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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (August 21, 2009) - The ETSU women's soccer team kicks off not only its season, but the 2009-10 Buccaneer athletic season as well, with a 7:00 p.m., match Saturday at in-state rival Tennessee in Knoxville.
The Bucs (0-0) are coming off an outstanding preseason picking up exhibition match wins against King College and Winthrop last week. Recently, ETSU was picked to finish sixth in the Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason Poll by the league's coaches.
Individually the Bucs return 16 letterwinners, including 10 starters off of last seasons' squad, that included 2008 all-conference members junior midfielder Kelly Brinkman (Clearwater, Fl.), senior forward Jordan Monty (Mesquite, Texas) and sophomore keeper Megan Masch (Virginia Beach, Va.).
Tennessee (0-0) enters the contest after falling in its only exhibition match at No. 16 Duke. The 2008 Southeastern Conference champions return 15 letterwinners, including seven starters, that posted a 10-11-2 record. Recently, Tennessee was picked third in the SEC Eastern Division behind nationally ranked teams Florida and Georgia.
Live video streaming in addition to live stats are expected to be available through the Tennessee athletic website at the link attached above.
For more information on the ETSU women's soccer team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com. Also you can follow daily post and updates on the official ETSU women's soccer team Twitter page at www.Twitter.com/ETSUSoccer.


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This morning I noticed a really weird issue with my twitter timeline, a bunch of posts with html in them, with things like "onmouseover".
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Welcome to Css naked day! Here's a pic of the pretty site courtesy of Webthumb [photopress:site_naked_larg.jpg,thumb,pp_image] so you can view the naked version even AFTER the day is done.
Html_Ajax now has a fully functional xml serializer. I spent the day writing an example and messing with the few javascript items that needed to be fixed. I'm still hitting a strange bug with Internet Explorer (of course) that makes me scratch my head, but for the most part it's working great.
Once again I've been working my tail off on HTML AJAX and it's time for a new release. I'm not doing this out of any altruism - I just want a nicely debugged working ajax solution that I can hack into kalfu properly. The biggest project this time around has been IframeXHR (xmlhttprequest) - a javascript …
I've been doing a LOT of work on the pear HTML_AJAX project. I'm usually not a big fan of pear but it's nice not to have to write everything. For the last release I tried to pin down a serializer that provides an api similiar to xajax and others - the "write no javascript - I …
The latest firefox upgrade (1.0.6) decided to get all crashy on me and was royally pissing me off, so I decided to take the plunge and download deer park.
Documentation for xhtml 1.1 has often eluded me, but this is a nice way to see what is where and what's deprecated without losing my mind
I really hate IE - I can use the wonderful mozilla dom reference but of course IE doesn't do it right so I have to use Internet Explorer's version
Bookmarks for Webdesigners
Lookie what I found, a css formatter for lazy people like me who tend to have rather...well...insane css code by the time I'm done with a page.
I've been meaning to integrate some nifty javascript goodies into my scripts. One thing I'd really like is a WYSIWYG editor for text (and images).
I love Wellstyled
Ugh - I did a design this week, half of monday and all of tuesday, actually. I've never actually tried to do a logo design/layout in that amount of time but I managed. I've remembered something I've always known about myself. I'm not a graphic designer.
I was considering what I named my blog the other day. Actually the title comes from some of my early forays into the online community. Before there was my Shitennou site there was my first fanfiction site called Heaven's Dawn - http://heavensdawn.org - now it's owned by one of those annoying steal the site and put …
So I was looking around checking on deprecated elements for xhtml 1.1 and discovered there isn't a good spot on the web that gets all the changes...so here's a quick rundown
I HATE internet explorer - that's bold, emphasis, captial letters hate. I really despise creating a site, getting everything working...and then IE blows something up.

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Student Events and Activities
Welcome to the Student Activities & Leadership Website! Our purpose is to enrich the out-of-classroom experience for students at NorthWest Arkansas Community College. We want students to enjoy attending NWACC and continue their learning outside the classroom.
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Grilled Veal Burger
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A well seasoned veal burger adds variety to any menu. This light and juicy version is flavorful and delicious. Well garnished, it makes a tasty meal.
5 1⁄2 lb. ground veal
12 oz. veal bacon, cooked and diced
2 eggs
2 1⁄2 cups crushed sour cream & onion potato chips
1⁄3 cup dry breadcrumbs
1⁄3 cup finely chopped shallots
1⁄4 cup Dijon mustard
2 tsp. minced fresh sage leaves
2 tsp. minced fresh rosemary leaves
1 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
2 cups mayonnaise
1⁄3 cup sundried tomato puree
1⁄4 cup basil pesto
1⁄2 tsp. cayenne pepper
12 sesame seed buns
12 kale leaves
24 tomato slices
12 dill pickle wedges
- Combine veal, bacon, eggs, potato chips, breadcrumbs, shallots, mustard, herbs, and pepper; mix lightly but thoroughly. Divide and shape into 12 (1-in. thick) patties. Cover and refrigerate.
- Combine mayonnaise, tomato puree, pesto, and cayenne; whisk 2 min. Cover tomato pesto and refrigerate.
- Per order, lightly oil both sides of one burger. Place on hot grill; cook 16-17 min. to med. doneness (160°F), turning occasionally.
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Celebrían (Second Age 400 – Third Age 2510, aged 5,551 years when she took the Straight Road (to Valinor) was an Elf-queen of Middle-earth, the daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel. As the wife of Elrond she was known as the Lady of Rivendell. She was the mother of Arwen and the twins Elrohir and Elladan. Her daughter would later marry Aragorn Elessar, hero of the War of the Ring, and become the Queen of the Reunited Kingdom
Celebrían was born in Eriador on the shores of Lake Nenuial. She lived in the Elven Kingdom of Eregion, and later moved to Lórien with her mother around Second Age 1350. In 1701 she went to Rivendell with Galadriel searching for Celeborn, where she first met Lord Elrond. Centuries later they would would marry, in the year 109 of the Third Age.
In Third Age 2509, on a trip to Lórien to visit her parents, she was waylaid by Orcs in the Redhorn Pass of the Misty Mountains. She was captured and tormented, receiving a poisoned wound. Her sons rescued her and she was healed by Elrond, but she no longer wished to stay in Middle-earth. She left for the Grey Havens and passed over the Great Sea the following year.
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OverDrive App Crashes with Apple iOS 7
Apple Corporation released their latest operating system, iOS 7, on September 18, 2013. With any new operating system problems can occur with previously installed applications and programs. Alexandria Library patrons may experience problems with the OverDrive App media console used for downloading eBooks and eAudiobooks on devices onto which the new iOS 7 has been installed.
The Problem
When an existing OverDrive Media Console (OMC) user upgrades to iOS 7, the app may fail when trying to open a DRM-protected eBook. New or first time users of OMC are unaffected by this issue.
1) Please re-authenticate the app using an existing or a new Adobe ID. Refer to the OverDrive iOS HELP for assistance. (Recommended)
2) Uninstall and re-install OverDrive Media Console. This action will also require re-authorizing with Adobe. (IMPORTANT NOTE: A re-install will clear your bookshelf, history, and app settings.)
OverDrive eAudiobook users should not notice a difference unless you attempt to re-download parts of eAudiobooks already downloaded to the OMC or restart incomplete or interrupted downloads before the device was upgraded to iOS 7. In these instances you will receive an error message informing you to download the title again.
If you continue to experience problems with your OverDrive App and the iOS 7 upgrade please consult our help page or Ask a Librarian.


