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Ryan wrote:As far as Myles' voice goes, I can't answer. The album was played through the PA system the band played through later and it was loud as hell. That and when I see AB live and Myles talks between songs he sounds like a chipmunk to me now or like he's on helium. Because everything is so loud it's destroying my hearing. I know this because watching YouTube videos of chatter between songs doesn't do this to me. He sounds normal in the vids.
Ryan, I noted that as well when we saw AB at the LA show. I guess we just need to take good care of ears then.


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Pop singer and actress Ashlee Simpson went public with her new boyfriend Evan Ross at the launch of her sister Jessica's new clothing line in New York City on Tuesday night.
Simpson turned out to support her elder sibling's latest venture, the launch of her Jessica Simpson Fall 2013 Campaign, at Manhattan venue Above Allen and she brought Diana Ross' son along as her date.
The 28-year=old has been linked to Ross for several weeks, but Tuesday night's outing to the party marked their first public appearance as a couple.
Simpson previously dated "Boardwalk Empire" actor Vincent Piazza, and she has a 4-year-old son, Bronx, with her rocker ex-husband Pete Wentz.

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Over at NRO my daughter Eliana rescues some nearly forgotten history from the ash heap of liberal hypocrisy. She writes:
The NRA's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, has been the subject of Beltway ire for his proposal to put police officers in schools across the country; the White House, lawmakers, and political analysts on both sides of the aisle have summarily denounced him. Rewind just 13 years, though, and many of these lawmakers were cheering a proposal that bears a remarkable resemblance to the one set forth by the NRA: President Clinton's "COPS in Schools" program.
The subhead on the column notes that "Pelosi, Schumer, and other Dems were for it before they were against it." There's a lot of that going around. The story of the COPS in Schools program provides an interesting and timely example.


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As part of the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown is addressing gender-based violence across a range of diplomatic, policy, and programmatic areas in the Caribbean region. These efforts build upon the priorities outlined last December at the first-ever Caribbean Dialogue on Rule of Law and Gender-based Violence, hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI). Bringing together more than 80 technical experts and stakeholders from 12 countries, the Dialogue facilitated critical conversations to reinforce rule of law in the Caribbean and strengthen the response to gender-based violence.
Now is the time to translate commitments into action. While gender-based violence affects men and boys, and also includes targeted violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, it disproportionately affects women and girls at every point in their lives. One in three women worldwide have been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, and according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, every one of the Caribbean islands has a sexual violence rate that is higher than the world average. Gender-based violence hinders the ability of individuals to contribute to their families and communities economically, politically, and socially. Gender-based violence is also associated with a number of long-lasting and negative consequences, including poor health, limited access to education and income, increased costs related to medical and legal services, and lost productivity.
Confronting these challenges, the U.S. government reaffirms its commitment to preventing and responding to gender-based violence in the Caribbean region, and work is already well underway. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), for instance, invests more than $23 million in the Caribbean region each year to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS and responds to the unique health needs of men, women, boys, and girls, including working with key populations bearing the disproportionate burden of the epidemic. PEPFAR provides a key platform to address gender-based violence as a driver of the HIV epidemic through activities under the S/GWI-PEPFAR Gender-based Violence Small Grants Initiative, which will provide $300,000 to support local grassroots organizations in Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Grenada to address the intersection between gender-based violence and HIV. U.S. Embassy Bridgetown also supports a number of public awareness efforts, such as a national rally in Nevis in April 2013 themed "Break the Silence – End Child Sexual Abuse," as well as a series of workshops for non-governmental organizations in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados working on gender-based violence related issues. These investments reflect the United States' priority to protect and advance human rights, and acknowledge that the prevention of violence against women contributes to the achievement of our global health and development goals, as well as the advancement of U.S. foreign policy and assistance priorities.
Recently, the U.S. government participated in discussions across the region to bolster efforts in preventing and responding to gender-based violence. In late July, representatives from Embassy Bridgetown and S/GWI visited Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago to better understand gaps and opportunities in addressing violence against women and girls. The findings were encouraging. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, for example, a multi-sectoral committee of stakeholders is being formally institutionalized to improve and coordinate the country's response to gender-based violence. The Protection of Witnesses Bill is now awaiting a vote in Parliament, and is expected to come to the floor next month. This bill would allow a survivor or witness to provide evidence via a live link from a secure location, rather than being required to give evidence in court, which is often a traumatic experience, especially in cases involving domestic or sexual violence. Similar legislation has already passed in Dominica. In Trinidad and Tobago, the Family Court has facilitated requests to all relevant Ministries to map current policies and programs related to gender-based violence. The Government of Barbados is currently developing a National Gender Policy.
The United States remains committed to advancing the status of women and girls around the world, recognizing that gender equality and prevention of gender-based violence are key factors in the health, prosperity, and stability of individuals and nations. Going forward, the United States will continue to encourage and facilitate further collaboration across government and non-government partners in the Caribbean region, including civil society and the private sector. Ultimately, this will contribute to an effort to meet the needs of women and girls and ensure that every person can live a life free from violence.


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The Houston Texans' search for their next head coach has begun with Lovie Smith.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that Smith interviewed for the open position Monday, per a source informed of the scheduled meeting. Rapoport reported earlier this month that Smith was expected to be the first person interviewed for the job, which is being filled in the interim by defensive coordinator Wade Phillips.
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John McClain of the Houston Chronicle first reported the news.
Smith was fired by the Chicago Bears after missing the playoffs in 2012 despite a 10-6 record. Smith was 81-63 in nine seasons with the Bears, including 3-3 in the playoffs. Smith's Bears lost Super Bowl XLI to the Indianapolis Colts in 2007.
By cutting ties with Gary Kubiak earlier this month, Houston got a jump-start on examining a full field of candidates. According to McClain, the Texans also are interested in Penn State coach Bill O'Brien and San Diego Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt.
Phillips also is believed to be an option.
We examine coaches on the hot seat and chat with Packers guard Josh Sitton on the latest "Around The League Podcast."


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Fright night costumes you can totally wear post-halloween
Whether your costume style is movie star or monster-under-the-bed, Halloween is one of the best holidays on the calendar for hosting parties, dressing up and eating waaaay too many treats. Planning your costume, on the other hand, can be anything but fun. First you have to think of an idea, then find all the elements to make up your look and spend hours getting ready on the night... not to mention paying for a costume you'll never wear again!
What if this year, your costume was easy to put together, not too embarassing and didn't spend the rest of its life in the back of the wardrobe? We've put together five Halloween costumes using pieces you can wear time and time again. Sure, maybe the whole outfit won't work in real life (we're looking at you, Britney) but separately these pieces can be incorporated into any timeless wardrobe – think boyfriend jeans, black midi dresses and bow blouses.
Happy Halloween!
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Channel your inner Audrey with a chic black dress, pumps, pearls and sunglasses you'll wear again (probably during party season!).
Image via Vogue.
Pictured, clockwise from top right: Mimco Botanica Headpiece, Carla Zampatti Onyx Crepe Screen Siren Gown, Forever New Imogen Pearl Layered Necklace, Wittner Hermano Pumps, Forever New Petra Pearl Rope Necklace, Oroton Minerva Sunglasses from OPSM, Kitten D'Amour 3/4 Black Satin Gloves.
Rihanna went from performer to fashion designer with her hugely successful FentyxPuma line. Be like Riri in a tracksuit, finished off with her makeup line Fenty Beauty, available at Sephora.
Image via @badgalriri on Instagram.
Pictured, clockwise from top left: FentyxPuma Cropped Sweatshirt, City Beach Redemption Gold Chunk Chain, Fenty Beauty Invisimatte Blotting Paper from Sephora, Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Lumizer from Sephora, FentyxPuma Unisex Leadcat Slides, FentyxPuma Fitted Panel Sweatpant.
Britney and Justin at the 2002 VMAs
We all know that red carpet look! It's a popular Halloween costume every year, but try giving it a spin with wearable denim vests, skirts, jeans and shirts.
Image via Daily Mail UK.
Pictured, top to bottom: Sheriton Shoes Karla Heels, sass & bide Mighty Sword Skirt, Katies Denim Vest, Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick from Mecca Maxima, Sheike 6th Sense Belt, colette by colette hayman Cluster Stud Earrings, Forever New Kelsey Cup & Ball Chain Choker.
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
How can you not love Dorothy? Recreate her look (with your own twist) with the gingham trend and hot red heels.
Image via Silverscreen Modes.
Pictured, clockwise from top left: Farage Norah Dot Blouse, Wanted Shoes Temple Heels, Blue Sky Kids Land Tuxedo Bow Tie, MINKPINK Locals Only Gingham Dress from David Jones, Sportsgirl Round Woven Tote Bag.
Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World
Most of us have a pair of boyfriend jeans, a band tee and a flannel shirt in our wardrobe, which just so happens to be the perfect costume for Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World.
Image via Telegraph UK.
Pictured, top to bottom: Ray-Ban Eyeglasses from OPSM, Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Sneakers from General Pants, Insight Elaine Mom Jean from General Pants Co., Superdry Milled Flannel Shirt, Decjuba Avant Garde Band Tee.


