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TNEF's Enough allows iOS devices to read and extract files from Microsoft TNEF stream files. The files are usually received by SMTP based e-mail programs from Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook users. The SMTP based e-mail program will usually receive either a MIME attachment named "winmail.dat" or a MIME attachment with the type "application/ms-tnef."
The file is a rich text (or MAPI) message that is sent from Outlook to Exchange. When Exchange sends the message to an outside server it writes the MAPI message as a MIME attachment. The unfortunate side effect of this plan is if the Outlook user has someone in their address book as a person who can receive "Rich Text" then the user will receive the TNEF file whether the user uses Outlook or not.
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Le Diable au Corps
1946, Drama
In France during World War I, pretty nurse Marthe (Micheline Presle) waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the front lines. The lonely Marthe begins a tempestuous affair with 17-year-old François (Gérard Philipe), with whom she had a dalliance before marrying Jacques. Jealous François struggles with the fact that Marthe is married, while she tries to prove her devotion to her young, hotheaded lover. Things become even more complex when Marthe becomes pregnant with Jacques' baby.

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By Jan Colley
A decision to give permission for a new nuclear power station on the coast facing Ireland should be quashed, the High Court has heard.
An Taisce - the National Trust for Ireland - has brought a challenge over the legality of the decision in March by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to grant development consent for the project at Hinkley Point in Somerset - around 150 miles from Ireland.
Its lawyers say there was a failure to undertake "transboundary consultation" with the Irish people beforehand as required by the European Commission's Environmental Impact Assessment Directive.
The Government says that such consultation was not necessary as it had already dealt with the potentially very severe impact which nuclear accidents - although agreed to be unlikely - could have, were they to happen.
That screening decision process, in April 2012, took into account matters such as the technical information in the environmental statement, prior assessment of the likelihood of accidents and the role of the Office of Nuclear Regulation in licensing.
Transboundary consultation was only required in relation to significant environmental effects of which there was a "real risk" or a "serious possibility", it argued, and not those in relation to which there was only a bare possibility.
Today, at the start of a two-day hearing in London, David Wolfe QC, for An Taisce, told Mrs Justice Patterson that the screening decision and failure to consult were unlawful and the development consent was therefore granted in breach of the EIA Directive.
James Nix, policy director for An Taisce, which was founded in 1948, has said: "This case is not about interfering with the right of the UK authorities to make their own decisions, nor about being pro or anti-nuclear.
"It is about ensuring that the rights and interests of the Irish public and their concern for their environment are not excluded from those decisions, and that the Irish public is properly consulted in accordance with the law on a project of this nature.
"Ireland's agriculture, food, fishing and tourism - which are our essential indigenous industries - are critically dependent on the quality of our environment, as is the health of our people."


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These red ear slider morphs are very unique. Their shells are yellow & tan, while the skin is glowing bright pink! We are currently working with this morph and have them for sale annually during summer time.
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Open in the winter
Parc national du Mont-Tremblant lies north of Montréal in the Laurentides and Lanaudière tourism regions.
|La Diable sector
|138 km
|374 km
|178 km
|La Pimbina sector
|138 km
|304 km
|203 km
|L'Assomption sector
|128 km
|273 km
|260 km
Take Highway 15 N to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, then Route 117 to exit 107 towards Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré; continue towards Lac-Supérieur and follow the signs to the La Diable Registration Centre. The Lac Monroe visitors centre is located 11 km from the entrance to the La Diable sector.
Highway 25 N and route 125 N; after Sainte-Julienne, take route 337 toward Rawdon, then route 343 toward Saint-Côme. Follow the signs to Parc National du Mont-Tremblant, L'Assomption sector.
Highway 15 North and Road 117 North until exit 143 towards Labelle. Turn right at the exit. At the traffic lights, turn left. Cross the bridge and turn left onto Rue du Pont. Then, turn right onto Rue Allard which becomes Rue Alarie; turn left onto Chemin du Lac-Caché and at the mail box island keep your right and continue until the reception station.
A shuttle service is now offered by Navette Nature and takes you from downtown Montreal to the park! Details and schedule
A shuttle service is also offered by D-Tour Tremblant from the Mont-Tremblant area. Details
The park is open year-round. When planning your activities, check to find out when services are available for each sector.
Discovery Centre
Located 10,5 km from the La Diable sector, at Lac-Supérieur
Reception and information, Boutique Nature, mini-snack bar with ready-to-eat meals, first-aid services, registration for activities, outdoor equipment rental service, showers
* Please note that during winter, the period of operation vary according to the hours of sunset.
La Diable Visitors Centre
Reception and information, registration for activities
Lac-Monroe Visitors Centre
Located 10 km from the La Diable sector, at Lac-Supérieur
Convenience store and sale of firewood, ice and worms for fishing, watercraft and bike rental, Boutique Nature, first-aid services, showers and coin laundry
Convenience store schedule:
Rental center schedule:
La Pimbina Visitors Centre
Reception and information, convenience store, first-aid services, registration for activities, Boutique Nature, watercraft rental, and sale of firewood, ice, and worms for fishing, outdoor equipment rental
* Please note that during winter, the period of operation vary according to the hours of sunset. From December 22, 2017 to January 7, 2018, and from March 3 to 12, 2018, the registration centre is open 7 days a week.
L'Assomption Visitors Centre
Reception, information, registration for activities, outdoor equipment rental, Boutique Nature, mini-convenience store, and sale of firewood, ice, and worms for fishing
La Cachée Visitors Centre
Reception, information, boat rental, camper registration, sale of firewood, ice, and worms for fishing, mini-convenience store, Boutique Nature.
Come to one of these shops and check out our wide range of souvenir items, adult and children's clothing and outdoor items.
* Subject to availability, equipment for children may be borrowed free of charge (one day rental maximum).
To better plan your activities, please consult our family services.
Hotels, motels, inns, bed & breakfasts, and a youth hostel are available 1 to 20 km from the park.
Restaurants and Other Food Services
There are all kinds of restaurants and fast-food places 1 to 20 km from the park.
Mailing Address:
4456 Chemin du Lac-Supérieur
Lac-Supérieur (Québec) J0T 1P0
Telephone : 819 688-2281
La Diable Visitors Centre
3824 Chemin du Lac Supérieur
Lac Supérieur (Québec) J0T 1P0
Telephone : 819 688-2281
La Pimbina Visitors Centre
2954 Route 125 Nord
Saint-Donat (Québec) J0T 2C0
Telephone : 819 424-2954
L'Assomption Visitors Centre
5045, chemin du Parc
Saint-Côme (Québec) J0K 2B0
Telephone : 450 883-1291
La Cachée Visitors Centre
850 Chemin du Lac-Caché
La Macaza (Québec)
Telephone : 819 686-1880
Regulations are in effect in Québec national parks. Before going to a national park, check the main rules and recommendations to better plan your visit. Details (in French only)
Dogs and other domestic animals are not allowed in national parks, with the exception of guide dogs and service dogs. Condition and regulation
Trails map - L'Assomption sector
Trails map - Toit-des-Laurentides sector
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Composer Hanif Shaikh impresses with 'Paathshaala' album
Film:"Paathshaala"; Music Director: Hanif Shaikh; Lyricist: Hanif Sheikh; Singers: Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Lucky Ali, Tulsi Kumar, Hanif Sheikh and Kailash Kher; Rating:***
There is nothing over the top and experimental in the soundtrack of choreographer Ahmed Khan's first production venture "Paathshaala", but still the music appeals and is worth a hear.
The album of this Shahid Kapoor starrer offers six originals and four remixes.
The soundtrack starts with "Aye khuda", a soothing, breezy number crooned by Salim Merchant of composer duo Salim-Sulaiman. The youthful track makes you sway and is pleasing to the ears.
It also has an entertaining remix version.
Next is "Paathshaala (Khushnuma)", which has influences of rock and hip hop. It has been effectively voiced by Vishal Dadlani. Tailor-made for dance floors, this heavily orchestrated number is targeted at youth.
Lucky Ali goes behind the mike after some time for "Bekarar". The love ballad instantly connects with the listeners and the rise and fall of tempo makes it interesting. "Bekarar" grows on you and is a likeable track.
The remix of this song is passable.
Then there is another romantic song "Mujhe teri". Sung by Tulsi Kumar, it breaks the domination of male singers in the album. Kumar is given ample support by composer Hanif Shaikh who comes behind the mike for the melodious song.
This too has an average remix.
Next is "Teri marzi" sung beautifully by Kailash Kher, a pro in such songs. The number with touches of Sufi pulls on your heartstrings. The use of flute is amazing and gives the song an edge.
Remix of this song should have been avoided and as expected it sounds rather inappropriate.
Finally arrives "Paathshaala – theme" which begins with the sound of "Aye khuda" but soon takes a far more euphoric route with a horde of children coming together and giving voice to the song. Equally interesting as compared to the other tracks.
On the whole, Hanif Sheikh makes an impressive debut as a composer and has potential to do much better.