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1. downward - adjective
· extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
Synonym(s): down
2. downward - adjective
· on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
3. downward - adverb
· spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
Synonym(s): down, downwards, downwardly
Antonym(s): upwardly, upward, upwards
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The Rolling Hideaway Closet Office
Name: Chris Nguyen
Location: Houston, Texas
Your Home Office Organization or Tech Tip: If you have a small space like my 450 square foot studio, things such as sprawling desks setups can easily become an unwarranted focal point. Most days, I find that all I need is my MacBook Pro and a good writing/sketching surface. When I need an more screen space, I roll out the second half of my office (hacked 2x2 bookshelf with attached casters), which I keep stored in a closet.
Generally, when I do need the Apple Cinema Display, it means I'm going to be sitting at the computer for a few hours. Instead of being fixed to a corner, this rolling setup lets me work wherever I want, meaning up against a window for better light, in front of my projector screen for entertainment, or attached to my other desk for more workroom.
In the end, it came down to visual and functional priorities. My home isn't about work, so I only let it turn into a priority when it needs to be.
Do you like Chris' home office? Spread the word about Chris' workspace and also be eligible to win your own Apple iPad by tweeting this entry using the button below. We'll be choosing a random winner from all readers who use Twitter to share their favourite setups from The Perfect Workspace Contest. Or better yet, double your chances and enter your own home office or studio at our contest page.
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you do not have a problem. if you do, i definately do.malaz wrote:nope. i am the SAME WAY. i have a HUGE crush on Alec and Caius. they are just so so so evil that they are so so so appealing therefore making me swoon and then sigh. yeah, i think have a problem.Jane V wrote:lol. yeah, he definately ranks very high in my list of villains {all the Volturi do} hmmm, do you think it should tell me something about myself...the fact that i love bad guys?? oh wellmalaz wrote:i love love love Aro. he is just such...in short, he is the coolest character ever. I love how on the surface, his is this calm and sweet person. but look beyond the first layer, and what do you find...? yeah, a mind not quiet as sweet.
he has the coolest power ever. he has the coolest ambitions ever (okay...so maybe, subconsiously i want to take over the world. y'know. just rule and veto certain things heh heh), he HAS A THRONE--yeah, awesomest ever, he has a bunch of vampires calling him 'master' and last but not least HE RULES and is the best villian ever created (okay, next to the joker, he is the best ever)
and Aro is quite the devil too. I adore him. and not to mention Marcus--he.IS.delicious-o (trying to speak italian here, abviously not sucseeding)
i LOVE Marcus!!!!! not in THAT way, but my friends and i call him UNCLE MARCUS! [which you can tell from my signature]. it's pretty funny, we did a whole story in creative writing about the "secret" lives of the Volturi...just random things; Felix and his obsessive winking disorder, T.P.-ing Caius's throne ....yeah, i know we have no life.
ok, back on the topic, Aro is sooo funny, if i'm sad, all i have to do is read a part he's in and i start cracking up!


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Quick History: Adirondack Chairs
Now that we've reached asphalt-melting temperatures in New York, it's time to start thinking about breezes skimming across lakes, icy tumblers full of Pimm's Cup, and the rustic luxury of a quiet hour spent in an Adirondack chair. Which for me, design history nerd, means that it's also time to start thinking, what ARE Adirondack chairs anyway, and where did they come from?
The first Adirondack chair was created by Thomas Lee around 1903. Lee was searching in vain for comfortable outdoor furniture for his country cottage in Westport, NY, which is near, you guessed it, the Adirondack mountain region of upstate New York, on the banks of Lake Champlain. According to legend, Lee created several prototypes for chairs made out of just eleven pieces of knot-free wood, all from the same tree. His family — all 22 of them — tested each chair, and ultimately decided upon the gentle recline and wide armrests of what we now know as the Adirondack chair.
Lee had a hunting buddy, a local carpenter named Harry Bunnell, who was in need of some off-season income. Lee showed Bunnell the chair and encouraged him to start making them for the locals. Bunnell immediately saw the appeal of Lee's creation. Unbeknownst to Lee, he applied for a patent on the design, which he received in 1905. Bunnell called them Westport Chairs, and he made out of hemlock or hickory, and sold them very profitably for the next twenty years. Lee never received any of the profit from Bunnell's savvy business decision, and there is no evidence that he sought any. Whether this is admirable or tragic is up for personal interpretation, though it is generally accepted that Bunnell essentially "stole" the design from Lee.
In the ensuing 105 years, the chair has been adapted again and again. The back is often raked, made out of between 3 and 7 slats of wood instead of the single plank of the original Westport chair. One explanation for this is the difficulty of finding knot-free wood; a single slab of wood with knots and other irregularities is less comfortable than several slats of the same wood, and considerably more expensive. The chairs are typically now made out of pine and other inexpensive woods. Other variations include material. Design Within Reach, for example, constructs Loll's version out of 100% recycled polyethylene and stainless steel.
Despite these adaptations, Adirondack chairs are remarkably recognizable, and unflaggingly popular. Their endurance shouldn't be too much of a mystery: simple, comfortable and unpretentious. Although Thomas Lee created his chair supposedly out of a combination of necessity and economy of materials, there were obviously reasons why the typical late Victorian wrought iron or wicker garden furniture wouldn't do. His Adirondack chairs carry associations of a vernacular past, like a shared collective memory. In this way, they remind me of Gustav Stickley's Craftsman furniture from the same era (image 4), solid, hand-hewn wood furniture that evokes a folk aesthetic. The years around 1900 were ripe for that sort of folksy, handmade furniture, at least in part because the rate of modernization and urbanization had increased so profoundly that designers and consumers sought a material connection to the past.
In our own era, the chairs' association with a vernacular past is compounded by their literally being artifacts from the vernacular past — funny how that works. Today, they are universal signifiers of summertime leisure. Can't you feel the lakeside breeze?
Images: 1 Adirondack Chairs on the beach, via Boston.com; 2 Lakefront Adirondack chairs, via ArtworksSouth.com; 3 A replica of Thomas Lee's original Westport chair, via Bessboro Builders; 4 Gustav Stickley's 1901 "Morris" chair, via The Curated Object; 5 Adirondack Chairs around a fire pit, available for $480 at Country Casual; 6Adirondack Chairs on Heart Lake, a photo by Johnathan Esper, available via his website, WildernessPhotographs.com; 7 Beachy Adirondack chairs made of 100% recycled plastic, available at Eco-Furniture.com; 8 Poppy-colored Adirondack chairs on Governors Island, via the Governors Island Blog; 9 Lime green Adirondack chairs in Amagansett, from an AT House Tour of Terry & Shawn's Technicolor Dream Home; 10 Adirondack chairs overlooking the ocean, via Nature's View Railing & Building.
Sources: Bessboro Builders claims to create a dimensional replica of Thomas Lee's original Westport chair. The chairs around the fire pit in image 2 are from Country Casual and will set you back $480. The white chairs in image 3 are made out of recycled plastic, and are on sale at Eco-Furniture.com for $322.53. Design Within Reach's version, 100% recycled polyethylene, comes in several colors, and is now on sale for $467.50.
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Regulatory judgement: Castle Vale Community Housing Association Limited
The Homes and Communities Agency's view of how well Castle Vale Community Housing Association Limited is meeting regulatory standards.
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Body Work!
Here is the third new Subject that I have added to the Forum. I decided to put it where most of the Body Work is being performed. On Squarebirds. I have scanned through a couple of dozen pages of the Squarebirds Forum looking for threads on Body Work. I have found the three most recent ones, with pictures, and will put them in here for you. This will be a sticky thread so it will always stay towards the top of this Forum. There are 198 pages of threads in this Squarebirds Forum and I did not want to spend the rest of my life going through the remaining 175 pages. So if you find something that is related to doing body work on a Tbird, regardless of year, add it to this list please, or do a Post Reply and add it that way. Body work is body work, as Dave says, so what applies to doing body work on a Squarebird might also apply to other years of Tbirds. Some of the threads have a good number of pages to them. They should be a good source of help for those facing body work in the future. We thank our members for taking the time to record their work and pictures for posterity. Here are the three links I came up with.
