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WFP's Tent at Davos was packed on Thursday night for the annual dinner-discussion forum with international leaders.
At the start of the evening, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran announced WFP's Partner of the Year: Yum! Brands. (see photo left, copyright: WFP/Rein Skullerud).
The global company, with 36,000 restaurants around the world, has raised $30 million for WFP over the past three years through their World Hunger Relief campaign, helping to change the lives of millions people in 27 countries.
"This partnership has galvanized everyone throughout our company," said Graham Allan, President of Yum! Brands International. "I have gone to El Salvador and Guatemala to visit WFP's programmes and I've seen the statistics brought to life on the people's faces … We've made a long-term commitment to ourselves and to WFP. With WFP, people have a chance for a better life."
Yum! is also helping to raise donations for WFP's emergency response in Haiti, with a Public Service Announcement taped by their global spokesperson Cristina Aguilera and boxing legend Mohammed Ali. After the Haiti earthquake, the company directed $500,000 from its own charitable foundation and $500,000 from the World Hunger Relief campaign to WFP's emergency operation in Haiti.
WFP also received a $100,000 donation from the employees and management of the World Economic Forum, presented to Ms Sheeran by Robert Greenhill, managing director of the WEF.


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by Lou Mancinelli
When Dr. Austin Noonan purchased Chestnut Hill Chiropractic in 2002, he inherited more than 2,000 patient files. For years before that, the practice, located at the top of the hill, where Germantown Avenue meets Bethlehem Pike, was operated by Dr. James Tormey.
Tormey moved the practice to its current location in the late '80s. Before that, he practiced with his wife near the current location of the Trolley Car Diner. So in a sense, Noonan runs a family practice that has existed in the northwest community for three decades. And Noonan is very much a community man.
A Flourtown resident, Noonan, 42, discovered his interest in the field after he "got shellacked" playing CYO football. He was a seventh grader at St. Luke's in his hometown of Glenside, an offensive lineman who got his neck and upper back banged up when his own running back rammed into him in a play gone wrong. In the weeks following the injury his body felt ragged. It was a trip to a chiropractor that provided relief.
"I [went from feeling] like I was destroyed to feeling like a normal seventh grader again," said Noonan about his first physical experience with chiropractic medicine. "I thought it was pretty cool stuff."
The chiropractor who had adjusted the young Noonan was Dr. Tormey, who was also a deacon at Our Mother of Consolation Church for 15 years until he left in 2003. Tormey had been treating Noonan's mother, who could hardly move in the morning when she awoke. "Just the fact that he got my mom to being human again" was enough to rouse Noonan's interest in the field.
After graduating from La Salle College High School in 1989, he enrolled in Penn State University. In 1993 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science. Four years later he graduated from the New York Chiropractic College, where he was elected class president.
While he was in chiropractic school, Noonan shared the news of his studies with Tormey. "He said, 'Dude, look me up when you get out.' So that's what I did."
For the first two years after graduation, Noonan worked for Tormey. Then, in 1999, Karmich Chiropractic Wellness Centers hired Noonan to help the company open gyms. The group "wanted to go global, make it the new NovaCare."
But in 2002 Noonan left Karmich. It was around that time he received a call from Tormey, who was looking to sell his practice. "The transition was great, quite frankly," said Noonan. "People were quite comfortable because they knew me" from the last time he had worked for Tormey.
Noonan's practice, run by a staff of four, is rooted in a holistic approach formed by the idea of balancing the mind, body and spirit. "It's like dominoes," said Dr. Noonan. "If you come in with back pain, I'm looking at your knees, your hips, your flexibility … Getting rid of the pain is the easy part. Getting rid of the cause that's making you feel that pain, that's the nuts and bolts of it."
As a chiropractor, his primary job is to adjust and manipulate the musculoskeletal system. More simply said, his job is to relieve the kinks and aches, tightness and even tiredness the body can at times feel. His office also offers massages as a service.
The classic chiropractic case, according to Noonan, is a person bending down to pick something up and in the process blowing out his/her lower back. "My job is to get in there and basically be the WD-40 for the spine."
Pain or tensions like morning stiffness can also be caused by a lack of hydration, according to Noonan. One's muscles lose blood while one sleeps. If one is already tight before one falls asleep, that extra loss of blood can contribute to increased tightness in the morning. Simple stretches or motion exercises can get the blood circulating again.
Meanwhile, a healthy circulation of life outside his office is something Noonan enjoys about the community. While the number of banks along the avenue rouses for him a spell of distaste, Noonan has nevertheless submerged himself in the neighborhood. He is a member of the Chestnut Hill Business Association, Chestnut Hill Community Association, Chestnut Hill Historical Society, and a Friend of the Free Library at its Chestnut Hill Branch, among others.
"I want to contribute to the community I'm part of," said Noonan, a father of two. Kalei, his daughter, will be 7 this April. His son Brendan is 4. He has been married to his wife Jennifer since 2004.
Chestnut Hill Chiropractic is located at 8618 Germantown Ave., 1st Floor Rear. Anyone who calls the office looking for a massage and wishes them a happy 10th anniversary will get 20% off that massage. For more information, call 215-248-5460 or visit chestnuthillchiropractic.com or firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Olympic Glory In The Serpentine
The details of the long-awaited course in the Serpentine are now posted online here.
On August 13th this year, the London 10km Marathon Swimming International will act as the London 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swimming test event. It will be an opportunity for the world's best swimmers to compete on the Olympic 10K course and battle for medals over six laps of the Serpentine. The test event will also give the organizers, coaches and media an idea of what to expect in 2012.
The first 30 ranked male and female swimmers from the 2011 FINA World Championships 2011 in Shanghai this July will be invited to compete in London event.
In one of the world's most celebrated urban parks, the 60 athletes will swim six loops around the tight 1.66K course. Hyde Park is one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner. The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 28-acre recreational lake within the park that was created in 1730. From a spectator's perspective, the athletes will be easy to watch.
The course (shown here) will demand that the world's fastest marathon swimmers provide their aerobic endurance, navigational skills, physicality, speed and strategic tactics. With two longer stretches, the athletes will have to simply swim extremely fast 12 times. However, those long stretches where the pack will undoubtedly lengthen out will be alternated by two short legs. During these short legs, the athletes will have to make four directional changes within 350 meters or so. If an athlete is boxed out or has poor position around these turns, then any advantages gained on the longer legs will disappear.
What makes the course additionally interesting is that the feeding station is positioned right before these tight turns and athletes will undoubtedly have to feed fast in order to maintain their positioning in the pack.
The athletes will be swimming in the clockwise direction and their split times will be taken every lap as they pass through an intermediate timing gate near the start and finish structure. While the VIP seating is near the start and finish, spectators will be allowed - and encouraged - to stand around the course and take in the majesty of the world's best open water swimming showcasing their skills and level of fitness only meters from the shoreline.
And the finish should be one for the ages. As the athletes make three consecutive right shoulder turns only minutes before they slam hard to the finish line, their perspective will change on the last directional tangent which is oriented to the left. So it is right...right...right...left and then a quick 100-meter dash for Olympic glory.
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Why I love living in France..
