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GOP went too far
Both parties are to blame for the weakening of the filibuster rule in the Senate and inviting the potential for more ideological and partisan appointments to the federal courts in years to come.
It was the Democrats, by a 52-48 vote, who changed the rules, ending filibusters for judicial and executive appointments. Confirmation of a president's nominations to direct federal agencies or fill court vacancies will now require a simple majority, not the 60 votes to break a filibuster.
But it was the Republican minority, by abusing the filibuster rule, which invited this reaction by frustrated Democrats. The latest and among the most egregious examples was the Republican use of the filibuster to block all of the president's appointments to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, for no other reason than they wanted to keep a conservative majority in control of the court.
The intent of the filibuster in the Senate is to give the minority party the ability to oppose the appointment of government officials or judges that it considers ideologically extreme or not equipped for a position. In that respect, it has served as a good rule.
The Senate minority should not however use the rule to prevent the president from leading or to bring courts and agencies to a standstill. That has been the GOP strategy.
Acceleration of the filibuster to block appointments arguably began when Democrats were in the minority 2003-2005 and sought to stop or delay several nominations by President George W. Bush. Over the last several years, however, Republicans have taken things to another level. Half of all filibusters waged against court nominees in the Senate's history have taken place since the election of President Obama in 2008.
While the Democrats decision is understandable, it is still reason for concern. Exempted from the decision were U.S. Supreme Court nominations, which can still be subject to filibuster. However, will that stand, or will the party in control when future Supreme Court appointments arise - be it Democrats or Republicans - now be tempted to kill the filibuster and pave the way for a strong liberal or conservative choice?
The better option may have been a return to the "talking filibuster," requiring senators to stand up and keep talking unless 60 votes could be found to stop the debate. That would encourage the minority to employ the powerful rule only for extreme circumstances.
The filibuster rule remains in place for legislation, a good thing.
History will judge the import of this historic decision. Senate Democrats better hope they keep winning elections.
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Juicy Graphics
Our company and office is full of life! We have a miniature pincher as our friendly guard dog, green and purple modern carpets, as well as sleek modern furniture. It's a new office and we are trying to make it feel more like home by adding photos to our walls! We love our clients and we want to show off our office even more by introducing them to the idea of wall graphics.
Our clients range from those in the medical industry to non-profits and Christian musicians. Due to our wide range of clients we want this to appeal to all. Our goal is to make our clients see that a wall can be more than just a wall and to add to our new office decor.
Overall Look and Feel: We need to have a photo-realistic version of the sketch attached. Vector can be used, but it should have a fantasy feel to it. Wrapped around the sun, we would like the attached logo -- minus it's blue background. A sign should be staked into the ground/field saying "Fresh. Produced." We thought it would be neat to have the door look like a bag of popcorn with popcorn and words coming out over the top of the door frame "MAKE IT POP"
Wall Size(photo.jpg preview attached):
166 inches wide
105 inches tall
119 and 3/4 inches left of the door frame
9 and 1/4 inches right of the door frame
2 inch door frames (Will be cut out from design)
From top of wall to top of door is 23 and 1/4 inches
(Please note, none of these numbers refer to feet, they are all in inches.)
Drawn Sketches:
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Vector Sketch:
Please use this as a sketch -- we want the feel of the artwork you produce to be much more fantasy-like and original. This is mainly to help with the overall idea since the original sketch seemed confusing.
Vector files or layered photoshop files.
See the "why-colors--source.zip" for colors that should be used. We love the juicy gradients and rich colors and they are already a part of our branding. We want to stay consistent, so please use these colors!
We understand that the budget is low, but this is a test project. We are hoping to see what you can produce because we have multiple wall graphics we need as well as car wrap designs to send your way! Thanks for all you do!

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Doane Yawger: Getting your old-car fix during the off-season can be tough
How do you keep up your enthusiasm for old cars during the off-season?
Like plants, things have seemed dormant on the old car front for quite some time. But there are ways to keep the zeal for collector vehicles at a high level even during winter.
If you have an old vehicle, stoking the fires of auto enthusiasm could be as easy as retreating to the garage, maybe pulling the car cover off the vehicle, stepping back a foot or two and savoring the scene. You can even jump inside the vehicle and make engine sounds if it makes you feel better.
A bit more effort is required if you don't have a hobby vehicle.
Hardly a day goes by that I don't see at least one vintage car or truck on the street. I never take one of these impromptu sightings for granted. This winter was extra-mild and many vehicles haven't been closeted-away against the elements like they would be during a normal, wet year.
There are at least a half-dozen television programs featuring old cars and efforts to restore and sell them. That's an unexpected blessing. Throwing in a few televised high-dollar car collector auctions helps build the old car fervor.
The Internet is chock-full of websites featuring old cars and trucks. It's certainly the next best thing to being there, but it's great the car show season is rapidly approaching, especially if you are a hands-on person.
Being a member of a car club also keeps the hobby in the forefront of your consciousness. Sharing the hobby with other like-minded hobbyists adds another dimension to one's enthusiasm level.
I can retreat into my hobby room and see bunches of miniature examples of my favorite cars in model form. Or I can peruse my stack of car magazines and books for fresh ideas and inspiration anytime I want. I also have a library of car videotapes which are pretty cool substitutes for the real thing.
Thankfully the time is rapidly approaching when the real fun begins, at a car show near you.