Here is another one contributed by Joe Johnston
Ray Clark - Squarebirds Administrator
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"It's Hip To Be Square"
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Contact me via Private Message for my email address, or (Cell) 210-875-1411 (Home) 210-674-5781
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When I saw there was only one post to this and it was 6 years old I thought there might not be a whole lot to read... Wrong...
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Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...Read full profile
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Dave White's first movie review was of the animated feature Snoopy Come Home. He was seven years old...Read full profile
like a two-hour Marilyn Manson video. Read full review
Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
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Metascore®Generally unfavorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Witless, soulless and joyless, it displays its video game origins throughout.
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A few of the images are startling, but as Radha Mitchell (a good actress) wanders through a ghost town, searching for her lost daughter as though she was touring an abandoned movie set, Silent Hill is mostly paralyzing in its vagueness.
Although I did not understand the story, I would have appreciated a great deal less explanation. All through the movie, characters are pausing in order to offer arcane back-stories and historical perspectives and metaphysical insights and occult orientations. They talk and talk and somehow their words do not light up any synapses in my brain.
It packs in a few scary moments and offers a nicely ambiguous conclusion. In Silent Hill, atmosphere trumps storyline.
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Iffy for 16+
Grim horror film about missing girl. Not for kids.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that this film is too violent for children. The storyline takes the form of a nightmare, so connections between scenes and events are sometimes hard to follow. The town is ostensibly located over an ongoing coalmine fire, and the general mythos has to do with a cult that accuses and burns witches in order to maintain the group's "purity." Characters burn, stab, shoot, and throw rocks at each other; the film includes a couple of vehicle crashes, frequent scenes where the mother and/or her daughter scream in terror. Men in miners' gear appear to threaten Rose, mainly because they look scary in goggles and overalls. Various monsters are misshapen and zombie-like human-types, able to shape-shift in bad-dreamy fashion. The monsters attack with swords, the cop shoots until she's out of ammo and then submits to a dire beating. Characters are burned to death, with skin melting, bubbling, and charring.
Messages: Nothing you would want your kid to emulate.
Violence: Some of the child's drawings are gruesome (black chalk showing violence to bodies); car and motorcycle accidents; grotesque ghost-like figures who appear variously to be burned/charred, gooey, flayed, misshapen, bloody, and scarred; a cut throat spews blood; a nightmare creature gushes something like acid at the policewoman, whose helmet burns; weapons include guns, a gigantic sword that cuts through doors; penetration and whomping with poles, barbed wire seems sentient, winding around limbs and penetrating bodies.
Sex: References to woman's pregnancy (she won't identify the father); suggestion that a janitor abuses a girl (rendered in a brief visual innuendo, not explicit); villainess suffers barbed wire tentacles going up inside her dress, then splitting her apart.
Language: Several uses of f-word; an s-word, plus repeated uses of "hell," "damn," and "ass."
Consumerism: Coke vending machine at a gas station
Drinking, drugs and smoking: A character smokes in the background of a scene.
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"The Bombay Buccaneer" (1994) by Atul Dodiya (born 1959), a contemporary artist achieving international success.
"Sequence" (1981) by Tyeb Mehta, who often uses jagged diagonals to break up his scenes.
"Lighting Horses," (ca. 1979), 43 inches by 100 inches, oil on canvas by M.F. Husain (1915-2011).
"Ondhu, Heart Is Not Ten or Twenty" (1964), 50 inches by 40 inces, oil on canvas by Sayed Haider Raza (b. 1922).
"Ceremony" (1984), 50 innches by 42 inches, oil on canvas by Sudhir Patwardhan (b. 1949).


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Maybe MacKay needs to have a chat with his communications staff, because the latest revision is a self inflicted wound:
In testimony before the Commons defence committee on Thursday, Mr. MacKay scoffed at the idea that there could be political interference in the censorship of the documents, as opposition critics suggest.
But his department said in an email Friday that the minister's office is DIRECTING THE LAWYERS in charge of blacking out documents.
"Instructions are given to Department of Justice counsel by the responsible minister and their officials," said an email from Josee Houde, a communications adviser at the Department of National Defence. "In this case, the responsible ministers and their officials are from the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Forces and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade."
Opposition, pointing out the obvious:
The Defence Department's email is an acknowledgment that political direction was given to those holding the black markers, says NDP MP Jack Harris.
"That certainly contradicts the minister," he said.
Mr. MacKay told the committee that the redactions are done to protect national security, in keeping with federal legislation.
Liberal MP Ujall Dosanjh said the Defence Department has acknowledged that it was acting on instructions from the political level.
"That is a far cry from what the minister pretended was the case before the committee," he said. "He said it's all done at arm's length.
I recall MacKay telling us all that the Department of Justice was independently deciding what information should be made available. Completely and utterly untrue, according to this advisor, in fact "instructions" are given to the Department of Justice by the "responsible Minister" and his officials. This means that this claim of arms length contemplation doesn't exist, there is a direct channel between vested interests and redaction. The next question becomes, what were these "instructions"?? It's a pretty flimsy argument to say you don't decide what is redacted, when you've dictated the parameters. It's a cute way to avoid direct fingerprints, even though you've provided the road map.
Judging by the excessive black marker routine and lack of co-operation- referred to as "seemingly Kafkaesque" by the complaints commission- it would appear that the direction was such to render any meaningful disclosure useless. Nobody should be comfortable with this latest omission, because it completely refutes this notion of independent decision making, it suggests a puppet master working the shadows. Imagine the credibility of a process, where military brass and government officials are laying out the parameters for disclosure, and essentially telling lawyers they can only operate in areas deemed acceptable by said people. Those with self interest had a hand in what was released, there is no other conclusion. And, once again, another one of Peter MacKay's counter arguments resembles SWISS CHEESE.


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Dexterduck Imperator Wednesday 14/07/2010, 15:28
I'm playing this deck http://www.urban-rivals.com/presets/?id_preset=1388768 and have gotten top-100 spots in type 2 tournaments on a regular basis. Am now looking for tips how to make it even more competitive so I can get a top-5 position.
My guidelines for the deck were fairly straightforward:
1. I want to play clans I know and enjoy playing. Aside from Pirates and Sakrohm, these are Nightmare and Gheist
2. I've played with 35-40 star decks as well, but they don't win me enough battle points, which is why I'm now working with 26 stars
3. I enjoy playing cards that make other people think hard: +/- pillz, - attack, + life etc
If anyone has any ideas for improvement, let me know!
Cardz_DvF Guru D-Versified Wednesday 14/07/2010, 19:17
DT Top-100, how further?
Cardz_DvF Guru D-Versified Wednesday 14/07/2010, 19:19
Not much really. you're lacking a bit in the damage department so i would swap selma for sting...i know it adds an extra star it would still be worth it. greta deck though. rated green
Dexterduck Imperator Thursday 15/07/2010, 07:21
Thnaks, think that's indeed a good trade-off, as it should also allow me to finish my games a bit quicker... Currently need at least 3 rounds for a KO and often enough don't even manage a KO, but win on points...
mahdin_DvF Titan D-Versified Thursday 15/07/2010, 14:30
2 things you should do.
1. Get rid of dr's from your dt deck. dr's slow down battles, and dt is all about getting in fast battles.
2. Try replacing perma banned cards which will give you -pts
3. Add a bit more +life, as they give you bonus pts in dt
so i'd suggest graks to jautya, uranus to petra, wakai to nimestiec, and sting to tyd
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States with strictest firearm laws have lowest rates of gun deaths, Boston Children's Hospital study finds
As Congress debates whether to toughen the nation's gun laws, a study from Boston Children's Hospital found that states with the highest number of gun laws have the lowest rate of gun deaths due to homicides and suicides.
