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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says questions about her role in establishing an alleged union slush fund 17 years ago amount to nothing and are no more than a smear campaign.
Ms Gillard said a matter she had been unable to recall was related to her former law firm Slater & Gordon's involvement in a mortgage - not anything associated with any union fund or account.
"What this boils down to is that 17 years ago I couldn't recall events that happened two and a half years earlier," she told reporters in Melbourne on Friday.
"This whole campaign of smear actually boils down to absolutely nothing."
Ms Gillard said most people would struggle to remember every piece of paper that comes across their desk several years beforehand.
Ms Gillard said a campaign of smear and innuendo against her had been running for two decades.
"There has not been one substantiated allegation of wrongdoing put against me across the full 20 years and the whole campaign of smear," she said.
"This wasn't a file that I ran. I was not the partner in charge of it. I was not the solicitor operating it, and so I don't think that it's remarkable in any way that I wouldn't have full recall of documents that were on a file that I didn't run as a solicitor."
Ms Gillard said the opposition had engaged in a smear campaign in an attempt to distract from the fact it lacked policies for the country's future.
She also noted material posted about her by blogger Larry Pickering was "repulsive".
The prime minister said when Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop was commenting on the Slater & Gordon matter she could not even come up with a question Ms Gillard should answer.


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Emjay Anthony Joins 'Insurgent' as Hector!
The Divergent sequel Insurgent has found its Hector!
Young actor Emjay Anthony is set to play the role of the Dauntless-born boy, who if you remember from the book, is first seen at Candor headquarters when Lynn (Rosa Salazar) makes him move his bed so Tris (Shailene Woodley) has a place.
"Lynn and Shauna's brother, Hector, will be played by Emjay Anthony and we couldn't be more excited! #Insurgent," the studio wrote on the official Twitter account.
Emjay most recently appeared in Jon Favreau's Chef.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Emjay Anthony as Hector? Is he a good fit?
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The TORCH screen is a group of blood tests that check for several different infections in a newborn. TORCH stands for
Sometimes the test is spelled TORCHS, where the extra "S" stands for syphilis.
How the test is performed
The health care provider will clean a small area (usually the finger) and stick it with a sharp needle or cutting instrument called a lancet. The blood may be collected in a small glass tube, on a slide, onto a test strip, or into a small container. If there is any bleeding, cotton or a bandage may be applied to the puncture site.
How to prepare for the test
For specific information regarding how you can prepare your child, see
How the test will feel
While the blood sample is being taken, your child will most likely feel a prick and a brief stinging sensation.
Why the test is performed
If a woman becomes infected with certain germs during her pregnancy, the baby may also become infected while still in the womb. The baby is more sensitive to harm from infection during the first 3 to 4 months of the pregnancy.
This test is used to screen infants for infections such as toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, syphilis and others. These infections may lead to birth defects, growth delay, and brain and nervous system problems in the baby.
Normal Values
Normal values mean there is no sign of infection in the newborn.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
If high levels of antibodies called immunoglobulins (IgM) against a certain germ are found in the infant, there may be an infection. More tests must be done to confirm a diagnosis.
What the risks are
Blood draws carry a small risk of bleeding, bruising, and infection at the involved site.
Special considerations
The TORCH screen is useful for determining whether there may be an infection. However, if the result is positive, more testing will be needed to confirm the diagnosis. The mother will also need to be checked.
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DURHAM — The Durham Public Library has much to offer in January. Join us for any or all of our free programs. As always, preschool storytimes are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. See our calendar at www.durhampubliclibrary.org
Jan. 8 at 6 p.m. -- Raccoon Readers 2nd-4th grade book group. This month's books are "Magical Kids" by Sally Gardner and/or "SOS Files" by Betsy Byars and/or "Bigger Than a Bread Box" by Laurel Snyder.
Come discuss the book(s), authors, play some games, and make a craft. Copies of these books are available at the circulation desk.
Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. -- Young Adult Writing Blog/Group. Join us for this monthly writing group for young adults (10 yrs and up). We do writing exercises, talk about your writing and post your writing to our blog "Write Away". We also talk about books, movies.
Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m.-- Fred Bramante, Durham resident and author of "Off the Clock- Moving Education from Time to Competency," will speak about the redesign of public education. New Hampshire has won the prestigious 2012 State Innovation Award from the Education Commission of the States, but how are we doing on implementation of these innovations?
Bramante speaks around the country about this topic. He is past- chairman of the NH Board of Education and is a former science teacher. He was charged by former Gov. Craig Benson to lead this effort toward competency-based learning.
Bramante will speak about how this new attitude toward learning will lead to a better, more cost-effective, customized education for every child by pulling the entire community into the process of education.
Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. -- Feel like taking an exotic trip to Turkey? Come learn about this beautiful country, its culture, and its history from Durham resident Tom Bebbington, who recently visited Turkey. Tom is sure to delight you with stories and photographs from this fascinating country.
Jan. 23 at 2:45 p.m. Bookeaters Middle School Book Group. This month's book is "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green. Walk from the Middle School to come and discuss the book of the month. This group is facilitated by Ruth Wharton-MacDonald. Pizza is served.
Durham Public Library highlights: Education speaker, Turkey
DURHAM — The Durham Public Library has much to offer in January. Join us for any or all of our free programs. As always, preschool storytimes are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. See our calendar at www.durhampubliclibrary.org


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Destination Truth
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But what about how he moved?
It's possible that he got up and ran really fast but it's hard to tell by the video as its a bit blurry.
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I have to say that even though they never find anything I like this show. Josh Gates cracks me up and until the guy getting thrown through the air thing I've never seen them do anything that made say "They faked that" or "Did they fake it?" which unfortunately I do a lot with the Ghost Hunter shows.
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Last night's adventure on "The Island of the Dolls" was kinda creepy.
I loved Josh saying "If this doll opens it's eyes I'm outta here." And then the doll's eye opening! Creepy creepy island with all those dolls all over the place!
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I didn't want to start yet another thread about this show so I'm posting here. I've never watched this show before, and truthfully, didn't know it existed. One of my friends who is into the paranormal like me told me about last night's episode involving a Romanian forest. Did anyone see this episode? If so, what are your thoughts on what happened to Evan?
I am new to this forum but I saw this episode of Destination Truth. It was fantastic. I have never seen anything like it. I felt that this footage regarding Evan was the first I have seen in a long time that truly looked real. I don't know if Evan was interviewed much afterwords by "real ghost hunters" but I think there would be a lot to learn from him if we could have had that information and the contents of the interview.
I think that the footage from that encounter in the Romanian forest is going to be much scrutinized and analyized for many years to come. I personally think it was real and not staged. But I would love to hear what everyone else thinks about the episode. I certainly have been fooled before, as I think most people have as well. One that comes to mind is the story of the Myrtles Plantation haunting and deaths caused by a slave named Chole at that plantation. Unfortunately, I discovered that the deaths supposedly caused by a slave named Chole never occurred. In fact, there was never a slave registered at that plantation by the name of Chole. Now don't get me wrong, I do think they have some paranormal activity, but the story of Chole and the "cake of death" never occurred and was made up to drum up business.
So back on the original subject, I would love to hear more on what everyone else thought of the episode by Desitination Truth in the Romanian forest.
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Tutankhamun's body spontaneously combusted after botched embalming, researchers say
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The life and death of Tutankhamun have intrigued researchers ever since the treasure trove of the boy king's tomb was first discovered in 1922 -- and a fresh examination of the famous pharaoh's remains is only likely to add to the fascination after two sensational findings were revealed.
The first: that King Tut's body may have spontaneously combusted when it was inside his sarcophagus after a botched mummification.
The second: that Tutankhamun may have died in battle after a chariot smashed into him while the warrior king was leading his army.
The latest research was carried out by Egyptologist Chris Nauton and revealed in a documentary for UK's Channel 4.