One of the reasons that I adore living in France is because you sometimes fabulous treasures like these chairs. There were 4 available and I purchased 2 for my new bedroom.
The plan is to clean and wax the wood and then cover the seat with antique linen. The other 2 are looking for a home but am sure that they will not be for sale for long.
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Not too long ago I had to replace the clutch on my track bike, as I had a track day rapidly approaching that weekend. Driving around to get the parts I needed, I turned to Siri on my iPhone for help in finding a nearby Yamaha dealer, as I knew that the clutch plates would need to be ordered that day (with only a couple hours left in the work day) and overnighted to me, if I was to get my R1 ready in time.
A couple verbal commands later (along with a couple chuckles over how Siri pronounces "Yamaha"), and something funny happened. Siri decided to give me a little life advice on my two-wheeled inclinations, with a "now, you be careful on that thing" comment.


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Camp B is through and it was suns out, guns out all week! Another week of sunny Whistler weather brought out all the pros, including the US and Canadian Olympic team. Every area of the camp was going off all hours of the day. Top shreds like Stale Sandbech, Alek Oestreng, Eric Willet, and Sage Kotsenburg gave the jumps a daily dose of radness while rail wizardry from the likes of Anto Chamberland, Mark Goodall, Cory Gallon and friends kept everyone at camp constantly in awe. Check out the photos to see what went down in Camp B!


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We sponsor activities that support teaming and learning so our people can work more effectively across cultures. Understanding how to work in a cross-cultural environment and leveraging the diversity of multiple cultures is inherent to the unique way we do things at Accenture.
Accenture aims to provide our employees with the resources and training they need to work effectively across cultures, either virtually or face-to-face, including access to online training and tips on business etiquette in different countries. A diverse workforce brings with it a broader skill base, creativity and innovation that enable our people to focus on the outcomes that matter to help our clients achieve high performance.
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Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pub. Date: 12/19/2017
A labor of love…
Seraphina Fawkes is ready to make her mark on the Little Rock design industry as Gallagher Interiors' new lead on Tanbee House—a coveted historic restoration project. But the job's biggest perk might be her handsome boss, Grant Gallagher. Grant shares Seraphina's straightforward, no-nonsense demeanor, so she's surprised when he hires an old adversary who was suspected of involvement in a drug ring. Though Grant seems intent on giving him a chance, she'll keep a close watch on anything that could jeopardize the project—or her growing partnership with Grant.
Getting what he wants—even at others' expense—never used to be difficult for Grant, but sexy, stubborn Seraphina tests his resolve. Though deception is necessary to maintain his covert investigation into the crime syndicate plaguing the city, Grant knows that the longer he hides the truth, the more destructive it will be when revealed. Will Seraphina still trust Grant, and their intense connection, after she finds out their foundation is built on secrets?
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Monday, August 6, 2012
The Power Behind the Throne
I was sitting around on Friday, wondering what to write about this week, when the Activision earnings call dropped the bomb that WoW's subscriber base had dropped to 9.1 million, down 1 million from the previous quarter. Couple that with TOR having dropped to below 1 million subs, and you've got an interesting week's worth of MMO data.
My first reaction was that the numbers would have looked even worse were it not for the annual pass subs, because the WoW base remained flat for the previous two quarters while I noticed a distinct dropoff in the number of people logged into a server. As I've said before on several occasions, there are days when I think that 90% of the people logged into WoW are gold farmers, because I see very few people in the capital cities on an average evening* and what people I do see are out farming mats or working the auction house. Actually seeing a leveling toon out in the wild is a rarity.
However, when I turned things over in my head for a while, I began to wonder just how many subs WoW has that are actual players versus gold farmers. The reason why I bring that up is because, unlike some other MMOs, I keep turning over how gold farming will work in TOR outside of actual account stealing.
Most people buy gold to get a leg up on the competition or to help themselves in other fashions, but with TOR designed the way it is, I don't see the need to buy credits to assist you in the leveling game. Sure, manipulating the AH can be done, but I haven't seen the TOR AH to be quite as cutthroat as WoW's AH is. Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but it seems to me that TOR doesn't really need the gold farmer industry very much.
If that's the case, then perhaps that 9.1 million figure that Activision put out in their earnings call is actually lower --a lot lower-- when you remove the gold farmer accounts**.
WoW is the big dog of the MMO world, and the gold farmers will flock to it like bees to honey. Their numbers will only decline when their demand declines, and given the amount of announcements you get in the big cities, I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon. TOR, by comparison, is conspicuous in its lack of gold farmer spam. Other MMOs that don't have a large population, such as Age of Conan, still have plenty of gold spammers, but TOR doesn't. Part of that is due to no major city-spanning communication system like WoW's Trade Chat, but other than that I don't really know why TOR has less gold farmer spam.
The scenario that TOR has fewer proportional gold farmers than WoW is significant, because that means that the actual number of true, playing WoW subs is a lot lower than people realize. Which also means that if it's the actual WoW players who unsubbed, then WoW is in a bit more of a world of hurt than we believe.
Still, this is all water under the bridge since the definition of "true, playing WoW subs" probably is defined by Blizz as "a paying subscription." They can't afford to discriminate, unless the behavior of the sub is deemed malicious in intent. I'd argue that acts that participate in gold farming are "malicious in intent", but where you draw that line is kind of hazy. Merely farming mats like mad isn't enough for malicious intent, because anyone farming for a rare item would be guilty. Stealing accounts is malicious intent, but Blizz has to either be alerted to the theft or notice a pattern that tips them off that the account was stolen.
What all that means is that WoW needs gold farmers to keep their numbers up. Other MMOs do too, but none more than WoW. We can only conjecture as to how many accounts are gold farmer accounts, because Blizz itself probably doesn't know. You can bet that if they did know, they'd point that out in an earnings call, particularly if it was the gold farmers leaving the game.
Investors, however, aren't interested in gold farmers***; they only care about subscriptions. If subs go down, they want to know why. If they stay down, they want to know what Activision is going to do to bring them back up. People are slamming EA over TOR's subscription loss, and EA announced some major changes to the game in response. Blizzard's response to its sub loss is "Mists will fix this."
But will it?
Blizz hasn't had subscription loss like this before. At this time last release, Blizz was still riding high from the success of Wrath, and subs were either relatively flat or trending upward heading into Cataclysm. Whether you played or took a break is irrelevant, because the subs themselves only changed by a couple hundred thousand. Right now, things are going in the wrong direction for WoW, and if Mists only halts the bleeding, the investors will still be up in arms and demand a better response to the problem.
Higher sub prices? Maybe.
More gimmicks? Maybe.
More gold farmer friendly changes? Maybe they will. Subs are subs, no matter where they come from.
The saying goes to not bet against Blizzard, but Blizzard is now fighting its reputation as always being a 'safe haven'. These are uncharted waters, and even Blizzard can't see what's ahead in the fog. Maybe they'll find salvation in Pandaria, but maybe they'll just strike some rocks.
*Averaging about 45-55 a night on the two capital cities on Ysera, and about 100 in Org on A-52, which is 8:1 Horde dominated. I have poked into Stormwind on A-52, but it'd make you cry at how empty it is.
