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I'm a bassist but I can make a decent crack at this
Solo proper starts around 3:02
I'm half serious
I mean obviously it's not difficult, but it is the best
The beginning of Mayonaise
by the Smashing Pumpkins.
I'm slow and fat fingered. It works for me.
Such an underrated solo
Such an excellent guitar line.
I haven't played guitar for years, but I reckon I could do a reasonable hash at this one
Solo starts around the 56 second mark.
- ethricdouble this'd this
Damaged by primal scream
Fairly simple. I'm not good at solos.
I'm shit at solos.
Probably Iron Man. Or Nothing Else Matters. Neither particularly impressive.
I play guitar the way a woman jerks off
so I don't know about difficult, but the best is maybe "Hey" by the Pixies.
4:52 into this one
and I feel fucking heroic everytime I play along.
I used to know sweet child o mine
but I never had the first ascending wah wah cool bit properly down
Impulse by Endless Sporadic
After playing it to death on Guitar Hero. Took me fucking AGES to learn, bet I couldn't play the first 30 seconds now :(
I could play some pretty tough solos if I wasn't such a slacker.
I can play some of the pretty bits from 'One' by Metallica from memory.
Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies
At one point I could play pretty much every part to this. I can play about two thirds now, and could probably do the rest if I looked up the Tab. Oddly, I can remember many of the fills and bridges and the solo bits, but the rhythm has escaped me.
It's the only >5min song I've ever learned every part to.
off the top of my head
Probably Led Zep - Heartbreaker, including the freetime bit. Generally speaking I can't be arsed to learn solos anymore
Performed SRV's 'Lenny' at a year 11 Christmas concert.
And haven't really improved on that in 14 years.
Used to attempt Parisian Walkways too around that time, but never convincingly pulled off *that* run-down.
Oh man, and got so close to nailing Extreme's 'Get The Funk Out' solo on one or two occasions :D


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Rick Scarpulla knows a thing or two about strength training. He is currently the head strength and conditioning coach for the United States Military Academy at West Point's powerlifting team, and is the creator of the Ultimate Athlete Training Program. He has also trained numerous high school, college, and professional athletes and conducts CrossFit seminars all over the world.
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Richard and Jenna M. go early from the green team, and Colby, well, they just DON'T want him to make the merge, do they? Lex/Kathy and Shii Ann are also an alliance that lasts until the jury.It may be hard for Panamanians who don't know these people as well as we do to distinguish Amber from Jenna L. at a great distance, hence, I think Snews' moving Amber to #2. But my sources all say it's Jenna L. And against Rob M. I think she would win.Although Rob M. typcially thinks he did.If I find out any further information, contradicting or confirming, I will post it as soon as I do.Except for Rupert, I am not a massive fan of any of those final four, so those who know me know I do NOT want to see the game end this way, but apparently it does. And the meek(Jenna L.) shall inherit the earth.
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What is CrossFit?
CrossFit is a strength and conditioning program based on constantly varied, functional movements performed at a high level of intensity. It is a broad and inclusive system that promotes the fitness required for life, from the soccer mom carrying children and groceries to the Special Forces soldier lugging 100 lbs. of gear.
While it may seem intimidating, the program is designed for universal scalability, meaning every workout can be modified to fit your current abilities. We utilize components from every athletic domain for our workouts, including calisthenics, gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, rowing, sprinting, and many others. Our workouts are different every day, but are always exciting and challenging.
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Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers predicts that AgJOBS farm labor legislation will unlikely make the final cut in the 2007 farm bill legislation under consideration by the U.S. Senate.
"We are very disappointed AgJOBS will not be part of the 2007 Farm Bill," said Western Growers' president and chief executive officer Thomas Nassif. "We have made our case for the need for AgJOBS, and we have garnered support from both sides of the aisle, but our champions in the Senate don't believe the Farm Bill provides the best opportunity to see AgJOBS passed right now."
Western Growers' ally, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., planned to offer AgJOBS as a farm bill amendment. Sources in Washington have confirmed, however, that Sen. Feinstein will not offer AgJobs as an amendment, Western Growers said.
Sen. Feinstein is expected to make a separate AgJobs pitch from the Senate floor at a later date. AgJOBS is legislation supported by some agricultural groups to help fend off ever shrinking labor supplies in the nation's agricultural sector.
The current Senate farm bill provision includes specialty crop industry priorities including competitiveness grants, the school snack program, pest and disease programs, trade assistance, and research.
Western Growers is an agricultural trade association whose nearly 3,000 members grow, pack, and ship about half of the nation's produce, including 90 percent of the fresh fruits, nuts, and vegetables grown in California and 75 percent of those commodities in Arizona.
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With all the baking, mixing, slicing, and pouring for friends and family, the holidays are an exciting time of year for chefs. Make their holiday by giving gifts that will excite any culinarian all year round!
By the Editors of Traditional Home
Produced by Lucy Fitzgerald and Julianne Hilmes
Does it get any more fun, flirty, and retro than a vintage apron from Layla Grayce? The Bombshell, $34, features polka dots and ric-rac; the Strapless Black Satin, $56, serves up glam.
All photography courtesy of retailer unless otherwise noted.
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Personalized Cutting Board
The Personalized Cutting Board from Red Envelope, $59.95, is made of durable solid maple and has a deep moat for juices that prevent spills when carrying. Personalize it with a special message for a loved one and they'll keep it forever.
Quality Chef Knife
A first-time collaboration between two of Japan's best knife makers resulted in the Togiharu Pro Chef Knife. The steel blade features a highly refined finish and can be covered with a wooden sheath when not in use. $259 from Korin.
For Bird Loving Chefs
Birds alight on this pretty oven mitt and potholder, adapted from John James Audobon's "Painted Bunting," $29.95 from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store.
Vanilla Extract Kit
The baking enthusiast will love this vanilla extract kit from Cherry Moon Farms. With exotic vanilla beans from around the world (including Madagascar and Uganda), the kit contains everything you need to create you own signature extract. $39.99.
Food Prep Cutting Board
The serious cook will appreciate this chef-worthy Mocubo chopping board, $39.99, with food containers built in to help organize food prep.
Hi-Tech Pressure Cooker
Silent and steam-free, the Vitaquick Pressure Cooker has a sleek modern design and is easy to use and clean. (Plus it's dishwasher safe and stackable). $280 from Fissler.
Uncommon Pie Recipes
Pies are in! (Were they ever really out?) Here's Four and Twenty Blackbirds, a baking book for a new generation of pie-bakers, with recipes from the famed Brooklyn Pie Shop. $14.99 from Hachette Book Group.
Citrus Sprayer
Here's a great stocking stuffer for serious cooks. Stick this clever little Stem into fruit and spray juice right from the fruit itself without chopping, squeezing, and picking out seeds. $4.99 from Quirky.
Floral Oven Mitt
Bring color to the kitchen with the charismatic Mini-Unikko Oven Mitt. Its modern design in red, pink, and violet will put the chef in a festive mood. $26 from Marimekko.
Three-Piece Porcelain Teapot
You just can't beat the classics! The three-piece Oiva Teapot is perfect for a quick cup, complete with a porcelain tea strainer and natural wooden handle. $98 from Marimekko.
Floursack Tea Towels
Wine lovers will adore this super-absorbent floursack tea towel, featuring an illustration of a classic butterfly-style corkscrew in blue. $14 from Susabelle Boutique.
Colorful Parrot Corkscrew
The Parrot Sommelier Corkscrew brings a little humor into the kitchen with vivid colors and a charming design. Available in four colors, $63 from Alessi.
Quick and Easy Soda Maker
Carbonate any beverage in just a few shakes with the PureFizz Soda Maker. The simple and lightweight design makes it easy to take with you to picnics and parties for fizzy drinks on the go! $79.99 from Mastrad.
Revolutionary Baking Pan
Ever been eager to taste a cake you've baked but hesitant to sneak a nibble that might mar its shape? The Nibble, $21.99 from Quirky, has an additional small cake holder for just a taste.
Genius Juicer
Health-conscious cooks will appreciate the Hurom Slow Juicer, which extracts nutrients from fresh fruit and veggies via a slow speed mechanism. $399.95 from Hurom.
Graphic Serving Boards
These serving boards by Teroforma combine elegance with design. Based on a graphic Japanese pattern, the boards made of laminated Swedish birch wood are double-sided for an extra dose of color. Starting at $38.
Strain and Serve Salad Bowl
Whether you're serving salad, fruit, or pasta, the Ventu Strain and Serve, $54.99, lets you prep, strain, serve, and store from the same bowl, which has a removable base with a silicone seal that turns a colander into a watertight serving bowl.
The Sidecar, price available upon request from Moore & Giles [1-800-737-0169]
This beautifully crafted bar cart, The Sidecar by Moore and Giles, is a great way to store liquor, glassware, bar tools, and anything else needed to complete your own miniature bar. The cart, made of Virginia black walnut, birch, leather, aluminum, and brass, is wheeled to make sure the party can travel with you. Perfect for drink-lovers without the space for a full bar.


