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With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, traders are trying to figure out how energy markets will be affected.
One trader was positioning himself to take advantage of volatility in crude oil on Friday by buying the United States Oil Fund November 32-strike straddle for $1.85.
So what's a straddle, and what does it do?
Well, a straddle might be what Sandy does to the New Jersey coastline shortly ... but in options it involves buying both a put and a call of the same expiration and strike.
(Read More: How Storm Will Affect Investors: 'Month to Remember'.)
Traders buy straddles when they expect an explosive price move but are unsure of the direction. Straddles are also very sensitive to changes in implied volatility, and profit when volatility increases. The bottom line is that this spread will profit if USO is above $33.85 or below $30.15 at expiration.
The NYMEX is closed on Monday, and could be closed again Tuesday. Ahead of the storm in electronic trading, crude oil is lower while gasoline and heating oil are higher. This is a result of East Coast refiners in Sandy's path getting shutting down, which means less demand for crude oil and less supply of gasoline and heating oil. (Read More: What Will Sandy Mean for Gasoline and Heating Oil?)
Crude oil has fallen considerably from its highs in September, mainly on fears of a global slowdown and excess supply. USO looks like it could be headed to the $30.00 level, which is near its 2011 and 2012 lows and is likely to provide support.
The bullish case for oil is that it is oversold, and those who bought into 10 percent or more declines have proved to be winners months later.
With all that said, is this a wise trade?
Indeed, for traders wanting a fixed-risk way to profit from the potential for large directional swings in crude oil over the next few weeks, this is the trade for you. However, you have to be willing to scalp stock around your straddle when USO moves.
Brian Stutland is the President of Stutland Equities and a contributor to CNBC's "Options Action."
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Ill. police train to use armored vehicle
The BearCat turned heads as it made it's way from Mass. to Ill.
By Huey Freeman
DECATUR, Ill. — The first time many civilians saw armored vehicles deployed by police officers was when news broadcasts showed them rolling onto streets in the Boston area after the April terrorist bombing. Coincidentally, the Decatur Police Department obtained a BearCat armored vehicle, the most popular model used by police nationwide, from its manufacturer in Massachusetts a few days prior to that attack.
The BearCat, a heavily fortified vehicle designed to carry 10 officers, is built from the cab and chassis of a Ford F-550 commercial-grade pickup truck. The engine, transmission and dashboard are all original Ford equipment. Other elements have been custom-built, including gun ports and a turret equipped with a revolving shield.
Decatur police plan to use the vehicle in various situations, including hostage negotiations, service of warrants involving dangerous suspects and scenarios involving barricaded suspects. During the response team's first training session with the BearCat, team members affixed the breaching tool stored on the driver's side to its front end to rehearse breaking down a suspect's door or fence.
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Reviewed by Danae D. (age 12)
I really think this story is fantastic because it shows me how it would be to live in the slave times and what I would have suffered. Maybe I would get a nice slave owner but nobody knows.
A character in this book that changed I think is Perry, because he went from a boy who was shy, upset, and who didn't like Jessie to a boy who loved Jessie, wasn't sad , and who wasn't the least bit shy.
My favorite character is Jessie because he was brave and kept his promise throughout the whole book, even when he felt like going home and giving up. I can relate to his character because he is the same age as me.
The only thing I didn't like about the book was the melancholy slavery that went on. It just made you want to cry. The fortunate part was that Perry and Jessie were okay and found a place that was actually safe. How the book ended was not what I expected. I thought they would be together for a long time.
If I could change something to make this book better, I would have kept the mom and baby alive and not have had them die because I think that was too depressing. I also know that those kind of things happened back then, so it's not that surprising to me but otherwise I think this book was a wonderful novel.
I recommend this book to people who are interested in history and what happened back when slavery was taken place. I also recommend this book to people who like adventure and frightening stories because you will see a lot of that in this book.
When and where Promises to the Dead takes place was scary to me. The people in this story sense a lot of fear, which rubs off on you, and can be frightening when you read it. For example, when Perry and Jessie are chased by the slave owner you will be nervous for them, wondering if they will be caught.
This story has always been one of my favorites because it really tells me a lot about what it would be like in my time and how lucky I am now.


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If you want to know why there's not a "Real Housewives of Chicago," Bravo TV exec Andy Cohen has the answer. Or not.
"That's a good question," Cohen told RedEye in a recent phone interview. "We've done development on a few other things in Chicago, and I'm working on getting a Chicago-based show up and running in the next year. I can't say it will be a 'Housewives' but we have some other stuff in the hopper."
Prepare for more housewives love as Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live" expands to five nights a week starting Jan. 8. The St. Louis native usually interviews a housewife and another celebrity on the late-night talk show.
He talked about his show, Chicago and his beloved—wait for it—Cardinals.
Person he'd most like to interview: Michelle Obama. "I think it would be an opportunity for her to have fun, and I think she probably has really strong opinions about pop culture, and I'd love to hear them."
Favorite song by a real housewife: Atlanta housewife Kim Zolciak's song, "Tardy for the Party." "I think Tardy for the Party is the original jam."
How often he hears from the housewives: "I've gotten a lot of passionate emails over the years and calls. It's called my job. This is my job."
Favorite Chicago restaurants: "I love Stephanie Izard's restaurant, The Girl and the Goat. I like Frontera Grill." (Frontera Grill chef Rick Bayless was the winner of the first season "Top Chef Masters" on Bravo.)
Advice for Cubs fans: "Cubs fans wouldn't want my advice. Cubs fans are some of the greatest fans in baseball."


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Emergency officials are crediting a 14-year-old western Pennsylvania boy and a rickety wooden ladder with saving a 74-year-old neighbor from her burning home.
New Castle Assistant Fire Chief David Joseph says Justin Ritchie heard his dog barking and a woman shouting for help about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. He went outside to find Charlene McMasters shouting out a second-floor window of her home.
Ritchie grabbed an old ladder and put it up to the window so McMasters could climb down, warning her that it might not hold her. The ladder broke as McMasters was 10 feet off the ground. She fell and broke her pelvis.
But she's thankful nonetheless. McMasters is in Jameson Memorial Hospital. She praises Ritchie and says, "Without that ladder, it could have been a lot worse."


