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Former Campbell mayor and current Campbell Union High School District trustee Matthew Dean has been named to MetroED's governing board. MetroED is a joint powers association that provides two programs: the Central County Occupational Center and the Metropolitan Adult Education Program.
County services to be examined
Applications are being accepted through Feb. 15 for a 10-week program that will provide a comprehensive overview of county government.
The SCC Gov-101 Academy aims to raise public awareness of the county's role and responsibilities, as well as programs and services it offers.
The academy will hold its first session on March 12, with most sessions taking place Tuesdays from 6 to 9 p.m. and one half-day session taking place on a Saturday. The graduation ceremony will be held May 21 at 11:30 a.m.
Applications are available on the county's website at sccgov.org/sccgov101app.
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Library has book sale
The Friends of the West Valley Library will be holding a book sale on Feb. 16, with all proceeds to benefit libraries and literacy programs.
The sale will be held at 1243 San Tomas Aquino Road, in San Jose, from 9 to 10 a.m. for members and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the general public.
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About Camp Dawson
History of Camp Dawson
Camp Dawson was established on May 7, 1909, when the West Virginia State Legislature authorized the purchase of 196 1/2 acres of land on Dunkard Bottom along the Cheat River in Preston County. The camp was named in honor of William M. O. Dawson, a native of Preston County, who served as Governor from 1905 to 1908.Troops began training at Camp Dawson during the summer of 1909 and continued until the start of World War I. The camp was not used again until 1928 when it was reestablished as a training site for the West Virginia State Militia.Units trained regularly at the camp until the outbreak of World War II at which time the United States Government leased the camp for use as a Prisoner of War camp.Since the original purchase, six additional tracts of land have been acquired bringing the present total acreage to 4,177 1/2 acres.Training opportunities that are unique to Camp Dawson have attracted our sister services for many years. In all types of weather, many of the various components of Active and Reserve Forces have chosen Camp Dawson for their training site.
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LocationLocated at 1001 Army Road, Kingwood, WV 26537, Camp Dawson is within close proximity to 50% of the nation's entire population. The secure, distraction-free setting makes Camp Dawson the perfect location for trainings, events, and conferences. For directions and a list of the closest airports, visit the "Directions" link to the left. What we offer
CostsCosts for Camp Dawson's facilities and services vary for different types of organizations. A cost estimate will be provided to you upon scheduling. You are welcome to contact Camp Dawson Operations for questions regarding charges prior to scheduling your event.
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Camp Dawson is located in the small town of Kingwood, West Virginia. In a small valley adjacent to the Cheat River and surrounded by mountains, the beauty of Camp Dawson's surroundings will take your breath away. Preston County's home-style restaurants and diners offer a hearty plate of anything from barbecue to buckwheat cakes. Preston County's unique shops provide a place for visitors to purchase locally made or locally grown items. Delve into the picturesque scenery at state parks, a zoo, historical sites, and even here at Camp Dawson's lake. See our "Links" page on the left for more information on things to do in Kingwood, Preston County, and the neighboring areas.


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I love to add this or that to recipes to create my own taste twists. Wild rice is a popular ingredient here in Minnesota. But the only way my kids will touch it is in these burgers.—Amy Barthelemy, Eagan, Minnesota
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- 1 cup cooked wild rice
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped mushrooms
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 pound ground beef
- 6 hamburger buns, split and toasted
- In a bowl, combine the rice, onion, mushrooms, green pepper, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over mixture; mix well. Shape into six patties. Grill or broil until no longer pink. Serve on buns. Yield: 6 servings.
Wild Rice Burgers make nice autumn fare when served with acorn squash and apple cider.
Originally published as Wild Rice Burgers in Taste of Home Ground Beef Cookbook 1999, p104
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"I enjoyed these burgers very much! I wish I would have minced the onions and green peppers. I did not add mushrooms, but I did add an egg to help keep the burgers together. I will for sure make these again, they are full of flavor!"


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Many supporters of the annual contest will be hoping that television coverage will be returned to its traditional home on the BBC.
The organisers of the event have suggested that they are keen to see the race covered once more by the BBC, but they cannot expect a deal as lucrative as that negotiated by ITV four years ago.
Satellite broadcasters such as Sky and Setanta are rarely keen to bid for one-off events that cost a great deal to cover, unless they can charge a pay-per-view fee as they do with major boxing matches. The Boat Race is unlikely to fit that profile.
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text: Home > Insights Of wrong marriages and battered husbands KAT'S EYE By KATRINA LEGARDA Posted at Mar 04 2008 11:09 PM | Updated as of Dec 08 2010 04:40 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn I got two e-mail request on aspects of a marriage. I decided to answer them in the same column, just so you can see how many problems a marriage can have. "A Case of Wrong Marriage" Dear Atty. Legarda, I was married for almost 8 yrs. now and been separated for 4 yrs. I've read your article today February 26, 2008 in Kat's Eye and encouraged me to send you some questions. What are the problems I will be facing if I will have new partner in life? Though I cannot be married again as I am legally married to my ex-wife. We both can't afford a legal separation or annulment because of financial matters but we are truly setting each other free to whatever we want to do with our lives. The woman that I met and willing to live with me as we both in love with each other is also married with no kids like me but has been separated for more than a year now. We really want to live as normal couple as married people does. In a piace of paper that I signed which have been holding me back from falling inlove again but now I can't resist it anymore because I'm only a human being. Any possibility of having a normal life or normal way of living with a woman that I love right now? Any type of other legal arrangement I could have with my ex-wife if we're incapable of filing an annulment? We are both willing to take the risk to live with each other but we are both naive of the consequences we may be facing in future if my ex-wife or her ex-husband file a case against us? I just feel that if I don't have money for annulment, I will be a prisoner of my ex-wife forever and I will never have a chane to live a normal life, to love and to be loved. I am so sad about it and I've been suffering this emotional thing since I got married to a wrong woman which I thought I will be happy for the rest of my life. Thank you and God bless. " Dear Mr. Wrong Marriage, I hate to burst your bubble, but you cannot do what you wish to do, unless you are both willing to face the risk of being the charged with adultery by your girlfriend's husband. There is no defense for that once you start living together. You can also be charged with concubinage by your own spouse, as you will be living with another woman and you will be living with her as if she were your wife. Yes, if you do not get your first marriages nullified, you will both be married to the "wrong" people for the rest of your life. Read on. . . The second e-mail writer begs me not to reveal his personal circumstances, so let us just call him the "battered husband." He has finally left his wife, and is now desperate to have his marriage declared void. To you who wrote me, I do think you have a very good ground to have your marriage declared void on the ground of psychological incapacity. You will need to see a clinical psychologist (please make sure the psychologist you see has a doctorate in clinical psychology) or a psychiatrist who works with a clinical psychologist, and take a battery of tests. These tests will reveal your personality. The clinical psychologist will also infer a diagnosis on the personality disorder of your wife. A good psychologist or psychiatrist will charge about between 40,000-60,000 pesos. Good family lawyers have a standard fee schedule: they have an acceptance fee of between 150,000-250,000 pesos, and will charge you for attending trials and other costs. Many good lawyers have socialized fees - so that the poor, the disadvantaged, can also get their personal lives in order. If you belong to this latter category, be prepared to pay a monthly retainer fee until your case has been resolved. In the end, you get what you pay for, so please don't skimp on something that could affect you for the rest of your life. You can write to [email protected] if you have questions for me to answer. Please note that I do not answer questions directly, and I can only give general answers based on the law. Till next week. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: marriage /sports/03/21/18/boracay-kiteboarder-qualifies-for-summer-youth-olympic-games/video/news/03/21/18/gordon-claims-over-p420-b-of-customs-taxes-uncollected-from-2012-2016/video/business/03/20/18/ph-raises-p12-b-in-maiden-panda-bond-sale/video/business/03/20/18/psei-sinks-into-correction-territory/video/news/03/20/18/dilg-pushes-federalism-shift-with-new-center


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Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has confirmed the singer splashed out on a breast enhancement operation to celebrate her recovery from drug addiction.