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Jackson County followed the state — rather than the national — employment trend in July, and it wasn't good for job-seekers.
Jackson County followed the state — rather than the national — employment trend in July, and it wasn't good for job-seekers.
Figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed a jobless rate of 9.8 percent, up from 9.5 percent in June and May. Although the number is better than the 10.9 percent rate of July 2012, it appears the rate's gradual improvement since the Great Recession — when unemployment reached 13.1 percent in April and May 2009 — could be at an end.
While nationwide joblessness eased to 7.4 percent in July from 7.6 percent in June, according the federal figures, Oregon's rate rose to 8 percent from 7.8 percent the previous month.
Total payroll employment in Jackson County fell by 1,570 jobs between June and July, while the civilian labor force declined to 96,919 from 98,652 a year earlier.
"There's no one factor that explains why we have the declines," said Ainoura Oussenbec of the Oregon Employment Department. "This is an issue that may continue."
Nikki Jones, who operates Express Employment Professionals in Medford, said she's somewhat puzzled by the employment figures.
"Our numbers are going up, like we see them every summer," Jones said. "Our clients listen to everything and they are still tentative. There is so much uncertainty on health care reform. I don't think a lot of employers have taken a stance yet as to whether they will keep their (employee) numbers lower to stay below a threshold, or do whatever they have to do to operate their business. So far, I haven't seen any change in the businesses we're working with."
One factor Jones has noticed is that jobs restored during good times don't necessarily translate into re-employment for those who lost them in the bad times.
"When companies make the decision to start hiring back people, the job requirements may have changed and the people who were working for them may no longer be qualified," Jones said. "A medical assistant that used to deal with charts, using pen and paper, may not have the skills. With the change to electronic medical records, those same people may have to use technology they didn't use before. A lot of them are carrying iPads or something similar and that's changed the nature of their work."
The underlying principle is that skills good enough to get by a few years ago may no longer sufficient.
"A variety of industries are seeing the same things happen," Jones said. "If you change the way you're doing business going forward, you're doing more with less and demand more from the people with the skills to do that job. That's created a bigger skills gap than before."
Accommodation and food services reported the biggest gain during July, picking up 310 jobs over the month — and 640 in the past year — while leisure and hospitality added 290 during the month and 670 for the year.
Those numbers don't reflect jobs that may have been lost when lightning-caused forest fires late in the month created tourism-related layoffs.
Construction saw 20 jobs added during the month and a paltry year-over-year gain of 70. Manufacturing continued its growth, adding 50 jobs over the month and 350 over the year. Retail trade added 290 positions during the month and is up 360 for the year.
Professional and business services added 270 for the month, but is up only by 210 over the year.
Health care and social assistance faltered by 70 jobs, but remains 530 ahead of mid-2012, while transportation, warehousing and utilities dropped 50 positions.
In Josephine County, July's jobless rate was 11.3 percent, following a June reading of 11.2 percent. Josephine County had 12 percent unemployment a year earlier.
Reach reporter Greg Stiles at 541-776-4463 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregMTBusiness.


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(I could not find a previous post on the same subject in the forum, though I'm positive this issue had been raised before)
I am using eclipse, and would like to be able to debug java.util, java.lang, etc. classes, and not just classes I wrote.
When using the debug tool in eclipse, whenever I get to a method from java's internal or native methods, i get a "Source not found" message.
I have downloaded sun's Java source files, but I cannot find how to tell eclipse where to find them. I tried using "Edit Source Lookup Path..." button, which appears along with the mentioned message, but have not been able to make it work. :confused:


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Riccardo Montolivo urges Italy to "take the positives" from a defeat that played into Uruguay's hands.
"There are regrets because we played well in both halves and Uruguay did well to score early on. That allowed them to do what they wanted, which was sit behind the ball," he said of the 1-0 result in Rome.
"I think it went pretty well and it is just a shame we were unable to get the ball in the back of the net. We need to improve, we knew that, but there are regrets.
"Uruguay were superior because of the result, but certainly not in terms of overall performance, so we have to take the positives from tonight."
Italy were unbeaten on home soil since a 2-0 friendly to Croatia in Livorno on August 16, 2006.
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A young girl has mysteriously disappeared in Rome. On the case are Clemente and Marcus, two members of the ancient Penitenzeri: a unique team, linked to the Vatican, and trained in the detection of true evil. Sandra, a brilliant forensics expert with a tragic past, is also working on the case. When their paths cross, they uncover a terrible secret world, hidden in the dark recesses of Rome....
©2011 Donato Carrisi (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd
"Enjoyable thriller"
I enjoyed this immensely. Largely set in Rome, with several interwoven stories, featuring around a dead journalist, his police investigator wife, a serial killer and agents of divine intervention. Lots of twists and turns, superably narrated as ever by Saul Reichlin.
Complex narrative, made up of many threads that are carefully linked but difficult to unravel. Not a dull moment in this book. Could not stop listening. Saul Reichlen is of course one of the best narrators and he adds to the pleasure of this listen. Highly recommended. Hope to have more by this author soon!
If you like David Hewson's Nic Costa Series and Saul Reichlin's narration then you will enjoy this listen. It is has dense, interesting, interwoven plot lines that jump between time frames, so you need to pay attention! This is not one for anyone of a delicate disposition as there are some pretty gory parts. It manages to be genuinely chilling in places and was quite gripping. I would recommend it as an engaging, dark, italian thriller.
"Complex but kept you intrigued"
Don't know. I've never listened to any of my audible books again - thus far. Probably not, I couldn't really get on with the Narrator
The swift movement from character story line to another with each story slowly merging together in to an exciting finale
Bland, Inappropriate accents.
No, because of monotone narration
If you are choosing a Narrator to cover a book based in the eternal city, then a person who can sound remotely Italian would have helped. The Narrator was able to pull off the Austrian/German accent very well for one key character, so it's not as if he was told to keep the same voice throughout. This spoilt otherwise an excellent story. In some ways I wish I'd bought the paperback. Sorry this is the first time I've been critical of an audio purchase.
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She is hurting my nephew...*UPDATE IN RED!*
My nephew was born April 30th (full-term) just 4 days shy of his due date. He weighed just over 6lbs. He had to stay in the hospital a couple extra days due to the fact that he couldn't keep his food down and he was constantly upset. He was switched to sensitive formula and sent home. While being home he doesn't eat as much as he should and he gets constipated, he has colic and still has a hard time keeping his food down. He is a little jaundice (very little). He doesn't digest his food properly. I asked my sister in law if she has told the doctor about smoking throughout the entire pregnancy and she says no, it's none of his business. Everything that is going on with the baby is a gastrointestinal issue and GI issues can be caused by nicotene dependecy/poison in infants. She screwed up and now she won't admit it...
(Before you start asking she says that she won't breastfeed or pump because she wants to be able to drink her wine and still smoke cigarettes)
My brother's girlfriend is 7 months pregnant with my nephew and she smokes cigarettes every day several times a day. I have told her numerous times about the negative effects smoking can have on her baby. She just doesn't care. I have even gone as far as physically removing the cigarette from her mouth and throwing it down. I don't smoke so I don't know about the addiction...
She claims that her doctor told her that if she stopped it would be bad for the baby since she smoked before she got pregnant. Bullshit.
Has anyone heard of anything like that?
um I am not sure if it applies to smoking but with caffeine if you stop during pregnancy chances are that your baby will go with drawls as well as yourself.
not all babies are born with problems from a smoking mom. My mom smoked with 3 or her 5 kids and we are all fine.
ive heard of lower birth weight but thats about all. We were all over 6lbs and full term.
if you ever got in my face and took something out of my mouth id call the cops and have you arrested for assult.
you gave her the info you had, her doc is telling her something else. my doc said because i drink coffee i can cut down but cannot cut out because id harm my baby. so maybe her doc said the same. mind your own business.
I personally think its terrible. I think she puts herself before her child obviously. Its gross, its nasty, it does not bode well for her ablity to parent...... BUT its her kid and her body.