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Ebro Retortillo reservoir, Reinosa (Cantabria)
Turismo de Cantabria
Bell tower submerged under the waters of the Ebro reservoir
This town in Cantabria is in a stunning location, surrounded by high mountains.
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A clear understanding of grounding and bonding is essential to the safety of your co-workers as well as the reliability of your equipment.
During its first three months of operation, a new high- tech manufacturing wing incurred 191 hours of downtime. Throughout this episode, the maintenance department racked up an additional 60 hours of overtime, $38,000 in repair parts, and $7000 in outside consultant fees. Yet, problems persisted at the same furious rate - with no end in sight!
An electrician not assigned to that wing of the building heard about the problems over lunch. The discussion piqued his interest. He'd recently attended a National Electrical Code (NEC) seminar, so when the phrase "isolated ground" came up, he felt confident he could fix the problem. Why did he have such insight? He simply had a basic understanding of bonding and grounding principles and saw through common misconceptions.
In the electrical industry, one common misconception is the idea that earth and ground are the same. They are not. Aircraft have power systems and sensitive electronics that require grounding. Yet, you will not find an electrode made to earth on any aircraft - they don't touch the earth while in flight. Spacecraft also have grounding systems. However, at 240,000 miles from the earth, there is obviously no earth connection. A ground is simply a common reference plane. To make it work, you need bonding.
What does bonding do? As stated in NEC Art. 100, bonding establishes "an electrically conductive path that will ensure electrical conductivity and the capacity to conduct safely any current likely to be imposed." How does bonding do this? By permanently joining all metallic parts of a power-distribution system with a bonding jumper. You use the equipment-grounding conductor to complete the chain of bonding conductors.
As you can see in Fig. 1 (right), bonding jumpers tie the grounding system together through a reliable low-impedance path. If you remove an equipment-bonding jumper, that equipment no longer has a low-impedance path to ground. If you remove the equipment grounding conductor at the service entrance, no equipment has a low-impedance path to ground.
What happens if your path is unreliable, or the impedance is high? We know electricity prefers the path of least resistance. So, if your path to ground is a high-resistance path, where do you think undesirable current will primarily flow? Not into ground, because equipment and people are paths of lesser resistance.
Do you need uniform resistances? We know the relationship of resistance to voltage from Ohm's Law. Thus, we know if you have different resistances to ground from one piece of equipment or structure to another, you have a difference in voltage, too. That difference in potential could easily render the equipment unsafe because of the potential for electrical shock. If a person makes contact between two objects having different voltage potentials, current will flow through the person.
Does earth measure up? Does earth provide a low-impedance path that reduces this potential? If you measured the resistance, end-to-end, of 100 ft of No. 4 copper wire, you'd read about 0.03 ohms. Based on a table in the IAEI Soars Book on Grounding, that same 100 ft (if consisting of gravel) would measure more than 100 megohms! A more typical soil type would still read about 1 megohm. Even ideal soil won't read much below 10 kilohms. Obviously, earth is no substitute for copper wire when it comes to providing a low-resistance path to ground.
What about a reliable connection? After all, you can remove a copper wire but you can't remove the earth. True, but the point where an electrode contacts the earth is not a true connection. You can't weld, crimp, and bolt a conductor to the soil. All you really have is the surface-to-surface contact with the edges (asperity points) of soil particles.
Is the resistance reliably consistent? Electro-Test, Inc., a NETA member firm, makes soil resistivity tests all over the world. The company's experience is that the resistance of soil varies - even in the same spot on the same day. In fact, temperature and humidity can cause wide variations in the resistance of the same plot of soil.
What if you configure your grounding system as shown in Fig. 2 (right)? This common configuration has problems. First, you already know the resistance between the two electrodes (connected only by the earth) is neither low nor reliably consistent. This means you have a high potential between the two ground rods. That freestanding electrode, though buried in earth, is not grounded. As electricity seeks the path of least resistance, it will seek a path other than the earth bonding jumper between that freestanding rod and the service-entrance ground rod. Because of the high resistance in your earth bonding jumper, that electricity will build up potential before it can start to flow. Instead of the volt or two you'd have on your copper wire, you may have several hundred volts of difference building up and suddenly discharging through equipment or people. So, you can see the grounding arrangement in Fig. 2 is unsafe. However, it would be safe if you bonded the two electrodes with a copper wire. Does that bond cause other problems that justify the safety risk of not having it?
Sin of omission. According to one myth, bonding those two electrodes allows undesirable current to flow from the main grounding system into equipment we must protect from undesirable current. This misconception describes deliberate omission of a bonding jumper as an isolated ground, which is incorrect. Fig. 3 (right) shows a properly configured "isolated ground." Notice how similar it is to Fig. 2. All we did to fix Fig. 2 was bond that isolated rod to the grounding system.
Think of an isolated grounding conductor as a directly wired bonding jumper, not a separate grounding system. Rather than bond this conductor to the equipment-grounding conductor or the building frame at the point of use, you run it to a point much farther upstream - usually to the service entrance. And you bond to ground there. Not bonding this isolated grounding conductor to the service grounding electrode results in a voltage potential between it and your grounding system. That potential could be lethal.
We know omitting the bonding jumper inhibits the protection of equipment and people. What do we lose by including it? In other words, what are the advantages of using earth as a bonding jumper? The short answer is: There are none. Are installation manuals' claims that manufacturers can void warranties if you don't omit the bonding jumper true? No.
Let's look at Fig. 3, again. This configuration provides some isolation from the rest of the load side, by connecting to ground so close to the main electrode. This means that noise generated by a particular device will propagate into the mass of the grounding system and the various low paths of resistance before it even gets to your connection. The impedance of that length of isolated grounding conductor also helps. For nearly all installations, this arrangement has proven to be a more than adequate defense against noise coming from the grounding system.
Because omitting that bonding jumper is an open invitation to electrocution and equipment damage, omitting it is ethically unacceptable. It's also a violation of Art. 250 - which makes it unlawful in most jurisdictions.
If it is unlawful in your jurisdiction, a warranty clause requiring you to use earth as a bonding jumper is automatically void under the Uniform Commercial Code because of the underlying illegality. If you have such a clause in your warranty, consult your company's legal department. But don't just cave in and use earth as a bonding jumper. You could be personally liable for the consequences, and you'd have no defense in court.
Sidebar: A Grounding Primer
By the intentional connection to one system conductor at the power supply, grounding limits the voltages caused by lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher voltages. It also stabilizes the voltage to ground during normal system operation.
One important component of grounding is the equipment-grounding conductor. In a typical grounding system, this conductor connects the noncurrent-carrying metal parts of equipment, raceways, and other enclosures to the system grounded conductor (neutral), the grounding electrode conductor, or both, at the service equipment or at the source of a separately derived system. The equipment-grounding conductor removes dangerous voltages that could exist during a ground-fault condition by opening overcurrent protection devices. The greater the current, the quicker the overcurrent device clears the fault.
To do this, the equipment-grounding conductor must have sufficiently low impedance. An effective grounding path must be mechanically and electrically continuous, and capable of safely conducting fault-currents without damaging itself. For the equipment-grounding conductor to do its job, you must bond all metal parts within an electrical distribution system to each other.


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Not much happened during the practice portion of today's mini camp in Alameda, which is to be expected when full contact is prohibited and coaches are getting their first look at many players.
However, plenty was gleaned from interviews with coach Dennis Allen, offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, defensive coordinator Jason Tarver and a handful of players.
Here are the highlights:
Many players received a harsh wake-up call about the sizable leap from college football to the NFL.
"The pace was a tough transition for a lot of rookies," defensive lineman Christo Bilukidi said.
It was the first time in my life I was sore without working in pads."
Offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom likened the christening of sorts to mental gymnastics, trying to learn plays and schemes, while facing live competition.
"I've always said there's really no way to condition for football besides football," Bergstrom said. "You can run all you want. I've been running at elevation but you still come out here and get tired. Today felt a lot better."
Allen said it's natural for young players to need an adjustment period. The key is, working hard from here on out and catching up as soon and as quickly as possible.
"It's extremely important" to have a rookie camp before adding in the veterans, Allen said. "We've had the veteran players here for a while and have already been through a minicamp with them. The rookies are obviously behind from a mental and a physical standpoint. They're going to have to work hard and work fast to get caught up because if they don't get caught up, pretty soon they'll fall behind."
Running back Darren McFadden is on track to make a successful return to the field after missing the final nine games last season with a severely sprained foot.
That's according to running backs coach Kelly Skipper, who offered the most in depth report on McFadden's health since the injury occurred.
"The thing about Darren is, he didn't have any major surgeries, so he's able to come back her healthy and he's playing at a high level right now and it's offseason," Skipper said. "So, that's a good thing. He didn't have surgery so he's going to be off the whole spring. Nah, that's not the case. He's out here. You would never know he got hurt. He's making cuts at full speed, everything."
Former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell fared better than most people realize in 2008, when Knapp was the offensive coordinator under coaches Lane Kiffin and Tom Cable.
"I was very pleased with JaMarcus' finish in his career here," Knapp said. "In his last six games – keep in mind, that the year that we were here, he went through three play-callers; Lane Kiffin, myself and Tom Cable. That's tough on anybody to play. He, really, the last six games played at a pretty high level. He had almost a 90 (passer) rating.
"So, he wasn't as established as Carson (Palmer), but I was pleased to see the growth and, unfortunately, the staff got blown up and had to be readjusted. So, I couldn't see the development continue."
Knapp was gone at the end of that season, soon after being stripped of his play-calling duties by Cable, who had replaced the fired Kiffin as coach. Russell was released two years ago.
Knapp isn't eager for the Raiders to sign a veteran wide receiver such as Plaxico Burress or Terrell Owens. At least, not yet.
"It's too early to tell," Knapp said. "We've only had the one vet mini camp, three days of practice. I want to get through the OTAs and get a better feel for where we're at. Like I said, I'm real excited to see some of these young guys, once they learn some of the offense with a few more reps, to perform."
Knapp also said the Raiders possess more talent offensively now than they did during his first stint, with the exception of tight end, a position that needs "growth," he said.
Allen is high on defensive tackle Travis Ivey.
"He's a big, powerful guy inside who has the ability to be a good run-stopping player inside," Allen said.
Ivey spent time with the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins before he signed with the Raiders late last season. He said he is eager to make the jump from the practice squad to the 53-man roster and contribute any way possible.
Ivey played the 4-3 in college but learned the nuances of the 3-4 with the Browns and Dolphins. Either way, he said, he just wants to hit someone.
"I'm just eager for camp to come around," Ivey said. "We have these OTAs and minicamps. We can't hit anybody and my game is hitting people and being physical. I really look forward to doing the right things and getting my hand placement right right now. I'm really looking forward to camp so I can really show them what my game is."
Ivey said he learned a great deal from defensive tackle Tommy Kelly last season. Both went undrafted and were forced to take the difficult route to the NFL.
Rookie linebacker Miles Burris has heard the so-called experts say he isn't a natural fit for any one position in the NFL.
To that, Burris said he is willing and able to play any linebacker position, even if that means converting from the outside spot he played at San Diego State.
"They're just for guys that are willing to get after it and get to the ball and make plays and have a love for the game," Burris said. "I think I have those abilities."