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Where is the Mercy rule???? Wow i am simply dumbfounded when i see the box score over and over. Is this a misprint? Nope! haha i only wish i got to see this game. Maybe its on Youtube or something.
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Southwest peanut farmers may have dodged a bullet, or a snowball, when an early winter storm covered parts of the Texas High Plains with up to 10 inches of snow.
Much of the crop was in jeopardy as farmers had taken advantage of any dry days to invert peanuts and hope to get clear weather to field dry them. Prolonged freezing temperatures could have ruined any peanuts already dug and inverted. But the snow cover could have been a blessing.
"I talked to Otis Lee Johnson in Seminole and he said that he didn't think the snow had hurt the peanuts at all," says Shelly Nutt, Executive Director, Texas Peanut Producers Board. "Gaines County got mostly moisture, ¾ inch, and the temperature did drop to below freezing but not for long and because the ground was wet, he didn't expect any damage. "I also talked to Jack Simpson at Birdsong in Brownfield and he said the same thing, no damage but certainly time to get the peanuts out. We need some sunshine."
Some reports indicate temperatures dipped as low as 28 degrees but snow accumulate may act as an insulator for peanuts already inverted. Area observers report from 50 percent to 60 percent of the crop remains to be harvested. That could equal up to 150,000 tons of peanuts.
The winter storm that hit much of the Texas Plains dumped more rain on Oklahoma and further delayed harvest. Rain has been troublesome for farmers trying to harvest peanuts for most of the fall, according to Texas Extension Service reports.
"(Rain is having) a drastic effect on harvest," says Charles Simpson, professor emeritus with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Stephenville. He says the problem is especially pronounced in West Texas where excess moisture has slowed harvest, but has not affected yield so far. "If it continues to rain, it will [affect harvest] because West Texas is getting to a point (that farmers) must get the peanuts out of the ground, and near 50 percent is still in the soil," he said.
Simpson says freeze damage poses the biggest threat as delays continue. "Frozen peanuts are worthless. If it gets down to 28 degrees and stays for three or four hours, the crop will be severely damaged."
Nutt says rain has caused more problems than delayed harvest. "We've had diseases never seen before in this part of the country," she says, "diseases normally seen in the southeastern United States."
Sclerotinia blight is one concern. This disease kills the plants and makes the stems break away from peanut. When the plant is pulled from ground during harvest, the peanuts stay in the ground.
Botrytis, another rarely seen disease, is expensive to treat and resembles sclerotinia blight. Farmers confuse the two and may spend a lot of money treating the problems, Nutt says.
Todd Baughman, Extension peanut specialist in Vernon, says more common diseases include pod rot, leaf spot and tomato spotted wilt virus.
Texas ranks second in the nation in peanut production, producing half the volume of Georgia. Texas farmers annually plant 330,000 acres of peanuts, with 220,000 planted northwest of Abilene, Simpson says.


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Brewer wins Medicaid expansion
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer muscled her way to victory in her crusade for Medicaid expansion Thursday, outmaneuvering conservative opposition to push through a key piece of President Barack Obama's agenda.
Over the objection of Republican legislative leaders, a coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats sent Brewer a bill on Thursday, extending Medicaid to an estimated 300,000 low-income uninsured Arizonans, transforming the state into the unlikeliest of Obamacare allies at a critical time for the White House.
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The vote is the end of a chapter, though not the book, on Obamacare in Republican-led Arizona, where Brewer defied — and sometimes confounded — her base. She not only supported the Medicaid expansion but took extraordinary measures to push for its passage. Other GOP governors who backed Medicaid were not nearly so emphatic in fighting against balky legislatures.
( PHOTOS: The eight GOP governors who said yes to Medicaid expansion)
Brewer, however, spoke loudly and carried a big stick — crisscrossing the state to promote expansion and shame detractors. This month, she started vetoing a stream of unrelated bills to pry her top priority loose from Republicans, and she brought them back into special session.
Very early Thursday morning, the House approved Medicaid expansion. By late afternoon, the Senate had too.
"As an elected official of more than 30 years, I know that this process was not easy or without political risk," Brewer said in a statement. "By joining me in extending health coverage to hundreds of thousands of Arizonans, legislators of my own party have come under sharp criticism in some quarters. Some have had threats made not just against their political future but also their personal livelihood."
Brewer, whose finger-wagging moment on the tarmac with Obama almost 18 months ago for a time came to represent conservative opposition to the president, sold the expansion plan as a sensible option for conservatives in Arizona. She said it's good for people, health care providers and the state's bottom line because the federal government pays the whole cost the first three years, then gradually cuts back to 90 percent.


