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Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton
Ordinary Day
A Thousand Miles
Pretty Baby (New)
Paint It Black
About Vanessa Carlton
Along with Michelle Branch and Nelly Furtado, Vanessa Carlton helped usher in a new era of female songwriters during the early 2000s. "A Thousand Miles," her first single, was one of the biggest songs of 2002, topping the pop charts in America and cracking the Top Ten in England. None of her subsequent singles came close to matching that song's success, but Carlton continued releasing albums into the following decade, fine-tuning a sweeping, cinematic pop sound that featured her vocals and piano skills at the forefront.
Raised in Milford, a tiny town in eastern Pennsylvania, Vanessa Carlton took piano lessons from her mother and composed her first song as an eight-year-old. Several years later, she was accepted into the School of American Ballet in New York. Despite being one of the best dancers in her class, she became frustrated with the strictness of the discipline and began to look elsewhere for inspiration, eventually winding up at the piano located inside her Manhattan dorm. Carlton began writing songs again, reaching beyond the classical music of her youth to incorporate influences from pop artists like Tori Amos and Fiona Apple. When it came time to graduate, she halted her dancing career and enrolled at Columbia University instead, where she continued to work on her songwriting.
Carlton spent a pair of years waiting tables in Lower Manhattan, living in Hell's Kitchen, and playing open-mike events before signing with A&M Records. Label president Ron Fair took particular interest in her music and agreed to produce Be Not Nobody, which became Carlton's major-label debut in early 2002. "A Thousand Miles" was the album's crown jewel, earning three Grammy nominations and dominating radio playlists throughout the year, while "Ordinary Day" also enjoyed success as a Top 40 hit. Carlton toured heavily in support of the platinum-selling album, sharing stages with bands like Third Eye Blind and Goo Goo Dolls along the way. She also began dating Third Eye Blind's frontman, Stephen Jenkins, and duetted with Counting Crowes on a popular cover of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi."
Carlton began recording her second album in June 2003, with Jenkins serving as her producer, collaborator, and background vocalist. Together, the two spent a year creating Harmonium, a confessional and somewhat dark album that was markedly different from her first record. Public response was different, too, and Harmonium dropped out of the Top 40 during its second week of release. By the end of 2004, it had barely sold more than 100,000 copies, which worsened Carlton's relationship with A&M and led to her exit from the label during the following summer.
Carlton continued writing songs with help from Linda Perry (a collaborator from the Harmonium sessions) and Jenkins. In a surprise move, she also signed a new recording contract with The Inc., a label owned by rap mogul Irv Gotti. Perry, Jenkins, and Gotti all shared production duties on 2007's Heroes & Thieves, a diverse album that received strong reviews but, like its predecessor, failed to sell well. Jenkins and Carlton ended their relationship soon after the album's release, and her tenure with The Inc. proved to be similarly short. By 2010, she had partnered with another label, Razor & Tie, and briefly decamped to the U.K. to record her fourth album. Rabbits on the Run was released the following year. Carlton supported the album with a tour, and a holiday EP called Hear the Bells appeared that November. Over the next few years, she worked steadily on her next album while also starting a family with Deer Tick's John McCauley; the pair married on December 27, 2013 and had their first child in 2015. In the autumn of 2015, Carlton released her fifth album, Liberman, which was greeted to positive reviews. The album's supporting tour was captured on Liberman Live, which appeared in October 2016. ~ Andrew Leahey
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Alabama-Tennessee Natural Gas Company
Second Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 09/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 27-003, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 127 Original Sheet No. 127 : Superseded
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)
whether or not the facilities for such use have
actually been installed; provided, however, where the
use of natural gas is for plant protection,
feedstock, or process uses and the only alternate
fuel is propane or other gaseous fuel, then the
consumer will be treated as if he had no alternate
fuel capability.
(d) Special Adjustment Procedure: If any Affected
Customer shall notify Seller that for any
Curtailment Period, such customer's Curtailment
Period Quantity Entitlement will result in emergency
conditions, including environmental emergencies,
irreparable injury to life or physical property, or
in such customer's inability to serve minimum plant
protection volumes when operations are shut down; and
that such Affected Customer has to, the extent
feasible, scheduled the use of all alternate sources
of supply available for the Curtailment Period
involved, Seller, having satisfied itself that the
customer is entitled thereto, shall permit a special
adjustment to such customer's Curtailment Period
Quantity Entitlement equal to the volume required to
avoid such emergency to the extent Seller can permit
such adjustment without creating similar emergencies
for other Affected Customers or jeopardizing Seller's
operating program; provided, however, that no
customer shall be entitled to receive on any day or in
any period a volume in excess of its applicable
contract volume limitations and that any customer
receiving a special adjustment shall return the
volume involved to Seller before resuming any
interruptible services, or under such operating
arrangements as may be agreed upon between Seller and
the customer; and provided further that, if Seller
determines that it is necessary, Seller may offset
any such special adjustment by reductions of the
Curtailment Period Quantity Entitlements of other
Affected Customers pursuant to the procedures
specified in Section 22.2(b) hereof.

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"I Saw You" in a dress with black high heel stilletos
Who saw? Who was seen? Was it you?
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I saw you waddle into your chair at the theater tonight. Four gallon Super Tanker Coke in one hand, the other occupied with a hefty feedbag of popcorn. Extending your tongue full length, you snagged piece after piece of popcorn without using your hands. The last time I saw a tongue like that was on the Discovery Channel and it was cleaning out a termite mound. Please don't sit in front of me again.
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Dark-haired Hispanic girl wearing a dress with black high heel stilletos, you had your sunglasses on top of your head. You were eating breakfast at Macs on Central. I think you were waiting for a guy to join you. I took one look at you and was enamored with your beauty. I think you were about 5'3" and oh so pretty. I would like to meet you for coffee. I was the tall Hispanic male with dark hair. I tried to look at you as I left the restaurant.


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I lack the patience to wait around for the sun to charge my gadgets, but for $US14 Nokero's single AA solar charger looks like the easiest way to ensure you've always got a backup battery ready for remotes and flashlights.
The design is as simple as it gets. You just slap a AA in the compartment in the back, and then set it out in the sun. In just a couple of hours you're promised a freshly charged battery.
Since they recommend direct sunlight for best results (instead of filtered through a window) the Nokero C110 is also weatherproof, so it should be able to shrug off a downpour or flurry. And it even comes with an 800mAh NiMH battery, sweetening the deal. [Nokero via core77]


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The 1946 Denver is the lowest mintage of the three 1946 Booker T Washingtons, but at 200,000 minted it can hardly be considered rare. Like all Booker T Washingtons, the 1946-D is rare in super high Gem grades. And in MS66 and MS67 grades, the 1946-D is much scarcer than the 1946 and 1946-S. The typical 1946-D BTW has frosty luster and is relatively well struck.
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FAIRFIELD — Last week, I attended the opening of the Fairfield University Accelerator and Mentoring Enterprise (FAME). It's a fancy name for a 1,300-square-foot space above Fairfield University's downtown bookstore that will become a shared office for three newly hatched businesses — a "baked to order" dessert purveyor named With Love From the Cupboard, a Bluetooth-enabled powerstrip company (Watt U Control) and the green-themed Conscious Decisions, based on an idea entrepreneur Daphne Dixon — an indefatigable environmental activist around Connecticut — had when she was 10.
The idea is that the three businesses — to occupy the space for six months to a year, then make way for the next — will be mentored by community business leaders and university professors. Dixon, founder or co-founder of Fairfield Green Drinks, the Fairfield County Green Faire, Live Green Connecticut and Resilient CT Workshop, says her aim is "bring together community leaders with products and services that will provide economic payback and environmental protection."
Fairfield is as good a place as any for such an endeavor. Dixon points to the solar going up on municipal buildings and schools, the large number of homeowners buying green power, and the proliferation of electric cars in town — aided by four public EV chargers.
In fact, Connecticut is poised to become an EV leader, when it joined with seven other states in a coalition that's designed to put 3.3 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2025. We're joined California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. All of the participants follow California's zero-emission rules.
At the incubator opening, I ran into State Senator John McKinney, a Republican contender for governor. I pointed out that although the state (and in particular Daniel Esty, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection) are committed to a goal of having 200 public chargers in the state by the end of this year, there's still nothing being done for individual consumers who want to buy electric cars.
"That's not true," McKinney said. "We passed, years ago, state sales tax relief for cars that get 50 mpg or better." Yes, I said, but it expired — would McKinney lead an effort to reinstate it? "Absolutely," he said. "I'd definitely look at that again." A cash rebate, such as the $2,500 California offers to state electric car buyers, might be a bridge too far for Connecticut right now, but McKinney said it could gain traction if offered for a defined (and probably short) amount of time. "Use it or lose it," McKinney said.