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Lawyers say Gonzalez arrest won't affect case
Lawyers say Gonzalez arrest won't affect case
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The lawsuit is due to go to trial early 2013.
The woman who has accused Casey Anthony of defamation was arrested over the weekend. She was accused of selling alcohol to a minor.
On Monday, Zenaida Gonzalez's attorney, Matt Morgan, told WESH 2 that she was working as a clerk at a Semoran Boulevard convenience store and failed to check the person's ID closely enough.
Morgan called the incident "an honest mistake."
Morgan said the mistake won't affect the case against Antony "in any way shape or form."
Gonzalez says Anthony ruined her good name when she claimed a nanny by the same name kidnapped her daughter, Caylee.
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"At last, I can truly say we are an organization with a modern IT environment. IT supports the flexibility that we need for our business"
Kees Jans CIO, Schiphol Group
The Schiphol Group is an airport operator and developer of 'Airport Cities'. In the Netherlands, the Group operates four airports: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Rotterdam The Hague Airport, Lelystad Airport and Eindhoven Airport. As well as being a rail, air and road hub, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is also an 'Airport City'. The airport is equipped with all of the facilities you would find in a modern city, making it pleasant for people to spend time there.
The Schiphol Group aims to be one of the world's leading airport companies, creating sustainable value for its stakeholders, with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol being seen as Europe's preferred airport. The ambition of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is that more and more people should make a conscious decision to travel via Schiphol. It wants the airport to be more than just a random intermediate stop, but a conscious choice on the part of the traveller. This will also benefit the airlines and the businesses operating in the airport.
Schiphol Group is organized and operated as a commercial company with entrepreneurial management and a social function. This type of management is required in order to continue to operate successfully in the competitive aviation industry. A healthy and socially responsible management structure also enables the company to attract and retain talented employees.
Since 2005, Fujitsu has been delivering IT services to the Schiphol Group for its Amsterdam Airport Schiphol site in the form of workstation management, helpdesk support and IT procurement (including IMAC service). In 2008, the Schiphol Group extended its contract with Fujitsu and in early 2012, the contract for the management of office automation and the IT Service Desk expired, at which time the Schiphol Group organized a European tender.
Around the same time that the contract with Fujitsu came to an end, the Schiphol Group was actively involved in implementing its ambition to become and to remain a good employer. Kees Jans, Schiphol Group CIO says: "We want to offer our current and future employees the IT capabilities of today, while retaining the same infrastructure." This led the Schiphol Group to take a new look at both its conditions of employment and its IT environment. Part of the tender was therefore for a fresh approach to IT resulting in an upgrade of the IT environment.
Elements of the new IT approach for the Schiphol Group included:
"We looked for a supplier who could think along the same lines as us, advise us and then offer us the right solution," explained Kees Jans. "In addition, the IT supplier also had to be a good fit with the ideas and brand values of the Schiphol Group. The tendering process once again revealed Fujitsu to be the right partner for the Schiphol Group."
The main reason that Fujitsu emerged on top in this tender was the clear process it could offer for the delivery of services and its demonstrable experience with the IT Service Desk. The cost aspect was also an element in the decision.
The main reason that Fujitsu emerged on top in this tender was the clear process it could offer for the delivery of services and its demonstrable experience with the IT Service Desk. The cost aspect was also an element in the decision.
Kees Jans describes the outsourcing of IT services: "The Schiphol ICT organization acts as a focal point, directing all the IT services. For systems and services that do not specifically relate to airport processes, such as HR, finance, office automation and the IT Service Desk, Schiphol engages external parties with proven expertise. The IT organization ensures that these services are provided in an effective and efficient manner. When selecting a partner for the provision of office automation and IT Service Desk services, the Schiphol brand values of efficiency and reliability played an important role."
Fujitsu were contracted to manage the entire back office and front desk 24x7, as well as the virtualization of workstations in line with the 'New Way of Working'.
Together with the Schiphol Group, Fujitsu rose to the challenge. A modern working environment for current and future members of staff at Schiphol was achieved. Fujitsu proved to be the ideal partner for the introduction of the 'New Way of Working'. Kees Jans says: "What is the best way to introduce the right elements of the 'New Way of Working' and to make sure they are successful?" That was the key question on the minds of both partners during the preparatory stage. Fujitsu's experiences with other customers were considered, technical restrictions were discussed and decisions were taken jointly. It was all about using teamwork to achieve the best result.
The next step was the start of the migration process. The old environment (Novell) was phased out. A major success of the migration was the setting up of a hybrid environment with various technologies such as VDI and SBC, with a clear management concept. With a lead time of two years, the partners succeeded in replacing the legacy environment with the current up-to-date environment. "The 'New Way of Working' suddenly seems quite normal!" says Kees Jans with justifiable pride.
The Fujitsu IT Service Desk is located both on site at Schiphol and at the Fujitsu office in Maarssen. The IT Service Desk dovetails perfectly with the Schiphol system for recording incidents and orders. "In addition, Fujitsu needs to support a hybrid environment. This was an important precondition, and it is also working out very well in practice," says Jans.
Kees Jans describes the preparatory and migration processes:
"We found both processes to be very pleasant, thanks to our teamwork with Fujitsu. They expressed a desire to be very closely involved. Right up to board level, Fujitsu showed a 'willingness to solve problems'. As the customer, that gave us a huge amount of confidence."
At the start of the project, performance objectives were drawn up, which applied to both parties. If either party fails to meet the performance objectives, this has consequences. This ensures that there is clarity during the entire process.
Kees Jans says that the whole project proved to be more complex than originally thought. There were a few pitfalls caused by migrating from a very outdated environment to the 'New Way of Working'. There was also occasional grumbling from employees during the transition process. Ultimately, however, the vast majority of staff are happy with the new IT environment. Many employees feel they now have more flexibility and are excited about the possibilities for working from home or while on the move.
In short: the office automation environment at Schiphol has now been virtualized and the ability to work independently of location has also become a reality.
At present, the concept of "Bring Your Own Device" is being fully rolled out, which will give employees the opportunity to use their own tablet or notebook for business purposes. This will be completed by early 2013.
"Working with flexible workplaces also means that employees have daily contact with more colleagues than before. The solution is also cost-effective with respect to office space. Thanks to the flexible workplaces, we need less office space."
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Over 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$54 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. For more information, please see www.fujitsu.com
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10 Hottest Daughters of U.S. Politicians
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Chelsea Clinton
The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton has won over many admirers with her intelligence, and poise. She's a geek's dream of smarts and style.
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Liddy Huntsman
The youngest adult daughter of former Utah governor/current Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, sassy Elizabeth "Liddy" Huntsman once dated the son of one of her father's gubernatorial opponents.
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Bristol Palin
The daughter of former Alaskan governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin danced her way into many hearts while competing on 'Dancing With The Stars.'
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Ashley Biden
The daughter of Vice-President Joe Biden, Ashley Biden has girl-next-door appeal and isn't a stranger to partying.
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Meghan McCain
The daughter of former Republican presidential nominee and current U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona, media-savvy Meghan McCain is a brassy, blonde firestorm of wit and buxom-ness.
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Mary Anne Huntsman
The oldest adult daughter of Jon Huntsman, Mary Anne Huntsman was recently outed by her sisters as single and ready to mingle.
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The daughter of former President George W. Bush, and twin sister of Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager has her own media career as a correspondent for 'Today.' Her curves make Jenna a favorite of many guys.
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The daughter of former President George W. Bush, and twin sister of Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Bush attended Yale and has since founded a public health non-profit. There's a great deal of brains with her beauty.
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The daughter of U.S. Senator Scott Brown, Ayla Brown is a statuesque beauty who has been a contestant on 'American Idol,' a contributor to 'The Early Show' and is currently a starter on the Boston College basketball team. If guys aren't already intimidated by her beauty, all that talent might push them over the edge.
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Move over, Miley Cyrus. Your crazy jumpsuit has some serious competition. Jennifer Lopez took the wildest outfit of the night award at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, when she showed up to perform in a revealing leotard.
Wildly revealing on the bottom, that is. While her famous legs and booty were well on display, J-Lo was more than adequately covered up on top--especially her arms, which sported sleeves made of massively fluffy amounts of feathers.
The superstar carried off the outfit with aplomb, grooving to her rendition of "Live It Up" and shaking her, er, plumage admirably.
Fans were mixed in their reaction to the daring costume. While many marveled that the 43-year-old has managed to keep herself in such admirable shape, still others predictably panned her weird getup. "Jennifer Lopez or a bird you decide," tweeted one, while another compared her to the character of the "Big Red Chicken" on popular children's cartoon "Dora the Explorer."'
Jenny from the block, let's rock. Or bok-bok!
The Billboard Music Awards aired live from Las Vegas May 19.


