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The taping is over from the 2012 Soul Train Awards that took place at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The red carpet was phenomenal and many celebrities came in town to support the awards show. After the red carpet everyone made their way to their seats for the show and that's when all the fun began! The award ceremony started off with a bang with host Cedric The Entertainer and the Soul Train Dancers hitting the stage dancing, while music director Raphael Saadiqq lead the live band. The crowd was up on their feet enjoying the entertainment. They showed a hologram of founder Don Cornelius that was very touching to see.
They showed fun clips from different artists that performed in Las Vegas that stopped by for cameo appearances like Billy Crystal,brother and sister duo Donny & Marie and more who welcomed the Soul Train Awards and said they were happy to have them in Vegas. Fantasia graced the stage where she paid homage to Aretha Franklin by singing one her smash hits. She did an awesome job and was looking fabulous with her new weight loss. R&B crooner Charlie Wilson came to the stage and sang one of his greatest hits, Outstanding. The audience jumped to their feet clapping and dancing. That was just the opening of the show mind you.
Best R& B Male went to newcomer Miguel, he was very appreciative thanking his girlfriend. Ne-Yo later hit the stage with a stellar performance with great dancers and set design! He sang, Let me Love You. Later on they showed a clip of the trio-group Shalimar and Jody Watley came out to present. It was great to see her, she looked nice. Don Cornelius son Tony, also came to the stage and made a speech. Dancers then made their way to the stage where they did dances from back in the day. Song of the Year went to singer Tyrese for Stay. Eddie Levert showed Cedric the Entertainer how to romance women by singing Casanova, that was a funny skit. John Legend sat at the piano with sexy ladies belting out Best You Ever Had, the girls went wild!
Later New Edition won the Lifetime Achievement Award and all the members came to the stage, each giving a heartfelt speech. Bobbi Brown thanked his wife and kids. That's just a few highlights from the show but you guys are in for a treat and don't forget to tune in on Sunday, November 25th at 9pm on BET. In the meantime check out all the pictures below from the taping. Pics by Getty


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TORONTO — Sears Canada Inc. plans to close 59 locations across the country and cut approximately 2,900 jobs under a court-supervised restructuring.
The struggling retailer says it will close 20 full-line locations, plus 15 Sears Home stores, 10 Sears Outlet stores and 14 Sears Hometown locations.
The announcement came after the company was granted temporary court protection from creditors under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act this morning.
Under the plan, Sears Canada has been authorized by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to obtain up to $450 million in financing to maintain operations throughout the restructuring.
The struggling retailer has piled up losses over several years and seen its stock dive, losing more than 80 per cent of its value in the last year, despite efforts to reinvent itself at a time.
Headquartered in Toronto, Sears Canada had 94 department stores, 23 Sears Home stores and 10 outlets prior to the CCAA restructuring.
It says it hopes to exit court protection as soon as possible in 2017.
Here's a list of where the closures are taking place:
Sears Full-Line Department Stores:
Medicine Hat, Alta.
Grande Prairie, Alta.
Lloydminster, Alta.
Red Deer, Alta.
Kamloops Aberdeen Mall, B.C.
Bathurst, N.B.
Saint John, N.B.
Corner Brook, N.L.
Truro, N.S.
Dartmouth, N.S.
Brockville, Ont.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Hull, Que.
Chicoutimi, Que.
Saint-Georges, Que.
Alma, Que.
Drummondville, Que.
Moose Jaw, Sask.
Prince Albert, Sask.
Sears Hometown Stores:
Cold Lake, Alta.
St. Albert, Alta.
Okotoks, Alta.
Spruce Grove, Alta.
Fort McMurray, Alta.
Leduc, Alta.
Sherwood Park, Alta.
Creston, B.C.
Sechelt, B.C.
Grand Forks, B.C.
Orangeville, Ont.
Rimouski, Que.
Rouyn-Noranda, Que.
Melville, Sask.
Sears Outlet Stores:
Abbotsford Retail, B.C.
Winnipeg Garden City
Cornwall, Ont.
Chatham, Ont.