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Wikula » WikiHowToNewArticle
Revision [111]
This is a past revision of WikiHowToNewArticle made by muchan on 2010-09-27 22:31:52
How To Write A New Article
first decide which category your article should belong.
- General Linux and aptosid info (CategoryGeneral)
- The various ways to install aptosid (CategoryInstall)
- System Administration (CategorySysadmin)
- Hardware Tips (CategoryHardwareEn?)
- Software Tips (CategorySoftwareEn?)
or maybe
- ToDo? (CategoryTodo)
- Wiki (CategoryWiki)
If you decided, that your new article belongs to the category Software Tips, for example, goto Wiki Homepage and click the "Software tips". (it opens the page "Software")
Click the "edit page" in the lower part of the page.
add a line:
[[NameOfYourNewEntry the text to that entry]]
The first word in [[ ]] should be together in one block without space.
The click "Store". (good idea to write "Adding new page NameOfYourNewEntry?" in the editbox for note.)
Now, you see your entry text in the stored page. with red '?' mark.
Clicking this '?' will creates the page, and jumps to it.
Click the "edit page" in the lower part of the page.
First thing to add to that page is Title and Category.
The title should be at the beginning of the page
=== The title of this page ===
and the category should be at the end of the page
---- [[CategorySoftwareEn Software]]
here usse the Category name you chose from this list.
---- [[CategoryGeneral General]] ---- [[CategoryInstall Installation]] ---- [[CategorySysadmin System Administration] ---- [[CategoryHardwareEn Hardware]] ---- [[CategorySoftwareEn Software]]
Now you can start editing the text you want in the pagÄ—.
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Three Asian gold palm resort hotel: Located at Chinese most south tip of's tropics Binhai tourist city - - Hainan Province Sanya, is situated in as beautiful as a painting national 4A level scenic area - - Yalong country traveling resort area. Here climate four seasons are pleasant, are the summer day summer vacation in the winter the protection against the cold paradise; Here elder sunlight is beautiful, the air quality row of world second China first; Here sea water limpid deep blue, the visibility amounts to 25 meters; Here also has the pure white valuables sand beach, the delicacy seafood ......, these advantageous natural environments let Yalong enjoys "the first under heaven bay" the laudatory name, by everywhere tourist praise is "is not Hawaii, surpasses Hawaii" takes vacation the heaven.
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Hainan (English name: Hai Nan). Capital: Haikou, referred to as: Joan. Hainan Province on April 13 -1988, the Seventh National People's Congress adopted the first meeting of "the decision on the establishment of Hainan Province" and "On the Establishment of the Hainan Special Economic Zone of the resolution "; April 26, 1988, the CPC Hainan Province Committee of Hainan Provincial People's Government formally. Since then, Hainan became a province of the youngest and largest special economic zone, Hainan's development has entered a new historical period. South China Sea on Hainan Island is a bright pearl, is second only to the country's second largest island of Taiwan. Hainan is the smallest land area of China, the largest province of the marine area.


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Thesson Level 1 Ewok hunter
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Being the Semi-new guy: -900
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3 Rooms Bronte
From the D'Amelio Terras website:
Cornelia Parker's work often deals with deconstruction of monuments, be it people or places. The photographic works on view are from her series "Brontëan Abstracts" in which she examines the mythology surrounding the Brontë sisters – Anne, Charlotte and Emily. Parker uses an electron microscope to scan artifacts and objects owned by the Brontës such as a lock of hair, a quill pen, a needle. The magnification both abstracts them and reveals their essence. Other photographs focus on both the conscious and subconscious marks left by the sisters — such as ink blots on the lined paper, deletions from the original manuscripts and holes in the pincushion.
Cornelia Parker has held numerous solo exhibitions including at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; Royal Institute of British Architects, London; Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna (GAM), Turin, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Chicago Arts Club and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. She was a Turner Prize nominee in 1997.
3 Rooms - Cornelia Parker, Massimo Bartolini, Dario Robleto
D'Amelio Terras
525 West 22nd Street, 212-352-9460
January 5 - January 9, 2008
Opening: Saturday, January 5, 6 - 8PM


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Reporting Configuration: Configure LDAP/AD
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Configure LDAP (Active Directory) for user authentication
|Problem Summary
|Domain user cannot log in through LDAP server
|Error Message
|Invalid username or password. Please try again.
|Possible Cause
|The LDAP parameters are incorrect or incomplete
|Recommended Action
|Sample parameters:
Host Address for Active Directory Server: 192.168.1.2 port: 389 "Use SSL" is not checked Host Address for Redundant Active Directory Server: Manager Distinguished Name: CN=Administrator, CN=Users, DC=myCompany, DC=com Manager Password: <password for user administrator> User Search Base: CN=Users, DC=myCompany, DC=com Attribute for User ID: sAMAccountName
Sample value 2 for Manager Distinguished Name: CN=user1,OU=icm8,OU=UCCE80,OU=Cisco_ICM_domain,DC=UCCE80,DC=cisco,DC=com Sample value 3 for Manager Distinguished Name: CN=testuser,OU=Employees,OU=Cisco Users,DC=cisco,DC=com Tip 1: The values of OU could be case sensitive. Tip 2: The max number of characters for Manager Distinguished Name field cannot exceed 85.
Action Plan-1: Verify following in CUIC setup
1. Verify the users credentials are correct in Active Directory 2. Verify the user is logging in with the correct Domain pre-pended to their Active Directory username. Verify they have not been locked out in Active Directory for too many failed login attempts. 3. Verify that the Active Directory server configured in OAMP is the same one used by UCCE/ICM. Verify the Manager Distinguished Name has the correct Domain name as that used by the ICM Server: CN=Administrator, CN=users, DC=MYDOMAIN, DC=COM
Action Plan-2: If Domain user is not able to login to CUIC yet, do the following:
Step-1: In OAMP Active Directory configuration page, check if User Search Base has 'CN=Users' in it. This is needed except incase User Search Base is already CN=Domain Users. Try To login to CUIC with supervisor name prepended with proper domain name Step-2: If Step-1 doesn't work, If user is not able to login still, modify to 'CN=Domain Users' in User Search Base and try to login Step-3: If Step-2 doesn't work, change following Attribute for User ID = userPrincipalName User Search Base search base, modify to = CN=Domain Users And then try to login to CUIC with user id as firstname.lastname@example.com (for this to work Ldap should be configured to accept both UserPrincipleName for login)
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I wasn't calling you out... just several of the things I've seen posted elsewhere. But to me, it sounds like the author is saying they are getting rid of EU for something crappier, which isn't fair. Now, come Episode VII and it isn't great, then I think it's a legitimate gripe; but to complain about something before it happens, that's where I mean it sounds like the bitter fanboy rant. So basically she is pre-judging the new trilogy because the EU was declared "Legacy" and not canon by Disney.But, again, Nick, just because Disney says it isn't so, doesn't mean that you can't think it's so in your SW world. Trust me, there are things tinkered with in the Original Trilogy Special Editions that aren't canon to me (Greedo shoots first, etc). I remember complaining about that and having people counter it by saying, "It's Lucas' movies, he can do what he wants." I guess Disney now has those rights to make those changes, but it doesn't mean they own the memory of the Star Wars I love... I hope that's the way you feel about it as well. Sometimes this EU debate is worse than some of the political ones in the Sarlacc Pit.
See you in hell, Walt Disney and George Lucas!
I get the sense that the new EU is going to try to expand more on stories that have been established during this new Disney era. And the vision of the filmmakers will be given the utmost consideration over other material. THIS is the price of getting a Sequel Trilogy.
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New York, NY -- Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement today:
"The world lost a great man 10 years ago today. The unborn lost a true champion for life. At Priests for Life, we lost a mentor and a friend. It was under the guidance of Cardinal John J. O'Connor and with his wisdom that Priests for Life was founded in 1991, and with his permission and encouragement that I became the national director in 1993. Cardinal O'Connor was an exemplary bishop, priest and teacher, but his appeal reached far beyond the Catholic Church. He was a witness to humanity, to its meaning and its dignity."


