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James meets Mark and his glamorous set at Oxford University.
Oxford, the city of 'dreaming spires', lies about sixty miles north-west of London. It is famous throughout the world for its university, currently considered the 5th best university in the world.
First settled in Saxon times, the city of Oxford boasts fine examples of architecture from every period thereafter. The medieval period saw the construction of the first Oxford colleges: Balliol, Merton and University College all date from the thirteenth century. The colleges were financed by the Church in the hope that they would find a way to reconcile the newly rediscovered philosophy of the Ancient world, particularly that of Aristotle, with Christian doctrine. Over the centuries, the university has extended its remit to most other areas of learning. Oxford's long list of illustrious alumni includes 26 British Prime Ministers, more than 30 international heads of state, 12 saints, 50 Olympians and many writers and philosophers.
The city played an important part in the English Civil War, when it sheltered King Charles following his flight from London, leading to the Siege of Oxford in 1646. By the twentieth century the city had begun to expand, and it now supports a population of 165,000. Aside from the university, its main commercial activities lie in information and scientific technology, car manufacturing, and publishing.
After graduating from Oxford, James and his friends move to London.
London is the capital of the UK and home to almost eight million people, making it the largest city in Europe in terms of population.
The city dates back to Roman times, when it was called Londonium. It began life in a square mile of land near where St Paul's Cathedral now stands; this area, known as the City, is now London's financial centre.
Over the centuries London has spread far beyond its original square mile, stretching out from both sides of the river Thames until it has come to occupy some 611 square miles. The centre of government is located in Westminster, where the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey stand. Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the monarch, is nearby. The Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey are both UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as are Kew Gardens and Greenwich, the site of the Prime Meridian. The city's other famous sights include St Paul's Cathedral, the British Museum, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus.
London has suffered great damage twice during its history: once in 1666, when the Great Fire of London destroyed many of its medieval wooden buildings; and then during the Second World War, when the Blitz obliterated much of the city.
Mark and James retreat from the world to a villa outside the fictional Italian town of San Ceterino.
According to the author, the town is located between Pescara and Andria in south-east Italy. This places it in Apulia (or Puglia), a dry agricultural region with a wealth of ports linking Italy with Greece and the eastern Mediterranean.
Jericho originally lay at the heart of Oxford's industrial area along the Oxford Canal, and is therefore largely made up of terraces of workers' cottages.
The area features in Philip Pullman's Northern Lights as the home of the Gyptians. A passage in Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy also takes place in St Barnabus Church in Jericho.
Burundi is considered to be the second or third poorest country in the world. Its population, like that of its neighbour Rwanda, is drawn from the three tribes that dominate this part of equatorial Africa: the Hutus, the Tutsis and the Twa.
In October 1993 the first democratically elected president of Burundi, Melchior Ndadaye, was assassinated during a failed military coup. He had only been in office for three months. His assassination sparked off an escalating series of bloody attacks that eventually became the Burundian Civil War, a decade-long battle for dominance between the tribes that is thought to have claimed around 30,000 lives.
At the same time, neighbouring Rwanda was suffering a similarly violent civil war after the (mainly Tutsi) Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded the country in 1990. Four years later, in 1994, a plane carrying both the Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana and the Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali. This event led to the Rwandan Genocide, a three month period during which around half a million to a million people were killed by the interim government of Rwanda.
It is still unclear who shot down the plane carrying the presidents.
Port Meadow is a 440 acre area of common ground that runs along the banks of the Isis (Thames) in Oxford. Traditional grazing rights are still exercised on the land by local farmers. The Trout in Wolvercote is one of two fishily-named pubs in the area, the other being the Perch. It is a popular place for students to visit for mulled wine and roasted chestnuts. Part of the Trout Inn is thought to be over 700 years old.
It is named after Gilbert Sheldon, the university's chancellor at the time, who was also the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Sheldonian Theatre is used for university lectures, music concerts and other university ceremonies; it is not used for plays.