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Antarctica Digital needed a new wordpress theme design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Hello. Thank you for taking the time to look at our project.
Our company, Future Flow Media, requires designs for the following items:
1. WordPress Website with 9 pages
2. Word and pdf letterhead
3. Email signature template
4. Business card template
5. ppt template for use in business presentations
Future Flow Media is a dedicated service offering to help clients acquire new email opt-ins and expand their subscriber base through permission based email list rental campaigns. Future Flow Media will combine Antarctica Digital Marketing's 10 years of proven experience providing list-growth techniques such as contests, sweepstakes, and coupons with new and innovative capabilities in attracting email subscribers through permission based email list rentals and social media marketing initiatives. Future Flow Media customers will also benefit from a comprehensive list brokerage service with unprecedented reporting depth at the individual click level.
Companies seeking to expand their customer databases in order to broaden the reach of their marketing campaigns.
Target company profile:
- Enterprise level companies with revenues between $5 million and $1 billion.
- They are looking for ways to broaden the reach of their marketing campaigns.
- They are looking to test new products or brands.
- They are looking to test their current offerings to a new target audience.
- They are looking to do this in innovative ways by combining our digital marketing expertise (contests, coupons, sweepstakes, social media) with permission based list rental campaigns.
- They are looking for strategic direction in expanding their customer database.
Design a 9 page Word Press website with the following pages in mind:
* Note: there are 9 pages in total and I have attached the actual content for you to include if possible. I would also like to have you include all of the fields in the contact us page along with all buttons needed for the website.
IMPORTANT: The design and theme should match the logo design that is attached. It has a white background but I encourage you to be creative in any way possible...
About Us
How it Works
Tracking and Reporting
Why Use Our Directories?
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Gianina Cărbunariu
Premiere on June 14th 2013 | Teatrul National Radu Stanca Sibiu
Each of the five scenes of the play is a piece of fiction inspired from a reality or a particular type of public discourse which are present in the Romanian society of today: from the wall built in Baia Mare to separate the Roma community from the main road entering the town to the increasingly stark differentiation between social categories, ethnicities or generations. Under the pretext of upholding social conventions and saving "the citizen", new rules are in fact invented, meant to stigmatise every difference and stifle anything that could bring us closer. The political view on poverty (seen as a guilt of those who don't manage to be competitive and efficient) has contaminated the public space and threatens to become a normal, fair, and perfectly justified perspective. The nationalist trends of the past few years are the most obvious effect of discriminative political attitudes which encourage intolerance and the search for scapegoats.
We accept without questioning new rules that limit our rights as inhabitants of a city. The lead actors have taken over all visibility, while we remain as silent spectators, in the dark. If we are asked for an opinion, it is most often as a formality. There is a growing feeling that the cities no longer belong to us, their citizens. Decisions are made on how they should look, with complete disregard to public statements, criticisms and protests. Of course, new and effective means of applying pressure must be found, but we are currently living times of utter confusion, which leads to isolation, even to despair.
Sometimes, reality is so absurd, and media fiction is so surreal, that we no longer manage to coherently articulate a discourse for defence, for protest. It was precisely this feeling of confusion, of stalemate, that I attempted to transpose into the play. I don't know whether it will do any good, but what I am trying to articulate is the very loss of the capacity to articulate.
Co-Production Théâtre National / Bruxelles
In collaboration with Festival d'Avignon
With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union in the frame of Villes en scène/ Cities on stage.
Performances in Avignon with the support of the BNP-Paribas Fondation, and in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural institute.
During its production and tour, this performance will be accompanied by the citizens' workshop Moving cities Sibiu.


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Colin Mansell necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 132 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
Tidal (tidal.ca)
We are one Vancouver's most prolific web development agencies, and have worked with a broad range clients including Pepsi / Gatorade, SFU, City of Vancouver, Aviva, Sutton and many more.
On the one hand we are seen as a young and dynamic agency, but on the other, we are considered a solid, reliable corporate company that delivers great work and exceptional value, and all of of this needs to be conveyed in our branding.
Marketing managers, mid-level and senior managers and decision makers.
We need a compelling new visual identity that reflects who we are as a company: dynamic, strong, reliable, balancing great design with the needs of our corporate clients.
With our name "Tidal", our colour palette naturally works around blues.
We are looking for:
(i) a new logo of the word "Tidal"
(ii) a matching icon
The design must be clean and extendable accross different media, so should be able to work in monochrome. Avoid using gradients or gimmicky tricks that feel cheap - it needs to say *quality*.
For further reference about who we are and our current branding, please see our site Tidal.ca.
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The role of religion in society and its protection from a "deeply intolerant" militant secularism were themes in Rome and at Lambeth Palace in Great Britain last month. A British delegation to the Vatican on Feb. 14 commemorating the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of full diplomatic ties between the Holy See and the United Kingdom included the Conservative Party member and senior British government minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi.
In an address to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, the baroness, who is a Muslim, said Europe must "become more confident and more comfortable in its Christianity." The continent's response to "militant" secularization in Europe "has to be simple: holding firm in our faiths, holding back intolerance, reaffirming the religious foundations on which our societies are built and reasserting the fact that, for centuries, Christianity in Europe has been inspiring, motivating, strengthening and improving our societies."
In a preview of her speech the day before, Warsi argued that Christian values "shine through our politics, our public life, our culture, our economics, our language and our architecture." She said, "You cannot and should not extract these Christian foundations from the evolution of our nations any more than you can or should erase the spires from our landscapes."
Back in the United Kingdom, the baroness's monarch, Queen Elizabeth, likewise had religious liberty on her mind during a speech before Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams and an inter-religious audience gathered at Lambeth Palace to mark the beginning of the queen's diamond jubilee year. In an address to representatives from nine faith traditions that now make their home in Great Britain, the Queen reaffirmed the positive role of religious faith in British society, but worried that "the significant position of the Church of England was "occasionally misunderstood" and "commonly under-appreciated."
"Its role," she said, "is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. Instead, the church has a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths in this country.... The Church of England has created an environment for other faith communities and indeed people of no faith to live freely. Woven into the fabric of this country, the church has helped to build a better society—more and more in active co-operation for the common good with those of other faiths."
As the British delegation finished its visit in Rome on Feb. 15, Lord David Howell, minister of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, argued that strengthening ties to the Vatican will help the United Kingdom in its efforts to confront the global challenges of poverty, arms proliferation, climate change, regional conflicts and threats to religious freedom. A joint statement released on Feb. 15 said the Vatican and the United Kingdom "agreed on the urgent need for action to strengthen the universal commitment to religious freedom as a fundamental human right."
In a written statement, the Vatican emphasized the need "to ensure that institutions connected with the Catholic Church can act in accordance with their own principles and convictions" and "stressed the necessity of safeguarding the family based on marriage, religious freedom and conscience."
Vatican officials and the British ministers discussed plans to work together to fight religious intolerance and discrimination; reaffirmed the need to promote sustainable development that protects human dignity; and recognized the shared commitment to tackle poverty, climate change and arms proliferation. They expressed hopes for a resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.