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Agencies will have 6-months to transition current Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) and Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) appointees into the Pathways Programs.
Please contact your Human Resource Office/Department for further guidance
Thank you for your interest in the Pathways Programs and the Recent Graduates Program in particular. Issued in December 2010, Executive Order 13562 established a Pathways Programs framework with three program paths tailored to recruit, hire, develop, and retain students and recent graduates. While the Executive Order created the Pathways Programs, they are not yet operational.
We are working vigorously to implement these programs and expect final regulations will be issued sometime this spring. Typically, there is a period of time between when final regulations are issued and when they become effective.
Once the Pathways Programs become effective, agencies may begin using them to hire and we will have more information on how to apply and where to find positions.
Still, it may take some time before job opportunities are available.
For additional information and updates as they are available, please visit www.opm.gov/HiringReform/pathways and www.usajobs.gov/studentsandgrads. You may also want to bookmark these pages for reference.
I hope this helps.
Ms. Peake,
When applying for an internship, you must apply with the agency you are interested in interning with, there is no central location for the intern applicant to apply.
For additional information, please visit www.opm.gov/HiringReform/pathways and www.usajobs.gov/studentsandgrads.
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Mesoraco's weekend full for Cincinnati
Punxsutawney's own Devin Mesoraco had a weekend full of baseball for the Cincinnati Reds Saturday and Sunday, playing in both victories against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mesoraco struggled in Saturday's game, going 0-for-4 at bat and getting struck out once by Pittsburgh's Jose Veras. He had two flies out and a groundout to third base.
Sunday, Mesoraco had a more successful game as he reached base twice. His game was complete with one hit and two runs.
Mesoraco first made it on base when he was called safe at second after an error by Pirates' third baseman Josh Harrison. His first score then came minutes later when he was driven in by Brandon Phillips.
In the top of the sixth, Mesoraco had his lone hit of the game — a single to center field.
He was then scored by Dontrelle Williams' two-RBI double to deep right field.
During Mesoraco's final at-bat, he was struck out swinging by Pittsburgh's Daniel McCutchen.
Punxsutawney locals are hoping Mesoraco's continued progress may allow him to stay on as a starter for the Reds for the remainder of the season.


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Current record: 11-14, 3rd place in NL Central, 5 games back
Up Next: Cincinnati Reds, 12-12, 2nd place in NL Central, 3.5 games back
The Reds pitching has been pretty bad so far and the offense has been all Joey Votto and Jay Bruce. If the Pirates can keep those two in check and keep hitting like they have the last few games then they should win the series. A sweep would have the Bucs in second place on Monday.
Probable Pitchers
Friday: RH Johnny Cueto (3-0, 32.1 IP, 22 K, 1.39 ERA, 1.05 WHIP)
vs. RH Kevin Correia (1-1, 22.1 IP, 9 K, 2.42 ERA, 1.03 WHIP)
Saturday: RH Mike Leake (0-3, 21.2 IP, 9 K, 6.65 ERA, 1.57 WHIP)
vs. LH James McDonald (1-1, 30.1 IP, 24 K, 2.97 ERA, 1.06 WHIP)
Sunday: RH Mat Latos (1-2, 28.2 IP, 18 K, 5.97 ERA, 1.57 WHIP)
vs. RH Charlie Morton (1-2, 21.1 IP, 15 K, 4.22 ERA, 1.45 WHIP)
No lineup available yet.
Update 4pm: Lineups just posted, thanks to Kristy Robinson of Pirates Prospects. Pedro moves up to the 5th spot. Looks like Andrew McCutchen is still feeling sick.
Jose Tabata RF
Alex Presley LF
Nate McLouth CF
Neil Walker 2B
Pedro Alvarez 3B
Garrett Jones 1B
Clint Barmes SS
Rod Barajas C
Kevin Correia P
Zack Cozart SS
Drew Stubbs CF
Joey Votto 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Jay Bruce RF
Scott Rolen 3B
Chris Heisey LF
Ryan Hanigan C
Johnny Cueto P
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How's it going everyone? I saw Gryphon with the SSX tag over at an ESO fan site and thought I'd come on over here to see what was up. Lo and behold the ol' account is still valid.
So what's everyone been up to since, oh jeez…2008? I finished my masters, got married and divorced, moved to Japan and have come back. It's been a bit of a roller coaster, but it's worked out in its on strange way.


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Sherm Demand - A Chicago Drama [Chicago Unsigned Artist]
Chicago artist Sherm Demand brings you part 2 of "A Chicago Drama" (part 1 added 2/13/2013 on WSHH) a epic tale born in the urban community. This powerful cinematic video, displays some of the tragedies associated with urban life in Chicago. Please "like", share, and comment.
Written, narrated, and directed by: Sherm Demand
Track Produced by: Tommy Skillfinger
Video Produced by: Suite 41 Studios
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The Open Voting Consortium and California Clean Money campaign sponsored a highly successful Open House acquainting rank and file California Democrats with Open Voting and consolidating support for the already well known Clean Money issue. The event was held at the Manhattan Beach Marriot where the California Democratic Party held its Executive Committee meeting on January 27th and 28th.
Alan Dechert introduced the crowd to Open Voting and also did a great warm up for Ms. Bowen, who is running for secretary of State. Alan noted that legislation related to Open Voting is shaping up, but there is no bill number as yet. Eric Tang of the California Clean Money campaign closed out the evening by pointing out that elected officials aren't beholden to rich interests for campaign funds that many of our other problems like health care will be more likely to be less intractable. He urged folks to call their Assembly members to help pass AB-583, which is scheduled for a vote any day. Learn more about the Clean Money campaign at www.caclean.org.


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Not to cast a pall over my birthday today, which I've already kept low-key-to-dull, but I wanted to share this item from the Toronto Star which summarizes what has transpired in my Cabbagetown neighbourhood since Tuesday morning.
I awoke to the sound of two distinct, non-verbal screams. Now I'm on the fifth floor and at the opposite end of a lane which intersects with the driveway near the corner of Winchester and Ontario Streets. It was on that driveway that Nighisti Semret met her tragic and senseless fate.
If you live in the area, please look again at our security video embedded in the Star's story. It's the biggest clue that police have released thus far.
Also, keep your ears peeled for ways you could help the family if Ms. Semret. I understand the Delta Chelsea Hotel, her employer, as well as members of the Eritrean community in Toronto, might be fundraising.