**That's both toons created for the purpose of gold farming as well as stolen accounts.
***As long as the farmers aren't engaged in illegal activity, that is.
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I've never, ever seen even the smallest sign of a gold farmer or seller in TOR. However, I also vaguely recall hearing somewhere around the time of the guild summit that they do exist, the game just has really strong measures against nipping that kind of thing in the bud. Make of that what you will.ReplyDelete
One would think that there should definitely be a demand for buying credits with real money, considering all the little perks and legacy upgrades that cost millions.Replies
I've not been playing long enough to say anything for certain, which is why I was ambiguous, but it sure does seem devoid of gold farmers.Delete
LOTRO is pretty empty of them too, but that's because their store does the gold farmer's work. With AoC, however, you can't not run into the gold farmers.
In my research on this, it seems that Warhammer Online suffered tremendously from gold farmer spam, and at least one blogger suggested that contributed to it's downfall. If that's the case, then EA learned something to keep it from happening in TOR.


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Sports fans from around the world flock to Louisville for the annual Kentucky Derby. Many know it as the "Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports," and the 120-second thoroughbred race truly has proven itself to be among the most exhilarating competitions in history. The event is held at the famous Churchill Downs racetrack on the first Saturday of each May. It's so beloved that the Kentucky city throws a huge festival to celebrate the derby - it features food and wine events, breathtaking fireworks displays and a plethora of other activities. With a Louisville car rental, you can partake in all the merrymaking that takes place across the metropolis. Prepare for your trip by learning more about the highlights:
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The focal point is, of course, the race, which has been running every year since 1875, making it the longest-running competition in the U.S. It features three-year-old thoroughbreds racing on a 1.5-mile course (the 20 participating equines are chosen from a group of the 450 most talented in the world). The winner, who is draped with a blanket of roses after crossing the finish line, gets to move on to the Preakness Stakes, which can lead to the chance to compete in the Belmont Stakes to take home the rarest of all horse racing prizes - the Triple Crown. Visitors may want to leave their Kentucky Derby car rental at their hotels when attending the race and take a shuttle (parking is limited and a spot must be reserved in advance).
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The Dallas Stars have sent forward Reilly Smith and newly acquired defenseman Joe Morrow to their AHL affiliate.
The moves Tuesday came two days after the Stars sent longtime captain Brenden Morrow to Pittsburgh for Joe Morrow in a trade that also involved draft picks.
The 21-year-old Smith has six points in 28 games with Dallas this season, including an assist in Monday's 7-4 loss to Minnesota. He has 27 points for the Texas Stars this season.
The 20-year-old Joe Morrow had 15 points in 57 games for Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He was a first-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2011.
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Les Mis Full-Length Trailer
The full length trailer for "Les Miserables," which stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham-Carter, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit and Samantha Barks, has finally arrived, and you can check it out. There's a lot more footage than we've seen before, with most of the principal cast getting to demonstrate their pipes, and Hooper's bold record-the-vocals on set approach seems to be paying off; there's real power and emotion behind the singing here, even from Crowe, who was the main question mark in our eyes.
"Les Miserables" opens on December 25th.
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MotorGuide Freshwater Xi5 Trolling Motor with Wireless Foot Pedal. Engineered for anglers, with wireless capabilities right out of the box!
Why turn fishing into rocket science? MotorGuide's Xi5 Trolling Motor makes wireless control simple. Right out of the box you get the power to command and control from anywhere on your boat!Wireless Pedal for Precise Control:
MotorGuide's wireless pedal provides outstanding motor control from anywhere on the boat. The intuitive, pro-style "heel-toe" operation controls steering that's extremely quiet, precise and 50% faster than the competition. Digital variable speed control enables exceptional low-speed trolling capability and longer run time. What else does theXi5 Trolling Motor have to offer? Plenty. It's reliable, quiet, easy to use and power-packed! Take a look and learn why it's the fisherman's choice!All-New Composite Shaft:
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MotorGuide's digital technology features durable cooler-running power electronics that are 50% more efficient. They also capture and store energy that is typically lost as heat. This improved efficiency means longer run time and fewer battery charges. Digital speed control delivers power, smoothly and incrementally, at the precise level needed by the operator.Low-Profile Mount:
An improved low-profile mount is all about form and function. The base uses anodized aluminum to prevent corrosion. The hardware components are stainless steel throughout, including the linkage that's built to be extra tough. The unique stow and deploy mechanism aligns and guides the motor into the stowed position and secures it in place. For added safety, a secondary lock prevents unintentional deployment and potential damage.Powerful Dual Blade Propeller:
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NuForce Introduces DDA-100, a Digital Integrated Amplifier for Computer and Home Audio with Exquisite Minimalist Design and High-End Audiophile-Grade Sound Quality
By virtue of an advanced adaptation of Class-D design, digital music files are converted directly to analog sound within the final amplifier stage. No DAC- no jitter. Just pure sound.
Milpitas, Calif. - NuForce, Inc., a leader in professional and consumer audio gear, introduces a direct-digital integrated amplifier, DDA-100, that marks a new juncture in digital sound. The innovative new design converts the digital audio signal into analog form at the last possible stage-the PWM amplifier output-giving listeners the same level of performance as far much more expensive audio gear. The DDA-100's inherently low distortion and noise floor remain in the digital domain from beginning to end, resulting in a remarkably wide dynamic range, crystalline clarity and amazing detail-all for an affordable price.
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whitecastle142 (3.5)Though the band's self-proclaimed return to their roots supplies some solid tracks, it see...PistolPete (4)In Chevelle we trust....StlPaulL (3.5)I hope this "radio rock" is exactly that, perhaps I'll have a reason to turn on my radio....GwyntTywyll (3.5)Chevelle is back and ready to rock with another solid release, but don't expect anything m...
Bwgrotha1s (4)The new tricks this old dog learned in 2009 haven't been forgotten.....PostMesmeric (4)Chevelle's superb return to their roots abandons goofy lyrics and experimental composition...Axel (2.5)Chevelle do nothing in 2011...
Album Rating: 3.0pos'd for similar feelings towards the album. but I wouldn't really call this just "hard rock". led zeppelin was hard rock.
Album Rating: 5.0i feel like you're trying to think up a good reason for why you didn't love it when "i didn't love it" would have been more than good enough... i don't believe anybody could actually believe what you convey in your first paragraph. the rest of the review is great. pos.
Album Rating: 3.5Great review, and I totally agree!
Album Rating: 3.0"Remember "Vitamin R," or perhaps "The Clincher"? Said songs damn near defined their respective albums"
Not trying to hate, but those are on the same album ("respective" implies that they are on diff albums) :P
Maybe change "The Clincher" to "Seeing Red" or "Send The Pain Below" so that this sentence makes more sense.
Album Rating: 3.0it's The Red, not Seeing Red
Album Rating: 3.0With all due respect, you're expecting too much from an average mainstream rock band, Xeno.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffNeed add prog. metal to their alt. sound and we`ll get the best thing in genre.
Album Rating: 3.0yeah it's the red, sorry. lol @ me messing up while correcting
review's got flow man. you always have flow lol
i like this
Album Rating: 3.3I totally agree with this review. Their worst album since their debut.