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The apostle Paul told us that when one part of the Body suffers, every other part suffers with it. Our brothers and sisters in Iraq who are believers are suffering. And they need us.
In February, spending on the war in Afghanistan surpassed spending on the war in Iraq for the first time since the 2003 invasion—a sign that our time in Iraq is drawing to an end.
The truth is that the American people have already put the war and that troubled country behind them. Unfortunately, there is one group for whom the troubles in Iraq show no signs of abating—and that's Iraqi Christians.
On May 2, two buses containing Christian university students and workers were bombed in northern Iraq. The attack left one person dead and 188 injured. As one student put it, "We were heading to university, not to a battlefield. We carried no weapons. Nevertheless, we were targeted."
It's by no means the first time. Last Christmas Eve, in the run-up to Iraq's national elections, a Christian bus driver was pulled from his bus and shot to death in cold blood. The day before, a bomb inside a 1200-year-old church killed two worshippers and injured five more.
The targeting of Christians led to a "toning down" of Christmas celebration across Iraq and caused Christmas Eve services to be moved from midnight to the afternoon when it was safer.
As we have talked about before on BreakPoint, Iraq's Christian population is caught between three competing Muslim groups: Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds. While these groups agree on very little, elements within each of these groups do agree on the need to terrorize their Christian neighbors. The latest attack prompted approximately 3,000 Christians to march through the streets of Hamdaniyah, where the attack took place. The Council of Christian Church Leaders of Iraq issued a statement that called on the government to take steps to ensure the safety of Iraqi Christians in Nineveh province.
They also demanded that the students targeted by the bombers be allowed to take their final exams "in a safe place" and not "forfeit the current academic year."
I don't hold out much hope for a satisfactory answer on the ground. Nothing that has happened in the past seven years suggests that anyone with any authority in Baghdad cares about what is happening to Iraq's Christians.
It's not just Baghdad. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have dropped the ball as far as Iraqi Christians are concerned. Their goal has been to find a power-sharing arrangement amenable to the Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds, so that the United States can extricate itself from Iraq while saving face.
But that leaves Iraqi Christians as the odd man out—especially since their ancestral homeland in one of Iraq's prime oil producing areas.
Whatever you think of the Iraq war, it's painful to think that the most enduring legacy of our invasion may be driving the final nail in the coffin of an ancient Christian community. Unfortunately, we are rendering people expendable whose ancestors worshipped Jesus Christ back when most of ours worshipped trees and practiced occasional human sacrifice.
I invite you to pray for our brothers and sisters in Iraq. And I invite you to let the White House and your elected representatives know that ignoring the plight of Iraqi Christians is neither moral, acceptable, or good foreign policy.
'Obliterating' Iraq's Christians
Nina Shea | Washington Post On Faith | May 14, 2010
Bus Bombings Show Plight of Christians in Iraq
Reuters | May 13, 2010


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Comfort Food Makeovers from America's Test Kitchen
Put a bowl of creamy, crumb-topped mac n' cheese on the cover of any book and I am oath-bound to pick it up. But this isn't just any mac n' cheese. This is a mac n' cheese makeover — a lighter version developed by those exacting and perfectionist cooks over at America's Test Kitchen, and it's just one of over 175 comfort food recipes they tweaked and remodeled. Half the fat and still deserving of the Test Kitchen's stamp of tasty approval? I'm in.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: America's Test Kitchen
• Who published it: America's Test Kitchen
• Number of recipes: 175+
• Recipes for right now: Drive-Through Cheeseburgers, Thin-Crust Pizza, New England Clam Chowder, Pork and Hominy Stew, Chicken Pot Pie, Meat and Cheese Lasagna, Everyday Macaroni and Cheese, Spaghetti Carbonara, Scalloped Potatoes, Cinnamon Rolls, Fudgy Brownies, Pecan Bars
• Other highlights: You will find no "silly substitutions" in this book, as Chris Kimball calls them in his introduction. No applesauce or black beans where they don't belong. Thank goodness. However, you will find yogurt and whole milk where heavy cream was used before, oven-baking instead of deep-frying, and lean cuts in place of full-fat cuts. The cooks also use tricks to help ensure a fantastic lower-fat dish, like adding umami-rich ingredients to deepen flavors and using just a little butter or few slices of bacon in ways that mimic the flavor of richer dishes.
The one "cheat" the Test Kitchen cooks allow themselves is the use of low-fat substitutes like low-fat cream cheese, non-fat sour cream, and light cheese. However, these ingredients come with the reassurance that the cooks have tested each product thoroughly — checking the meltability of part-skim cheddar and the texture of neaufchatel — to guarantee a dish that doesn't taste artificial. Where a low-fat product didn't work, they found a different solution.
I appreciate the explanations that come with each recipe, which explain exactly why a certain ingredient is used or how flavor is achieved. This helps me know what to expect and understand crucial aspects of the recipe.
The Test Kitchen's goal was to reduce the fat and calories in each dish by a third, and the before and after data is presented with each recipe. This is a significant decrease, but when you're starting out with a recipe that is already high-fat and high-calorie, even cutting a third of the fat and calories still leaves you with a fairly rich dish. So while these recipes are definitely lighter and lower-fat, they are not necessarily low-fat. This isn't a criticism of the book — more of an FYI so you know what to expect with this book.
• Who would enjoy this book? Home cooks looking for some lighter alternatives to favorite comfort food dishes.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Comfort Food Makeovers by America's Test Kitchen
• Visit the author's website: America's Test Kitchen
Apartment Therapy Media makes every effort to test and review products fairly and transparently. The views expressed in this review are the personal views of the reviewer and this particular product review was not sponsored or paid for in any way by the manufacturer or an agent working on their behalf. However, the manufacturer did give us the product for testing and review purposes.
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Cool breeze, light traffic on the highway, and warm coffee in hand - it's a beautiful morning. I haven't appreciated life much lately. Sometimes you ignore what you have. As long as you get yourself back and don't take things for granted, that's all good. A lot of things have changed at work, and my health has been not so good. I was frustrated at the situation but on the other hand it's not that bad. It makes me stronger and helps me see things I haven't been able to. When things are changed from the way they used to be, people can have a hard time adjusting to it. Do we just make it seem too difficult? This is nothing compared to those who have more problems or worse problems. I should chin-up, smile, and good things will come.
Crunchy from the grains, sweet from raw honey, creamy sour from creme fraiche, and saltiness from the smoked salmon work beautifully together. It's perfect for an appetizer or cocktail party.
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8 slices smoked salmon
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Despite that, in two years I think the OpenFlow bubble will burst, and SDN will sink into the Trough Disillusionment on Gartner's Hype Cycle. It will be reborn as part of network management.
At the end of the day, someone in the audience asked a question along the lines of why Guido Appenzeller, CEO of Big Switch Networks, and Bruce Davie, chief service provider architect at Nicira, thought organizations would adopt OpenFlow in 12 to 18 months. They gave the same answer they have been giving all day: The adoption will be slow and will be used only where it fits, etc. I can't argue with that.
Or can I?
It was the end of the day. Maybe I was grumpy. Perhaps I wanted a cookie. Maybe I just wanted to make a statement. So I probably said the most words I had said all day (or something like this): "I think you two are being too optimistic. The cards are stacked against your two companies, OpenFlow and SDN. It took VMware about seven years to reach critical mass. IT shops are conservative. They don't want to monkey with the network running mission-critical services. They don't want to monkey with part of the network running mission-critical services, for fear something will break. That's a huge hurdle.
"Nor will the big networking vendors go away silently," I continued. "They are going to muddy the water, calling their APIs and SDK--none of which come close to 100% feature coverage--SDN, and even if they did have 10% coverage, it still wouldn't allow you to control flow paths. And let's not forget all the application vendors that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into server virtualization, thinking--wrongly--that their applications need eight cores and 32Gbytes of RAM when, in reality, they only needed 10% of that.
"They aren't going to want some new networking technology interconnecting their stuff, nor will any equipment vendors that have predefined hardware compatibility lists. Like storage vendors who, once you go off the HCL, point out, your kit doesn't comply with their best practice and you get no support until you bring it into line. Those factors have nothing to do with your products or technology--all of which may be great, creative and useful--but factors beyond your control are going to be a significant drag on adoption."
Davie made a funny but pointed statement, saying we don't want IT to give up its reliable and robust network. We want IT to keep it, and that way our stuff runs even better. While his answer is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, his point is that IT still wants fast, reliable hardware--Nicira just wants to manage it better.
I talked with Appenzeller a bit after the session, and he suggested I look at all the vendors lined up against Cisco, not to mention speak with potential customers wanting an alternative to the networking giant. I'm sure Appenzeller has had those conversations--you can hardly swing a Catalyst 6500 at Interop without hitting disgruntled Cisco customers. But are those customers disgruntled enough to either switch or even augment what they already have with Cisco?
No, I don't think so. Sure, big Internet companies like Google, cloud providers, online stores and other companies that make high demands on their networks and have the staff to engineer them can make a go of OpenFlow and SDN. But in my wholly unscientific opinion, I bet most companies aren't going to seriously consider either OpenFlow or SDN for some years--a long enough time for the VC money to dry up and larger vendors to pick up the carcasses along the Internet superhighway.
Don't get me wrong: The technology these SDN startups are developing is innovative, creative and challenges the status quo. They seem to be offering useful alternatives in how IT designs and runs their networks today. William Koss sums up what SDN startups are doing in "Missing the Point on Software Defined Networking (SDN)": "We should be intrigued that people are asking: 'Is there a better way?' ... This is also the reason why I think the architects, the revolutionaries, the entrepreneurs, the leaders of the next 20 years of networking are not working at the incumbents."
Of course, many of the problems that the SDN vendors state--VM mobility, the limited range of VLAN IDs, the inability to move L2/L3 networking among data centers and the inflexibility of current networking command and control--are problems faced only by cloud providers and a handful of large, large companies with big, global data centers. In other words: a rather small number of customers.
Many of the SDN vendors will be acquired by the incumbents, and perhaps the technology will make its way into shipping products. Until then, IT will continue to do whatever it is it does inefficiently.