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We're an official Roland UK dealer and proud to offer an extended 5 year warranty on Roland and Boss products to our customers. That's on top of the existing 3 year warranty they offer as standard, with every one of their products being thoroughly tested and road tough for the gigging musician. To get the 5 year warranty:
Buy a Roland or Boss product with Dolphin.
Go to the Roland UK website and register your purchase.
That's it, you're covered with a 5 year warranty.
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- Product must be bought from an authorised Roland UK dealer
- Accessories or software are not part of this offer
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- This offer runs from July 12th to October 31st 2013 inclusive
- Product must be registered within 30 days of purchase otherwise the warranty will default to the usual term
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Racing games increase real world crashes
Only if you are a bloke
German researchers reckon that playing computer driving games encourages
people men to take more risks when driving in the real world. Researchers carried out three studies using three racing games - Burnout, Midnight Racer, Need for Speed - and three non-racing control games - Tak, Crash Bandicoot and Fifa 2005. All games were played on a Sony PlayStation 2 using a 72in TV screen. One study also used Medal of Honour to see if a violent shoot 'em-up would have the same effect.
The evidence suggests, with some reservations, that playing aggressive driving games does change how people look at risky behaviour. The article says playing racing games:
- Increases the accessibility of thoughts that are positively related to risk taking.
- Leads to enhanced arousal and excitement.
- Cincreases risk-taking behaviour in critical road traffic situations.
Participants had to view video footage of driving situations after playing one of the games.
Although both sexes showed "affected risk-promoting cognitions" only men actually increased their risk-taking behaviour. Researchers found that males taking the tests, after playing racing games, responded about a second later to critical driving situations than men playing neutral games.
But researchers warned of two important limitations to their study. Firstly the results could show a "frustration-aggression hypothesis" - that playing racing games puts people through a series of frustrating events which lead them to take more risks. Or that playing such games leads to arousal and excitement which again changes attitudes to risk.
You can read the article, as a PDF, from the Journal of Experimental Pyschology: Applied here. ®


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Denver Museum of Nature & Science Names Dr. Scott Sampson Vice President of Research and Collections
Denver—February 19, 2013—Dr. Scott Sampson has been named vice president of research and collections and chief curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, effective February 28, 2013.
Sampson, a dinosaur paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and educator—notable for his research on dinosaurs—is well known as "Dr. Scott the Paleontologist" on the highly acclaimed PBS KIDS television series, Dinosaur Train. He was most recently chief curator at the Natural History Museum of Utah, and has served the past two years on the Board of Trustees for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
"This is an exciting time for our organization and the community we serve," said George Sparks, President and CEO of the Museum. "We are incredibly pleased to welcome such a passionate and visionary scientist such as Dr. Sampson. He brings the leadership necessary to ensure our continued quality scientific research, collection stewardship, dynamic educational programming, and exhibition content, all of which contribute to the Museum's continued success."
Dr. Sampson's primary responsibilities will be to oversee the Research and Collections Division's staff, including 15 PhD scientists, as well as the Museum's collections, numbering nearly 1.5 million artifacts and specimens. Sampson will also serve on the Museum's executive team.
"I am thrilled to be joining the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, one of the top-ranked natural history museums in the country," Sampson said. "At this pivotal moment in human history, natural history museums can help heal the divide that separates humans from nature, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is poised to take a leading role."
Sampson received his PhD in zoology from the University of Toronto in 1993. He spent a year working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, followed by five years as assistant professor of anatomy at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine on Long Island. From 1999 to 2007, he held a dual position with the Utah Museum of Natural History and the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, serving for the last several years of that period as chief curator and associate professor, respectively. In 2007, Sampson moved to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where, in addition to continuing dinosaur research, he has pursued a range of projects focused on science education.
Sampson's research has focused on the ecology and evolution of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs. He has conducted fieldwork in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Mexico, the United States, and Canada. His current research is focused on a large-scale project in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah, which has yielded abundant remains of a previously unknown dinosaur assemblage. Sampson has published numerous scientific and popular articles, and lectured extensively to audiences of all ages on many topics, including dinosaurs, evolution, and education.
With regard to science education, Sampson was the primary scientific consultant and on-air host of the four-part Discovery Channel series Dinosaur Planet. As noted, he is "Dr. Scott the Paleontologist" on PBS KIDS' Dinosaur Train, produced by the Jim Henson Company. His book Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life (University of California Press, 2009) is the first general audience review of dinosaur paleontology in more than two decades. Sampson is currently working on a book about the importance of fostering a love of nature in children.
"Scott has a passion for connecting people to nature and an established reputation as a science communicator," said Sparks. "His visions align with that of the Museum, making him a great match for this role."
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About the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is the Rocky Mountain Region's leading resource for informal science education. A variety of engaging exhibits, discussions, and activities help Museum visitors celebrate and understand the natural wonders of Colorado, Earth, and the universe. The Museum is located at 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80205. To learn more about the Museum, check www.dmns.org, or call 303-370-6000.
Many of the Museum's educational programs and exhibits are made possible in part by generous funding from the citizens of the seven-county metro area through the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.