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CONCORD, N.C. (Dec. 18, 2012) – Roush Fenway Racing's No. 6 Ford Mustang will have a familiar look when Trevor Bayne takes the reins of the Championship team in 2013. The organization announced today that Cargill will return as a partial-season primary sponsor for the No. 6 NASCAR Nationwide Series team next year, starting with the season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Crew chief Mike Kelley will return to lead the team.
"I'm really excited about the opportunity to work with Mike and this team and run for the Nationwide Series Championship in 2013," said Bayne, who in 2010 became the youngest winner of the famed Daytona 500. "And it's great to have Cargill Beef back on board with the No. 6 next season. I've enjoyed learning about their business and meeting a lot of their people through their partnership with Roush Fenway, and I look forward to representing them on the track and hopefully in victory lane.
"I've developed a bit of a reputation at the track for grilling out a lot," continued Bayne. "Maybe Cargill can give me a few tips on the best way to grill hamburgers for big groups so I can cookout for Mike and the rest of the No. 6 Cargill Beef team for some post-race celebrations."
"Our partnership with Roush Fenway and the No. 6 Ford Mustang has been a great one for our business," said Tammy Shaw, VP of Cargill Beef. "We're thrilled to see Ricky Stenhouse Jr. transition to the next level after winning two championships for Cargill Beef, and look forward to continuing to grow our business, while interacting with customers at the race track."
"We still have room for one or two more primary sponsors next season on the remaining races with Trevor and the No. 6 team," added Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark. "It's an unusual but exciting opportunity for a potential partner to join a proven team seeking its third consecutive championship in the Nationwide Series, and with a driver who is one of the most popular in the sport."
Roush Fenway Racing is the winningest team in NASCAR history, fielding multiple teams in the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series with championship drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne. Celebrating 25 winning years in 2012, Roush Fenway is the leader in NASCAR marketing solutions, pioneering motorsport's first team-focused TV program and its award-winning social marketing campaign RickyvsTrevor.com. Visit www.RoushFenway.com, circle on Google+ at +Roush Fenway Racing, become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/roushfenway and follow on Twitter at @roushfenway.
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VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Union's antitrust chief said on Thursday that he was ready to charge Gazprom (GAZP.MM) with anti-competitive practices in a move that could lead to a fine of up to $15 billion for the Russian gas export monopoly.
The European Commission opened an investigation more than a year ago after raiding the offices of several Gazprom units in central and eastern Europe, where it said it had concerns the company might have abused its dominant position.
The EU antitrust regulator said Gazprom may have hindered the free flow of gas across the EU's 27 countries and imposed unfair prices on its customers by linking the price of its gas to oil prices.
Speaking at a conference in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Almunia said the EU's executive was preparing a charge sheet against Gazprom, known as a statement of objections.
"It would be premature to anticipate when the next steps would be taken in this investigation, but we have now moved to the phase of preparing a statement of objections," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a conference organized by the Lithuanian Competition Authority.
He said the investigation covered Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Gazprom generated 4.76 trillion roubles ($148 billion) in revenues last year. Companies can be penalized up to 10 percent of their annual revenues for breaching EU antitrust rules. ($1 = 32.2147 Russian roubles)
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Council to elect new leader
Norfolk County Council will hold a meeting today to agree its new leader. Councillor Bill Borrett is almost certain to take up the post after being voted in as Chairman of the ruling Tory group.
Mr Borrett, who represents Elmham and Mattishall, defeated Graham Plant in a vote at County Hall.
He has been acting leader of the council since Derrick Murphy resigned last month. At a hearing Mr Murphy was cleared of six counts of breaching the code of conduct. However on one count he was found to have a committed a breach by bringing his office into disrepute.


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NEW YORK (AP) � Game 3 of the World Series will be targeted to teenyboppers, thanks to Justin Bieber (BEE'-bur).
Major League Baseball says Bieber will debut the music video for his song "Never Say Never" on Saturday during Game 3's pre-show on Fox.
The best-of-seven series is between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants. The Giants won the first two games of the series in San Francisco.
Game 3 will take place in Arlington, Texas. Former "American Idol" champion Kelly Clarkson will sing the national anthem in her home state.
The 16-year-old Bieber sports gear from both teams in the "Never Say Never" clip, which was shot at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
The song is from the platinum-selling singing sensation's upcoming acoustic CD, due out on Nov. 23.


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In honor of E3 week, we thought we would dedicate this week's Throwback Thursday to a gaming device from the past: the Atari 2600. The console that really brought in-home gaming to the masses and a gadget we have a real soft spot for, the 2600 was first launched in 1977. At the time it retailed for $199, which is roughly equivalent to $730 today. Despite the high cost, Atari managed to move over a 250,000 units in its first year. Although by today's standards its 8-bit 1.19MHz processor and 128 bytes of RAM are absolutely ridiculous, the 2600 managed to keep generations entertained — thanks to insanely addictive titles such as Missile Command, Pitfall and Space Invaders (don't get us started on that awful Pac-Man port). In spite of the fact that many of the people who revere it weren't even alive when it was finally discontinued in 1992, the 2600 retains a huge cult following. What memories do you have of the Atari 2600?
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The first trail to be hit was the Wagonwheel Trail in the southeastern part of Olympic National Park. While the trailhead sign was rather foreboding, the trail really wasn't that bad, at least not by White Mtn. (NH) standards. Hey, if it has switchbacks, I'm happy. The lake was lovely, as were the spring flowers all the way up the trail. There were white and red trillium, Pacific rhododendrun, red columbine, white lily-like flowers, and other pretty but unidentifiable-by-me varieties (sorry, I'm a bit botanically challenged).
Trillium... most were white, but there were a couple of shades of purple here & there as well:


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Knotters driven by shaft and gears provide a positive drive for dependable and accurate functioning.
The timing of knotters and needles is easy:
The tucker finger holds the twine over the billhooks during the tying cycle:
The twine knife is made of surgical-quality steel and can be easily unbolted for sharpening or replacement.
The adjustable edge on the wiper arm allows an easy, accurate adjustment to the billhook.
The positive meshing of knotter gears is easily maintained with spring pins and washers on the needle lift shaft.
The large-diameter needle-lift shaft increases strength for reliable operation.
The split-design knotter frame enables easy removal, without disassembly of the entire mechanism.
A coil-type tension spring on the twine holder enables easy adjustment and improved performance.
The twine disk timing is easily accomplished without removing the pinion gear.
Making adjustments is easy when changing from multi-twine billhooks to sisal-twine billhooks.
The billhook cam track is a separate hardened part that can be replaced independently from the knotter frame, which reduces repair costs.
The compression charge is on the downstroke of the pitman arm to help eliminate slapping of the plungerhead.
The pitman is offset to the right (knife side), where the load is heavier, to further minimize wear.
A lubrication fitting on the pitman arm provides easy access for lubrication to the wrist pin.
A safety stop is positioned to stop the plungerhead at the crank, to eliminate possible damage to the plungerhead face.
The deep-flighted auger continuously moves hay away from the pickup to the pre-compression chamber:
The free-floating auger raises or lowers to match and maintain control of incoming crop.
Hay turns in the tapered auger housing, which enables the feeder forks to fold each charge as it enters the bale case to produce uniform bales. The crop is pre-compressed for better bale uniformity.
The auger system has few moving parts for less wear and less chance of untimely breakdowns.
Hay is uniformly distributed into the bale case, which produces easy-to-handle bales and bales that stack well.
Feeder forks can be adjusted to five positions to match the feeding requirement to the hay conditions.
Forks are spring loaded for protection and are timed independently of knotters.
The pickup teeth and narrow, flanged strippers extend to the flare on both sides of the pickup. This enables full usable pickup width for feeding wide windrows
Closely spaced pickup teeth gather all of the hay in wide, heavy windrows.
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The pickup is 188 cm (74 in.) wide on flare and offset 25.4 cm (10 in.) to the right of the bale case.
The belt drives used to power the pickup are virtually trouble free and eliminate the need for slip clutches.
The hydraulic bale tension permits easy adjustment of bale density to meet crop variations and desired bale weight:
The adjustable hay compressor mounts to and floats with the pickup and helps to maintain the same relationship to the pickup teeth at all operating heights.
The hay compressor also controls hay for continuous positive delivery to the auger.
The hay compressor is adjustable to nine positions to maintain positive control of hay in either large, heavy or light, fluffy windrows.
It can easily be removed with two spring pins for access to the auger or feed opening.
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Operation Sledgehammer has you escaping your captors. Free yourself, trigger the fire alarm, then wait for your guard by either sitting back on the chair or waiting next to the door. Subdue the guard and stuff him in the box.
Next, you'll come to an office with a guard talking on the phone. You can sneak up behind his computer and grab the power chord to garrot him. Or you can just subdue him. Either way, hide the body in the same room.
Get health, then crawl into the vent right next to the medicine cabinet. If you're donning a disguise, you can also head directly through the office and easily make it past the talking guards, but why bother? Peek through the vent and wait for the cop to leave, then get behind him and subdue him. There's a cabinet in the corner that you can stuff his unconscious body into. Your Silver Ballers are just outside the door. You can safely sneak in (as seen in the video walkthrough) while crouched and exit the stage.
Next, you have to evade the Agency and hunt Skurky. Sneak over to the right side of the stage and climb up the wall to the roof. Take out and stash the guard ahead. You can save your game here using the save point.
Hide near the stairwell and throw something to attract the guard from downstairs. Take him out and hide his body. You can play the distraction game again and attract another guard. Take him out and drop this one in the dumpster. Now head downstairs and use cover and change cover moves to get past the talking soldiers. Pick up the machine gun near the barricades and head into the store to locate the exit.
On to the final chapter. You can make it through Hope Fair easily without a disguise. When the level starts, go immediately down the stairs and out the door. Follow the same route shown in the video by hiding behind obstacles and climbing up to the walkway, and don't slow down for anything except to grab a knife off one of the barrels. When you come to the two guards talking, throw the knife slightly to the right to distract them. Wait for them to move to investigate, then hug the left wall all the way to the end.
For Suit Only + Infiltrator in Hope Fair on Hard mode you need to wait for the guard who's blending in the crowd to pass. Then, near the two guards who are chatting, you also need to wait behind the barrels and time your last movement towards the exit as there are extra guards patrolling, but no distraction is required.
|Challenges - Operation Sledgehammer
|Conditions and Criteria
|Collect the following Disguises (see Items): Hope Police Officer, Agency Grunt, Agency Heavy Trooper
|Evidence Collector
|Collect the evidence in County Jail, Outgunned, Burn, Hope Fair
|Complete the chapter without being spotted. County Jail, Outgunned, Burn, Hope Fair, Outskirts
|Suit Only
|Complete the chapter without using a disguise. County Jail, Outgunned, Burn, Hope Fair, Outskirts
|Knock out policemen with subdues.
|Misty Eyes
|Eliminate enemies in haze without being spotted.
|Heavy Armor
|Take an Agency Heavy Trooper as a human shield and kill four enemies.
|A Cleansing Fire
|Clear mission
|Surgical Precision Part 1
|Eliminate 3 enemies without arousing an alert by using headshots. Easily done with point-shooting. Try the four enemies who are watching the tanker truck burn on the street.
|Surgical Precision Part 2
|Eliminate 5 enemies without arousing an alert by using headshots. Point-shooting enemies will help you with this challenge.
|Surgical Precision Part 3
|Eliminate 7 enemies without arousing an alert by using headshots. Use the four Agency grunts who watch the tanker burn on the street for half your quota. You can also climb the ledge to the upper patio, then subdue the walker. Go to the railing facing the street, you will see the four guys in a row. Using an Agency rifle, you can Point Shoot seven in one go by waiting for the guy on the left to come into the street.
|Items - Operation Sledgehammer
Disguise - Agency Grunt
|The guys with the 31 on the back of there shirts in Outgunned. You can find one at the start of Outgunned guy ove to your left.
|Disguise - Agency Heavy Trooper
|The big blue and black armor wearing troopers.
|Disguise - Hope Police Officer
|Cops. In Hope, South Dakota.
|Z&M Model 60
|Revolver used by the Hope police department
|Silver Baller
|47's custom handguns, both need to be recovered before the mission can be cleared.
|The Agency Heavy Trooper who is in the tavern at the start of Hope Fair has this handgun when he is subdued or slain.
|Aries 24-7
|Play Hope Fair on Hard Difficulty. After killing enough enemies, such as one of the Agency Heavy Troopers, backup will arrive. One of the backup enemies can be seen running around with it in his hand.
|Agency ARZ 160
|Assault rifles are used by the various enemies.
|Two are found in the County Jail's offices during 47's escape.
|Agency Dynamics CPW
|In Outgunned, three of these weapons are scattered over the map. Two are by some Agency equipment vans, and a third is in the corner of the street across from the exit.
|Black Kazo TRG
|In Hope Fair, the sniper perch has a sniper rifle near the equipment boxes.
|Agency Tanto Knife
|Various spots.
|Numerous occurences.
|Several here and there.
|Try the starting area in Burn
|At the Hope Fair, a few stalls have this.
|Gasoline Can
|A few places here and there.
|Hope Fair utensil.
|Proximity Mine
|Hope Fair's sniper perch at the bar.
| Through the door to the church. After the initial cutscene stick to the left and just when you pass the first building look down.
|Metal Pipe
| After setting the fire alarm off at the beginning of the level turn right when you leave the room and it's by the green door.
|Police Baton
|Country Jail. Check the desk in the cubicle where 47 finds his Silverballers.
|Power Cord
|County Jail. At the spot where the second cop is talking on the phone.
|Remote Explosive
|Sniper perch in Hope Fair. Check the area near the back door.
|On a shelf in Burn.
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Mr. Speaker, if my colleague had really listened to what I said, she would see that I agree that there is a problem and we need to find solutions. Decriminalization is not a magic wand to solve all our drug-related problems, but it is a step in the right direction. Now, let us take the time to determine the best way to proceed.
What I said earlier is that we need to protect young people aged 25 and under and set up a prevention program. In fact, I might not have said it because I was short of time, but I included it in my speech. We need to establish a prevention program, a program to encourage young people to become involved in sports, the arts and volunteering, and put in place the means to eliminate the distribution of drugs to young people.


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A successful organ transplant depends on appropriate evaluation of the organ recipient, expertise in the surgical procedures required to transplant the organ and on-going monitoring after transplant to prevent organ rejection or infections.
To measure the quality of care provided to transplant patients, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center examines one-month, one-year and three-year survival rates for transplant patients. These measures are compared against national averages. These comparisons are highlighted in the charts that follow.
Survival Rates of Cedars-Sinai Transplant Patients Compared to National Averages
The length of time that a transplant patient survives after surgery is a key measure of a quality outcome in transplant surgery. At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, one-month, one-year and three-year survival rates are tracked for transplants patients. These statistics are compared to national averages collected by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
These data for the liver, kidney and heart transplantation programs at Cedars-Sinai are highlighted below.