Album Rating: 4.0Good review Xeno. I haven't heard this yet, but I expected this to be just another Chevelle record anyway,. Luckily, I am a-okay with that so I'm sure I'll like it based on the songs they've already released.
Album Rating: 4.0Oh and after giving this its first spin, about this album not having a standout cut that defines it, I do think that Clones could theoretically be that cut. Absolutely loved that closer.
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffTheir worst album is the previous one. Maybe that`s not Chevelle`s best work, but as was said in this review there are some excellent songs like Envy and The Meddler. This band makes a solid music.
Good album
Digging: Way Out West - Intensify
Album Rating: 3.0This is the best review written of it so far. I can definitely see where you're going with it, but I would probably hold off on feeling that way until they release another samey album.
Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off"Fifteen years into their career and Chevelle are still one of the few hard rock/alternative metal acts still worth a damn"
This 10x
finally listening to this, initial listen suggests this is better than sci-fi crimes for sure. Envy is reallyyy awesome
Album Rating: 3.0I think the standout tracks are what really make Chevelle good. Vitamin R and The Clincher, Send the Pain Below and Closure, Sleep Apnea and Letter From a Thief, Brainiac and Straight Jacket Fasion... I can't name 2 songs on here that are on the same level.
Album Rating: 3.0"It's largely alright"
The meddler is such an awesome song my favorite on the album!
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Saga Line: The End
July 6, 2004, 03:07 PM »
Although some of us may not have all of the figures from this line that we want, and are still searching (General Lando, where are you?
)...with the last waves of Saga making their way through stores, and some OTC being found at various parts of the country now....we can begin to start to talk about the Saga line as a whole. Did you find everything you wanted (or are you still looking)? How would you grade the line overall? What were the strong or weak points? Finally, what are your favorite figures, ships, beasts, etc. from the line (1, 5, 10, however many you'd like to list)?
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July 6, 2004, 03:21 PM »
It was really hit and miss, can't complain about 2004 at all really. Endor Han was a disappointment and so was some of the wonky articulation they chose to do, and Hoth Rebel Soldier...well. The other downside is the crap plastic used in the weapons and some atrocious paint apps. But an awesome group of new figures topped off with some much requested vintage remakes.
2003 had some good apology figures but was again hit and miss with a lot of rehashes and focusing mainly on the prequels. The action features were still there which wrecked some potentially cool figures like Throne Room Luke and Darth. Oh...and lest we forget they started recarding old figures in 2004.
2002...not sure what to say. Some of them are top shelf sort of stuff, I look at a lot of those April 23 figures and laugh at how bad they were and hope Hasbro really is delivering on the promise of giving us some super awesome Episode III figures
They did not transition well from 2001 to 2002 and we all here hope they learn from their mistakes and don't repeat them (action features, preposed, no articulation, overproduced
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July 6, 2004, 04:11 PM »
I still looking for a few waves which came out during the latter part of 2003 and early 2004. I think I have found most but not all of the figures I still need. (Have to check my list to see what went out and if I have it). I not sure on what my favorite figures I figure Ephant Mon was one of them. THe line in a whole I liked except for the Action Feature of the April 23 figures.
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July 6, 2004, 05:20 PM »
I'm not sure where to go with this.
I loved the early 2002 stuff, simply because it showed up at stores. Sadly, some of it is still there
and not just Jar-Jar, which they have finally and mercifully marked down to $1.99. There were some ok figures, but had I known that so many of them would be repacked into the 4 packs, I could have easily passed on many.
2003 was a blur, spent begging and borrowing from the good folks in the US. Thank goodness for McFarlane for trading stuff. Honestly, I can't remember much of 2003. How sad.
2004 has been interesting, but so many recards and wonky distribution yet again. Even the new Tie pilot is a bit of a disappointment to me. It's nice enough, but I just don't feel it's a huge improvement, which is precisely what remakes should be - a substantial step up. The action figures didn't die soon enough. One of my most anticipated figures was the throne room Luke that Scott mentioned. But the face sculpt sucks and the action figure doesn't work, aside from being generally annoying.
Favorites? Not many, my last year has been dominated by vintage even though I've obtained every modern figure released in that time. The Hoth droid from the four pack is nice. The 12" biker scout is a very nice piece. Gold leader is actually really nifty too, becomes a dramatically different figure with the helmet on. The Super Articulated Clone trooper is very nice.
Overall though my favorite line out of the Saga era is actually the non-animated clone wars figures. I know, different section dweeb-boy. Still, the ARC troopers are neat, even Mexican Yoda doesn't suck that badly once released from the plastic. Now if only they'd released the clone trooper armor version of Obi...
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July 13, 2004, 02:28 PM »
I have been working on re-arranging my collection, to make room for both OTC/VOTC stuff, as well as some new Spidey stuff I've gotten lately, and have been getting closer looks at a few things from the Saga line. One thing in particular is the Trash Compactor sets. To be honest, I was really excited about picking these up when they came out...and they were tough to find around here...but now, when I look at it, I'm not all that impressed. The Han figure isn't too bad (if it had better/different articulation, it would be ok)...but pretty much the rest of them aren't that great. Chewie is a one-pose wonder, Luke has his eyes closed, and Leia's face sculpt (at least on mine) is especially crap-tastic. Plus, since I took the whole thing apart to pack away for our moving, I still haven't been able to get it all back together quite right (although I haven't taken a lot of time to I guess). It is a pain to move, since everything basically falls out/apart whenever it is moved at all. Anyways, I'm not usually one to complain much...but just something I was thinking about...venting. The set is not as good as I initially had hoped. I'd still be up for a resculpt of both the Han and Luke Stormtrooper figures because of this set.
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July 13, 2004, 03:34 PM »
that's part of the reason I don't open stuff like that. Tiny little hands (or machines) went to a lot of effort to put items into particular places/poses. Multipacks I seldom open up, including two packs, the old cinema scenes and even these trash compactor sets. Still not sure what I will do with the Jedi council. As a circle, it will need more space to display, so I'm less keen on that. I'm thinking of stacking vertically, like I probably will with the Target sets.
You call it schizophrenic, I call it eclectic.
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July 13, 2004, 03:40 PM »
That's a good idea, and makes sense Brent. I should have just left them in the boxes they came in. Like you said, with things like that it is just easier. I have my council opened up, because I wanted to put them together...but you are right, the whole "circle" is going to take up a mess of room. But, at least they aren't quite as much of a pain to get in the right places, or to stand right. That is a good idea though, leaving things such as that packaged.
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July 13, 2004, 05:26 PM »
My Saga opinion...
Overall, it was a 50/50 line at best I'd say... Improvements made were marred by many mistakes made. Quality was all over the board. Availability was, pretty much, the only 100% plus because I have pretty well found everything except that last wave, which Paul Mundheim shared his extras with me so other than doubles for customs I'm cool on them.
I even saw the dreaded Ephant Mon twice... That's twice more than some did though.
I feel Clone Wars was tougher to find, as there were figures in that series I saw not once, some I only saw one time and one of (SA Clone) and some which I saw twice or so but flew off the shelves quickly (2nd wave). THAT is a line that could do with a 4th series or more I think.