Naunton, director of the Egypt Exploration Society, began investigating after he discovered references to the body's burned condition in the records of Howard Carter, the archaeologist who first uncovered Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's discovery of the treasure trove, which included the famous golden death mask, prompted worldwide fascination with Tut. The allure of the mysterious boy king was only added to after rumors of a curse that was said to have claimed the life of Carter's sponsor Lord Carnarvon.
Naunton found that a post-mortem exam carried out in late 1960s using an X-ray and a scanning electron microscope showed the flesh was burnt.
Naunton's research discovered that embalming oils combined with oxygen and linen may have caused a chemical reaction which literally "cooked" the king's body at high temperature.
"Despite all the attention Tut's mummy has received over the years the full extent of its strange condition has largely been overlooked," Nauton explained.
"The charring and possibility that a botched mummification led the body spontaneously combusting shortly after burial was entirely unexpected, something of a revelation in fact."
Naunton research team also performed a "virtual autopsy" which revealed a pattern of injuries down one side of his body which they say were consistent with the theory that he died in a chariot accident.


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Video games aren't just for the young — they can improve declining brain function in the old and elderly, according to a new study published in Nature.
The findings by a team of UC San Francisco researchers show that the aging brain is a lot more robust than it's often given credit for, given the right type of mental exercise.
The findings "provide the first evidence, to our knowledge, of how a custom designed video game can be used to assess cognitive abilities across the life span, evaluate underlying neural mechanisms, and serve as a powerful tool for cognitive enhancement," the study authors wrote.
Video games from Grand Theft Auto to Halo are perhaps better known more for entertainment than education – though some advocates of brain-training games have argued that they can improve cognitive skills. The jury's out on whether video games improve cognitive function in healthy young people, but perhaps it could help older folk, who might benefit from a cognitive leg up.
"Over the last decade our laboratory has shown that older adults are particularly sensitive to a negative impact of interference on their cognitive abilities," UCSF neuroscientist and research leader Adam Gazzaley said in a briefing this week. "By interference, I mean both distraction from irrelevant information as well as attempts to multitask."
To test this idea, Gazzaley's team designed a game that would test subjects' brain power – specifically, their cognitive control, a set of abilities that allow people to be goal-oriented while navigating a complex, chaotic world. Cognitive control includes skills such as multitasking and vigilance, and has been shown to decline with age.
The game, called NeuroRacer, required subjects to use a joystick with their left hand to steer a car driving on a winding road. At the same time, random colored shapes would pop up on the screen, and players would have to use their right hand to respond to the correct shape (a green circle).
This multitasking comes with a cost: A player's ability to keep the car centered gets worse as they're forced to also focus on another task (the shape test).
They tested about 30 players each in six decades of life, from their twenties to their seventies, and watched how much worse their driving got when they had to multitask. They found that the players' cognitive abilities declined in a linear fashion, from the twenties onward.
So as a whole, older folks fared the worst. But older players got much better at the game with practice. For the second experiment, subjects aged 60 to 85 played the game three hours a week for a month. The researchers tested the players again and found that their average cognitive cost from multitasking went from a 64.2% decline at the beginning of the month to just a 16.2% dip at the end -- nearly a four-fold improvement.
In fact, they performed better than twentysomethings who were playing it for the first time (they suffered a 36.7% cognitive cost).
Older players who just did each task separately – either driving the race car, or responding to the colored shape – didn't reap the same mental rewards as those who juggled both at the same time. Exercising that cognitive control ability by multitasking seemed to be key.
To back that idea up, the researchers hooked the aged players' noggins up with electrodes before and after the month of practice. They saw a clear rise in neural activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain associated with cognitive control.
On top of that, there were clear improvements in mental abilities that the game didn't directly test, including working memory (the ability to hold information in your head for short periods of time until it's used) and vigilance (the ability to pay attention for long periods of time.) Somehow, the skills developed while playing NeuroRacer were being transferred to abilities that were technically outside of the game.
"Transfer is not a magical property," Gazzaley said. Both vigilance and working memory are part of cognitive control, so the game must have been strengthening "a common underlying mechanism," not just a few isolated skills.
Even though they didn't continue to play NeuroRacer, the older players' mental gains were long lasting. Tested six months later, their cognitive cost of multitasking was just 21.9% -- a little poorer than their earlier 16.2% showing, but still better than the whippersnapper twentysomethings who only played once.
The study served as a proof of concept that, if properly designed, individually tailored games that challenged older adults' mental abilities could potentially keep their brains limber for longer, Gazzaley said.
"I do like the idea of … developing interventions to keep healthy older adults' brains at the top of their game," he said.
Some possible advice for such games? Make sure it's actually fun, Gazzaley added.
"My impressions are that when a game is fun, when people do find it enjoyable … plasticity [the brain's ability to adapt with experience] will be maximized," he said.


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Sun Studio Sessions "Scott H. Biram" Scott H. Biram blends elements or rock, blues, country, rockabilly, punk and metal into a passionate delivery that makes this one man band sound like a stage full of raucous performers. In this episode, Biram performs several of his signature tunes and talks about his approach to genre mixing that creates his unique sound. D
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Smart power management system chip for automotive applications
austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, announced the AS8650 smart power management System Basis Chip (SBC) which is allegedly the first to combine a dc-dc converter and a high-speed transceiver on one chip. The AS8650 features high efficiency of 85% minimum over all operation use-cases, while high integration reduces cost, space and development time for engine control units (ECU) with a high-speed CAN interface.
The AS8650 SBC includes three LDOs (low-drop-out voltage regulators) with programmable outputs from 1.8 V to 3.3 V. Each LDO is powered by the embedded dc-dc converter which can supply up to 500 mA to power the microcontroller, sensors, actuators and other components. Integrating the dc-dc converter dramatically reduces power losses compared with commonly used voltage regulators that convert the automotive battery voltage to 5 volts. In order to enable individual voltage supplies, three programmable LDOs are embedded in the chip. The AS8650 also includes a highly flexible watchdog unit with three monitory timing functions — startup, window and shutdown — which allow the timing to be changed, and features to be enabled via either SPI or I²C settings.
The AS8650 System Basis Chip provides a high-speed CAN interface for up to 1 Mbps communications and conforms to ISO 11898. In addition, the IC can enter into operation mode via a remote wake-up sequence on the CAN bus lines or with the local wake-up pin. Other features include brown-out indication, output voltage monitoring, remote and local wake-up, and automatic thermal shutdown protection.
Harald Gall, Automotive Marketing Manager at austriamicrosystems, stated, "With the AS8650, designers have an SBC for automotive control units that offers high integration and high efficiency in one IC. Designed for high-end power management for next-generation automotive applications, the AS8650 is the first smart power management device of a planned family. A pin-compatible IC with a LIN interface will follow in 2011. Alternative solutions require more space and development time or are not able to optimize power losses."
Specified over an operating temperature range of -40 to +105°C, the AS8650 is offered in a lead-free 36-pin 6 x 6 mm QFN package.
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Nebraskans from Otoe County to Banner, and everywhere in between, are encouraged to join the 2013 ServeNebraska Week of Service, April 22-28.
Nebraskans from Cass County to Banner, and everywhere in between, are encouraged to join the 2013 ServeNebraska Week of Service, April 22-28.
The Week of Service will provide Nebraskans with an opportunity to show their volunteer spirit while benefiting their communities' schools, nonprofits, churches and parks, said Jamesena Moore, chairwoman of ServeNebraska, the state's Volunteer Service Commission.
"We know that Nebraskans are quick to step forward to help those in need. We know that Nebraskans work diligently to improve the quality of life in their state and communities," Moore said. "And we know our state is a better place because its residents know the importance of volunteerism."
According to the recent Volunteering in America Report, Nebraska ranks in the top 10 in volunteerism among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. In 2011, 36.7 percent of Nebraska residents volunteered. They donated 49.3 million hours of service worth $1.2 billion.