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HUNDREDS of people were eyeing up the bargains in the city centre yesterday at the opening of what is thought to be Wales' biggest charity shop.
Billionaire Sir Terry Matthews, owner of the fivestar Celtic Manor Resort, opened the new store in Commercial Street which will raise funds in aid of Friends of St Anne's Hospice.
Overall manager Laura Buchanan-Smith took on the shop, which is in the old Next clothes shop building, after being approached by the landlord of the building.
The shop building covers two floors and sells clothes, accessories, bric-a-brac, furniture and books. Smarter clothing including bridalwear, dinner suits and vintage clothing will also be sold. Stock is provided through donations and volunteers will staff the shop.
The move comes after the body blows of the loss of a number of chain stores in the city centre - including Next, H&M and the impending loss of Marks & Spencer in January - and urgent calls from hard-pressed independent traders for more outlets to attract footfall and help them survive.
Traders are particularly concerned about the next three years in the city centre ahead of the multi-million redevelopment at Friar's Walk which has Debenhams as an anchor store.
Prior to the opening, day manager at the shop, Jonathan Hodson told reporters he thought Newport could be brought forward as "a charity shop city".
When asked if he thought more charity shops should be bought to Newport, Sir Terry didn't give a direct answer replying: "This is the biggest charity shop in Wales. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's all good."
He added: "I have known Laura a long time and encouraged her to do this. She is like dynamite.
"I have been observing things and Newport is coming along well. I feel very good about it."
Ms Buchanan-Smith, who stood as an Independent candidate for the Allt-yr-yn ward in this year's council elections, already runs two St Anne's Hospice charity shops in Newport.
She said: "It will bring more customers into town and is something different.
Today has been fantastic. Sir Terry was brilliant."
Alex Adams, 17, is one of the volunteers at the shop after he has been volunteering with the charity since the summer to gain extra work experience.
He said: "The shop is great and it's great to see all the people. Laura is marvellous."
The shop will be open from Monday to Saturday from 9am until 5pm.
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Let's Get Physical
Beauty's only skin deep – I won't argue with that. Romance stories based on Beauty and the Beast abound (many are on my keeper shelves, in fact), and I admit I get a kick out of it when fictional heroes or heroines are less than perfect.
Still, it would be pointless to pretend looks are completely irrelevant. Physical attraction does play a part in the mating game, both in fiction and in real life. I've read that women instinctively seek out big, strong men who can protect us and father healthy children. Maybe it was true once, but today I don't think most of us factor that in – at least not consciously.
I've also read that we subconsciously seek out mates with similar features, which I think is a crock. It's not a popularity contest, either – I don't think we're attracted to guys just because our friends are. Several of my close friends list Gerard Butler and Vin Diesel as the Men They'd Most Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With. Another friend is all about Dwayne Johnson, The Rock. Still another friend is drawn to muscular wrestlers, while yet another friend prefers tall, slim, pale British aristocrat-types. There is no one-size-fits-all Perfect Guy.
With that in mind, I thought I'd take a little survey. Yes, it's shallow of me to objectify men like this and I apologize in advance. I'm having a shallow moment – bear with me.
So, assuming you could piece together your perfect man like a Playgirl-style Frankenstein, what are the top five features you'd select?
This is my top five list:
1) Voice. No matter what he looks like, if a guy has a wimpy voice, all bets are off. Alan Rickman gets my vote as one of the sexiest voices around.
2. A great smile. Michael Weatherly (Anthony DiNozzo on NCIS) and Robert Redford tie for this spot. Extra points for dimples, like the guy in the State Farm ad, Eddie Matos.
3. I know a lot of you will disagree, but I like facial hair – not beards, but I do like goatees and five o'clock shadow. I have a tie for this spot, too – Ben Affleck and Paul McCartney. I admit, I have a thing for guys with shaggy dark hair, too.
4. Interesting, clever face and soulful eyes. Robert Downey, Jr. and Brad Pitt win this one. It's a bonus that they happen to be gorgeous, too.
5. Okay, okay, I'm as shallow as they come. Men have objectified women for yonks, so it's only fair we should get to share the fun, right? So here's number five – the chests (preferably not greased, waxed or shaved), the sexy tattoos, the whole kit and kaboodle. This collection includes vintage Pierce Brosnan and my current stuck-in-the-elevator-guy (if only I could magically lose thirty years and a bunch of pounds), True Blood's Alcide – Joe Manganiello.
Now it's your turn – what are the top five traits you look for? Who are your stuck-in-the-elevator guys? Let's compare notes!