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How's the shoulder Grammy?
Quote from: DWT on March 27, 2012, 08:26:10 amHow's the shoulder Grammy?Still imobilized in a sling. I go in Thursday and am hoping for the green light to begin PT...but I think I am still 2-3 weeks shy of that. IT is driving me nuts...sleeping is the greatest challenge...I get about 4-5 hrs max...sucks, but I guess every passing day is a day closer to tying in...I am getting very impatient..lol
I MAY be out in early June-- we can do a f/a a s cripples That might shake some folks up
ChrisGlad to see that the progress of healing is moving along at a great pace. Looking forward to seeing you with Smear out at Humphries working some of your projects. Just don't go so fast as to damage the repairs, easy to do especially with someone who flirts the 5.12 range.David G
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Riga's Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, its winding, wobbly lanes are beautiful to wander through. But the most outstanding are the avenues of art nouveau buildings some, with their adornments of femmes fatales and fiendish gargoyles, are so amazing you can't pass without stopping.
The Museum of the Occupation is fascinating, haunting in parts. And the Ethnographic Open-Air Museum on lake Jugla is remarkable: traditional wooden buildings, brought from all over the country, set up to look like villages from the 18th & 19th centuries.
Recently Riga also became a European Capital for Culture and it is well deserved. The restored 18th-century National Opera House is worthy of a whole evening. The new National Library, designed by Latvian architect Gunnar Birkerts, is a huge glass and steel mountain. And don't miss an organ recital in The Dome - the organ one of the largest in Europe.
Riga also has a wild side and the low population density of the country has helped keep its wilderness that way.
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The heart of the old town resembles great cities like Berlin, Paris, and Rome, with winding cobblestone streets, beautiful buildings, and quaint shops, restaurants, and cafés around every turn. Bring your walking shoes—the best way to explore the area is on foot.
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The Miracle League of Grand Island and WNY thanked John Sobieski for donating a 150-pound and growing pumpkin to be raffled to benefit the league. Tickets are available at McMahon's Family Restaurant, the Grand Island Moose Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Island Ship Center.
Tickets are one for $1 or seven for $5. The drawing is Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. at the Miracle League Field in Veterans Park. The pumpkin can be delivered to the winner.
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IT Management Slideshow: 18 Key Questions About IT, Business
By Susan Cramm | Posted 04-01-2010
While business and IT usually don't have the greatest things to say about each other, some of their perceptions aren't that far apart. Susan Cramm, author of 8 Things We Hate About IT, worked with Harvard Business Review to poll 328 business and IT leaders to learn their perceptions about their organizations' strengths and weakness.
The following responses cite the number of business and IT pros that somewhat or strongly agreed with the questions.
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Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth, once owned the Walnut Street Theater. — tryphilly.com
Date - Saturday, July 28, 2012Time - 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Member Cost - $95Non-Member - $105A chance to make apparatus tested and approved by the PTRAs over the years of the program. We will make a Soda Can Van de Graaff, a holiday light circuit puzzle, a color addition ping pong ball, a pendulum wave machine for the desk or overhead, a homopolar motor, and several other items. Brush up on some simple soldering and other skills useful in the physics class. All items will be easily transported home.Organizer: Tom Senior Co-Organizers: Pat Callahan, George Amann, Al Gibson
Date - Sunday, July 29, 2012Time - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Member Cost - $60Non-Member - $85
The Acoustical Society of America is proud to offer a "Sound and Music Activity Kit" free to K-12 teachers. The kit includes ten tuning forks (frequencies chosen to address a range of learning goals), a sound level meter, four laminated posters of the inner ear and hair cells (healthy and damaged), ping pong balls, fuzzy sticks, straws and 15 research-based, interactive, student-tested lessons which have been developed to use with the Activity Kit materials. These lessons have been reviewed by the AAPT PTRAs (Physics Teacher Resource Agents). There are lessons that are appropriate for a range of levels K-14. Topics include, but are not limited to, how sound is produced, the basics of waves, how musical instruments work, echolocation, the Doppler effect and Sound Labs. In this workshop the introductory lesson will be demonstrated and we will work with several of the hands-on portions of additional lessons. Organizer Wedny Adams
Date - Sunday, July 29Time - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.Memeber Cost- $80Non-Member - $105Storytime is a magic time - a time of amazement and imagination for pre school-ers to high school-ers (and for many lucky adults) The magic unleashed in children's literature should not disappear when the story is completed. We can bridge the gap from story to experiment by asking "I wonder if ?..." Then investigate those predictions with hands-on activities that capitalize on this magic. This workshop will explore how we can use children's literature at a number of different levels. Whether we are working with pre service or practicing elementary teachers or our own physics students, children's books provide a spring board to science investigations, a way to model the processes of science and even serve as assessment for our instruction. The workshop will be hands on and interactive. Participants will receive a DVD of activities, book and topic pairings, children's literature resources, bibliographies, websites and lesson plans.Organizer: Nina Morley Daye
Date – Monday, July 30, 2012Time – 8:30 – 10:30 amMember Cost - $53Non-member - $63The key to learning is student involvement! This American Association of Physics Teachers/Physics Teaching Resource Agents (AAPT/PTRA) manual presents examples of two techniques that are proven to increase student involvement in your classroom. Based on the "5E" model of learning, exploratories are designed to get your students excited about the material they will explore in your classroom with you. Practicums are a unique method for measuring a class' learning in an "authentic" manner that will ensure the whole class is excited and totally immersed in the process. An AAPT/PTRA resource book provided and included in price.
Date – Tuesday, July 31, 2012Time – 8:30 – 10:30 amMember Cost - $35Non-member – $45What do Einstein and GPS have in common? Find out in the first Perimeter Inspirations module highlighting the power and relevance of one of human's greatest intellectual achievements. 'Everyday Einstein' is an educational resource that includes a five-minute video and an accompanying teacher's guide. Suitable for grades 9 through 12. Lead PTRAs will guide you through using this lesson and prepare you to guide your colleagues.
Date – Wednesday, August 1, 2012Time – 8:30 – 10:30 amMember Cost -$35Non-member Cost - $45Participants will learn how to use and adapt existing Open Source Physics and Physlet-based curricular material in this hands-on workshop. We will distribute Physlets (interactive Java applets written at Davidson College) and ready-to-run Java programs and present examples of how they are used to actively engage students in the classroom. This workshop is based on existing material available at no-cost from the ComPADRE National Digital Library which can easily be adapted for introductory physics. This workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation (DUE-0442581 and DUE-0937731).
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Schools of interest: UCLA (committed), Wisconsin, Washington, Boise State
Of note: Had 108 tackles for undefeated St. John Bosco, including four for loss, as well as three fumble recoveries. Led the team with 12 sacks. Long Beach Press-Telegram All-Area team.
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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - In a game with at least a share of first place in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) standings on the line, the Westminster College football team lost to visiting Thomas More, 27-10, Saturday at Harold Burry Stadium. Thomas More, ranked No. 6 in the coaches' poll and No. 8 in the D3Football.com poll, improves to 8-0 overall and 7-0 in the PAC. Westminster snaps a three-game winning streak, it's longest since 2003, as it drops to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the PAC.
Westminster used a 20-play, 77-yard touchdown march that took up 10:21 of third-quarter clock that culminated with senior quarterback Shawn Lehocky running in from 1 yard out to pull the Titans within seven point at 17-10 with 1:45 left in the third quarter. However, Thomas More scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
Lehocky set career highs with 25 pass completions and 48 pass attempts before finishing with 225 passing yards. He threw a career high-tying three interceptions and he was sacked four times and he finished with minus-7 yards on 17 rushes.
Junior wide receiver Collin Wallace set career highs with nine catches for 112 yards, while junior Geno Pasquinelli snared six balls for 61 yards.
The Titans were victimized by five turnovers, three interceptions and two lost fumbles, as Thomas More took a 10-0 lead on scoring plays that were set up by Westminster turnovers.
Adam Rauch gave the Saints a 7-0 lead when he caught a 32-yard pass from quarterback Robert Kues, one play after Alex Taylor forced a Titan fumble in Westminster territory. Zach Autenrieb intercepted a Lehocky pass on the Thomas More 47-yard line and returned it 44 yards to the Titan 12 before Westminster held Thomas More to a 28-yard field goal by Aaron Walter that gave the Saints a 10-0 lead with 9:45 left in the second quarter.
The Titans later drove 67 yards on 14 plays before sophomore Zac Henry kicked a 25-yard field goal before halftime. Henry is a perfect 8 for 8 for field goals this year.
Kues sandwiched a pair of touchdown runs around Westminster's 20-play touchdown march in the third quarter as Kues scored on a 25-yard run with 12:11 left in the third quarter and on an 8-yarder with 11:52 left in the fourth quarter. Walter then put the game away with a 23-yard field goal with 4:49 left.
Thomas More outgained Westminster, 321-294, in total yards including Kues passing for 41 yards on 8-of-17 passing, while Domonique Hayden rushed 20 times for 99 yards.
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Bristol police warn residents not to give personal information to telephone solicitors who claim they are from the local Rite Aid pharmacy. Police on Tuesday said the are investigating reports of these solicitors.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- With the top-ranked U.S. Open finalists creating a rematch from 2012, the moves in the WTA rankings came from semifinalists Li Na and Flavia Pennetta.
Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 in Sunday's final. It was the fifth U.S. Open championship for Williams and goes with her French Open title earlier this year. She has a total of 17 Grand Slam titles, one behind Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, who are tied for second-most all-time. Steffi Graf won a record 22 major tournament singles championships.
Williams retains the No. 1 spot in the rankings, a place she's held for the last 30 weeks and 153 weeks overall. The 153 weeks atop the rankings is sixth-most, with Monica Seles next on the chart at 178.
Azarenka, ranked second, fell to 2-2 in Grand Slam finals. She was beaten by Williams in 2012 (also in three sets) but has won the last two Australian Opens.
Williams defeated Li in the semifinals but, by advancing that far, Li passes Sara Errani for fifth in the rankings. Errani is sixth.
Pennetta's run in the Open included wins over four seeded players, including two in the Top 10 -- Errani and No. 10-seed Roberta Vinci. Pennetta's ranking had suffered in the last two years due to injuries but the Open performance jumps her from 83rd to No. 31 this week.
A final change in the Top 10 sees the return of Jelena Jankovic to the No. 10 spot. She moves up two spots and displaces Petra Kvitova, who falls to 11th.
There are two WTA tournaments this week. No. 14-ranked Kirsten Flipkens leads the field as she tries to defend her title at the Challenge Bell tournament in Quebec City and 58th-ranked Bojana Jovanovski is the top seed for the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan. Sixth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu won that event last year.
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3. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 7,866, did not play, injury
4. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6,335, fourth round
5. Li Na, China, 5,565, semifinalist
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Samsung Galaxy Alpha specs seemingly confirmed
It may not be as exciting as we all expected it to be for most of the year, but it seems like Samsung has got tongues wagging once again, with the specs for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Alpha apparently having been confirmed by a spec sheet from the Korean firm.
The Alpha was rumoured for months before we finally got some sort of confirmation that it existed, with most of us expecting it to be a premium version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 with an improvement made to the build quality of the firm's flagship.
And while it does seem that some parts of the exterior of the Galaxy Alpha will be metal, as we've been predicting for some months, the specs that we've been seeing flying around, which now appear to have been confirmed, seem to show that the phone will actually be slightly less impressive than its predecessor.
A picture that is claimed to have come straight from Samsung's own marketing department, leaked by Tecmundo, shows that the device will come with a 1280 x 720 Super AMOLED display and will have a 4.7 inch screen.
In terms of processing power, the handset is believed to be packing an Exynos octo-core processor, with CPUs running at 1.8GHz and 1.3GHz, with the picture also seeming to show that it will have 2GB of RAM and up to 32 GB of storage.
12-megapixel rear camera and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, while the website also said that it expects the Korean firm to ship a slightly upgraded version with 64 GB of internal storage.
Other specs that the marketing message seems to be confirming include many that we've seen speculated in the past few weeks, so there's little in the way of surprises there. We should see the Galaxy Alpha coming with Android 4.4 KitKat, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0 connectivity and expandable storage through a MicroSD card.