The "Back To Black" star has battled drug and drink demons but finally got clean after a prolonged stay in the Caribbean earlier this year.
The singer's father Mitch Winehouse has recently been campaigning to help non-offending drug addicts after witnessing his daughter's brave recovery.
And he has confirmed reports Winehouse underwent a $52,000 breast enhancement operation to celebrate her new, clean-living lifestyle.
He tells U.K. chat show "This Morning", "(She's) fantastic. Her (breasts) are great as well! She looks absolutely fantastic. I didn't have to pay for it, that's all I know. I didn't have to pay for the (breasts). There is no total recovery, it's a recovery and if you look back to where we were a year ago, we are on a different planet. We are in a different space and a different time and (Amy is) a different person."


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A day to celebrate Caribbean culture
Peaceful event was the plan for West Indian Day Parade annual event in Brooklyn
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NEW YORK — It was Brooklyn's version of Main Street USA. People waved flags from their front stoops, drumbeats filled the air and women in brightly colored sequined costumes and feather headdresses danced to reggae music as they marched Monday in the West Indian Day Parade.
The festive climate prevailed a year after violence marred the annual event, which celebrates the culture of the Caribbean islands and is one of the city's largest outdoor events.
In 2011, a bystander was killed by a stray bullet hours after the parade when police fired on an armed suspect.
"The plan for today is to have a peaceful event," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said after a pre-parade breakfast. "We have a lot of police officers deployed to make certain it's as peaceful and safe as it can be."
During last year's parade, City Council member Jumaane Williams was detained by police as he tried to walk along a closed street. Williams, who is black, said he was stopped because police unfairly target black and Hispanic men. The NYPD said he was temporarily detained to verify his identity.
"We're trying to have just a little bit less excitement than we had last year," Williams said shortly before this year's parade. "But we're still going to have a good time."
Before the parade got under way, city council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the start of a new $600,000 partnership with the City University of New York that will provide free legal immigration services around the city. The "Citizenship Now!" initiative will offer services at 30 locations starting Oct. 1.
About 20 Occupy Wall Street protesters were told they had to leave the parade in the middle of the route because they did not have a permit. They ended up briefly standing off to the side of the street surrounded by police officers.


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IBM Storage
IBM and Netapp: A marriage with ups and downs.
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When I first started working at IBM, we had a couple of NAS storage devices: NAS 100, NAS 300(G) and the NAS 500. The NAS 100 was a 1U server appliance that used Windows 2000 and so did the NAS 200 device, all built on IBM hardware. The NAS 500 was on an AIX system also from the IBM stock. They were traditional NAS type systems and IBM sold them as let us build the system for you so you don't have to. Somewhat limited in functionality but did the job they were designed to do, serve NAS data.
That same year, IBM decided to partner with a company that was doing some things in the storage market that looked really interesting. Network Appliance had just started gaining steam with their Data Ontap code (6.something if I remember correctly) and had broken the barrier that IBM systems lacked. Unified protocols from a single architecture and integration into other products like Exchange and SQL using their cool snapshot technology. It took some time to get up to speed on the new Netapp technology with snap this and snap that, but soon we were all talking about waffles and aggrs.
Through out the years, the product set grew and so did the hardware offering. We kept up with the releases and for the most part a 20-60 day lag in release of new software was ok for most IBM customers. We partnered with the sales teams and support teams to help grow the N series customers base and to keep them happy. As with any partnership there are bumps along the way and there seemed to be two parents telling each other they agree to disagree. All in all the N series system has been very successful at IBM.
But as the years progressed, new technology like XiV, Real Time Compression, TSM Flash Copy Manager etc, have filled some of those voids previously filled by N series in the IBM portfolio. As with many companies there are products that overlap and N series does overlap over half of the product line at IBM Storage. Positioning became harder as sales teams questioned when to sale N series and when to sell something "blue". We quickly learned that customers really liked what N series brought to the table and how the solution could be so flexible.
Now with the news of Netapp purchasing Engenio I wonder how the relationship between IBM and Netapp will survive. IBM also rebrands the Engenio products as the IBM DS 3k, 4k and 5k. I guess the bigger question is now what will Netapp do with that product line? If history is any indicator, they will simple keep things like they are for some time and slowly move the customers over to a Data OnTap product. The other question is how long will IBM keep sending money over to Netapp for products that we sale and support?
100 years of IBM in 100 seconds
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If you haven't heard (get from under that rock) IBM is turning 100 this year and the company is having an awesome time celebrating our longevity. From technical advances, the Apollo program to blazing trails through race and gender equality, IBM has and IS doing the job for all of the world. The company has changed in so many ways and has to adapt in ways only IBMers can but we have survived and thrived.
Find more information about our centennial celebration here.
Here is a great 100 second video of all the cool and great things IBM has done over the last 100 years.