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'Star Trek Into Darkness': Alice Eve's Character Revealed!
Details are dribbling out about Star Trek Into Darkness like quadrotriticale bread crumbs. Yesterday, a Paramount caption for a studio-released photo of Benedict Cumberbatch's villain identified him as John Harrison, a totally new character. Today, ComingSoon.net revealed that they had visited J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot production studio and learned that Alice Eve, seen playing a fresh-faced Starfleet science or medical officer in the first teaser released last week, is indeed Carol Marcus, very much an established character in Trek lore.
Who is Carol Marcus? Marcus was an accomplished scientist who specialized in the development of terraforming technology that would allow the Federation to develop and colonize new worlds. Her research culminated in the Genesis Project, a device capable of rearranging inorganic matter into organic matter on a planetwide scale in a matter of minutes. That was one of the greatest creative endeavors in Federation history, and one of the most destructive. That's because Genesis could also be used as a superweapon to destroy a planet in a matter of moments. Marcus thus occupies a mythologically-resonant place in Star Trek for being both a creator and destroyer of worlds — and a walking cautionary tale about scientific responsibility and humans playing God. Oddly enough, in the original timeline she never was a member of Starfleet and was always distrustful of its militarist sensibility.
What else can we mention about Carol Marcus? Why, she was a love interest for Capt. James T. Kirk, of course! In fact, Marcus, in pre-Abrams continuity, was the mother of Kirk's son, David: the whiniest, most pathetic inhabitant of the 23rd century, an individual just begging to get a Klingon d'k tahg shiv stuck in his ribs. (I suppose we should blame Kirk for David's whininess, however, since he did absolutely nothing to raise him, virtually abandoning Carol and his toddler son so he could trek across the stars on his five year mission and cuddle other space babes.)
Since Marcus did not appear in the 2009 Star Trek film, she could very likely hook up with Kirk in Star Trek Into Darkness and we could see how David Marcus is produced. Unless, the Nero-altered timeline means that David will never exist. Please, J.J., make it so!
The thing to consider about Marcus' presence in Star Trek Into Darkness is that her only previous appearance occurred in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan—an indication that the genetically-enhanced superman may be waiting in the wings. It seems almost impossible that Cumberbatch himself is Khan…but could he be an envoy for him? The Silver Surfer to Khan's Galactus, if you will? We shall see…
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Unit 8.4 History: The Discovery
of DNA
This unit deals with the discovery of nuclein, DNAs
forerunner, by Frederick Miescher in 1869. Nuclein was a
form of impure DNA, which Miescher extracted from white
blood cells taken from surgical bandages.
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Planet of the Ood was the third episode of series 4 of Doctor Who.
As the title flatly presaged, it featured the return of the Ood and the Doctor's first visit to their homeworld. It was the first time viewers met Ood Sigma and the first time they encountered the later-important phrase, "the DoctorDonna". It also made little to no mention of the "Missing Planets" arc — Donna mentioned the disappearing bees when the Doctor was looking to find what year they were in.
This episode included the first sign that the Tenth Doctor's life was nearing its end, which would become more evident later on. However, the Tenth Doctor's death did not happen until a significant amount of time later, making the sign of his end extremely early. Foreshadowing the Doctor's regeneration would later be used again for the Eleventh Doctor in 2011's The Wedding of River Song, were "the fall of the Eleventh" is first mentioned.
Behind the scenes, it was notable for showcasing the first prolonged usage of counter tenor Mark Chambers on a Doctor Who score. Later more famous for the purely incidental "Vale Decem", heard as the Tenth Doctor regenerated, here he gave voice to the diegetic Ood song, known on the series 4 soundtrack as "Songs of Freedom and Captivity".
Synopsis Edit
The Tenth Doctor takes Donna Noble to her very first alien planet: the Ood Sphere. There, the Doctor encounters the Ood once more, and red-eye strikes again. But what is causing it this time? He and Donna soon learn the horrible secrets kept by Ood Operations, and they discover just what mankind is capable of. Elsewhere, what is the secret Warehouse 15 holds within its walls? The Doctor arrives, and everything will change. The revolution begins.
Plot Edit
A businessman, Mr Bartle, watches an advertisement for the Ood, who are being sold as servants to humans. Bartle is sarcastic yet somewhat impressed with the advert until he notices that his bosses have cut the price to just 50 credits each. His boss, Klineman Halpen, tells him it is an economic measure to stay ahead of the competition and orders him to get going trying to catch up. Bartle orders his personal Ood servant, Delta Fifty, to hand him last month's military export figures, and tells his assistant Solana Mercurio over the radio to get ready for an impending visit from their clients. His Ood gives him the wrong files. However, rather than correcting the mistake, the Ood's eyes glow red and he electrocutes Bartle to death with his translation sphere.
Elsewhere, the Tenth Doctor sets the TARDIS to random settings, effectively taking a mystery tour with Donna. After they land, Donna is excited, yet terrified, about landing on an alien planet. The Doctor comforts her by saying that after all his travelling, he still experiences the very same feeling. However, as Donna steps out of the TARDIS, she discovers they have landed on a cold, snowy planet. The Doctor is overjoyed at the sight of finally experiencing real snow. Donna makes several comments about being cold as he continues on about how much he likes the snow.
He then waxes poetic to Donna about her first time visiting a different planet. As he finishes, he sees that Donna has disappeared. But, Donna exits the TARDIS, wearing a heavy winter coat. They then proceed to stroll along the snowy plains of the planet.
At Ood Operations, Klineman Halpen arrives to cover for Mr Bartle. He is more arrogant than his predecessor. At his office, Halpen, scientist Dr Ryder, and Solana watch a surveillance videotape of Mr Bartle's murder. Dr Ryder cannot explain how the translation orb could be used as a weapon. When Halpen asks for the status of the escaped Ood, Dr. Ryder explains that Delta Fifty ran off, but a guard managed to shoot him as he escaped, and he's presumed to be dying out in the elements. While Dr. Ryder also says that he has no idea about the source of Red Eye, Halpen asks his own Ood, Sigma, for a drink. He protests that it is just hair tonic; he started losing his hair due to stress built up over the last five years.
While the Doctor and Donna roam the planet, the Doctor hears an eerie sound Donna can't detect. They find Delta Fifty dying in the snow. Donna seems disgusted by its look. The Doctor tells her the Ood is a "he", not an "it". While the Doctor examines him, Donna keeps the Ood talking, to keep him conscious. The Doctor asks why Delta Fifty has been shot. The Ood merely says "the circle must be broken", before suddenly getting up to attack. Before he can fully stand, he dies. Donna wonders if they should bury him, but the Doctor says to let the snow do the job.
As they walk off, the Doctor tells Donna that the Ood are servants to humanity; they normally aren't violent. However, the last time he met them, they were possessed by something malevolent. When Donna asks what, the Doctor tries to avoid the question, but she demands an answer. "It was the devil," the Doctor quips. Donna tells him that if he's going to joke, she put her hood up to block him out. However, the Doctor continues on that there must be another source causing the Ood to be psychotic; they see a rocket fly overhead. Calling it a sports care compared to the TARDIS, Donna races to see where it lands. The Doctor joins her, spotting Ood Operations HQ.
Solana Mercurio meets up with the buyers outside the warehouse and tells them to come inside. Just then, the Doctor and Donna arrive as last minute clients. By using the psychic paper, they are able to convince her that they represent the Noble Corporation PLC Limited, Intergalactic (a fictitious company); in a bizarre twist, Donna gives the entire cover story, while the Doctor makes the psychic paper show what Donna just said. They are greeted as Dr and Mrs Noble, but they quickly correct her that they are not married.
Just then, they hear an alarm, which Solana claims is a siren signalling the end of a work shift. In truth, the head of security, Commander Kess, has reported an Ood on the loose. His team pursue the Ood and eventually corner him. When he turns to the guards, they realise that it is more than a mere case of Red-Eye: this Ood has turned rabid. Halpen orders Kess to send the Ood to Dr Ryder.
Solana gives out the presentation on the Ood. She shows three different Ood, one with the standard voice, one with a sexy female voice, and one with a "comedy classic" option (when being told that the has Ood dropped something, he answers, "D'oh!").
Afterwards, while the buyers are enjoying the buffet, the Doctor and Donna discover that they are at the Ood Sphere in the year 4126, during the Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire that spans three galaxies. Donna is fascinated that Earth is still populated, despite all the news articles in her time stating the near end of the world, including global warming and the disappearance of bees. Donna then learns that the red dots on the maps are Ood distribution centres. She decides to talk to an Ood to see if they get a say in this. However, the Ood merely tells them that the Ood were born to serve, or they would die out. The Ood then starts mentioning the circle. The pair decide to peruse the base of operations.
Halpen, Kess and Dr Ryder take a look at the chained and rabid Ood. The trio are baffled that after two centuries there is a change in them. Ood Sigma is questioned to see if he has seen anything like it, but even he is just as clueless. Dr Ryder suggests they go to Warehouse 15 to find answers. Halpen reluctantly agrees, even though there hasn't been any activity there for 200 years. When asked about what to do with the rabid Ood, Halpen orders security to shoot it and autopsy it.
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Donna observe the Ood being shepherded around. Donna realises the Ood are slaves, not servants. The Doctor tells her it's not too different from her time, to which Donna says is not true as she doesn't enslave people. The Doctor quips it's the people who make her clothes. Angered, Donna asks the Doctor if he takes humans with him on his travels just to take cheap shots at humanity. Apologising, the Doctor remembers that he couldn't save the Ood on Krop Tor, and regrets that he never gave more thought to investigate why a species would apparently voluntarily give up their freedom. Now that he knows the truth, and figuring he owes them one; the Doctor resolves to liberate the Ood. They then observe Halpen. Knowing he's the boss, they decide to stay out of his way.
Halpen, Dr Ryder and Sigma enter Warehouse 15, which houses a large, pulsating brain - "the Ood Brain". Halpen reminisces about his first time to Warehouse 15 when he was six years old, and is still horrified by those memories. Ryder checks the computers and finds no changes in the brain. Halpen is then interrupted by Solana, who informs him that two of the buyers claimed to be members of the Noble Corporation - but the company does not exist. Further, they are now missing. Halpen orders security to search for the Doctor and Donna, but discreetly.
The Doctor and Donna enter a warehouse, finding countless cargo containers. Breaking into one, they see that it contains numerous Ood just standing. Donna wonders why the Ood won't just go free. They reply that they don't understand the concept. When the Doctor mentions the circle, all the Ood, in unison, say that the circle must be broken, so they can sing. Just then, they are spotted by Commander Kess, who raises the alarm, against Halpen's wishes.
While Solana lies to the buyers and tells them it is just a fire drill, the Doctor and Donna run. Donna is captured and taken to a container filled with Ood, who have turned to red-eye. Meanwhile, the Doctor is being chased by Kess, who is joyfully trying killing him with a claw. Though the Doctor tries his best to evade it, he eventually falls. He is saved by Solana, who shuts down the claw's power and reminds Kess that Halpen wants the two alive. Security eventually lets Donna, who is about to be killed by the red-eye Ood, free.
However, the guards forget to re-lock the container, and the red-eye Ood escape from the container too and promptly kill the guard next to the door. Kess and his men open fire as the surrounding containers open as well, giving the Doctor, Donna and Solana time to escape as bullets ricochet everywhere. After making it out, Solana confirms everyone on Earth either knows of the treatment of the Ood or doesn't ask. The Doctor asks her to help them. Reluctantly, she points them in the direction where they make the Ood turn to slaves. However, she defects again and calls out for the guards to apprehend the two. The Doctor and Donna head off to the area she pointed out. Kess manages to contain the rabid Ood but believes the entire batch is contaminated. Seeing no alternative, Halpen orders Kess to get gas canisters.
By the time the Doctor finds the area, he hears the Ood song getting stronger, though Donna still can't hear it. After they break into the room, they find several Ood in a cage. The Doctor tries to introduce them as "Doctor... Donna". Donna asks the Doctor to let her hear the song. After he is able to open her mind to it, she quickly wants to stop hearing it. It is a very sad song of captivity. He closes her mind to it again; however, she realises that the Doctor can still hear it, which saddens her more.
While Halpen and the team attempt to break into the room, the Doctor enters the cage and discovers that these are "natural" Ood, and carry a hindbrain in their hands; he explains that it works as their medulla oblongota, the part of the brain that gives a being their personality. To both of their disgust, the Doctor and Donna realise that the corporation is removing the brains and replacing them with translation spheres; it's effectively a lobotomy to remove the Ood's free will. Donna notes that she spent a long time looking for the Doctor, hoping the universe would be a wonderful place, but didn't realise how many issues and horrors await also; she asks to go home. Hearing Haplen's men finally break down the door, the Doctor ushers Donna into the cage with the Ood and shuts the door. Mr. Haplen arrives with security. With his usually cheeky bravado, the Doctor asks "What're you gonna do? Lock me up? Well, you're too late! Ha!"
This doesn't work. They are taken to Halpen's office in handcuffs. Halpen interrogates them and gets them to "confess" that they are activists from Friends of the Ood. Halpen claims that the Ood welcomed being turned into slaves, and would be nothing without humanity. Donna snaps at Halpen, calling him an idiot; the Ood are peaceful, and only wanted to befriend humanity. Instead, Halpen's company exploits and mutilates the Ood for profit. Impressed with Donna being able to make such a righteous speech, the Doctor congratulates her. The Doctor also learns that Halpen is going to gas the "livestock", which he likens to how humans dealt with foot-and-mouth disease centuries ago. Meanwhile, the natural Ood appear to have been affected by the Doctor and Donna's visit as they join in a circle; their song starts intensifying. Processed Ood soon begin holding their heads as if they are in pain, except Sigma, who remains unaffected. The Ood suffering the psychic contact from their brethren turn red-eye.
In the room with the buyers, Solana notices the Ood turn into red-eye and urges the buyers to leave. When a drunk and ignorant buyer is killed after foolishly approaching the Ood, the rest quickly oblige, though several are electrocuted in the process, including Solana herself. As the gas canisters count down, Kess is captured by the Ood. They subsequently release the captured Ood, lock Kess in the cage, and leave him to be killed by his own gas. Outside, Halpen and Ryder witness a full-scale revolution in progress, which the humans are losing, due to them being outnumbered by the Ood.
The corporation plans to evacuate and then destroy the building; Halpen decides to leave the Doctor and Donna behind to be killed by the Ood as executing them with gunshots to the head would leave too many questions when an investigation is conducted. The Doctor confronts him about a supposed third element that allows the processed Ood to function; he tells Donna that a creature's mind would be at war with itself without a medulla oblongata to regulate thought. Halpen replies, "It won't exist for very much longer", before leaving. Halpen and Dr Ryder make it down to Warehouse 15 while witnessing the Ood revolution in full swing.
As the Doctor and Donna attempt to break free without any success, three red-eyed Ood enter the room and plan to kill them. The two of them repeatedly tell them, "Doctor, Donna, friends" and "The circle must be broken". Through the mild telepathic link with their adapted brethren, the natural Ood are able to hear them. They pass the knowledge of who is a friend to the Ood on to the three, returning them to docile mindsets. The Ood free the Doctor and Donna, who are trying to find the source of the third element. On the way, they see Sigma, who is generously allowed to leave by Halpen to join his people; Sigma guides them to Warehouse 15.
Once inside, the Doctor finds the giant Ood brain. It is the Ood's telepathic centre and the third part of the Ood physiology. Six pylons surround the brain, which has been used to dampen the telepathy between brain and Ood for 200 years, forcing them to be servants. They are interrupted by Halpen, who holds them at gun point. Ryder tells them that he has surrounded the area with land mines to kill the brain; since it is the third link in the Ood way of life, this will kill every Ood in the universe. The Doctor theorises that the brain spent 200 years adapting to the pylons, but Dr Ryder claims responsibility. He exposes himself as a member of Friends of the Ood; knowing that the natural adapting process would take too long, he's spent ten years infiltrating Ood Operations and working his way up the corporate ladder. Once he finally had access to the warehouse (a few hours previously), he lowered the barrier to its minimum setting, allowing the oppressed brain to wreak vengeance on those that imprisoned it. In response, Halpen pushes him over the edge, and he is engulfed by the brain.
As Halpen is about to shoot the Doctor and Donna, Sigma steps in and insists he take another drink. Halpen, disturbed by Sigma's insistence, asks the Ood if he has poisoned him, but Sigma denies such, declaring that natural Ood do not kill. He reveals that Halpen's "hair tonic" is in fact Ood graft suspended in a biological compound. The Doctor realises that the Ood subconscious is divided into three groups: red-eye is revenge, rabid is anger, and the seemingly unaffected Sigma represents its patience. The Ood have been preparing for Halpen for a long time, and with him in such close proximity to the brain, he begins to hear the Ood's telepathic song. With the Ood graft, he has been rewriting his biology. Suddenly, he bends down and peels away his human skin from his head, revealing the cranium of an Ood. The slimy, skin-coloured tentacles of an Ood come out his mouth, while Donna looks on in horror. When Halpen stands up, he has been fully transformed before their eyes, then sneezes out his new hind brain, and showing it to the amazed Doctor and Donna. Sigma states "He has become Ood-kind, and we will take care of him".
Donna notes that after being with the Doctor, she doesn't know what is right or wrong anymore, to which the Doctor replies, "It's better that way. People who know for certain tend to be like Mr Halpen". After the Doctor shuts down the mines, he asks Sigma if he can shut down the pylons damping the telepathic field. Sigma readily agrees, and with the push of a lever the pylons are switched off, and the circle is broken. The Ood can sing again. The Ood song erupts to a new, joyful one, and now everyone can hear it, even Donna. Outside, the fighting stops - the Ood group themselves together, whilst the soldiers stand down.
Afterwards, the Doctor and Donna are outside the TARDIS and explain to Sigma that the song resonated to the three galaxies. The humans, realising that the Ood can think and feel like them and demonstrating the immense kindness they are capable of, decide to free the Ood and send them back home. After Sigma thanks them, he offers them a place in their song, but the Doctor says he has his own song. Sigma tells him his song will end soon since every song must end. The Doctor turns to Donna to see what she wants; after the freeing of the Ood, she has changed her mind and wants to continue her travels with him. Before they leave, Sigma tells them they will never be forgotten; their children and children's children will sing of the DoctorDonna. Their names will be carried by the Ood Sphere's wind, ice and snow forever. The TARDIS vanishes as the Ood watch.
Cast Edit
- The Doctor - David Tennant
- Donna Noble - Catherine Tate
- Mr Halpen - Tim McInnerny
- Solana Mercurio - Ayesha Dharker
- Dr Ryder - Adrian Rawlins
- Commander Kess - Roger Griffiths
- Mr Bartle - Paul Clayton
- Ood Sigma - Paul Kasey
- Rep - Tariq Jordan
- Voice of the Ood - Silas Carson
Uncredited cast Edit
- Natural Ood - Jon Davey[1][2], Sean Saye, Kevin Hudson, Adam Sweet, Jeremy Harvey, Richard Tunesi, Scott Baker, Ruari Mears, Matthew Doman, Claudio Laurini, Peter Symonds[2]
- Ood - Paul Kasey[source needed]
Crew Edit
|Executive Producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner
|Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
References Edit
- The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire is mentioned.
- The Ood's song is telepathic, and once the circle was broken, all the Ood could sing.
- A member of Friends of the Ood appears.
- Donna mentions (for the second time) bees disappearing from Earth.
- When the Doctor asks Donna where she learnt to whistle, she replies, "West Ham, every Saturday".
- Solana uses a vidfone to contact visitors.
- The Doctor claims he and Donna are from Noble Corporation.
Story notes Edit
- The snow scenes were shot in a boiling hot week in August, using fake snow. This was done using tiny pieces of paper, as explained in the Confidential for this episode.
- The transformation of Halpen into an Ood was originally far more graphic, but after the footage was viewed it was re-edited to be less horrific for a family audience.
- Russell T Davies noted during the production of the Ood's introductory episodes that he considered their homeworld to be close to that of the Sensorites — hence the mention of the Sense-Sphere.
- This episode doesn't show or feature Earth at all, but it is mentioned by Donna and Solana.
- This episode was originally intended to be episode 2, but was swapped with The Fires of Pompeii.
- The theme of humans exploiting alien life had previously been touched upon in two Season 2 episodes of Torchwood that aired a few months before this episode: Meat and Reset. The difference here is that freedom for the aliens in the Torchwood episodes came through their deaths, whereas most of the Ood survive.
- The scene where the Doctor and Donna meet Haplen at the presentation is removed; this left the proper Friends of the Ood introductory reference out, leaving it as a throwaway mention.
- In the episode commentary, it was mentioned that it had been decided to have Dr. Ryder killed by Mr. Haplen as there needed to be good enough reason for the audience to believe Haplen deserved to be turned into an Ood.
Ratings Edit
- 7.50 million viewers (UK final)[3]
Myths and rumours Edit
- This is set before The Impossible Planet. (Most fans assume this because the pre-publicity stated that we would find out why the Ood were slaves, and the date for that story was 43K2.1. However, we never found out what those numbers meant, and there is no reason that this cannot be after that story.)
- A snippet of the separation music from Doomsday can be heard after the Ood tells the Doctor, "Your song will end soon." He also said that "every song must end." This led to speculation that this was a reference to Rose Tyler's return, and/or an imminent regeneration for the Doctor.
Filming locations Edit
Studio Edit
- Upper Boat Studios, Trefforest
Location Edit
- Trefil Quarry, Gwent
- Twin Peaks Hangar, Barry
- Aberthaw Cement Works, Barry
- Hynix Building, Newport
- Johnsey Estates, Pontypool
- Hensol Castle, Hensol
Production errors Edit
- Soon after the Doctor and Donna are blasted backward, fake snow is flung onto the visible screen and sticks in place, which clearly indicates the presence of an outdoor camera that has been used to film the sequence.
- Solana says to Halpen that alcohol is not allowed on base, yet alcohol was served when the buyers arrived.
- When Halpen pours the hair tonic onto the Ood Brain, the glass was empty, but when he says he is finished here, it is now full. However, Ood Sigma might have refilled it for him.
- When Donna says that Delta Fifty Ood has died, the actor can be clearly seen taking a large breath when Donna approaches him.
Continuity Edit
- The Doctor sets the TARDIS controls to random. (TV: The Armageddon Factor et al.)
- The Doctor refers to being unable to save the Ood during his previous encounter with them. (TV: The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit)
- The Doctor comments that he visited the Sense-Sphere "ages ago". (TV: The Sensorites)
- Ryder remarks how he is a "friend of the Ood". Scooti Manista once thought the Doctor and Rose Tyler were friends of the Ood. (TV: The Impossible Planet)
- The Rani also used a massive brain on one occasion. (TV: Time and the Rani)
- When the Doctor and Donna exit the TARDIS and see the Ood Sphere for the first time, the Doctor comments that he is glad to see real snow. He had encountered "fake" snow three times recently prior to this:
- Snow that was actually ash from the Sycorax ship breaking up in the atmosphere after it was destroyed; (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
- Snow the Doctor had created by using the TARDIS to influence the Earth's atmosphere; (TV: The Runaway Bride)
- And Snow that was really from the ballast from the Titanic after it flew over London. (TV: Voyage of the Damned)
- Halpen calls Donna "ginger" because of her red hair. The newly regenerated Tenth Doctor was disappointed that he was not ginger, (TV: The Christmas Invasion) as the Eleventh Doctor would later be as well. (TV: The End of Time)
- Ood Sigma tells the Doctor that his song will soon be ending, a prophecy whose meaning is revealed at the time of the Tenth Doctor's regeneration. (TV: The End of Time)
- The Ood saying "Doctor, Donna" is not them referring to the Doctor and Donna at the same time, but foreshadowing Donna's destiny. (TV: Journey's End)
Home video releases Edit
- This story was released in the Series 4 DVD box set in November 2008 along with the rest of the series.
- It was released as Series 4 Volume 1 in a vanilla edition with Partners in Crime and The Fires of Pompeii.
- The BBFC has rated this story a 12 certificate citing a "moderate gory scene" presumably referring to the scene where Halpen transforms into an Ood. Partners in Crime and The Fires of Pompeii were both given PG certificates.
- This episode is the focus of the Series 4 Volume 1 cover.
External links Edit
- Official BBC Website - Episode Guide for Planet of the Ood
- Planet of the Ood at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Planet of the Ood at Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel)
- Planet of the Ood at The Locations Guide
Footnotes Edit