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Figures paint a striking picture of the ICT landscape around the world. ITU provides some interesting snapshots, drawn from the ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database.
Mobile cellular is the most popular technology in history, with over 4 billion subscriptions worldwide at the beginning of 2009.
In 2008, there were 65 countries in the world with more mobile cellular subscriptions than inhabitants up from 50 in 2007
In 2008 Africa as a whole surpassed the level of penetration achieved by the USA in 1999.
Between 2007 and 2008, the number of fixed telephone lines worldwide grew by just 6 million, or under 0.5%. The number of mobile cellular subscriptions grew by 635 million, or 18.8%.
By 2008, the number of mobile cellular subscriptions in Africa and the Arab States (449 million) was 40% greater than that in the whole world a decade earlier (318 million).
In 2007, Asia added more mobile cellular subscriptions (338 million) than the whole of the rest of the world together (252 million). In 2008 that pattern was reversed, with Asia adding 274 million mobile cellular subscriptions, and the rest of the world together adding 331 million.
In 2008, the average low-user monthly cost of a mobile subscription in Sub-Saharan Africa corresponded to more than 20% of the monthly GNI per capita compared to less than 0.5% in the USA and Canada.
By the end of 2008, only 4% of Africans used the Internet, compared to 56% in Europe.
In 2008, out of every 10 Internet users in the world:
Almost 4 were from G8 countries, home to 13% of the worlds population.
More than 3 were from BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), home to 42% of the worlds inhabitants.
2 were from Africa, home to 11% of the world's population.
At the end of 2008, the entire African continent home to over 50 countries and close to a billion people still had fewer Internet subscribers than France.
In 2008, there were more Internet subscribers in the Netherlands (population: 17 million) than in the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa (population: 767 million).
In 2000, there were more than 70 countries with an Internet penetration of under 1%. By 2007 that figure had dropped to 20 countries, and by 2008 to just 15 countries. Ten of them were in Africa.
In 2000, there was no country in the world with an Internet penetration of over 50% (though a few came close). By 2008, there were 45. None of them were in Africa.
In 2008, developing countries, with 81% of the global population, accounted for just under 40% of the worlds 406 million fixed broadband Internet subscribers. If China the largest fixed broadband market in the world is excluded from the figures, the developing world share drops to 76% of the population and 18% of the fixed broadband Internet subscribers
In 2008, the fixed broadband Internet penetration rate was 19.4% in developed nations over 8 times higher than the 2.4% penetration in developing countries.
By the end of 2008, mobile broadband penetration reached 14% in the developed world, compared to less than 1% in developing economies.
In 2000, there were roughly 16 million fixed broadband Internet subscribers in the world. By 2008, Poland alone had almost 17 million fixed broadband Internet subscribers.
In 2008, there were fewer inhabitants than mobile cellular subscriptions in both Europe (117%) and the CIS countries (107%).
Between 2000 and 2008, the regions which made the largest relative improvements in mobile cellular subscriptions were Africa (CAGR 46.9%), the Arab States (47.7%) and the CIS countries (65.9%).
In 2000, the Americas region had about 40% of the worlds total Internet users. With roughly-equal populations, North and South America had widely-differing Internet penetration rates, with over 40% in the US and Canada and 4% in the south. By 2008, South America had an Internet penetration of 31%, while the US and Canada averaged 71%.
In 2008, roughly 65% of the Internet users in Asia were from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea; these three countries account for less than 40% of the regional population.
In 2008, the fixed broadband Internet subscriber penetration rate was 24% in Australia, compared to 54% for mobile broadband subscriptions.
In 2008, Africa had a fixed broadband Internet subscriber penetration rate of 0.09%, or just nine subscribers per ten thousand inhabitants.
In three years (1996-1998) 276 million people signed up for a mobile cellular telephone. Compare that figure to the 243 million main telephone lines that were installed in the first one hundred years of telephone history.
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Shilling for his new global warming book on Meet the Press yesterday Thomas Friedman told Tom Brokaw:
Well, I'm against Manhattan Project because this problem is so large in terms of scale. I think it's got to be like IT. We need 100,000 people experimenting in 100,000 garages coming up with 100,000 ideas, 100 of which might be promising, 10 might work, and two might be the next green guru.
Friedman's denunciation of a 'Manhattan Project' approach to energy policy is a bit of an evolution for the New York Times columnist who once said that if he were president would "have rallied the nation for real energy conservation and initiated a Manhattan Project for alternative energies." But later in the same MTP interview, Friedman's big government instincts just can't help themselves. He told Brokaw: "You know, what we need today, Tom–we had a space race with the Russians, who could be the first to put a man on the moon. What we need today is an Earth race with China, with Europe, with Japan, to see who can create the technologies to make the Earth livable for man." Sounds like Friedman's calling for a new Apollo project to us.
But as Popular Mechanics editor in chief James Meigs explains, government directed Apollo/Manhattan approaches to alternative energy are not the answer:
Yes, the moon landing was a towering achievement. But, as aerospace analyst Rand Simberg notes, it was also a "well-defined engineering challenge, and a problem susceptible to having huge bales of money thrown at it." Retooling America's energy infrastructure is far more complex. It isn't one challenge, it's thousands—a total overhaul of the American lifestyle involving deep changes in every home, vehicle and business in the country.
Meigs concludes:
The government can play a role in advancing alternative energy. Tax incentives and regulatory relief can help. So can research money channeled through the National Science Foundation or DARPA. But let's tread lightly when it comes to giving handouts to corporations in the name of research.
With oil trading at far over $100 a barrel, companies already have incentives to develop alternatives—the market will reward breakthroughs handsomely. In fields ranging from batteries to biofuels, there are hundreds of promising research projects under way. Some will succeed, some won't. But we need scientists, entrepreneurs and consumers to pick the winners, not politicians. Finding solutions to our energy problems isn't rocket science. It's a lot tougher.


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Re: Frances family from Saloniki, Greece
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larry frances 6/05/09
Hi Larry,
Is your father Rabbi Simon Frances? I know him fairly well as I have corresponded with him in the past. I also know of a large portion of your family who live in Miami (in fact, their temple merged (or is in the process) of merging with my temple). I would love to see the family tree. My great-grandmother was born in Larissa and her aunt and uncle are my connection to the Frances family....
I do hope to visit Larissa someday...I sent them a copy of my g-g-g grandfather's picture for their offices. He was Rabbi David "Davitchon" Angel, the Chief Rabbi of Larissa and Komotini.
Michael Waas
Miami, FL
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Today's Table Hopping giveaway is the final pair of tickets ($40 value) I have to for the fifth annual timesunion.com/Table Hopping Mac-n-Cheese Bowl to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York, scheduled for Saturday (2/15) at the Albany Marriott in Colonie. There will be tasting stations from 29 Capital Region restaurants and food businesses.
The weather forecast says we should be well past the storm by late Saturday morning; there's zero chance of precipitation, and the roads will be clear by then, so come on out.
These tickets will be for admission starting at 12:30 p.m.; the earlier session starts at 11 a.m. Admission to either is $20 for adults, $5 for kids age 5 to 12 and free for younger than 5. The first 1,600 tickets are available now at Price Chopper stores and may be used for admission to either session; after they're gone, tickets will be available only at the food bank's Latham headquarters or at the door and may be used for the later session only. Tickets for the later session may be purchased now at the food bank (965 Albany-Shaker Road, near Route 7). Admission covers tasting mac-n-cheeses from all participating restaurants, activities and voting. In its first four years the event has more than $112,000 for the food bank.
The winner will be chosen at random from comments posted below that answer the question in the next paragraph. Comments that don't answer the question will be rejected. One comment submitted per person. Multiple answers from same person/email address disqualifies all from that person. Contest closes at noon Thursday (2/13).
Question: What's your preferred beverage to drink with mac-n-cheese? (The Marriott will have a cash bar on Saturday.)