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The first "live" training I ever went through was in Fort Polk, Louisiana. I put the "live" in quotation marks because everything is real…..except the enemy.
We lived in a Forward Operating Bases (FOB), followed standard operating procedures and behaved like soldiers down range.
It was good training. Especially since I had never really experienced how big The Army operated as a whole.
Anyway, during one particular "live" mission we drove into a local village to deal with a protest.
Hats off to the Department of defence for doing their best to get real Iraqis to play the villagers and mock protesters in the "town".
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Driving into the scene was a little nerve racking. I knew it was fake, but I still wanted to make a good impression and not screw up.
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As we drove into the fray a "villager" came up to the driver side window and stared at me with a look that only can be described as hatred.
I was taken aback for a moment and then not knowing what else to do gave this guy the biggest toothy grin I could muster.
Why a toothy grin?
Davy Crockett.
I loved that guy as a kid and remember him explaining to someone in one of his movies that the best way to handle a Bear was to give him as big a toothy grin as you could which should distract him enough to give you time to escape or take him down.
So that's what I did it and I'll be damned if that guy went from shooting daggers out his eyes to smiling with embarrassment and walking away.
This experience stuck with me down range.
I learned early on that my body language had a huge impact on how Iraqis, especially kids treated me in sector.
The first couple of weeks, I got clowned. Kids annoyed me to no end.
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They treated me like I was a fool, even though I was carrying weapons and covered in body armour.
It took me some time to recognise this problem, but when I did I meticulously went over every aspect of my posture to remedy the type of energy I was giving off by the way I stood, made eye contact, shook hands and planted my feet.
I dissected every aspect of my body language I could and you know what? It paid off.
I noticed the effect first with the kids, where before I got clowned, now I controlled. This ability to influence just by the way I stood really became useful when I would find myself surrounded by dozens of Iraqis all yelling about this or that.
I got so good by the end of my deployment that I could control a crowd and have them mimicking my gestures before my interpreter finished translating what I had said.
This understanding of how I carried myself stood out even more when the new guys showed up.
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To watch somebody fall for the same tricks that I fell for with the Iraqi kids was telling.
It made me think that there were some universal aspect to all us humans that will always trump culture.
The best way I can describe this universality is the language of emotion.
Bottom line, lah-de-dah, everybody can understand body language associated with fear, happiness and insecurity, to name a few.
But there is something more to it than just the physical image. There is some kinda difference in energy associated with body language and facial expressions.
For example: special forces (SF) guys seemed a little different than regular troopers. Like they possessed some type of energy that was intrinsically powerful. (anybody got any good SF stories?)
During train up at Bragg a SF commo (communications) guy said flat out: "When I'm around comms, any type it — doesn't matter. They work for me."
And sure enough whatever setting we screwed up, he fixed with hardly an effort.
You every tried flashing someone a toothy grin? Your face changes, your jaw changes. It's not the same as a smile. Nope, a toothy grin is a type of energy that's universal. I haven't fully tapped it yet, but I get glimpses of it here and there.
And you can be damn sure that if I ever find myself face to face with a Bear, I'm gonna go down grinning.
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The British are coming!
To the attention of the U.S. film industry, that is.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Tuesday that it would launch "Brits to Watch: The Screenings," a showcase of up-and-coming film talent from the United Kingdom.
The series, in partnership with the British Council, will be shown in Los Angeles and New York over a 12-month period. It will kick off on July 25 with director Clio Bernard's "The Selfish Giant," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Stemming from BAFTA's 2011 "Brits to Watch" initiative, which introduced 42 British newcomers to the U.S. film industry at a gala event in Los Angeles, the screening series will allow each actor, director, writer or producer to introduce, and then screen a sample of his or her work to the audience.
"We are in a unique position to offer unrivaled opportunities to help British talent make connections with those who have the power to shape and enhance their careers," Amanda Berry, BAFTA's chief executive, said in a statement.
The series is endorsed by what BAFTA calls "Friends of Brits to Watch," which includes actors Damian Lewis ("Homeland"), Sienna Miller ("The Edge of Love") and Tom Hiddleston ("Midnight in Paris"), director Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead") and screenwriter John Logan ("The Aviator").
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"Clio has long shown her prodigious talent as an artist filmmaker, and now, with just two features under her belt, shows extraordinary maturity as a feature filmmaker," said Nigel Sinclair, co-chair of the BAFTA Los Angeles Film Committee.
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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced that The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor video game, based on Universal Pictures' upcoming epic adventure directed by Rob Cohen--set to hit theatres August 1--has shipped to retailers across North America. Developed by Eurocom Studios for Wii and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, and by A2M for Nintendo DS, the video game mirrors the fast-paced action and adventure found in the latest chapter in the hit Mummy series.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor game was created through a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group.
In The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, a third-person action-adventure video game, players will take on the heroic roles of Rick O'Connell and his son, Alex (played by Brendan Fraser and Luke Ford, respectively, in the film). Gamers will follow the explorers on their harrowing journey--across exotic locations from the catacombs of ancient China to spectacular Himalayan peaks--to defeat the vicious Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his reawakened terracotta servants.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor allows players to switch seamlessly between gunplay and hand-to-hand melee attacks. It also features a fast and fluid combat system and an extensive arsenal of weaponry that can be used to vanquish the many bone-chilling enemies players will face during their journey. Fans of the film will fight their way through the Mummy universe by utilizing combat, puzzle-solving and hieroglyphic decoding gameplay elements throughout.
"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor video game is inspired by the re-invention of one of the most successful and recognized film franchises to date," said Al Simone, senior vice president, global marketing, Sierra Entertainment. "This intense adventure captures the humor and fast-paced action of the film and extends the cinematic action to the small screen."
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is rated T for "Teen" and is available on the Wii for the suggested retail price of $49.99, PlayStation 2 system for $39.99 and Nintendo DS for $29.99. For more information, please visit the game's official Web site at www.mummyvideogame.com.
About Sierra Entertainment
Sierra Entertainment (www.sierra.com), a division of Vivendi Games, creates and publishes innovative, high-quality interactive entertainment for personal computers, video game systems and handheld gaming devices. Sierra features a strong portfolio of titles based on original IP and popular licenses from industry-leading content partners. Sierra has four integrated internal studios providing top-notch creative talents, development capabilities across multiple genres and a global perspective: High Moon Studios in San Diego, CA; Massive Entertainment in Malmö, Sweden; Radical Entertainment in Vancouver, BC; and Swordfish Studios in Birmingham and Manchester, England.
About Eurocom Entertainment Software
Eurocom was founded in October 1988 by current owners: Mat Sneap, Tim Rogers, Neil Baldwin, Ian Sneap and Hugh Binns. Since that time, Eurocom has steadily expanded to cover all major consoles and PC, and has developed over seventy hit titles. Eurocom's development team is based in Derby, UK. Further information on Eurocom can be found at https://www.eurocom.co.uk.
About A2M
A2M is one of Canada's foremost independent videogame developers. Since 1992, A2M has created original concepts and developed games for leading videogame publishers across all available platforms: portable, current generation and next generation. A2M employs over 430 people at its studio in Montreal. In 2006, A2M was the only Canadian company to simultaneously be ranked among The 50 Best Managed Companies and the Deloitte Canadian Technology Fast 50.
About Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group (UPDPG) is responsible for global digital product development, production, licensing, distribution, and growth strategy for the extensive catalogue of Universal's properties across new and emerging digital platforms, including mobile, video game consoles, personal computers, and other portable devices. With a worldwide mandate to help shape the digital future of Universal Pictures, the Group has offices in Universal City, California; London, England; and Tokyo, Japan.
Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group is a unit of Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures is a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.


