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I've searched (and continue to search) for an answer to this. I love Lion's mail application, and especially its integration with Spotlight. The ability to fan through a bunch of search hits using Cover Flow is a lifesaver for me! It's a marvelous capability that brought me firmly into the Mail.app camp after using several other email applications. Really good stuff. Problem: My email records go back more than a decade, comprising hundreds of thousands of emails, including to groups of which I'm either a member or an administrator. It is important that these emails be accessible to me, and quickly searchable. Mail.app + Spotlight fills the bill admirably for me. But my inbox is growing too swollen and is bogging down my system. Right now, I triggered some action (I have no idea how) and my machine is "Writing changes to disk - 20927 of 150425 messages". This is a common occurence and will go on for an hour or so. And when I reinstalled Lion recently it took overnight for Mail to import my previous inboxes! Too darn many emails. What I need to do: Take all emails older than a year and put them in some sort of archive folder where they don't clutter up Mail's everyday activities but Spotlight can find them (and Mail can open them when asked to when previewing or opening in Spotlight's search results). I have one gmail (IMAP) account, three POP accounts, and a new iCloud accout I'm not using much yet. I want to include the gmail and iCloud emails in my archive for local searching. I have plenty of disk space. My question for the community: What is the best way to locally archive old emails, including attachments, so they're still searchable and openable but don't bog-down Mail? I have searched (and continue to search) for solutions but am finding suggestions that plain don't work, such as "drag old emails to the desktop and Mail will create a file" (that'd be great, but it doesn't work, at least in Lion). Mail's own Archive function spits an error for the gmail messages, The message "[subject] could not be moved to the mailbox (null). The destination mailbox does not exist.. This place has never steered me wrong, so I'm hoping for some suitable suggestions! Thanks in advance.
Are you saying all that email is in your inbox? How about just creating a new Mailbox in Mail and drag all the old email to it? Gets it out of the Inbox, but it's still in Mail and will be searched with Spotlight.
Thunderbird has "archive folders" which allegedly can be organised by year/month. I haven't tried that though - but if they did work then exporting your (popped) mail to thunderbird (as well as archiving your IMAP mail) should give you what you need.
Yes. I have no sub-folders (although the Gmail account created its own folders, replicating the Labels structure in the web version of Gmail). I could try creating separate folders in Mail if you feel it will help. That might help the issue of Mail bogging down periodically in everyday usage since a smaller database would need managing with every incoming email, etc. But it seems to me (perhaps incorrectly!) that it would still take overnight for Mail to import all my messages next time I do an OS reinstall, buy a new machine or something. Ideally my old emails (with attachments) would reside in a folder outside of the Mail app until I use Spotlight to find and preview or open 'em. EDIT: I just created a new folder (selecting the "On My Mac" option) for one of my POP accounts. I have not yet put anything into it. Then I clicked on it... and it's been a few minutes, and the activity pane still says it's "Opening mailbox..." Okay, it just finished. Took about three minutes to open a mailbox with nothing in it! ...This is why I'd like to get old emails out of Mail entirely: stored in Mail folders, they'd still be part of the big database of emails that Mail would be managing and would slow everything down. UPDATE: Holy moly, my mail folder is 118GB!! I really need to separate the older emails... yikes!
Thunderbird is not an option for me. I used to use version 2 and tried version 3: terrible integration with Spotlight.
Hm... this is looking very much like what I need: http://web.me.com/lutherfuller/Software_Cat/MailWing.html Anybody have experience with it?
Any updates on this? My mac is in the process of writing changes to disk... for two days now. any advice would be great, or updates on what you finally decided. j
Well, Mailwing has a 30 day trial. Try it out and report how well it works: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33803/mailwing
I have a similar amount if mail. I just create a separate 'on my mac' mailbox for every year. That way you can still search all the mail in one place. I try to keep my inbox under 10,000. There shouldn't be any performance issues unless a single mailbox gets tremendously large. This was a bigger issue back in Tiger when if you hit 2Gb on a single mailbox it would start to behave erratically.
Another option to consider is putting your older emails into DevonThink -- I believe it can easily archive emails with full search,etc.. I've not personally tried it yet but I've been very happy with DevonThink so far and have no reason to believe it wouldn't excel at this sort of task..
I have a mailbox hierarchy "on my Mac" that replicates what I used for years on a PC. Routine emails that I need to save get dragged to the appropriate mailbox. The mailboxes I have were imported from Outlook. I try to keep my inbox below 100 messages. I'm on a number of mailing lists but those get automatically routed to their own mailbox via rules.
I completely agree with what others have said. You need to reduce the number of emails in your active e-mail folders and move the old stuff to an Archive under On My Mac. This way you are going to significantly reduce you number of emails that you are syncing with your email service provider, but by keeping your archived emails under 'On My Mac' you can still use spotlight or mail search to find them. Finally make sure that you have a backup strategy as these emails will no longer be on your Email provider's server and is something happens to your hard disk you could lose all of your archived emails along with everything else that you have not backed up.
No updates, alas. I'm still in need of a good/easy mail-archiving solution which keeps my archived emails searchable by Spotlight (and openable in Mail.app) and doesn't take a lot of time or effort to administer.