The Week of Service is a first for ServeNebraska and its efforts to promote volunteerism in the state. The week-long effort will provide Nebraskans with flexibility as to when they volunteer and for how long, Moore said. ServeNebraska has developed a resource and marketing toolkit to assist those who wish to participate. ServeNebraska has volunteer ambassadors in all 93 counties who can suggest opportunities for volunteering.
Governor Dave Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem are serving as honorary champions for the Week of Service. The First Lady is a ServeNebraska volunteer commissioner and serves as honorary chair. "Volunteerism in our state is one thing that sets Nebraska apart. Nebraskans are quick to step up to help others. Dave and I are honored to be a part of this inaugural effort to encourage everyone in the state to lend a hand," said First Lady Sally Ganem.
Nebraskans may register for the Week of Service by visiting www.serve.nebraska.gov. Individuals or groups may participate. Following the Week of Service, ServeNebraska will release data on the scope of participation.
ServeNebraska's mission is to mobilize Nebraskans to strengthen their communities through volunteering, collaboration and national service programs.


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"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
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Congratulations to Sibel Edmonds for launching her new website today. It's called Boiling Frogs: Home of the Irate Minority. With this website, she is expanding her horizons:
For the last few months I have been either in meetings or on the phone with many veteran investigative journalists and producers. We've been talking about the current sorry state of our media. We've been discussing the lack of bold and independent investigative reports and exposés. We've been sharing our views on ways to do something about it. We've been talking business: How can we collaborate and form a venue where we can present some of the significant stories, cases, news, and editorials that have been covered up, blacked out, or simply designated as radioactive topics too hot to touch?
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Last Friday Sibel posted her most recent podcast with Peter B. Collins, which was an interview with former FBI counter-intelligence officer John Cole.
Yesterday, Sibel and John Cole appeared in a joint interview with Scott Horton. They discuss Central Asia, counter-intelligence investigations into Israeli activity in the US, and all the usual suspects.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Even now, with a Sedona red jersey hugging his shoulders, Cody Ross cringes at the mention of the pool at Chase Field, home of his Arizona Diamondbacks.
As Ross and many of the 2011 Giants watched, the Diamondbacks sprinted to the pool behind the right field wall, raucously celebrating a division championship that all but ended the Giants' hopes of repeating. Eighteen months — and a brief run with a controversial Boston Red Sox group — later, Ross is back in the National League West. He's hoping to wipe out those bad memories by being on the other end of a dethroning, the other end of the cannonball celebration.
"I want to jump in the pool now," Ross said Sunday, flashing his perpetual smile. "It's crazy how that works."
Few around baseball seem to think the Diamondbacks can pull it off again. Ross was part of an offseason overhaul of a team that won 94 games two years ago but was an afterthought last season in an N.L. West dominated by the eventual World Series champion Giants and the ever-improving Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the Diamondbacks' backyard, the Giants have spent much of their spring answering questions about the Dodgers, and vice versa.
"I'm sure there are a lot of people that are going to pick us third," Ross said. "But that's where we want them to pick us."
Ross, not far removed from a star turn with the Giants, is viewed as part of a culture change here in the desert. The Diamondbacks brought in Ross, former A's starter Brandon McCarthy and a slew of veteran reserves, and traded mercurial flamethrower Trevor Bauer. In their biggest — and most head-scratching — move, the Diamondbacks sent 25-year-old All-Star outfielder Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves in a deal for third baseman Martin Prado and prospects.
The offseason haul was panned around baseball, as the Diamondbacks seemed to be favoring unquantifiable values over raw talent.
"People say, 'How could you do that?' " Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers said. "There are a lot of things that I can't share with the fans or the media about why we do certain things. There's a reason behind it. I like the way our club is right now, I really do. I like the people on the club."
Ross is right in the midst of that mix. He played right field, Upton's old position, and hit fifth Sunday in his first game against his old team. Ross spent 10 minutes signing autographs before the game and received a warm ovation before his first at-bat. If things had worked out differently, Ross said, that ovation might have come with him once again wearing orange and black.
The 2010 NLCS MVP was one of several Giants veterans to fail to live up to expectations in the repeat bid, hitting just .240 with 14 homers. The Giants went in a different direction in the offseason, and Ross switched coasts, joining the Red Sox. While improving his production last season, Ross managed to remain one of the few Red Sox to avoid the infighting and public sniping that typified Bobby Valentine's one season as manager.
"It just kind of blew up," Ross said. "That's how Boston is. It's a tough place to play, and the media is really tough on you when you're going bad."
Ross called his time in Boston "a learning experience" and said he enjoyed the year despite the controversy. Still, he was eager to return to the West Coast and play near his wife and two kids, who live in Scottsdale.
The Giants called early this offseason and viewed Ross as an outfield option if Angel Pagan went elsewhere. Ross, 32, started thinking about a reunion.
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't cross my mind," he said. "But Pagan came to a deal, and rightfully so, because he had an amazing year and great postseason. He deserved it, that's for sure."
After negotiating with several East Coast teams, Ross got a surprising call from the hometown Diamondbacks. It didn't take long for him to put his signature on a three-year, $26 million deal.
Ross believes the Diamondbacks still have what it takes to clinch a poolside celebration. He watched from afar last season and saw a club that felt the pressure of trying to keep the rest of the division at bay, something Ross felt in 2011 while wearing a Giants uniform.
As fans alongside the visiting dugout at Scottsdale Stadium screamed his name Sunday, Ross nodded in the direction of the home dugout and brought up the two division favorites, the Giants and Dodgers.
"I think the pressure might be on the other side now," he said, "and down the road."
"The first couple of guys probably saw too many fastballs," Hembree said.
"He had great stuff," manager Bruce Bochy said. "With two guys on base, he showed good poise and made good pitches."
Bochy said Zito looked "outstanding."
Brandon Crawford had three hits and scored twice, and Francisco Peguero had three hits and drove in three runs. Brock Bond singled to raise his spring batting average to .444 and also stole a base.
Buster Posey was hit in the back in his final at-bat but wasn't hurt.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
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Mays Landing Resident Arrested For Endangering the Welfare of a Child
Friday afternoon, Hamilton Township Police responded to Consumer Square Shopping Center in Mays Landing in front of Babies-R-Us for an infant locked inside of a vehicle.
A witness observed an unattended infant locked in the rear of a vehicle with the windows rolled up and the vehicle off. Upon arrival the infant was observed in severe distress from the heat and officers forced entry into the vehicle by breaking the window. The one month old infant was removed and medical aid was immediately administered until EMS personnel arrived.
Egg Harbor Township Rescue and AtlantiCare Medics transported the infant to Atlantic City Medical Center in serious condition. The mother returned to the vehicle later and was taken into custody. She was identified as 29-year-old Sana Fatima of Mays Landing. She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility in lieu of $15,000 full cash bail.


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KennyTheKangaroo wrote:pfim wrote:The Pittsburgh Pirates look like a mediocre offense with a very weak pitching staff, desperate for a big breakout from Starling Marte or Travis Snider, or a huge impact from Gerrit Cole midyear, none of which seems that likely from here.
Can't say I disagree. The team hasn't added anyone of substance, they're looking for improvement strictly from who was on the roster last year. Doesn't sound like a recipe for success.
improvement seems especially unlikely considering jones, pedro, walker, and mccutchen all had career years. for those guys, the amount of incremental improvement wont be enough.
Just have to hope that McCutchen, Walker and Jones maintain. Barmes has to be better right? Martin will be better than Barajas and whatever warm bodies they have at the corners will be more productive than what they had last year. I think the offense is adequate, I view the rotation as a disaster and the offense will look a lot better cause they're going to be trailing early in games all year and not be playing all those 2-1, 3-2 games.


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Charles Kenneth Gibbs was pronounced dead at the scene, about 10 miles from Gilmer, by Upshur County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Lyle Potter at 7:15 p.m., the DPS said.