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London Police To Extract Data From Suspects' Mobile Phones -- And Keep It Even If No Charges Are Brought
from the hands-off-my-digital-DNA dept
As the mobile phone moves closer to the center of daily life in many parts of the world, combining phone, computer, camera, diary, music player, and much else all in one, it becomes a concentrated store of the digital DNA that defines us -- who we talk to, what we search for, who we meet, what we listen to. However convenient that may be for us as users, it's also extremely dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands.
Unfortunately, in the UK, it looks like London's police force must now join the list of "wrong hands":
The Metropolitan Police has implemented a system to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody.
If a crime has been committed, there is an argument that extracting the data in this way in order to secure a conviction might be justified if carried out with appropriate authorization. But clearly, keeping all that highly personal data as a matter of course, even if no charges are brought, is a breach of privacy and human rights.
The data includes call history, texts and contacts, and the BBC has learned that it will be retained regardless of whether any charges are brought.
It's also pretty pointless. After all, anyone who uses their phone for nefarious purposes will make sure that they can render the contents irrevocably inaccessible with just a couple of clicks - apps that let you do this are likely to proliferate in the wake of this latest development. So most of the data gathered by the police will be that of law-abiding citizens, who don't feel the need to take this precaution.
However, there is an interesting parallel here with the similarly unjustified retention of a suspect's DNA, even if no charges were brought, that took place routinely in the UK from 2004. The European Court of Human Rights deemed this a breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides a "Right to respect for private and family life", and the UK government was forced to change its approach. The same logic would seem to apply in the case of the digital DNA held on our mobile phones. Let's hope the UK police consider this before rolling out their disproportionate plans.
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The fact that the Ravens and 49ers are coached by the Harbaugh brothers promises to be one of the most discussed angles to Super Bowl XLVII and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh had his first chance to address the topic on Monday.
Harbaugh said that he hopes to answer as few questions as possible on the topic of his brother, emphasizing that the 49ers are going to prepare to face the Ravens exactly the same way that they prepare to face teams not coached by members of the Harbaugh family. He then explained why he thought it was a blessing and a curse to be in this game with his brother on the other sideline.
"(It's) a blessing because that is my brother's team. And also personally I played for the Ravens, have great respect for their organization, worked with (general manager) Ozzie Newsome and (former owner) Art Modell, his love and passion for the National Football League. Know many of the Baltimore Ravens players and have great respect for them and their team and I'm happy for them. Happy for us that we've made it to this point," Harbaugh said, via Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. "The curse part would be the talk of two brothers playing in the Super Bowl, and what that takes away from the players that are in the game. Every moment that you're talking about myself or John, that's less time that the players are going to be talked about."
The Harbaughs have some experience on this front after playing on Thanksgiving in 2011. It was a smaller stage that time, but the questions are going to be pretty much the same and both guys are sure to settle into a boilerplate answer that we'll hear plenty of between now and the game. Boring for them and for us, perhaps, but it's unlikely to wind up having any bearing on the game.