Saga though had lots of goodness, especially in the latter end here... Jedi Luke, Dengar, Antilles, Dodonna, TIE Pilot, "Dutch", etc... I mean, who'd have thought we'd get all 3 Rebel Generals in one figure line, and actually within 6 months of each other or so? WOw!
There WERE some other figures I never saw... I never saw Palp's figure, and the McTrooper. I blame that one on Retail 100% as they did their usual moronic ooverordering at the build-up to X-Mas and that wave just got screwed...
But while Saga had the hits I mentioned above, they also leaked out crap like the Hoth Rebel Soldier, and pretty much 50% (and that's being lenient) of the figures from April 23rd '02 on there till the Hoth Han and TRD Luke/Vader supposedly marked the end of Action Features...
If you're talking percentages then, I'd say POTJ was superior to Saga. They were a much shorter line though, and much more comparable to just the tail-end of Saga.
OTC cards should've started last year... That's really what I'm thinking right now.
We could forget Saga and have had these dreamy new card figures then for all those kick-ass figures from Saga's demise.
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July 13, 2004, 06:16 PM »
The Saga line was great. We saw some of the greatest figures ever made in the Star Wars line, including Ephant Mon, Bespin Luke, Coleman Trebor, Poggle the Lesser, Hoth Luke, and Skiff Lando. We got lots of cool 'upgrade' figs (IE Hoth Han, Snowtrooper, Dengar, Jabba) with the right amount of focus placed on background characters (IE Djas Puhr, Orn Free Taa, J'Quille, Rappertunie). On a sidenote, damn those action features to hell.
A big bonus with Saga figures (which is rarely mentioned) is the fact that Hasbro didn't skimp in regards to pack-in accessories. With the Saga line, we got cool accessories, bases, and stands with our figures. It was nice to see cinema scenes make a comeback in the form of screen scenes. Unfortunately, they seemed to warm toy shelves everywhere.
Saga vehicles seemed to sell very well, especially the Landspeeder, Dagobah X-Wing, and initially, the Republic Gunship. It was a real shame that Hasbro released Zam Wesell's speeder and Anakin's speeder
making figures that could fit in the cockpit properly. As always, the 12" line pretty much sucked. Unleashed statues, however, seem to be a huge success, which was spawned during the Saga years.
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July 20, 2004, 10:45 AM »
I'd say that SAGA was the best thing since the late POTF2 days. We got so much variety, with all new articulation/sculpting standards that I don't think we got with POTJ. The thing that was a let-down though would be the lack of prequel figures later on, as well as a total lack of playsets.
Did we even see any prequel stuff after the CW stuff?
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July 20, 2004, 10:55 AM »
Quote from: CHEWIE on July 20, 2004, 10:45 AM
Did we even see any prequel stuff after the CW stuff?
Just the HoF Figures (Maul, Anakin, Yoda, Obi-Wan) are the only Saga figures I can remember that came near or after the CW stuff, and those were re-packs and not new figures.
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I was practicing with the trainer's kite, took a land lesson, and last weekend took the water lesson. During the land lesson I obviously discovered that the trainer's kite has little in common with the real kite. The water lesson is where I finally had a chance learning how to control the kite I practiced only for 20-30 minutes during the land lesson, and even with a totally different kite (the land lesson was with a C-kite, water lesson with a bow kite).
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Hi, I'm new to kitesurfing but not power kites.
Let's get this out of the way, please don't suggest for me to go take some classes and wipe my snot off my face. That's not what I'm asking you for and you will only make me hate you for sounding like a salesman. I have friends who kitesurf and that's the end of that.
Now onwards with the gear.
Style: freeride, jumping (hangtime), and a little bit of non-competitive racing (I like to go fast if it's safe). I will most likely stay away from riding waves as a novice. I don't want to do any tricks or be a show off, there are too many other things I could be doing instead of injuring myself and doing none at all.
I go to UC Santa Cruz, but I am around in the bay area during the weekends, I have a car, so Alameda is most likely my destination choice at least while I'm still a novice.
I'm 6' 5" @ 175lbs and have some lower back pain occasionally.
I have limited funds but I'm willing to pay for quality, comfort and safety over quantity and rags. That most likely means that I will buy only 1 new kite this season along with other required equipment.
Kite: (I've been suggested 12m and that's what I'm leaning towards from reading some forums.)
Naish Draft (1st choice so far)
Ozone Edge or Catalyst
F-One Bandit 6?
North Rebel or Fuse (but I read Fuse might have issues with bladder air retention)
I decided against Cabrinha because they appear to be expensive and I'm not impressed.
I would like good kite depower so I'll have less chances for an accident.
Board: (I have no clue what the differences between the boards are even after looking at many of them)
Please recommend a board based on technical characteristics not looks.
I'm guessing that I'd need a 141-144cm board.
I'm planning to try some on in the local shops, because I know that a body around the waist and hips is very different between people, so I want a good fit.
What I'm not sure about is whether I should get a seat harness (supposedly better for my back pain) or a waist harness.
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I have a wet suite from body boarding, 4/3mm.
I also have 2mm socks.
I don't have a hood, but I'm not sure that I'll need one, do I?
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The only limitation to upgrading involves a Solaris Flash archive. When you use a Solaris Flash archive to install, an archive that contains non-global zones is not properly installed on your system.
Changes to accommodate systems that have non-global zones installed are summarized below.
For the Solaris interactive installation program, you can upgrade or patch a system when non-global zones are installed with CDs, as well as DVDs. Or you can use a network installation image for either the DVD or CDs. Previously, you were limited to upgrading with a DVD. The time to upgrade or patch might be extensive, depending on the number of non-global zones that are installed.
For an automated JumpStart installation, you can upgrade or patch with any keyword that applies to an upgrade or patching. In previous releases, a limited number of keywords could be used. The time to upgrade or patch might be extensive, depending on the number of non-global zones that are installed.
For Solaris Live Upgrade, you can upgrade or patch a system that contains non-global zones. If you have a system that contains non-global zones, Solaris Live Upgrade is the recommended upgrade program or program to add patches. Other upgrade programs might require extensive upgrade time, because the time required to complete the upgrade increases linearly with the number of installed non-global zones. If you are patching a system with Solaris Live Upgrade, you do not have to take the system to single-user mode and you can maximize your system's uptime.
Solaris Live Upgrade creates a copy of the OS on the inactive boot environment. The inactive boot environment can be upgraded or patched when non-global zones are installed. The inactive boot environment can then be booted to become the new boot environment. Changes to accommodate systems that have non-global zones installed are the following:
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These three packages comprise the software needed to upgrade by using Solaris Live Upgrade. These packages include existing software, new features, and bug fixes. If you do not install these packages on your system before using Solaris Live Upgrade, upgrading to the target release fails.
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Comparing boot environments is enhanced. The lucompare command now generates a comparison of boot environments that includes the contents of any non-global zone.
Listing file systems with the lufslist command is enhanced to display a list of file systems for both the global zone and the non-global zones.
For step-by-step procedures for upgrading a system with non-global zones installed or for information on the Solaris Zones partitioning technology, see the following references.