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Article – BusinessDesk
Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) – Stocks on Wall Street reversed earlier losses after U.S. House Speaker and senior Republican John Boehner said he was optimistic that a deal could be reached to head off the looming fiscal cliff.
While you were sleeping: Wall Street gains after Boehner comments
Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) – Stocks on Wall Street reversed earlier losses after U.S. House Speaker and senior Republican John Boehner said he was optimistic that a deal could be reached to head off the looming fiscal cliff.
Boehner said he was willing to put revenues on the table for negotiation if accompanied by spending cuts and that he was optimistic lawmakers could "avert this crisis sooner rather than later."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6 percent and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 0.3 percent, having been down nearly 1 percent earlier in the session. Yet US Treasuries also strengthened as fixed interest investors bet there's a chance negotiations falter. The yield on the 10-year note fell 2 basis points to 1.617 percent.
President Barack Obama is seeking a budget agreement to avoid US$607 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that kick in on Jan. 1, just 33 days away. Obama is embarking on a series of meetings with company executives including Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein to press his case and is set to meet his presidential election rival Mitt Romney tomorrow.
But there's plenty of noise to suggest markets will be held captive to Washington for the next few weeks or longer. Erskine Bowles, who was co-chairman of Obama's 2010 fiscal commission, gave a 33 percent probability of a deal by the end of the year and the same odds that no deal would be reached.
"That still leaves that one-third that we could actually have real chaos and no deal, and I think that would be a disaster," Bowles said in breakfast meeting in Washington, Bloomberg reported.
"I'm really worried. I believe the probability is we're going over the cliff," Bowles told journalists on the edges of the meeting.
Boehner also said he continued to oppose the expiration of tax cuts for top earners. While according to the Huffington Post, Republican Tom Cole told colleagues that even though he doesn't want the top tax rate bumped up to 39.6 percent from 35 percent his party should take that deal for now.
The willingness of Republicans to take the standoff down to the wire isn't clear. Last year they effectively allowed America's credit rating to be downgraded before allowing the debt ceiling to be raised and ensuring the federal government could pay its bills.
The Congressional Budget Office says failure to avert the crisis could push the economy back into recession and drive the jobless rate up to 9.1 percent by the end of 2013 from 7.9 percent currently.
Economic data out of the US wasn't reassuring either. Sales of new homes fell 0.3 percent to an annual pace of 368,000 last month, Commerce Department figures showed. That missed the forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 390,000 sales.
The Federal Reserve's Beige Book business survey, based on accounts from the 12 district Fed banks, was scheduled for release at 2 p.m. Washington time, which is expected to show the world's biggest economy is continuing to grow at a modest pace.
On the London Stock Exchange, shares of BP slipped 0.4 percent to 429.40 British pence. The energy giant has been temporarily banned from new US federal contracts as part of the punishment meted out for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. BP has already agreed to plead guilty to criminal misconduct over the spill and pay fines of US$4.5 billion.
Equity markets in Europe were broadly stronger. Germany's DAX 30 gained 0.2 percent and France's CAC 40 was up 0.4 percent. The Stoxx 600 rose just 0.1 percent.
In Spain, banks rescued as part of the European bailout announced they will shrink in size to regain control of their balance sheets. BFA-Bankia will eliminate 6,000 jobs, sell assets and close branches and is forecasting a 19 billion euro loss this year. It aims to return to profit next year.
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This is one illustration of snooker's global appeal. It isn't properly represented by the the composition of the professional circuit - of the 96 players, only 13 are from outside Great Britain and Ireland.
However, there is far more to snooker than the pro game and it is good to know there is so much interest around the world.
For the record, we have had visitors from the UK, Germany, Ukraine, Ireland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Finland, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Canada, USA, Israel, Norway, Belgium, Lithuania, France, Spain, China, Switzerland, Australia, Latvia, Netherlands, Sweden, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, Singapore, Belarus, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Malaysia, Nigeria, Egypt, Mauritius, Brazil and Denmark.
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i`m from Ukrain) HI ALL!!!
- 11:27 am
- Janie Watkins said...
I'd echo that David
On Global Snooker Centre we have visitors noted on the stats from more than 150 countries.
I don't actually know how many countries there are in the world and when you take into consideration that our sites are exclusively written in English then the fact that we are reaching out across the world is testimony to the vast interest and participation in the game worldwide.
- 12:27 pm
- Dave H said...
Apparently there are as many as 195, so you're well on your way to world domination!
- 1:20 pm
I wouldn't jump to conclusions about the global popularity of the game based on your web server logs. For example, I read (and enjoy) your blog from Montreal, Canada, but I'm an Irishman.
- 1:40 pm
I read the blog last week and my country isn't listed(Iceland.)
So much for stats!
- 1:43 pm
- Christian said...
Its nice to read your ideas around snooker. Youre doing a good job.
Thanks from Germany,
- 3:20 pm
- Snooker Bet King said...
That's me tuning in from Israel, where i have recently relocated.
Have to say i miss going to the tournaments (always tried to get to one or two a year), and also the bbc commentary.
I suppose i'm lucky that we get lots and lots of snooker on eurosport, but i sure miss John and Steve for the big ones on the beeb.
Snooker is surprisingly big over here, and i have found a pub taht shows all the live stuff on tv, with a rowdy crowd of fans cheering the lads on.
Keep up the good work!
- 3:17 pm
- Dave H said...
To the reader in Iceland - there was one additional country that for some reason wasn't showing up: mystery solved!
Yesterday we also had readers from Estonia, South Africa and Argentina.
- 4:41 pm
- Dave H said...
Oh, and Japan as well
- 4:42 pm
kind regards from the Czech Republic :-))
- 7:13 am
hello from Latvia :)
- 8:46 am
- Hermund said...
This is Norway calling.
- 1:10 pm
I'm in Malta and am a regular reader, maybe the mystery isn't solved!
- 9:19 pm


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By Himat Kaur
The Home Stretch of Jupiter in Cancer
We're nearing the end of one year expanding into our sensitivity, imagination, emotions, and deep core self, as well as healing and bonding in our family relationships. It is fitting and appropriate that this is so, when we've had an interesting and intense year with two more Uranus-Pluto squares since last summer, and Jupiter in Cancer has joined in on that action. The cosmic message has been: "You are working hard on fighting for your individuality, your place in the world, your strength in relationships… Don't forget the "you" deep within yourself." What's happening within you? What are your emotions telling you of how you're actually feeling about things, where you're really "at" within yourself in relation to what's happening in your life?
I have written this year about becoming more attuned to and intelligent about our emotions, not automatically riding them, anchoring them and fusing with them as if they were our identity. But rather, learning to utilize our emotions as a kind of feedback or gauge of where our identity is focused. Literally, we benefit by asking ourselves, "When I feel __, who must I unconsciously be thinking that I am?" What kind of internal identity do these emotions reflect? Do my emotions show me that I think I am small, vulnerable, unequal to the task at hand, unlovable, flawed, wounded, etc…? This can be very subtle, because we are so accustomed to feeling that our emotions are us. Reread that last sentence and absorb it. We are not our emotions. No, we are not. They serve us as a tool for self-awareness.
Using that information with a bit of objectivity, we can be thankful for the internal emotional feedback, and then choose where we go with our minds. We can consciously choose what we do with our emotional state, whether we let it run roughshod over us, or whether we wake up in the moment and set our mind on a different path that brings us back to a more objective place of sanity and healthy truth.
We won't end this year of Jupiter in Cancer having mastered our emotions. e won't have completely realized and perfected a new paradigm of interfacing with emotions as feedback mechanisms rather than definitions of who we "are." But we have one more month of Jupiter's passage through the sign of Cancer, and the cosmos is conspiring to help us with one final big push in our learning for this passage. Never fear, facets of these themes we haven't fully healed and integrated yet will still be subjected to cosmic poking and prodding for our growth and evolution. And Jupiter will visit Cancer again in 2025.
Mercury Retrograde in Cancer/Gemini
This Jupiter in Cancer period ends as it began. The day after Jupiter entered the sign of Cancer last June (2013), Mercury paused and turned retrograde in Cancer. It initiated a cosmic reinforcement to align the conscious mind with what Jupiter was asking of us:
- to explore our emotional state
- to attend to ourselves personally
- to explore and heal our relationship with family and roots
- to nurture gentleness within ourselves, and cultivate being a "soft place to land," both for ourselves and for our loved ones—a soft place to rest, rejuvenate, and be nurtured
- to learn a new purpose and way of dealing with our emotions, sensitivities, imagination, etc…
On June 7th, Mercury once again pauses to move retrograde in the sign of Cancer, calling us again to become conscious around these themes. This time, Mercury actually moves back into the sign of Gemini before resuming direct motion on July 1st.
As with all Mercury retrogrades, this is a period of subtly integrating our experience at many levels, consciously perhaps, and certainly much is happening at unconscious levels as well. But the sign of Gemini is very much about perceiving and processing information, learning by interaction with others—sharing its experience and listening to what others have to say about things.
This Mercury Retrograde period calls us to slow down and consciously integrate Jupiter's lessons over the past year. Mercury Retrograde moving from Cancer backwards into Gemini reinforces the need to consciously witness our emotional state, to consciously understand the emotion and what we learn from it. Once we engage the conscious mind to understand and honor the message from the emotion, with detachment we can release the emotion like smoke carried away in the wind. Observing that release, we truly learn that the emotion was not us, but served us well by showing us something about our current state in that moment.
This month, I encourage us to talk with trusted friends and family about what we learn of the nature of emotions as feedback, and what we're learning about ourselves. This sharing will do a LOT to anchor our learning.
These words from the great, recently departed Maya Angelou sum up the deepest heart of our journey with this last Mercury retrograde with Jupiter in Cancer:
"'God Loves Me.' Each time I allow myself to say the words,
I am suffused with tears of gratitude and wonder,
and I am reestablished as a giving, living, full human being,
with every right to everything right on this earth."
(Maya Angelou)
Key Astrological Aspects/Events in June
The following is a list of several of the astrological events of June. Follow Himat Kaur on her Facebook page EvolveWithAstrology, or on Twitter @HimatK, for more astrological information and recommendations during the month.
- June 7, 2014 – Mercury Stationary Retrograde at 3 degrees of Cancer.
- June 12, 2014 – Full Moon at 22 degrees of Sagittarius
- June 27, 2014 – New Moon at 6 degrees of Cancer
- July 1, 2014 – Mercury Stationary Direct at 24 degrees of Gemini.
What to Do
I would love to see us all dive very deeply into healing this month, and with the current planetary stimuli, we can maximize our efforts to heal and transform more, reaching toward becoming the Aquarian Age humans described by Yogi Bhajan. In that light, I present one lecture/meditation for this month, which you can read on my website; I have also recorded the lecture in my own voice, as instructed in the meditation, so you can listen to the lecture by Yogi Bhajan, called "The Self-Sensory System and the Transition from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age." (Lecture date August 1, 2000) 1 & 2.
1 Kundalini Research Institute. The Aquarian Teacher Level One Textbook. Espanola, NM, 2003.
2 Kundalini Research Institute. The Aquarian Teacher Level One Yoga Manual. Espanola, NM, 2003.
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Dark Sweet Cherries: Ten Cherry Recipes for June
Cherries are in season now, and we've been seeing bags of dark, sweet cherries at the market. We've spotted bright scarlet sour cherries too, and we're hankering after a pint or two to bake with. What's your favorite cherry recipe? Here are ten recipes from around the web and our site too. Cherry coffee cake, custard tart, cream cheese brownies, cherry jellies, fried cherry pies (!!) and more...
• 1 Cherry Coffee Cake at Honey & Jam.
• 2 Cherry Cream Cheese Brownies
• 3 Fresh Cherry Upside-Down Cake at The Food Librarian
• 4 Sweet Cherry Cobbler at Gourmet
• 5 Sour Cherry Rose Jellies at Martha Stewart
• 6 Fried Cherry Pies at Ezra Pound Cake
• 7 Sour Cherry-Almond Ice Cream with Chocolate Chunks
• 8 Cherry Bounce at Gourmet
• 9 Cherry Berry Pie from last year's Best Pie Bakeoff
• 10 Cherry Custard Tart
Related: Recipe: Pascha Cheese with Cherries
(Images: Hannah of Honey & Jam; Faith Durand; The Food Librarian via Flickr; Romulo Yanes for Gourmet; Martha Stewart; Ezra Pound Cake; Elizabeth Passarella; Romulo Yanes for Gourmet; Deb of Altered Plates; Dana Velden)