The research, published online Wednesday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analyzed gun laws in all 50 states as well as the total number of gun-related deaths in each state from 2007 through 2010. It found that fatality rates ranged from a high of 17.9 per 100,000 people in Louisiana — a state among those with the fewest gun laws — to a low of 2.9 per 100,000 in Hawaii, which ranks sixth for its number of gun restrictions. Massachusetts, which the researchers said has the most gun restrictions, had a gun fatality rate of 3.4 per 100,000.
"Critics of gun laws have said that gun laws don't work, but our research indicates the opposite,'' said study leader Dr. Eric Fleegler, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Boston Children's Hospital. "In states with the most laws, we found a dramatic decreased rate in firearm fatalities, though we can't say for certain that these laws have led to fewer deaths.''
Previous research evaluating the association between firearm laws and a reduction in gun-related injuries and fatalities have yielded mixed results, but most have focused on one or two specific laws rather that the total amount of restrictions in a given state. A Georgetown University study found that mandating background checks for gun purchases, for example, was linked to reduced suicide rates in those over age 55 but did not reduce murder rates or suicide rates in younger people.
The new study found that states with the most laws had a 37 percent lower rate of suicides by firearm and a 40 percent lower rate of homicides compared with those with the fewest laws.
But the researchers did not measure whether death rates dropped in states after they enacted new legislation because such data do not exist, according to Fleegler. Instead, they assigned each state a score based on its total number of gun purchasing and ownership requirements. Massachusetts had the highest score of 24 points for its 24 different gun regulations, including background checks, child safety trigger locks, a ban on military-style assault weapons, and not allowing guns in public places. Louisiana and Alaska, with scores of 1, ranked first and second for death rates.
The study drew praise from Massachusetts gun-control advocates, who said the findings buttress what they have been saying for years.
"It's one of the most comprehensive studies I've seen, and I've looked at a lot of them,'' said state Representative David Linsky, a Natick Democrat who has filed a bill to tighten the Massachusetts gun laws even further. "It becomes very clear that those states with stronger gun-violence prevention laws have lower firearm death rates.''
Linsky's bill would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance, better access to mental health records, a 25 percent sales tax on guns and ammunition to be funneled to mental-health services, and closing a loophole that allows ownership of military-style assault weapons manufactured before 1994, when the state banned such guns.
Governor Deval Patrick also has filed gun-control legislation. His bill, which includes some of the provisions in Linsky's legislation, would limit gun purchases to one firearm a month and create four new categories of firearms crimes. The governor also seeks to improve electronic monitoring of private gun sales by requiring that they occur at the business of a licensed dealer.
The report also received praise from the Brady Campaign, a Washington-based gun control group that collected some of the data used by the study researchers.
"The American people know we can solve this problem if we build the science base like we have on other public health issues and hold our elected officials accountable for implementing solutions that work,'' the group said in a statement.
John Rosenthal, the founder and chairman of Newton-based Stop Handgun Violence, called the study a victory for "common sense.''
"Gun laws work to reduce injury and death from gun violence,'' Rosenthal said. "It's a public health crisis, and the politics has taken precedence over public safety. This report treats guns like pharmaceutical drugs or cars — they're inherently dangerous.''
However, legislators who might be looking for new research to help guide them in determining which laws work best will not get much help from this new study because the researchers could not determine which regulations were likely to have the most impact.
"We didn't have that precision data,'' Fleegler said. "We couldn't test individual interventions or whether city laws had any impact.''
Gun owner advocates can point to the study's limitations as a reason to disregard its findings. "I think it's incorrect to draw any real conclusions from this study,'' said Jim Wallace, executive director of the Northborough-based Gun Owners' Action League. "States with the greatest number of drug crimes may also be those with the fewest gun laws.''
The tough gun laws in Massachusetts do not appear to have made much difference in reducing deaths and injuries from guns. Murders committed with firearms, gun-related assaults and robberies, and gunshot injuries have all risen since the state passed a comprehensive package of gun laws in 1998, according to FBI and state data.
In an editorial that accompanied the study, Dr. Garen J. Wintemute, a University of California, Davis emergency medicine physician, cautioned that this type of study is "inherently weak'' and that a correlation between more laws and fewer deaths does not show cause and effect.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to have a research program dedicated to the study of gun violence, but that disappeared more than a decade ago.
"Today, with almost no funding for firearm violence research, there are almost no researchers,'' Wintemute added. "Until we revitalize firearm violence research, studies using available data will often be the best we have. They are not good enough.''
In the 1990s, the CDC conducted a limited study that compared firearms laws and gun violence in fewer than 10 states, Rosenthal said. That analysis also showed a correlation between more gun laws and less violence, he added.


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All that was missing was a Shanahan and a view of the Rocky Mountains.
Short of raising the Halas Hall practice field to a higher altitude, the Bears have done virtually everything possible to recreate the Denver experience for quarterback Jay Cutler.
There Cutler was on a practice field Wednesday in front of about 50 Chicago media members stuck in the local sports abyss for the Bears' first public OTA — Overanalyzed Team Activity. Together again in a different time zone but a similar offense, Cutler took directions from quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates and tossed tight spirals to wide receiver Brandon Marshall.
The Bears staged this reunion so well they really should consider offering birthday parties and bar mitzvahs.
"I think we all share the same type of mind," Marshall said of the ex-Broncos trio. "We strive for greatness."
Cutler enjoys such familiarity with his coach that, just two practices into the offseason installation, he felt comfortable telling Bates what plays to eliminate because, "I don't like them." The last time all three worked together, in Denver four years ago, Cutler and Marshall went to the Pro Bowl and Bates ascended to NFL genius status.
To hear the hyperbole coming out of so many mouths already, Chicago will be no different from the good ol' days. Big picture, the Bears better hope it is: The 2008 Broncos were 8-8 and missed the playoffs.
"He's a guy that I've missed," Cutler said of Marshall. "It's good having him back. He's a little bit different guy than he was in Denver in a good way. He's a really good influence for these younger guys."
True, but the most influential person at Halas Hall not named McCaskey remains Cutler.
The last time we saw Cutler throw a football before Wednesday, Chargers cornerback Antoine Cason caught it. Cason stepped in front of a slant pass intended for receiver Johnny Knox, who slipped and the Bears' season fell. It has been six months since Cutler broke his right thumb trying to tackle Cason on the interception return and all that has changed about the Bears is, well, everything.
The team said goodbye to the playoffs and, eventually, Mike Martz and the offense that endangered the quarterback species. They removed general manager Jerry Angelo and the eyes that never could spot a 1,000-yard wide receiver to bring out Cutler's best. They traded for Marshall and drafted a tall, big-play clone, Alshon Jeffery, to complement Cutler.
Finally, the Bears acted like a franchise that realized it had a franchise quarterback, who appreciated aiming at targets he could find without needing a scope.
"It changes where you can throw the ball, when you can throw the ball," Cutler said of adding two receivers taller than 6-foot-3.
I came curious whether Cutler still could throw with the same accuracy and velocity as he did before hand-picked surgeon Randy Viola repaired his broken thumb. The answer came when Cutler delivered a 25-yard dart on an out route to rookie tight end Evan Rodriguez in-between three defenders.
Nice work, Doc.
Now expect more wealth to follow health for Cutler, perhaps as soon as before the beginning of the season. In a league all about the quarterback, the contract clock is ticking. With two years remaining on a five-year, $50 million extension he signed in 2009, the Bears must realize the benefits for stability and the salary cap in locking up a 29-year-old quarterback whose presence affected every offseason decision.