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Step 8: Final Steps
After the home inspection negotiations and final loan approval are complete, there are several "final steps" that need to be taken prior to closing. Please allow for some significant telephone time in order to accomplish these tasks:
Schedule Movers
By this time, you more than likely have been in contact with moving companies to determine their availability.
Sign up for Utilities
You will want to have the utilities placed in your name as of the date of closing or possession, whichever comes first.
Hazard Insurance
You will need to have a paid receipt and copy of the Homeowners Policy for the closing. Some lenders will allow the payment to be taken out at closing saving you a trip to the Insurance Company.
Final Inspection
We will schedule a final walk-thru within 48 hours prior to closing to make sure the property is in the same or better condition as the date of the accepted Offer To Purchase. This will also be our opportunity to make sure all repairs have been completed in a satisfactory manner. Your home inspector will check out the repairs for a fee if you give him/her plenty of notice.
Loan Closing
The loan closing will take place at a pre-determined location, usually at the bank or attorney's office. Plan on approximately one hour for the entire process. If you would like to read over the documents you will be signing we will need to notify the lender so they can arrange a time and location prior to closing for you to do so.
You will need to bring the following items to closing:
- Homeowners Insurance Policy
- Checkbook
- Any other information required by the lender (they will notify you in advance)


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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity and access for persons with disabilities.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) tells us that they work to ensure nondiscriminatory transportation in support of their mission to enhance the social and economic quality of life for all Americans. The FTA Office of Civil Rights is responsible for civil rights compliance and monitoring to ensure nondiscriminatory provision of transit services.
In these pages you will find information and news about access to air travel and on public transportation.
For more information about the work of the FTA and the US Department of Transportation visit: www.fta.dot.gov


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Robin Thicke ain't exactly in the dog house with his wife after allowing Miley Cyrus to dry hump him in front of millions of people at the MTV VMAs ... in fact, she couldn't be cooler about it.
Sources close to Robin's wife Paula Patton tell us she was all good with Miley touching Robin's crotch and kissing his neck during MTV's Video Music Awards ... despite reports that she went ballistic following the performance.
We're told Paula knew the performance wasn't gonna be G-Rated because there were "tons of rehearsals" before the show ... and there were no surprises during the performance.
Plus, she already let him kick it with all those naked hot chicks in the "Blurred Lines" video ... so you know she's got the stomach to watch her hubby in a super-sexually charged situation with another woman.
Robin -- you're a lucky man.


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Can you convince busy women to adopt a healthy daily ritual, with your wit?
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With the hectic challenges of daily life, women want to live their lives to the fullest and do it in a healthy way that gives them a bounce in their step and a feeling of lightness. Show women that a daily intake of Psyllium husk can aid their digestive wellness, leaving them feeling cleansed, refreshed, lighter and more active.
In an entertaining and witty video, convince women who don't have time, to make time for Psyllium husk every morning; reinvigorating them from the inside, boosting their vitality, and helping them meet life's challenges.
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You know the Calumet Baking Powder cans in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"? You know — the Calumet Baking cans? Lining the pantry of the film's Overlook Hotel? No, no: The baking cans behind all the carnage! Right, those baking cans. What's that, you didn't notice those cans, red and white, with the familiar Indian-headdress logo, what with all the rivers of blood and the axe-wielding and the bug-eyed Shelley Duvalls?
Then you need to see "Room 237," filmmaker Rodney Ascher's deadpan documentary about five "Shining" obsessives and their profoundly nuts, deep subtextural readings of the meaning of Kubrick's 1980 horror classic. For instance, those Calumet Baking Powder cans — the catalyst for longtime ABC reporter (and former Chicagoan) Bill Blakemore's contention that "The Shining" is actually a kind of apology for westward expansion and the genocidal treatment of Native Americans. You didn't get that from "The Shining"? You will after "Room 237" — or rather, you will probably think it's an even longer stretch than westward expansion.
And that's just one... theory? insight?
Ascher, open arms, listens to several, never showing the faces of the theorists, never showing himself either, as footage of the film plays in hypnotic loops: "The Shining" is Kubrick's apology for faking of the moon landing. No, an elaborate restaging of the Minotaur and the maze. No, it's a Holocaust memoriam.
Only slightly less mysterious: Who is Rodney Ascher? He's a music video and commercial director; he lives in Los Angeles, and "Room 237," which first played at the Sundance Film Festival last year, is his feature debut. We spoke to him recently by phone. The following is a condensed version of a longer chat:
Q: I know nothing about you. How old are you?
A: Forty-five. I'm not a public figure.
Q: Why did you make this film, Rodney?
A: Because me and my friends spend too much time online. Tim Kirk, who produced my film, posted a long analysis of "The Shining" on my Facebook page, and from that moment on, I have had no greater interest.
Q: Are you the kind of person who tried to sync up "Dark Side of the Moon" with a screening of "The Wizard of Oz"? (Presumably, Pink Floyd's record plays in perfect sync with "Wizard of Oz.")
A: Yes, I am.
Q: Also, in the background of "Wizard of Oz," there's supposedly a dead person hanging in a tree.
A: That's debunked.
Q: Still...
A: (Laughs)
Q: Are you more obsessed with the theories in your film or the people telling them?
A: I guess I was most obsessed with the substance of their theories, the implications. I'm a gigantic Kubrick fan and there is something genuinely enigmatic in "The Shining" that it's plausible something is going on.
Q: Really? Do you seriously think that though? Because I thought those things when I was 15. At some point, you start to realize, most filmmakers are generally pragmatic, even the crazy ones.
A: Oh, I don't know. There are puzzles in Kubrick's films. Why is a 14th century hotel room floating in outer space in "2001"? Don't you wonder what exactly "a clockwork orange" means? "The Shining" ends with a photo and a date: July 4, 1921. It's presented like a Rosebud moment, as if it were a solution to a mystery.
Q: But all art lends itself to personal interpretation, and if any of these people are correct — if this horror movie is actually about the crimes of Manifest Destiny — what's in it for the audience? Who goes to such lengths to make a movie about a very specific subject then disguises the message?
A: That's kind of the only time you hear my voice in the film: I ask one of the subjects why Kubrick would make it so complicated? He says, "Why did James Joyce write 'Finnegans Wake?" I think there is something about an artist who's had success, they want to ever increase the complexity of their projects. On the other hand, in a way, the people in my movie have the shining — they see things most people can't.
Q: Kubrick is also a perfect director to do with this. He was reclusive, mysterious, while, say, a Steven Spielberg, so seemingly transparent, but arguably no less complex, doesn't seem to be.
A: I thought about that. Kubrick never turned up on talk shows, but Orson Welles was on talk shows all the time and did a lot of interviews, and it never demystified his work. All the lore surrounding Kubrick, how he moved to England, spent so long making each movie, took so many takes, shot away from the eyes of studio executives — because he had such control, it does lend itself to assuming a certain intentionality.
Q: Is obsession the theme of "Room 237"?
A: It's one theme.
Q: Let me rephrase: Is obsession really what "Room 237" is about?
A: I neither confirm nor deny!


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Pheasant Hunters Flock to South Dakota [AUDIO]
Pheasant hunters from throughout the country converged on the Sioux Falls Regional Airport on Thursday---and received a warm welcome from the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau! The bureau's staff rolled out the red carpet welcoming the thousands of hunters---greeting them with gifts, cookies and coffee, and providing information on Sioux Falls hotels, restaurants, attractions, and more.
The Bureau's Teri Schmidt visited with some of the hunters. Check the audio to hear their entertaining conversation!
More hunters are expected to arrive today at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport before the season kicks off at noon on Saturday.