The injured, identified as Noe Paz-Aquillon, 26, of Daingerfield, and Carol Gibbs, 56, were taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, he with incapacitating injuries and she with non-incapacitating injuries, the department reported. Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd told The Mirror on Tuesday morning that Paz-Aquillon was still hospitalized, and that no charges had been filed in connection with the crash "as of this time."
The 6:25 p.m. crash occurred some .2 of a mile west of Periwinkle Road when a 2004 Toyota 4Runner driven by Charles Gibbs collided with the 2000 Infiniti QX4 driven by Paz-Aquillon, the DPS said.
A DPS spokeswoman in Tyler said the Gibbses were headed southwest and Paz-Aquillon was headed northeast when Paz-Aquillon's vehicle crossed the center line.
Carol Gibbs was a front-seat passenger in the Toyota, according to investigating DPS Trooper Jonathan Anderson's report which was filed in the department's Gilmer office.. She and Charles Gibbs were wearing safety belts and the vehicle's air bag deployed, Anderson's report said.
The report did not show whether Paz-Aquillon was wearing a safety belt, and said it was unknown whether his air bag deployed.
The crash was not only the first fatal traffic accident in Upshur County in 2014, but the first in several months.


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If you're a savvy Windows Vista user or IT professional, you've probably used Vista's Complete PC Backup to image your hard disk and you scheduled regular backups through Windows Backup.If you don't really trust Vista's built-in tools or just like to have additional copies of your really important files, Vista includes a powerful, but hidden directory replication utility, called Robocopy that makes backing up files a snap. In this IT Dojo video, I'll show you how to access Robocopy and how to create a custom command-line script that backs up files to an external hard drive.
After watching the video, you can read Greg Shultz's article, "Create a custom backup tool with Vista's Robocopy"—the basis for this video.
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Fulham planning a £2.5m raid for Standard Liege midfielder William Vainqueur
Fulham are planning a £2.5m raid for Standard Liege midfielder William Vainqueur.
Last Updated: 07/11/12 10:58am
The Frenchman progressed through the youth system at Nantes and made his senior debut during the 2006/07 Ligue 1 season.
He left France for Belgium in August 2011, signing a five-year contract with Liege, but Craven Cottage manager Jol is desperate to bolster his squad in the January transfer window.
Vainqueur's agent Nico Vaesen said: "Fulham's style suits. They've a Dutch coach who likes a passing game."
Jol brought in French-born Senegal midfielder Mickael Tavares on a short-term contract in October after losing Mahamadou Diarra.
However, the Mali international has returned from his knee problem quicker than expected and is back in the Fulham team.


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Jasper & Wylie's Mellow Hangout
Name: Jasper (7) & Wylie (3)
Location: Petaluma, California
When our family moved from Oakland, CA to a small town in Sonoma County last year, we decided to start rooming our two young sons together. I decided to move our then two year old Wylie into a twin bed straight from the crib, and created a little bunk room for them so that their visiting cousins and future sleepover buddies could spend the night.
Their playroom across the hall houses their toys, and most of their books are stored out in our family room, so their bedroom is dedicated to quiet time and sleeping. By design it is a relaxing, non-distracting space, incorporating only their most mellow toys like plastic animals, Magna Tiles, picture books and puzzles, mostly tucked away in bins, keeping it simple and easy to maintain.
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- Rug: Dwell Studio
- Bunkbeds,bedding and dresser: IKEA
- Crow pillow: Binth
- paper lanterns: World Market
- Teepee, Dream Catcher, and rag rug pillow are DIY projects featured on Poppy Haus
Thanks, Heather! Readers, visit Heather at her blog Poppy Haus.
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In the works for the past two years or so, the SK8FACE film which digs into the history and evolution of skateboard art and culture is nearing completion. Up to this point, SK8FACE founder and filmmaker Matt Bass' creative efforts, travel and hours invested in this project have been self-funded.
The next phase of this worthy project involves editing, motion graphics, photo and music licensing, mastering and more.
Head over to SK8FACE's Kickstarter page where you can learn more and pledge funds to the fundraising effort needed to complete this very insightful and important film. Have a look at the SK8FACE micro movie series as well!
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From what I've read the only law schools that really care about "softs" are Harvad, Yale, and Standford simply because they are so competitive. Even the other lower T14s don't care about softs that much. Not everyone can be a the student body president, after all.
Put in a little effort with the international students club regularly. It's good to show some depth and breadth in student activities. You don't need to commit to dozens of hours a week but it can show that you are someone who's from a different background and tries to help others. Obviously being a URM is a huge help.Generally, if you are still in school, law schools are interested in letters of rec from Professors, but it could help to have 1 LOR talking about how hard you've worked during school. The important part is to ask your boss or whoever writes the letter to talk about your capacity for success in law school. Something like "applicant works very hard here at work and in school, has been able to do so while being a good employee and keeping gpa up, has good organizational skills," whatever. After a while letters of rec read the same to adcomm members and they are only a soft factor, but every but helps and could be the difference between wait listed accepted and wait listed rejected at your dream schools.


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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon coach Chip Kelly seized on SpongeBob SquarePants when describing how the No. 2 Ducks feel about the past rivalry with the Washington Huskies.
He says most of the acrimony between the two teams occurred more than a decade ago.
``We've got kids that are 17, 18, 19 years old. You talk 10 years ago, they were 7 and 8. At 7 and 8 they were SpongeBob SquarePants. They weren't worried about Joey Harrington,'' Kelly quipped.
``I think a lot of time people can bring up the past,'' he added. ``But we're always trying to meet fast, practice fast, those things. We don't have a whole heck of a lot of time to give them a history of games played against a certain opponent.''
While the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Pac-12) themselves may not buy into the hype over the rivalry, there's still a lot of back-and-forth razzing between fans in the neighboring Pacific Northwest states. The No. 23 Huskies (3-1, 1-1) visit Autzen Stadium on Saturday night.
The rivalry's rancor goes back a while, but Huskies' fans remember ``The Pick'' in 1994 when freshman cornerback Kenny Wheaton saved the day for the Ducks when he picked off a pass by Damon Huard and ran it back 97 yards for a score. The victory would send Oregon to the Rose Bowl - and a clip is still played on the video scoreboard for fans before every home game.
The Huskies raised the ire of Ducks' fans in 2002 when, after beating Oregon 42-10, the team danced for nearly an hour on the ``O'' on the 50-yard line at Autzen.
At times the battles between Washington and Oregon seemed to rival those with their in-state foes.
But the Ducks have won the last eight games between the two teams, diminishing the rivalry's intensity. In the meantime, USC has taken on a greater adversarial role for Duck fans.
Oregon's eight-game winning streak is the longest for either side in the history of the series, which dates back to 1900. The Ducks also have won eight straight overall, going back to last season.
Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said the motivation isn't in the rivalry, it's in the No. 23 Huskies themselves.
``It's not about that we're playing Oregon or that it's at Autzen or what uniforms they're wearing or what uniforms we're wearing. It's about getting to 2-0 in conference play. That's what all these guys think,'' Sarkisian said. ``When you have to start looking for external motivators it can get dicey for you because you don't know if you pushed the exact right buttons to get them excited to play. They'll be ready to play because they want be ready to play.''
The game likely will come down to Washington's defense against Oregon's speedy offense.
Last week the Huskies held off then-No. 8 Stanford 17-13. The Cardinal managed only 68 yards rushing while passing for 170 yards, scoring on two field goals and an interception return.
The Huskies are ranked second in the Pac-12 in total defense, allowing opponents an average of about 315 yards and 19.8 points.
Oregon, meanwhile, averages more than 52 points and 550 yards in total offense.
But what stymies most of the Ducks' opponents is the speed. With running backs who moonlight during the spring on the track team, Oregon's no-huddle spread is hard to stop. Twenty of Oregon's 33 touchdown drives this season took less than two minutes, and 11 took less than one.