Given the circumstances, it would not shock me if Cutler signs a long-term deal before disgruntled running back Matt Forte. If the Bears budget at least $20 million in guarantees to one offensive back, investing in Cutler is smarter money than Forte too. When Cutler was asked how much he misses Forte at organized team activities, interestingly, he answered by mentioning his potential replacement.
"(Michael) Bush is doing a good job out here for us," Cutler said. "We all know what Matt can do for this offense. We all expect to have Matt at some point. When he gets here, he's going to step right in."
How well Chris Williams steps in at left tackle, where the former first-round pick will battle J'Marcus Webb, matters just as much. As does the healthy return of right tackle Gabe Carimi and the development of an offensive line Cutler indirectly has challenged. Not to mention the play-calling flexibility of offensive coordinator Mike Tice, whose willingness to adapt game plans to what worked for the Broncos in '08 reflects an offense wisely designed solely for Cutler.
"It's a give-and-take," Cutler said. "That's a breath of fresh air."
That's the way it usually feels in a mile-high atmosphere.
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Ranulph Fiennes To Attempt Winter South Pole Expedition
The expedition will begin on March 21st of next year, the exact start of winter in the southern hemisphere. Sir Ran and his six-person team will then embark on a 3200km (2000 mile) journey that will begin and end on the Ross Ice Shelf with the South Pole serving as the turn-around point. Along the way they expect to face temperatures in the neighborhood of -90ºC/-130ºF as they climb 3000 meters (9842 ft) up to the polar plateau.
As usual, Fiennes and his teammates will be on skis, dragging sleds loaded with gear and equipment with them as they go. But because of the extreme nature of this journey, they'll also be joined by two bulldozers dragging "industrial" sleds behind them that will contain all of their extra supplies and fuel. This will enable the expedition to be self-sufficient on their way to the Pole and not require supply drops, although it is certainly an unconventional approach. Then again, traveling to the South Pole in the dead of winter isn't exactly conventional no matter how you look at it.
Fiennes and his team have already started testing gear for the expedition and are working out the logistics of the route. The equipment they'll be using has to be the best ever created, because not much can withstand the brutally cold temperatures of the Antarctic winter. The lead skiers will also be dragging ground penetrating sonar with them which will alert the vehicles behind them to any hidden crevasses in the snow and ice. The vehicles, while necessary, bring other complications as well, such as how to keep the engines from freezing up when they aren't moving.
Obviously this will be a big expedition that we'll be following once it gets underway next year. It is expected to take about six months to complete the journey, which will be a challenging one to say the least.
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- Louis-Philippe LONCKE said...
if i had the money, i'd been also in the race for a winter attempt. I bet only people like Ralph can find 1 or 2 millions for such an exped.
- Kraig Becker said...
Definitely easier for him to get sponsorship, that much is for sure. Their approach is definitely a costly one, but not sure how else you can approach an expedition like this one in the dead of winter.
- Unknown said...
Large team for such a long trek. Looking forward to following this one.
- Lorenda said...
Antarctica is one of my dream destinations (as a tourist and not an adventurer!). I admire Ranulph Fiennes' remarkable abilities and adventurous spirit and wish him and his team success with this great endeavour. It's going to be exciting following their progress!


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In the little town of Kumba, Cameroon, there have been no convictions in spousal abuse cases for 17 years. But two women determined to change their community are making progress that could change their country. This fascinating, often hilarious doc follows the work of State Prosecutor Vera Ngassa and Court President Beatrice Ntuba as they help women fight often-difficult cases of abuse, despite pressures from family and their community to remain silent. Six-year-old Manka is covered in scars and has run away from an abusive aunt, Amina is seeking a divorce to put an end to brutal beatings by her husband, the pre-teen Sonita has daringly accused her neighbor of rape.
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Louis C.K., once merely a gifted comedian, is now a holy man.
Last week, C.K. told Conan O'Brien that he doesn't let his daughters have smartphones. Children who communicate primarily through social media, he explained, don't learn basic interpersonal skills because they don't experience the facial reactions that build empathy.
He then launched into a strangely poignant half rant/half soliloquy about how we reach for our smartphones whenever we start to feel the sadness that creeps up if our minds aren't otherwise occupied. He spoke about weeping in his car, of listening to Bruce Springsteen, of the elation that can follow despair. It was epic. And preachy.
"People are willing to risk taking a life and ruining their own because they don't want to be alone for a second," C.K. said of texting while driving.
Nearly 4.9 million YouTube hits later, this quip has transcended strange poignancy; it's been anointed as a sacred testament. The enthusiasm is understandable. C.K. was eloquent, honest and both funny and angry in a way that touched a nerve.
But to watch the clip spread like a contagion wasn't just to see how much the public relates to the existential torpor C.K. talked about. It was to realize how hungry we are for people who can explain to us what we feel and why we feel it.
Not that there's any shortage of armchair philosophizing, particularly in the form of Einstein photos posted on the Internet and accompanied by quotations the man probably never said. But links to clips like C.K.'s smartphone rant — call them wisdom links — fall into a special category of electronic existentialism. Short enough to share and view instantly on social media, they are essentially mini-sermons, affable little homilies that remind smart people (or at least people who scoff at ersatz Einstein platitudes) how to be good people.
Take writer George Saunders' commencement address at Syracuse University, which went viral this summer after the transcript appeared on The New York Times' website. The speech focused on the importance of kindness: "As we get older, we come to see how useless it is to be selfish," Saunders said. Like David Foster Wallace's Kenyon College commencement speech eight years ago, in which the author urged graduates to "learn how to think" and to "choose what to think about," it was received with a degree of awe that suggested these weren't ideas as much as revelations delivered by oracles with hipster cred.
Then, of course, there's the Church of the Holy TED Talk, whose videos seem to invite rhapsodic pronouncements in the vein of "this will change your life!" Favorites over the last several years have included a neuroscientist's description of how suffering a stroke helped her find nirvana, and "Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert exhorting us on genius and how to overcome its paralyzing effects on creativity. Read the comments following these links ("mind blowing stuff!" "totally opened my eyes!") and you'd think you were listening to congregants filing out of a house of worship after the preacher blew the roof off the place.
And you might be on to something. With some estimates showing that less than half of Americans attend religious services regularly, it's to be expected that people are looking to other sources for inspiration, moral guidance and, as C.K. supplied so graciously, a reminder that angst is a universal condition. Increasingly, those sources seem to come in the form of video clips of comedians talking about texting and scientists talking about nirvana and commencement addresses delivered to graduating classes we're not members of by authors we haven't read.
In other words, wisdom links are a form of secular churchgoing. We substitute their featured speakers for the clergy and logging on for the rituals that no longer fit our schedules or our sensibilities. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing would probably take several TED talks and the resurrection of David Foster Wallace to even begin to figure out. However, the more digital life subsumes real life, the more grateful it seems we are for those who can help us make sense of its effects on the soul.
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EA mentions that console gamers who purchase the game within the first two weeks of release will be eligible to redeem an exclusive platform-specific suit for the main character via either the Xbox Live Marketplace or the PlayStation Network Store. As previously reported, Xbox 360 gamers are able to pre-order a very limited edition of the game through the EA Store which costs $150 and includes the "Dead Space Downfall" animated movie on DVD, plus a 97-page art book among other items.
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The bold and often bloody Dead Space promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological terror and gruesome cinematic action. Set in the cold blackness of deep space, the atmosphere in Dead Space is soaked with a feeling of tension, dread and sheer terror. In Dead Space, players step into the role of mining engineer Isaac Clarke, an ordinary man on a seemingly routine mission to fix the communications systems aboard a deep space mining ship. It's not long before Isaac awakes to a living nightmare filled with vicious genetic mutations inside a dead, claustrophobic silence. Now Isaac is cut off, trapped, and engaged in a desperate fight for survival.Look for GameSpy's full review, coming soon.