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|A Culinary treat in the center of Huntsville, Tall Trees enjoys a reputation for quality food, wine and hospitality.
Chef/Owner Randy Spencer produces simple yet elegant classics with the finest & most unique products available creating balanced and innovative dishes carefully married to the restaurant's award winning wine list. His daily 3 course table d'hote is a favourite with the locals and visitors alike, not only for the quality but as well the value.
Front of house is led by his wife Karen and their seasoned service staff. With a Muskoka charm that is timeless the dining room offers private seating areas along with a summer Muskoka room overlooking the Gardens and a view of Hunter's Bay.
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The much anticipated list of walk-out songs is here. A tradition unlike any other. Click on the song to listen to it. Viewer discretion advised. Songs played in venue will be edited. My personal favorites are "No Diggity" and "Danger Zone."
#2 Jacob Waguespack: Let It Whip by Dazz Band
#4 Tate Blackman: Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison
#6 Errol Robinson: Here I Go by Mystikal
#8 Will Golsan: Without Me by Eminem
#9 Kyle Watson: Cum On Feel The Noize by Quiet Riot
#10 John Wesley Ray: Black Skinhead by Kanye West
#11 Nic Perkins: Blow by Ke$ha
#12 J.B. Woodman: Public Service Announcement by Jay-Z
#13 Austin Knight: No Diggity by Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen
#14 Cameron Dishon: Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
#16 Matt Denny: The Stroke by Billy Squier
#17 Will Stokes: Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams
#20 Joe Wainhouse: Ol' Red by Blake Shelton
#21 Brady Bramlett: Plush by Stone Temple Pilots
#22 Henri Lartigue: I Feel Good by James Brown
#23 Moises Castro: Gasolina by Daddy Yankee
#24 Sikes Orvis: Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
#25 Colby Bortles: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
#26 Blake Bennett: Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
#27 Connor Cloyd: Keep Their Heads Ringin' by Dr. Dre
#28 Calder Mikell: Show Me How To Live by Audioslave
#29 Sam Smith: Louisiana Saturday Night by Benjy Davis Project
#32 Michael Fitzsimmons: Going Down For Real (GDFR) by Flo Rida
#33 Sean Johnson: Burning Love by Elvis Presley
#34 Drake Robison: You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC
#35 Jack Kaiser: Keepin' It Country by Jake Owen
#36 Josh Watkins: Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
#37 Mitchel Babb: Jungle by X Ambassadors
#38 Wyatt Short: Slow Down by Clyde Carson
#40 Scott Weathersby: Ole Miss Rebels by K Zoe (Christian Rap original mix)
#42 Holt Perdzock: The Joker by Steve Miller Band
#45 Scott Ashford: Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
#47 Christian Trent: Rompe by Daddy Yankee
#55 Evan Anderson: Can't Stop by Red Hot Chili Peppers


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How can an already bike-friendly city such as Copenhagen entice even more of its citizens to ride? A research group led by Carlo Ratti of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's SENSEable City Lab hopes to find out by distributing smart tags to cyclists that track the routes they take and allow them to connect with one another.
Together Copenhagen and M.I.T. will distribute by November about 1,000 smart tags, each costing less than $30 and subsidized by the research group, so riders will have been using them for a time before the United Nations Climate Change Conference hosted by the city in December. As cyclists whiz past wireless hotspots, the tags will register passage, tracking bike routes taken. Back home, riders will be able to log on to Facebook to find out which other riders crossed their path that day, as well as to see who has accrued the most miles—a kind of friendly competition.
Wider use of tags could help spur a city's population to bike more instead of drive. And by examining where people are actually riding, Copenhagen could decide where to put bike lanes and monitor where bike congestion occurs. The city would receive only aggregated data to protect privacy, says Christine Outram, a researcher at the M.I.T. lab.


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Barista's and lovers of specialty coffee are becoming more and more interested in the science behind the brewing of coffee and how this science can play a role in getting the best result in the cup.
Filter Coffee Path 2 workshop is designed to further explore the core skills and equipment required to produce great filtered coffee. During this structured workshop we will test filter brewing recipes and methods with a variety of experiments exploring how to get the best flavour into your daily filter.
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A jug of wine, no loaf of breadPosted by Martin Field on 27 October 2009 in Food and Wine
Bread has all but disappeared from restaurant tables and we should all lament its absence.
In mediaeval days, they served meals on trenchers instead of plates. The trencher was a thick slice of stale bread and the meat and gravy were ladled on to it. When the meat was finished, nobles and peasants alike gobbled up the gravy-enriched trencher as a second course. Read the rest of this entry


text: At 09:28 PM 8/21/2006, Mark Hahn wrote: >>Speaker asks all the people in the audience: "Those of you with manual >>transmissions in your car, raise your hand." >> >>3/4 of the audience raises their hand. >> >>Speaker: "YOU, with your hands waving in the air, are NOT the people who >>should be designing the user interfaces. > >I find this asinine. yes, there's a nugget of truth there, >but it's not true that such people are necessarily bad at designing UIs. >he's implying that if someone does anything "the hard way", >then they're incapable of comprehending the "easy" one. >that's just stupid. I think it's more just a recognition of the fact that programmers (as a stereotyped class.. we will allow overloading in the OO sense) tend to get caught up in the elegance and flexibility and power of a possible UI, sometimes losing sight of the fact that for many, many applications (not compilers, etc.) you really only want to give the user the opportunity to do the "right thing" at any given time. The "bail out" option for the abnormal cases doesn't need the cleverness and sophistication, because, hopefully, it's used infrequently, and, in fact, just because of that, maybe it shouldn't be too clever. >>Build them, fine, but I want the application to be like an automatic >>transmission.. puts the power to the wheels in an optimum fashion and I >>don't have to think about it, manipulate it, etc." > >the reason it's a great anecdote is that it _almost_ addresses an >interesting topic. the topic is manual/automatic vs expertise. it's not >true, for instance, that I have to think about driving manual - I've been >doing it for a good number of years and and I'm quite certain I >shift better than automatic (at least the version found on mid-range cars). >expertise of this sort is not terribly deep - practice it and it'll be >downloaded into your cerebellum. the usual car clutch/stick arrangement is >not necessarily an optimal UI, but it's clearly something that is not hard to >automatize. expertise (in this sense, often used in psych) is no more or >less than transforming a task that requires high-level executive supervision >to one which acts almost like a "brain reflex". ("motor program" is actually >a phrase used in the field!) Yes, but you've been "extensively trained" on that one instance, in a particular set of driving regimes. If you were faced with a highly unusual situation (say, avoiding a terrorist roadblock intent on kidnapping), you might wish you had the automatic, where you could just stab and steer. This is why they use automatic transmissions in police cars, and have nifty stick-shakers, etc., in modern aircraft. >computers are the same. QWERTY is not a great layout, but I'll bet almost >all of you use it. does that mean that you're disqualified from designing >UIs now?