The offense is guided by redshirt freshman Marcus Mariota, who has thrown for 11 touchdowns and four interceptions. He is completing nearly 70 percent of his passes and ranked second in the league in passing efficiency (152.7). Senior running back Kenjon Barner is averaging 121 rushing yards and 12 points.
``You just have to stay calm. You can't get too hyped up, can't come into the game too hyped because they're running so many plays over and over and over again,'' Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant said. `` You miss you key and it's an 80-yard touchdown play. You have to stay disciplined in what you're doing.''
Washington has been hardened by facing two other teams in the top 10. The Huskies fell 41-3 to No. 3 LSU before the victory over the Cardinal.
Sophomore running back Bishop Sankey, a first-year starter, is an emerging threat on the offense. He ran for 144 yards on 20 carries in the Huskies' victory over Stanford, including a 61-yard touchdown run. The week before the sophomore rushed for 103 yards on 14 carries, with two touchdowns against Portland State.
Last season the Ducks defeated Washington 34-17 in the final game played at the old Husky Stadium before an extensive renovation that is set to be completed for the 2013 season.
Much as Kelly and Sarkisian downplay the rivalry, some of the taunting among the fans has obviously been heard by the players.
``You've just got to go out there and represent your school,'' Mariota said. ``You can't really put more on the game, but you know deep down it's a big game.''


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Nonprofit DuPage United has announced plans to spearhead a new organization called DuPage Connect that will serve manufacturing companies with positions for willing job-seekers.
DuPage Connect will bring together manufacturers, nonprofits and other agencies to form an advisory board that will identify, recruit, train and hire employees in the manufacturing sector.
DuPage United brings religious and civic institutions together to identify community issues such as government waste and to facilitate services such as English as a second language classes. Recently, the organization decided to shift its focus toward jobs, specifically those in advanced manufacturing.
Despite large numbers of job seekers across the county, DuPage United discovered that area manufacturers are unable to find qualified employees to the extent that they have turned down new business and growth.
"Typically we have a lot of services that are structured to service our population, but sometimes they don't mesh well or they get so antiquated that they don't meet the current needs," DuPage United's Workforce Development Director Tom Wendorf said.
Connecting the unemployed and underemployed with jobs and services is key to economic growth in the county, Wendorf said. But there are road blocks to making the connection, including public perception and lack of training support or unawareness of existing services.
"When I first heard about manufacturing jobs, I did not think my kids or grandkids should take those jobs," said Tasneem Qadeer, a representative from the Islamic Center of Naperville, at a meeting July 16 at Faith Lutheran Church in Glen Ellyn. "It turns out I was not the only one."
Wendorf said that manufacturing has a "perception and image" problem. Many see the industry as hard, dirty and repetitive work, despite recent technological advancements that bring much more nuance to the jobs.
Those who look past the perception often aren't aware of available resources or can't take advantage of them, Wendorf said.
workNet DuPage, a state and county organization, offers various development opportunities to potential workers, including vouchers for job training.
Institutions such as the College of DuPage also offer courses in these fields, but COD Executive Vice President Joe Collins says filling the seats in those classes has been a challenge for decades. The college has done its own outreach, but he thinks that more resources could help.
"Very often we hear from people that 'I can't afford to take a year off or two years from my job because I have to pay my bills. I can't go to school,'" he said. "If we had people that would support the students while they were going to school, that would be huge."
DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin also spoke at the July 16 meeting, saying he had met with DuPage United and is ready to support its efforts.
"I'm in. I'm on board. You can count on me," he said, to resounding applause.
Wendorf said that Cronin had pledged that he would work with the county board to help DuPage Connect become better established. Cronin said that the county had recently received a $350,000 grant from the state for job training.
Wendorf hopes to see the county become the first sponsor of the organization, which he anticipates will be fully formed by the start of next year, with the help of local funding.


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Israel Assassinates Hamas Military Chief in Gaza; Militant Leader Is Killed in One of Many Airstrikes as Israelis Respond to Days of Rocket Fire
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GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP Israel carried out a blistering offensive of more than 50 airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, assassinating Hamas' military commander and targeting the armed group's training facilities and rocket launchers in Israel's most intense attack on the territory in nearly four years.
Israel said the airstrikes, launched in response to days of rocket fire out of Hamas-ruled Gaza, were the beginning of a broader operation against the Islamic militants codenamed "Pillar of Defense." Israeli defense officials said a ground operation was a strong possibility in the coming days, though they stressed no decisions had been made and much would depend on Hamas' reaction.
The attack came at a time when Israel seems to be under fire from all directions. Relations have been deteriorating with Egypt's new Islamist government, Egypt's lawless Sinai desert has become a staging ground for militant attacks on Israel, and the Syrian civil war has begun to spill over Israel's northern border. Earlier this week, Israel fired back at Syria for the first time in nearly 40 years after stray mortar fire landed in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
With at least 10 Palestinians dead in Gaza, including two children, Wednesday's offensive was certain to set off a new round of heavy fighting with militants, who have built up a formidable arsenal of rockets and missiles.
It also threatened to upset Israel's relations with neighboring Egypt and shake up the campaign for Israeli elections in January. In a preliminary response, Egypt recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest.
In a nationwide address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could no longer stand repeated attacks on its southern towns. Days of rocket fire have heavily disrupted life for some 1 million people in the region, canceling school and forcing residents to remain indoors.
The Israeli military said it was ready, if necessary, to send ground troops into Gaza. The defense officials who said a ground operation was likely in the coming days spoke on condition of anonymity because they were discussing sensitive military plans. …


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After seeing this lovely sequin collar blouse on Pinterest, I decided to make my own but with a few variations. I decided to make mine short-sleeved, because as a one-handed person long sleeves are a nightmare. I also made mine a button-down because let's be real, zippers are the death of me. ha so if I could get myself out of having to insert one than I was gladly going to take it. :) I also made mine a rounded Peter Pan collar because I just like them better and conveniently that is how the pattern I used came anyways. (I used the Violet pattern by Colette Patterns.)
More details can be found here: http://hayleeatkinson.blogspot.com/2013/02/sequin-gold-collar.html
Material Notes
Sequin fabric from Spandex House and cream off-white satin fabric from Joann's.
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Feb 15, 2013, 09.48 PMby suechtique
omg. this is so lovely. i was thinking about white blouse with white silk in my stash. thanks.
Feb 15, 2013, 05.27 AMby eddalind
very pretty! I just looked at all of your blog and i really like all the stuff you've made I'll definitely follow your blog from now on
Feb 14, 2013, 09.11 AMby majaleeloo
Chick! It is great idea, you did well!
Feb 14, 2013, 09.11 AMby majaleeloo
Chick! It is great idea, you did well!
Feb 14, 2013, 08.49 AMby toupinette
love it!
Feb 14, 2013, 08.44 AMby Mary Athey
Absolutly gorgeous . I ve been adding collars to a few tops I made recently but never thought of sequins. I've gold nav and emerald green sequin scraps leftover from dresses I can use. Thank you for inspiring me. X
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The Best - and Worst - Movie Promos of the Week
Even as a die-hard Hunger Games fan who's eager to eat up any Catching Fire promotional material the comes my way, I've got to admit the unveiling of the Entertainment Weekly cover was rather underwhelming. The background is a little too reminiscent of a certain fiery mishap from the first film, and while Katniss and Finnick are looking good, those set photos stole this cover's thunder. Fortunately the stills that came along with it show Francis Lawrence is on the right track and there's a great deal to look forward to, but the movie isn't Best Stuff worthy just yet.
The Best Stuff
1. 42 Trailer: Turns out a pulse-pounding rap song, even a somewhat misplaced one, still packs the power to get you pumped for a movie. But beyond the effective use of "Brooklyn Go Hard," this new trailer for 42 is excellently edited all-round. Even before getting to Jay-Z it gets a stellar beat from on-point cuts, striking dialogue and a powerful score all of which highlight the drama, action and even lighthearted fun that's hopefully to come.