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That Tick-Tocking Metronome
If your child has trouble keeping with the rhythm of a song, try using a metronome. If your kid has learned a song perfectly, but is having trouble playing at the right speed, then turn on the metronome, adjust to the correct tempo, and have your kid try to match the beat of the song to the beat of the metronome.
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I can't stress to you all how much Fantasy and Science-Fiction with LGBTQIA characters mean to me, especially those centering Queer people of color. So when I heard about Kai Ashante Wilson's follow-up to Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, I was ecstatic. Gay romances set in fantasy worlds really get to me, y'all. I am so thankful to writers like Kai Ashante Wilson for being fearless and unapologetic in writing stories with Queer characters, especially in the current – hostile – political climate.
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By Dan Froomkin
Three newly-disclosed Justice Department e-mails thoroughly vindicate the most cynical suspicions about how former vice president Dick Cheney bent ostensibly independent Justice Department lawyers to his will and forced them to manufacture legal cover for his torture policies.
The e-mails, which date back to a 2005 re-evaluation of interrogation policies, were written by then-deputy attorney general James Comey. They reveal Cheney's extraordinary influence over then-attorney general Alberto Gonzales and key lieutenants -- including top officials in the department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).
Comey describes how he and some of his colleagues had "grave reservations" about the legal analyses being concocted for Cheney. And he accurately predicts that Cheney and other White House officials would later point the finger at the Justice Department during the investigations that would inevitably ensue once the administration's actions were made public.
Indeed, in one e-mail, Comey describes an exchange with Ted Ullyot, then Gonzales's chief of staff: "I told him that the people who were applying pressure now would not be there when the s--- hit the fan. Rather, they would simply say they had only asked for an opinion."
Gonzales and Ullyot both came to Justice from the White House counsel's office. And Comey writes that "everyone seemed to be thinking as if they still work at the White House and not the United States Department of Justice."
Noting that he had already announced his resignation at the time, Comey expresses sadness that some top officials who were "too weak to stand up for the principles" that undergird DOJ.
This is exactly what many of us have been alleging for a long time.
In one e-mail, Comey describes a dramatic meeting with Gonzales, in which he warned that approval of the interrogation techniques would likely lead to criminal prosecution.
"In stark terms I explained to him what this would look like some day and what it would mean for the president and the government," Comey writes. "I sketched out the 'summation' that could be made to demonstrate that some of this stuff was simply awful. I told him it would all come out some day and be presented in the ways I was presenting it."
The e-mails date back to DOJ's second round of finding legal rationalizations for torture. By 2005, the department had renounced the original August 1, 2002, "torture memo" from the OLC, the CIA's office of inspector general had questioned the legality and effectiveness of the techniques being used at the CIA's secret prisons, and the CIA had abandoned waterboarding -- but not many other extreme measures.
Cheney's quest to restore the necessary legal cover resulted in three new memos, which were among those declassified and released in April by the Obama administration.
The first memo concluded that brutal interrogation techniques including waterboarding did not individually violate the federal criminal prohibition against torture.
The second memo concluded that even the combined use of those techniques didn't violate that particular statute. Those two memos were issued on May 10, 2005.
The third memo, dated May 25, managed to conclude that the techniques didn't even violate the United Nations Convention Against Torture's prohibition of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment."
The previously undisclosed e-mails from Comey were Web-published on Saturday by the New York Times. But Scott Shane and David Johnston chose to focus on a minor point -- that Comey and other lawyers, even while expressing their grave concerns about the interrogation methods in question, had approved the first memo.
"When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques, even some who believed that using tough tactics was a serious mistake agreed on a basic point: the methods themselves were legal," Shane and Johnston wrote.
Yes, Comey approved the first memo. And that certainly tarnishes his reputation. Comey, almost alone among senior Justice Department officials, had somehow managed to emerge with his reputation intact -- so much so that Politico even reported in May that "some White House officials" (and I'm assuming they meant this White House, not the last one) were suggesting he was Supreme Court material.
But Comey was ever the pragmatist. The most famous Comey story, as related by Comey himself in 2007, involved a dramatic rebellion in March 2004 -- complete with a mad dash to the hospital bedside of then-attorney general John Ashcroft -- in which Comey, backed up by Ashcroft, refused to reauthorize a secret NSA warrantless surveillance program as it was then constituted. But most legal scholars believe the whole program, not just the still-mysterious part Comey objected to, was operating in clear violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Blogger Marcy Wheeler argues that Comey's acquiescence to the argument that the interrogation tactics individually didn't violate one particular law does not mean he necessarily considered them legal. He may have felt -- and apparently did feel -- that they violated other laws, including the Convention Against Torture. He certainly felt that their use in combination -- which is how the CIA used them -- was clearly illegal.
Wheeler also argues -- with some justification, it seems to me -- that the e-mails were probably leaked to the Times in a "pre-emptive strike" on an upcoming report from the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility. That report is said to harshly criticize former OLC lawyers John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Steven Bradbury for their role in approving torture.
The message their defenders clearly wanted to send -- and which the Times conveyed -- was that even those DOJ officials who had thus far "escaped criticism because they raised questions about interrogation and the law" agreed with at least some of the rationales put forth by Yoo et. al.
But the actual e-mails, in which Comey documents his various conversations on the matter, don't really support that message. Rather, they paint a portrait of a hopeless rear-guard action by Comey and others against Cheney and his willing lackeys.
As Glenn Greenwald blogs for Salon: "[T]he real story here is obvious -- these DOJ memos authorizing torture were anything but the by-product of independent, good faith legal analysis....
"These DOJ memos, like the CIA reports [in the run-up to war in Iraq], were all engineered by the White House to give cover to what they wanted to do; they were not the precipitating events that led to and justified those decisions."
In his April 27 e-mail, Comey describes telling Gonzales directly about his "grave reservations" about the second memo. Gonzales's response? "The AG explained that he was under great pressure from the Vice President to complete both memos, and that the President had even raised it last week, apparently at the VP's request and the AG had promised they would be ready early this week."
Comey also notes that OLC lawyer Patrick Philbin had previously reported that then-acting OLC director Steve Bradbury "was getting constant similar pressure from [White House counsel] Harriet Miers and [Cheney counsel] David Addington to produce the opinions." Comey adds: "Parenthetically, I have previously expressed my worry that having Steve as 'Acting' -- and wanting the job -- would make his susceptible to just this kind of pressure."
By the end of the April 27 e-mail it appears that Gonzales has agreed to give Comey a chance to alter the second memo. But in the April 28 e-mail, Comey recounts a conversation with Ullyot, Gonzales's chief of staff, in which it becomes clear that Comey has been outflanked by Cheney and that the memo will go out as written.
Comey concludes: "People may think it strange to hear me say I miss John Ashcroft, but as intimidated as he could be by the WH, when it came to crunch-time, he stood up, even from an intensive care hospital bed. That backbone is gone."
And by his May 31 e-mail, his wistful regrets have turned into barely contained fury.
The previous day, the department had issued the third memo, essentially giving a go-ahead (and perhaps even more importantly, retroactive approval) to torture. There was to be a high-level meeting on the subject at the White House later than day. And in a morning meeting with Gonzales, Comey's entreaties evidently fell on deaf ears.
"The AG began by saying that [then-national security adviser Condoleezza] Rice was not interested in discussing details and that her attitude was that if DOJ said it was legal and CIA said it was effective, then that ended it, without a need for detailed policy discussion," Comey writes. "Pat and I urged the AG in the strongest possible terms to drive a full policy discussion of all techniques."
Comey then writes about delivering to Gonzales that imagined "summation" in the case against the administration for torture. And, he adds: "I mentioned that there was a video of an early session, which would come out eventually."
Comey writes that later that day, upon returning from the White House, Gonzales "said the meeting had gone very well, and that there had been a full factual and policy discussion. He said the issues were fully presented and and he had drawn my 'worst-case scenario' for them. At the end, all the Principles approved the full list."
Comey's prediction that "simply awful" things would be eventually made public was proven correct. But the video he mentioned was one of many that the CIA conveniently destroyed less than six months later. And of course his vision of a criminal prosecution remains unfulfilled. Oh, to hear that summation -- either from Comey, or from a federal prosecutor.