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Review by jican
November, 16 2008
Pros: A safe harness for the no-neck breeds. Made in the U.S.A.
Cons: If left on continuously, will abrade hair.
Review by bpereztab
November, 26 2007
Pros: Economical, light weight, easy to use, secure fit, highly effective.
Cons: Dog hairs stick to synthetic lambskin fabric.
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President's Pen: Make your home stand out without breaking the bank
Published 10:25 am, Friday, January 13, 2012
Springtime is right around the corner, and that's usually when we see a higher number of buyers start their home search. How can you, as a seller, make your home stand out among other homes on the market without spending a king's ransom?
Here are some tips for getting started.
It must be the water
As in past years, kitchens and bathrooms remain a smart bet to upgrade. But those are expensive projects, right? Not necessarily. In fact, in terms of getting your money back, you'd do well to forego high-end ventures in favor of less-costly projects. For example, quick-fixes in the kitchen like re-facing or re-painting cabinets, adding new hardware to your drawers and cabinets and reducing clutter can improve and modernize a kitchen's look for an agreeable sum. In the bathroom, simply updating the medicine cabinet, vanity and the light fixtures will make a huge difference.
On the outside
One of the best ways to make your home more appealing to buyers' eyes is to give the property a high degree of curb appeal. This can be done easily and on a relatively low budget. It seems obvious, but it's so often overlooked that I must say it: A nicely mowed and edged lawn makes a huge difference. So does trimming trees and bushes, which gives the yard and surrounding structures a cleaner look. Planting colorful flowers in beds is also an easy and inexpensive way to make your home more attractive. Many experts say yellow flowers are particularly effective, but an influx of any bright colors in the yard should increase the visual appeal of your house.
I'm drowning in stuff
Here's a fact: People have stuff - clothes, shoes, furniture, books, pictures, kitchen gadgets, sports equipment, etc. … you know what kind of stuff I mean. That "stuff" often presents the most challenging part of getting an occupied house to a marketable state. Minimizing clutter, organizing storage areas, de-personalizing and downsizing are key elements to increasing appeal. Take a look in your bedroom and hallway closets. Most buyers favor large, spacious closets. Pack away your winter clothing and box up extra sheets, towels - whatever you can do without for a while - to make your linen closets look roomier. Store the kitchen gadgets and hardware you don't regularly use. The ice cream maker and deep fryer take up a lot of room and make your kitchen look small - and you can almost certainly do without them for a couple of months. Put all these items in the attic, at a friend's or relative's house or rent a storage unit.
So you know
Get an inspection - just like most buyers will. It'll give you a good idea of what your house needs so you can avoid unpleasant surprises when the buyer's inspector comes through. In some cases you could, and even should, provide the inspection report and corresponding proof of repairs to potential buyers - even though they should still get their own inspection.
Make sure any agreements you signed with your inspector allow for this type of sharing. Texas has laws about disclosure that require you to either fix what you know is wrong or disclose the fault to any potential buyer prior to the outset of negotiations. If you have questions about the state's disclosure laws, you can talk to a REALTOR®.
Talk to an expert
If you're selling your home this spring, make sure it stands out against the other homes in your area. There are low-cost, effective changes you can make that increase your chances for a successful and timely sale. Visit with a REALTOR® for more advice.


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You can get 20% off Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security products when you apply this coupon code at the shopping cart.
Click here to use the Symantec coupon code online
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You can buy online and download the products directly from their website. I tested the coupon code out on the Norton Internet Security 2010, and it took $15.40 off the cost of the item.
My other half is a big computer nerd, and he's always talking techie about this and that. He keeps up on what the best anti-virus programs are. For a while, Norton wasn't as good, but he tells me it is getting a lot better ratings lately.


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Palm-Aire Country Club & Resort, Sabals Course
- 2600 N Palm Aire Dr, Pompano Beach, FL 33069
- (954) 975-6225
- www.palmairegolf.com
The Sabals Course at Palm-Aire Country Club & Resort is an 18-hole executive style golf course in Pompano Beach, Florida. This short layout provides for a fun golf experience for golfers of all skill levels. Difficulty level of the course is unknown at this time, but will be provided soon. There are 4 other courses at this same golf club, The Oaks Course, the Cypress Course, the Palms Course, and the Pines Course. Online tee times may be available at Palm-Aire Country Club & Resort or at nearby golf courses, often at a substantial discount from the going green fees rate.
Although our information is mostly correct, occasionally there will be inaccuracies. Should you notice anything that needs updating, please let us know.
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If you're even marginally in the pro-life movement you can quote James 1:27 which says that pure and undefiled religion is caring for the orphan and the widow. What we don't always know is what that looks like on a grand scale. Yes, the family in the church who adopted is caring for the orphan and we have that picture, but the need to heal the mass fatherlessness of our nation often seems overwhelming.
But not to Denver pastor Robert Gelinas. His vision for the fatherless turned 875 children in the Colorado foster system who were waiting for adoption (not all foster children are eligible to be adopted) just a few years ago into zero. Now he's moving to eradicate unadopted foster children from Arizona.
This incredible story from Fox News in Phoenix tells of Pastor Gelinas and his efforts to unite the church to give children homes. His ministry, Project 1.27, based on the verse, is founded on the simple and biblical idea that the church is the answer to the crisis of fatherlessness. He told the news station:
"No one person can do it. We can take one child. My wife and I dove into the process. Personally we have six children, five adopted. one at a time. We have room for one more. God will figure the rest out."
Project 1.27's website says:
In December 2004 there were 875 children legally available for adoption in the Colorado foster care system. We also knew there were over 3,000 churches in Colorado with members 'called' to adopt children. The solution wasn't rocket science. How do we assist in connecting the children waiting for a 'forever family' with church members wanting to adopt and foster?
"The body of Christ needs to come together to make sure there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado. It is a travesty that we have kids waiting for homes in our own back yards. That should never be the case…" said Pastor Robert Gelinas in 2004. So we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. The result was Project 1.27.
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans… in their distress" James 1:27. Project 1.27 is about helping Christian parents adopt and foster children in Colorado's foster care system. We believe there is a family for every child or youth who is waiting.
Truly there probably is a family for every child that's waiting—and it might be yours. So permeated with the illusion of the "American Dream" have we been that we think we can't afford another child because we have house and car payments when the truth is many of us could drive fewer (or more used) cars or have a smaller house and still have room for more children.
I think of my friends in Texas who took in a foster child last month and now everyone can't fit in one car because they have too many children. All that boy knows is that he is loved. He's not really concerned about a family vacation because he has a family.
I think about my friends who have 7 children who purposely live in a moderately sized three bedroom house so they can raise a family that isn't concerned with stuff but with each other.
These and so many others are finding out that God's dream for the orphan is bigger than America's dream for their prosperity, that the real prosperity gospel is the blessing of children.
Project 1.27 is spearheading the movement that could change the world. Imagine what would happen if we took this to all the states. Project 1.27 shows a list of many states with similar initiatives (Click here). Get involved with one of these—or start one! You may adopt, or you may help fund adoption, or be a prayer covering committed to carrying families and organizations through the process.
Project 1.27 and other places with goals like this work hard to make adoption affordable and to help free children from fatherlessness. James 1.27 is become a reality through Project 1.27.
For more information, goes to Project 1.27's website here: http://project127.com/


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PG&E Ranks No. 13 on InformationWeek Elite 100
Interval Data Analytics (IDA) Program Changes the Way PG&E Does Business
Apr 08, 2014, 13:03 ET from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) earned the No. 13 spot on this year's InformationWeek Elite 100, a list of the top business technology innovators in the United States. Honoring its work on an interval data analytics (IDA) program, the company also garnered one of eight coveted awards for business innovation.
The IDA program was developed to extract the most value from the more than nine million SmartMeters™ in the company's service area. PG&E receives so much information from these meters that it can be a challenge to make it useful. With the IDA program, data gathering that used to take days or weeks can now be accomplished in minutes.
The program provides a streamlined view of data, which will allow PG&E to better balance peak demand and thereby offer customers more reliable service. The IDA program is also part of a future effort by the utility to allow customers to easily provide their energy data to third parties, who will help them manage their energy use.
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Discussion in 'The Creative Corner' started by Moni, Jul 3, 2004.
what about this one???
very nice!!!
Thanks Matt
Wow Moni! What great colors! I love the different shades of red in her hair. Did you use more than one type of medium?
Thanks Japmula
I am totally pencil artist!
After drawing by pencil...I use PS to color it
Same case is also in it
Wish I could free hand like that..... man... Nice job.
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Brigita Brezovac
About Brigita Brezovac
Place of Birth: Slovenia
Leagues: IFBB
Competition Weight: 143 lbs
Off-Season: 154 lbs
Age: 38
If Brigita Brezovac had not spotted a photo of Anja Langer at a local gym, it's quite questionable if she would be where she is today.
According to Brezovac, as a 14-year-old, she was extremely impressed by that image, so she started weight training. In her first competition, Brezovac came in fourth. She then decided to compete in Miss Fitness the following year. In 2009 she switched over to bodybuilding, with her pro debut the following year at the Tampa Pro where she won overall. One week later Brezovac won another pro show, the Europa in Hartford, qualifying her for Ms. Olympia. She has gone on to compete and place in numerous international competitions.