2. Spring Breakers Poster: A bunch of Spring Breakers posters have surfaced over the past week and one is just as raunchy as the next, but the big winner of the bunch is this site for sore eyes. Just wait until tons of these pop on the street and you can't help but to do a double take – and then feel embarrassed for doing so when someone catches you ogling.
3. Wrong Poster: This is a poster for the new film from the guy who won you over with a murderous tire in Rubber. What'd you expect? Between the dog for a brain and the mustache for a title, this design for Wrong is exactly that: wrong. It's unsettling and disturbing yet you can't help but to keep staring.
The Worst Stuff
1. Jack the Giant Slayer Spanish Poster: This new Spanish poster for Jack the Giant Slayer isn't just an ugly and unappealing design; it also suggests the full feature is CGI garbage. If this is the result of a costly and intricate motion-capture process, this production just blew its budget big time. The latest ones that popped up on the film's Facebook page aren't as bad and show off far more detail, but still suggest they might not be convincing enough for the film to work.
2. A Haunted House Clip: I've never found David Koechner very funny, but between Piranha 3DD and this clip from A Haunted House, I'm starting to find his work downright painful to endure. None of the recently released clips from A Haunted House are particularly funny, but this one is so off-putting and grating, it's a wonder how anyone will make it through the full feature.
3. InAPPropriate Comedy Trailer: Do I have no sense of humor or is this new red-band trailer for InAPPropriate Comedy an agonizing watch, too? Or perhaps the more important question is: who gives the guy from the Slap Chop commercial the money to make a movie? Oh, wait, I have another one: what'd they have to do to sucker Adrian Brody into headlining this nonsense? Hold on, just one more: what's with that title? The trailer doesn't really suggest the film has anything to do with apps or technology.
What are your favorite and least favorite movie promos this week?
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What can cause a 415 error?
415 errors are generally caused by not specifying the requested content type. Try setting the "Content-Type" header to "application/xml".
What can cause a 503 error?
A 503 error will result if there are too many requests queued up on the server.
The system will process a maximum of 5 web application requests at one time. The throttle uses a global variable for this, so any request in any process using the throttle will count towards 1 of the 5.
Any request that comes in while 5 or more others are processing will get queued and processed as soon as one of the active requests is complete.
We can queue up to 255 requests (or the thread limit in tomcat, which is 150).
As long as requests process at a rate of 1 request per second, the other requests will remain in the queue. If the requests start processing at a rate slower than 1 per second, the queue wait mechanism times out and the client will get a "server busy" (HTTP 503) response.
How do I GET the guid (objectid) of a user?
Search by alias to get the user XML, then extract the ObjectId field. For example, to find the user John Doe with alias jdoe:
GET http://<connection-server>/vmrest/users?query=(alias%20is%20jdoe)
Note that some languages and/or libraries require the URL to be escaped first, in which case the spaces need to be converted to %20.
How do I find out which networked cluster a user is on?
Search for the user in the global user list, and look at the user's location (LocationObjectId):
GET http://<connection-server>/vmrest/globalusers?query=(alias%20is%20jdoe)
What is returned from a PUT?
A successful PUT operation returns an HTTP status code of 204 No Content.
All HTTP 2xx status codes mean success. Status code 204 means (quoting from RFC 2616): "The server has fulfilled the request but does not need to return an entity-body (aka content)."
A PUT operation sends a request to the server to change/update a resource, so the server does not need to send back anything except a success code, which is what 204 is appropriate for.
Is there support for paging?
Yes. Paging is supported via two query parameters:
- rowsPerPage: Indicates how many objects to return in a single query.
- pageNumber: Indicates which page of objects to return.
For example:
GET http://<connection-server>/vmrest/users?rowsPerPage=100&pageNumber=1 GET http://<connection-server>/vmrest/users?rowsPerPage=100&pageNumber=2
What causes a 302 error?
An HTTP 302 response is very often caused by a client trying to connect to a web application by using HTTP protocol when the web application requires HTTPS. The web server sends back a 302 response to the client in an attempt to redirect it to the secure HTTPS port.
What recording wave file formats are supported with the API?
The Codecs supported for the REST API are the same as the ones supported for recording over the phone line. The supported list is -
- PCM linear
- G.711 mu-law (default)
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It might be the reason some people are saying it is his fault is because of his political affiliation, not because of his skin color. To automatically assume that it's because of race are in a way racist itself since that is the -first- assumption that is looked at. I do not like Obama because he's a Democrat and leftist. I'm white and more conservative than not. Some would way I am racist just because I do not like him. *shrug* I look at a person's actions and politics before skin color to judge someone and I am always open to have my mind changed if new facts present itself.
The problem I'd have with someone blaming Obama for the economic turmoil this year is that the forces causing this downfall have been building since the Seventies.
is hearing white conservatives rant that it's Obama's fault. Of course, the racism involved in that will be asshattery enough
You have a solid point. The topic of interracial wasn't openly discussed a few decades ago, now it's not a real issue except with the most hidebound among us. These things come in increments; it's not that America at large has to grow up, but a very troublesome and vocal conservative portion that feels they got it all right because they- a) read it in a moldering old holy book so it must be the truth, b) they can't escape the ignorance and bigotry that their own parents raised them with, c) they're just plain uncomfortable with the topic and want it to go away, to the point of making it illegal, d) many cultures raise men with this machismo attitude, when in reality they're just overgrown little boys that can deal with the world when it does something they don't understand.Whatever the reason, this is the next big thing that's on our plate for civil rights in the country. The right can only slow it down, they can't hold it back forever. The fear mongers that believe this is going to be the downfall of society are the same idiots that are ranting electing a black man to the highest office in the land means white America is lost. It's stupidity at its worst, in reality we're just leveling the table, and that's what America is supposed to be about.And for the record, I liked Professor X too, but Magneto knew how to get shit done. :)
::is just another heterosexual guy for gay marriage::
To clarify...I'm not nominating Obama for sainthood. I'm not that crazy about the guy myself. In fact, his recent decision to piss away $350 billion in bailout money trying to reflate the housing bubble to me is somewhere between desperation and a stubborn refusal to learn from the past. Housing is the last thing we should be investing in right now--there's a glut of it and it needs to be marked down to market just like any other overproduced commodity. I'm really not a big fan of any of these corporate bailouts, because they are a mockery of justice. To me the bailouts are a big "fuck you" to the American people. The message being sent is that if you're a little guy, like a homeowner or small business owner, and you fail, hard cheese; sucks to be you. Market forces and personal responsibility and all that. But if you're in the elite, "you're too big to fail." Nonsense! If the "free market"--that man with the croupier stick--can take Grandma's chips off the table if she loses a bet, he should be able to take AIG's or Citigroup's too. Fair is fair. AIG is not indispensable to the economy. No company is. Maybe the future of consumer finance is more along the model of prosper.com than OmniMegaBank, and keeping these dinosaurs alive is just halting progress and weakening the economy in the long run.So no, my bone to pick isn't with principled criticism of Obama and his positions, but rather with the knee-jerk reaction and smear campaigns launched by certain people and groups.
Yes I know, the naysayers among you are chomping at the bit this every instant, getting your neurons in a tangle trying to type out something clever to describe that so-called overweight loudmouth...the reality is that your own fat American ass is probably sitting there right now reading this trying to figure out how you can sucessfully call Moore a commie.
Yes I know, the naysayers among you are chomping at the bit this every instant, getting your neurons in a tangle trying to type out something clever to describe that so-called overweight loudmouth...the reality is that your own fat American ass is probably sitting there right now reading this trying to figure out how you can sucessfully call Moore a commie. The movie will enrage you at the Big Three, the sheer level of greed and incompetence compelled me to even wish the next round hijacked airliners would be sent into the Detroit skyline in retaliation, but I digress.
Completely unnecessary, and shame on you for pulling away from your point with something like that. Regardless of my feelings on Michael Moore, this is out of line.