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Since when do pizzas have the mental capacity to judge a norns lifestyle?
i think a computer upgrade is in order
No need for a special topic, we have picture topics.
Tomoko Eternal Life, Kilik Eternal Sun, Eira Frozen Hearted, Ashara Emberlight,
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Rep. Kristi Noem Talks VA Report Today On VPU
Rep. Kristi Noem and Independent Gov. Candidate Mike Myers, will be on Viewpoint University today(Tuesday) 1140 KSOO.
Rep. Noem will be reacting to the audit report on problems with the V.A. and the legal, and legislative issues the report raises.
Mike Myers, is a retired USD professor. He is an Independent Candidate for Governor. Myers has unique ideas on ways to get things done in South Dakota.
Viewpoint University from 4-6 pm today(Tuesday) on 1140 KSOO.


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Sotheby's to Auction Magnificent Jewels in Geneva.Sotheby's Auction house often showcases their idea of Magnificent Jewels. And from past auctions,magnificent they are. The newest Magnificent Jewels auction is no exception. It is full of gorgeous pieces, many dating back hundreds of years.
The Magnificent Jewels sale on 13 November features the Pink Star, one of the world's great natural treasures. This 59.60-carat beauty is a fancy vivid pink, internally flawless diamond - the largest diamond of this color grade known - and is the most valuable diamond ever to be offered at auction.
Some well know designers in this auction are Van Cleef and Arpels, Cartier jewelry, and Bulgari among many others.
The diamond is set to be a major highlight of the international auction calendar this year and the much-anticipated sale will comprise over 370 lots, including iconic jewels such as the "Walska Briolette Diamond" brooch, gems with important provenance, impressive diamonds and gemstones, as well as fine period creations signed by the world's most celebrated jewelers.
I have put together a small slide show on my YouTube Channel that highlights my favorite pieces from the auction. The video has music with it. It is best seen in full screen (bottom right corner icon to show the details of the pieces.) I hope you enjoy the show!


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[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] Let's all congratulate Philippe Troin on getting the number 6000. :-) There is no need to mourn that Debian's had 6000 bugs. The number of open bugs might warrant some attention, of course, but with about 900 packages and 150 developers, there's bound to be a mistake or two made every now and then. _Personally_, I find it encouraging that we have _only_ had 6000 bugs, or about 7 bugs per package, and 40 bugs per developer. Debian's been going on for several years, and if every programmer in the world only made then or twenty bugs per year, the software industry would be rather healthy. Our next competition might be to see who closes the last bug over three months old. :-) -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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All men knows the feeling. Being on the giving side or the recieving side, weve all been on one side of the spectrum. Here are the thoughts that go through each of their minds.
Thoughts of the cockblocker- Where is Chris? Ive got to tell him about what i just saw, he is the only person i know at this party. Hey, i know that guy, im gonna wave. Damn, he must not of saw me, shit my hands still up, umm oh let me pretend im fixing my hair. Fuck, that guy saw me. Let me nod quick to him. Ok, nod back i guess were cool. Where the fuck is chris? Oh, there he goes into that room with that really drunk chick. Oh man, i got an idea thatll surely get people to talk to me, ill try to get someone to come in for this cocblock with me and itll be so funny. Let me g et that guy i nodded to who also isnt talking to anyone. Wow, this guy said thats an uber cool idea, i thought i was the only one to say that. Here comes the epic cockblock. 1 , 2, 3. Oh fuck what a cockblock. That girl ran right out of the party, so epic. Hey why does chris look mad? What the fuck,!! when did cockclocks not become good fun
Thoughts of the victim- I am about to band numero 3 this month. A career high for chris, the kid is on his way. Why am i commentating. Focus. Fuck, theres harry, why the fuck did i bring him. Ill pretend i dont see him. Ok in the room. Lets get these clothes off and begin the festivities. Damn, she is not only hot but hammered. I hope she dont pull know superbad shit cause im in the zone. What the fuck is going on? Why does it sound like someones by the door, fuck it, concentrate on fuckin this bitch. Youve got to be fuckin kiddin me. Im gonna punch this son of a bitch. Fuck my hand hurts. Im out of this fuckin party.
Men, do not cockblock, i dont care whats going on, never be the giver of a cockblock.