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This official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film The Birth of a Nation surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner's relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.
The Birth of a Nation presents the philosophy and craft behind the making of the film, situating the film's relevance not only within cinematic history but also within the greater dialog of race, subjugation, and resistance. In addition to "My Journey with Nat Turner" by writer/director Nate Parker, the book will also feature "The Unbroken Chain of Enslaved African Resistance and Rebellion" by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Daina Ramey Berry, "Slavery and (In)Justice During the Nat Turner Rebellion: History and Legacy of the 'Rule of Law' in America" by Alfred L. Brophy, "Nat Turner at the Crossroads: African Iconography and Cosmologies in The Birth of a Nation" by Kelley Fanto Deetz, PhD, and "Why Nat Turner Matters: The Importance of History in Contemporary Consciousness" by Brian Favors, MEd.
More than just a tie-in, this book seeks to educate the listener as to Nat Turner's legacy and influence. By bringing together an array of artists and intellectuals, this book speaks directly to Turner's importance throughout history and especially his relevance to contemporary social relations.
©2016 Nate Parker (P)2016 Simon & Schuster Audio
Loved it. Watched the movie. The book just reinforced the whole issue for me and enabled me to gain more insight into the life of Nat Turner, and the context in which he lived.
"This guy Nate Parker is officially my new fave!!!!"
This audible book journalizes the superb movie, Nate Parker's 'Birth of a Nation'. It's an excellent account of the behind the scenes road to accomplishment of this powerful story of the hero white Americans never want to acknowledge. (I wonder why.) Thanks Nate. Seriously: Thanks fam!!!!
"Educational "
during this narrative I learned a lot of details not taught in class at university
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"Derrick Rose for MVP" Is More Evidence of a Sports Media EpidemicApril 17, 2011
Enough is enough!
A virus has infiltrated the world of sports, and it is destroying the heart of athletics. There is a lack of perspective in sports media that threatens to taint the record books.
I have never written an article as if speaking to a single person rather than a group, but that's what I'm gonna do right now.
You! Yeah, reading my article right now—I'm talking to you. I want you to pretend I'm talking to you face to face, man to...whoever you are.
If you know who I am already, or at least what I look like, this will be easier for you (if you don't, check me out at Dan Condie). I'll be waiting here.
OK, you're back. Great, listen up: There's a lack of perspective in major sports media. Every single fan of any team on Earth knows exactly what I'm talking about, and so do you.
I'll give you an example: This entire idea to talk to you about this epidemic came from my buddy Tyler. He, like myself, is an avid sports fan. Specifically, a Kansas University Jayhawks basketball fan.
One day, Tyler was listening to a very popular sports radio host blast the KU men's basketball program and head coach Bill Self during the early rounds of the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The host criticized Self for his "poor" preparation of the team for the tournament, referencing several early exits against higher-seeded (11-15) teams in past tournaments and conveniently omitting the record, championship, etc.
If you are said radio host, I hope this gets to your screen, and I know you know who you are because Tyler called in and tore into ya a little with stat after stat showing HIS perspective. You hung up on him.
So, what's your favorite team, fella/lady? OK, you can relate to this at least to a small degree, because it happens every day. This case, however, is a big, BIG, deal.
I'm gonna spin you a little tale and I want you to follow closely and picture yourself in the scenario with me, OK?
You're at home. You're watching SportsCenter, enjoying yourself. NBA Commissioner David Stern comes to your door and rings your doorbell. When you open the door he greets you, "Hi there! My name is David Stern and I have the chance of a lifetime to give to you today."
(If you know David Stern, you know he would never stoop to my vocabulary level, but go with it).
"As you may know, the NBA is facing a lockout and we have been forced to start all over. All the owners have been cut off this season from contact with the players and we're giving the average Joe a shot at taking the reins for the 2011-12 season."
"For every regular-season win, we will pay you $25,000, and $50,000 for each postseason win. All you need to do is draft your team and, hey, more great news, you have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Every single active player during the 2010-11 season is available. So think about it and get back to me with your pick."
How long would you honestly need to think about your choice? You only get one season, and obviously you should pick the best overall player available from the 2010-11 season.
Was the very first name that crossed your mind Derrick Rose?
He sure isn't my first pick, and if the ESPN analysts picking Rose for Most Valuable Player this year were placed in that same situation, and are being 100 percent honest with themselves, Rose wasn't their first choice either.
Do you know how I know? They have to explain away their logic for taking Rose over LeBron James by bending the MVP's meaning. They try to find any different way they can to define "valuable."
Derrick Rose is, however, almost overwhelmingly favored to win the 2010-11 NBA MVP. If he wins, it will be a day when the media's lack of perspective goes too far in influencing the outcome of the record books.
To be clear: this is in no way, shape or form a slight on Derrick Rose, because he is among the elite talents currently in the league.
Derrick Rose is the most valuable player...to his team's success, when compared against other great NBA players' value to their team's success.
I'm sorry, but you can't interpret the qualifications of the award in a way that best suits your agenda. If it's easier, put the "P" in MVP first. "Player of Most Value"—PMV. Head-to-head comparisons seem fair in determining which player has a higher total value (AKA, Most Valuable Player).
Consider James and Rose in a gym facing off in a little one-on-one.
Taking the other off the dribble to drive to the hoop? Advantage: Rose.
Ability to get above opponent for uncontested shot from range? Posting the other up in the paint? Defending in the paint? Defending the breakaway? Executing the breakaway?
Advantage: James.
Now, let's look at the season stats, according to NBA.com.
Scoring? Advantage: James (26.7 PPG to 25 PPG, 6.8 percent better).
Field goal percentage? Advantage: James (51 percent to 44.5 percent, 14.6 percent better).
Drawing the foul? Advantage: James (663 FTA to 555 FTA, 19.45 percent better).
Rebounding? Advantage: James (7.5 RPG to 4.1 RPG, 82.9 percent better).
Steals? Advantage: James (1.6 SPG to 1 SPG, 60 percent better).
Free Throw Percentage? Advantage: Rose (85.8 percent to 75.9 percent, 13 percent better).
Assists? Advantage: Rose (7.7 APG to 7.0 APG, 10 percent better).
Turnovers? Advantage: Rose (3.43 turnovers to 3.59 turnovers, 4.5 percent better)
Shot-blocking? A tie at 0.6 blocks per game.
Bottom line: In no world is Derrick Rose more valuable than LeBron James this season.
The one major statistic where Rose clearly excels over LeBron (free throw percentage) is really a moot point anyway, considering LeBron got to the line 19.45 percent more often than Rose, which is enough to outscore him by 27 in free-throw points on the year.
Obviously, there are examples for days of how the national sports media fails to look at the whole picture and focuses, rather, on the appeal of the new, fresh and uncovered stories that lack foundation.
I need your help in stopping this epidemic, brother/sister. I know I'm not alone on this, and, whether or not you like LeBron personally should have no effect on your ability to see that he is the NBA's "Player of Most Value."
I pictured saying most of this to the average Joe with the hopes that this article would spread like wildfire. The national media has swayed our opinion on many different athletes and many different situations.
Maybe it's time we returned the favor.
MVP voting is done by a panel of sports journalists and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada. These are the same people saying Derrick Rose is a shoo-in for the MVP award. Join the cause to widen their eyes.
Thank you for letting me talk at you for a minute. I'd love to keep it going. Comment like crazy!
If you have a friend, cousin or sibling who loves the NBA or sports, post this article to their Facebook wall and bring 'em in so I can talk to them, too. Tweet this out with @mentions of sports analysts and see if we can return common sense to the greatest industry on Earth: athletics.