text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Moving Out Sale Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Moving Out Sale Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Buy/Sell/Trade Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message cjewelzJoined: 20 Sep 2010 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:54 am Post subject: Moving Out Sale 2 Blankets - 20,000 each Sleeping mat - 20,000 Drying rack - 15,000 Bookshelf (4 Shelves) - 15,000 Sofabed - 100,000 T.V stand - 20,000 Foldable table - 10,000 Mop - 10,000 Door mat - 10,000 Iron board - 10,000 Iron (drips water when set to steam) - 10,000 Phone - 50,000 Digital Camera - 85,000 2 Extension cables (3 sockets) - 5,000 each Books - 5,000 each Here's a link to pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157623671091210/Last edited by cjewelz on Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:39 pm; edited 11 times in total Back to top lazarordgzJoined: 09 Apr 2011 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:57 pm Post subject: stuff for sale Hi, where are you located? I just moved to HBC and am interested in some stuff. Back to top cjewelzJoined: 20 Sep 2010 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:42 am Post subject: Bump. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Buy/Sell/Trade Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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The Most Bella Bells (Plus A Few Wind Chimes For Good Measure)
Though I adore my tiny city apartment, I dream of someday living in the country, with a beautifully sturdy bell at the end of a long driveway, so visitors can announce their arrival. I have very specific daydreams. Some of these bells might fit the bill, some seem far too fragile to live outside, and the wind chimes are here to add their sparkly, tinkly magic..
1. This large porcelain bell from L & M Studio is my favorite so far. It is handmade, six inches in diameter, and altogether dreamy. It is sturdy enough to be hung outside, but should be brought in during the winter.
2. Made In Design carries Maison Martin Margiela's Edo Bell, which is more of a bubble than a bell. It is a traditional glass Japanese bell, and though it looks incredibly fragile, apparently it can be hung outdoors.
3. The MQuan Firefly Bell from Spartan is cheerful and classic, and reminds me of a bocce ball. It is a ceramic bell hung from a hemp rope, also suitable for outdoor use.
4. Irona Works has created what they call The Mother Of ALL Windchimes & Bells, a 1-foot tall bell that is not fooling around. It is handcrafted out of recycled antique metal and will develop a pretty patina if kept outside.
5. Mudpuppy makes moon chimes that have the loveliest natural buff finish. They look dainty but are crafted to withstand the elements.
6. Besides the behemoth above, Irona Works makes lots of other bells & chimes, including these Unique Shape Windchimes. I find them adorable, probably in part because they remind me of teapots.
7. This last set of chimes is not at all my style, but I thought you'd like to see it. Handmade by Erin Smith, these wind chimes from Ship & Shape seem like a serious bargain for $38. Handmade terra cotta chimes hang by from a handpainted wooden rod, with leather and copper accents. That's a lot of work for $38!
Do you have an outdoor bell or wind chimes? Or do they drive you crazy? Any tips for protecting them from the elements?
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Leadership Fundraising Rules All Wrong
I don't want Stephane Dion, or any other MP, forced to tour the country ad nauseum, looking for handouts. I'm actually pleased that Dion has largely ignored his debt, and instead focused on his duties as leader of the party, and the opposition. While the optics might not be positive, allowing for childish gamesmanship, seems to me the country demands more of their elected officials, than having them consumed with fundraising. Would Dion's constituents be fairly treated, if they knew that his focus wasn't on issues that matter to them?
This new system was clearly put in place to handicap the Liberals, Conservatives don't even overtly deny that. On one hand, there is some rationale in taking the "fat cats" out of the equation, but the cost of a credible campaign for the leadership of a large country requires a large expenditure, an amount that isn't easily raised, no matter the small, grassroots donations. In other words, no surprise that system has lead us to this point.
Dion could have paid off his debt by now, all it would take is a national fundraising plea, a series of large dinners, etc. In the final analysis, had it been a priority, it seems reasonable to assume the job would be complete. But, at what cost? Aside from distractions, any leadership fundraising would essentially hurt the party fundraising. Hard to see how that is a positive, looking at the big picture.
The way I view this whole affair, the system is a politically driven farce, and good on the former candidates for keeping their priorities straight. About all Dion's debt tells me, paying it off was a secondary concern, trying to run a party took precedent. That isn't spin, you can quantify just how much time Dion has spent on his debt, you can demonstrate that he put the party before his personal circumstance. If that fact doesn't "look good", or give Pierre the poodle some ammunition, who cares. After all, it was only ever conceived with dubious intentions, by a party more interested in finding advantage, than developing a "fair" system.
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- Anonymous said...
When the NDP chose a successor to Alexa MacDonough, they set an absolute maximum of about $200,000 per candidate and all the major candidates had no problem raising that amount and more by soliciting for small donations. In fact Layton's leadership campaign even ended up with a large surplus.
Why is it so difficult for the Liberals to play by the same rules that the other parties seem to have no problem with.
I realize that in the Liberal Party there is an expectation that leadership campaigns have to be lavish affairs with lost of free booze and hospitality suites where everyone gets plied with cavier and champagne and where there are highly paid backroom hacks etc... maybe in the future when the liberals need to pick a new leader they should make it a more modest affair based on volunteers and small donors and maybe instead of all the free booze in lavaish hospitality suites - soft drinks and ham and cheese sandwiches will have to do!
- 1:03 PM, June 03, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Let's play "Who Said That"
"Care to explain why Dion still has a massive leadership debt? Deadline of June 7th is getitng pretty close."
Well, now you reveal yourself. From everything I've heard, Dion really didn't do much to retire his debt, he was focused on other things. I don't think it much of a statement on anything, nor do I think he will have any trouble paying it off. Let's keep it real, if Dion did a cross-country "retire my debt" tour, it would be paid off in no time.
Why of course that was Steve V over at Scott's blog on May 13th 2008.
Give yourself a pat on the back if you guessed correctly :D
- 1:14 PM, June 03, 2008
- Steve V said...
Wow, just where is the inconsistency there? I said:
"Dion really didn't do much to retire his debt, he was focused on other things."
"I'm actually pleased that Dion has largely ignored his debt, and instead focused on his duties as leader of the party, and the opposition."
"Let's keep it real, if Dion did a cross-country "retire my debt" tour, it would be paid off in no time."
"Dion could have paid off his debt by now, all it would take is a national fundraising plea, a series of large dinners, etc. In the final analysis, had it been a priority, it seems reasonable to assume the job would be complete."
I guess I missed the free booze.
- 1:58 PM, June 03, 2008
- Steve V said...
Oh, now I remember you FRANCIS. You're the Con clown that couldn't acknowledge the impressive Montreal fundraiser, wherein the party raised 400 grand. That's actually relevant here, because Dion's people commented, that had he been consumed with his debt, he could have held that fundraiser for his own purposes. I applaud him for thinking of the party first :) Thanks for the reminder.
- 2:10 PM, June 03, 2008
- George said...
Ah, Steve, King Jean put the rules in and this leadership was not run under the FAA changes to that.
So you're accusing your former Leader of trying to destroy the Liberals.
And it's still a deadline, a deadline that can be extended but a deadline none the less. Half the candidates are making no attempt at paying down their debt and appear to be planning to default.
- 3:54 PM, June 03, 2008
- Steve V said...
Umm, george, payment of the debt is under the Conservatives new rules, from 5000 per, to 1100.
- 4:18 PM, June 03, 2008
- Jason Hickman said...
Accepting that the reduction from $5K to $1.1K was under the Tories' watch, the fact is that Chretien did significantly change the rules. For whatever reason, the Liberals haven't adapted to the current reality and it's fair to ask why the current regime of having to rely on smaller donations from individuals is - still - such a problem for them.