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Her Comedy Central television show, Inside Amy Schumer, just won an Emmy. Her movie, Trainwreck, which she wrote and starred in, was a huge summer blockbuster hit. She recently hosted both the MTV Movie Awards and Saturday Night Live, and her HBO special, Amy Schumer Live at the Apollo, premiered in mid-October.
It's safe to say this girl is killing it.
What is Ms. Schumer's appeal, exactly?
What has made her fame completely skyrocket in such a short period of time?
Schumer exudes the kind of quality we all love in our celebrities — relatability. She's the girl next door, the girl we can see ourselves grabbing a beer with and having a total blast. Sure, her bank account isn't very relatable, but she doesn't give off the quality of "I'm a rich untouchable celebrity."
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"I've only got twelve bullets, so some of you are going to have to share!"
—Wade Wilson, Deadpool
"His training in the martial arts has made Steven Seagal into a deadly shot. He becomes one with the bullet and the two of them form a zen team... only, one of them is still a bullet. It sounds like bullshit, I know. Applying ancient Eastern teachings to firearm training kills 500 karate men a day. But Seagal made it work. He seriously, on camera, shoots the cotton off of Q-tips. Bang— that's how Officer Seagal tests a DNA swab. The Verdict: Dead."
"Nigel, do you-" Kissan's words died in his lips as he saw Nigel slumped in his seat, and standing beside the bike, leveling a pistol his way-
The Nod biker was a hundred meters away, with a dozen Nod soldiers between him and the man by Nigel's bike. A normal soldier, straight out of boot on his first day, would never have made that kind of shot with a pistol. Even an experienced target shooter might find it difficult. note
But that was why they called him "Havoc."
Kissan's visor shattered, his head snapped back, and he toppled out of his motorcycle as the rest of the ambushed Nod militia found themselves under fire from multiple directions by a superior number of GDI troops.
Harry: I saw you during the fight at Wrigley, Kincaid. You fired a dozen shots, on the move and dodging bad guys the whole time.
Kincaid: What's so supernatural about that?
Harry: In a fight, just plain folks miss sometimes. Maybe most times. You didn't miss once.
Kincaid: What's the point of shooting if you're just going to miss?
Captain Amelia: Did you actually aim for that?
Dr. Doppler: You know, actually, I did.
There, you see, is a man who could hunt flies with a rifle, and command a ducal salary in a Wild West show to-day if we had him back with us.
Jayne Cobb: "Saint Jayne" has a nice ring to it, though.
Shepherd Derria Book: I'm just trying to think how many miracles you've performed.
Jayne: I once hit a guy in the neck from 500 yards with a bent scope.
Shepherd Derria Book: I'm just trying to think how many miracles you've performed.
Jayne: I once hit a guy in the neck from 500 yards with a bent scope.
— "Objects in Space," Firefly
Shoot the wings off the flies.
—Sloan, Wanted
Hiding won't help you! I understand the bullets, you see... I make them go where I want.
—Revolver Ovelot, Metal Gear Solid
"Bet you can't put it through the eye."
"Left or right?"
Their precision is legendary. The Yu-Yan Archers can pin a fly to a tree from a hundred yards away. Without killing it.
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my client has 2 domains, for example "A" & "B". Both has the same age. But "A" with live content, whild "B" is still under construction.
Domain "A" is on top 10 SERPs for a spesific keywor.
Domian "B" is under construction.
The client wants to switch the "A" website's content to domain "B" and do 301 redirect from "A" to "B" . Then leave web site "A" for a while with under maintenance.
He believes that the old content is more suitable for the new website "B".
So, from SEO prespective, is that a dangerous process and leads to not getting a good rank in website "B" with the old content? or the redirect will help and overcome this situation?
and when rebuilding website "A" with the new content, will its good ranking history help it to gain a good rank as it used to have?
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As ruler of your very own empire, there is plenty of work laid out before you. New territories ready to be conquered abound. Prove yourself as a strategist worthy of ruling the world and lead your armies to victory and glory.
In the multifaceted fantasy world of Godsrule you will be look upon by your people as the powerful ruler that you are, but it is up to you to prove that you deserve this power and respect. Your subjects are loyal to the end, fighting your battles and carrying out your orders to the bitter end. Their loyalty will serve you well in your quest to expand your empire, but don't abuse their loyalty with reckless abandon, or you will soon find your forces dwindling and hardly capable of conquest, let alone defending your current territorial holdings. War is not your only duty as emperor however. Like any reigning leader, you must also be a daft economist and city planner to ensure that the peaceful portions of your empire continue to flourish and expand.
In fact, before you set out on your mighty conquests, you will be primarily concerned with resource management and expanding the range of your empire through civic projects and economic gains. The more efficiently you build up your empire at the early stages of expansion, the sooner you will be able to gather troops, raise an army and take your strategic expertise to the battlefield.
Your ultimate goal in Godsrule is to expand your empire across as many territories as possible and to maintain your broadened borders and the safety of your subjects. To more rapidly increase your power and influence across the game world, you can join up with other players to form clans, coordinating with one another to decisively win battles and more efficiently expand your collective empire. Even though the option is there, you are not required to form alliances or even play offline. Whether at your computer, on your iPad or in your browser, you can continue playing Godsrule from any platform and expand your world dominance from anywhere.
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103 KAR 40:050. Transportation.
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: This administrative regulation summarizes the statute dealing with the transportation of alcoholic beverages and outlines reporting requirements of the Department of Revenue.
Section 1. Report Required. (1) All transporters holding a Kentucky Distilled Spirits and Wine Transporter's license or privilege are required to file reports with the Department of Revenue on or before the 20th of each month covering the preceding month's transactions. It is necessary that only one (1) report, prepared on forms supplied by the Department of Revenue be submitted to cover each unit shipment of alcoholic beverages transported into or between points in Kentucky.
(2) Reports are required on all shipments of alcoholic beverages delivered to a Kentucky wholesaler, distiller or rectifier.
(3) When a shipment is handled by two (2) or more carriers, the carrier making final delivery to the consignee or retiring the waybill is required to submit the report to the department.
Section 2. Information Required. (1) Each report must show the state license number, the name and address of the consignor and the consignee, shipping date, delivery date, number of barrels and number of cases according to size for each shipment. Transporters are required to make a notation "For Consolidation" on all reports covering shipments delivered for this purpose.
(2) Each report shall be prepared and signed by an official of the transporting company.
Section 3. Report Not Required. (1) Carriers are not required to submit a report on shipments of spirits consigned by Kentucky wholesalers to Kentucky retailers; shipments of spirits delivered to some other carrier in Kentucky; shipments originating from a Kentucky wholesaler, distiller or rectifier and delivered to points outside of Kentucky; and shipments of spirits originating in some other state, transported through Kentucky and delivered elsewhere.
(2) A railroad involved in switch movement only is not considered the delivering carrier. (CH-32; 1 Ky.R. 709; eff. 5-14-1975; Am. 9 Ky.R. 1156; eff. 5-4-1983; TAm eff. 5-20-2009; TAm eff. 6-28-2016.)


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Princess Fred lived with her parents, King Nancy and Queen David, in a castle not far from here.
Thus begins the story of the young woman, nicknamed Princess Backwards because in a kingdom where everything is the reverse of our world, she seems to always be doing things the wrong way. When doing things her way results in the princess saving the kingdom, however, her subjects learn the valuable lesson that being different isn't necessarily a bad thing, and can in fact be very useful.
I learned (or at least re-learned) a lesson of my own as well, in considering Princess Backwards for recommendation—that while it never hurts to guide kids towards great books with which they might not be familiar, as an adult choosing books for children you sometimes have to let go of your own preconceptions and preferences and just go with the instincts of the kids the books are meant for. In the case of Princess Backwards, I was initially unimpressed with the book. While the idea of the story was a great one, I found the ending a bit bluntly preachy, and the fairly traditional folk-style drawings weren't to my taste. My young niece, however, quickly reminded me, with actions even more than words, that my preferences in the artwork and voice of an otherwise great story are far less important than those of the kids I'm reading to. When presented, during a visit to my house, with a stack of nearly twenty picture books on some of her favourite subjects from which to choose, she consistently insisted that she only wanted to hear Princess Backwards—-over, and over, and over again. It was at that point that the realization struck me, that her devoted insistence of repeated readings of the book was sign enough that this was one I ought to be recommending for other children as well.