For More Information
Upgrading with Solaris Live Upgrade on a system with non-global zones
Chapter 9, Upgrading the Solaris OS on a System With Non-Global Zones Installed, in Solaris 10 8/07 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
Creating and using non-global zones
System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones
Upgrading with JumpStart
Solaris 10 8/07 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
Upgrading with the Solaris installation interactive GUI
This feature is new in the following releases:
For SPARC, starting with the Solaris 10 10/06 release
For x86, starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release
The sysidkdb tool configures your USB language and its corresponding keyboard layout.
The following procedure occurs:
If the keyboard is self-identifying, the keyboard language and layout automatically configures during installation.
If the keyboard is not self-identifying, the sysidkdb tool provides you, during the installation, a list of supported keyboard layouts during installation, so that you can select a layout for keyboard configuration.
SPARC: Previously, the USB keyboard assumed a self-identifying value of 1 during the installation. Therefore, all of the keyboards that were not self-identifying always configured for a U.S. English keyboard layout during installation.
PS/2 keyboards are not self-identifying. You are asked to select the keyboard layout during the installation.
If the keyboard is not self-identifying and you want to prevent being prompted during your JumpStart installation, select the keyboard language in your sysidcfg file. For JumpStart installations, the default is for the U.S. English language. To select another language and its corresponding keyboard layout, set the keyboard keyword in your sysidcfg file.
For more information, see one of the following:
Preconfiguring With the sysidcfg File in Solaris 10 8/07 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations
sysidtool(1M) man page
sysidcfg(4) man page
Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, the NFS version 4 domain can now be defined during the installation of the Solaris OS. Previously, the NFS domain name was defined during the first system reboot after installation.
This new feature affects installation as follows:
The sysidtool command includes an enhanced sysidnfs4 program. The sysidnfs4 program now runs during the installation process to determine whether an NFSv4 domain has been configured for the network.
For further information, see the sysidtool(1M) and sysidnfs4(1M) man pages.
During an interactive installation, the user is provided with the default NFSv4 domain name that is automatically derived from the OS. The user can accept this default. Or, the user can specify a different NFSv4 domain.
As part of a Solaris JumpStart installation, a new keyword is available in the sysidcfg file. The user can now assign a value for the NFSv4 domain by using the new keyword, nfs4_domain.
For further information about this new keyword, see the sysidnfs4(1M) man page. This man page also provides an example of how to use this new keyword
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"Once black with oil, the Kalamazoo River runs clear now. But EPA orders dredging and says it will be years before the spill's long-term effects are known."
"The Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich. is a place of serenity these days. It ripples lazily past new parks and boat launches, past red barns and corn fields, past hikers and children in tire swings. Fish do somersaults and land with a splash. Dragonflies dart about like trapeze artists.
The only clues to the environmental disaster that occurred here three years ago are subtle ones. The rainbow sheens of oil that occasionally surface. The collection booms that still stretch across parts of the river. The riverside kiosks stocked with pamphlets titled "What Should I Do If I Come Into Contact With Oil?"
It was near Marshall that an aging oil pipeline burst on July 25, 2010 and spilled more than one million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. It was the largest inland oil pipeline spill in U.S. history, and its effects can still be seen today in the river and in the lives of the people who live near it. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates as much as 180,000 gallons of oil still lie on the river bottom and some of it is moving toward a Superfund site."
David Hasemyer reports for InsideClimate News July 25, 2013.


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EAST STROUDSBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell pushed for greater disclosure from East Stroudsburg University officials in the wake of a lawsuit alleging a former top administrator sexually harassed students and that other high-ranking officials covered it up.
EAST STROUDSBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell pushed for greater disclosure from East Stroudsburg University officials in the wake of a lawsuit alleging a former top administrator sexually harassed students and that other high-ranking officials covered it up.
"These are serious charges," Rendell told the students who gathered on the ground floor of the Science and Technology Center on Thursday. "You have the right to know why this was allowed to go on."
Rendell's comments, delivered to 200 restive ESU students, offered them their first and, thus far, only face-to-face comments by a public official since the explosive complaint was filed Feb. 13.
Rendell came to the campus to tout his proposal to defray the cost of tuition by legalizing video poker in bars and taverns and taxing the proceeds.
But a swell of students gathered earlier in the afternoon on the campus quad to protest the administration's relative silence on the suit and the controversy, and they came to the Science and Technology Center to demand answers.
Rendell and ESU moved the guests for the invited event on tuition relief into the next room, and addressed the scandal first. He also defended his decision to eliminate funding for the Scranton State School for the Deaf.
One current and five former ESU students filed a lawsuit alleging that Isaac Sanders, the former vice president of advancement and executive director of the private ESU Foundation provided gifts, scholarships and jobs in exchange for unwanted attempts at sexual intimacy.
The suit also names other top campus officials, including President Robert Dillman, for allegedly quashing internal investigations into Sanders' purported misconduct.
Joe Caviston, a senior and one of two students who asked Rendell questions, told the governor that he and other students wanted Dillman to address the allegations beyond an e-mail he sent out to students, staff and faculty Tuesday. Dillman's statement said that legal procedures meant that he could not comment now, but that he promised to do so when appropriate.
"Why should we feel safe going to anyone on campus if the president won't talk to us?" Caviston asked.
"I'll talk to him," Rendell said. "I'll urge (Dillman) to engage."
Rendell, a former Philadelphia prosecutor, also described as "criminal" the allegations made against Sanders in the lawsuit. "If it's true," Rendell said, "it's a criminal act."
He also reminded the crowd not to draw conclusions about guilt or innocence of Sanders, Dillman or anyone else before there has been formal due process.
"You don't want justice to be served by people who are calling for your head," he said.
Rendell promised to send a delegation from the board of governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), which oversees ESU, to come to the campus for a confidential session. "You're entitled to get your ideas across," he said. "The (PASSHE) board are the only people who can take action a macro level."
Rendell also said that a PASSHE-initiated investigation would wrap up in the next two to three days. It was launched last summer after two internal ESU probes found no grounds for action against Sanders.


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The beautiful seaside village of Scarborough is a vibrant, lively precinct where something is always happening.
At the northern end of the Redcliffe Peninsula, the Scarborough Boat Harbour is always a hive of activity. Many tour operators launch from here, as well as the vehicular ferries that service Moreton Island. Nearby Newport Marina is also home to a number of cruise, scuba charter and fishing experience tour operators.
Fresh seafood is synonymous with Scarborough; many visitors make the trek to enjoy a gourmet feast or a more casual outdoor meal of fish and chips.
Scarborough was dubbed home to 'Australia's Friendliest Beach' in 2004 in the Keep Australia Beautiful Clean Beach challenge. The beach area and its surrounding esplanades and parks are enjoyed by family groups picnicking and playing, swimmers, water sports enthusiasts, walkers, cyclists and even parachuters who often use the beach as a landing zone.
Children will especially love the themed playgrounds of Pirate Place and Railway Place at Scarborough Beach Park with its amazing play equipment and large cottonwood climbing trees. Railway Place has been specially designed so that all young people, including children with disabilities, can explore and enjoy. Jamieson Park's with its northern views to Deception Bay and the Glass House Mountains also has facilities perfect for family outings enabling more people to enjoy a day at this delightful spot.