Backups are not just disk vs tape, its a blend of protection technologies
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How does one judge a glass of wine? There are a few tests, how it looks, smells and taste are the basic three. But as the wine is poured you may or may not know that your wine is made up of different varieties of grapes. A producer sits down and experiments with different percentages of grapes and this allows some creativity in making a better glass of wine for the consumer. Of course there are many more factors that play into this process but its by in large the same no matter what wine you enjoy. You enjoy the wine as a whole, a combination of things put together for you with out you having to know or even understand all that went into making that glass of wine.
When we talk to clients about their data backup strategy, we find a very similar process to that of wine making. The end user rarely knows all that goes in to creating a backup of their data and protecting it for them. They just enjoy the knowledge that their data is safe and will be there if they need to access it. But what we see in the making of the backup is a blend of technologies and a creative element that allows administrators some work around constraints like budget and man power.
As data evolves, we are seeing multiple layers of protection and depending on the severity of the data will determine the recovery point and recovery time as well as retention period. Backup technologies usually mean more than doing a bunch of incrementals and then a full off to disk pools and then tape. There are many different levels of protection that we can use.
Snapshots seem to be more common today than 5 years ago. They allow for a clean and consistent recovery point of a database or file system. But snapshots are used for more than just a quick backup, with writable copies we can quickly setup copies for test and dev environments and also rapidly deploy virtual images for desktops or servers. Snapshots are usually set to the same disk set that data is sitting on, and can be moved around via a vault technology or a mirror to another site. This can be used for long term storage if needed but typically snapshots are used for quick recoveries of less than 7 days. Snapshots are also vulnerable to data corruption. If a software bug comes in and corrupts data on the storage system, that can effect the snapshots and mirrors.
Backups are more traditional where the file system is scanned for changes and then those changes are sent off to a device where the data is stored until needed. In the past it has taken more time to backup file systems and as storage has gotten larger, those backup times grow longer. The technology has tried to keep up with adding larger backup servers and more tape drives allowing for more streams coming in. Now with the idea of using spinning disk for tape pools, we can backup a little quicker as the disk can write data faster than tape. There are many things that have evolved out of this technology, for example Long Term File System or Hierarchical Storage Management.
When clients are looking for strategies on protecting their data, they will use a combination of these techniques, and a mixture of both disks and tape to fully protect their environment. Depending o the data type, you may want to just use snapshots as the data changes rapidly and you do not need to restore from a week or a year ago. Snapshots are really useful in the case, and so is mirroring or even metro mirroring if the RTO is small enough. There are other factors such as Sarbanes-Oxley that will require longer term recovery methods like backups.
Just like a great wine, there is fewer rules today and room for creativity in designing data protection. And just like wine, there are many consultants that will help you find a good balance of technology to match levels of protection with data. Spend the time looking at your protection schemes and see if there are any better ways of balancing this equation. Maybe, with the right planning, you will be able to enjoy a glass of wine instead of spending time recovering from a disaster.
Data Hoarding: How much is it really costing you?
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I have closet in my house that I keep all kinds of computer gear. Most are things from some fun project that I was working or a technology that is past is prime. There is everything from Zip drives to coax termination to a Ultra-wide scsi interface for an external CDROM. Why do I keep these things in a box in a closet? Great question that usually comes up one a year from some family member that sticks there head in there looking for a toy, coat or looking to make a point.
Killer Bees and Real Time Compression
Labor day has come and gone and so has all of the holidays between now and Thanksgiving. This is only augmented with the hope that your favorite football team (both American football and what we call Soccer) has a great weekend match and you get to celebrate with the beverage of your choice.
During your work-week, which can and sometimes does include weekends, all you hear is no more money to do the things you have to do to keep the business running. If you have kept up with squeezing more out your systems with virtualization that's great but your network is now overtaxed. The staff that used to take care of certain aspects of the day to day running of your data center has been let go and their job has been 'given' to you with no thought of compensating you for the extra tasks.
The Earth is warming, the weather is out of control and the price of gas is so high that you decide to bike to work to help save the planet. You spend more time on the road commuting and look like you need a shower when you get to work after dodging traffic all morning. Your coffee is priced higher now because the coffee house wants to use Fair Trade coffee from farmers in a county you have never been. And your dog is on anti-depressing meds because you are not home as much and he can't go out in the yard because of the killer bees migrating north from Mexico.
Our lives seem to be getting more complicated and it's nice when we find things that not only help us but are easy to use. When you come across these items they make such an impression that you like to tell others about your great fortunes. I came by a solution that was very easy to use and the value was so great that at first I didn't believe the whole story.
About a year ago, I was asked to help out on the Storewize/Real Time Compression (RTC) team as it transitioned into the IBM portfolio. I met with the engineers and sales people and all had wonderful things to say about the technology. I listened but was hesitant to drink all of the kool aid they were pouring.
A year later I am very much a believer of the RTC technology and think it really could be a game changer in the market. If you keep up with IDC, Gartner and the other analyst, they all point to compression of the data as being one of the larger items for handling future growth. There are a lot of vendors that claim they can compress data but it's not all done the same.
One of the things that stood out from day one is the idea of using LZ compression in real time to compress data instead of deduplication. Coming from a N series (*Netapp) background I understood how deduplication works and where it was useful. But this was compression which is a different ball game. Now we are able to shrink the storage footprint that wasn't exactly the same as before. Given that Netapp has issues with block size and offsets, this is exactly what is needed in the market.
The next question I always get and one I had was "That's great, you can compress data with the best, but whats the overhead?". I waited a long time to see what the performance numbers were going to be and found an astonishing outcome. The RTC appliance made a performance improvement on the overall solution. It does help by adding cache and adding processing to the serving of data but it also improves the performance of the system by having to process less data.
For example, if a system has to save 100GB of data with no compression, then all of the data has to be laid out on the disk, that sping for 100GB of data, cache, CPUs, I/O ports all have to work harder to save 100GB of data. But if we get 2:1 or 3:1 compression ratios, then all of the components have to work less. No longer are they working to save 100GB of data but 50GB or 25GB or data. This allows the system to process more data and have cycles to respond quicker to I/O requests (IE lower latency).
So the final thing is always the question of how hard is this to install. Is there a period of time that you have to wait or have 5 IBM technicians to install it. All I have to say is its easy. So easy that there is a good YouTube video that goes through the entire process of unpacking to racking to compressing data. I think the video speaks for itself:
So if you are back at work today and find your life swirling around you like a hurricane, stop and be reassured there is a few things out there that still can make your life a little easier. It doesn't make the killer bees go away but maybe it will give you peace of mind that your storage doesn't run out in the near future.