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I don't like going to unnecessary funerals.
You know the kind of funeral I mean. I'm talking about going to a funeral where the person who has died managed to kill themselves from overeating, undereating, drug abuse, alcoholism, or refusing to seek medical care.
Unnecessary funerals for people who threw their lives away are a drag.
However — and here's the truth of it — each and every one of us makes choices each and every day that waste pieces of our lives.
How do we waste our lives? Here are a few examples I've seen, as well as a few examples I've practiced.
1. Nursing resentments over our childhood.
Freud taught our whole Western world that childhood is a minefield of damaging little bombs that our parents usher us through as they lead us to adulthood.
In Freud's misogynist view of things, our mothers are the cause of just about every problem we will ever have. Most of what Freud thought has turned out to be tripe. In this case, it was sexist tripe. However, we have latched onto the notion that childhood is a time for us to re-visit ad nauseam throughout our lives and that we can blame anything we do or don't do in the span of our days on those musty memories of our littlest years.
Done this way, childhood is the ultimate cop-out. It is also the ultimate life-waster. I know people in their sixties who manage to turn every conversation back to the supposed wrongs of their childhoods. These are miserable, unproductive, resentful people that nobody who has anything going on wants to be around. Don't waste your life like this.
2. Nursing resentments over things that happen on your job.
Making a living is a hard deal. We talk all the time in our society about "loving" our work. Well, I'm here to burst your bubble and tell you that even if you have managed to find some sort of work that is challenging, interesting and significant (lucky you, by the way) you are still going to find out that it's also competitive, (and not always in a good way) ruthless, unforgiving and downright mean.
Making a living is hard.
For most people, who don't have jobs that are challenging, interesting and significant, it can also be drudgery. However, bringing all this home and letting it inhabit all the rest of your time is a good way to waste your life.
Leave your job at your job. On the days you can't do that — and we all have them — when the misery of your job crawls all over you and you can't leave it there, remember that your family is support, not your enemy, and your home is your refuge. Don't misplace your anger over your work onto the few people who truly love you.
Once you get past those total downer days, leave it there and go on. Earning a living is tough. Accept that and stop wasting your life on the fantasy that you are cursed because you have to earn a living and it's not always fun. That fantasy leads to life-wasting resentment that can destroy your family and drain your days of happiness. Making a living is hard. Get over it.
3. Nursing resentments about your failures.
My Grandfather told me once, "There is always some guy out there who can whip you in a fight. There's always a horse that can throw you. That's just the way it is." What he meant is that if you get out there and mix it up with the world, the world is going to knock you flat from time to time.
You can waste your life running and hiding from every challenge. You can hide inside your house and not come out, or you can hide in the slow suicide of drugs and alcohol. But if you chose to live out in the world and walk free, you are going to get knocked down from time to time. Sometimes you eat the bear. Other times, the bear eats you.
Again, I know people who make their lives utterly miserable by picking at every failure until they turn it into a festering boil. They never admit that the failure was at least partly due to their own mistakes. They wouldn't consider looking at it honestly and determining what they can change to not get knocked down in the future. No. They blame everyone and everything, often indulging in what are flat-out fantasies of supposed wrongs in order to keep from acknowledging the simple fact that this time the bear ate them.Not only do they waste what could be a valuable learning experience that will help them figure out how to overcome these obstacles in the future, they waste the only thing they truly have. They waste their lives.
I'm going to stop with these three life-wasters. Three is enough for now. However there a many others. Notice that all these focus on one thing: Nursing and nurturing resentment over the inevitable vicissitudes of life.
If somebody told you that you will get through this life without having your parents make mistakes in how they raised you, without the drudgery of work, without humiliating defeats and embarrassing goofs, they were either deluded or they were lying to you.
Life is beautiful. It is wonderful. It is worth every single bit of drudgery and pain, failure and betrayal we encounter as we live through it.
But it is not painless. That is not a bad thing. The tough times often turn out, in retrospect, to be the most productive times. You just have to learn from them. Every mistake is an opportunity to learn what not to do and how to do it better the next time.
Life may be hard at times. It is hard at times. But it is always worth the struggle. Because the good times outnumber the bad, and because this brief life is a preparation for the eternal life on the other side of it.
Don't waste this life God has given you on the three resentments I named.
Once childhood is done, live your life and love your parents. Forget about the rest.
Remember that work, even if it seems meaningless and filled with back-stabbing nonsense, is still an honorable activity that provides the stuff of our physical existence: food, clothing and shelter. If you are supporting a family, then your work has the immense dignity of homemaking and family making. Do not let resentment over work poison your whole life and destroy your relationships with the very people you are working to support.
When — not if, but when — you get knocked flat, go ahead and cry about it. Cry your little eyes out. Punch out a couple of walls. What you should not do is indulge in blaming everything and everyone else and building up resentments. I'm sure there are people you can point to who let you down, betrayed you, or just walked away from you when you were in need. It's ok to be mad at them. But it's not ok to make them the center of your life or of your analysis of what happened that led to your defeat. If you trusted the wrong person, you trusted the wrong person. Been there. Done that. Lots of times.
What you should do is take some time to grieve, making sure the time you give is commensurate with the loss. Two weeks of wailing and moaning is not enough time for a major flop, but it is excessive for a bad grade on a test. Then, straighten yourself out, sit down and figure out what you could have done to get a different result. Think it through with a mind to not make the same mistakes again. Then, get back out there and rejoin the fight.
I don't like unnecessary funerals. I also don't like being around people who are constantly angry and miserable about ordinary things that happened five, ten, even thirty years ago.I'm not talking about massive traumas. Those things usually need professional help to heal. I'm talking about the pits and scars of everyday life that happen to every single one of us.
Don't waste your life using resentment to avoid reality. The reality is that your parents did their best, making a living is hard and everybody gets knocked flat from time to time. These things are not the meaning of your life. They are opportunities for growth. Overcoming them to lead a full, productive life that is filled with love is the challenge and the opportunity of living that everyone faces. Not just you, everyone.