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Has your child got what it takes to be crowned top of the tots in Doncaster?
The hunt is on once more to find the winner of our annual Cute Kids competition – and follow in the footsteps of last year's victor Harriet Drury.
The cute youngster from Wadworth saw off the challenge of scores of other entrants in the 2013 event - and now we are looking for little bundles of joy from across Doncaster to emulate her success.
Our free to enter photo competition will be held at Matalan at the Wheatley Hall Retail Centre, Doncaster from Tuesday. The photographic team will be there from August 19-23, with photo sessions taking place between 10am and 4pm each day.
To enter your child, all you need to do is fill in the form on page 68 of this week's paper and take it along with you to the photo session at Matalan.
Photocopies are not allowed and children will only be allowed entry with a completed entry form.
An entry form will also be printed in the August 21 edition of the paper.
It is free to enter your child - but there will be the opportunity to buy photographs on the day from our photographers from Starlight Studios.
The competition is open to children from newborn up to the age of five. This year there will not be any age categories, but once you have entered your child into the competition they will appear in one of our supplements beginning on September 25 where you will be able to vote for your favourite to keep him or her in the competition.
Based on the number of votes received, entrants will then be whittled down to a top 20 and top 10 until finally the cutest kid will be announced.
So what are you waiting for? Get your coupon, get your photos and who knows, your child could be our next Cute Kids champion.


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If the Mets are to become the team hoped for them, general manager Sandy Alderson has some tough decisions to make in the coming months and years, and it begins with Jose Reyes.
And, that decision is to say good-bye to Reyes now and quit the charade.
If history is an indicator this process will get drawn out by Reyes and his agents to drive up the bidding price the Mets already know they won't meet.
The Mets know what their price is – Alderson calls it "our choking point,'' – and it is no where the money offered Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth, players who wilted this summer under the weight of their wallets.
Unless they are counting on a hometown discount from Reyes – which won't happen – the Mets already know their shortstop is gone. For public relations purposes Alderson won't say so, at least not before the Mets' exclusive negotiating window opens five days after the World Series.
But, we know it is true and Alderson is posturing. We know the Mets will offer a credible offer in comparison to Reyes' past performance, injury history and prospect he'll break down long before his contract expires.
We also know Reyes is in it for the money and about himself – his self-serving act of backing out of the batting race at .337 tells you what you need to know – and he will jump at somebody else's through-the-roof offer.
San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia (assuming Jimmy Rollins leaves) will be in need of a shortstop and have the money. San Francisco and Boston, particularly, are desperate to make splashes after their disappointing seasons.
The Mets won't compete financially with them, and can't compete with them as far as immediate postseason prospects are concerned.
The way Reyes left the season finale was reminiscent of how LeBron James stripped off his Cleveland Cavaliers' jersey before getting into the locker room. James was gone and the free-agent process was for show. It's the same with Reyes and the Mets should make a take-it-or-leave-it proposal with a deadline and move on.
They don't need to dance with Reyes; don't need to let him hold all the cards.
Reyes can be a dynamic player when he wants to be, which he was at times during his walk year. No surprise there, is it?
Even so, Reyes missed 36 games with two stints on the disabled list. He hasn't played a full season in the last three. In nine seasons, he's played in at least 150 games just four times.
Reyes is a speed player, yet hasn't stolen 50 bases in three years. He barely made an attempt when he came off the DL, and that was to stay healthy for the market. His career on-base percentage is .341, mediocre at best for a leadoff hitter with his projected production. He still strikes out more than he should, walks less than the prolific leadoff hitters, gives away too many at-bats and has lapses in the field and on the bases.
Reyes has always been more about potential than production, and you have to wonder if this year was all about the contract and he'll regress again after he gets what he wants. Based on his history, it isn't hard to project he'll break down during this next contract, whether it be seven, six or five years, all which have been speculated and are all too excessive.
He should get no more than $85 million over four years, which will be denied. The Mets already have $55 million in salary commitments in 2012 to Johan Santana, David Wright and Jason Bay. Add $20 million for Reyes and you have $75 million of the Mets' projected budget of $110 million tied into four players.
Never mind winning, you can't compete with such an unbalanced payroll.
For all those Reyes apologists out there that say the Mets will be nothing without him, ask yourself where they are now. What have the Mets won with Reyes?
The Mets are five years removed from their last playoff appearance. They are a sub-.500 team over the last three seasons and have been below .500 in five of Reyes' nine years with the team. Sure, he's been injured much of those five years, but that's not an argument for him as much as it is one that he'll break down again.
Alderson does have some tough decisions to make, but come to think of it, keeping Reyes isn't one of them.
It is time to say good-bye. Time to quit fooling around and start rebuilding this team for good.