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Golf panel wants USGA study of Longshore course
Published 6:45 am, Thursday, December 6, 2012
The town's Golf Advisory Committee is recommending the Parks & Recreation Commission fund a $5,000, day-long U.S. Golf Association examination of the Longshore Club golf course to compile ideas for improved play and maintenance at the municipal course.
But making significant changes in the management of the golf course remains a larger question that committee members agreed Monday will have to be resolved in the future.
"Part of the problem here may be that the governing structure is maybe inhibiting your ability to properly manage the facility," David Levin, a member of the Longshore Men's Golf Association, told the committee. He suggested the golf course should be managed by an outside company.
"The town ... has been unable to take advantage of the synergies between the golf course, for example, and the inn" at Longshore, he said.
"If you were to bring in ... a professional golf management company ... the town might be able to get a proposal that would be a win-win for both the town and the users of the facility," he said.
"In order to have a proper golf experience," said Sean Doyle, past president of the LMGA, "it has to be looked at as a hospitality business."
"The town has been using the golf course to funnel funds elsewhere and not put it back in the course," he said. Peripheral events and activities are also not being considered, he said. "There's no food. We don't have any outside events ... It's really about the organization of the entity of the whole golf picture."
"Those are longer-term challenges," said Fred Hunter, the committee chairman.
"We are talking with people that manage (other) courses nearby ..." he said, "and there's some interesting information coming out about how those are managed."
He said those findings would probably be presented at next month's meeting.
Meanwhile, Hunter said, the committee should focus on more immediate concerns about physical conditions at the golf course, many of which were expressed at a well-attended committee meeting in September.
"There are a lot of stressed areas on the golf course," he said.
He said the Parks & Recreation Department, through its commission, should take a more active role in addressing those concerns about physical conditions at the course.
Committee member Scott Smith echoed concerns about the "dysfunctional" management of the course.
"That's a valid point and I think it points to the general dysfunction -- or a kinder word would be inefficiency -- with which Parks and Rec operates (the course)," he said.
He added the town over the winter "there should be at least some evidence that somebody's caring about the course ... just so that golfers know that somebody's minding the store."
"One of the problems is we understand only too well what the budgetary constraints in this town are," said committee member Mark Howod, "and a lot of the things that we recommend or don't recommend is based on the understanding that we'll never get the money to do these things."
He said the committee should begin looking at the course as if it were privately run in order to make clear decisions on its needs.
Member Gary Solomon said that improvements previously made at the golf course have been deteriorating over time.
"You have to put some more money into it to maintain those terrific improvements that we put in a few years ago," he said. "A golf course doesn't just stay static."


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I am in Paris the food it great, the drivers are rude, the mopeds are crazy and the weather......well it certainly is fall....and I am disappointed to see the Eifel Tower lit up in blue. And to make it worse, they have flashing lights all over it at the top of the hour. It reminds me more of Las Vegas than Paris. To me this is like us putting flashing Christmas Tree Lights on the White House. See the Picture...I got the blue but could not bring my self to take a picture when the white lights are flashing. I was so ashamed for the Parisians.
I met a couple from New York at a corner cafe...sorry I failed to get the name, I'm new at this so give me a break, anyhow they were thinking of not waiting the 2 hours it would take to get to the top of the Eifel Tower but I convinced them that they could not come all this way and not do it.
Here is a funny story, or it is to me, I went to dinner Thursday night with two colleagues and when we were seated, my French friend received the French menu while my English friend and I were given the "for stupid tourist" version on a bright yellow sheet of paper. While I do appreciate that in any given restaurant in Paris you can get an English version of a menu, I thought printing it on yellow paper was a little over the top. So does anyone know a good joke that starts with "A Frenchman, an Englishman and an American walk into a bar"? I'm sure it would be appropriate here.


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46 CFR 11.1001 - Purpose of rules.
(a) The rules in this subpart implement Regulation I/10 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 as amended (STCW) (incorporated by reference, see § 11.102 of this part) by establishing requirements and procedures for the recognition and endorsement of officer certificates of competence issued by other Parties to STCW.
(b) Specific regulations on the use of non-U.S. credentialed officers and mariners with officer endorsements (except those of master) are found in § 15.720 of this subchapter.
Title 46 published on 09-May-2017 04:27
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 46 CFR Part 11 after this date.


