of churning out two million units monthly. That is a staggering number!
So, we know the Taiwanese company has huge manufacturing capabilities, but can can it still make a good cooling product? In the hotseat today is another Fenrir series cooler, the Titan TTC-NC15TZ "Hati" heatsink. It looks to be a little sister of the original TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir, with one less heatpipe and a slightly smaller cross section. It does, however, have room for an extra fan, which the original Fenrir effectively did not due to the shape of the fins. The Hati is a direct contact heatpipe cooler that uses three massive 8mm heatpipes to quickly siphon many watts of heat away from the processor it is cooling. This review will feature a complete evaluation of the Titan TTC-NC15TZ Hati from unboxing, physical features, specifications, and an intense testing session on the latest hardware. Let's see how it does.
Closer Look:
The Hati is packaged in a glossy white box with the Titan logo at the top in front of a snowy mountainscape with a white wolf in the background (hence the name Fenrir, from Norse mythology). The Fenrir stamp is seen beside a picture of the cooler and underneath this is a list of the Hati's features. The right side of the box features a few pictures explaining some of the Hati's features, such as the direct contact heatpipes, the included fan, and the vibration reducing fan mounts. The rear of the package has the same list of features as the front, though they are in eight different languages. Finally, the left side of the box has a list of all the CPUs that the Titan Hati supports. Generally put, this is AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 and Intel 1366/1156/775 compatible.
The Titan Hati is packaged with all the mounting hardware needed for both AMD and Intel sockets, two sets of noise dampening rubber fan mounts, the user's manual, and one 120mm "Kukri" fan. The Titan Hati seems to be very lightweight, thanks to its aluminum base and aluminum fins. There are nine blades on the Kukri fan, which looks like a lot, but is really no more than a lot of fans these days. The fan blades look more dense than usual because they have more curl to them, taking up more visible space through the blades themselves.
With the Titan Hati out of the box, it is now ready to be inspected under a close eye.


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I mentioned before that clicking "Next comic" on this strip somehow skips over hundreds of entries to the end. That problem was never resolved. Now I've discovered that the two subsequent strips have the same problem and the two before it don't even have a "Next comic" or "Latest comic" option. I'm sure that these were not issues earlier.
If I don't get good help on this soon, I will look into moving my archives elsewhere.


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Lady Gaga showed her support for the series premiere of NBC's "Chicago Fire" on Twitter and in person Wednesday.
The pop star – who is dating "Chicago Fire" star Taylor Kinney – encouraged her 30 million followers to watch the show's premiere and tweeted photos from the cast's watch party at Haymarket Pub & Brewery in West Town. She joined Kinney and co-star Jesse Spencer at the get-together, which took place in the back bar.
"'My bf Taylor is on TV TONIGHT!!!" for the premiere of CHICAGO FIRE on NBC at 10/9c in America," Gaga tweeted. "Monsters, wanna watch it with me+chat online?"
Gaga ordered the vegan burger and posted a total of 17 "Chicago Fire"-related tweets and retweets, including one about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's cameo on the show.
"Omg! Thats the real mayor of Chicago on the show!" Gaga tweeted. "So emotional"
Gaga has been spotted frequently on the set of "Chicago Fire," which has been filming at the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios on the West Side and in various locations around the city.
According to Chicago Fire soccer player Chris Rolfe, the firefighter drama filmed Tuesday around W. Armitage Avenue and N. Mohawk Street in Lincoln Park.
"They had an ambulance out front of a house and were filming a scene where the medics were running inside the house," Rolfe told me. "…I'm trying to get a cameo."
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Pharmaceutical Chemical Manufacturer in Coventry, RI Faces Fines for Violating Hazardous Waste Laws
Release Date: 10/11/2011
Contact Information: Paula Ballentine, 617-918-1027
(Boston—October 11, 2011) Rhodes Technologies Inc. of Coventry, Rhode Island, is facing fines for alleged violations of federal and federally-authorized state hazardous waste regulations at its pharmaceutical chemical manufacturing facility. Most of the violations involve the facility's eight hazardous waste storage tanks.
In a complaint stemming from a September 2009 inspection, EPA alleges that Rhodes Technologies violated the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and its implementing regulations by failing to obtain required tank integrity assessments or provide secondary containment for seven of its hazardous waste tanks; failing to label pipes and other equipment associated with the tanks as being in hazardous waste service; and failing to perform required compliance inspections. These violations created a serious potential risk to human health and the environment in the event that any of the tanks accidently released hazardous wastes.
Rhodes also failed to properly determine whether certain wastes were hazardous, failed to have a complete emergency response plan, and failed to segregate incompatible hazardous wastes. The complaint proposes a total penalty of $251,439 for Rhodes's violations.
Rhodes Technologies manufactures chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry. These manufacturing operations generate large amounts of hazardous wastes such as isopropyl alcohol and heptane, which are both highly flammable.
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From GNUstepWiki
As of MacOS 10.3 Apple moved away from the binary encoded nib files, and towards the xml encoded XIB files, for their interface definitions.
The xib file format is actually quite easy to understand, it is the responsability of the object encodeing and decoding, it to insure that it's attributes are read correctly.
Here is a commented example of a XIB file. For easy reading open it in a syntax highliting editor using XML highlighting.
To provide cross platform compatability, review the "XIB fields" section of the gnustep wiki article on the interface you intend to provide a codec for. Also be sure to read the apple article on KVC.
See Also
- Apple on KVC - Encoded objects must be KVC complient
- Apple on KVO -KVO explains how to decode KVC objects.
- XIB File Format Definition as understod by MonoObjc