Cambridge, Ont.
Timmins, Ont.
Saint-Eustache, Que.
Montreal Place Vertu, Que.
Sorel, Que.
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Ancaster, Ont.
Woodbridge, Ont.
London, Ont.
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Ottawa East
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When the state of Utah had the chance to test-drive some math digital learning programs earlier in the school year, the Active Learning Lab at Utah State University began evaluating the results.
And so far, it's looking like digital learning programs designed to give students individual math instruction are helpful.
Several vendors donated their products to the STEM Action Center of Utah, which were then used in a pilot program by 5,722 students in 46 selected Utah schools.
The researchers from the Active Learning Lab started tracking and analyzing the results among students who used the new products. Preliminary numbers became available earlier this month.
Active Learning Lab Associate Director Sarah Brasiel presented the team's findings to the Utah Legislature. Students using ALEKS, Successmaker and Math 180 made as much progress as is normally expected in a whole year, according to the report. ST Math turned in only slightly lower results. Grade 10 students using EdReady made five times the progress expected.
Students who used Think Through Math did not experience the same gains, but the researchers did find that people who used it liked it.
"Due to positive teacher and student responses to the use of Think Through Math, it is important to wait to draw conclusions about its effectiveness until the state assessment results are available," the paper recommended.
The results come with some clarifications. The Math 180 and Ed Ready data didn't include a control group, and gains made by students may be unrelated to the curriculum used. Different methodologies were used to study some of the curricula, due to differing data sets and student assessment methods.
When all the limitations were taken together, ALEKS was the only products where a statistically significant difference was found (meaning students who used it outperformed those who did not). The study covers only a short period of time, so the data will be understood better at the end of the year assessment, Brasiel said.
Two products new to Utah in 2012-13 were also assessed using data from last school year. Significant differences were found for Grade 8 students who used ConnectEd and Mathia digital learning programs compared to similar students who did not.
The study represents a rare opportunity to independently review and evaluate math digital learning programs. Data on the effectiveness of a curriculum isn't always easy to find, said Taylor Martin, the Active Learning Lab's director.
The evaluation by the Active Learning Lab will help educators to make decisions based on how the digital learning program performs. What's more, the pilot allowed for feedback from students and teachers, so that people who select curricula can know not only what worked according to numbers, but also what teachers liked.
"This is the kind of practice that's being called for across the nation," Brasiel said.
The Utah Legislature voted to give the STEM Action Center $20 million in funding when it approved HB 150. The bill currently awaits Gov. Herbert's signature.
The Active Learning Lab is housed in the Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Department within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at USU.
Related links:
- Senate approves $20M for STEM education
- Least favorite subject math? Technology aims to change attitudes
- Active Learning Lab
- Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
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Mill Park Publishing of Eagle, Idaho was created in 2003 by author Elaine Ambrose.
The company facilitates fee-based book publication and marketing for local authors
and organizes writer's retreats.
The Backyard Chicken Fight - How Keeping Chickens in Your Yard is Ruffing Feathers Across the Nation and A Beginner's Guide to Hen Keeping is the book you need if you want to raise chickens. Author Gretchen Anderson chronicles the stories of people who are fighting City Hall for the right to own chickens at home. Also, she explains how to raise a healthy flock of free-range chickens in your own backyard. With the growing emphasis on the importance of buying local, organic food, why not do it yourself?
Find answers to these important questions:
"How do I build an atractive but efficient chicken coop?"
"What temperature is best for baby chicks?"
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Gretchen Anderson is an award-winning humor columnist, author and former television news anchor/reporter. Her news stories have been carried on NBC, ABC and CNN around the globe. Gretchen has been published in various magazines and newspapers, and in 2010 she collaborated on a published book of poetry. Her five children and one husband keep her going six different directions.
The book is available for $9.99 (plus Idaho sales tax) from the author, and at Boise and Eagle Zamzow's stores. The book is available on Amazon.com and at local Barnes and Noble bookstores.


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The following page is an introduction to CHICKEN intended to PHP programmers.