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I recently read a book about Quality Score entitled Quality Score in High Resolution by Craig Danuloff. The book really shed light upon the different factors that influence Quality Score calculations. This made me realize that there are currently an endless number of amature and professional blog posts that have created a lot of confusion in this area. This confusion appears to have led account managers, amatures and experts, to the conclusion that Quality Score is the enemy; however, this is not the case.
Quality Score is Google's way of helping the good and punishing the bad. It serves as a motivation for advertisers to create well organized and honest PPC campaigns, ensuring that there is more to online auctions than just over bidding.
Look at it this way, Quality Score is Google's way of telling you whether or not you should be advertising under a specific keyword. If you feel that a keyword should not be receiving a low Quality Score and it is totally relevant to your campaign – and you are certain that you don't have any landing page penalties – then it is most likely your campaign. By improving your ad texts, optimizing or switching your chosen landing page, upping the bids, or organizing your campaigns from scratch etc., you are well on the way to improving your initial Quality Scores.
There are many factors taken in the equation of Quality Score calculation and almost all of them are invisible. The only Quality Score metric that is visible to advertisers is the column we see in Google Adwords, which serves as more of a guideline than an actual rule – an approximation if you will. The "real" Quality Score is calculated every time a user enters a search query that is identical to any one of the keywords within your keyword list.
Among factors that influence Quality Score calculations are ad rank, ad text quality score, account quality score, landing page quality score, and most importantly, relevance and click-through-rate.
According to Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, these last two factors play the biggest role in Quality Score calculation. In other words, in order to achieve higher Quality Scores in your account, making you eligable for auctions that Google deems more likely to convert, you need to optimize your account towards small, tightly themed ad-groups that make your keyword selection within a specific ad-group match your ad-texts and landing page. This is a great tactic to boost your click-through-rates which in return increases your chances of conversion. This is of course assuming that your landing page fits Google's standards and if so, most importantly, the searchers needs.
The bottom line is that Quality Score ensures that you as a honest advertiser within the Google channels have an equal chance of success in the big league. Google wants to rule out those with foul intentions, giving the searchers the most relevant ads as possible. This should serve as a driving force for you to optimize your campaigns towards success, which will again increase your chances of conversion.
- Build tightly focused ad-groups with ad texts that match your keyword selection
- Instead of having 1 ad-group with 1000 keywords, try to break it down to 10 ad-groups with 100 keywords
- Choose a landing page that gives the searchers exactly what they expected from the ad text
– Having said that, write ad texts that are straight to the point, limiting the risk of irrelevant clicks, and don't promise anything you can't deliver
- Take your time, building up a successful PPC campaign takes time, start with a strong core and slowly implement changes
Haukur Jarl Kristjánsson – Nordic eMarketing @haukurjarl


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CTIC marked its 30th anniversary by demonstrating our mission – bringing nearly 200 ag conservation leaders together and convening panel discussions on the past, present and future of conservation agriculture.
December 2012 //
Vol. 30 // No. 2
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All of us at CTIC thank our Medal Members, the companies, institutions and individuals whose generosity helps us achieve our mission of championing and promoting conservation agriculture.
Nearly 250 CTIC members and friends got an up-close look at erosion control, nutrient management, habitat enhancement and herbicide-resistant weed management in the Mississippi Delta.
Enthusiastic farmers in the Great Lakes region planted more than 27,500 acres of cover crops as part of the Great Lakes Cover Crop Initiative, leaving the project's three-year, 15,000-acre goal far behind.
More than 150 people toured conservation projects in the Indian Creek watershed in Livingston County, Ill., last July, exploring an array of conservation projects in the busy drainage.
The Watershed Implementation and Innovation Network (WIIN) is a new, vibrant online community and learning network for watershed project managers throughout the Mississippi River Basin.
Now is the time to join CTIC or renew your membership. If you're renewing, please consider stepping up to the next level of membership. You'll receive extra member benefits, and you'll help advance CTIC's mission.
The excitement of 2012, our 30th anniversary year, is still ringing in our ears as we prepare for still more great opportunities in 2013.


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BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern Contest 2013- The Red Gatsby
Added Feb 14, 2013
by Nadya Joy
Any girl or woman would feel fresh and absolutely stunning with a red dress. Especially if the fabric is so luscious like this duchesse satin. My project is based on the Vintage Modern Elizabeth Gathered-Waist Dress pattern from BurdaStyle's Sewing Vintage Modern book. I made variations at the neckline, using a semi-heart neckline to give depth to the neck area, creating an illusion of a longer neck. I kept the neckline simple to maintain a classic style and lowered down the sleeves by 5 cm. Instead of a gathered bottom, I cut the basic pattern into eight individual crooked rectangular shapes that gives the flare to the skirt. This dress is inspired by the novel The Great Gatsby with views on the 1920s American Dream. Hence the story is filled with party and scandal, after the characters gained freedom from the World War. On top of all the scandals, people could look clean in the surface by looking classy like this dress. For me, the color red gives me the freedom to stand out with class.
Material Notes
Duchesse satin 2.7 yards, boning, interfacing
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Feb 15, 2013, 11.33 PMby jaslyn117
Very Beautiful job, I love this!
Feb 14, 2013, 11.21 AMby Jodi Wade
Gorgeous. I love the way the skirt is made.
Feb 14, 2013, 10.42 AMby Mary Athey
Gorgeous dress and.its.fab on you, good luck x
Feb 14, 2013, 08.53 AMby toupinette
very beautiful dress! you made a great job!
Feb 14, 2013, 06.08 AMby MojoHollz
Beautiful! I love the sweetheart neckline, very classy and feminin!
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Developer - noHold, Inc.
Home page - nohold.com/virtual-assistant.html
Developer - noHold, Inc.
Home page - nohold.com/virtual-assistant.html
How will virtual assistants improve our daily lives
Published on Jan 20, 2016
Next week, January 28, 2016, the Virtual Assistant Summit will be held in San Francisco. This is an event organized by RE.WORK. I will be on a panel discussion and I am looking forward to it. The topic is "how will Virtual Assistants improve our daily lives." When I think about how Virtual Assistants affecting daily lives, I immediately thinking about Siri.
Executive order virtual assistants
Published on Aug 30, 2017
noHold Inc. has created Virtual Assistants (Albert) that know about Presidential Executive Orders. Albert is a bot that can be created in minutes with a document. Click here to learn how an Albert is built. There is an Albert for our last four Presidents: Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Each Albert contains knowledge about a specific Executive Order. Please review the Executive Orders below by Launching Albert.