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Deep-Learning Machines Key to Battlefield Edge
Associated Press Computers that draw and analyze data from the Internet are ubiquitous in many industries. But the new wave of deep-learning machines makes this technology far more compelling for military use. This is attributed to the proliferation of data collectors like drones and smart devices — known as the "Internet of things" — combined with advances in software algorithms and the vast computing power available in the cloud. How the Pentagon could use smart machines to gain an edge on the battlefield is now the subject of many closed-door conversations and exchanges with the intelligence community and Silicon Valley firms. Read Full Article ›› TAGGED: Robert Work, Internet Of Things, Intelligence Analysis, Deep-Learning Machines
Link to Full Article: Deep-Learning Machines Key to Battlefield Edge
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LONDON, July 12th, 2012 – Today Reuters, the world's largest multimedia news provider, announces the launch of an exclusive partnership with Next Media Animation. Beginning the week of July 16th, Reuters will offer its clients approximately 20 animated news stories a week, produced by Next Media Animation's News Direct service, helping to reconstruct the story behind the main news events of the week and complementing the award-winning video, picture and text content produced by Reuters.
The innovative and engaging News Direct animated videos offer visual chronologies of major events that take place away from cameras, such as the sinking of the Costa Concordia in January 2012. The animations also provide clear illustration of news that is highly technical, such as the Elgin North Sea gas leak, and help explain stories that are conceptual in nature, such as the future of high speed travel. Accompanied by audio narration and natural sound, the 30-60 second stories will now be available through Reuters powerful distribution network.
Next Media Animation has gained widespread acclaim for its short and quirky animated videos, many of which have gone viral and have received millions of views. The News Direct service exemplifies the company's ability to also animate the news stories of the day. From the moment a top story breaks, the Next Media animation team begins its end-to-end process, working from concept to production and making videos available to customers in a matter of hours. Reuters will partner exclusively with Next Media to distribute its 3-D animated news videos in all global markets, with the exception of Japan and Taiwan.


text: Hi Eric,On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:54:23PM -0400, Eric Paris wrote:> We need to call this function in the SELinux case. So you'll need a> patch like the one attached (not even compiled but I think it is right)> [..]> static int selinux_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nameidata)> [..]> + rc = cap_inode_follow_link(dentry, nameidata);Yeah, when I quickly checked SELinux and AppArmor, it seemed that theywere always calling down to all commoncaps functions, but it looks likenot in all cases. I think that Eric Biederman's observations here makesthe most sense: this check needs to happen without involving the LSMsat all.> > +int cap_inode_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry,> > + struct nameidata *nameidata)> > +{> > + const struct inode *parent = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;> > + const struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;> > + const struct cred *cred = current_cred();> > +> > + if (weak_sticky_symlinks)> > + return 0;> > +> > + if ((parent->i_mode & (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH)) == (S_ISVTX|S_IWOTH) &&> > + parent->i_uid != inode->i_uid &&> > + cred->fsuid != inode->i_uid) {> > + printk_ratelimited(KERN_NOTICE "non-matching-uid symlink "> > + "following attempted in sticky-directory by "> > + "%s (fsuid %d)\n", current->comm, cred->fsuid);> > + return -EACCES;> > + }> > + return 0;> > +}> > What stops us from racing between the assignment of parent and it's> first use with a rename on our object and rmdir on the old parent? I'm> wondering if we need to be doing this test holding dentry->d_lock (which> is what protects dentry->d_parent if I recall correctly)> > Certainly doesn't fix all of the raciness, but I think it would close> the opps part. Maybe someone who knows the VFS better can tell me if I> am misguided.The only other use of d_parent I can see there is in may_delete(). Withvfs_unlink() calling that, it would seem to be racey too if we needed tohold a lock for that. But it's not clear to me in vfs_follow_link is doinglocking somehow.Thanks,-Kees-- Kees CookUbuntu Security Team


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Thursday, April 25
>>>The Jammin' Divas at the Flying Goose Pub ~ New London, NH ~ 8pm ~603-526-6899, www.flyinggoose.com
Friday, April 26
>>> The Stray Birds and Three Tall Pines at the Me & Thee Coffeehouse ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987 www.meandthee.org
Saturday, April 27
>>>April Verch at Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com 207-935-7292
>>>John Roberts & Debra Cowan at the Town Hall ~ Nelson, NH ~ 8pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org
>>> Cosy Sheridan , with Julie Snow. Chestnut Hill House Concerts, Brattleboro, Vt. 7:30 pm. Call Jenny Burtis 802-251-0681 for reservations and directions.
>>>Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards, Ian Fitzgerald and Steve Pavao; Sumner Knight Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetary in Keene; 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 28
>>>Mandolin/Guitar Duo - August Watters & Jose Lezcano at the Mariposa museum ~ Peterborough, NH ~ 3pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org
Friday, May 3
>>>Bill Staines & Cormac McCarthy at the Me & Thee Coffeehouse ~ Marblehead, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-631-8987 www.meandthee.org
Saturday, May 4
>>>Cosy Sheridan at the Linden Tree Coffeehouse (U.U. Church) ~ Wakefield, MA ~ 8pm ~ 781-246-2836 www.lindentreecoffeehouse.org
>>>Jonathan Edwards at Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com 207-935-7292
>>>The Shaw Brothers at Franklin Opera House ~ Franklin, NH ~ 7:30pm ~ 603-934-1901
Sunday, May 5
>>>Steep Canyon Rangers at Stone Mountain Arts Center ~ Brownfield, ME ~ 8pm ~ www.stonemountainartscenter.com 207-935-7292
Note: Most dance locations require clean soft-soled shoes and do not allow street shoes. Partners not required.
Every Monday
>>>Contra dance at the Town Hall, Nelson, NH, 8PM, 603-827-3044 or www.monadnockfolk.org Callers & musicians include Don Primrose, Jeffrey Petrovitch, Lisa Sieverts, Rich Hart, Bob McQuillen, Gordon Peery, Harvey Tolman, Lloyd Carr & Roger Treat
>>>Clogging at Dance In Motion Dance Studio ~ Randolph, Vt. ~ 6:45 PM, workshop 6:00 PM ~ 802-522-2935, email@example.com
Every Wednesday
>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Loren Wright leading at The Church of the Good Shepherd ~ Nashua, NH ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-891-2331 or email@example.com
>>>Scottish Country Dance /w Bernard McGrath leading at The Westminster Center School ~ Westminster, Vt ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-9371 or 802-463-3078
>>>Contradance at the Richard W. Black Center, Hanover, NH, 6:45 PM, 781-385-1480
>>>Scottish Country Dance /w John Bartholomew leading, Bill Tobin and Gary Apfel at The Town Hall ~ Fairlee, Vt. ~ 7:00 PM ~ 603-353-4647 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Every Friday
>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Community Parish House ~ Greenland, NH ~ 8:00 PM ~ 603-773-9795 or firstname.lastname@example.com
>>>Scottish Dance /w Bill Tobin leading at The Town Hall ~ Lancaster, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 802-751-7671 or email@example.com
Every Sunday
>>>Circle Dance at Neskaya ~ Franconia, NH ~ 3:30pm ~ www.neskaya.com 603-823-5828
Thursday, April 25
>>>Circle Dancing at 7:30 p.m. at the Milford Unitarian Church . Every dance is taught and beginners are welcome. No partners needed. Contact is Mary Kuhn and her phone number is 603-487-2732. Email email@example.com
Friday, April 26
>>>Contradance w/ David Kaynor & The Greenfield Dance Band at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-367-9380 or www.davidkaynor.com
>>>Sacred Circle Dance at the Portsmouth Center for Yoga & the Arts, Portsmouth, NH, 7 PM, firstname.lastname@example.com 603-664-2796
>>>Scottish Country Dance at The Unitarian Church ~ Keene, NH ~ 7:30 PM ~ 603-352-3237 or email@example.com
>>>Mad Robin Contradance w/ Pete Sutherlund & The Irregulars at the First Congregational Church ~ Burlington, VT ~ 7:45pm ~ www.adrobincallers.blogspot.com www.thedancegypsy.com
>>>Contradance w/ Frank Woodward, Rich Hart & The Milford Musicians at the Town Hall ~ Milford, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-487-2480
Saturday, April 27
>>>Contradance w/Linda Leslie & Arigana Highway at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, 8pm, 413-773-1671, www.guidingstargrange.org ,Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
>>>Contradance w/ Cuckoo's Nest, Various callers, Tracy Hall, Norwich, VT., 8 PM,(All Dances are taught, beginners welcome clean, soft-soled shoes required, 802-785-4607 or email@example.com
>>>Contradance w/ Marcie Van Cleave & Jump Start at the Town Hall ~ Kingston, NH ~ 8pm ~ 603-772-5355, 603-679-5448
>>>Contrdance for GALA (Global Awareness Local Action) w/ The Fiddling Thompsons at the Town Hall ~ Ossipee, NH ~ 7pm ~ 603-539-6460 www.galacommunity.org
>>>Contradance at the Town Hall, Warner, NH, Beginners Class: 7:30 PM, Dance: 8pm PM
Sunday, April 28
>>>Contradance at the Stone Church ~ Brattleboro, VT ~ 7:30pm ~ www.brattcontra.org 802-257-9234
Thursday, May 2
>>>Contradance w/ Peter Yarensky, Sarah Mason & The Lamprey River Band at the City Hall, Dover, NH, 8pm, 603-664-2513, www.nhcountrydance.com Email: email@example.com
Friday, May 3
>>>Traditional Square Dance at the Town Hall, Wentworth, NH, 8 PM, 603-764-9993
>>>Contra & Scandinavian Dance w/ Steve Zakon-Anderson & Moving Violations at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA , Scandi 8pm, contra 8:30pm, 403-549-1913, www.themovingviolations.com
>>>Keene Family Dance at Heberton Hall ~ Keene Public Library ~ Keene, NH ~ 6:30pm ~ www.monadnockfolk.org
Saturday, May 4
>>>Contradance at the Town House, Peterborough, NH, 7:30PM:workshop, 8PM:dance, www.monadnockfolk.org
>>>Contra w/ George Marshall & Wild Asparagus at the Guiding Star Grange, Greenfield, MA, wkshp 8pm, dance 8:30pm, www.wildasparagus.com
>>>Contradance at the Town Hall ~ Deerfield, NH ~ 8PM ~ 603-463-4182, 603-679-1915
>>>Contradance w/ Rebecca Lay at the Capital City Grange, Montpelier, VT, 8pm, 802-744-6163, www.capitalcitygrange.org/contradances