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Clerks Home Page
There are 1,852 Municipal clerks and 72 County clerks in the State of Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission considers each of these clerks to be a partner in the process of carrying out open, fair and transparent elections. This page is a resource for clerks and other local election officials.
Clerk Subject Links
Recent Clerk Communications
In an effort to share information with our clerk partners we will post our communications on this page.
Calendar of Election and Campaign Events
Events related to Election activities are listed on the calendar.
Guidance on Election Processes
This page is for clerks and election officials to use as a resource. The links on this page will assist those who are working at the polls.
Election Notices
Various election notices are required by statute to be published or posted prior to the election. Certain notices and postings are required to be posted at the polling place on election day.
In a continuing effort to inform and prepare local election officials, clerks, and election inspectors we offer training yearly throughout the State of Wisconsin. Information about training dates, manuals, and requirements for training can be found on this page.
WisVote (formerly Statewide Voter Registration System)
The State of Wisconsin's WisVote system (formerly the Statewide Voter Registration System or SVRS) is used by municipalities and counties to maintain the data of all voters in Wisconsin and manage elections.
Directory of Wisconsin Clerks
This directory contains contact information for all Wisconsin municipal and county clerks.
Election Legal Resources
Additional resources are provided for Election Day officials.
Miscellaneous Election Related Materials
The information at this link may be helpful to clerks, election officials, as well as the general public.
G.A.B. Committees
The G.A.B. has assembled committees consisting of county and municipal clerks to assist in developing procedures and policies and to assist with particular projects.
Redistricting Information
Redistricting occured after the 2010 census. New districts went into effect for the 2012 spring elections.
Online Election Management Links
Use these buttons for quick links to online election management applications: WisVote (Election Management), CRM Election Data, Canvass (CRS) = Now in WisVote, MyVote Wisconsin, BADGER Voters, Access Elections Audit Report, and WEC Elections Learning Center
For more on these applications, click here.
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As of December 18, 2014 some municipalities have been granted extensions by the G.A.B. for entering Election Day Registrations and recording voter participation. The list of extension requests is attached.
As of February 2, 2015, the Town of Plymouth (Juneau County) is the only municipality that has not yet completed entering the GAB-190 Election Voting and Registration Statistics Report into the Wisconsin Election Data Collection System (WEDCS) for the 2014 General Election.
Statutory Authority to Request Information
"Information from County and Municipal Clerks." The board may request information from county and municipal clerks relating to election administration, performance of electronic voting systems and voting machines, and use of paper ballots in elections. Wis. Stat. § 5.05(14).
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Dunn discusses downside of full-time DH duties
ANAHEIM -- When Adam Dunn first heard the idea of serving as designated hitter for the White Sox some four years ago, it sounded perfect in theory.
In reality, it wasn't quite such an ideal fit.View Full Game Coverage
ANAHEIM -- When Adam Dunn first heard the idea of serving as designated hitter for the White Sox some four years ago, it sounded perfect in theory.
In reality, it wasn't quite such an ideal fit.View Full Game Coverage
"It's awesome, in theory," Dunn said. "When I realized that, 'Wait a minute. So I get to go up and hit four times and do [nothing] else?' Sounds awesome.
"But what's not awesome about it is you have to literally stretch and get ready four or five times. Most of the time, and it's a different kind of tired, you'll be more fatigued and tired DHing then you will playing the field. I don't think there's a lot who will understand that in here. It's just different. It's not as easy and as cool as it sounds."
Due to left ankle inflammation that sent Jose Abreu to the disabled list and the need to get his bat into the lineup at National League ballparks, Dunn has played 18 games at first base and three in left field. Dunn is hitting .277 as a DH, just .175 over 57 at-bats as a first baseman and .182 in 11 at-bats as a left fielder.
Those statistics illustrate the fine tuning performed by Dunn and assistant hitting coach Harold Baines to find a workable DH routine. It's a routine still being refined four years into the job.
"I love having a routine. I don't care what it is. I've always had one," Dunn said. "But a lot of times, you go in there and you feel good so I like hitting and you'll go hit. Then you are fourth up, the inning goes 1-2-3, so now you are like I have to go hit some more.
"By the third or fourth, fifth at-bat, you are just exhausted. Your arms, everything is just gassed. I think less is more actually DHing. It's still kind of a work in progress, but those first couple of years were real tough."
Taking the focus off the at-bats is what appeals to Dunn in playing the field.
"You don't worry about your at-bats. You don't think about them, you don't dissect them," Dunn said. "I never dissected them ever in my life, but you have a significant amount of time to think about, 'Why did I swing at that pitch? Why did I get out on this?' You wait that long and you swing at the first pitch and make an out.
"There's so much more to take your mind off of hitting. I think that's obviously the way to do it. We have a good routine going, me and Harold have a really good one going. So it's not that big of an issue."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. Joe Popely contributed to this report