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A brief history of Pitsea and the ideology of urban regeneration
October 5, 2010 2 Comments
It is not only true, but also necessary, that all that is solid melts into air and change disturbs the inner functioning of people and places over periods of time. This notion is as true as for towns, villages and cities as it is for us as humans.
But there is something significantly more influential about the disruption that is caused by a geographical location unto its human subject, something deeply and incalculably disruptive that cannot be said to be returned in kind. The task of qualifying to what extent the geographical landscape is said to affect the normal functioning of the psychical realm is little more than a footnote in the Situationists' repertoire, yet it is their work and influence that has gone the furthest into such a collation of results. The word which has come to define the task of qualifying how far a geographical landscape is said to be a determinant on the human subject is psychogeography, and as can be expected it is usually anthropocentric in that it concerns itself with measuring the extent to which passive places alter active minds, but less is said within psychogeography of how minds alter places since this is delegated to the realm of town and country planning.
Equally, urban geography at its elementary stages tended to concern itself with the extent to which towns could influence its surrounding area. Sir Dudley Stamp in his crucial book Applied Geography drew up two points that summarised the raison d'être of urban geography, namely the 'study of the actual town itself' and 'the influence of the town on its surroundings'. Now maintaining allegiance to these two points I would like to supplement them with my own, scilicet the influence with which the surrounding area has on the town itself.
Highlighting the influence furnished upon a town by its neighbouring area sutures the gap present in Stamp's urban analysis, or what I am prepared to call topographical revealing. It is surely necessary when focusing ones attention to the location and history of a town to look at what makes it distinct, what makes it unique, whilst also observing the part it has played in developing its borders. But if one is to really reveal the power relations at play, one must go further. With this as my backdrop I can begin to reveal the relationship between Pitsea – a small town in South Essex – and London.
Observing Stamp's agenda for urban geography and applying that to the history of Pitsea will assure some interesting revelations, including the apposite land it once had available to provide an arms factory and accommodate pillboxes during the Second World War, and how being situated on the Thames Estuary made it ideal for exporting produce. But with the inclusion of my third point, I can reveal how Pitsea has always been something of a plaything for London, an extension for its own purpose, an experiment and dumping ground, a place that jumps when London tells it to jump.
With its mention in the Domesday Book, it is acknowledged that Pitsea existed as far back as the Norman Conquest, but according to the Rochford Hundred Field Archaeological Group managed to go unnoticed by local historians. As T.C. Chisenhale Marsh's translation of the Domesday Book relating to Essex explains 'Pitsey is rather inland for land,' one possible reason as to why there is little to no pre-Norman history on Pitsea, other than blind speculation.
It's the legitimacy of this view that lends itself to the common perception that Pitsea is a kind of product of Basildon new town, a residential remainder. Its geographical location, however, does form its name, emanating from pic (point) on sea. The proximity of the point to the estuary rendered it quite ideal to install a public a railway line, especially given the uselessness of all the surrounding boggy marsh, made even more useless by its agricultural ineptitude, of which more in a moment. The Fenchurch Street line was initiated in 1852, eventually reaching Pitsea in 1854 and commenced proper commercial use by 1st July 1855, joining all other sites linked by marsh and creek, Benfleet, Leigh-on-Sea and Standford-le-Hope.
Most of the designated area for Basildon new town (all the areas once under the jurisdiction of Billericay, with its then Member of Parliament Bernard Braine) – and the south east of England – is covered with London clay, a marine deposit, well known for the fossils it creates and the immense thickness (150 meters) – able to support the deep foundations and tunnels found in and around Essex – of the Ypresian age (which span from 48.6 to 55.8 years ago), which on the geological timescale (time that is used by geologists, palaeontologists and other earth scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of the Earth) is the earliest stage of the Eocene sub-epoch (which span from 55.8 to 33.9 million years ago). Owing to this, much of the said area is agriculturally unsuitable. And since 40% of the area swallowed up by Basildon new town was originally planned to be agricultural heaven, a re-think was made necessary.
Pitsea and Vange were not part of the 40% of designated land for Basildon new town composing of London clay, instead they were composed of alluvium, the product of a heavy amount of dropped solid rock particles due to fast river flow, but still this meant agricultural incompetence. Production through farming and foods ceased to exist as a consequence, so another method of capital squeezing was needed (this couldn't be any more apparent, and simultaneously a slap in the face, by the presence of a budget priced, chain supermarket called Farmfoods in Pitsea today).
The commercialisation of Pitsea was not a problem for anyone with political punch near town. Dennis Hardy and Colin Ward in their book Arcadia For All note that the landowners near the railway routes were usually shareholders or board members of railway firms; they profited from diminishing farmlands and the volume of traffic that the development of the railway would bring.
They, too, were probably happy to see the methods used by The Land Company, possibly the brainchild of Protheroe & Morris, who operated from the same address in London and the South East, and their estate agents who used techniques of wooing potential plotland development buyers with free railway tickets or cheap fares refunded to purchasers, not to mention the utterly frivolous champagne auctions they used to hold. It is noted that East London families would go out to the country for a cheap outing and come back property owners. Pitsea was soon turned into a place for Londoner weekend homes – hard to believe now. It wasn't until 1925 that local entrepreneur Harold George Howard decided that Pitsea was going to be "something really special". It was he who designed the Tudor style buildings around Pitsea in the thirties, the Railway hotel public house (now a place of brick throwing target practice for local bored youths, sheet metal instead of windows, grand ideas of a neolithic historical museum by idealistic councillors), the cinema (which has since been a successful bingo hall, now closed down, posters advertising local carnivals, shelter for rained-in early morning bus users), Tudor Mansions and Tudor Chambers with its cab firm, kebab shop, and betting office, and finally, Anne Boleyn Mansions used by Lloyds bank.
His legacy lives on in the row of houses bordering the park that bears his name (Howards Park), and one cannot criticise him for his earnest effort. But even he could not have helped what was to happen to the area next, despite the efforts of many men. The German forces' bombing of East London meant that many families were forced out of their obliterated homes, seeking a safe haven in nearby towns with land to accommodate them (and incidentally, if there is one good thing to be said about the digging up and destruction of East end history for the purposes of the 2012 Olympic games, it is that excavators uncovered an unexploded bomb near to Bromley-by-Bow Tube station). It is precisely here that a parallel with settler hegemony, like that of the state of Israel, can be drawn: the Second World War brought about ghastly deaths and forced evacuations of many innocent people, but how to deal with populating another area of land was mishandled, with Israel it meant making second class citizens out of the existing Arab population, forced into suppression by the Nakba of 1948, with Pitsea, the re-accommodation of innocent people affected by the war gave legitimacy to the compulsory purchasing of over 10,000 homes, some weekend homes, some freehold owners, all for the good of Basildon new town.
After the Second World War the Tory government only had the iconography of Churchill as muscle for their election campaign, needless to say it was Clem Attlee's Labour government that won in 1945, bringing in many of the institutions we take for granted now such as the NHS. Owing to the housing problem after the war the Labour government introduced two new acts taking control of the issue; namely the Town and Country Planning Act and the New Towns Act of 1946/7. It was the idea to create new homes where possible, but the destruction of existing homes seemed a little counter-productive. It was here that the Residents Protection Association (RPA) took force, which campaigned against the creation of a Basildon new town on the basis that it would destroy existing homes.
The Labour initiated acts generated much enthusiasm at first since it set out to clean up the district, finish unmade roads, fix unconnected sewers and deal with the cramped conditions many people lived under. However in the 1951 elections, due to the first-past-the-post system, and in spite of the fact the Labour party fielded a record number of votes (even to this day), Churchill's Tories made it back into government. The first thing that Mr. S.A. Perry did, an owner of a London printing firm and a staunch ally of the RPA, was to write to Churchill on the 24th of September 1951 asking him to shelve the New Town plans. He received a reply from Churchill's secretary on the 27th saying the Tories were not opposed to the act or the forming of a new town, but "the socialist Town and Country Act of 1947 imposed a most unjust basis for compensation". After much campaigning, and even fielding George Ross, member of the RPA committee and author of The Brink of Despair: A History of Basildon 1915 – 1986, as candidate for the council, with modest success, it was realised that the slogan "Down with the New Town" had become obsolete when in the early fifties buildings were beginning to fall down.
The Rt. Hon. Hugh Dalton MP, Minister of Housing, approved the first Master Plan for the new town, August 1951.
The corporate logic over the introduction and overspill of Londoners had spelt the destruction of many people's homes and had turned Pitsea into a consumer plot. There is something distressingly logical that Pitsea is the site of the biggest Tesco in Europe straddling over 125,000 square feet of floorspace. The new Masterplan for the area, approved in April 2007, and entitled the Regeneration, will provide Pitsea with 20,000 more square metres of retail space, which among many other things includes an opening up of Station Lane, the path that reaches the train station, which will include a French Market (and if there is one thing Pitsea is not crying out for, it is a French market). It will also fill space with 500 new homes, many of which are flats on the cusp of Station Lane itself, for the sole purpose of designing trendy flats appealing to 20/30-somethings, in order for easy access to the city; an act of blatant London subservience.
No wonder there is an ink daubing of "EC2" on the fence that blocks the site where these flats will occupy; far from being a sign that East end gangs are rearing their ugly heads in Essex, it is a signalling gesture that the re-colonisation of Pitsea through corporate regeneration is imminent.
The sum components of the Pitsea regeneration seemed designed entirely in order to make access out of it easier for part-time lodgers in trendy flats. Why else would Station Lane be such a focal point, why a French Market, why when housing prices in London are so, that millions of pounds are spent creating another bubble just waiting for 15 years of equilibrium elsewhere, before a burst threatens to cause ruin. House prices soar in London, (and so what is the thinking? Thus) let's just move the problem to the towns, then when house prices soar there maybe the city and suburbs will be affordable again. I smell a rat – the rat of London, telling Pitsea to jump, and jump it does.
Guy Debord's great work Thesis on Traffic opined that planning and architecture, rather than being designed to accept the automobile as its central theme, should instead phase it out in the aim of reintroducing civil society as the foreground of urban life, social relationships included. Now, in urban planning, the problem isn't just the automobile, it is area designed only to point to the most efficient way out. As such the opening out of Station Lane spells the antiquatedness of civil society in Pitsea (like it needed any more of a reason). The problem today of urban regeneration is that it is held hostage by the infectious capital centeredness of the city; more precisely it is the influence with which the surrounding area has on the town itself. Practical geographers, under the jurisdiction of Sir Dudley Stamp, take heed.