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Because it angers and confuses people.
And it's damn sexy!
Because it angers and confuses people.
And it's damn sexy!
Oddly, Exemplar's most current spreadsheet still shows DMC:H as ~100 dps over H CW and Redcape's is showing it around ~60 dps above H CW for me. And that's with haste having quite a nice value for me currently (36% of 1 point of STR, compared to 49% from mastery and 42% from crit).
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The expertise issue is definately valid, since with either Shalugdoom or Akirus combined with H-HoR we will idd be overflowing. I think the best option us probably to just do as you do, and use lesser trinkets until you get Ashkandi or possibly see if you can squeeze out more dps by changing glyph of SoT to CS to accomodate (likely not a gain, but worth a try).
As for hit rating, there are a few gear pieces that could help you out a lot, aside from ashkandi ofc.
- Rage of Ages from Nefarian has 127 hit instead of the haste on your current one, this should be easy enough to pick up for you.
- Maloriak belt seems to be our current BiS belt, even better than your faultline belt. Also on the same token the Earthshaker belt is nearly the same as Maloriak one, except for the +10 rating socket bonus.
- Similarly you can change either of your rings for an Earthshaker ring from Alakir to get additional hit rating.
Quit hardcore raiding, will be playing casually and maybe mythic+
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Yeah, the Hit-Issue isnt really my problem. (in comparison to expertise >:// ) but, exactly those two items (Maloriak HC Belt and Nef Neck) are my most desided.
Unfortunately, except a world3 parse on nefarian yesterday (yay) and 3 (thats THREE !) Agi-Trinkets he remains reluctent to gimme my neck >:/
Maloriak also didnt drop my belt
And Al'akir...oh boy, dont even start...since the first kill he dropped exactly ZERO rings. *HATE*
//edit: Glyph of Crusaderstrike is pretty bad to say the least :X so no, i already made the numbers for it...
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I see, I was kinda expecting that to be the case
But I feel you on drops, we've had 9 Nefarian kills in our guild so far, and not one single Ashkandi yet. What are the chances really. Now it's come to the point, where I hope it does NOT drop, so I can get hc Akirus instead and avoid having to spend maelstroms for landslide on a temp upgrade
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Yeah...take that damn Al'akir.
Want some leather pants with spirit?
We get apprx. 3 per kill.
Last week everything was disenchanted. *hoorai*
ur in my guild?
Yep, no ashkandi and one single neck, 5 weeks ago (to a warrior *sadface* i didnt need the hit that much back in the days, had the crafted waist + t11 shoulders)
And yes, THANK GOD, i got H-Akirus... :P
Bear in mind, many, if not all, top ret paladins will have Engineering and thus the synapse springs. Using these springs puts all on use trinkets on a 15 second cool down.
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Haven't seen a single Ashkandi drop here either.
Lots of shields though. >:/
Well, that's something to begin with. We have 30s ramp-up with otherwise reliable 2min on-use CD.
Seems you are used to me getting defensive quickly and not accepting critic from others ... but I'm only doing it when people say dumb out-of-place things, which I really don't have patience to listen to.
Your point is completely valid and welcomed, I obviously need to do more math on FoA.
So, let's start.
FoA user have several options:
1) Use cooldowns as usual, but delay first FoA use till the second round of CDs.
It will give FoA procs a full benefit of synergy with CDs, but will reduce it's uptime drastically. During 5 min fight you will only use FoA 2 times, instead of 3.
321*0.980*1.075 + 1926/6*(2/3)*2.27*1.395 = 1016 dps
This way FoA will be downgraded to a level of a blue trinket.
2) Use cooldowns as usual and use FoA right after it's available.
It will give FoA normal uptime, but zero synergy with CDs.
321*0.980*1.075 + 1926/6*2.27 = 1067 dps
Not much better, as you can see.
3) Delay cooldowns for 30 seconds (risking losing one at the end) and stack them with FoA for the rest of the fight.
Most important question here is: what is the chance of losing last round of CDs if we delay them for 30s at the start?
Or more specific: what's the average uptime of the last AW/Zeal in the case of 30s delay of first AW/Zeal?
The short answer is 75%.
For the long answer you can draw a graph of AW/Zeal uptime vs fight duration, it will look like a staircase with a 45 degrees raises for the 20 seconds, then flat for the 100 seconds, then raise again, etc. If you consider one step of this staircase and imagine you cutting 30 seconds from it, you can write the following formula for the
CD uptime = 70/120*1 (no AW loss) + 10/120*0 (full AW loss) + 40/120 * 0.5 (on average, half of AW loss) = 0.75
Now, we have to do three things:
- give FoA full benefit of CDs synergy
- reduce FoA proc uptime, since it's also on the same 2min cooldown
- reduce total damage output based on 75% uptime of last CDs and penalize trinket for this loss of dps
Let's say that our fight should allow ~3 usage of CDs (but now the last one can be partially cut):
321*0.980*1.075 + 1926*(20+20+20*0.75)/360*2.27*1.395 - 23000*(0.26/6-0.26*55/360) = 1187 dps
In the end total uptime of trinket was reduced by 8.3%.
Reducing of AW/Zeal (26% boost) uptime resulted in 0.3611% dps decrease, which is, for a 23k dps BiS set equates to 83 dps.
As you can see 3rd option give us higher dps with FoA than the other two, but still it took a huge hit and nowhere near BiS now.
Until someone comes in and point us to a better way of using this trinket, I'm going to use this value.
Original post corrected, FoA is NOT BiS anymore.
I feel your pain. I already stated in several threads that HoR is extremely hard to utilize if you are using Exp weapon and tier + shoulders combo and a lot of paladins do use them.
Still, check how much of the rating you losing, it might be BiS for you anyway.
Say, if you losing 145 points from H:HoR
(363-145)*0.995*1.075 + 2178*0.18*2.27*1.1975 = 1299 dps
Still better than anything else ... huge strength procs FTW.
Many, if not all? Who told you that?
Paragon ret is LW/Tail.
FTH ret is Tail/JC.
CO ret is Alch/JC.
No one from vodka called yet to invite me to core (/sarcasm off), so yeah, raiding with the folks I've been raiding for the last 9 months, why?
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I'm curious where Right Eye of Rajh fits on here compared to other 346 heroic trinkets.
(can't post a Wowhead link)
Currently I am still doing normal mode raids (7/12) and probably won't get any other trinkets because I sub in when other DPS aren't available and am last on gear distribution. I've been using DMC:H and REoR for the +hit. LtS is on my radar, but I was told that it isn't enough of a DPS increase to get that instead and forego my 2pc T11. So I've saved my VP for my tier pieces first.
However, I am almost at enough TB commendations to get IoY. Should I be dumping the REoR and taking that instead with my DMC:H and just reforge for hit off my gear?
No fight taken? Going by EJ, the trinket BiS list puts trinkets like DMC:H, HoR and FoA ahead of the on use trinkets you'd want to pair with CDs anyway, as such, no loss is incurred. Coupled with the bombs, and the fact that it's perk can be timed with AV, this puts Engineering ahead of the other professions.
Even if, for whatever reason, you decided to push for on use trinkets. You can STILL use the engineering tinker during the last 5 seconds of AV and thus get a slightly higher use of the average 80 strength it provides.
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him so L2S over H DMC.
you also didn't bother listing their damage done to adds, which is the reason their DPS is so high (almost 100% boss up time). You can't just take top parses and assume they're doing everything properly, because 9/10, they're cheating DPS in some way.
Edit: You also listed 2 Al'akir parses, why? They can go into Phase 3 with 2+ adds and have monster damage. You're picking parses but not delving into them, I'd suggest doing so for a good comparison. If you just take people who don't move, of course their damage is going to be higher.
For example: On Choga'll, if you're using a proc trinket, but not switching to adds, you have 100% DPS usage for that proc, as opposed to the same situation, but you have to move and start a new cycle on a new target.
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What is this I don't even ....
Nobody cares about adds damage.
Nobody was planning to compare anything on these fights.
Nobody cares if they cheesing meters and how much they moved during the fight.
If you would actually read conversation you might have a chance to notice that the only reason I linked these logs was in reply to Mew comment about how much damage Lightning Strike (DMC:H automated proc) was contributing to overall dps on average for the top-end 23k+ parses. He hoped that contribution should be between 460-520 dps but it's not the case right now.
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Keith Waleskowski and Ramod Marshall scored 16 points each and Waleskowski grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds to lead Dayton to a 74-66 victory over George Washington on Wednesday night.
Dayton (15-3, 5-0 Atlantic 10) led George Washington (9-7, 3-2) at the half by only four points at 37-33, but the Flyers managed to push their lead to as many as 12 points with 6:07 remaining. George Washington cut Dayton's lead to five points at the 1:10 mark with help from a 3-pointer by Carl Elliott but was never able to get any closer.
In the first half, George Washington tied the game at 22 with 8:22 remaining on a jumper by Ricky Lucas. Marques Bennett followed with a 3-pointer and Dayton stayed ahead the rest of the way.
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5 Tech Upgrades We Want to See in 'Robocop 2'
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The 2014 reboot of Robocop borrows a lot of elements from the original 1987 cult-classic, although there are some striking differences. While the new film does give Robocop some sweet technological upgrades with which to take down the criminals of future Detroit (e.g. Robocycle, retractable visor), it doesn't, in our opinion, take things far enough to make this version seem all that "new." This is a cop of the future, after all.
And so, provided the film does well enough at the box office to warrant a sequel, we have proposed a few movie-centric tech upgrades we'd like to see Robocop get in the sequel. Read on for our choices.
While no filmmaker on Robocop will admit it, the design of this 2014 version shares a lot in common with Iron Man. From the retractable visor to the sound effects, Robocop is basically Iron Man without the rocket boosters…and Jarvis (more on that in a bit). So…why doesn't he have rocket boosters?
As a billion-dollar project, Robocop should have the most efficient form of travel, not an archaic, but still cool-looking, motorcycle. He should be able to patrol the ground and the skies with the same efficiency of the unmanned drones in the film. Granted, such an upgrade will require a lager budget for Robocop 2, but that's what sequels are all about anyway: upping the ante. We say embrace the similarities, and go full Iron Man.
Okay, bear with us on this one. We're not trying to say that Robocop should be fully transformable a la Optimus Prime, but if he could adapt his suit to certain needs, that would make him a better combatant – it would also make for action sequences that are more exciting to watch onscreen. We think Robocop's design is limited by the fact that he needs to look like a human – but it doesn't need to be.
If, for example, a robotic hand won't get the job done, then perhaps Robocop's arm can, for lack of a better term, transform into something like the power loader's arm from Aliens. Or if Robocop needs to get somewhere fast (and he doesn't already have rocket boosters) maybe he is the motorcycle. Too silly? We say, too awesome.
Although Robocop is, at his most basic, a civil servant, it couldn't hurt if he was a little stealthier. Sure, the black armor helps Robocop stand out a little less, but what about taking things a step further? What if in the sequel Robocop has some form of tactical camouflage? He's already 95% robot, so it stands to reason that there could be an additional covering for Robocop's face and mouth to make him completely invisible…in certain circumstances of course.
That way, Robocop can minimize conflicts and arrest criminals without actually broadcasting his whereabouts. As it stands, he's like one big wrecking ball barreling down the streets of Detroit. Now imagine him as the Predator, stalking unsuspecting criminals using the tactical camo built into his suit.
Yes, most know Robocop as the gun-toting cyborg policeman, but his arsenal could certainly use a 21st century upgrade. Rather than a taser gun and a sub-machine gun, we'd like to see Robocop brandishing futuristic weaponry. It doesn't have to be something like the rail gun from Eraser – although that could certainly work – but rather a series of useful tools that give Robocop an advantage.
He could use mini drones for back up, Fringe's amber to restrain criminals – or any number of James Bond-esque gadgets – anything that makes Robocop seem more like a cop of the future. Even something as basic as Judge Dredd's gun from Dredd, where bullets are only one piece of the arsenal. The criminals of future Detroit might use bullets, but that doesn't mean Robocop has to.
To be fair, Robocop does run "simulations" of his current situation in the reboot, but those simulations don't seem to help him in any appreciable way. Rather than just highlight where enemies are in an environment, which his current simulations do, it would be cool to see Robocop calculate his various options as far as engaging criminals. Then once he has calculated every possible scenario, Robocop could choose the best based on success rate, casualty percentage, etc.
In other words, we would like to see some A.I. implementations in Robocop that are closer in concept to Terminator – or more recently Dorian from Almost Human. Superior A.I. routines could go a long way towards making Robocop not just a more efficient cop, but less of a blunt object. In the reboot he is a far cry from what we would call subtle or efficient.
There you have it, a few upgrades we'd like to see Robocop get in the sequel. On a less serious (wait, was this serious?) note, here are a few potential, sillier upgrades for Robocop 2:
- Twitter Updates – #yourecomingwithme
- Inspector Gadget-style Equipment – "Go Go Gadget Search Warrant!"
- Drink Dispenser – Like a walking Coca Cola Freestyle machine
- T-1000's Liquid Metal – Why not just cut to the chase?
What upgrades would you like to see Robocop receive in the sequel? Let us know in the comments below
Also make sure to read our review of Robocop (2014) to find out whether we think the film is deserving of a sequel.
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During initial setup, the WiFi light flashes green quickly, and then slowly. After pressing the button for 5 secs, the light flashes alternately green and yellow as in the instructions.
Then, on an IPad 2 the fidelio's own network appears in the list of networks, but when I tap on it I get an "unable to connect" message, following which the fidelio's network disappears. Same every time. Same also when trying to connect from a PC.
Any ideas? My router uses the normal 802.11b/g.