The new system, which you claim was designed to "handicap" the Liberals, is a continuation of what had been there before. The real changes had been put into place 2 PM's prior to Harper.
I'd have more empathy for your comments re: the problems of leadership candidates under the new rules if there wasn't such a difference between how the various parties are able to raise money generally under the "new" rules.
And if the tables were turned and it was a Tory (or NDP) leader who was having trouble paying his debts, I have little doubt that the Libs would be throwing rocks at that poor sap with the rest of them.
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In 2010, a new computer worm aimed Iran's nuclear facilities generated a flurry of media attention. There are new worms appearing everyday — why did Stuxnet generate so much attention? Stuxnet was designed for sabotage — pure and simple. This sophisticated worm disrupted centrifuges and turbines at Iran's nuclear enrichment facility by controlling its programmable logic controllers (PLCs), computers used to control the automation of mechanical processes. Since then, more advanced variants of Stuxnet have been reported around the globe.
The Threat Evolves
More recently, an apparent descendant of Stuxnet called Duqu has appeared in energy facilities in at least eight countries. It may be an updated version of Stuxnet created by the same author or perhaps a different author used Stuxnet's source code to create Duqu. Although Duqu has not been used in any actual attacks to date — it is capable of doing damage. The goal of Duqu appears to be probing for sensitive information and weaknesses that could be exploited in future attacks.
Extortion is the most prevalent cyberthreat reported by the global energy sector. Criminals gain access to a utility's system, demonstrate that they are capable of doing damage, and then demand a ransom. And the sums of money paid out are equally staggering — hundreds of millions, by some estimates.


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George Bush Convention
In the light of all the criticism that George Bush is an idiot, the Republicans decide to hold a "George Bush Is Not Stupid" convention. Eighty thousand Republicans meet in the Kansas City Chiefs Stadium.
Trent Lott says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that George Bush is not stupid. So ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce President George Bush."
After the cheers die down. Lott says "Mr. President, we're going to prove to the world once and for all that you are not stupid. So tell us, what is 15 plus 15?"
Bush, after scrunching up his face and concentrating real hard for a moment, declares, "Eighteen!"
Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then the 80,000 Republicans start cheering, "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"
Trent Lott says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place, I guess we can do that." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?"
After nearly 30 seconds of chin-rubbing and grimacing, Bush meekly asks "Ninety?"
Trent Lott is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh -- everyone is disheartened.
But then Bush starts pouting, and suddenly the 80,000 Republicans begin to yell and wave their hands, shouting again "Give Bush another chance! Give Bush another chance!"
Lott, unsure whether he's doing more harm than good, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?"
Bush looks down, counts on his fingers, and after a whole minute, proudly announces "Four."
A moment of total silence, then an electric charge surges through the stadium as pandemonium breaks out.
All 80,000 Republicans jump to their feet.
These GOP partisans start to wave their arms, stomp their feet and create a deafening roar:


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Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface (CUMI) API
From DocWiki
Links to Other API pages: Cisco Unity Connection APIs
The Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface (CUMI) is a messaging API for Cisco Unity Connection that has been designed to be stable and simple to use. It is based on leading industry standards for web-based API development, and provides access to a wide set of Connection messaging functionality.
If you are a customer or developer who needs the ability to integrate Connection into an existing enterprise-wide portal, CUMI offers a secure method for doing the following:
- Sending messages
- Receiving messages
- Replying to messages
- Sending broadcast messages (provided the user account is enabled to send broadcast messages)
- Sending dispatch messages
- Receiving notifications of new messages
Note: By default, API access to playback secure messages is turned off. To enable API access to secure messages, check the Allow Access to Secure Message Recordings Through the Cisco Unity Connection Messaging Interface (CUMI) setting on the System Settings > Advanced > API Settings page in Cisco Unity Connection Administration.
Note: All the above functions associated with CUMI API support both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. However, the IPv6 address works only when Connection platform is configured in Dual (IPv4/IPv6) mode.
For more information see the chapter "Adding or Changing the IPv6 Addresses of Cisco Unity Connection 8.5 and Later Servers" at the following link http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/8x/upgrade/guide/8xcucrugx/8xcucrug051.html.
Note: With Cisco Unity Connection 9.1(1), the single sign-on feature is enabled for all the Connection Rest APIs. For more information, see the "Single Sign-On in Cisco Unity Connection" chapter in Security Guide for Cisco Unity Connection 9.x http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/connection/9x/security/guide/9xcucsec061.html.
How the documentation is organized
Accessing Mailboxes and Folders
Using the CUMI API for Mailboxes & Folders
Sending Messages using the API
Using the CUMI API for Sending Messages
Sending a Voice Message with One or More Attachments
Message Recall API
Working with Notifications
Using the CUMI API for Sending Notifications
Scaling Applications Using Notifications
Working with Dispatch Messages
Using the CUMI API for Dispatch Messages
Working with Broadcast Messages
Using the CUMI API for Broadcast Messages
Special Features
Preventing Messages from Being Deleted (Investigative Hold)
HTTP Samples
Broadcast Message Tool
Technical Details
CUMI is a REST interface that standardizes operations such as add, delete, and modify. The XML comes with standard XML schema definitions that are annotated with information about what is in them.
As a web-based interface, CUMI is independent of operating system and programming language and does not require any client libraries to use.
Getting started
In order to begin developing with the Cisco Unity Connection CUMI API, you will need to obtain the following:
- Cisco Media Convergence Server (MCS) for Cisco Unity Connection version 8.0 and later
- For detailed hardware requirements, see the Cisco Unity Connection 8.x Supported Platforms List
- Cisco Unity Connection Software Ordering
- Not for Resale Kits (Must be eligible to purchase)
- Select Unified Communications System Release Kit
Discounts for some of the required hardware and software may be available for participants in the Cisco Technology Developer Program.
We recommend that all developers have an up-to-date Cisco Developer Services support agreement. This provides the developer with access to professional support and assistance for application development.
Other CUMI Resources
Additional information about CUMI is also available on the Cisco Developer Network (https://developer.cisco.com/site/collaboration/voicemail/unity-connection/overview/ link to CDN]). Note, however, that the documentation here on the DocWiki is the most up-to-date documentation available for CUMI.
To participate in the CUMI forum, see the CUMI forum on CDN.
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I may not really celebrate the holidays, but I do celebrate proudly made from scratch dishes, friends, wine, and the warm wonder that is a multi-course, cruelty-free thanksgiving dinner with said friends in a city we've made our home. Aww.
Commence warm and fuzzies and vegan food with part of the spread:
My contributions to the dinner were pies of both sweet and savoury varieties. This marked the production of my first-ever pot pie, so it's time for a photo pictorial to capture my stirring hand's excitement.
Sautéing the diced green beans, carrots, mushrooms, potato, baked tofu, and spices.
The savoury was a Smokey Kabocha Squash & Baked Tofu Pot Pie inspired by Karen from the Vegan Conversion Challenge's recent Kabocha Pot Pie. She's doing a month of chili-dominated dishes for VeganMoFo, and as soon as I saw her adorable baked-in-the-squash, smokey pot pies, I wanted to try them. Fatefully tying this plan together, I had roasted freaking kabocha squash the night before, so the question became – do I buy more squash (on the day before thanksgiving) or do I reach for a little more adventure? I chose the latter, following Karen's recipe as closely as possible. There was no time for finding Soy Curls or big tvp chunks, so I decided to bake tofu cubes in a marinade of tamari, nutritional yeast, liquid smoke, garlic, and herbs. As for squash, it seems to get saucey in Karen's, so I figured simply adding chunks of roasted squash into the mix with the broth would work for my take. A squashy gravy, if you will. I went light on the chili peppers, and ended up adding quite a bit more of smoked paprika and hot cayenne before baking.