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milk (food)
milk, liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals as food for their young. The milk of the cow is most widely used by humans, but the milk of the mare, goat, ewe, buffalo, camel, ass, zebra, reindeer, llama, and yak is also used. The composition of milk varies with the species, breed, feed, and condition of the animal. Jersey and Guernsey cows produce milk of high butterfat content; Holsteins produce larger quantities of milk but with a lower butterfat content.
Milk prepared for sale is often homogenized; in this process it is pumped under pressure through small openings to break up the milk-fat globules, thus ensuring an equal distribution of fat throughout the milk rather than permitting it to rise to the top as cream. In most countries where milk is a commercial product, it is subject to regulations concerning its composition (i.e., the proportion of butterfat and other solids) and its purity, with sanitary measures in force that cover milk handlers, herds, plants, and equipment. Pasteurization (partial sterilization by heating) checks bacterial growth, thereby making milk safer to drink and increasing its keeping qualities and range of transport.
Milk, an almost complete food, consists of proteins (mainly casein), fat, salts, and milk sugar, or lactose, as well as vitamins A, C, D, certain B vitamins, and lesser amounts of others. (Many people are unable to digest milk after childhood because they stop producing an enzyme needed to break down lactose, but usually they still can digest yogurt, hard cheeses, and lactose-reduced milk products.) Commercial dairies often supplement natural vitamin D with a concentrate. Milk is a major source of calcium and a good source of phosphorus. Low-fat and skim milk fortified with vitamins A and D have the same nutritional value as whole milk, but with fewer calories and less cholesterol. Whole milk has 3.5% milkfat, low-fat milk 1% to 2%, and skim, 0.5%. Heavy cream has a minimum of 36% milkfat, half-and-half not less than 10.5% nor more than 18%.
A patent was issued for the production of dried milk in Great Britain in 1855, and for concentrated milk in the United States to Gail Borden in 1856. The two types of concentrated milk are condensed and evaporated; condensed milk is a sweetened product (over 40% sugar), and evaporated is unsweetened. Dried, or powdered, milk is made by passing a film of partially evaporated milk over a heated drum or by spraying it into a heated chamber in which the particles dry. Malted milk is a dried mixture made of milk and the liquid from a mash of barley malt and wheat flour.
See butter; cheese; dairying; fermented milk.
See S. K. Kon, Milk and Milk Products in Human Nutrition (1972); T. Quinn, Dairy Farm Management (1980); D. Carrick, Milk (1985).


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Originally struck in Austria from 1740 to 1780, the Thaler was the currency of the Austrian Empire. It was very important for trade with the Levant (parts of Turkey, Lebanon, Syria). Over time, the Maria Theresa Thaler became the best known and most popular silver coin in the Arabian world. After the death of Empress Maria Theresa in 1780, Joseph II permitted the Austrian mint to continue striking the coin with the 1780 dies in order to meet demand from the Middle East. The 1780 taler was the only silver coin that the Arabs trusted and would accept. Since then, the Maria Theresa Thaler has been restruck for trade purposes at Vienna, Austria with the 1780 date frozen in time. The taler became the unofficial currency in some areas of Africa and Asia, and may still be in use today as a "trade silver dollar" in some Arabian bazaars.
Particularly on older strikes earlier than about 1850, almost each individual coin shows minor differences. Such differences help specialists to determine the origin and strike date of individual specimen. A close examination of more than 20 coins struck in Venice between 1817 and 1833 showed that nearly all coins were struck from different dies. Major characteristics of common variants are described in the List of variants.
Various articles claim that the Maria Theresa Thaler was re-struck with an unchanged appearance since 1780. However, this is only really true for restrikes made after about 1850. Earlier strikes are usually relatively easy to identify and classify. Unfortunately, the statement may cause collectors - and sometimes dealers - to believe that their coins might be original coins struck in 1780 or shortly thereafter. Sometimes such coins will actually be sold as "original strike". In reality, most of those "originals" will be post-1850 strikes.
In Original and Restrike we compare two coins struck in 1780 (Vienna mint) and a coin struck around 1781 (Guenzburg mint) with a modern restrike. This may help to identify the differences.
The Talers provides a list of major variants. This list is not complete and is being extended on an ongoing basis. There are somewhere between 100 and 150 major variants, and an uncountable number of strikes with minor differences.
You can find more details and informations at www.mtt.at.tf (Note: this web page is in German.).


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Sorry it's a huge file. : /
Have I switched to only drawing cats now? Maybe.
Why do people apologize for the huge file?
Why don't they DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?!
cutie =3
Love is lovely. Lucy is also lovely. Love loving Lucy, as always.
To resize a file, open it in any image editing program, resize it using either the select tool, or a rescaling tool (varies by program), then save it in a smaller format such as png or jpeg, or if it's still too big, maybe even a gif.
lol, thought i was looking through bars, and that that was daisy. only then i saw the bow. what will come next?
LOL at Lucy just being al llike "Dude... wait, what? o.o". xD


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Harley-Davidson is recalling 6,964 Softail model motorcycles manufactured from June 7 though October 8, 2010 which have had a security system installed as an accessory item. The Body Control Module (BCM) (part # 69991-11 AND 69993-11.)
The BCM has a case which may not have been properly sealed during production and which may allow water intrusion into the BCM causing the engine to stall.
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text: In the previous thread I instigated about running services in cluster nodes, there was some mentioning of precisely synchronizing the system clocks and this issue is also mentioned in this paper: "The Case of Missing Supercomputer Performance: Achieving Optimal Performance on the 8,192 processor ASCI Q" (Petrini, Kerbisin and Pakin) http://hpc.pnl.gov/people/fabrizio/papers/sc03_noise.pdf I've also read a few other papers on the topic, and it seems you need to sync the system clocks to ~1 uS. On top of that, I imagine you also need to synch the activities of each system so they all stop to do the same system-level tasks at the same time. The papers I read all mentioned different OSes, or at least specialized hardware. Can this level of synchronization be achieved in Linux on commodity hardware? I imagine NTP doesn't have the resolution needed for this, and Don Becker has some strong feelings against NTP. I've tried googling on my own, but everything I come up with references NTP, or just the papers I've already read. -- Prentice