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The conference will explore and discuss developments, projects and techniques applied to the field of wind engineering. The guest speakers will review key areas and encourage discussions amongst participants at the sessions. Other papers will be selected for presentation by the Scientific Committee. Interest in these conferences is strong, typically attracting over sixty delegates including several from overseas, reflecting the span of expertise and interest in the topic world-wide. The UK Wind Engineering Society has organised biennial conferences since 1992 and they have developed a well-deserved reputation for being friendly and informative meetings, providing a forum where information can be exchanged and advice sought freely. The conferences have a proud tradition of welcoming new delegates and speakers, encouraging young engineers, designers and scientists to take part and present new ideas.
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Microsoft is quietly testing a new launcher app that replaces Android users' home screens. Called Arrow, the utility is a product of the company's Garage program that lets employees work on interesting side projects and release them to the world.
Right now, the app is in private beta, and only available to members of a private Google+ community. Microsoft isn't saying much about its existence, either. While a spokesman for the company confirmed that the app is a Microsoft Garage project, he declined to share specific details. Microsoft News, a blog unaffiliated with the company, managed to get its hands on a copy of the app and published a run-down of how it works right now.
According to the post, the Arrow launcher splits a device's home screen into three pages: a People page that includes contacts from both the user's phone and email contacts, an Apps page that shows recently installed and frequently used applications, and a Notes & Reminders section that lets users set a to-do list for themselves. Arrow also includes a dock that allows users to keep the most important apps on their phone in a location that shows up across all those screens.
By swiping up on the dock, users can get access to a tray that includes more apps along with recently used contacts. Arrow also allows users to set Bing's picture of the day as their wallpaper, for people who want to spice up their home screen with a new image.
Microsoft isn't the only tech company trying its hand at custom Android launchers in some way. Yahoo has put engineering muscle behind Aviate, an Android launcher that the company acquired last year. Interestingly, Arrow doesn't seem to integrate a Bing search bar, unlike Aviate, which features Yahoo search as a prominent feature on its home screen.
Arrow is far from the only Android system utility the Garage has produced. Microsoft has also made a pair of replacement lock screens for Android phones, a keyboard built for use with Excel and a Bing-powered voice search tool for Android Wear devices. Building apps for other mobile platforms makes sense for the company, since Windows Phone hasn't found much traction in the smartphone market. As part of the firm's new direction under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has focused on creating and acquiring productivity tools for a variety of platforms.