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Minecraft an open-world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination.
Mods are add-ons allow changes Minecraft's game content from what it originally was. With Mods you can make your own world within Minecraft by programming a whole new set of rules and situations!
- Updated on: January 29, 2016
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- Newest File: DinoDimension 1.01
- Release Type: Release
- Supports: 1.7.10
- License: All Rights Reserved
Dinosaur Dimension Mod adds 8 dinosaurs to your Minecraft world. Dinosaur Dimension Mod allows you to travel to the prehistoric overworld.
To access the dimension, build a typical portal shape (surround a 3×2 space of air) out of Cave Painting blocks. Activating is easy: Just right click a Cave Painting when the frame is complete. Green portals should appear, beginning your excursions into the unknown.
Find some Cave Paintings. Unlike regular ores, these only appear on the walls of actual caves. Any type will work. Despite not originating in the dinosaur age, these paintings have an ancient mystical aura that allows the portal to work.
List of dinosaurs:
- Dimetrodon ("Two sizes of teeth") — large lizard-like creature with a sail on its back
- Velociraptor ("Speedy robber") — quick, cunning, and fierce during the night, they attack in groups
- Pteranodon ("Winged without teeth") –evil flying little beasts that attack you at first sight
- Tyrannosaurus Rex ("Lizard tyrant king") — hulking monster that can easily outrun puny humans
- Sauropod ("Foot lizard") — peaceful giants of the Jurassic age
- Stegosaurus ("Roofed lizard") — armored and ready to defend in a fight
- Triceratops ("Three horned face") — like the stegosaurs, only attacks if you start a fight
- Trilobite ("Three lobes") — ancient bug-like crustaceans that fill the rivers
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Paula Abdul Thinks She's Huge in Austria
Hah, oh dear. It seems that Paula Abdul, cat-litter-mouthed judge of American Idol singers, was duped by Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno character in his new film. And she still doesn't know it.
Page Six hisses that the girl, who is forever yours, had a lengthy sitdown with the fake gay Austrian fashion reporter, and has still not figured out—because synapses fire pretty slowly through Farina—that it was all a hoax. Most people who were duped by the reality comedian figured it out pretty quick, but no, not dear Paula. Her spokesperson declined to comment, but, I guess, now she must be aware of it.
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Manchester United FC vs Arsenal FC, Old Trafford, Manchester
Final Score: Manchester United 1 – 0 Arsenal
Man of the Match: Wayne Rooney
Manchester United leapfrogged rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City into 5th place in the league table with a win over league leaders Arsenal at Old Trafford.
The clash of the two English titans has regularly been a high intensity game with none of the clubs ready to share the spoils from the fixture. Even so, Manchester United have maintained a stranglehold over this clash winning their last 9 games in all competitions at home against Arsenal. This dates back to as far as 2006 and includes the infamous 8-2 drubbing handed out to the Gunners a couple of years ago. But much has changed since then. Sir Alex Ferguson has retired and David Moyes is now at the helm at Old Trafford. At the start of the match, United sat 8 points behind table leaders Arsenal. A loss would have put them behind by 11 points, which, with only 11 games done, is not insurmountable but highly tedious.
Arsenal have been in a rich vein of form coming into the game on the back of a 2-0 dismantling of 2nd placed Liverpool and a mid week drubbing of Champion's League Runners-up Borussia Dortmund, away from home. Manchester United, on the other hand, were coming into the game after a grinding draw against Real Sociedad in Spain. Earlier in the day however, 6th placed Tottenham Hotspur fell 0-1 to Newcastle at home while Manchester City succumbed to their kryptonite, Sunderland at the Stadium of light. This set up the Match of the Day tantalisingly. If Arsenal were to win, they would go 5 points clear at the top of the table. If United won, they would jump to 5th and also reduce their gap from the top to a manageable 5 points (from 8 points previously).
Squad and Formations
Arsenal's hitherto success this season has been largely due to the emergence of the Ozil – Ramsey – Giroud triumvirate. Prior to today's game, Arsenal had scored in every one of their previous 10 league fixtures. Coming into this match, Arsene Wenger received a setback when Per Mertesacker was declared unfit for the game. This forced Wenger's hand to include Thomas Vermaelen in his place. Wenger and Arsenal fans did however receive some good news in the form of Mathieu Flamini's return from a groin injury. The midfielder was promptly picked in the starting 11, Rosicky making way for the Frenchman. These were the only two changes in the side that faced Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund last week. The Gunners lined up in their favoured 4-2-3-1 formation that has brought them success this season.
Manchester United fans on the other hand were fretting after rumours began circulating of Robin van Persie having to miss the fixture due to a recurring groin injury. The rumours were however negated when Moyes did name him in his starting 11. The United manager made 4 changes to his team from the one that played Real Sociedad mid-week. Rio Ferdinand was dropped in favour of Jonny Evans while Ryan Giggs, Marouanne Fellaini and Javier Hernandez went onto the bench to be replaced by Michael Carrick, Phil Jones and RvP. Moyes matched his opponent's 4-2-3-1, deploying Smalling on RB and using Phil Jones and Michael Carrick in DM roles to provide cover to the defense. Rooney dropped back into the hole behind RvP with Valencia and Kagawa giving him company on the wide positions.
Match Highlights
United kicked off the match with their backs to the Stretford End. Valencia and Smalling took the fight to Arsenal from the word go, the former winning United's first corner in the 1st minute itself. Phil Jones was making runs at the Arsenal midfield, effectively taking Mikel Arteta and Flamini out of the equation with defensive help from both Smalling and Valencia. On the other side, Evra and Kagawa began making overlaps to trouble Sagna out on the left flank. The high intensity start saw most of the play in the midfield with the home side hogging possession. In the 26th minute, Rooney crossed into the box for RvP, to force a clearance from Vermaelen. Rooney took the resultant corner and whipped in a cross towards the center of Arsenal's box. RvP who was waiting on the edge of the box made a run towards the near post after losing Giroud, who was supposed to mark him for the set piece. Aaron Ramsey got drawn towards the ball and moved towards the corner flag, allowing van Persie room to take a running jump before heading the ball into the far post. Szczesny was left flat footed at the near post as he watched the ball sail over the head of a jumping Kieran Gibbs before nestling into the back of the net. United had their lead and the home supporters were abuzz with excitement.
Arsenal tried to step on it but multiple attempts from Cazorla were blocked in defense by Evans and Vidic, while the United defense did not allow Giroud to get onto his favoured left foot to take a shot at goal. Bar a few clearances, David de Gea, in fact, had nothing much to do in the first half. In the 41st minute, during another United corner, there was a coming together between Szczesny and Phil Jones that left the shot stopper out cold. Phil Jones was, perhaps harshly, awarded a booking by referee Michael Oliver for his troubles as the Arsenal goalie gingerly got back to his feet. Minutes later, on the cusp of half time, a similar incident repeated at the other end. David de Gea rose to punch a cross clear just as Vidic also decided to clear the cross. The result was a mid air collision that nearly caused de Gea's thigh to take Vidic's head off. The defender was forced to walk off the pitch, pale and spitting blood, for an early half time break straight down the tunnel from where he did not re-emerge. United completed the remaining few seconds of the first half with ten men on the pitch.
The second half started with United substituting Vidic with Tom Cleverley. Phil Jones dropped back into the CB position vacated by Vidic to partner Evans, while Cleverley moved into his RDM position. This, and being a goal down, encouraged Arsenal to attack in waves and United were forced to absorb a lot of pressure especially from Ozil who was now relatively freer to ply his trade. Smalling, Jones and Evans put in a decent shift to keep them at bay, being helped out in large parts by Valencia, RvP and Wayne Rooney. Rooney, who had already registered his assist for the game and the fourth for the season earlier, was all over the pitch. One moment he was defending his own goal and the next moment he was intercepting crosses and pinching the ball off Cazorla and Flamini.
The 58th minute produced the first real chance for Arsenal after Bacary Sagna whipped in a cross from the right flank to have Ozil put it just wide of the goal. After another attempt from Ramsey, United broke play and pushed the ball forward providing Wayne Rooney a brilliant chance to double United's lead at the one hour mark. The striker, however, failed to do so, putting the ball just wide of the left post.
Wenger decided to change things up a bit by introducing Wilshere for Flamini and immediately the game turned more aggressive as Arsenal sat in United's half for extended periods with United putting a lot of red shirts behind the ball and intercepting and blocking as best as they could. With 15 minutes to go, Moyes introduced Ryan Giggs for the tiring Kagawa while the ineffective Santi Cazorla was substituted by Wenger for Nicklas Bendtner. The 81st minute again provided United a chance to convert from a set piece but Chris Smalling failed to make the most of it.
The missed chance prompted a flurry of changes with both managers quickly exhausting their full complement of 3 subs. Wenger brought on Gnabry for Mikel Arteta while Moyes completed his third substitution, replacing goal scorer RvP with Fellaini to further shore up the defense. Bacary Sagna again overcame the exhausted Evra in the dying moments of the game to send in a beautiful guided cross across goal but it ended up harmlessly with Chris Smalling who promptly put a boot through it to send the ball away from danger. At the end, United managed to hang on to their solitary goal and very valuable 3 points from the fixture that reduced their deficit from the top to 5 points effectively leap frogging Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City into 5th place in the league after 11 games.
Where the game was won for United?
Moyes had obviously identified German midfielder Mesut Ozil as the primary attacking channel given his penchant for assisting strikes. The manager, thus decided to use a slightly defensive approach making Phil Jones play in midfield. This proved to be effective as Ozil barely got a touch on the ball in the first half. The biggest testimony to the success of this strategy is the increased push and penetration that Arsenal got from the last 45 minutes when Jones played deeper in his own half than from the first when he was playing a higher line. Comparing Ozil's heat map from his games against Liverpool and United is quite insightful.
From this heat map it is clearly visible the license that Liverpool gave to Ozil to allow him to roam down the right flank as well as regularly cross over with Mikel Arteta onto the left flank thus completely overloading the defense on the flanks. This was not the case today, where Ozil hardly got the ball as crosses and passes made to him were intercepted successfully.
Apart from this, the United defenders especially Vidic (in the first half), Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra put in a tremendous shift with assistance from Wayne Rooney and Antonio Valencia to keep the attack of the Gunners at bay.
Man of the Match
Wayne Rooney put in a man of the match performance for the home team as he appeared everywhere on the pitch. He helped out tremendously in defense when required making vital interceptions and carrying the ball out of defense multiple times. He had a workman like evening where he almost ran his legs off.
The heat map above clearly depicts the level of his involvement in the game. He was practically running all over Arsenal's half and still spent a significant amount of time in his own half as well helping out defensively. For all the pre-season moaning, this Wayne Rooney is a player every manager would love to have. He is diligent in defense, destructive in attack and goes about his business with a doggedness as he vies for the ball every single time.
This result is a tremendous one for United. This is one of the biggest matches of Moyes' fledgling career at OT and he has managed to pass it with flying colours. More importantly, however, it has blown the title race wide open again with it becoming increasingly difficult to predict who all would qualify for European football next year and who would eventually lift the EPL trophy come May 2014.