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Every year IBM puts on a conference for all of our clients, business partners and strategic partners.
Presenting NAS 101 at IBM Technical Conference
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SONAS blows the doors off SPECsfs benchmark!
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One of my favorite TV programs is the BBC show Top Gear. They go through and test cars not only for handling, looks, and cup holders but mainly for power. At the end they run all of the cars through the same test track and get a time. That time then gets recorded on their list of all the cars tested and is celebrated for achievement or scorned at for doing poorly. No matter what the car turns up, they were all treated equally.
Today, IBM is announcing a test done by a certain benchmark called SPECsfs. This has been the yardstick for all NAS vendors wanting to flex their muscles and show how they handle small block I/O. Vendors can bring how ever many drives and tweaks they want but the test itself is very rigid and has to be certified before the results are published.
IBM put together a SONAS system consisting of 10 interface nodes and 8 storage pods with all SAS disk. A total of about 900TB of usable disk, and about 1/3 of the maximum SONAS configuration. There was no solid state disk or extra tweaks done just a SONAS system that you could order today. That said, the IBM SONAS set a new world record for performance for a single file system at 403,000 IOPS per second.
Yes you read that right, 403k IOPS in a single file system. If you look at the other vendors they have used multiple file systems to aggregate the performance together in order to achieve a benchmark. Then they tend to use a virtual name space with software that is layered over all of the file systems, but here SONAS is one file system over 900TB with a true global name space. Some issues with multiple file system is they cannot stripe data across the file systems and the load balancing becomes an issue. If you look at the comparison of performance per file system, you can see that IBM is WAY beyond the competitors.
So you maybe asking, "Yeah that's pretty cool but what was the response time?". According to the test, the average response time was 3.23 MS from 0 to 403k IOPs per second. This is extremely good and when you think that was coming from one file system of 900TB, you realize how good that number is compared to other results.
There will be tons of vendors trying to debunk how IBM out performed them and how they have better software or better market share but it really boils down to these key points:
I have included the slide deck for the announcement below. Feel free to check out the information on the SPECsfs website.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted this week to develop rules that would ban drop-side cribs.
Between November 2007 and April of this year, 36 children died due to structural problems with drop-side cribs, reports the commission. Thirty-five of those fatalities occurred when crib components detached, disengaged, or broke.
The commission proposed new rules that would ban the manufacture, sale, and resale of drop-side cribs. The new crib standard, likely to take effect later this year, would also outlaw drop-sides at motels, hotels, and childcare facilities.
Under the new standards, full-size cribs would have to undergo more rigorous testing, have stronger construction, and be equipped with stronger mattress supports to prevent malfunctions that have led to infants suffocating.
Smaller cribs would also have to meet more rigorous tests to ensure they don't break or come apart.
Meanwhile, Pottery Barn Kids is recalling all models of its drop-side cribs, about 82,000.
The cribs' drop-sides can detach when hardware breaks, creating a space into which a young child can become entrapped and suffocation. A child can also fall out of the crib. Drop-side incidents also occur due to incorrect assembly and with age-related wear and tear.
The commission and Pottery Barn Kids have received 36 reports of drop sides that have malfunctioned or detached, resulting in seven minor injuries when children fell out of the cribs or got their legs caught between the mattress and the drop side. One child became entrapped at the head between the drop side and crib mattress but was freed without injury.
Sold through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, at www.potterybarnkids.com, and at Pottery Barn Kids retail stores nationwide from January 1999 through March 2010, the cribs cost between $300 and $600.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs, inspect the hardware to make sure it isn't broken, and contact Pottery Barn Kids to receive a free fixed-gate conversion kit that will immobilize the drop side.
For additional information, contact Pottery Barn Kids at 877-804-3847 between 7 a.m. and midnight seven days a week or visit the firm's website at www.potterybarnkids.com.
In the last five years, more than nine million drop-side cribs have been recalled over crib entrapment, suffocation, and fall hazards caused by defective crib design, mattress support failure, drop-side detachment, poor quality materials, and other safety issues.
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Minto residents no longer have to drive to Chipman, Fredericton or Oromocto to buy their groceries.
A temporary Foodland is now open on Main Street in the village just over two months after the only grocery store burned to the ground.
According to a posting on Facebook, Sobeys will be opening a new permanent location as soon as possible and that could be from 6 to 8 months.
The temporary store is about a quarter of the size of the store that was destroyed at 32 hundred square feet.
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Skip to comments.Baron Hill on WGCL supporting Obamassiah and BAIPA
Posted on 08/20/2008 8:40:54 PM PDT by Sir Hailstone
Take a listen to Baron Hill as a caller (Scott Tibbs of ConservaTibbs.com) calls in to question Baron Hill's endorsement of B. Hussein Obama in spite of Obama's opposition to BAIPA
How about his position on support the DC gun ban, belonging to a racist church, etc.
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10 Reasons To Get Back Into Pro WrestlingOctober 20, 2010
Have you found yourself slipping away from pro wrestling? It might be time for you to dive back in and become passionate about the business again.
10 Reasons To Get Back Into Pro Wrestling
If you're like me, you've been barely paying attention. At this point, only your absolute favorites keep you holding on. In my case, that would be Pope and Mr. Anderson, as well as The Miz, (who I predicted would skyrocket before Miz and Morrison even because a tag team).
Anyway, back to the article, which is going to inject some hope, hype and excitement back into about the direction of pro wrestling the way we've grown to love it.
As stated above, there are some promising signs within the industry and they're all great reasons for giving it another serious chance.
These are in no particular order, but some hold more importance than others obviously.
1 - TNA is on the verge of exploding into a supernova.
We have all put down Total Nonstop Action.
We have all rallied against the Hogan administration. We are all sick of the crazy twisting turning story lines. We are all sick of the myriad of stables, groups, and alliances that are not given the proper time to become something special.
Most of us are still upset that so much time is given to the old folks running around TNA, (even though they've really taken a back seat).
And even still—pay attention to the product or, if you haven't been watching, watch it.
It's good. Really good.
Outside of the silly story lines and the overlapping progression, take a look at the actual work that is going on. Even though you don't like a lot of the stories in place, think about the personalities.
How many of them would you just like to see given that one major push? There are a lot of them. How many of you have already put it into your minds that one day soon, Matt Hardy will show up, join Jeff Hardy, and together terrorize TNA as an ultimate tag team?