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Species: Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
Status: Endangered (EN)
Interesting Fact: The male Banggai cardinalfish broods its eggs and young inside a special pouch in its mouth, and does not eat during this period.
Its striking colouration and long, elegant fins have made the Banggai cardinalfish hugely popular in the aquarium trade. This species is unusual for a marine fish in the extreme levels of genetic diversity between its populations, caused by its very limited ability to move between different areas. The Banggai cardinalfish also lays relatively few eggs compared to other marine fish, and the eggs hatch after being brooded inside the male's mouth for about 20 days. The young then continue to develop inside the male's mouth for a further ten days before being released. The Banggai cardinalfish lives in shallow, tropical coastal waters around coral reefs or seagrass beds, and feeds on planktonic crustaceans.
The Banggai cardinalfish is found only at certain sites around islands in the Banggai Archipelago in Indonesia, and is under serious threat from over-collection for the aquarium trade. Many individuals die during transport, and many more are rejected due to being in poor condition. Habitat destruction and the illegal use of dynamite and cyanide in fishing for other species is also a threat to this small fish. A successful captive breeding programme has now been developed for the Banggai cardinalfish, although a proposal to regulate trade in this fish under CITES was rejected due to a conflict of interest. Fortunately, the Banggai Conservation Project is now working to protect the Banggai cardinalfish and its habitat.
Find out more about conservation of the Banggai cardinalfish at the New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences and The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
See images and videos of the Banggai cardinalfish on ARKive.
Read about World Oceans Day on the ARKive blog, and have a go at our virtual scavenger hunt!
Liz Shaw, ARKive Text Author


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Friday, 6 August 2010
No, you can't read my hamster face
I read through the information that comes with the drugs (and to be fair if everyone read the warnings on any drugs we would never take them!) but was confident that none of the side effects could possibly be worse than the pain I was in. I admit I may have been wrong on this occasion. The information stated that the steroids could cause "rounding of the face". To be honest I didn't really know what that meant… how can your face suddenly become round?! But it seems life is sodding unfair and I am now sporting what I like to call hamster face syndrome.
It's probably not as drastic as it seems but for someone who has had a pretty gaunt face due to malnutrition and general ill health over the past year I have noticed it and it bothers me. It bothers me because I am vain you might say, well yes in some respects I am because I care about my appearance but storing what seems like 20 stone of fat on your cheeks would bother you too no?
Facebook has a lot to do with this. I see pictures posted of me from back in my gaunt days and more recent ones where I look "healthy" (I take this as "rounded"). I am not complaining, don't get me wrong, as I want to be and look healthy but does that mean my face has to look hamsterish? People aren't meant to talk about their insecurities as it draws attention to them but I like to talk about stuff and I know many people on this dreaded medication may have suffered the same problem. I am informed that when I stop taking them, I am currently reducing my dose each week that the hamster face syndrome will hopefully disappear too. Well I bloody well hope so. If you see me in the street, take pity on my hamster cheeks and see it as a good thing (it's only a sign I am well and truly high on steroids).
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- Anonymous6 August 2010 at 13:46
Okay, I'm not one to sugar coat because I find anything less than honesty can lead to depression. I was on pred for a good deal of time. I broke my foot, had major stomach issues and got the round face and spare tire on my abdomen. It's a year later. I'm just now dropping the weight that drug put on my body. I got really sad one day when I saw my rheumy and he stated without hesitating, "it's the hardest weight for the body to loose". On that note, i cried. I'm the least vain person you will ever meet. Blame it on country living when I was younger, sports or anything you like. Not to say that i'm a slob, oh dear no. I just know some days I would like to doll up and others, I just don't care as there are more important things to do like getting from bed to work space and feeling worthy. The weight, oy, dreadful. I am currently loosing about 2-3 pounds aweek. A YEAR LATER.... oh my gosh. But total, i've lost 17lbs now. I have as much again to loose to come even. My face was the first to thin out. Then up around my shoulders and now it's slowly decipating around the lower rib area. The spare tire is more like a donut now. But its taking time. I can't exercise perse' so I rely on my 4 dogs and lawn mowing to help move stuff around.ReplyDelete
Stay strong, it will go away but don't expect it overnight as many of us complain of this drug. For all the .. ahem..'good' it does, it has some aggressive side effects. Hugs. Tazzy
one other thing, your a beautiful girl so extra thin or thick is not going to damper your obvious spirit!!
Ahhh prednisone. I take it for lupus but reduced the dose AS SOON as I noticed rounding in my face. I have lost about 60 lbs in the past 2 years and I was not about to gain them back.ReplyDelete
Well you've not lost your sense of humour. That's the main thing - keep smiling. Let me introduce myself.I'm Ben Corde or rather thats my pseudonym for writing and facebook. I'm not sure blokes are allowed here but you can always delete me if not. I know Alcester as we lived in Hall Green and Redditch years ago.It's a bit different from London!!!!!ReplyDelete
I got RA about 18 months ago and went straight onto Methotrexate working up to my current dose of 20mg a week. I had steroid injections into the joints which worked wonders for a couple of months then wore off. Hydroxchloroquine was added to my med list and I haven't had any flare ups recently, strength has been returning and my blood inflammation markers are improving. My x rays this year showed no joint damage progression so it's looking hopeful. No side effects yet. My friend was put on oral steroids and she too came up like a panda on heat but this is going down now they're reducing her meds.
The worst thing I find about the whole thing is the monthly blood test as my nurse at the surgery always has a problem finding any blood or making the vein stay still which she finds very amusing but pisses me off. One day I'm sure I'm going to stick that needle in her bum just so I can have a laugh too.


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Georgetown University sent a hype-man of an email to graduates and others in June. Oh, what could have been if things didn't devolve to diplomacy decimation with the quickness.
Dear Member of the Georgetown Community,
Many of you have been following the men's basketball team since your first day of freshman year. Did you ever think you could follow the team to China?
This August, the Hoyas will travel to Beijing and Shanghai for their first overseas trip in two decades. You have a unique opportunity to interact with the coaches and players unlike any other time or place in the world.
Join the team and Georgetown leaders to meet with Chinese officials, participate in cultural and community service programs, connect with alumni and-of course-watch the Hoyas in exhibition basketball games against the leading teams in China.
If you are interested in joining us in one or both cities or have questions for our planning team, please email us at: email@example.com.
You can find a full itinerary and travel details online.
The tipster who forwarded this email would rather remain unidentified. It was unclear whether he feared the wrath of China or the Georgetown community more.


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Consumer Rebound Chugs Ahead
Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge, Personal Consumption Index, Remains Below Target
Consumer spending advanced modestly in June, continuing a rebound after a weak first quarter, while a key measure of inflation eased slightly.
Personal spending, which measures what Americans pay for everything from groceries to electricity, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in June, the Commerce Department said Friday. That followed a 0.3% increase in May.