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The Dunlop: Johnny Cash Bold Heavy Pick Tin contains 6 classic Celluloid Picks adorned with collective album art, all in a handy collectors tin.
Jim Dunlop have created this collection of plectrums in honour of Johnny Cash, a man who has inspired musicians for more than 50 years, with his own unique sound deriving from country roots and an unmistakable voice fitting into many musical styles.


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WebService::CIA::Source::DBM - An interface to a DBM copy of the CIA World Factbook
use WebService::CIA::Source::DBM; my $source = WebService::CIA::Source::DBM->new({ DBM => 'factbook.dbm', Mode => 'read' });
WebService::CIA::Source::DBM is an interface to a pre-compiled DBM copy of the CIA World Factbook.
The module can also be used to make the DBM file, taking data from WebService::CIA::Parser (or WebService::CIA::Source::Web) and inserting it into a DBM.
A script to do this - webservice-cia-makedbm.pl - should be included in this module's distribution.
Apart from new
, these methods are normally accessed via a WebService::CIA object.
This method creates a new WebService::CIA::Source::DBM object. It takes a hashref of options. Valid keys are "DBM" and "Mode".
DBM is mandatory and should be the location of the DBM file to be used.
Mode is optional and can be either "read" or "readwrite". It defaults to "read".
value($country_code, $field)
Retrieve a value from the DBM.
should be the FIPS 10-4 country code as defined in https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-d.html.
should be the name of the field whose value you want to retrieve, as defined in https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html. (WebService::CIA::Parser also creates four extra fields: "URL", "URL - Print", "URL - Flag", and "URL - Map" which are the URLs of the country's Factbook page, the printable version of that page, a GIF map of the country, and a GIF flag of the country respectively.)
Returns a hashref of field-value pairs for $country_code
or an empty hashref if $country_code
isn't in the DBM.
set($country_code, $data)
Insert or update data in the DBM.
should be as described above.
is a hashref of the data to store (as Field => Value).
overwrites any data already in the DBM under $country_code
Returns a reference to the DBM file in use.
Ian Malpass (email@example.com)
Copyright 2003-2007, Ian Malpass
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The CIA World Factbook's copyright information page (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/contributor_copyright.html) states:
The Factbook is in the public domain. Accordingly, it may be copied freely without permission of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Guest blog post by Stuward Hsu (MBA '13)
On November 16th, the UNC Kenan-Flagler's Operations Management Club hosted an industry trek to Pepsi Bottling Ventures (PBV) to see how the well-known company applies the strategy of continuous improvement and to help students understand sustainable operations and supply chain management.
PBV's Senior Vice President in Operations & Supply Chain, Matthew Bucherati, led the factory visit and carefully explained each manufacturing process. Through his introduction, we found that the company and employees are really proud of their efforts on product quality, food safety and environmental strategy.
PBV's sustainability initiatives are far reaching and extend through their supply chain from process innovations in production, to the vehicles used to bring the product to market, to the resource efficiency and recycling of beverage containers. The management recognizes that good environmental practice can lead to good business.
The company has implemented a variety of water-saving programs to save million gallons of water in production operations through water re-use and process improvements such as the use of a state-of-the-art waterless conveyor lubrication system. The Fleet Department tests hybrid vehicles to evaluate how they perform under daily demands. To address its packaging impacts, PBV worked with suppliers to make package design resource-effective, and partnered with governments, businesses, and communities to promote recycling.
During the trek, the workers clearly described the company sustainability goals and how their work drives those goals and the bottom line. It was inspiring to see that PBV's sustainability initiatives serve as a means to inspire critical thinking about the impact of their business activities.


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Legal search services provider Autonomy said Jan. 22 that it will acquire Web content management vendor Interwoven for $775 million.
The transaction will be funded by an underwritten placing of ordinary shares, a new revolving credit facility, and a portion of Interwoven's and Autonomy's cash reserves, Autonomy said. The final price worked out to $16.20 a share.
The two companies' areas of expertise appear to dovetail well. Autonomy's "meaning-based" legal search capabilities should work well with Interwoven's Web content management platform.
Autonomy's patented search algorithms allow clean, fast, efficient searches for words or phrases in large amounts of documents that have inferences that could be important in a legal discovery action. Most search engines simply look for keywords that may or may not be relevant to the task at hand.
The combination of the two could mean that Autonomy is planning to change from a sole focus on high-end search technology to developing a comprehensive information management platform for the legal sector.
Interwoven also brings an immediate captive market to Autonomy's table: 1,200 legal service-sector customers.
Interwoven's content management platform, which first went on the market in the late 1990s, is used by 21 of the Forbes Global 30, including Hilton, HSBC and Microsoft. Its acquisition of Web optimization firm Optimost a year ago has transformed it into a major player in the Web analytics market.
Autonomy also owns a good part of the market share in e-mail archiving, since it bought Zantaz in July 2007 for $375 million.
U.K.-based Autonomy expects to have a cash balance of at least $75 million after the deal, assuming it closes in the second quarter-or by June 30-of this year.
Autonomy to Acquire Web Content Management Provider Interwoven for $775M
The two companies' areas of expertise appear to dovetail well. Autonomy's "meaning-based" legal search capabilities should work well with Interwoven's Web content management platform.