How many are waiting around for Mr. Anderson to get that title? How many are waiting for after that when Pope comes to take it? How many promos are just disgustingly good and old school?
Even as TNA takes a lot of criticism, they've produced. Take a good look at it.
2 - Titles will begin to mean something again.
No longer are there fifty titles floating around in WWE. No longer a roster of 10, TNA can actually afford to have some lengthy championship runs.
The marches towards the major titles in WWE will once again become something of a Lord of the Rings type saga: Something the fans crave; something the fans have missed.
Soon, the title will once again define the wrestler. No longer will the wrestler define the title. Soon epic clashes that sell out stadiums in seconds will return.
The companies, especially WWE, simply won't be able to afford to keep slinging titles around.
3 - A legit farm system has returned.
Remember back when there were two massive pro wrestling companies going to war against one another? How many of those guys on the roster were tremendous? How many of those did you actually recognize before they became big names in WCW or WWF? A lot of them actually. Know why? ECW.
Now, a new "minor league" promotion has hit the mainstream and almost instantly, WWE and TNA have started ripping their top talent away.
Ring of Honor, like ECW, could become the saving grace of both companies.
The little hit machine that the two major companies constantly go to for instant and sure-fire talent.
The best part? You know that anybody coming out of RoH can get down in that ring. So when they make the move they bring the quality of matches up, not down.
4 - Vince McMahon can't stop it now.
What is this thing he can't stop, you ask? Time. Actually, he's out of it.
This is probably the most important thing on this list and for good reason.
For years, Vinny Mac has held on to his top level guys. He has worked them to the bone in countless programs against each other—over and over and over again.
He can't do this anymore. He won't do this anymore.
HBK - gone.
Batista - gone.
Jericho - soon.
Undertaker - soon.
Austin - not coming back.
Rock - not coming back.
Hardy, (the superstar one) - gone.
You get the idea. But why is this important? It's important because, in order for WWE to survive, Vinny Mac is going to have to produce new main event stars. He's actually going to have to do some work, and that is when he is at his best.
That is when nobody in the industry world wide can touch him. That is when his product becomes something other than just pro wrestling. It becomes drop dead entertainment.
You can already see it happening. A new set of guys are being groomed at breakneck speed. The guys who are still around who are mega stars? Separated in order to get the new crop of main event guys ready.
If you haven't been watching WWE, start now. It will only get better from here on out.
5 - The Road to Wrestlemania.
Yep. It's already that time.
If you only watch WWE for a few months out of the year, make sure it's from October to April. The Hype cannot be denied and the quality slowly goes up.
On top of that, this year, go back to reason #4. There is going to be some outstanding material coming up in the next half year. Don't miss any of it.
6 - This is probably your last chance to look at, and appreciate a lot of legends.
Soon, very soon, as partially mentioned above, there are going to be a lot of guys hanging up the boots.
These guys aren't just "great" wrestlers who are now done in the industry—these are some of, if not the greatest personalities in pro wrestling history.
Kevin Nash, Sting, Undertaker, Jericho, Hogan, Foley, Edge, and even Mysterio might be gone a lot sooner than you think.
Though a lot of us whine a bit now, when they go they will leave massive voids in the industry and as it stands there are no Austin's, Rock's, or nWo's in place to keep it going.
7 - Diva Knockouts.
Miss Elizabeth, Sensational Sherry, Medusa, Gorgeous George.
Jump ahead and passed Trish, Lita, and Ivory.
Right now? In TNA and WWE? Putting the wrestling talent aside? This era of female workers is by far the most delicious to look at. Top to bottom they are all sizzling.
From backstage personalities to in-ring dynamos the women in the industry right now are 100% beautiful and the variety is unmatched by any era in the history of the business.
Google Maryse. Google Velvet Sky. Better yet, watch WWE and TNA programming. They're better live and in color.
8 - AJ Styles.
This one goes out to the WWE loyalists. Don't do it to yourself.
Watch TNA. Watch AJ Styles. He is, right now, the best professional wrestler going today.
He is the apex. He is the summit. He has become the complete package, and you are missing out on it.
He could be an era all by himself if TNA puts the world title back on him and allows him to mow down every challenger for a year.
He is second to none. He is the alpha male right now.
9 - The Miz.
Hey, TNA fanatics. I got something awesome for you. You WWE fans who have walked away? Look back over your shoulder.
Look through MVP, Morrison, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swaggar, Christian, Matt Hardy, Dolph Ziggler.
Step around CM Punk, Sheamus, Orton, and Jericho.
Everybody take a good look at The Miz. Bow down before him. It's been awhile since you've been treated to an ultra-slow superstar progression that ends with a world title capture and era-defining reign.
The Miz is sitting there, waiting for you to pay attention.
He's never been crowned "the chosen one" or "the next one" or "the future" or anything like that. He just goes out there and owns it.
Anybody who has ever been put into a program with him of any kind has come out of the other side with a boost. The Miz made Balls Mahoney relevant again. He basically signed Kelly Kelly to a long term WWE contract. He saved Morrison, even though everybody swore it was Morrison who was saving him.
In terms of what WWE wants in an alpha male performer? The Miz is that guy. On top of that, with the company simply out of options in terms of old star power, Miz is almost 100% locked in to a major major championship and main event push.
Royal Rumble, watch out.
10 - You've recharged!
Jericho did it. Jeff Hardy always does it. Sting used to do it.
You get burned out. You get fed up. You go away for awhile.
Well, guess what ladies and gentlemen, it's time to come back to the squared circle and become a fan again.
The next revolution is coming and it'll be televised via three separate companies.
Don't miss out!
If you're looking for some extra insight on pro wrestling or just want to stay up to date with the latest news and rumors, visit my website at:


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There is no clause in the U.S. Constitution requiring generational fairness, yet most Americans from the birth of our nation through the end of the 20th century have agreed that debt incurred ought not to be passed on to others for payment.
In the 1990s, Ross Perot and New York's "national debt clock" cautioned Americans that we were reaching dangerous and/or immoral levels of debt. The federal government responded by making an exemplary bipartisan effort (Democratic president and Republican Congress) that resulted in four consecutive budget surplus years (fiscal 1998 through 2001). As a result, debt declined by $500 billion to $600 billion, and the national debt clock was halted.
Since the advent of the 21st century, both major political parties have totally disregarded fiscal sanity, and the debt level has exploded to more than $16 trillion, excluding a backlog of more than $2 trillion in public infrastructure maintenance and repair.
Is it still possible to avoid dumping most of this debt on our children? The two major parties offer only alternative programs for cutting annual deficits, with no suggestion for again reversing the national debt clock.