Scarborough is about an hour's drive from the centre of Brisbane.
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[Intro: Joey BadA$$]
Check it, word word
What's the word word
Yeah, check!
[Joey BadA$$]
Just got word from my mans on the island, he said he needed guidance
Niggas on the streets is wilding, he look to God but can't find him
So he demand silence from the glaring sirens
The sympathy symphony, only thing playing is the banned violence
No lying niggas just won't let go the iron
They wanna burn your molecules until you let go ions
Treat beef like they let go lions
So don't eye 'em they get the wrong message, wrong methods
Put you on that long stretcher
Too much pressure God bless ya when the semi wet'cha
They told me "more dress-up" I'm giving too many lectures
And I'm putting in too many effort in my nouns and verbs
Like "they gon' catch up" fuck what you must heard!
But I done puffed enough herb
To be listening to young birds and dumb nerds
I got enough shit on my mind
So I don't need to be stressing and shine, it's fine
[Ref: Joey BadA$$]
One day I'm trying have a wife and kids
So I just can't live my life like this
And I ain't trying to learn what lifeless is
So I just can't live my life like this
I want the gold chains and diamond rings
But I just can't live my life like this
And sometimes I just wanna light this spliff
But I just can't live my life like this
[CJ Fly]
Just got a collect call from up top
My cousin called me and what not
The motto never changed it's still fuck cops
We went from having lunch in our lunchbox
Our lungs was hot whenever we'd puff pot
We'd touch blocks and end up having to duck shots
But fuck dat, ain't trying live that life no more
My mind corrupted but my heart is still pure
Gotta be brave can't be afraid
Braids and waves never matter when you catch the fade
Trapped in a maze and your faith is your only escape
Fuck a priest's opinion, knock the hinges off of Heaven's gates
Trying to share my cells with my mate, not share a cell with mates
Wrecking shit with my recklessness
The L get lit that's when I start second guessing shit
Thinking 'bout Ty and then I reminisce
What you thought you niggas could've fuck me over
Never nigga guess again
I'm street so cross me like pedestrians
And that's gon' be the end of it, straight revoking your membership
[Joey BadA$$]
Niggas wanna know what I'm about
I'm bout blowing loud on the block sporty
Glock 40 in a politician mouth
I take the competition out, commission wit' my composition
Who the kid spitting behind the bars like a con position
Gotta give 'em time to listen
They'll soon bump to it they'll like me
I kick it like Nike they'll soon adjust to it
But if you hate I know you must do it
I ain't mad at you I keep my attitude on "screw it a million bucks should do it"
I'm out for presidents to represent me
Yo chick keep messaging me, who the bestest MC? They be mentioning me
Too hot, I be molesting the beat, fuck math
Teachers should teach us to get Smith & Wesson's off the street
So first class be a lesson for me
Fuck what you teaching for some regents, I'm flying over regions
Reaching, all time highs where Jesus can't reach us
Step to me and get the recipe to make you rest in peace
This is for my niggas, killers, hundred dollar billers
On the block in the rock spot, Glock cocked watching out for cops
All about their cheddar, young guns know nothing that's better
Like fuck a prison letter, those Beretta's led us to the lettuce
Relish fetishes, menaces want the senator's percentages
If you ain't prejudice you still a nemesis
Smoking on the Clematis, get open like a present is
Now your presence is on the premises for them presidents
My city be the genesis for where they think the terror is
They linking terrorists from the Stuy then Lincoln Terraces
Stay on that reckless shit, they leave you left for the dead
Kids don't play they'll erase your head in a race for the bread
Children on the corners slinging some regs, popping some meds
Jakes be so deep in cover they be chasing the feds
I be back stage gripping haze breaking my leg
My folks was making the best when they was naked in bed, muthafucka
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- World Domination
- Killuminati feat. Capital..
- Daily Routine
- Where It'$ At
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- Righteous Minds
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Bristol Mountain Winter Resort opens Tuesday at 9 a.m. for the new season.
With the cold and snowy weather that has hit the region, Bristol Mountain Winter Resort is opening even earlier than expected for its milestone 50th season — the resort opens Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 9 a.m.
"The recent arctic blast from Canada has enabled our mountain operations team to get a jump on snowmaking this year," said Bristol's new Mountain Manager Paul Trippi.
To mark the anniversary, a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at the Comet Express chairlift prior to the 9 a.m. lift start. Upper and Lower Rocket trails will be open for those with advanced level skills.
As conditions permit, the resort's remaining trails will open as the season kicks into high gear over the coming weeks.
The 2013-14 operating season is scheduled for Nov. 26 to April 6. Night Season will be from December 13 to March 9, with extended hours until 10 p.m.
Special events and entertainment are planned during the season to celebrate the half-century mark. This Wednesday, Nov. 27, Flying Boxcars will provide musical entertainment for a 50th Anniversary Après Ski event in the Satellite Lounge from 4-7p.m. Carver's Kitchen will be open with a limited menu during the same time period. Season pass-holders, day guests, and employees are invited to join in this season kick-off.
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Each month, the NSF Current newsletter highlights research and education efforts supported by the National Science Foundation. If you would like to automatically receive notifications by e-mail or RSS when future editions of NSF Current are available, please use the links below:
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A set of seven identical advanced robotic-surgery systems produced with NSF support were shipped last month to major U.S. medical research laboratories, creating a network of systems using a common platform. The network is designed to make it easy for researchers to share software, replicate experiments and collaborate in other ways.
Robotic surgery has the potential to enable new surgical procedures that are less invasive than existing techniques. The developers of the Raven II system made the decision to share it as the best way to move the field forward--though it meant giving competing laboratories tools that had taken them years to develop.
"We decided to follow an open-source model, because if all of these labs have a common research platform for doing robotic surgery, the whole field will be able to advance more quickly," said Jacob Rosen, associate professor of computer engineering at the University of California-Santa Cruz. Rosen and Blake Hannaford, director of the University of Washington Biorobotics Laboratory, led the team that built the Raven system, initially with a U.S. Army grant. NSF funded development of a new generation of the system and the production of the seven identical sets.
The equipment is at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Nebraska, University of California-Berkeley, and University of California-Los Angeles, in addition to the developers' own universities. Once installed, the systems will be networked over the Internet for collaborative experiments. This work was supported by NSF grants 0957082 and 0958441. Read more.
On January 23, 2012, the sun spit out a huge ball of flame--the largest solar flare recorded since October 2003. The timing and strength of the solar storm were accurately forecast by the nation's Space Weather Prediction Center, using computer models that rely on continuous observations made by the NSF-funded National Solar Observatory (NSO).
Solar activity requires vigilance because solar flares and geomagnetic storms have the potential for disabling electronic technologies, such as GPS and telecommunications systems, here on Earth. The January solar flare--or coronal mass ejection, a large, fast-moving clump of electrically charged particles traveling through space--required the rerouting of several airplane flights near Earth's northern polar region to avoid increased radiation levels.
Read more and watch a movie of the solar flare in action, captured by the NSO's Global Oscillation Network Group at a station in Udaipur, India. NSO instruments have been monitoring and providing images of the sun's activity since the 1950s.