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I saw this happen on Pennsylvania's Leheigh River in the late early 70's. This river doesn't have any electrical generation, the dam that was built by the Army Corp of Engineers in the 60's (it was completed in 1966) was supposedly for "flood control". The Leheigh flows through a gorge (canyon for those in the west) its who length from the dam downstream to it confluence with the Delaware River near Easton, PA. Supposedly this "flood control dam" would allow the Corp to hold back water to reduce the chance of flooding in all the towns along its banks and to reduce the chance for flooding in Philadelphia as well.
The Francis Walter Flood Control Project releases its water from the top 30 feet of the pool, and during exteded hot, summer weather, the water temps get into the low 70's. Resulting in a once marvelous trout fishery being decimated (PA Fish Cmmission developed its infamous 'palomino rainbow trout, which tolerates temps to the mid 70's without lethality to keep a trout fishery in the river).
Anyway I digressed. During the early 70's the white water enthusiats decided that taking a trip through the Leheigh Gorge from the hamlet of White Haven, WA to the slightly larger hamplet of Jim Thorpe, PA (about 25 river miles) would be an ideal thing to do several times during the summer. You guessed it, the Army Corp of Engineers was pressured by several PA Congressmen to have large releases of water during the summer so this "important recreational use of the river" could be enjoyed when air and water temps would be less likely to produce hypothermia. The sportmen in the area felt betrayed, and wrote many letters, etc. The end result, the "recreational, white-water boaters got what they wanted. The fishing got even worse as a result.
I sincerely hope you will be able to stop this from happening.
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Bitan is one of the eight famous attractions in Taiwan which is near by MRT Xindian station and a good place for people to relax and enjoy their weekend. eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002091&id=2187
The Xindian River branches off the Danshui River and winds its way through the Bitan area. eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo=0002091&id=2187


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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Ben Thomas Abbott
Reprinted courtesy of
Ellijay Times Courier
by Mark Millican
[This is the second of two-parts.]
The ex-wife of an Ellijay man accused of the murders of her parents said last week he has shown "no remorse and no repentance" for the crimes.
For the rest of this story see this week's print or online editions.
Part 1 of this story was in the previous edition of the Pickens Progress and the Ellijay Times Courier. You can access it at pickensprogress.com at the e-edition link.
Chronology of other stories:
Two Dead in Home Invasion-- February 9, 2011
Son in Law Arrested in Double Murder Wednesday -- February 9, 2011
Son in Law confessed to GBI agent in double murder case, according to first court hearing-- February 11, 2011
Death Penalty Sought for Ben Thomas Abbott -- June, 15, 2011 print edition for full story
Abbott pleads not guilty to in-laws' murder September 2011
Abbott shows no remorse -- reprint from Times Courier


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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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Combining rare acting ability with one of the most beautiful soprano voices of her generation, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was among opera's most celebrated contemporary figures. Born March 6, 1944 in Gisborne, New Zealand, while still a teen she topped several vocal competitions, later winning a four-year scholarship to study at the London Opera Centre. Te Kanawa's studies there brought her to the attention of authorities at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in 1971 she made her debut as Xenia in Boris Godunov. Later that year she rose to overnight fame as the Countess in Colin Davis' new production of Le Nozze di Figaro at London's Royal Opera House; in the years to follow, she headlined all of the world's major opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the San Francisco Opera, the Paris Opera, the Sydney Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Te Kanawa's repertoire included Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Capriccio), and the title role in Arabella; most famously, in 1981 she was invited to sing at the lavish royal wedding of Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana. 1999's Best of collection is a good introduction to her work.


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I was watching this game…..it was so funny, yet so sad. But more funny!
Rare defensive mishap for Frenchy… certainly a lolfrenchy though.
Rare, for sure. He isn't the most graceful sometimes but he's usually accurate — I've just never seen him appear to cower from the ball!
Oh my lord I just busted out laughing.
You know he's hearing about this one.
"I enjoy tryin' to make those guys look as good as I can." Tim Hudson ~ 4/18/11
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Recently, Californians heard the most hopeful financial prediction since the last hopeful financial prediction. The state's fiscal picture is about to improve dramatically, the legislative budget analyst's office announced. The deficit for 2013-14 should be smaller than recent years', and the deficit could turn into surpluses as early as 2014-15, a development the analyst said will give legislators "more choices."
No doubt he meant the notion of more choices for Sacramento to sound like a good thing, but in fact it sounds like a call to action for watchful citizens and our most prudent state officials.
It is vital that California begin preparing for better times with more determination than it prepared for the recession and the resulting revenue shortfalls. This means not merely looking forward to undoing some budget cuts, but getting to work on creating a reserve so the state is ready for the next downturn, and working even harder to reduce the public employee retirement costs that pose the biggest ongoing threat to fiscal stability.
State residents are justified if they say they'll believe all of this when they see it. Even the projection for budget surpluses in the not-too-distant future is tentative.
Surpluses would be a result, in part, of the voters' approval on Nov. 6 of the increased tax revenue called for by Proposition 30. Temporary increases in sales taxes and income taxes on high earners should inject $6 billion a year into the general fund. That's what allowed Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature to balance this year's budget.
But the predicted surpluses also depend on the state and national economy continuing to recover from the recession, which in turn depends on Democrats and Republicans in Washington, D.C., coming together to avoid the combination of tax increases and budget cuts threatened in January under terms of the 2011 Budget Control Act.
And any expectation that California's annual budget crunch will be a thing of the past should be muted by the realization that Prop. 30's higher tax rates will begin to expire in the 2018-19 fiscal year, and eventually that $6 billion will have to come from somewhere else.
Specifically, Legislative Budget Analyst Mac Taylor's projections have the state facing a relatively modest $1.9 billion budget deficit for 2013-14, before revenue from Prop. 30 and a healthier economy creates surpluses beginning at $1 billion in 2014-15 and rising to $9 billion by 2017-18. The forecast for surpluses is the first since 2006, and the forecast for ongoing surpluses of this size is the first in a dozen years.
The lesson there is that what goes up may come down fast. A smart state is run on the assumption that hard times will return.
This means that California leaders must not repeat their past mistake of spending surpluses unwisely. They have to build on this year's constructive first step toward pension reform. And they must start building the rainy-day fund that residents have been promised before but never got.
If the alternative to surpluses would be more years of economic struggle and budget-balancing gimmickry, then giving the Democrat-dominated state Capitol more revenue and thus "more choices" is, well, a risk worth taking. But let's be prepared.


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The Semantic Web is built upon the W3C Semantic Web Activity Specifications and the Open Web Platform.
The core Semantic Web standards, allowing RDF structured information to be read, written and queried from the Web of Data, are arranged in the list below with those above (more or less) depending on standards beneath them. HTML5 has been included since it is a key ingredient for building web applications, especially those using RDFa.