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Have perfect command of PAS4000 with the tutorials for the automation system PSS 4000.
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Video tutorials for the automation system PSS 4000
The software platform PAS4000 from the automation system PSS 4000 comprises several editors for PLC programming and configuration as well as software blocks. The tools for configuration, programming, commissioning and operation in PAS4000 are closely compatible. Pilz provides a series of video tutorials to make it easier for you to use PAS4000. If you have perfect command of PAS4000, you can save a lot of engineering time and benefit from faster commissioning.
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In the first few videos you'll find out how the system is structured, how to establish a connection between the software platform PAS4000 and the control system PSSuniversal PLC for example, how to connect the variables from the PAS4000 process image to the hardware signals from the automation system PSS 4000 and how to configure the individual hardware components of the automation system in PAS4000.
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Nation & World
Pakistani prosecutor who charged Musharraf in Benazir Bhutto slaying is gunned down
A Pakistani state prosecutor leading a federal investigation into the December 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was gunned down by suspected terrorists Friday as he drove away from his residence in the heart of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.
Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali, a special prosecutor for the Federal Investigation Agency, was hit in the head, chest and shoulder by 14 bullets fired by two men on a motorcycle; he died shortly after in the city's main hospital.
Ali was ambushed as he left his home to prosecute the Bhutto assassination case in an anti-terrorism court in the adjacent city of Rawalpindi. A bodyguard assigned to protect the prosecutor was wounded in the attack, and a woman passerby died after being mowed down by Ali's out-of-control car.
Ali and other federal officials investigating the Bhutto assassination had been assigned extra security after receiving threats from unspecified sources last year, federal officials said.
Responsibility for the attack has yet to be claimed, making the motive unclear.
The prosecutor's slaying came amid renewed investigations into the Bhutto killing, which remains unsolved.
Ali last week charged Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military strongman, with aiding and abetting Bhutto's slaying. Musharraf is under house arrest in Islamabad after his return to Pakistan in March from self-imposed exile.
Musharraf was in power when Bhutto returned to Pakistan in November 2007 after a decade in exile spent mostly in the United Arab Emirates. Within hours of her arrival in Karachi, she narrowly survived a suicide bomb attack on her motorcade. She later wrote to her Washington lobbyist, Mark Seigel, saying Musharraf should be held responsible in the event of her death.
The Musharraf administration's actions after Bhutto's December 2007 assassination were certainly questionable. The scene of the crime, Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh park, was hosed down by fire brigade engines within hours of the attack, on the orders of police officials, destroying possible evidence. The following day, the government claimed Bhutto had died as a result of striking her neck against the sunroof of her vehicle after a bomb exploded, rather than being murdered.
That was later proven wrong by television footage, which showed she was shot in the head by an assassin who fired three bullets from a handgun, a couple of seconds before a remote-controlled bomb was detonated. The assassin was believed to be among the people killed in the explosion.
The Musharraf administration had blamed Bhutto's assassination on Tehrik-i-Taliban, a Pakistan militant insurgent group. But the group's leader at the time, Baitullah Mehsud, denied any involvement and even expressed sympathies for the Bhutto family.
In the absence of any telltale forensic evidence, later investigations by the United Nations and detectives from Britain's Scotland Yard failed to solve the crime.
Imran Khan, a Pakistani sports star turned politician, on Wednesday claimed to have seen evidence that suggested Bhutto had not been killed by militants but "clearly . . . by people worried she was going to come into power" – a claim Pakistani analysts have interpreted as an accusation against Musharraf.
VIDEO: Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases killed