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Nancy Amoury Combs. Guilty Pleas in International Criminal Law: Constructing a Restorative Justice Approach. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. 370 pp. $30.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8047-5352-4; $78.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8047-5351-7.
Reviewed by Valerie Hebert (Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University)
Published on H-Genocide (June, 2008)
The Moral and Material Costs of International Justice
"Following mass atrocity," writes Martha Minow, an expert on transitional justice, "there are no tidy endings."[1] For societies torn apart by war, genocide, and state-sanctioned violence, the international community possesses no adequate response to offer its survivors. All attempts at judicial reckoning will fall short of our best hopes for the imposition of punitive measures against the offenders, the clarification of the historical record, and the fostering of social reconciliation between victims, perpetrators and bystanders. Still, since it would be a greater injustice to do nothing in the aftermath of such crimes, the international community must confront the challenge of doing something, no matter how insufficient and unfulfilling the results may be.
In her book Guilty Pleas in International Criminal Law: Constructing a Restorative Justice Approach, Nancy Amoury Combs addresses the delicate balance between what is morally desirable and what is practically achievable in international criminal law. Much of the scholarship on transitional justice models have focused on the laws and processes devised to restore justice following mass atrocity. Indeed, these questions push beyond the boundaries of traditional jurisprudence and raise philosophical, ethical, and sociological issues such as: how to define international crimes, who has the authority to prosecute them, what measure of punishment is commensurate with the murder, rape, displacement, exploitation, and starvation of thousands upon thousands of human beings, and what role the law can play in helping societies come to terms with their traumatic and contested histories? However, the laws and structures created to deliver justice are either aided or constrained by factors which--in comparison to these proceedings' lofty goals--may seem rather coarse or mundane. But if international tribunals are to function, they require courtrooms, staffs, jurists, jails, technology, transportation, and so on. Who pays--how, and for how long? These latter issues receive comparatively less attention in public and academic discussion of international justice. In this work, Combs attempts to draw the two sets of concerns closer together.
In the first three chapters of her book, Combs explains the current climate in international criminal law and posits a strategy to contend with some of its most pressing challenges. With the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 1993 and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1994, the United Nations ended what Combs describes as a culture of impunity which prevailed during the fifty years since the Nuremberg trials. Although Nuremberg was intended to usher in a new era of international criminal accountability, no similar proceeding was prosecuted in the decades that followed. It was not for lack of crime. The genocide in Cambodia, the offenses related to Argentina's "Dirty War" and the destruction of the Maya in Guatemala are only three examples from a long list of atrocities whose judicial reckoning has only recently been undertaken. Still, the ICTY, ICTR, "Special Chambers" and various truth commissions represent a remarkable step forward in the enforcement of international criminal law. However, actual results have been less inspiring, with only a tiny minority of perpetrators being brought to the bar. Much of this traces back to finances. Combs counts out some dispiriting math in her introduction. The ICTY and ICTR, the best funded of our most recent transitional justice enterprises, together employ over 2000 people and spend about $200 million per year to try roughly a dozen defendants. Alternative processes have received much humbler budgets. Even the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court (ICC) implies that the court's average prosecutorial capacity translates to six cases per mass atrocity (p. 35).
The number of convictions is important. These legal processes serve many extra-legal ends, such as the formation of public memory and the discussion of fundamental questions about a nation's identity, which can promote healing and reconciliation. Research has shown that these goals are better served when a substantial number of prosecutions is initiated, and inversely, that they can be undermined by too meagre a judicial effort (p. 56). It is within this context--the high cost of trials only precariously funded, in combination with the moral, social, and political imperatives calling out for substantial numbers of trials--that Combs formulates a legal strategy to maximize the number of criminal convictions by international courts.
While emphasizing the critical importance of any judicial effort to arrest and detain a large number of suspects at the outset, and to maintain the appearance of being willing to try them, Combs argues that using plea bargaining (typically offering reduced charges and/or reduced sentences in exchange for guilty pleas) can greatly increase the number of convictions of offenders who otherwise may never have been held to account. She supports her argument through the last seven chapters.
In chapters 4, 5, and 6, Combs describes the use of plea bargaining at the ICTY, the ICTR, and the Special Panels for East Timor. In detailed descriptions of individual cases she shows how all three tribunals exhibited a similar pattern in their use of plea bargaining. At first, guilty pleas were unsolicited and prosecutors offered no guarantees of charging or sentencing concessions. Only under pressure to complete their work did tribunals take the initiative in seeking guilty pleas, fully aware that the practice is second-best to a full trial. With time the practice devolved in certain cases into an aggressive and factually distortive tool. Combs contrasts this ugly side to plea bargaining with several instances when judges resisted the plea agreement, and, with an eye on public opinion, insisted on stronger indictments and longer sentences. As it stands, tribunals continue to show a strong functional need for plea bargaining, warts and all. Accordingly, Combs concludes that "guilty pleas are apt to become a pervasive feature of any international criminal justice system that seeks to prosecute more than a miniscule number of offenders" (p. 126).
Given that plea bargaining--a common feature of domestic criminal trials--has been roundly condemned by victims' groups as a crass dilution of justice in favor of the bottom line, how is it that one could advocate its use internationally? Combs answers this question in chapter 7. She argues that the different context and needs of international justice provide adequate justification for the use of plea bargaining. Regarding international crimes, there is usually a vastly larger pool of defendants to contend with. Like South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC), a much-lauded alternative to retributive justice models which grants amnesty to perpetrators in exchange for their confessions, a much greater proportion of the guilty could be held to account. Unlike the TRC however, plea agreements would still impose some measure of punishment. Therefore, while individual sentences might appear slight in comparison to the gravity of the crime, the cumulative whole of criminal accountability for any given atrocity would be greater than could be imposed using traditional processes. In addition, plea bargaining could serve the needs of a society recovering from national trauma by emphasizing truth-telling and acknowledgment, the foundation of any restorative justice approach. She elaborates on the specifics of these benefits in the following chapters.