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text: In search of the last model for his painting "Nine Pretty Women", acclaimed scholar TONG BAK FU (Moses Chan) goes on a trip to Hangzhou with his ardent disciple WAT GEI (Johnson Lee). While there, he meets a pretty young maid from WAH's Residence, CHAU HEUNG (Myolie Wu). FU is mesmerized by HEUNG's beauty and martial agility and falls in love with her right away. In order to approach the girl, he disguises as a servant and assumes the pseudonym WAH ON, seeking to win her affections with his talent and ingenuity. But contrary to his wishes, HEUNG is unmoved and even harbours an intense dislike for him after a series of misunderstandings. Master of the family WAH HUNG SHAN (Ha Yu) knew from the very beginning that FU is not a common man. By the time his true identity is revealed, the scholar has already developed a close bond with the whole of the family, except HEUNG. In the meantime, NING WONG (Savio Tsang), who has been attempting to rebel against Emperor CHING TAK (Chris Lai), has managed to involve FU in his conspiracy by stratagem, thus getting the man and the WAHs into big trouble. NING's daughter CHU TING YUK (Fala Chen) is in love with FU. Desperate to save her dream man, she forces LING to release FU by threatening to kill herself. YUK's consuming passion for FU seems to have caused a ripple of unease in HEUNG, who is starting to feel a little twinge of jealousy inside.


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. stocks reversed course and finished higher Monday, with shares of Randgold Resources Ltd. and other miners gaining as tensions between Russia and Ukraine appeared to escalate.
The FTSE 100 UKX, +0.03% rose by 0.3% to end at 6,583.76, winning back a small portion of last week's loss of 2%.
U.K. stocks sustained gains after U.S. stocks opened higher following better-than-expected quarterly results from Citigroup Inc. C, +1.04% and U.S. March retail sales, and after sharp losses recently for Wall Street's benchmarks.
But stocks in London had been down by nearly 1% during Monday's session as investors monitored events in Ukraine, where pro-Russia militants continued to occupy official buildings after a government deadline to disarm passed. Earlier, Kiev said a serviceman was killed and five wounded after camouflaged gunmen fired on government troops near Slovyansk, about 240 kilometers from Ukraine's border with Russia, according to Bloomberg. Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and European Union are scheduled to hold talks in Geneva on April 17 to resolve the crisis, which unfolded in late February when Russian troops seized the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.
The nervousness over Ukraine lured investors into safe-haven gold GCM4, +0.00% which rose more than $8 an ounce and gave a lift to precious-metals miners. Randgold UK:RRS picked up 3.6%, Fresnillo PLC FRES, +0.92% rose 2.6% and Antofagasta PLC ANTO, -2.83% gained 2.1%.
Energy firms turned higher, with Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDSB, +0.59% RDS.B, +1.74% rising 1%, BG Group PLC UK:BG ending up 0.6%, while Tullow Oil PLC TLW, -0.49% topped the sector with a 3.9% jump. Shares of BP PLC BP., -0.23% BP, +1.57% however, finished down by 0.2%.
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Online real estate agency Rightmove said the average asking price for homes advertised for sale on its website rose by £6,632 pounds ($11,131) in April to £262,594.
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Brown University: Wrongful Suspension of Religious Student Group
Category: Religious Liberty
Schools: Brown University
Brown University inexplicably suspended one of its largest religious student organizations, with shifting and unclear reasons for its decision. Brown ignored requests from Trinity Presbyterian Church's campus fellowship for an explanation of its suspension and the student group finally sought help from FIRE. Brown University finally lifted its semester-long suspension of the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) student group after months of public pressure from FIRE.
Victory for Religious Liberty at Brown University: RUF Reinstated
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The case of Brown University: A culture of 'contempt and dishonesty'
November 27, 2006
by Richard A. Zeller The Providence Journal The assertion that a group of people constitute a "culture of contempt and dishonesty" is a serious assertion. Such an assertion, whether true or false, drives a stake into the heart of the concept of community. For a community is a culture of respect and honesty. To maintain a community culture of respect and honesty, contempt and dishonesty need to be expelled. The problem, of course, is determining whether the assertion that members of a group of people constitute a "culture of contempt and dishonesty." In totalitarian states, anyone who takes issue with […]» Read More
Christian conservatives at odds with liberal R.I. university
November 23, 2006
Leaders of a conservative Christian student fellowship suspended from using campus resources at Brown University are wondering whether they were singled out for their beliefs. They're pressing school officials to explain the punishment. Brown University has not publicly explained why it suspended the Reformed University Fellowship, which is allied with the conservative Presbyterian Church in America. A Brown spokesman says the group failed to follow university guidelines — but he didn't say which ones. In an e-mail sent to students, one Brown chaplain complained the group's leaders were contemptuous, dishonest and generally wasted administrators' time, patience and energy. The fellowship […]» Read More
Brown bans evangelical organization of students
November 20, 2006
An evangelical student group that has been banned from advertising or meeting on the Brown University campus has enlisted the help of a national organization that defends the free-speech rights of students on college campuses. The Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced last week that it is supporting the 100-member Reformed University Fellowship, which was notified in a Sept. 13 e-mail from the university's chaplain, the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, that its status as a recognized student organization had been withdrawn. Leaders of the group say they were given different reasons for the action. At first, they were […]» Read More
Our universities threaten our religion, our culture, and our national security (exhibit A: Brown)
November 20, 2006
Last month, Brown University suspended its largest evangelical organization, with over a hundred students the student group was one of the largest on campus. Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, Director of Brown's Office of Chaplains and Religious Life, justified the suspension as the result of the organization's sponsoring church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, withdrawing its support for the organization. Within minutes of receiving the e-mail that Trinity had withdrawn its support David Sherwood, Trinity Senior Pastor, wrote to Brown's Office of Chaplains and Religious Life to assert that Trinity had not withdrawn its support for the evangelical organization and was actually very […]» Read More
Reasons for Christian group's suspension unclear, leader says
November 20, 2006
by Mary-Catherine Lader The Brown Daily Herald The University suspended the Christian student group Reformed University Fellowship earlier this semester, though the group's president said the reasons for suspension remain unclear and have not been communicated adequately to him.The group, which is led by Ethan Wingfield '07, is one of 110 RUF chapters across the country and, Wingfield believes, the first to be suspended or "kicked off campus" by a university. RUF's parent organization, which is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, encourages its members to "uniquely engage (their) community in the gospel" and "grow as ambassadors of God's grace," according […]» Read More
Christians kicked off campus at Brown University
November 18, 2006
A civil rights organization has joined forces with a Christian student group at Brown University in an attempt to find out why the school has banned the Christians from meeting on its campus. "A university that respects its students cannot capriciously suspend student groups," said Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. "Suspension of any student group is a serious matter and should be accompanied by a serious explanation. Yet Brown has consistently skirted questions about the suspension, calling into question both the university's motives and the legitimacy of the punishment." FIRE said the members […]» Read More
Victory for Religious Liberty at Brown University: RUF Reinstated
February 1, 2007
PROVIDENCE, R.I., February 1, 2007—Brown University has finally lifted its semester-long suspension of the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) student group. As of last week, the RUF has been restored to its previous status as a recognized student group and held its first on-campus meeting of the school year on Sunday. Brown's decision to reinstate the group came after months of public pressure from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). "We are pleased that Brown is letting RUF return to campus this semester," FIRE Vice President Robert Shibley said. "Brown has still neither explained its actions nor acknowledged that […]» Read More
Brown University Takes Step Toward Lifting Suspension, But Problems Remain
November 21, 2006
Since FIRE's press release last week on Brown's suspension of the Reformed University Fellowship (RUF), the Christian Union wrote an excellent letter to Brown, The Providence Journal reported on the suspension, FIRE staff members have spoken about the case on numerous talk radio programs, and FIRE's President Greg Lukianoff appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss Brown's actions. Yesterday, Janet Cooper Nelson, the Director of Brown's Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life (OCRL), sent a letter to RUF President Ethan Wingfield outlining how the group could apply for re-affiliation for the spring semester. While this letter is a step […]» Read More
Brown Suspends Religious Student Group Without Explanation
November 16, 2006
PROVIDENCE, R.I., November 16, 2006—Brown University has inexplicably suspended one of its largest religious student organizations. After offering shifting and unclear reasons for its decision, Brown ignored requests from Trinity Presbyterian Church's campus fellowship for an explanation of its suspension. The student group finally sought help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which has asked Brown to either explain or revoke its suspension. "A university that respects its students cannot capriciously suspend student groups," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said. "Suspension of any student group is a serious matter and should be accompanied by a serious explanation. Yet […]» Read More