I agree with the last two posters. You should moderate your anger in posting. To wish the death of someone in such a manner is below you if civilized.
Point is, lambaste Moore if you want, but it's going to be pot calling kettle black. My point holds up, even if the delivery wasn't popular.
A point of note. TO. If the Electric car was suppressed in the US. why isn't it avalible at better prices and quality overseas? Not the ones that are still less than equal to the current gasoline/diesel vehicals, but ones that equal or surpass them. There's no one design to make an electric car and if the other companies were so hot to take market share, they'd have spit them out years ago and the current model should be as good as a gas one or damned close.
Because someone pointed out you were making your point in a clumsy fashion? Boo hoo - you'll get over it.
I'd be interested to know if you have an answer to the bolded text, personally. It's the main reason for watching the thread.
Now that I think about it, I request a close to this thread. I can't say anything without someone around here 'taking offense' over it, and I just don't walk on eggshells. To hell with political correctness. You guys want to sit on the front row of the mudpit and ogle but you're all afraid to actually get dirty. I'm done with this topic, lock it up and be done with.
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Paper's coverage blamed the victim
I was deeply disturbed by the Star Tribune's coverage of the terrible hit-and-run of a bicyclist at Lake Street and Cedar Avenue last weekend. It is very unfortunate that the victim was blamed so severely, both for her legal shortcoming (not having lights) and for failing to use a helmet.
It's great to talk about prevention, but why limit it to the ways in which the victim could prevent the crime? The article might also have mentioned that motorists should not drive drunk, should not flee the scene of an accident, and should be mindful of pedestrians and cyclists at night, especially in an urban area on a weekend.
Similar statements have been made regarding sexual assault: Perhaps the victim was walking alone at night, drinking underage, or wearing revealing clothing. Statements like this have been rightly chastised.
Sean Hayford Oleary, Minneapolis
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The writer of the April 2 Letter of the Day ("Bikers, be safe …") hit the nail on the head. The money spent on bike lanes and trails is a gift.
We have a wonderful bike trail through Deephaven, but too many bikers use the main road that parallels it. Gov. Mark Dayton wants more revenues. Perhaps charging license fees to bikers could supplement the gas tax that pays for our roadways and maintenance.
Janet H. Holmgren, Deephaven
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My deepest condolences to those who knew Elyse Stern. In the discussion of who was at fault — the driver (suspected alcohol) or the biker (no helmet, no lights) — how about more blame to the police departments that allow both scenarios to remain prevalent?
The police should be outside a different group of bars every night at closing, arresting those who wobble out and get behind the wheel. And they must start enforcing the lights-at-night law for bicyclists. Lights are not optional. A helmet is optional, though not wearing one is a very bad personal choice.
Bikes have a right to be on the road, and cars have a deep responsibility to share that road safely. But if I should, by no fault of my own, injure or kill a bicyclist who was not obeying common-sense laws, I myself would be injured for life, and that's not fair. So while the police should be arresting drunks before they turn the key, they should also be handing out tickets and warnings to bicyclists who put themselves and others at risk.
Bob Friedman, Minneapolis
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For those of you who are tempted to write about bike safety at a time when Elyse Stern's family and friends are mourning her tragic death, may I please offer an alternative message: Support your local artists — musicians, performance artists and visual artists. Live in a way that sustains the Earth — grow your own food when you can or buy from CSAs; ride your bike or walk; shop at thrift stores. Take care of your friends and family lovingly. Tip generously when you are waited on. Travel and enjoy adventures. Be yourself. And when you are driving, please be wary of bicyclists and pedestrians.
Sue Kerr, Edina
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Gov. Dayton
Give him some credit where credit is due
Clearly, Hennepin County Board Member Jeff Johnson is running for governor in 2014. In his diatribe against Gov. Mark Dayton over the Vikings stadium funding troubles ("Call for repairs," April 2), Johnson tries to sound bipartisan when including his Republican Party's shared responsibility for passing the stadium legislation, then immediately shifts everything post-stadium-vote onto Dayton's shoulders.
But then Johnson most disingenuously compares the stadium fiasco to Dayton's compliance with federally established, U.S. Supreme Court-sanctioned health care improvements for all Minnesotans as "engineering a state-run health insurance exchange that will dramatically change the way Minnesotans purchase health care."
Well, duh. That's the whole intent of the law. Dayton is showing leadership in getting ahead of it, and, indeed, is not letting the federal government come in and establish its own version of the health exchange, which by all accounts would cost us even more.
Kevin Driscoll, St. Paul
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U.S. should be direct with its response
If there has ever been a case for a preemptive strike, this must be it ("U.S. should be careful with its responses," Readers Write, April 2). I need not reiterate the threats. They are more than clear. Are we to wait until something evil happens, and then respond? I think not. There is a 28-year-old dictating the future of the world.
Isn't a good offense a part of a good defense? Lock and load. I have nothing against 28-year-olds, but I fail to understand how the tail can wag the dog.
Where are China, Japan, and South Korea on this issue? These are all economic powerhouses. Why is the ball in our court only?
H.M.Gabriel, Brooklyn Center
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Thank you so much; I really get it now
At the bottom of L.K. Hanson's "You Don't Say" cartoon on the Opinion Exchange page April 1, we are urged to "figure it out and do something about it now" after learning that charming people never vote Republican and tedious people never vote Democratic. We also are told that charming people like to try new experiences; enjoy dogs and cats, and read novels, whereas Republican voters (i.e., the tedious) do none of those things.
This is tribalism of the worst sort! Has the Star Tribune decided that it must pander to the same crowd that reads City Pages? If so, then I guess I can't really expect that those editors who find Hanson to be witty would care about reporting news stories that might run counter to their progressive political philosophy. No one watches MSNBC or Fox News expecting balanced reporting, and now, sadly, the same appears to be true for the Star Tribune. Now that I've "figured it out" and am ready to "do something about it now," I will cancel my subscription to your paper.
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Sofia Vergara & Jon Favreau Premiere 'Chef' at Tribeca Film Fest!
Sofia Vergara shows some cleavage in a sheer white dress while attending the premiere of her latest film Chef during the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival held at BMCC Tribeca PAC on Tuesday (April 22) in New York City.
The 41-year-old Colombian actress was joined by her co-stars Jon Favreau, Bobby Cannavale, and John Leguizamo.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Sofia Vergara
On the same day, Sofia promoted her other new film Fading Gigalo during an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers in the Big Apple.
The day before, Sofia was beautiful in blue while dropping by Good Morning America.
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Includes new modes, cards, and other features
Back in November of 2010, Konami launched Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Let me tell you right now that I'm a big fan of Yu-Gi-Oh!, and while I did have some fun playing Decade Duels, there were a number of issues that really affected my overall enjoyment of the game -- things ranging from a poorly designed online mode to the tedious campaign.
Clearly, I wasn't the only one who came across issues as a year later, Konami had Decade Duels taken down. Then, towards the end of the 2012, a game called Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels Plus showed up on the Live Marketplace before disappearing a couple of hours later.
Now, it has appeared once more, and this time it's staying. But what is Decade Duel Plus, anyway? Well, think of it as a big title update for the original game -- if you have Decade Duels, you will be prompted to download a 200 MB update which addresses many issues, adds more cards, and introduces an improved Multiplay experience.
Again, if you already have Decade Duels then the Plus version will be completely free; those who do not can grab it for 800 Microsoft Points. Let us know if you plan on giving Decade Duels another shot.
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|System: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
|Dev: Trendy Entertainment
|Pub: Reverb and D3
|Release: October 18, 2011
|Players: 1-4
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence
The graphics, which run on Unreal, aren't groundbreaking, but they're highly polished and feature an interesting, almost cel-shaded look. The music is great, and there's a lot of voice acting, most of which is decent. And while story is mediocre—all the adults in the community leave in search of adventure, and then the children accidentally release the evil "Old Ones" from the "Eternia Crystal" in which they were trapped—not much time is spent on it.