Chapter 8 proposes a model of plea bargaining that combines retributive and restorative aspects of transitional justice processes. Here, victim needs are a guiding factor. First, Combs recommends that the accused fulfill certain restorative obligations in order to have a plea accepted, such as providing a full and complete confession. This would benefit the prosecution by potentially implicating other perpetrators, particularly planners and instigators. It could also offer comfort and closure to victims, for example, by detailing their loved ones' last moments, or final resting places. Secondly, Combs emphasizes the need for victim-offender interaction to promote reconciliation and ideally, a change in attitudes about the conflict and the victim group. Thirdly, punishment would involve material reparations, the tangible counterpart to societal reconciliation. For example, the guilty might be compelled to rebuild the school or church he destroyed.
In the following two chapters, using examples drawn from the judicial efforts surrounding events in Argentina, Bosnia, Rwanda, and East Timor, Combs explores how various cases might benefit from the plea bargaining model advocated here, and what lessons might be drawn from the implementation of various features of her proposed model. What emerges is that there is no "one size fits all" judicial solution to mass atrocity. In some cases, such as where crime has long been denied by the perpetrator class, acknowledgment of wrongdoing might benefit a society more than the imposition of punishment against an aging and largely untraceable defendant group. In other cases we see that the effort to solve one problem (for example, the attempt to relieve overcrowded jails and the overburdened ICTR by enacting the traditional community-based conflict resolution process known as Gacaca in Rwanda) has in fact presented additional concerns, such as the absence of sufficient legal representation for the accused, and the specter of witness intimidation. Nonetheless, the evolution of transitional justice models, particularly grassroots, indigenous efforts, has shown the need for and benefit of prominent victim participation, and that some justice is better than none--two issues Combs's model proposes to address. In view of the inevitable shortcomings of any judicial effort, Combs concludes that her plea bargaining strategy will at best only narrow the "chasm [that] divides what should be done to redress the harms caused by international crimes and what will be done" (p. 226). The chasm remains.
Although Combs emphasizes the central role practical concerns must play in the formulation of any transitional justice effort, what remains unclear is the threshold for the appropriate number of prosecutions. If six per atrocity is what the ICC can afford, but a "substantial" number is required to maintain the integrity of the effort, how many more prosecutions (permitted, it is assumed, by plea bargaining) satisfy the demands of justice? Combs does state that the finer points of the process must be attuned to the different circumstances of the atrocity in question, but one may still question who will decide, and how, on the number of prosecutions, and how this decision itself avoids being defined by budget.
Further, one wonders if Combs concedes too much by resigning the judicial enterprise to strained budgets and short staffs in perpetuity. In the confrontation between justice and politics/finances, is it wise to sacrifice the former and re-design judicial processes to suit these poor circumstances? While it is clear that politics have the upper hand, is there really no prospect for improvement? Might tailoring the judicial enterprise to current conditions remove the incentive for a change in political will?
Although Combs's work is finely researched and eloquently delivered, one is still left morally dissatisfied at the book's end. It is clear that the author is as well. The feeling is not attributable to any particular failing of the work, despite the questions I have raised here. Rather, it is to be traced to the knowledge that our best and continuing efforts still fall so far short of what ethics demand to secure justice for the world's most heinous crimes. The laws and processes of international criminal law have come a long way in the sixty years since Nuremberg. Combs shows us how much further we still need to go. To be sure, her advice to ground future judicial efforts in their material reality offers greater potential for the pursuit of justice than moral concerns alone.
[1]. Martha Minow, Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence (Boston: Beacon Press, 1998), x.
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Worthington Industries Inc., Columbus, Ohio, reported net sales of $570.4 million and net earnings of $18.5 million during its fiscal second quarter, which ended Nov. 30. Compared to the second quarter last year, the sales figure was a minor drop from $580.7 million, but earnings were up 27.5 percent.
"Our second quarter results were very good, showing solid incremental growth," said John McConnell, chairman and CEO. "The Steel Processing and Pressure Cylinders businesses nearly made up for the lost revenue from the exiting of the Metal Framing business in the year-to-year comparison."
Strengthening auto demand and improved operating performance drove strong results in the company's Steel Processing segment. The business reported an 18 percent increase in sales compared to the same quarter in 2010.
Steel Processing's net sales of $373.5 million were up $56.3 million over the prior-year quarter. Higher average selling prices increased net sales by $35.9 million, while a 12 percent increase in volumes boosted sales by $20.4 million.
The mix of direct vs. toll tons processed was 51 to 49 percent, compared with 54 to 46 percent in the comparable prior-year quarter. Operating income declined $1.0 million as increased volumes were more than offset by the impact of higher manufacturing expenses and inventory holding losses.
"Our Steel Processing segment is operating at a high level, and we have positioned our joint ventures to continue their strong results. Even with the slow economy, we have seen incremental improvements in many of our markets and believe we can continue to grow our bottom line," McConnell said.
Worthington's inventory is at record low levels, with only 57 days on hand. Despite the low levels, the company still achieved 95 percent on-time delivery performance during the quarter.
Company officials expressed some supply concern over RG Steel's recent decision to keep its Sparrows Point blast furnace offline for the foreseeable future. The furnace was idled shortly before Christmas in response to issues with its banking partners. Worthington says it has contingency plans to source the material it was getting from Sparrows Point.
"We're hopeful they will come out of the current challenges they are facing. They've been a good supplier for us in the time we've been doing business with them and hope they can recover," McConnell said.
Looking ahead, though the processing segment experienced the typical seasonal slowdown as the year ended, the early signs for 2012 are positive. Strong performance by the automotive industry and a recent uptick in prices may be behind the solid bookings.