When politicians speak of "cutting taxes" or "avoiding any tax increase," they are really speaking of "socking it to the kids." I have lost hope in the two major parties and so voted for the Progressive Party candidates in the recent election.


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from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of scincoid lizards, typical of the family Anguidæ, represented by the slow-worm or blind-worm of Europe, Anguis fragilis, as the best-known species.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. type genus of the Anguidae: blindworms
Sorry, no etymologies found.
In Latin, the proper phrase for my aunt is "anguis in herba"
This sounds well, makes a fair show, and there is, in some regard, truth in what is spoken; but "Latet anguis in herba," -- Let men explain themselves, and it is this: The receiving of Christ as a king, is the yielding obedience to him.
"Latet anguis" also in the adding "grass" of that exegetical term "pre-ordinated," — predestinated, that is, pre-ordinated.
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Inter litteram N et G est alia vis, ut in nomine _anguis_ et _angaria_ et _anchorae_ et _increpat_ et
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it
But the serpent was also called _ahi_ in Sanskrit, in Greek _echis_ or _echidna_, in Latin _anguis_.
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"Latet anguis in herba," of the most inviting natural lawn, and of its gayest flowers, truly has the poet said, "the trail of the serpent is over them all."
Cocyti metuet tortosque Ixionis anguis immanemque rotam et non exsuperabile saxum. interea Dryadum siluas saltusque sequamur40 intactos, tua, Maecenas, haud mollia iussa. te sine nil altum mens incohat: en age segnis rumpe moras; uocat ingenti clamore Cithaeron.
: -- "In Cardani de Subtilitate et de Varietate libris passim latet anguis in herba et indiget expurgatione Ecclesiasticæ limæ."
_Latet anguis in herba_ -- my grass was rather too green, I suppose.
_Drache_ in the German translation of his collection of tales made by his daughter, but the word is evidently akin to the Sanskrit _ahi_, the Greek ἐχιρ ἐχιδνα, the Latin _anguis_, the Russian _ujak_, the
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If you are going Golden Sands , I would recommend staying here! A little on the expensive side but I say it is worth it! The Breakfast downstairs is above average and they have a variety of choices. The people who work there are very friendly and helpful. Security was great inside and outside of the Hotel. Just a short walk to the beautiful black sea as well. Overall , I enjoyed the Hotel and would stay here again if I ever come back to lovely Bulgaria!
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"Alexander" a new voice calls to me as I wake up "Alexander you must wake up and hurry"
"Ea give me a minuet I'm just waking up now" I rub my eyes and sit up looking at a beautiful young lady
"You haven't a minuet now get up you lazy a**, if you don't no one will think you are ready for war" the young lady says to me now with a bit of concern in her voice
I get up at get a better look at her, and I get waken when I see my Dreyse M1907 in her left hand and Mauser C96 in her right. "May I have me Dreyse back please"
"why it's a piece of crap, it will kill you faster than the British; now come with me you are getting better weapons and some training today before you head off to boot camp" She says with a bit of a laugh
"It was a gift from my grandfather, it's all I have to remember him by, I won't use it in battle but I would much like to keep it" I say as I rise to my feet.
"Fine idiot" she hands me it "now get ready for hell" she says staring at me
"Yes, yes I'm up, lead the way" I say as I brush myself off.
"Good and remember who you are, why you are here, and when you got here, got it?" she ask turning around and leading with her left foot
"Yea I got it don't worry." I say as I turn and start to follow her "may I ask your name?"
"Yes you just did and in case you ask my name its Roisin" she says as you turns a corner
"Nice to meet you, how ol--- am I stepping out of line?" I ask now with a bit of fear in my voice
"No it's fine, and I'm twenty-three for the record. Remember show no fear" She stops at a door opening it.
As I walk through the door Roisin closes it behind me, and I see a room nearly empty with only a table with a rifle, two side arms, and a set of knifes; there is also a man leaning against a wall eyeing me and my every movement. I look him in the eyes not looking away for a second and he does the say, and as we stare at each other he opens his mouth as if to speak but then doesn't.
"Hello, my name is Alexander; I came here yesterday" I shake as I speak.
"Hei, ajaa te haastaa Finnish?"(Hello do you know Finnish?) He says with an accent that I can recognize, Swedish.
"English? Irish? Do you know Irish or English?" I say wondering why I'm talking to a Swedish man.
"Finnish Finnish ajaa te osata jokin Finnish?"(Finnish, Finnish do you know Finnish?) He asked
"I'm sorry but I don't understand you" I say franticly hoping he understands me "English or Irish please"
"Haluta, haluta i-kirjain kaivata joku jotta juoruta jotta. Haluta erottaa we te osata Finnish. Hän tapa te juoruta jotta we?"(Please, please I need someone to talk to. Please tell me you know Finnish. Why won't you talk to me?) He says as a tear falls from his face
"Look friend I know you don't know what I am saying but I won't let anything happen to you; we are in this together." I say as I wrap my arms around him and let a tear fall from my eye as well.
After roughly five minutes of this the other man lets go and points to himself saying "Anders, Anders." He then points at me saying "nimi, nimi"
As I point at me self I say "Ale-" but I was interrupted by several loud explosions and gunshot
They door suddenly burst opened "GET THE HELL UP" said a screaming man; language didn't matter for I jumped at the table just as fast as my friend new friend who I believe to be names Andres did. I grabbed one the side arms and two knifes. Andres grabbed the rifle, other sidearm and the two remaining knifes, and we ran out of the room.
As soon as we stepped out we saw anarchy, All the tables where overturned with armed men and women leaning against them on the side towards us so we went flush against the door way. Andres took point at the pivot point of the door with his rifle in hand. He looks past the door then tuned to me saying something but I have no idea what. I instead of proving to be dead weight moved the table out into the door way and flipped it on its side and went flush against it with a pistol in each hand.
They it started, guns went off all around me, I instantly learn over the table firing blindly when I felt was a good spot to fire at, only unloading five shells. As I go back to the shelter of the table I hear someone scream that it was the British military. Just then a bullet flew right over the table, as I watched it crashed into a wall and penetrated inwards and created a hole. With that I took to my feet running screaming for Andres to follow. I ran down the hall made my first left and saw a well armed group of individuals setting up the room for the battle.
"You, kids grab some sand bag and help us bottle neck the hall way" the man who appeared to be organizing the whole thing said staring at me.