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The Rise of the "Web App Gallery" March 24
We knew it was coming, and it's here: the "Web App Gallery."
But, I am sorry to say, the resources of the empire beat the far flung energy of the rebellion: Microsoft announced their Web App Gallery just a few days ago. Needless to say, I am confident the rebellion has more features/functionality and flexibility in the Amahi Web App Gallery.
The developers in the Amahi community are working feverishly to complete the "App Gallery" functionality for mainstream release. Currently it is ready for the hard core, and a few features/bugs are being ironed out before we release to the public. When we do release it will be a strategic battle win for the rebellion.
There will be a host of applications ready – from UPnP/DLNA media servers to web site analytic tools. It's hard to keep the community's contributors at bay. Hopefully we won't have to for too long now.
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After I heard he made that motion, I went and watched. That's what it looked like to me as well, though I'm not sure that was his intent. But this is Mark, the same guy who got a little too excited in his pants at one point. He obviously doesn't always think before he acts. It'd be funny if Brooke called him out on that tonight.
Just from the buzz I'm reading all around, he has really made people mad - even those who were once fans. The theory is that he is under intense pressure (self-inflicted) to win while Derek is not on the show. Also, that last Season with Bristol was hard on him. Even a defender said yes, he really needs to take time off. MAYBE all this negative feeling will figure into getting rid of him.
This actually happened back in season 8, when Mark picked a bad idea for an outfit. He and Shawn danced a lindy hop in these gym workout type costumes-basically tank tops and shorts, with their team name (Shark) across the front. I don't think you could notice it after the dance, but the next pictures showed up on TMZ and other sites where it looked like, while Mark was standing there with Shawn getting the judges comments, he got a boner in his pants. It might have been a really bad camera angle, but many said it served Mark right for wearing those hideous outfits
Makes me wonder if there's really some truth to all the talk of Hough envy. He might have assumed with Derek gone he'd step up in his shoes and get the same treatment Derek always seems to get, along with winning again. I wouldn't completely rule out Chelsea/Mark winning, but I think if they are, the show is going out of their way to make it seem like it's still anyone's game. They have some very vocal supporters on Youtube. But most every where else I read, everyone, even Mark fans, say the guy has crossed a creepy line this season. It might be me, but listening to Chelsea backstage and watching her reaction to the judges, I almost feel like she's tired of this and having to defend Mark's actions.Just from the buzz I'm reading all around, he has really made people mad - even those who were once fans. The theory is that he is under intense pressure (self-inflicted) to win while Derek is not on the show. Also, that last Season with Bristol was hard on him. Even a defender said yes, he really needs to take time off. MAYBE all this negative feeling will figure into getting rid of him.
What was up with Mark and the white shoes (spats?) during the team dance? Everyone had on black shoes except him. I feel bad for Chelsea--such as good dancer, but stuck with someone determined to overshadow her.
Derek Hough and Mark are friends and have been for years. Friends help and support each other - maybe from the sideline and behind the scenes a little....here and there...with things like choreography...isn't Derek really creative, and in any other way like that. They grew up together, trained together, shared an apartment, and were in a band.
I would think something like this before I would think envy, but that is just my thought. They aren't competing against each other this season.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything they have.
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Mark doesn't need that kind of help from Derek, although I'd bet that Derek may be amusing himself by encouraging Mark to try his more bizarre ideas out.
All of Mark's choreography this year looks to me like "what Mark thinks it is that Derek gets away with" and therefore what he thinks will be praised the same way Derek's stuff is. The trouble is, Derek's routines have a clear vision, and you can see where he's going in terms of what non-traditional stuff he is fusing into ballroom. Mark's stuff is less refined, and not as well thought-out, and it leaves people (not just Len) scratching their heads. Also, Derek doesn't forget to showcase his partner. Mark is a show-off who can sometimes make his partner seem like a prop.
Just my collective .02
"Whatever you are, be a good one." Abraham Lincoln
What is an "MFWalkoff?"
But, Derek and Julianne have gotten opportunities outside DWTS, and don't seem to need the show anymore. I doubt Julianne would ever come back, unless they did a championship edition but even then, I'd be surprised. Derek may be back in the fall, but whose to say he won't leave next spring, or in the near future for good. Julianne said she wasn't leaving for good after season 8, but she has. These are things Mark has said he's aspired to do as well, and yet those opportunities apparently haven't come (yet).
This season, Mark just seems mad and entitled. Derek and Julianne technically won back to back; he's won twice, but not back to back, and now there is pressure to keep the streak going and win a third time. He's tried going outside the box, but has gotten called out for it and dinged. Derek was creative, thought outside the box, but I wouldn't say he ever went as far as Mark. Every routine Mark did that broke the rules, I could see Derek doing it better. He may have been guilty of being a huge ham, and sometimes breaking the rules or doing odd stunts, but never to a huge extent. I'll be the first to say Derek's been the luckiest pro in terms of who he's had as partners, and no wonder he's been able to do the routines he's pulled off. Derek seemed to deliver and reap the rewards. He never got upset even when he got criticized (minus his melt down with Shannon). Mark isn't doing himself any favors this season. Even his hand gesture last night, whether it was meant a dig at the judges or something else, people think he's a tool so it probably was aimed at the judges.


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Hi there!
Great of you to take a look at my first Instructable, which features my first ever made pattern! I hope you like it as much as I do.
I just had to make something to bring me in the Spring-mood. Bunnies were a perfect solution! They aren't too Easter-y, so they can stay till Summer.
A bunny was my solution, but finding the perfect bunny was kind of hard. I saw ones with big ears, big feet, weird bodies and so on. None of them really made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, till I saw these sweet (literally) Sugar Bunnies by Carolyne on The Party Artisan. I just had to crochet them!
Since the bunnies made by Carolyne were made out of fondant, I had to make my own pattern. I did this with a lot of trial-and-error and a small bit of cheating (weaving in holes and stuff), but I think the end result is cute, that's what matters.
While reading this Instructable, keep in mind that I'm kind of new to amigurumi.. This is the second
project I've ever amigurumi-ed. This is my first time creating a pattern. So if something is unclear, wrong or could have been better, please, do not hesitate to let me know!
Have fun creating and treasuring these sweet little creatures, all Spring long ;)


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Just curious... why do you need to do dynamic SQL here? You can just specify
SELECT * FROM vComputer WHERE Name LIKE @Name
as the SQL to run
Unless you plan on doing something sneaky like this:
SET @SQL = 'SELECT * FROM vComputer WHERE Name IN (' + @Name + ')' --Name is a comma delimited set of strings
Then you WOULD need some dynamic SQL mechanism... if this is the case, I don't see a route to do it with Query/Script generator. You CAN however, hoist the code to a stored procedure (where the SP builds dynamic SQL and runs) and then use the stored procedure generator.
Hope this helps.