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I used to think Twi-hards' undying obsession with Robert Pattinson was based on complete and total hype. I mean, really, how sexy is a gangly guy with ghastly pale skin that eerily twinkles in the light of day? But ever since Breaking Dawn: Part 2 opened, and Rob started slipping further and further away from the role of Edward Cullen, he's gotten hotter and hotter! Especially since he's been acting like he couldn't care less about what his publicist thinks and has been uncharacteristically candid in recent interviews.
Take what he said in a recent interview with MSN. The site asked him about Fifty Shades of Grey, because well, obviously whether or not he'd play Christian Grey is the most burning Q about his post-Twilight career. And Rob's answer was a jaw-dropper ...
He replied:
I am playing that part. ... I also wrote the book.
Whaaaa??! Oh, right, he was TOTALLY joking! Because that's what he does now.
More from The Stir: Robert Pattinson's '50 Shades of Grey' Confession Confirms He'll Never Be Christian Grey
He must be so drained by being asked the same questions -- particularly about playing Christian Grey -- over and over again, he's started coming up with totally random, off-the-cuff, but downright hilarious responses to them. Like sarcastically asserting that he has already been cast to play Christian -- and not only that, but he also wrote the book. (I guess E.L. James' rise from fan fiction writer to world-famous author is just a cover? Oh man ... I'll bet there's a burgeoning conspiracy theory in the making there!) Or saying he wants to actually write a book -- which would be a flipped-flopped version of Fifty Shades of course. Uh-huh. Suuuure ya do, Rob!
But, no, seriously, I gotta give the guy cred for being so good-natured about it all. After all, even though he hasn't been cast as Christian -- and likely won't be -- it can't be easy being the guy who inspired the role. But he's handling it in the best, most lighthearted possible way.
Do you appreciate Rob's sense of humor about Fifty Shades?
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Earlier reports of a single tree on fire was no more than dust in the air, fire officials said Thursday.
San Bernardino National Forest firefighters responded to a call that there was wildland fire near Middle Control Road near Angelus Oaks, in the San Bernardino National Forest.
"What happened today is wind picked up and there was a considerable amount of dust coming off a small burned area and some folks called it in as a fire," said John Miller, U.S. Forest Service spokesman.
"At one point we thought we had a tree on fire but it turned out to be there was no smoke in the air."
On Wednesday, firefighters responded to a 1/10-acre fire on Glass Road, which is where the dust came from.
Miller said the latest burst in fires is rare, which is an indication the summer will be hot and dry.
"If you look at the Summit Fire in Banning and it burning 2,900 acres May 1, that would be more of a fire you would see in July or August," he said.


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Standing fifth after the first day of competition at the NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships yesterday, MIT's men's swim team moved up to fourth after today's competition, setting four school records along the way. Like he did yesterday, junior Wyatt Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.) turned in another record-breaking performance, this time in the 100 Butterfly, to lead the Engineers.
Ubellacker turned in an outstanding performance in the morning preliminaries, slicing through the water to a school record time of 48.10, a time that was also the best among all competitors. In the championship final he led after the first 50 yards only to be passed by swimmers from Emory and Denison to finish third in 48.53, his second third-place finish in two days.
Junior Brendan Deveney (Newton, Conn.) also made his second appearance in an individual final during an evening session, taking part in the consolation heat of the 400 IM. In the early session he became the first MIT swimmer to break four minutes in the event, coming home with a time of 3:59.88. During the consolation final he lowered the school record yet again, finishing 13th with his record time of 3:59.64.
Sophomore Colby Dunn (Weston, Mass.) also made it through to the evening session, tuning in a 1:39.20 in the 200 Freestyle in the prelims. Swimming in the consolation final he bettered his morning mark by a tenth of a second, claiming 11th with his time of 1:39.10.
MIT also scored points with a pair of relays. During the preliminaries of the 200 Free Relay the team of Dunn, freshman Austin Fathman (Hamilton, Mich.), Deveney and Ubellacker put another school record in the books, turning in a time of 1:21.24 to qualify for the championship final. There the team turned in a solid fifth-place performance with mark of 1:21.44.
In the final event of the day, the 400 Medley Relay, MIT made it four school records for the day with its performance. The team of Deveney, sophomore Michael Liao (Newport Beach, Calif.), Ubellacker and Dunn qualified for the finals where they blazed to a school record time of 3:19.62 to finish sixth.
MIT will continue at the championships tomorrow through Saturday at the IU Natatorium.


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Few children escape the sting and embarrassment of being bullied. Bullying can lead to an increase in suicides 2 " 9 times higher than non bullying victims. Since the violence associated with bullying is increasing something has to be done. A step in the right direction is for the month of October to be designated as National Bullying Prevention Month. It`s important that parents assist their children in understanding, coping with, and even overcoming the harm of bullying. One way parents can do this is by encouraging their children to read about others who may feel like an outsider, unique or different from their peers.
Creative House Press in its continued effort to inspire the world has published this year six books that help children learn about being different, being accepted and how others have overcome being bullied.
It`s Tough Growing Up is a collection of stories by a variety of people who overcame the stigma of being bullied and how they grew to be prosperous. One story is written by a person who did the bullying when they were in school. It gives a unique perspective of why one does the bullying.
Herbert the Hedgehog is a wonderful story of how a family member knows and feels that he is different and how the love of their family shows him that he is still part of the family, no matter how different he feels.
Family of with Many Colors is another children`s story that shows how mixed relationships exist and can be accepting within their own family and through the community.
The Boy Who Hated Being Black is a great story of accepting oneself as they are. The old adage of "Be careful what you wish for," comes true for this young man. It is through growth and understanding he realizes that he is perfect the way he is.
Zero the Hero shows how through education one can break down the barriers that separate people. Through learning that by being true to oneself, people can accept you for who you are and not what stereotypes claim you to be.
When Bad Gossip Goes Good is a fun Halloween story that teaches children what can happen when they spread gossip. How it can affect people in a negative way and how to change that effect by finding out what the truth is.
All of these great stories of inspiration and education can be purchased at any book store or directly from the publisher at CreativeHousePress.com.