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§ 428a - Transferred
§ 1011 - Powers of Secretary of Agriculture
§ 478a - Townsites
§ 484a - Exchange of lands in national forests; public schools; deposit of funds by school authority with insufficient exchange land; limitations on use
§ 485 - Exchange of lands in national forests; cutting timber in national forests in exchange for lands therein
§ 486 - Exchange of lands in national forests; reservations of timber, minerals, or easements
§ 516 - Exchange of lands in the public interest; equal value; cutting and removing timber; publication of contemplated exchange
§ 551 - Protection of national forests; rules and regulations
§ 555a - Exchange of lands
§ 1701 - Congressional declaration of policy
§ 1715 - Acquisitions of public lands and access over non-Federal lands to National Forest System units
§ 1716 - Exchanges of public lands or interests therein within the National Forest System
§ 1740 - Rules and regulations
72 Stat. 438
90 Stat. 2743
96 Stat. 2535


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The FBI has released photos and videos of two Boston Marathon bombing suspects from just before the deadly blasts and is pleading with the public for help identifying them.
The images show two men, both wearing baseball caps, who appear to be in their mid-20s. Suspect 1 is wearing a dark cap facing forward, while Suspect 2 is wearing a backward white cap and can be seen setting down a backpack at the site of the second explosion, the FBI said.
"We believe them to be armed and very dangerous. No one should approach them," FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers said at a Thursday press conference. "Do not take any action on your own. If you see these men, contact the authorities."
In the images, the two men appear to be walking together through the crowd on Boylston Street, where the images were taken, DesLauriers said. He said that Suspect 2, wearing the white hat, can be seen to set down a bag in front of Forum restaurant on Boylston.
"The only one who was observed planting a device was Suspect Number 2 in the white cap," DesLauriers said. "It was shortly before the bomb blast went off, within minutes."
For more U.S. news coverage, visit NBCNews.com.
Law enforcement officials told NBC News that Suspect 2 was captured on unreleased portions of the video looking on as the first bomb exploded and then calmly walking away as the second bomb exploded. A still photo from another angle also showed him appearing to move away after the second blast and is being reviewed by law enforcement, officials said.
DesLauriers urged the media and the public to review, use and publicize its images to help authorities identify the suspects.
"Though it may be difficult, the nation is counting on those with information to come forward and provide it to us," he said, emphasizing that the public should use its images, and only its images, to identify the suspects. "Other photos should not be deemed credible," he said.
As of Thursday, there remained no claims of responsibility for the attacks or conclusion among authorities over whether they were acts of domestic or international terrorism, according to NBC News.
Earlier Thursday, President Barack Obama paid a visit to Boston under heavy security to offer words of reassurance to the city and a warning to those responsible for the attack: "We will find you."
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said he shared the frustration that those responsible were still at large, but he said solving the case will not "happen by magic."
"It's going to happen by doing the careful work that must be done in a thorough investigation," Patrick said. "That means going through the couple of blocks at the blast scene square inch by square inch and picking up pieces of evidence and following those trails, and that's going to take some time."
The bombs were crudely fashioned from ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and ball bearings, investigators and others close to the case said. Investigators suspect the devices were then hidden in black duffel bags and left on the ground.
Seven bombing victims remained in critical condition.
Dr. Peter Burke, chief of trauma surgery at Boston Medical Center, said Thursday that one of the youngest victims, a 5-year-old boy, is getting better and "is going to be OK." A blast can often compress a child's chest, bruising the lungs and heart, he said, adding he is pleased with the boy's progress.
Dozens of victims have been released from hospitals, and officials at three hospitals that treated some of the most seriously injured said they expected all their remaining patients to survive.
The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old Krystal Campbell of Medford, Mass., and Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China.
NBC 4 New York's Jonathan Dienst contributed to this story.