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Posted Thursday, March 14th, 2013
3 Rivers has reported previously about customers having difficulty receiving and completing long distance phone calls for some time. This is a national problem, not related specifically to 3 Rivers' network. The FCC concluded that certain long distance carriers are deliberately not completing calls in higher cost rural areas as a way to avoid paying terminating carriers (where you live, that's 3 Rivers). Recently one provider has reached a settlement with the FCC regarding such practices. Hopefully, this will be a deterrent for others and 3 Rivers customers will see fewer problems in the future. Click link below to read the ruling.


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In this month's issue of The Psychologist Bath University's traffic specialist Dr Ian Walker believes this hatred is a manifestation of more than just hatred against an "out group":
"A report from the Transport Research Laboratory and University of Strathclyde a few years ago led by Lynn Basford suggested that there's some classic social psychology at work here – cyclists represent an outgroup such that the usual outgroup effects are seen, particularly overgeneralisation of negative behaviour and attributes – 'They all ride through red lights all the time'. It's hard to escape the conclusion that something of this sort is going on.
"However, there has to be more to it than just this. For a long time I wondered if the outgroup status of cyclists was compounded by two other known social psychological factors: norms and majority vs. minority groups. Not only are cyclists an outgroup, they're also a minority outgroup. Moreover, they are engaging in an activity that is deemed slightly inappropriate in a culture that views driving as normative and desirable and, arguably, views cycling as anti- conventional and possibly even infantile.
"But even adding these factors into the mix does not explain all the anger that cyclists experience. It's easy to identify other minority outgroups whose behaviour similarly challenges social norms but who do not get verbally and physically attacked like cyclists do: vegetarians, for example. So there's clearly one or more important variables that we've not identified yet. Any social psychologists looking for a challenge are very welcome to wade into this."
Hatred isn't confined to social media, of course. Shockjocks and columnists in national newspapers also like to take potshots at cyclists. There's a huge number of such diatribes and columns, way too many to list here but here's a fresh one, from today. It's by Helen Martin in The Scotsman. It's a "I'm not a racist but…" piece.
An interesting question. Thoughts?


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It's not that I have nothing of importance to say, it's just that... Okay, okay. I have nothing of importance to say.
I fail to see how I'm profiting off TPB (or doing anything criminal) by downloading open source software or public domain materials. The only benefit to me is increased download speed versus other sources. Your reality and mine are obviously different.
Er, I mean to say 'Mike probably means', not 'they'. Anyway, I bet he's right and the trademark lawyers would try to go after them for that, no matter how silly.
Now, the trademark lawyers will rush to say that a company such as Pez needs to defend its trademark, lest it become generic.
The interwebs are reporting that Pez has been around since 1927. How can it become more recognizable?
Who thinks women don't surf porn? Wanna know why? They aren't so dumb as to do it at WORK - just a guess mind you.You have guessed correctly, sir.
If Google were the one-and-only way to access content, I suppose I'd be concerned about my freedoms. But there are many ways to access sites, be it competing search engines, typing in an address directly, finding a link in someone other person's page, etc. Google is only removing access via their search, not controlling the entire internet. If they censor/remove links, that's their right.