Despite brutal cold and lingering darkness, life is surprisingly active in the frigid waters off Alaska, even in winter. Scientists aboard an NSF-funded research cruise discovered, contrary to expectations, that microscopic creatures at the base of the Arctic food chain are not dormant.
Working aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy for six weeks, the researchers were surprised to find zooplankton--microscopic organisms that drift in the ocean and bodies of fresh water--actively feeding at low rates. The organism were detected in an area of the globe seldom visited in winter and poorly understood by scientists.
The researchers, from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, were joined by Ohio high-school teacher Chantelle Rose, who sent journal reports home to her school, detailing the wind, waves and wind chills that reached -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Read more in this NSF press release.
On February 13, NSF Director Subra Suresh revealed a $7.373-billion budget request for the agency for fiscal year (FY) 2013, which represents a 5-percent increase over the FY 2012 enacted budget level. The budget plan emphasizes that new knowledge resulting from federal investments in science and technology is needed to ensure the nation's continued prosperity and competitiveness.
The request includes investments for fundamental research, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, sustainability and education initiatives. The budget request and supporting documents are here.
With the presidential campaign in full swing, it seems like new poll numbers flash on our television screens every day. Vincent Hutchings--a political scientist at the University of Michigan--knows better than most people what goes into the public opinion polls that help measure who's up and who's down among the candidates and where the public stands on important societal issues.
Hutchings is part of the NSF-funded American National Election Studies project, which conducts its own surveys of citizen views, collecting data that help explain why Americans vote the way they do on Election Day. The studies have helped researchers examine voter behavior and attitudes from more than six decades of presidential elections.
Hutchings says it's possible for campaign pollsters to draw a surprisingly accurate picture of the opinions of a large group of people, using "random sampling"--the statistical method of surveying a small, randomly assembled segment of that group. He points out that, when reading poll results, it's important to be aware of the "fine print," including how the poll was conducted, the size of the sample, and the margin of error. Despite the small level of uncertainty, Hutchings says, polls are a vital part of the electoral process.
"The reason that opinion polls are important, particularly in the United States, is because we are a democracy," Hutchings says. "Public opinion polls provide us with a way, absent an actual election, to discern where the public stands on various issues."
Learn more in this video.
Machine Can Tell if Plants' Genes are Modified by Watching Them Grow (Popular Science) To explore how gene expressions affect plants, Wisconsin plant physiologist Edgar Spalding creates time-lapse movies of plant root growth with an NSF-funded, 6-foot-high robotic camera.
Growth Spurt at Bolivian Volcano is Fertile Ground for Study (The New York Times) The Andean volcano Uturuncu--dormant for 300,000 years--is steadily inflating and could potentially become a "supervolcano." An NSF-funded team is taking radio-wave measurements.
It Adds Up (Philadelphia Inquirer) Design Zone, an exhibition funded by NSF, illustrates the relationship between math and the fields of art, music and engineering.
Sound Investment: Temple Team Advances Use of Noise to Purify Water (National Public Radio) Researchers at the NSF-supported Water and Environmental Technology Center are using sound to purify water. Their aim is to make it easier to clean up chemicals in industrial waste and runoff.
"The Tree of Life," starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, earned an Academy Award nomination for best cinematography--thanks partly to the science behind the big screen. At the heart of the film are sequences of the early universe, based on real data. The Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the NSF-supported National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, teamed up with the film crew and an astronomer to generate two of the film's spectacular visual sequences--the appearance of the first stars in the cold, dark universe and a flight through a galaxy.
The team employed state-of-the-art computational science to help "create an experience beyond what any other film could provide," says lab director Donna Cox. Using a cluster of computers with about 200 processors and a 9,600-processor supercomputer named Abe, Cox's team generated animated visualizations of data from their lab and from the lab of astronomy professor Volker Bromm, an NSF grantee working at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. The animations are on-screen for about a minute in the cinematic release.
Light pollution threatens not only our ability to see starlight, but can affect energy consumption, wildlife and health, according to scientists. The NSF-supported GLOBE at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution. During two upcoming periods, March 13-22 and April 11-20, citizens are invited to measure the night-sky brightness and report their observations via the program's web app, using their computer or smart phone.
The campaign has run for two weeks each winter or spring for the past six years. People in 115 countries have contributed more than 70,000 measurements, making GLOBE at Night one of the most successful light-pollution awareness campaigns. Learn more from audio podcasts posted on January 1, February 1 and March 1, available on iTunes at 365 Days of Astronomy.
The radio spectrum is an increasingly valuable and scarce resource, needed for applications that include cell phones, mobile broadband, aviation, GPS and defense, as well as scientific research. The International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations, held a World Radiocommunication Conference early this year to update the global regulations for use of the radio spectrum. NSF program officers Tomas Gergely and Andrew Clegg joined the accredited U.S. delegation to represent the radio-spectrum interests of NSF-funded science and engineering activities, helping to obtain:
- Improved protections for the use of spectrum from 275 GHz to 3 THz, a frequency range used, for example, by the new NSF-supported ALMA radio astronomy facility in Chile.
- New global frequency bands for ocean radars, which can remotely monitor ocean currents out to 100 miles or more, and which may eventually be used for tsunami warning and predicting the path of vessels or persons lost at sea.
- Future consideration of the spectrum needs of small satellites, such as the innovative, NSF-funded Cubesat projects now being used to monitor and understand the Earth-space environment.
- Consideration of the needs of radio astronomy in the 76-81 GHz band, which the automotive industry would also like to use to accommodate vehicular radars for collision avoidance, self-parking and other purposes. Such radars, when operating near radio observatories, could interfere with astronomical observations.


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'Pretty Little Liars' Spoilers: What Will Spencer and Hanna Have to Deal With in Season 5? [PHOTOS]
Since poor Aria went through so much in 'Pretty Little Liars' Season 4 (what with her boyfriend betraying her and getting shot and all), it sounds like Hanna and Spencer will be dealing with the bulk of the troubles come Season 5.
Keep reading to find out some spoiler-y information about what is in store for two of our Liars.
Hanna will be dealing with the troubles in her romantic life, like the upcoming love triangle Ashley Benson teased between Hanna, current love interest Travis and former love interest Caleb, who is returning in the 100th episode.
Benson shared a photo of herself and her co-stars together on Instagram, merely writing the teasing caption, "love triangle."
It sounds like it's going to be rough season for Hanna. As Benson previously revealed, "Hanna's going through it this season. Can't wait for y'all to see what happens."
The writers have also teased that there might be a Caleb/Alison love triangle and that the two may share a kiss. Poor Hanna sounds like she's in for a rough time.
Spencer meanwhile will not be dealing with problems of the heart, but problems with her family.
As the Hastings patriarch played by Norman Buckley teased, "Hastings, Hastings and Hastings. Hastings family dysfunction. #Myfavoritestoryline #Spinoff" which he wrote in an Instagram caption along with a photo of his fictional family.
Could it have something to do with Melissa's reveal to her father (but not the audience) that she knows who killed the girl in Ali's grave?
Spencer herself (Troian Bellisario) said something dark definitely lies beneath this family's exterior.
'PLL' will return to ABC Family on June 10 at 8PM ET. Much to the chagrin of the very tortured Hanna and Spencer.