I have only a few complaints, mostly about the controls. With a console controller, some of the menus are a disaster to navigate, requiring you to push seemingly random buttons to select various options. (If you have a choice, you might want to go with the PC version so you can navigate with a mouse.) Also, while you can rotate the camera around your character horizontally, the only control you have over its vertical alignment is to choose from several zoom levels. I frequently felt like I couldn't get the right view of the action. The auto-targeting system is also a bit wonky; when enemies are clustered together (as they frequently are, considering how many of them you face), it's hard to hit the one you want to. Further, whenever you use a feature for the first time, a character explains what it is; if you have subtitles turned on, the text overlaps with too much of the screen, which also interferes with your ability to navigate the menus.
Again, these are just quibbles—you can assign hotkeys to the features you need during battle, and none of the problems actually stop Dungeon Defenders from being a great game—but they really should have been fixed before release.
One other note for people who own multiple platforms: The PC version ships with the gameplay code and source content, so it's fully moddable. Only time will tell if this game will inspire a mod community worth participating in, but custom levels could be a lot of fun.
A few imperfections aside, developer Trendy Entertainment hit the nail on the head with Dungeon Defenders: It's unique, deep, addictive, and cheap. If you have $15 to spare and enjoy RPGs, tower defense, and a good challenge, there's no reason whatsoever to pass it up.
Robert VerBruggen
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Indicative Rate * AU$130 to AU$300
Meridian Tower Kirra Beach Apartments are situated on the Southern Gold Coast opposite stunning Kirra beach within the beautiful coastal Coolangatta area and only 1.5 kilometres from the Gold Coast International Airport. All apartments in this complex receive magnificent ocean and coastline views - north to Surfers Paradise and south to Snapper Rocks. The Southern Gold Coast area is a popular holiday destination with its famous surf beaches at Kirra, Snapper Rocks and Duranbah. Large north facing balconies ensure ideal temperatures throughout the day in these fully self-contained apartments.
Stroll to local cafes, restaurants and clubs all within five minutes from the complex. A 10 - 15 minute walk around the ocean footpath takes you to Coolangatta/Tweed Heads for more clubs, entertainment, dining and shopping . Guest facilities at Meridian Tower Kirra Beach include heated pool and spa, gymnasium, sauna, full size tennis court, barbecue area, games room. Meridian Tower apartments are set in beautiful landscaped gardens and close to all attractions the area has to offer. Enjoy the cooling breezes, beautiful sunsets and stunning views from your balcony. The best position and views in Kirra!
This lovely Penthouse accommodates up to six guests.
They have two queen beds and two singles. There is an en suite and separate balcony to the master bedroom. There is a main bathroom and a powder room. Fully renovated beautiful kitchen with tiled living area and air conditioning, Flat screen television in living, DVD player and free Foxtel. Television in main bedroom Separate bar area with extra refrigerator. Laundry with washing machine, dryer and trough.
There is a huge balcony off the living area that wraps past the kitchen. Staircase to an upper level with an extra large roof top balcony. This Penthouse receives magnificent panoramic views taking in hinterland, ocean and coastline.
Their two bedroom/bathroom fully self contained apartments are converted to one bedroom during low seasons by locking off the second bedroom and main bathroom. This accommodates a couple or one person.
Main bedroom with queen size bed and en suite. Separate laundry with washing machine and dryer. Fully equipped kitchens, large living area with flat screen televisions, DVD, free Foxtel, wrap around balconies and all apartments receive beautiful ocean and coastline views.
The Two Bedroom/Bathroom apartments are fully self-contained. The main bedroom has one queen bed with en suite. Second bedroom has two singles, main bathroom, separate laundry with washing machine and dryer. Fully equipped kitchens. Large living areas with flat screen televisions, DVD player and free Foxtel. They have wrap around balconies and all apartments receive beautiful ocean and coastline views.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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Innovative New Content Management Solution for Secure Inter-Company Team Collaboration
Content Circles and Alfresco Partner to Deliver Secure Peer-to-Peer Collaboration for Distributed Teams
Menlo Park, CA, June 8th, 2009 – Content Circles, a leading provider of distributed content management and collaboration solutions, and Alfresco Software, the leading open source alternative for enterprise content management, today announced a partnership to bring to market a new content management and collaboration solution to serve distributed teams. The new solution – a Connector to integrate Alfresco Enterprise Content Management system and Content Circles distributed team collaboration SaaS – enables distributed teams to securely share, collaborate, track and manage content within and across companies, working online or offline.
Securely Extending Enterprise Content Management (ECM) to Distributed Teams
Content Circles uses a unique hybrid web/peer-to-peer (p2p) approach to make distributed team collaboration across companies seamless, secure and auditable. By automatically encrypting, replicating and synchronizing content across only team members' computers, Content Circles keeps everyone on the same page while guaranteeing complete confidentiality and security. As a "secure bridge" between Alfresco Enterprise Content Management system and external team members, Content Circles also keeps track of all activity on content originating from Alfresco and provides complete auditability for compliance and regulatory purposes.
To securely collaborate on documents in Alfresco with external team members, a user of Alfresco first downloads and subscribes to Content Circles, a simple one-time process that takes a few minutes to complete. The user then creates a 'Circle' (workspace) for collaboration and invites others to collaborate in the Circle. The user then simply drags in relevant documents from the Alfresco repository into the Circle to make them instantly accessible to all invitees to the Circle. The sophisticated content management capabilities of Content Circles then allow the user to track the movement of these documents as well as any edits or changes to these documents. Content Circles also remembers that the documents originated in the Alfresco repository and allows the user to synchronize the changes back to Alfresco with a single click in Content Circles.
"Governance, retention and compliance will be key themes for content management in 2009. With this solution Content Circles offers a secure Alfresco bridge to provide organizations with inter-repository auditability and compliance in a peer-to-peer environment, said John Powell, CEO of Alfresco Software. "The open source distribution model is allowing us to become ubiquitous with customers and partners building applications on our open content-services platform. Alfresco is committed to dramatically growing this ecosystem and we see Content Circles as a great example of a new breed of content services applications."
"We welcome the opportunity to work with the Alfresco team to extend the availability of comprehensive collaboration and enterprise content management solutions to a larger audience than was possible in the past", said Sri Chilukuri, CEO of Content Circles. "Today's business climate is all about velocity, productivity and security and the solution that we are announcing today excels in each of those criteria. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial business relationship."
Pricing and Availability
The Content Circles Connector for Alfresco is expected to ship in June 2009. For a limited time, the Connector will be offered free of charge to all Content Circles and Alfresco users. As always, anyone can register for Content Circles and collaborate in a Circle for free. Only the creation and management of Circles requires a paid subscription.
About Content Circles
Content Circles is an innovative provider of secure, easy to use content management and collaboration solutions for distributed teams that span departments, divisions and companies. Content Circles is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. Content Circles, the Content Circles logo, and the marks relating to other Content Circles products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Content Circles, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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TV Companies Plan To Make Hulu Suck Even More Making It More Difficult To Sell Hulu
from the well,-duh dept
Because of the conflicts between what Hulu management (who do seem pretty clued in) and their ownership wanted to do with the company, Hulu was recently put up for sale. But, now it's coming out that the bids Hulu is receiving are much lower than the owners want -- and it's because they've made it clear they plan to cut off all free content from Hulu:
But the bidders all figured out pretty quickly that the TV companies who own Hulu now want to phase out free ad-supported content completely. So as soon as the current set of Hulu contracts expire in a couple of years, it would be back to the negotiating table.Because of that, no one was willing to bid over $2 billion -- and the TV guys (of course) think it's worth a lot more than that, even as they're trying to kill it. Well, one exception: apparently Google was willing to pay closer to $4 billion... but it would only do that under certain conditions (which likely involve getting the TV guys to renew/guarantee future deals). So congrats, backwards looking TV guys, not only are you killing Hulu, you're killing the goodwill you build up via the company so you can't even cash out on that.