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Silence or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the NSA
Sooner or later, everything you say or do will be recorded. The internet, like an elephant, never forgets.
I'm sure that I could have gone far in Miss America competitions, not the bikini part of course. Nobody needs that! I mean the interview part. I'm pretty good at saying partially interesting-partially idiotic things such as these gems from listmania's 10 (True) Stupid Comments Miss America Contestants Have Made:
"My most important role model is Mother Teresa, because she's just so awesome!"
"No, I don't think the Miss America Pageant denigrates women. Well… maybe the ugly one…"
"I have always admired you, Mr. Parker. Especially your drive to get dogs neutral."
"The world would be a better place if all blind people could see."
The need to say something is so great that a person might just blab on and say something stupid, or worse. I've been present when someone asked a woman who was no longer a size zero, "When are you due?" And sure enough, the woman was not pregnant. I didn't say that awful thing, but the horror of that moment stopped the earth it's orbit. It was a long moment, seared into my neural pathways. In that pregnant pause one could hear the angels of heaven's choir collectively gasp. Since that moment I never comment on a woman's pregnancy, not even a "you look great!" I imagine a day when a friend's water might break and will be on the phone with 911 for an ambulance, and I'll say, "Oh, you're pregnant?"
In the Mishnah (200 C.E.) Rabbi Shimon taught the following lesson: "I was raised among the wise, and I have found that there is nothing more becoming a person than silence" (Avot 1:17). (The literal translation reads 'nothing is better for one's body (tov la'guf) than silence).
Yes, silence is golden. I knew that, but I forgot it a decade ago when I was asked to volunteer at a charity golf event. I'm not a golfer. The deal was to ask each golfer at the tee of the ninth hole for another five bucks toward the charity or let me, the non-golfing rabbi, tee off for the player. Everybody paid – golfers are dumb. In any case, another volunteer was stationed there with me and as it was, we quickly ran out of things to say. Why did I have to be leaning on the Par Aide golfball washer? Why, in that moment, did I have to be mindlessly playing, up and down, with its plunger? More importantly, why couldn't I keep from speaking just for the sake of speaking?


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Six arrested in Fineview standoff
August 22, 2014 8:12 AMPittsburgh police have arrested six people following a brief standoff in Fineview this morning.
Four men and two women were arrested after police responded to a residence in the 1600 block of Sandusky Court around 6 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant, police said.
One of the men arrested this morning was Dquay Means, KDKA reported. Means was one of three men acquitted in the 2013 stabbing of Steelers offensive lineman Mike Adams.
Means, 28, of Hazelwood, was found guilty July 30 of escape after running from city detectives when they attempted to question him about the incident.
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Several months after opening in various overseas markets, "DOA: Dead or Alive" has washed onto U.S. shores for a fleeting theatrical lap before sprinting toward its natural habitat of vidstore shelves and late-night cable.
Several months after opening in various overseas markets, "DOA: Dead or Alive" has washed onto U.S. shores for a fleeting theatrical lap before sprinting toward its natural habitat of vidstore shelves and late-night cable. A whirring blur of hot babes and cool fights, choreographed by Hong Kong action master Cory Yuen to a wall-to-wall, rave-all-night electro-pop soundtrack, pic is so insubstantial that it practically evaporates on screen. And with its more exploitable assets tamped down (or dressed up) for purposes of a PG-13 rating, it likely won't appeal to genre fans savvy enough to wait for an unrated "Director's Cut."
Even so, indulgent ticketbuyers with sufficiently lowered expectations may enjoy "DOA" as an exuberantly trashy trifle, the sort of nonstop, wire-worked kung-foolishness in which increasingly elaborate set pieces are interrupted only sporadically by something resembling a storyline. (You don't have to be told it's based on a popular videogame, do you?) Credit helmer Yuen for staging such show-stopping spectacles as a swordfight on an outdoor stairway that looks like a collaboration between Gene Kelly and Bruce Lee. Another highlight: Two bikini-clad hotties in a slow-mo smack-off on a rain-swept beach, suggesting what might happen if a fight broke out during a location shoot for a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. It took four credited scriptwriters to cobble together a scenario that plays like a caffeinated mash-up of "Enter the Dragon," "Mortal Kombat," "Charlie's Angels" and maybe three or four of those '70s drive-in quickies that used to provide steady employment for the likes of Cheri Caffaro and Judy Brown. The plot has something to do with an invitation-only martial arts tournament known as — you guessed it! — DOA, and a sci-fi scheme to channel world-class fighting ability into really nifty sunglasses. (You don't want to know.) Mostly, though, "DOA" is about scantily-clad beauties punching, kicking and slicing single opponents, small armies and/or each other. Chief among the DOA contestants: Tina (Jamie Pressly), a former pro wrestler who wants to prove she's a "real" fighter; Christie (Holly Vance), a sultry cat burglar who shares a lust-hate relationship with an unreliable partner (Matthew Marsden); and Princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki), a ninja clanswoman who's pursued by a bodyguard (Kane Kosugi) and an assassin (Natassia Malthe) while she pursues her missing brother (Collin Chou). A nerdy scientist (Steve Howey) and a comely DOA hostess (Sarah Carter) also figure into the mix, as does the villainous Dr. Victor Donovan, played with all the silken professionalism Eric Roberts customarily evidences while picking up an easy paycheck. Most of the acting is, at best, rudimentary. But Pressly enlivens a few scenes with her saucy insouciance — even when she's the butt of jokes about her character's sexual proclivities — and Roberts, reprising some of his Tae Kwon Do moves from "Best of the Best," is a really good sport about getting his ass kicked by a bunch of girls. "DOA: Dead or Alive" is reportedly the first Western production shot largely in China's Hengdian World Studios. Production values are everything they need to be.DOA: Dead or Alive
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Michigan guard Zack Novak slips between Minnesota forwards Paul Carter, left, and Damian Johnson in the first half last night in Ann Arbor.
ANN ARBOR - Michigan coach John Beilein thanked a Roman Catholic priest for his team's shooting performance. His players had plenty to do with it too.
Zack Novak made a career-best six 3-pointers and scored 18 points last night to help Michigan win its second straight, a 74-62 victory over Minnesota. His teammates added seven more shots from beyond the arc to help the Wolverines overcome an off-night by their leading scorer.
"Sometimes you need that first one to go in and then you get in a rhythm," said Novak, who missed his career scoring high by two points.
Manny Harris struggled to score just eight. DeShawn Sims had 12 points and eight rebounds, and Stu Douglass and Kelvin Grady each added a dozen points of their own for the Wolverines (17-10, 7-7 Big Ten), who ended the first half on a 10-2 run and took a 40-25 lead to intermission.
Michigan was 8-for-19 from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes, while the Gophers were just 1-for-10. Novak was 4-for-7 in the first half and ended the game 6-for-10.
Michigan ended the game 13-for-28 from long distance - its most 3-pointers since it had 16 on Dec. 13 - while Minnesota made five of its 28 3-point tries.
The victory gave Michigan consecutive wins for the first time since early January and kept the Wolverines on the NCAA tournament bubble, the same place the Gophers are with four regular-season games remaining.
The Wolverines haven't been at the .500 mark in Big Ten play since a Jan. 24 win over Northwestern left them 4-4.
Devoe Joseph scored 14 points, and Lawrence Westbrook added 12 for the Golden Gophers (19-7, 7-7), who trailed by as many as 25 points midway through the second half. Minnesota was ranked 19th on Feb. 2 but has lost four of five games.
"They made shots tonight," Gophers coach Tubby Smith said. "I thought we did a pretty good job taking care of the ball, but we just ran into a team that did everything well tonight."
Beilein was just as pleased with his team's work away from the basket. The Wolverines had 21 assists against eight turnovers and scored 17 points off Minnesota's 12 miscues.
"If we can create shots through our offense and defense the way we did tonight, we can beat a lot of people," Beilein said.
The Rev. Chas Canoy of St. Thomas Parish in Ann Arbor sat with Beilein's family during the game and beamed when his parishioner led off his press conference with a word of thanks.