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Obviously, the Internets are gonna be buzzing all day today with draft analysis and all that dirty business, and everyone's gonna be telling you who the winners and losers were after a night where nothing other than the reading of names happened.
That said, some thoughts. Because our opinions are worth nothing, which makes them as valuable as everyone else's today.
• We found ourselves surprised that so many in Seattle were against the Ray Allen to the Celtics trade. You've got Kevin Durant for the next so-many years; why have a guy like Allen hanging around? Gotta be good for Allen, too; lots more threesome opportunities in Boston. (Link NSFW)
• We always find the trades on draft night more fun anyway. Zack Randolph to the Knicks? That's a lot more enjoyable to play with than Jared Dudley in Charlotte.
• Honestly, it was mostly just a night for the Pacific Northwest. We'd totally move there if they had a subway.


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Vermont, which adopted the Common Core in 2010, is among 44 other states and the District of Columbia overhauling their educational approach.
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The companies have identified growing demand from clients for contractors that can provide a wider range of services. The consolidation should allow SHL to more easily meet this demand.
The goal is to lever Subsea 7's engineering and project management expertise, broaden its service offering and target larger projects.
The move also aligns with the trend towards the development of larger offshore wind projects in UK, German and other waters.
Subsea 7 established its renewable energy division in 2011 to target the growing European offshore wind market. It joined forces with global contractor Bechtel in October to offer developers an "end-to-end" service.SHL is an independent offshore installation contractor with experience in the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors. It operates the installation vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov.


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Reviewed by Nicholas W. (age 10)
I liked this book because it taught me a very important lesson. It taught me that, if you want to do something badly, then don't give up. My favorite part of the book was when the author described the Yang family's life in America. I learned about what some Chinese people have to go through to get used to the American way of living. Yingtao reminds me of myself because I would rather go swimming, but my parents make me study.
I recommend this book because it had a happy ending. The characters would interest readers because they all have different personalities. I think people who like reading about the problems in life would like this book.


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You know that the Maneuvering Watch is a long one coming into port...
I had the midwatch as SRO after a long afternoon/night coming into port and disembarking... Yes, RM1 Brockenbrough tested the brow, hurrying up to Squadron...
So, hours later, I'd been on about 15 minutes when the EDO comes aft to make the midnight checks and log entries. One of us gets the idea he wants a cuppa coffee, so I ask him if he'll watch the heaters, reset them, then I hurry out to the starboard TG frame.
Aww, geez, there's nothing in here but a half-inch of what looks like meat. Or consommé. This pot has been boiling for the whole trip in, then all night. I think about it, take the pot to the after head, add about a pint of hot water, clap my hand over the top, "shookashookashooka" and pour a cup.
Looks right. Tastes the same. EDO is happy. Cool!
We got our coffee from Hill Brothers, in 25# cans. Hill Brothers. Michigan. What the hell does a dude from Michigan know about coffee?
Coffee For The EDO
I swear this actually happened
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A submarine is the starship of today. That said, a lotta people think they're propelled by nuclear power. Nope. It's sweat.
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A chronological resume presents your education and work experience in a straightforward, reverse chronological order. If the majority of your work experience is related to your stated job objective, the chronological style can be effective.
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From the production team that created the popular and successful French in Action and Destinos, comes an English for Speakers of Other Languages telecourse--Connect with English. Shot on location in cities and towns across America, the series follows the story of Rebecca Casey, a music student traveling from Boston to San Francisco to follow her dreams. The continuing drama of Connect with English is built out of the issues that ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students face every day. Each episode is followed by a segment in which real-life ESOL learners review the story and discuss key issues. Series release date: 1/7/1998
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I really love my new bike..I am still pretty fat but I like the sub 17lb setup. Everything is pretty modern but.. I still wanted mechanical.. not enough shops near me to support Ultegra or Dura Ace electronic..oh well.
Now the problem.. have tried two different brands of water bottle cages and the @#%*ing bottles fall out on bumpy roads.. and before you say those are the only roads available.
In my non-carbon. life I used alloy cages.. didn't care how much they weighed or how they looked. Because of my age..I use for straps for everything.. bringing a vest or rain jacket? I roll it into a burrito and use the strap to hold it on the seat rails.
And before if I was going Roubaix riding I would cage my second bottle and put a strap around it going behind the seat tube and the bottle was not coming off.
Yes it took some kooky technique to get the second bottle free for drinking but I had lots of experience.
Everything I do with my new bike scratches the thing!!the matte black shows everything.cleat touched the stay.. scratch..leaned ever so gently against whatever..lil' scratches!!
I want to get a cage that looks good, , still give the bike race look.. scared of the rub marks a strap will cause..the cockpit cabling looks like it will rub thru the head tube soon!!! don't even get me started how paranoid I am about the chain slapping on the stay..
I thought carbon fiber was a miracle.. but so far it feels really fragile to me


text: Over a century of expertise in spring design and manufacture Lie on any Sealy mattress and you channel a century and a quarter of mattress ingenuity. A journey that began in 1881 in the town of Sealy, Texas, when Daniel Haynes, cotton gin builder, filled a request for a cotton-filled mattress. And then another. And then another. His business grew exponentially, which led to more innovations and several patents. Sealy continued their quest for the world to sleep better for decades to come. For three decades, Sealy has been supporting people around the world, now sold in over 60 countries, Sealy is poised to continue its legacy for years to come.


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I didn't realize until I was reviewing my Milan images this morning that I had the men's version of yesterday's all navy women's post!!
P.S. I have to note that this gentleman looks so good in his coat not only because the body of the coat fits so well but, more importantly, the sleeves are so slim and are the perfect length.


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nVIDIA ForceWare WHQL Drivers 178.24 for Windows XP 64bit / Server 2003
Driver update in Graphics Cards. Operating system support: Windows XP 64-bit.
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What's New in Version 178.24: * Adds support for newly-released GeForce 9-series motherboard GPUs. * Includes several application compatibility fixes. Please read the release documentation for more details. Release 178 Highlights: * WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs. * Adds support for GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, 9500 GT, and 9400 GT GPUs. * Adds support for NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory (this driver package installs NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.09.04). * Experience GPU PhysX acceleration in several full games and demos today by downloading the GeForce Power Pack. * Adds support for 2-way NVIDIA SLI technology with GeForce GTX 200-series GPUs on Intel® D5400XS motherboards. * Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL. * Supports CUDA™. * Supports Folding@home distributing computing application. Download the high performance client for NVIDIA GPUs here and join the NVIDIA team: #131015. * Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software. * Includes several 3D application performance improvements. The following are examples of improvements measured with v178.24 WHQL versus v175.19 WHQL driver: o Single GPU increases up to 11% in 3DMark Vantage (performance preset) o Single GPU increases up to 11% in Assassin's Creed DX10 o Single GPU increases up to 15% in Bioshock DX10 o Single GPU increases up to 15% in Call of Duty 4 o Single GPU increases up to 8% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars o 2-way SLI increases up to 7% in Bioshock DX10 o 2-way SLI increases up to 10% in Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts DX10 o 2-way SLI increases up to 12% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars o 2-way SLI increases up to 10% in World in Conflict DX10 * Includes numerous 3D application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues. Learn more.