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The skilled craftspeople at the boat shop in Philadelphia's Independence Seaport Museum build and repair fine wooden boats and teach boatbuilding. They are currently building a pair of traditional whaleboats for the Mystic (Connecticutt) Seaport Museum's restored whaling ship Charles W. Morgan. Next to the nearly completed boat is the suspended framing system on which they are formed, with just the keel piece of the next one in place.
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Someone Who's Sailed the Same Seas: On Peer Mentorship and HIV
Summer 2014
When Matthew Beasley was diagnosed with HIV in 2012, he had many questions about the illness and needed support. "I didn't know what a CD4 cell was. I didn't know what 'viral load' or 'undetectable' meant," says the 32-year-old graduate psychology student from Vancouver. And Beasley isn't alone. Most people newly diagnosed with HIV face a steep learning curve: There's much to know about the virus, treatment, how to disclose, how to stay healthy, safer sex and self-acceptance. Who better to help than someone who has sailed the same waters?
The nurse who diagnosed Beasley did what most diagnosing clinicians in Vancouver now do: He told Beasley about Peer Navigator Services, a program of Positive Living B.C. The program -- the first of its kind in Canada -- pairs people who are newly diagnosed, or who were diagnosed a while back but haven't been linked to services for some time, with peer navigators. Peer navigators are HIV-positive individuals who have been trained to make information about HIV, treatment and other related health issues easier for clients to understand. They've also been trained to provide emotional support and help the person they're paired with to navigate a healthcare system that can be bureaucratic, fragmented and overwhelming.
"I was shy going in there ... a little nervous," says Beasley about his first meeting with his peer navigator. But he knew from his experience as a recovering addict how beneficial it can be to talk to somebody about his concerns. For Beasley, being able to interact with someone with HIV who was living a full and healthy life was critical to his own self-acceptance and to how he viewed his future. "I didn't have to live in the closet about being HIV positive," he says. "It helped confirm for me that HIV wasn't going to be a crippling disability."
Peer navigation gets at the heart of what a person living with HIV needs when engaging in care: someone who knows what you are going through and can walk alongside you through the process. This relationship has had the effect of providing invaluable support to clients, as well as the unintended consequence of benefitting navigators, too.
Nicole Bachynski, who coordinated a peer navigator program in Regina, says that for clients, having a peer makes the whole process of getting healthcare a bit more comfortable and less daunting. "To have that peer beside them, walking them through what can be a scary experience, can be critical."
Peer support in one form or another has probably been around forever. Peer navigator programs (a formalized version of that relationship) have their roots outside of HIV. One of the first comprehensive programs was introduced in 1990 at the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City by Dr. Harold Freeman. The program was developed to improve breast cancer screening and diagnosis rates among low-income, mostly black, women who were more likely to receive late cancer diagnoses and inferior healthcare. The impact was dramatic: As a result of the hospital's patient navigator services and other factors, the likelihood of breast cancer patients being alive five years after their diagnosis increased from 39 to 70 percent. Since then, similar programs have been established to improve the health and wellness of clients and patients in other areas: mental health, diabetes care, palliative care, treatment for substance use -- and HIV care.
Canada currently has three comprehensive HIV peer navigator programs. In addition to the program at Positive Living B.C., the Peer-to-Peer Program in Regina provides peer support for people living with HIV in Saskatchewan, and at ASK Wellness in Kamloops, BC, peers (and HIV-negative social workers) provide navigation services to people living with HIV, hepatitis C and other chronic conditions.
Peer support has been a mainstay of HIV work since the beginning of the epidemic, and HIV peer navigator programs are built on that long history. They provide the added benefit of being integrated in the healthcare system, making it more accessible for people with HIV. Another major difference is that peer navigators are paid -- for some, it's their full-time job.
Peer navigator programs are built on the premise that people living with HIV have the best understanding of what it means to live with HIV. Peers (sometimes called navigators or mentors) use their lived experience to support and counsel other people living with HIV. What this looks like for each client varies: Some clients need someone to talk to. Others need a navigator to help them find a doctor, accompany them to their medical appointments or advocate on their behalf.
We know that a lot of people living with HIV could use some extra help navigating what can sometimes be a complex and unfriendly healthcare system. Somewhere between being diagnosed and receiving effective treatment, many people living with HIV stop seeking regular care. There are many reasons for this. Some are personal -- for example, someone who feels healthy might not want to see a doctor and be reminded of their status, or an individual from a small community may worry about their family and friends discovering their status. And some of the reasons are structural -- such as a lack of stable housing or healthcare that doesn't accommodate the needs of newcomers and people with limited literacy. When people are dealing with pressing issues in their lives, their health can sometimes take a back seat.
Statistics confirm that a significant portion of people diagnosed with HIV are falling through the cracks. If we take a basic measure of the success of HIV care (by no means the only or best measure), in the United States only about 25 percent of people living with HIV have an undetectable viral load. This indicates that there are serious gaps in HIV services. In British Columbia -- the only Canadian province that has published comparable numbers -- about 34 percent of people living with HIV have an undetectable viral load. We know that many people are not linked to care, and some are linked to care but don't continue to receive the care and support they need.
Glen Bradford, who coordinates Peer Navigation Services in Vancouver, notes that getting people from diagnosis to care can be challenging. When Peer Navigation Services was started in 2010, the average time between a person's diagnosis and their entry into care was three years. "People were out there spiraling on their own," he says, but "the emergence of peer navigation services in Vancouver helped reduce the time between diagnosis and entry into care from three years to three weeks."
This article was provided by Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange. It is a part of the publication The Positive Side. Visit CATIE's Web site to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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UPDATE: Sharon Stone has shrugged off rumors of a split from her younger lover Martin Mica by holding hands with the Argentinian model during a romantic day out in Los Angeles.
The 54-year-old started dating Mica, 27, last year, but tabloid reports suggested the duo had ended the relationship earlier this month.
However, they proved they are still very much together on Wednesday when they were spotted enjoying a stroll through Beverly Hills. Stone and Mica were photographed beaming at each other as they strode down the street hand-in-hand.
Orginal story: Actress Sharon Stone and her boyfriend Martin Mica have split, according to reports.
The 54 year old started dating Mica, 27, last year, but insiders tell Life & Style magazine the couple broke up earlier this month.
A source tells the publication, "She called it off just after the holidays… They didn't share the same interests.
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by DAN SIMMONS
October, 2013
"It's 1925, and the desire to summit Mt. Everest has reached a fever-pitch after the disappearance of George Mallory the year before. Three young friends, eager to take their shot at the top, accept funding from a grieving mother whose son fell to his death on Mallory's expedition. But she refuses to believe he's dead, and she wants them to bring him back alive…A bone-chilling and exquisitely researched story of historical high-climbing suspense, THE ABOMINABLE is Dan Simmons at his best, and it will thrill the many readers who made The Terror a bestseller." --
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Paperback 09/10/13
"A literary thriller like no other…A hard-charging, edge-of-the-seat tale." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Darwin Minor travels a dangerous road. A Vietnam veteran turned reluctant expert on interpreting the wreckage of fatal accidents, Darwin uses science and instinct to unravel the real causes of unnatural disasters. He is very, very good at his job.
"An exciting novel, full of shootouts, computer-aided investigations, duplicity, and humor."–Houston Chronicle
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"CARRION COMFORT is one of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." --Stephen King
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This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins
"Impressive...combines beautiful writing and suspense into a book for which Dan Simmons deserves the bestseller status of King and Koontz." —Denver Post
St. Martin's Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
An evil legacy comes to life in this classic and ultimately human novel about believable vampires, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons. Children of the Night will take you to a place that no one knows—yet all of us fear.
"A mesmerizing tour through the ghostly, gray tatters of Romania." –Publishers Weekly
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It's the summer of 1942 and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would-be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory."
"Delightfully spry. The plot quickly evolves into a real page-turning espionage story, complete with corrupt police officials, double agents, secret codes, and multiple murders. Fun reading for both Hemingway aficionados and spy novel enthusiasts." — Library Journal
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Subterranean Press
June 2013
"… a hugely engrossing novella filled with marvels, bizarre encounters, and an array of astonishing creatures—the pelgranes, daihaks, and assorted elementals of Jack Vance's boundless imagination. Written with wit, fidelity, and grace, and rooted in its author's obvious affection for his source material, The Guiding Nose of Ulfänt Banderoz is something special, a collaborative gem in which the talents and sensibilities of two master storytellers come powerfully—and seamlessly—together." –
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Dust jacket and full color endsheets by John Picacio
"First published in 1989, Dan Simmons's Hugo Award-winning Hyperion is one of the undisputed classics of modern science fiction. The opening movement of a hugely ambitious multi-volume epic, it is both a masterpiece of pure storytelling and a visionary meditation on the future development of the human race." --
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HYPERION voted #4 on Locus Magazine's list of top 20th c. SF novels.
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Spring, 2013
"The Fall of Hyperion is both a grand, superbly written adventure and a work of great intellectual rigor…Like its predecessor, and like the two Endymion novels which would follow, The Fall of Hyperion delights, amazes, and enriches its readers at every turn. It is, and will remain, one of a major American writer's most remarkable achievements." –
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LOVEDEATH (eBook)
Subterranean Press
December, 2012
"First published in 1993, Lovedeath remains one of Dan Simmons's most significant accomplishments. In five stories—four novellas and an amazing short novel —Simmons explores the intertwined themes of love and death with wit, intelligence, and grace—and from an astonishing variety of perspectives…"The Great Lover" is, beyond doubt, one of Dan Simmons's greatest creations. It is also one of the finest fictional portraits of the First World War ever put on paper, and it brings this masterful collection to a resonant, unforgettable conclusion."—
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Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Phases of Gravity (August 8, 2011)
Phases of Gravity
Dan Simmons. Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $25 (312p) ISBN 978-1-59606-476-4
Hugo winner Simmons (Black Hills) shifts away from genre literature in this quiet masterpiece, first published in 1989. Richard Baedecker, a divorced former astronaut who walked on the moon, has hit a professional and personal low by the late '80s. He still mourns the Challenger disaster, hates his mediocre civilian job, and can't connect with his grown son. When he visits his son in India, Baedecker falls in love with his son's friend Maggie, who shows him around the country and later meets him while climbing a mountain in Colorado. His travels, which take him to his Illinois birthplace and a colleague's funeral in rural Oregon, are interspersed with flashbacks to his days at NASA, and Simmons switches perspective with a deft touch, keeping the reader off guard without ever undercutting his narrative. Fans of Simmons's science fiction might be surprised to find him writing a mainstream novel informed by spiritualism and a hint of magic, but the story is still as good as anything Simmons has delivered. (Jan. 2012)
Reviewed on: 08/05/2011
Dan's Promotional Video for BLACK HILLS
Dan was asked by Borders Online to do a promotional video discussing his new book BLACK HILLS, to be released from Reagan Arthur Books, an imprint of Little, Brown, on Feb. 24, 2010. Versions of the 7-minute video will also appear on other sites.
The video was produced by videographers Jane Simmons and Robin Truesdale. Please click on the following link to see the BLACK HILLS promotional video:
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ICD-9 Diagnosis Code 851.83
Brain lacer NEC-mod coma
Diagnosis Code 851.83
Short Description: Brain lacer NEC-mod coma
Long Description: Other and unspecified cerebral laceration and contusion, without mention of open intracranial wound, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 851.83
Code Classification
Injury and poisoning (800–999)
Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture (850-854)
- 851 Cerebral laceration and contusion
- Intracranial injury, excluding those with skull fracture (850-854)
Information for Medical Professionals
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- S06.333A - Contus/lac cereb, w LOC of 1-5 hrs 59 min, init (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- S06.334A - Contus/lac cereb, w LOC of 6 hours to 24 hours, init (approximate) Approximate Flag
The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
Information for Patients
Traumatic Brain Injury
Also called: Acquired brain injury, TBI
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) happens when a bump, blow, jolt, or other head injury causes damage to the brain. Every year, millions of people in the U.S. suffer brain injuries. More than half are bad enough that people must go to the hospital. The worst injuries can lead to permanent brain damage or death. Half of all TBIs are from motor vehicle accidents. Military personnel in combat zones are also at risk.
Symptoms of a TBI may not appear until days or weeks following the injury. A concussion is the mildest type. It can cause a headache or neck pain, nausea, ringing in the ears, dizziness, and tiredness. People with a moderate or severe TBI may have those, plus other symptoms:
- A headache that gets worse or does not go away
- Repeated vomiting or nausea
- Convulsions or seizures
- Inability to awaken from sleep
- Slurred speech
- Weakness or numbness in the arms and legs
- Dilated eye pupils
Health care professionals use a neurological exam and imaging tests to assess TBI. Serious traumatic brain injuries need emergency treatment. Treatment and outcome depend on how severe the injury is. TBI can cause a wide range of changes affecting thinking, sensation, language, or emotions. TBI can be associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. People with severe injuries usually need rehabilitation.
NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Brain injury - discharge
- Chronic subdural hematoma
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Mumbai, Dec 9 (IANS) Debutant director Akashaditya Lama, who has worked as a writer in television as well as films, says writers don't get an opportunity to showcase their talent.
"There are a lot of places where I used to go, I used to be handed a DVD and be told to write according to that. So I used to wonder what I am supposed to do as a writer. Also I feel that our ideas are very westernised," Lama told IANS.
"We have such a rich literature, why don't we take inspiration from that. We copy Hollywood film stories. You can use techniques and all from films, but not stories. So I feel that writers don't get opportunities," he added.
As a writer, Lama has worked in television for shows like "Kkusum", "Kumkum", "Chehra" and "Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga". He has been a part of many ad films too.
He is now set to make his Bollywood debut as a director with the film "Cigarette Ki Tarah", which releases Dec 14. It features Prashant Naryanan, Yuvika Chaudhary, Madhurima Tuli and debutant actor Bhoop Yaduvanshi.
Lama calls his transition from small to big screen tough, as it took time for people to recognise him.
"It took a long time for me to make people believe that I am a writer. When they started seeing my name, they recognized me. People used to tell me that you have written for TV and not films. The same thing happened with direction as well. They kept asking me if I have directed before... but how will I if I don't get a chance," he said.
Lama always harboured a dream of becoming a director, but knew that struggle was evident.
"I always wanted to be a director, but in TV I was working as a writer. I wanted to direct only movies. I knew that no one becomes a director in one day. It is a process. I knew I will have to do a lot of things. You need financial stability and a hold on many other things," he said.
Asked how will he deal with the competition in the feature film sector, Lama said: "When a player takes part in a race, he doesn't have a strategy to win. He just runs fast. He focuses on himself."
"Filmmaking is artistic. You have to concentrate on what the audience wants to watch. I always look at my product from the observer's point of view," he added.