I grabbed a couple and joined in on setting up, and on my way back to get more bags the woman, Roisin , from earlier tossed a rifle at me stating "it's a German Mauser" then tossed we a bag of magazines "each clip holds a maximum of five 7.92 shells."
I shoulder the Mauser, thank her, and then get back to the sand bag. After roughly ten minutes of setting up people started running past us and the man who had been organizing the defensive live told us to arm up. I jumped behind the closes set of sandbags and took aim with my new Mauser and waited. Then I saw a British man turn the corner, not a second later I saw a bullet rip through his head and his body fall. Another man came I fired hitting his arm as he his body flew to the side I fired another round into his chest and he fell screaming. A gun came around the corner and started firing. After it finished I got up from my cover the rifle falling to the ground covered in blood, I looked around to see if any of my comrades where hit, I saw a young lad, younger then me on the flood squeezing his arm with blood coming through his fingers and hand.
As the British troops started a rush a MG started to fire from behind me and left a group of roughly fifteen dead soldiers on the floor. As I raised my rifle once more and squeezed off my clip's last three rounds dropping another British soldier who didn't run and turn after the Mg was unleashed yet missed its bullets. As I reloaded my rifle I saw a women run past me with a Winchester turn the corner and fire 5 rounds, then fire the sixth as she turned back around the corner towards us, with bullets all around her.
"Kid get your a** out of here! Just run with the others we got this front, now run!" coming from a blackened face behind the MG.
So I ran, and ran. With a rifle, two side arms, a couple of knives, and a bag of ammo. I ran down a hall way, then down another, and then I ran some more. So to that man on the Mg all I have to say is yes I ran.
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Op de laatste dag van mei is het precies tien jaar geleden dat we kennismaakten met The Hills. Wat een feest. Het MTV-programma was een instant hit en is nog steeds één van de best bekeken shows ooit van de zender.
Zoals het een goed jubileum van zo'n beroemd en berucht realityprogramma betaamt, gaan er in aanloop naar het tienjarig bestaan een paar vieze boekjes open en willen een aantal castleden (Spencer) graag hun moment in de spotlights pakken.
Ook Lauren Conrad, die zich eigenlijk verre van de show wilde houden, maar nu tóch even uit de school klapt over hoe de opnames er écht aan toe gingen.
Een aantal castleden zaten met InStyle magazine over Laguna Beach - waar The Hills een spin-off van was - en daaruit kwamen weer wat opmerkelijke onthullingen.
Lauren Conrad: 'I initially signed on because I wanted the paycheck. I was going to college, my parents weren't financially supporting me anymore, and I had used up all my Laguna [Beach] money. So when Adam [DiVello, de producer, red.] came to me and said, 'Do you want to do this show?' I was like, 'Yep!''
Heidi Montag: 'Laguna Beach hadn't even aired when I met Lauren at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. But there was a rumor circulating that a girl from an MTV show was going to be there. I thought it was going to be Made: I Want to Be a Prom Queen. We instantly became best friends. The following summer, I stayed with her family for a few weeks before we moved to L.A. and filmed some episodes of the show. Then she told me she was going to do a spin-off and asked if I wanted to be on it. I was like, "Heck yeah!" It was hard to conceptualize how big it really was.'
Spencer Pratt: 'Sean Travis, one of the producers of The Hills, also produced Princes of Malibu with Brody and I before it got canceled. One day I was kicking it at my mom's house and her friend said, "Have you seen this show? This girl's so cute." And it was Heidi. The trippiest part is that I didn't even make the connection that I had already met her at Privilege the summer before. Then I saw Sean's name pop up during the opening credits. So I called him, and he told me it was a set cast from Laguna Beach and he couldn't get us on. I was like, "Bullsh*t. We'll see you at the clubs." I called Brody and said, "We gotta drop $30,000 on bottles and make a scene at Area [Ed note: another now-defunct nightclub] next to their table." Brody was a hardcore prince at the time.'
Heidi Montag: 'The first time I saw Spencer, I instantly fell in love with him. I had goo-goo eyes. He was surrounded by, like, 20 Playmates. But I danced with him anyway, and we hit it off.'
Spencer Pratt: 'Heidi is a scary good dancer. And this is when I thought I was Derek Hough. It's the last good memory I've ever had in a nightclub.'
Jennifer Bunney: 'The kiss between Brody and I was 100 percent fake. The night of my birthday, we all went back to Lauren's house. We all had a big sleepover that night. I had a boyfriend at the time, and so did Lauren.'
Lauren Conrad over haar stage bij Teen Vogue: 'Lisa later told me the reason she said I'll "always be known as the girl who didn't go to Paris" is because that's what Anna Wintour referred to me as. Apparently I came up in a conversation and she said, "Oh, you mean that girl who didn't go to Paris?" I was like, "Great!" Not only were they surprised by that—the entire crew was shocked that I didn't go. But I was so burnt out at the time; I needed a moment to breathe. But I eventually went!'
Audrina Patridge: 'Quixote was a real job. I got in trouble a lot because they would film there and I was the only receptionist. I was like, "I'm going to get fired!'
Heidi Montag: 'Working at Bolthouse was such a fun experience. It was great holding the clipboard and feeling like you're running the line. They're one of the biggest event companies in the world, throwing multi-million dollar parties. I couldn't just sit and play Solitaire all day.'
Heidi Montag: 'During Season 1, all of my stuff was from thrift stores or hand-me-downs. When I started getting a little more money, I got into the heels and the Birkins. I had a million-dollar closet. It was insane.'
Audrina Patridge: 'Whenever I see old photos, I'm like, "What. Was. I. Wearing?" But at the time, it was all super cute. That edgy rocker style will always be a part of me.'
Justin Brescia: 'My pops was a big Harley guy and Bostonian, so I kept a lot of his rags. A lot of it I still carry with me. I don't have an abundance of clothes, but the stuff that I have, I have for life. I like to live in my stuff and have it be a part of me as much as I can because in this life nowadays you just gotta be as comfortable as possible.'
Whitney Port: 'When I look back, I don't even know how I worked in fashion because my looks were so crazy.'
'I want to forgive you, and I want to forget you'-opmerking
Heidi Montag: 'Lauren would watch movies sometimes and get impacted by them. I think that line was rehearsed in her mind.'
Lauren Conrad: 'There's nothing fake about that scene. That was a very real moment. And while it took a lot of conversations for me to be open to having that conversation on-camera, I think it's important we did.'