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I am an electrician by trade.
I have a tempstar ntc6075fbai furnace. I want to put in a new thermostat. The voltage at the thermostat is 30v, instead of 24. What could be causing that. ?
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Children who watch too much television have disrupted sleep patterns, do less well in school, and have an increased risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
If you're worried about how much telly your family is watching, this article should help you to take control over your kids' viewing habits.
1. Get the TV out of the Bedroom!
Having a TV in the bedroom may keep your kids quiet, but you lose control over what and how much they watch. A recent study found that children who had a TV in their bedroom watched more TV and performed worse in school tests.
If your child already has a TV in their bedroom, you may have a job on your hands to get it out. We recommend that you just remove the TV and explain your reasons to your child. Be prepared for protests, but remember that you are acting in the best interests of your child, and that you are the boss!
2. Don't have the TV on in the Background
If no-one's watching it, turn the telly off! TV has an amazing effect on us. We instinctively pay attention to moving images, so when a television is on it is difficult to concentrate on other things. Remember, the "off" button is there for a reason.
3. Don't Allow Unsupervised Access
Do you really know what the kids are watching? Many studies have shown that children can be exposed to violent and sexual imagery that is inappropriate for their age. Keep track of what your kids are watching, and avoid having loads of TV sets around the house.
4. Agree Programmes
Buy a TV guide, and agree in advance which programmes your children will watch. This won't take long, and will save your children from hours of zombie-like channel surfing. Most Sunday newspapers have a weekly TV guide included. Set rules for acceptable programmes together, and develop a list of programmes to be watched.
5. Agree TV Time
Agree with your children how much time the family will spend watching TV during the week. Remember to be firm during the negotiations. Your kids need to know that you are the boss – much easier with younger children.
If your children are massive telly addicts, you will need to reduce their screen time gradually. The most important thing for telly addicts is to replace TV time with something else, so you might need to think about active hobbies for your kids.
6. Assess the Situation
Keep a TV log for a week, and work out how much time you and your children spend in front of the box. Just write down the number of hours of TV you've watched – you may find this surprising.
7. Record Programmes
Record movies and programmes that you like, and watch them at convenient times. This can help to minimise the effect that TV has on your family's sleeping and eating patterns.
8. Discuss the Plan
Explain to your children the reason why too much TV is a bad idea, and get their opinions. This is crucial, since you want your children to develop good TV habits that they will take with them into adulthood. Don't be too dictatorial, and explain your actions. Your children will get into the habit of being discerning viewers.
You're the boss, and you need to take a lead, but you have to bring your children with you. If your children are very young, this will not be a problem – they will just accept your rules as being normal.
9. Encourage Rebellion!
Your kids are going to rebel against something so why not make this rebellion a positive process? Point out to your child or young adult that the TV keeps them passive and under control. Your children probably won't like the idea of being passive zombies controlled by others.
10. Cut the Cable…
…or get rid of the dish. Why not get rid of your satellite TV and with the money you save, rent the odd movie that you're really keen on? You'll be able to watch your movie at a more convenient time, you won't be bombarded with adverts, and you will probably save money.
11. TV Dinners
Don't eat in front of the telly! When you are looking at the box, you find it harder to keep track of how full you are. For this reason people tend to overeat when they are watching television.
When children routinely eat meals in front of the TV they are more likely to become overweight. The odd bit of popcorn during a movie is OK, but in general don't let your family eat meals in front of the TV.
12. Keep Perspective
You don't have to ditch the TV completely, although believe it or not some people take this option and live perfectly normal lives. TV isn't all bad…you can see great movies, there are fantastic educational documentaries, and there are great comedy and entertainment shows. Just make sure that you control the TV, and the TV doesn't control you!
Are YOU A Telly Addict?
If we parents watch too much TV, our children will too. Some scientists think that you can become literally addicted to TV. If you find yourself doing any of the following, maybe it's time to cut back on your own TV habit:
- You cut short social events to go home and watch TV
- You watch television out of habit, not interest
- You turn the TV on in the morning, and leave it on all day
- You channel-surf
- You cut short intimate time with your partner to watch a TV show
You are the most important role model to your children – so maybe you should cut down on your own TV habit! Find out more about the health effects of TV.
Do your kids watch too much TV? Why not let us know – make a comment below!


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Who needs a netbook? I got this old clunker.
Years ago, I bought a 12″ PowerBook. I was attracted to its small size and great power. Back when it was first released, you may remember, it was considered a tiny marvel. While other people flocked to the 17″ PowerBook, I wanted sheer portability and the 12″ was my dream laptop.
Time marches on. A G4 processor operating with 640 MB of RAM isn't anyone's dream machine anymore. Hell, when I tried to install Leopard on it last year, it was so slow I had to rebuild the hard disk with Tiger on it.
And I think that's when I fell out of love with it.
You see, in the meantime, I'd bought a 15″ MacBook Pro. Not one of the new ones — this one is about two years old now. I'd bought it as a test mule — a computer to run software on while I write about the software. But when I finished my Leopard book in September 2007, I began using the MacBook Pro more and more. And when I couldn't get Leopard to run on the 12″, I realized that it was silly to use an old laptop when I had a newer one. The 12″ wound up on the shelf.
But this morning I pulled it out and dusted it off and fired it up. I let it update Microsoft Office 2004 and various Apple software. I updated my ecto database to pull in all the blog entries I'd written over the past year. And I started writing this.
The sad part about this PowerBook is that the battery is so toasted that it won't hold a charge for more than 20 minutes of operations. So as a portable computer for use in coffee shops, etc., it fails miserably. But plug it in and sit at the kitchen table and it does everything it's supposed to.
I want a netbook. I'm sorely tempted by the Dell Mini 9. A buddy of mine says he can transform it into a Hackintosh for me. But I'm also hoping that Apple comes out with their own netbook. If they price it reasonably — and I'm talking about well under $1,000 — I'll be the first on line to buy one.
And frankly, I don't give a damn about the so-called "Apple Tax." Dan Miller of Macworld.com was right in his article, "The Microsoft Discount." He could be speaking for me when he says:
But for the benefit of my Windows-using friends, I will say for the record: I don't use a Mac because it's cool. I use it because it works better for me. I use it because it doesn't stink.
I've got a hopped-up Windows laptop that's way faster than this little old PowerBook. But when it came time to do a little blogging this morning, I left it gathering dust on the shelf.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 10th Jun 2010 00:08 UTC
It's late here, but we're having election night, and the two leading parties are currently tied seat-wise, with a 10000-vote difference. Anyway, it gives me some time to cover a major problem: Microsoft is at it again. The company has pushed an update through Windows Update which silently, without user consent, installs two browser extensions - one for Internet Explorer, and one for Firefox.
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I highly recommend the 5 minute breaks on the hour. You've gotta be strict about the 5 minutes, turning it into the 10-15 minute breaks people are used to really cuts into your time, but if you just think about the average attention span of a human being it really does make a lot of sense. I like to try to look outside the WoW environment for management (time, personnel, motivational, et cetera) approaches and I like the ability to build my RL general organisational skill-set in WoW.
And yeah, I find asking them about my performance invariably turns it into a dialog of compare+contrast "these are my strengths, these are your strengths, these are my weaknesses, these are your weaknesses" where it's normally so easy for people to close their mind to perceived criticism. Plus I take the PoV that the raid/guild leader should clearly be one of the strongest players to demonstrate that they deserve their role, so it's handy to have a bunch of critics there to keep you on your toes & hopefully you won't instinctively dismiss their criticism when it's done in a mutual dialog scenario =)
Edit: And I very much agree with Qujam's comment above.


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Britain expelled a senior Israeli diplomat on Tuesday, amid a diplomatic row with Tel Aviv over the cloning of UK passports to plot the assassination of a top Hamas militant by suspected Mossad agents.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the House of Commons that there were "compelling reasons" to believe Israel was responsible for the passport "misuse". "Such misuse is intolerable and a hazard for the safety of British nationals," he was quoted as saying by BBC.
Miliband said a probe had found "compelling" evidence that Tel Aviv's secret service was responsible for cloning the ID documents. "I have asked that a member of the embassy of Israel be withdrawn, and this is taking place," he said.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a founding member of the Islamist militant group Hamas was killed in a Dubai hotel room on January 19. Dubai police have blamed the killing on a Mossad hit squad whose 27 members used cloned European and Australian passports. Twelve of them were travelling on forged British passports, prompting a major diplomatic row with the UK and the European Union.
Israel has rejected any link to the killing in Dubai in January. However, toxicology report released by Dubai police suggested that the top Hamas militant was injected with a fast-acting sedative before being suffocated. Soon after the killing, the hit squad went back to Israel after flying to different destinations from Dubai.
Ron Prosor, the Israeli Ambassador to London, was summoned to the Foreign Office on Monday to discuss the formal results of an investigation, which showed how the passports in question were cloned as their owners--mostly persons with dual nationality --passed through border controls heading into Israel.