Things take a turn for the saucey and squashy:
Dished into a pie plate and ready for some puff pastry action.
The finished dish, with its learning-as-we-go puff pastry weave, from my camera phone:
Enough of my silly tales of pot pie production – Chelsea's famous Gluten Roast, stuffing & itty bitty, adorable potatoes follows:
Knowing this would be there just may have pushed me out of the house.
Damn good pumpkin pie and damn fine pecan pie:
My friend veganized John Edwards' secret family recipe for us and I'm still thinking about it:
Sweet, sweet pumpkin cheesecake!!
My second contribution – half of a vision come to life – Thai Iced Tea Pumpkin Pie.
Take Bryanna's classic Vegan Pumpkin Pie, sub coconut milk for the soy, and add a ton of powdered cardamom and star anise along with the usual suspects. If there was Thai tea in my cabinets, it would have been involved. And one excuse short of my vision, I had just missed the stores closing on my way to dinner, or there would have been coconut flakes (or, in retrospect, dollops of coconut whipped cream) with the straws.
Note: I did not make people drink out of them.


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Issue left over from finalisation of GSIM v1.0: Should Dissemination Service be a subtype of Business Service?
Currently in the model we have an object in the Production Group called Business Service.
Business Service
A defined interface for accessing business capabilities (an ability that an organization possesses, typically expressed in general and high level terms and requiring a combination of organization, people, processes and technology to achieve).
A Business Service may provide one means of accessing a particular Business Function. Requesting a particular service through the defined interface may result in a business process (workflow) being executed.
The explicitly defined interface of a Business Service can be seen as representing a "service contract". If particular inputs are provided then the service will deliver particular outputs in compliance within specific parameters (for example, within a particular period of time).
In the case of GSIM, a Business Service typically implements a particular Process Method to perform a particular Business Function.
Note: The interface of a Business Service is not necessarily IT based. For example, a typical postal service will have a number of service interfaces: - Public letter box for posting letters - Counter at post office for interacting with postal workers
In the Structures Group we have an object called Dissemination Service
Dissemination Service
The mechanism for delivering, and possibly creating, structured content dynamically in response to a consumer request and in accordance with defined parameters as provided by that consumer.
A Dissemination Service will deliver a Representation created by a process that it invokes. The inputs into the Dissemination Service determine and feed the process that is to be invoked.
A Dissemination Service retrieves the information to be structured and delivered through an Information Resource. As part of the service execution, the consumer may be given a chance to browse or search through the collection of information available from the Information Resource exposed by the Dissemination Service. Based on the results, the consumer can than refine the Output Specification as (further) input to the Dissemination Service to complete the process of creating and delivering the information required in the form of a Representation to the consumer.
1. SDMX SOAP Data Web Services: The query XML message provides the Service with data selection and the specification of the preferred format (e.g. Generic format or Structured format, time series or cross-sectional). Based on this input the Service will retrieve a Data Set from the Data Resource and invoke a process that will format the data as an SDMX data message.
2. A manual service such as a response to a telephone request where the person answering the call based on the caller's request would mail a PDF (which might either be a Product or dynamically created from another source).


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Filming has started on an anti-knife crime video paid for by an online fundraising campaign, directed by a former Denby school pupil.
The film is based around a teenage boy, armed with a flick knife who journeys into the night to vent the mourning of his brother's murder and finds himself locked in a moral dilemma that will change his life forever.
Through Leroy's eyes, the audience explore the power and consequence of choice in our lives, whether to succumb to being a stereotype, or to break out of the mould.
To raise the cash to get the production underway film makers McGibney Productions took to the internet.
In exchange for pledging cash those who donated were given the chance to visit the set for a day, own film merchandise and buy items like original scripts.
In less than seven days, the campaign raised over £1,500 with over 2,000 views.
Co-director Rebecca McGibney said: "Stereotyping for the country is a big issue amongst young people.
"We want to create a film that educates people on the power of choice and how the wrong choices not only affect others, but the communities around them."
Alongside this, the directors will also create a series of worksheets that can be used with the film free of charge as an educational tool for those working with young people.
Police recorded 5,023 serious knife crimes in England and Wales in the first three months after they began to count the offences as a separate crime category last spring. The project has already attracted award-winning producer Al Clark of Wellington Films, BAFTA award-winning actor Eliot Otis Brown Walters, alongside knife charities both local and national who embrace the ethos of the project.
Jordan McGibney, who was a pupil at John Flamsteed School, who used to live near Belper, said: "People are getting behind us of all ages and from all over the country, with over 130,000 people a year affected by knife crime this is a project that people are passionate about."
The directors are putting on events alongside approaching local businesses and associations to build support for the project.Producer Luke McGibney added: "It's important that we gain the support of local groups in the making of this film as I would like the project to have a long shelf life, hence creating worksheets that can be used each year and free of charge."
Luke added: "It's incredible to see how much the local community has supported us. The hardest part was getting potential backers to look at the project initially, as people get so many of these sort of requests.
"But as soon as they saw what we wanted to achieve with our film, almost all of them offered their support in whatever way they could."
Ilkeston film maker, Ashley Carter, 25, is one of the team behind the project. He said: "It was thanks to the massive support we received from the local press and social media that we met our target.
"And interestingly a lot of the donations we received came from young people, they are our target audience so to get their backing is a massive boost."
The film, which is due to be launched in September, will be shown in schools and at youth clubs. If you are involved in a similar project, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pauline Annabell Renick Vosberg, 94, Neosho, died Dec. 18, 2012, at her home in Neosho, following a short illness.
Pauline Annabell Renick Vosberg, 94, Neosho, died Dec. 18, 2012, at her home in Neosho, following a short illness.
Pauline was born to Ora (Kenyon) and Johnson Murphy Renick on July 24, 1918, in Neosho. She attended Neosho schools, graduating as valedictorian of her class in 1935.
She married Paul Furgerson in 1936 and they moved to Oklahoma City and were transferred to Tulsa, Okla., where they remained until his death in Feb. 1974.
Pauline later married Wade Vosberg and they moved to Neosho and lived there until his death. Pauline has been a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Neosho and adult choir since 1984. She worked as a volunteer wherever she was needed.
She is survived by one son, Paul David Furgerson and wife, Vanessa; one sister-in-law, Mitsie Renick; one grandson, Scott, living in Laughlin, Nev.; one granddaughter, Kerri, living in the state of California; two step-granddaughters, Donna Ross and Carolyn Zazueta, both of the state of California; one step-great-granddaughter, Jacklyn Hernandez; one niece, Dixie Hurn and husband, Burt, and a nephew, John Arthur Jones and wife, Masako and many friends.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church, Neosho. Rev. Roger Brumley and Rev. Sam Turner will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church. Interment will be in the Neosho IOOF Cemetery and serving as pallbearers will be Ed Leavitt, Al Forbes, Craig Jackson, Scott Tucker, Scott Forbes and Gene Pettit. Honorary pallbearers will be Burt Hurn and Charles Goade.
Friends may call at the Clark Funeral Home from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Pauline may be made to the Calvary Baptist Church Choir, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66, Neosho, 64850.
Services are under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com.


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We popped this one tonight; it is 14.6% alcohol, and the list price is $48 U.S. It came with the Fall 20010 wine club shipment. As usual it is a pitch black wine, but it not that intimidating. It was close to an Italian wine with our Italian Wednesday night dinner. It gave both red and black grapes on the nose and upfront. It was very kind it the middle with nice complexity and surprisingly a little cassis thrown in. It finished in long strokes.
We matched it with Penne Rigate, fresh tomato sauce, grated Fiore Sardo; along with broiled Italian Sausages and salad.