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Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHZ Edition Review
Part first-person shooter, part survival horror, Metro 2033 is based on the novel of the same name, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. You play as Artyom in a post-apocalyptic Moscow, where you'll spend most of your time traversing the metro system, with occasional trips to the surface. Despite the dark atmosphere and bleak future for mankind, the visuals are anything but bleak. Powered by the 4A Engine, with support for DirectX 11, NVIDIA PhysX, and NVIDIA 3D Vision, the tunnels are extremely varied – in your travels, you'll come across human outposts, bandit settlements, and even half-eaten corpses. Ensuring you feel all the tension, there is no map and no health meter. Get lost without enough gas mask filters and adrenaline shots and you may soon wind up as one of those half-eaten corpses, chewed up by some horrifying manner of irradiated beast that hides in the shadows just waiting for some hapless soul to wander by.
- DirectX 11
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For automakers, "lighten up" is not mood-altering advice but an imperative to shave hundreds of pounds of mass from cars and trucks to meet rising fuel-economy standards that kick in during the next decade.
One of the most promising materials for achieving weight reduction is magnesium. But because of its high cost and energy consumption in the manufacturing process, the metal is uncompetitive for most applications.
Government and industry now are partnering to boost magnesium use in lowering vehicle weight in coming years. The Advance Research Products Agency-Energy recently awarded $32 million in grants to develop processes for cost-effective and energy-efficient manufacturing of lightweight metals for vehicles.
Research will focus on less-expensive and more energy-efficient ways of producing magnesium for vehicles designed to meet increasingly stringent emissions and fuel-economy regulations. ARPA-E, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, also is funding better ways to make aluminum and titanium for vehicles.
Magnesium currently is sparingly used in vehicles because it is about seven times more expensive to make than steel. Its price ranges from about $2.90 to $3.50 per pound – about 75% more than steel and 33% more than aluminum.
Part of that is due to stiff tariffs levied on imported magnesium. One-third of the metal is imported from China, which has the world's largest reserves and is the biggest global producer of magnesium. Chinese producers use the Pidgeon process that depends on a lot of inefficient coal-fired energy – creating massive amounts of carbon-dioxide emissions.
The U.S. has only one bulk magnesium plant in Utah that uses electrolysis to extract magnesium from molten salt brine in the Great Salt Lake.
Three of the ARPA-E grants encourage cleaner and cheaper magnesium production. A $2.43 million grant to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory funds research into an organic process of extracting magnesium salt from seawater, which normally has low concentrations of the metal, making extraction difficult, energy-intensive and expensive.
"Reinventing the magnesium production process so it's more affordable can help grow the magnesium market and decrease U.S. reliance on foreign-made materials," says Pete McGrail, a PNNL laboratory fellow. "We expect our method will be 50% more energy-efficient than the U.S. current magnesium production process."
McGrail tells WardsAuto in an email that PNNL's process breaks magnesium down to an "organo-magnesium compound." He says this produces magnesium flakes that are hot-pressed into ingots. "So, we actually take maximum advantage of magnesium's ductility in the process," he says.
The PNNL process requires temperatures no greater than 572° F (300° C), one-third the level required by the conventional U.S. process.
Global Seawater Extraction Technologies and the owner of the Utah plant are partnering with PNNL in the research.
Another approach funded by ARPA-E employs solar power to produce magnesium and synthesis gas, or syngas. The 3-year, $3.6 million grant to University of Colorado-Boulder professor Alan Weimer seeks to create magnesium with a cooling process that produces a gas-to-solid metal phase change inside a reactor.
Magnesium production today uses electricity 24 hours a day, a method whose high energy consumption during daylight hours makes it particularly expensive. "Our plan is to use solar energy to power our reactor in the daytime and use electricity (from the grid) only at night during off-peak hours," Weimer says.
The Colorado process involves the reaction of carbon and magnesium oxide, which are heated to high temperatures in a hybrid solar-electrical reactor to produce magnesium vapor and carbon-monoxide gas. The magnesium vapor is converted into a solid metal. The carbon monoxide is combined with hydrogen produced by using excess heat recovered from the reactor to split water into its component parts of hydrogen and oxygen, resulting in the production of syngas that can be made into diesel fuel or gasoline.
"We anticipate that the demand for magnesium will increase as industry looks to produce lower- weight, higher-mileage vehicles," Weimer says.
Another ARPA-E grant to Valparaiso University in Indiana also seeks to produce magnesium with solar-thermal energy. The 3-year, $2.3 million project could result in lower carbon emissions and less electricity use.
Magnesium is 75% lighter than steel and 33% lighter than aluminum. By 2020, magnesium parts will contribute to a 15% weight reduction in cars and trucks, leading to fuel savings of 9% to 12%, according to the U.S. Automotive Materials Partnership comprising Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.
The partnership says automakers used only 10 lbs. (4.5 kg) of magnesium per vehicle in 2005. That has grown slightly since then, but is still severely limited because of cost.
The industry target is to use an average of 350 lbs. (159 kg) of magnesium components in vehicles by 2020. This would significantly lower the weight of the average car from the current 3,360 lbs. (1,524 kg).
Such weight reduction would result in better performance and less noise, vibration and harshness, mainly by replacing multipart components with large castings. A magnesium third-row seat frame, for instance, could weigh 40 lbs. (18 kg) less than steel.
Ford uses one of the industry's largest die-cast magnesium structures in the liftgate of the Lincoln MKT. The metal also is used in Ford Explorer seats.
Matthew Zaluzec, global materials and manufacturing manager for Ford, predicts that beyond 2020, magnesium holds the potential for reducing vehicle weight 20%. But he says one of the big concerns about the metal is that it lacks ductility for energy absorption and shears easily.
Ford has done some developmental work on magnesium sheet meant to overcome this characteristic. "If I could get (magnesium sheet) wide enough, I would use it for fenders and roofs," Zaluzek says. "But I wouldn't use it for a crash rail or a bumper beam." His goal is to modify magnesium's chemistry to improve its ductility.
Zaluzec says magnesium could compete with aluminum in non-crash critical applications. "If we can crack the chemistry to make magnesium more ductile, it could be used in front and rear shock towers, some suspension components and in lower pillars," he says, noting the metal could be used in instrument panels in the near term if its price came down.
"We can push the envelope and make experimental door inner panels, but magnesium will never be cost-competitive with steel," Zaluzec adds.
General Motors recently ended production in China of the Cadillac SLS, which had a decklid with a magnesium inner panel made in a GM facility using 50% less heat than is conventionally used in forming high-strength steel stampings.
GM researcher Jon Carter says the use of magnesium for that application stopped when the SLS went off sale in late 2012. But he says the automaker is using the metal in steering wheels, instrument panels and roof-panel frames.
"Probably every car in the GM portfolio has some die-cast magnesium (content)," he says, adding. "Magnesium is just one of many candidates for lightweighting."


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The Novartis decision by India's Supreme Court not only is considered a critical loss for the company and potentially for drug manufacturers worldwide, it's a huge victory for those who long have advocated the proliferation of more inexpensive medicines in developing nations.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières spokeswoman Leena Menghaney explains it all in the above video that's also available on the Doctors Without Borders web site.
You can also find numerous comments on Twitter by entering #STOPnovartis. There are plenty of anti-Novartis /quotes/zigman/171707 /quotes/nls/nvs NVS comments here and no shortage of catchphrases like "Patients before patents" and "Pills cost pennies, greed costs lives."
Meanwhile, drug companies are trying to assess the situation, but aren't hiding their disappointment. The question for them now is whether to forge into developing markets if they might be undercut by cheaper alternatives.
Drug giant Pfizer Inc. /quotes/zigman/238207 /quotes/nls/pfe PFE issued this statement after the ruling came out:
"We are disappointed with this decision of the Supreme Court in India. We remain concerned about the environment for innovation and investment in India," the company said.
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WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and
Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that they would
push the U.S. Congress to fund a budget proposal intended to
clear the country's backlog of unanalyzed rape kits.
Rape kits holding DNA evidence that could help catch
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You should really check out the Recentchanges.
- 2007-11-09
- Added Tutorial: Replacing all drives in a Terastation Live
- 2006-04-04
- Added Encryption, NTFS Support, and Windows Share Management.
- You need an additional Windows system for this.
- 2006-03-12
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Opinion: The FCC Sets the Internet Free
Business World Columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. on why regulators are abandoning efforts to set prices for broadband cable providers. Photo: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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The 16th annual CATS conference is all about Facing the Future, which points to a combination of challenges — e.g., the rapid pace of change in educational technology, increased demand, and reduced resources — plus the opportunities that technologists have to be creative and innovative in developing solutions that not only work now, but will help pave the way forward.
What will you gain by attending one (or more) of the one-day regional events? For starters, you'll be inspired by the presenters and fellow attendees. You'll also discover new resources, learn from others' experience, and you'll also have an opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise.
Not only that, there is no registration cost for higher education personnel. Please join us!
Meet with colleagues at a 1-day regional meeting near your home campus — no overnight stay required.
Each meeting features a keynote and concurrent presentations, with ample time to network/connect with/learn from other attendees.
Each regional meeting's keynote focuses on how the academic technology function is evolving — three future-facing perspectives.
Sonoma State, March 22
Kathy Fernandes, Director of the CSU's Learning Management Systems & Services Initiative (LMSS), will speak on "Leading Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century."
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, March 29
Catheryn Cheal, Associate Vice President of Academic Technology at San Jose State University, will speak about "The Future of Academic Technology: Acquisition and Re-organization."
CSU Long Beach, April 5
Chris Mattia, Director of Academic Technology at CSU Channel Islands, will speak on "The Evolution of Academic Technology in Supporting Ever-growing Demands of Faculty and Students."
The Community of Academic Technology Staff (CATS) is a collaborative community of practice and interest. Learn more →
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Dean Giustini has just posted the second part of his series on Canadian Involvement in Open Access, on the SLAIS 534 wiki.
[Disclosure: Dean mentions me as one of the prominent Canadians worth mentioning. Thanks, Dean!]
Graduates of the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies should be well grounded in open access!