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Nothing in the spam folder. I get all WP emails. I've subscribed to my blog too late and I want to send past posts to myself as a backup.
I've got the managed subscriptions set to instant for both posts and comments. The admin and personal emails are the same [email redacted]. Not sure what's wrong.
Cannot find answer to this problem anywhere.
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The blog I need help with is violalilacindue.wordpress.com.


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Skip to comments.500 American Warriors to Run Ad Endorsing Mitt Romney for President
Posted on 11/04/2012 9:37:00 PM PST by JouleZ
A star-studded list of retired high ranking US military officers is set to shake up the presidential race as the nation heads into Election Day, November 6. GEN Hugh Shelton (USA-ret) and GEN Tommy Franks (USA-ret) are among the military heavyweights who are taking out a full page ad in Mondays Washington Times, the Tatler has learned.
Very nice. I was happy to see the full page ad by the Rev. Billy Graham today in our weekly Sunday paper.
Thank you Brandonmark for posting the meat of the article! This is huge news for America. (I'm new to posting so appreciate the help).
The Washington Times?
Are they shooting for the Virginia vote?
Wish they'd put it in a Cincinnati or Columbus paper, too.
obama's ROE that he put in first thing in 2009 have more than tripled the number of our troops killed. the rules favor the Taliban - and our troops are killed.
This traitorous act of deliberately consigning Americans to death in Benghazi - while he watched! - was that one step too far.
Ooops. Sorry to re-post your link but this is huge and needs to be seen over and over. This is basically a military coup! Never been done before in this country that I'm aware of. God Bless all the Military who signed this.
They need to put this in msm sources. The WT is a great publication but it's a conservative paper read by conservatives. Needs to hit the independent audience.
Good point.
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I call upon my heavenly Father to get this information into as many American newspapers as possible. Please dear God hear my prayer and the people who say Amen to it. Please heal our land and please let the American people know the truth about Obama and the evil he has done. Let the eyes of the people be opened and let them vote for the most conservative leaders and propositions in this election. I pray that You, our Great Saviour, would send Your angels to protect this election from voter fraud and from any and every foul play. Please Dear God save America from the hands of our enemies. We ask for Your help. We know that You can do super abundantly over and above all that we ask or think so we ask that You would intervene. I pray that the independent audience as well as voters from all political backgrounds would get this information and get it in a big way. Please help us get this message out. We love You God and know we have to trust in You no matter what because You are a good God and we can trust in You.
I pray this in the name of Jesus,
The fact of this AD being placed Monday by the Generals will make it to all of Fox News, the blogs, the Internet in general, Drudge, Lucianne, Free Republic, all conservative talk radio stations, and other conservative outlets. It will get play far beyond the AD itself.
Wish they would run that in Colorado, Ohio or Pennsylvania. Times is like preaching to the choir.
Bumps and bouquets!! Wow!
That'll work. Prayer can do wonders.
Wonderful graphic - thanks
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I had another day with no patients scheduled, so I met up with Cori just east of Walker Pass (Hwy 178 through Kernville) to do a weekend warm-up to Backus Peak. As it was slated to be over 90 degrees, we both carried a ton of water, and ended up really taking our time and enjoying all the wildflowers that were still blooming in the desert!
Some notes from the day:
1) Snakes. Yup. Don't like 'em, never have. I sang the 'Go Away Snakes' song, but we still saw three. Identification , anyone??
2) Some really amazing wildflowers , brilliantly colored, still adorning the desert floor and slopes. Neither Cori nor I moved very fast since we were stopping every few feet to attempt to capture them.
3) Hot day, but there was a nice wind, especially on the summit ridge. Cold beer back at the Toaster and Cooler were the best ever!
4) A fun peak, would like to have looped it with Russell, maybe next time! We were both heading to big peaks the next day (Cori did Spanish Needle, and I did Agassiz), so we conserved energy a bit.
5) Had din-din at Indian Wells. I came away with the happiest case EVER!!
Rest of the pics are here.
A few other moments from the day:
From about 8 feet away:
Backus Peak:
Cool Critter:
Backus Peak, 5-16-08
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the lobotomy bock is for sipping only ... not like this guy ok ?
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That is one spot-tacular lizard!! It looks to be some sort of leopard lizard, but I don't know what kind. There is a blunt-nosed leopard lizard which is endangered, and a long-nosed leopard lizard, both of which (I think) are indigenous to the area. Yours looks kind of like a medium nosed lizard.
Great photos! Thanks.
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Alice, I think that's a male Collared Lizard.
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Investigating a segfault in my code, looking for
* NativesStore stores the 'native' (builtin) JS libraries.
* NativesStore needs to be initialized before using V8, usually by the
* embedder calling v8::SetNativesDataBlob, which calls SetNativesFromFile
* below.
A bit over a year later, I find myself back at this question, and now I know the answer.
You can compile V8 with external startup data ("snapshot") or without.
If you compiled with snapshot data, call
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v8::SetNativesDataBlob directly.
Otherwise, the solution is to compile without snapshot data. Then, you don't need to call either of the aforementioned functions at all. Here's one answer on how to configure this in your build process. Note, using snapshot data decreases process start-up time.


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The episode starts with Roshni reminiscing Sid and crying on a public seat. Sid thinks it is some lady and to cheer her up keeps choc and hankie and leaves. Roshni sees them, thinks it must be Sid and runs to find him, but he has already left. DD calls her, tells Sid is already there in Bangkok and says she has booked a Delhi ticket for her. Roshni says if she runs from here, Sid will find her even in Delhi and it is not a solution, so she will face it, asks her not to worry.
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Roshni sadly walks on the road. Inebriated Sid and Yash are busy enjoying describing their lady love's beauty on the other side. Yash says his lady love's eyes are very beautiful. Sid takes his wallet and looks at Roshni. Yash asks him to show it, but he hides. They see a Chinese lamp and Yash says it flies on love. Yash says he does not know his lady love will tell if he proposes her. Sid says she will be very happy and asks to tell her name. He says Roshni. Sid is shocked to hear that.
Precap: Roshni and Sid hire same cab, sit in it and are surprised to see each other.
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