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Italian Vegetable Panini
|Vegetables, Mushrooms, Bread
|Day Part
|Dinner, Lunch
|Menu Part
|Cuisine Type
Crisp, golden and oozing with melted cheese, this sandwich is filled with delicious flavors. Spinach, mushrooms and two cheeses combine for this gourmet treat.
Olive oil, as needed
1 lb. fresh spinach, cleaned, trimmed
1 lb. mushrooms, thinly sliced
1⁄2 lb. fontina
1⁄4 lb. Parmesan
16 slices Tuscan bread, toasted
1 small head iceberg lettuce, torn
6 tomatoes, thinly sliced
1. In a lightly oiled skillet over medium heat, sauté spinach in batches and season to taste. Set aside to cool.
2. In a lightly oiled skillet over high heat, sauté mushrooms until just tender. Set aside to cool.
3. Thinly slice cheeses.
4. Toast bread slices in oven. Drizzle half of the slices with olive oil; dust with pepper.
5. To assemble, layer lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, and cheeses on one slice of toast, topping with oiled slice. Return sandwich to oven for approx. 3 min., or until cheese has melted.


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The title pretty much says it all...
I am trying to find a nice theme for my scummvm on the wii.
They all seem to be made for the older versions of scummvm.
Could someone provide me a link to a nice theme with a crt television compatible big font?
Don't tell me "google for it". I tried, and couldn't find anything decent.
I also noticed that a new official release came out being the 1.2.1. I was wondering why the wii version was missing? Maybe I need to be a bit more patient.
I guess my humogonous bug fix won't be in it, as it is still standing open. Is dhewg the only guy involved in the wii port of the program?
As far as I know dhewg is the only person involved. I actually get the impression that the same goes for most of the 'other platform' (non - desktop) versions but admittedly I'm not familiar with all of them.
I'm not sure why there is no 1.2.1. stable. Before the buildbot I think that when a version was forked the team would contact the porters and ask them to supply it. Now with the buildbot I would of thought the porter wasn't needed for it.
But this is all second guessing.
I can't recall if you know of the buildbot and I just noticed for the first time that the Downloads page only has a link to Buildbot now whereas you could download them from the downloads page itself before. The Builds list has a version for the Wii which is probably later than 1.2.1 - although that doesn't help you if the Humongous fixes haven't been included yet.
As for the themes I've never tried any of them so I have no idea.


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Seventh Annual
CSULB Distinguished Speaker Series
Distinguished Historian • Award-winning Author
History Commentator for CBS News
Thursday,March 27, 2014 • 7:30pm
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton Street • CSULB Campus
Douglas Brinkley is a distinguished professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. In his presentation, Brinkley will share his insights based on voluminous research on the history of the American presidency, and frame the current challenges facing President Obama and how his election changed the course of American history.
He is a sought-after commentator on U.S. presidential history and has written books on Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Brinkley completed his bachelor's degree at Ohio State University and received his doctorate in U.S. Diplomatic History from Georgetown University in 1989. He then spent a year at the U.S. Naval Academy and Princeton University teaching history. While a professor at Hofstra University, Brinkley spearheaded the American Odyssey course, in which he took students on numerous cross-country treks where they visited historic sites and met seminal figures in politics and literature. Brinkley's 1994 book, The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey chronicled his first experience teaching this innovative on-the-road class which became the progenitor to C-SPAN's Yellow School Bus.
Called "America's new past master" and "the best of the new generation of American historians," Brinkley's writings cover a broad range of topics, from presidents to military campaigns to Katrina. The New York Times selected five of Brinkley's award-winning books as Notable Books of the Year and The Reagan Diaries was a New York Times best seller. In his most recent book, Cronkite (2012), Brinkley brings this American icon into focus as never before. Brinkley is also the history commentator for CBS News and a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times Book Review and American Heritage.
Monumental in his contribution to American culture, Douglas Brinkley takes the historical lessons of the past and applies them to the present and our future.
Brinkley lives in Austin and Houston, Texas with his wife and three children.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 Atherton Street
Reserved Seat Tickets: $40
Senior Citizens/Veterans: $30
CSULB Faculty/Staff : $30
CSULB Students (with ID): $20
Preferred Seating: $60
Sponsor Ticket: $100
Includes Sponsor Reception and
Dinner at The Pointe
Group Discount Available:
Call (562) 985-5673
All Profits Benefit CSULB
Student Scholarships
Parking is $5 payable on-site at the Carpenter Center
Flyer ( 555KB)


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Product Description
Montreux Sling
The Montreux Sling outdoor patio furniture collection, named after the home of the jazz festival in Switzerland, transforms style and sturdy construction into a work of art. This patio furniture collection is a perfect interplay of extruded aluminum seamlessly blended with cast aluminum details. The Montreux collection, designed by Peter Homestead, is a full-line offering in sling, cushion, and TropiKane® Woven. Get the most from outdoor patio furniture by pairing Montreux patio chairs with coordinating outdoor Tropitone® tables under a Basta Sole® Market Umbrella.
By Tropitone


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March 11. 2013 8:14PM
State budget cuts: Reality catches up with rhetoric
Americans for Prosperity says Gov. Hassan's budget has tax increases
If you did not read Garry Rayno's State House Dome column this past Sunday, then you might be unaware of just how unrealistic Gov. Maggie Hassan's proposed budget is. As our State House reporter put it, "The House Finance Committee faces some staggering decisions in the next few weeks as members finalize the House's version of the state's two-year operating budget."
That is not hyperbole. Looking at House revenue estimates, Rayno reported that Hassan's budget spends between $100 million and $150 million more than the House believes the state will have in the next budget cycle. Right now, it looks like the state is heading for another dreaded game of Cut The Budget After Overestimating Revenues.
Hassan most famously counts on $80 million in casino licensing revenue from casinos that do not exist and might never be created. The word in Concord is that the House, which has never approved a slot-machine casino, remains unlikely to do so this year. But that is not the end of Hassan's wishful budgeting.
She counts on the Legislature raising the tobacco tax by 30 cents, on hospitals paying more in Medicaid enhancement tax revenue than they have been willing to pay in the last few years, and on about $47 million in other revenue that House experts say probably will not materialize.
Rayno reported that House Finance Committee Chairman Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, said she is looking for "savings" in the budget. That means cuts. When Mary Jane Wallner wants to cut your budget, you can be dead certain about one thing: the money just is not there.
It is only March, and already Hassan's lofty promises of "restoring" funding cut by the previous Legislature are meeting the hard revenue reality. As John Lynch did before her, she has tried to delay the inevitable cuts by projecting rosy revenue figures. But the cuts will have to come. They always do.