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The actor was blindsided on Monday by a lawsuit, filed by an unidentified masseur, claiming that Travolta stripped naked and touched himself inappropriately during a massage at a Beverly Hills hotel in January.
The plaintiff, known only as John Doe, is seeking $2M in damages.
A representative for the actor was quick to deny the claim.
"This lawsuit is complete fiction and fabrication," a statement released by Travolta reads. "None of the events claimed in the suit ever occurred… On that date when plaintiff claims John met him, John was not in California and it can be proved that he was on the East Coast."
TMZ obtained a photograph that supports Travolta's defense. The photo was taken on January 16, the date of the alleged incident, in New York City.
The site also procured a receipt, dated January 16, from Manhattan restaurant Mr. Chow. Travolta's signature is legible at the bottom.
A second anonymous masseur came forward on Tuesday with an additional sexual-battery complaint against the actor, claiming Travolta exposed himself during an in-room massage at an Atlanta hotel.
"This second 'anonymous' claim is just as absurd and ridiculous as the first one," Marty Singer, Travolta's attorney, told E! News.
"The attorney who filed the lawsuit on behalf of his second anonymous client… was notified that his first client's claims were totally false and fabricated, since our client was not in L.A. when anonymous 'Doe No. 1' claims he interacted with John Travolta."
Okorie Okorocha, the attorney representing both plaintiffs, has rebuffed TMZ's alleged proof concerning Travolta's whereabouts.
Okorocha claims the actor's attorneys initially conceded that their client was indeed in L.A. on the date of the first incident, a fact he says they seem to have forgotten.
The California-based lawyer, who says he attempted to settle the suit privately, does not plan on backing down anytime soon.
"We have a lot of people that are coming out. I've been getting a lot of phone calls from a lot of men in the massage industry who have the same allegations, same stories," Okorocha told Splash News in a video obtained by TMZ.
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A roughly $43 million project in Laguna Beach might change if the city buys a nearby arts district building.
City Councilwoman Elizabeth Pearson announced Tuesday night that the city is purchasing property at 725 Laguna Canyon Road, on the periphery of the village entrance project. That project, which includes a planned four-story parking structure and a pedestrian park, has been in the pipeline for about 20 years and is a priority for the current council.
The building is between the project site and Tivoli Too restaurant.
When news hit that the property was available, Pearson brought it up in closed session and staff "jumped on it right away," she said.
The footprint of the village entrance has long been disputed – namely the size of the parking structure. With the opportunity for more surface parking, the purchase could open up the conversation about the size of the structure.
The purchase also could help with California Coastal Commission requirements that parking that is removed be replaced nearby, Pearson said.
"If we removed parking for beautification purposes (at the village entrance), we need to replace that parking in the nearby vicinity," Pearson said Wednesday. "By purchasing the property at 725 Laguna Canyon Road, we are able to replace 65 to 75 spaces immediately if the community would like to see at least some beautification on the proposed village entrance site."
Councilman Steve Dicterow congratulated Pearson and called the purchase a "game changer" for the city project.
The city planned to be in escrow by Wednesday but did not reveal the price.
After the recent death of Laguna Beach police officer Jon Coutchie in an on-duty traffic collision, people in the community began to reach out to the Police Department about commemorating public-safety employees who dedicate their lives to serving the community, according to Larry Bammer, president of the Laguna Beach Police Employees' Association.
The department, along with the fire and marine safety departments, plans to install a piece of public art – funded by private donations – at Monument Point at Heisler Park. Employees in those departments are donating their time to raise funds, Bammer said. The work of art is expected to cost $30,000 to $40,000.
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trideaDANCE, the resident dance company of Tiffin's Ritz Theatre, has slated a concert at 7:30 p.m. May 23 to present new works exploring interaction among friends, the connection between art and reality, family dynamics, and more. It will be in the theater at 30 South Washington St., Tiffin, and guest performers include Shove Gently Dance of Columbus, Antaeus Dance Company of Cleveland, Michael Frankart of New Riegel, and Findlay Academy of Ballet dancers Catherine Demith, Sarah Brown, Ashley Bishop, and Tessa Wadsworth. Tiffin University student and dancer Victoria Wurm will premiere a new choreographic work with Jeff Snavely. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students from the box office, 419-448-8544, or ritztheatre.org.
The Toledo chapter of the American Guild of Organists is honoring Vernon Wolcott with an organ recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday in First Presbyterian Church, 126 South Church St., Bowling Green. Wolcott, the organist at the church and a member of the AGO chapter, is retiring from the faculty of Bowling Green State University.
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My son, Noah, is 10 months old. He started getting teeth at 3 months old and, now, has 4 tops and 4 bottoms which he uses to bite everything he can get in his mouth! This includes me and my husband! He has left tooth marks on several occassions and if you say anything to him he laughs. I don't know how to "break him" of this painful habit! Not only is he biting but he is pulling my hair out of my head. If I say anything...laughs. What can you do?
He's obviously too young to understand what I am saying to him...but I am getting "beat up" daily. I'm starting to wonder if I can handle being a parent. Please, if anyone knows how to end this, help! Thanks in advance!
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OMG It sounds like we have the same baby! My dd is the same age and she has been pulling my hair since she has been able to grab it. I tell her no and lately she has been doing it a lot less. Although yesterday she ripped a chunk out. I usually tell her no when she bites too but then a couple days ago I started to think she's doing it for attention. So now I am going to try not doing anything when she bites to see if that helps. It's hard not to yelp in pain though.
ok i know he is still too young to really comprehend what we say to them all the time but "actions speak louder then words". so b/c of his age i would try to find/ buy something that he can use for biting(little blanket that has a stuffed animal on it or a soft ball that he can carry around) and when he bites just gently say no and then take the blanket or whatever and actually bite on it and he may eventually start using that object and when he gets older and bites other people that is when you have to be sterner and make him sit on the couch or something for a minute. that is just my opiniion- take or leave it-lol! about the pulling your hair- idk just grab his before he even gets your hair and say "no no-play nice."


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