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Ground Works Is Introduced To Students In Dell Rapids
School kids in Dell Rapids will be getting their hands dirty and learning.
Ground Works is proud to announce a partnership with Dell Rapids elementary school in Dell Rapids SD. A public teaching garden bed construction will take place on Saturday, May 3rd at 9 am on the elementary school grounds.
They plan is to construct and place 7 teaching garden beds.
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October 26, 2010
A new study suggests human papillomavirus (HPV) could be behind a rise in oropharyngeal (head and neck) squamous cell cancer cases in the United States and in some northern European countries, and that changing sexual behaviors could be the reason.
Citing previous research and using the Swedish Cancer Registry, Torbjorn Ramqvist and Tina Dalianis of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm noted that oral sex has become more commonplace; people report more sex partners; and the age of sexual debut has decreased -- all of which are linked to HPV-related oral cancers. "In a recent study ... it was shown that the risk of developing oral HPV infection increased with increases in lifetime oral or vaginal sex partners," they said. "It has also been reported that ... open-mouthed kissing was associated with the development of oral HPV infection," they said, citing a study of 542 U.S. students.
"We suggest that we are encountering a slow epidemic of mainly sexually transmitted HPV-induced" oral cancers, the authors said.
Oropharyngeal cancers are the second-most common cancer linked to HPV, behind cervical cancer. The authors observed that cases of throat and mouth cancer are rising in the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden, particularly among young people. Cases are more common among men than women, they noted.
Researchers next must examine the effects of the HPV vaccine on oropharyngeal squamous cell cancers. If the vaccine is effective at preventing head and neck cancers, health officials should consider expanding vaccination from the current focus on females to include males as well, the authors suggested.
The study, "Oropharyngeal Cancer Epidemic and Human Papillomavirus," was published in CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases (2010;16(11)doi:10.3201/eid1611.100452).
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