Heidi Montag: 'It was really intense for me, because it was the first time I had seen Lauren since I had surgery for the first time. When I woke up, this whole thing had exploded. I was like, "Did I wake up in hell?" I had no idea any of this was going to happen. I was really challenging for me to get the courage to go there by myself knowing she was mad at me. I have absolutely drawn strength from that moment.'
Heidi Montag: 'Lauren was very serious about not doing fake things. I always admired her for standing her ground with her show. But a lot of it was engineered. Spencer didn't really propose to me on a beach in Santa Barbara. Sometimes I would get confused in my head. I think I played it more like I knew what I was doing than I was.'
Spencer Pratt: 'I just had a show canceled, so I wanted the ratings. I was always chasing that payday. I loved going to Hermès and buying everything. I was eating dinner with Wolfgang Puck having him cut my steak for me every night. We wanted to have a show that people watched, so we did all this stuff that made us look like the worst humans on Earth. When the cameras were off, I was a complete gentleman—opening doors and going to the movies and cuddling. There was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing going on. If I did any of that in an indie film, people would think I'm the new Jennifer Lawrence.'
Stephanie Pratt: 'Spencer is the funniest human on the planet. He's a reality TV genius. Filming with him was always the highlight, except when he was mad at me, and during the last season when we stopped speaking. I never think about those times. It was very dark.'
Audrina over haar fake ruzie met Kristin over Justin Bobby: 'They wouldn't let me leave until we got in a fight over Justin and made it a big deal. So, Kristin and I went to the bathroom for a big talk. She was like, "Let's just do this so we can both leave," and I was like, "OK, fine, let's just do it and get it over it…" That was the only time that ever happened, and it was because it was so juicy and something had to happen at the party… Other than that, it was smooth sailing.'
Spencer en Lauren mochten elkaar eerst dus wél heel graag, totdat Lauren en Brody uit elkaar gingen:
Heidi Montag: 'It was just like, 'No, you're not hanging out with Spencer now because I don't have Brody, let's get back to the club' … It was a hard balance and they just didn't show any of this. There was so much, but we were all great for a long time.'
Hier lees je het hele interview met de cast.


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It's easy to forget now but Argentina's entry into the competition last year was meant to be like Italy's first foray into the Six Nations - painful and just a bit embarrassing. That comparison between the two Latin nations didn't hold up as Argentina threatened to be the cinderella story of the competition, holding their own for a long period on New Zealand soil, pushing the Wallabies to the brink twice and achieving a famous draw with the Springboks. - Michael Burgess from the Herald on Sunday
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These Are The Emotions That Your Favorite Movie Robots Feel, According To A Voice Analytics Company
Published 11:13 pm, Thursday, April 24, 2014
A company called Beyond Verbal bills itself as "the emotions analytics company," and it used its technology to determine the emotions of your favorite movie robots based on the sounds of their voices.
Beyond Verbal builds "patented technology that extracts a person's full set of emotions and character traits, using their raw voice in real-time, as they speak." It effectively aims to build a bridge between what people say and what they mean by identifying what they're feeling as they're speaking.
The immediately obvious applications are in customer service and sales calls, as a sort of "cheater's telepathy" to help both parties get what they want. A much less obvious application would be to scan the voices of your favorite movie robots and determine their true feelings, but that's exactly what Beyond Verbal has done in the video below.
For example, R2-D2's high-pitched bleeps and bloops are indicative of someone "taking responsibility, possibly for failure" and of "longing, loneliness." Check out the others:
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See Also:
- A New Robotic System Turns Regular Navy Helicopters Into Unmanned Drones
- This Law School Professor Believes Robots May Lead To An Increase In Prostitution
- This Military Robot Can Jump From The Sidewalk Onto A Roof
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Channel Orange singer Frank Ocean was reportedly involved in a brawl with fellow R&B star Chris Brown on Sunday night, reports claim, with both sides are pointing fingers at the other as the instigator.
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Where have all the big trees gone?
This week's article: Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA by J.A. Lutz, J.W. van Wagtendonk, and J.F. Franklin. Published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, 2009, Volume 257, pp. 2296-2307 (preview here).
The plot line: A vegetation survey in Yosemite was done in the 1930's. Surveys of the same areas (but not the same plots) were again done in the 1980's-90's. The authors used this quasi re-measurement to make inferences about how large diameter trees have changed over the last 50 to 60 years. Despite "issues" with using historical data that are biased, the authors are convinced from the data that the number of large trees has declined. They think that increased water stress from either increased competition from smaller trees and/or from climate change is the most probable cause of the decline.
Relevant quote: "Plots in Pinus ponderosa–Calocedrus decurrens [ponderosa pine – incense cedar] forests that had experienced fire in the 20th century retained large-diameter P. ponderosa. Plots not experiencing 20th century fire had almost no large-diameter P. ponderosa."
Relevance to landowners:
Big trees are often important to landowners. They look cool, they are resistant to fire, they provide a particular type of habitat, and when they die they provide an even more particular type of habitat (e.g. for cavity-nesting species). The most relevant results from this paper (I think anyway) are the way in which species composition of large trees changed, and the reminder that disturbances alter the rate of recruitment of large trees (i.e. how fast small trees grow into big trees). When smaller trees die from a disturbance, more resources are made available to the big trees that are left behind- and they often respond by growing faster.
Where there was a fire, more large-diameter ponderosa pine were recruited. This was a specific disturbance (fire) that caused a shift in species composition. Every disturbance that kills a tree (or even a branch of a tree) in some way prefers one species over another. This occurs either because different species have different levels of resistance or because disturbances show certain "preferences" for one species or another (e.g. insects only attacking one kind of species).
Relevance to managers:
Critique (I always have one, no matter how good the article is) for the pedants:
The authors clearly state the potential bias in the original data and the limitations that this created. Given the potential for bias, I basically tried to limit my personal inferences to looking for large enough changes to compensate for a potential bias. The changes in overall large tree densities weren't huge. But the changes in species compositions were big enough to convince me that, at the least, there was a shift in the composition of large trees if not the number of large trees. For an alternative assessment (but with a similar outcome) for how old forests have changed, see the discussion of this article that used re-measurement of permanent plots.
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Marie A. Templin,nee Mangini, beloved wife of the late Walter; loving mother of Tom (Debbie) and the late John; dear grandmother of Kim, Kristen and Kevin; fond sister of the late Gloria Arnone; dearest aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Wednesday 9:30 a.m. from Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge to Divine Savior Church.
Mass 10:30 a.m. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery.
Longtime employee of Ridgewood High School.