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Emmy Award winning Wayne Brady is one of the most versatile performers in show business today, entertaining audiences with his acting, improv, singing and dancing on television, film and the stage.
He became well known for his improvisational skills on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for which he won an Emmy Award and earned two Emmy Award nominations. Brady went on to host his own syndicated talk/variety show, "The Wayne Brady Show," for two years. Brady picked up two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host and the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show.
Brady's additional television credits include "The Dave Chappelle Show," "30 Rock," "Dirt" and "Everybody Hates Chris," as well as "How I Met Your Mother," on the Network. Also, Brady hosted "Don't Forget the Lyrics."
Recently, Brady provided his voice for the upcoming animated feature, "Foodfight!" Also, he starred in the feature film, "Crossover," and the independent feature "The List," a romantic comedy with Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Illeana Douglas. Brady was also featured in "Roll Bounce".
Brady earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for his single "A Change is Gonna Come" off his debut musical album, "A Long Time Coming." In 2005, he completed a run playing Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of "Chicago." Also, he has made a big splash in Vegas with his stage show, "Makin' It Up."
A native of Orlando, Fla., Brady's birth date is June 2.


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I first used Projects/KDE_on_Windows but now run Kubuntu as my main operating system. I wrote an occasional journal of my adventures in getting Kubuntu working at userbase.kde.org user page
I mostly do documentation and support for Semantic MediaWiki, an extension to MediaWiki.
2011-11-14: I'm frustrated as hell trying to figure out a problem with KDE (Strigi not indexing my stuff), and TechBase is not helping.
Some wiki woes also apply to userbase.
The Nepomuk blog's Documentation page has a Strigi Service link that goes to Development/Tutorials/Metadata/Nepomuk/StrigiService unfortunately this suffers from the same problems as the blog's Documentation page
{{service| source= | api= | processname= | bugtracker= | kdemodule= | blog= }}
TODO: the split between userbase and techbase is dubious. I'm a user, but I want to go beyond the user documentation. You're just going to duplicate information like the processname, the blog, the bug tracker and the kdemodule in two wikis.
And it turns out there's a third wiki, http://community.kde.org. <rant>That is completely f***ing ridiculous.</rant> Three times the infrastructure to maintain (Help pages, templates, interwiki links, common images, vandal patrolling), three copies of all these bugs, and for what? Users are three times more likely to look in the wrong wiki.
BUG: Template:Info is undocumented! Use <noinclude> </noinclude> to document what templates do!
BUG: Help:Contents says to use
{{bug|123456}}
surely this HTML formatting junk should be part of a template, i.e. Template:Formatted bug
BUG: Template:Template has a silly confusing warning "If this page is not already in the "Template" namespace, it should probably be migrated to that location."
Instead, someone should just periodically look at Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Template and see if pages outside Category:Template are using it.
interwiki prefixes] let you link between wikis. But the interwiki prefixes on techbase have some problems:
I think all these bugs are in the Chihuahua skin, and they all apply to userbase.kde.org as well.
BUG: In three-column listings like Category:Template , the techbase wiki skin makes the listing overlap the right-hand "Share your Knowledge" column.
BUG: In revision history the
crashes into the light header with [View the content page] [Discussion about the content page] icons.
BUG: justified text looks bad in a narrow window. Allow ragged right column
BUG: when you select, the highlight color makes highlighted text look identical to a link. Try it, select this text and link Schedules and this text. You can't tell!
MAYBE: pre text just goes on and on off the right side. Consider using the wrap attribute of pre so that stuff wraps.
I brought back Getting Started#Browsing the code but the situation is confusing. There are three systems that let you browse and search source code:
But they give different results. Try searching for the class StrigiIndexWriter in 4.x ("the trunk"?) in each, or equivalently the file nepomukindexwriter.cpp
BUG: Ideally api.kde.org would generate a link to the actual file in Git.
I'm slogging through all this crap to try to figure out why Nepomuk isn't indexing my NTFS volumes. It could be something to do with "System Settings > Nepomuk/Strigi config > File indexing > Removable media handling > Ignore all removable media", but I can't find the glue that links this KCM with the actual indexing. I know this is in nepomuk/kcm/nepomukserverkcm.cpp (No thanks to the three search engines, I found it in Google), but searching for "RemovableMedia" doesn't find anything.
The result is
.kde/share/config/nepomukstrigirc gets:
[RemovableMedia] ask user=false index newly mounted=false
but I can't find these terms in KDE source.


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Genius Video Wonder Pro II V2 (BT878) 5.95 driver download
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Naked Eric. The story. The misused period. The use of the word "the".
This is a blank page. If you take away all of the words, it really looks blank. I only say this because I feel guilty about wasting paper scribbling scrabbles on it. I want to tell you about this page and its purpose. The cool part about this goal is that it truly has no purpose. I only seek to drizzle some smiles over this world that has come to resemble a poop crepe. If I had a band or a clothing line I would call it "poop crepe". ::sidenote – my dog just farted and it smells really bad. Poor dog. Where's my lighter?:: Poop crepe because (insert end of sentence here).
Naked Eric is me, just me. It's the name my parents gave me when they made me. Naked is being used in a way that implies lacking shrouds of any type. Your shroud is the pretty face genetics ripped into your flesh. Mine disappeared the day I almost died in a car accident in New Jersey. I couldn't find it so I run naked like a retard child through this semi-adult life without the ability, capacity, or desire to hide truth from others and, in turn, the world itself. Hence, "Naked Eric". I like diddling by myself with words and hummy tunes. I think that it must be fun to be writer. Professionally it must be so very, oh so very super-duper! I would like people to get a kick or a nut scrump from what I think about enough to drive several fingers into the requisite keys representing its component letters in order to make it appear on my screen until I CLICK "submit" and the thought went from my noggin to your noggin via several strange steps that merit better description than a wretched run-on sentence and words like wretched and redundancy and self loathing and verbal Fibonnaci sequencing and big words used just to sound smart, not to convey anything valuable or meritorious to be absorbed by the text block as a whole and munched by your comprehension. The joy (or "yoy" in Espanish) of writing is that i can push a button with a letter on it and it pops up on my screen. I just keep doing that. It's my only tip for aspiring writers. Aspire, teddy. It is a silly oopsie nomenclature when we find ourselves engaged in the same wondertastic convo in New York City with the proximate yuppie actor wannabe. The yup says he is an aspiring actor. It is not okay to call yourself a verb. I think many people are aspiring. Imagine: Hey, I'm an aspiring Administrative Assistant. She want to move up in the company, so in that case I guess it is more like an adjective. Are YOU like an adjective? See, one truly can't say that they're an aspiring anything. I believe this because there is no contrasting voice. Is there a non-aspiring actor? Okay, one who "makes it" is a professional actor. Others below them are amateur or "aspiring". Wait! There it is. Say you're an amateur actor. I fixed your problem with verbage you punk lily so keep aspiring. I have an amateur blog to desecrate!
I am in love with your pets and home they come over to visit. I live in Jersey. I am Eric. This is my Naked Blog….


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46 Games Slated For Broadcast
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference has announced its 2010 SEC Baseball television schedule, the first under a new 15-year contract with ESPN. The regular-season package will include 46 broadcasts in 2010, up from eight games in 2009. In addition, all games from the 2010 SEC Tournament will continue to be broadcast, with the championship game airing nationally on ESPN2.
The television package is derived from broadcasts on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, FSN, SportSouth and CSS. In addition, ESPN360.com will also stream all broadcasts live online (except for games that appear on ESPNU).
SEC schools maintain the rights to air additional games not included in the official SEC package with various television outlets, including official SEC TV partners.
The 2010 SEC regular season begins Friday, February 19, with conference play set to begin Friday, March 19. The SEC Tournament will be played at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., May 26-30.


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It's a family affair Delivering meat for judging Earnie made this elaborate rig himself No jokes about hot dogs . . . The lock worked, but . . . I love wideangles Ohio University Drum Line has fun Powerplant -- illustration for local paper Costumes are worn even in the local shops Preparing for the parade A few children attend, at first Under the signs were actual breasts We thought she was dead No discernable theme Gandhi and Wednesday How do you solve a problem like Mario? Color balance is a little off, maybe The parade gets underway Parade on Court Street All the floats are hand-made and hand-carried The headache will get worse A little cheerful for a skull A lawyer and city council candidate -- really It was all about smoke -- and of course meat It can be messy to eat, though not everyone cares Little Abigail, 2, loves barbecue Apparently these ribs are very tender Preparing pulled pork for judging Spectators sampled the goods This hat has a bill -- and a snout The town square was filled with competitors Chicken Strutting The horde comes up the hill And even more fancy marching A float rider Families watched It's a largely political event And yet more Still more fancy marching Children Crowd and band mingled Peculiar tricycle oddly ridden Which OU did, on the football field, that afternoo… I have no idea what this is
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