This is a work in progress, I will try to work on as frequently as possible (mostly on sunday). In the meantime, feel free to help me by expanding it, correcting (english is not my native language) and/or by commenting on what I have done so far.
CHICKEN is an implementation of the Scheme programming language which, in turn is a member of the Lisp family of languages. More information about this on the http://schemers.org/ website.
Where PHP use the general syntax f(args, ...); , scheme use (f args...)
For example:
substr("abcdef", 0, 2);
is in Scheme:
(substring "abcdef" 0 2)
You will note that:
- All the expression is enclosed in the parenthesis, not just the arguments
- Arguments are separated by spaces, not by commas
- The expression is closed by the final closing parenthesis so there is no need for a ;
All scheme expressions use this format, including arithmetic.
The php expression:
3 + 5
Is in scheme:
(+ 3 5)
This is called prefix notation. It may take some time to get used to it but it had several advantages; mostly by avoiding any ambiguity in the operator precedences.
A more complex example can be:
3 + 5 - 12 * 2
Is represented in scheme as:
(- (+ 3 5) (* 12 2))
Like PHP, scheme does not type variables. If you assign $var to a string, it is a string. You re-assign it to 3, it become a number.
However, it should be noted that Scheme is much stricter when dealing with types. In PHP, you can usually omit typecasts, intermixing data of different types:
10 + "5"
Is in Scheme it would cause an error, and you have to explicitly convert a string to a number:
(+ 10 (string->number "5"))
TRUE, in Scheme, is noted #t while FALSE is noted #f. Unlike PHP, all Scheme values are considered to be true (#t) except #f itself, including zero (0), the empty string and other empty structures.
(if (- 2 2) "hello" "goodbye") ;; "hello"
All type of numbers are supported by CHICKEN, including real, complex and rational, natively (without resorting to external libraries).
Number can be expressed in binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal notation by using the prefixs #b for binary, #o for octal, #d for decimal and #x for hexadecimal. Unprefixed numbers are decimal by default (so 21 and #d21 are the same).
Scheme support a vast array of operations on string, including changing case, splitting, extracting substring and regular expressions based searching and replacing.
Exploding and imploding
implode(';', array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'))
is in CHICKEN Scheme:
(string-intersperse '("a" "b" "c" "d") ";")
explode(';', 'a;b;c;d')
is in CHICKEN Scheme:
(string-split "a;b;c;d" ";")
Please note that the functions string-intersperse and string-split are in the (chicken string) module, so if you are compiling a program, you will need to add this in the beginning of your code:
(import (chicken string))
Doing several string replacements at once
str_replace(array('PHP', 'Python'), array('Scheme', 'Clojure'), 'PHP and Python are nice programming languages')
(string-translate* "PHP and Python are nice programming languages" '(("PHP" . "Scheme") ("Python" . "Clojure")))
For this, too, you'll need to import (chicken string).
Data structures
The base data structure of PHP is the array. In Scheme it is the list.
However, lists in Scheme are not as versatile as PHP arrays: lists in Scheme are best used for data that is accessed sequentially. So Scheme provides several other data types: vectors (arrays in a usual sense, allowing with a random access by an integer number) and hash tables (allow to access elements by any key).


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The Byzantine response to the autocephaly of the OCA consisted primarily in a number of letters and statements made in the early 1970s by the ancient autocephalous patriarchates of the Orthodox Church—the Churches of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem—along with the Church of Greece. Like most autocephalous Orthodox churches worldwide, the Byzantine churches rejected the grant of autocephaly by the Church of Russia to the American Metropolia (the former name of the OCA), and with the leadership of Patriarch Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople, issued various responses detailing canonical, historical and practical arguments against the grant.
The primary documents detailing these churches' response were published initially in the Orthodox Observer, the official publication of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and published in 1972 in book form as Russian Autocephaly and Orthodoxy in America: An Appraisal with Decisions and Formal Opinions. The book also includes an introductory essay by Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America, a Prolegomena Fr. Nicon D. Patrinacos, and an appendix by Metropolitan Emilianos, permanent representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches. The authors of the responses of the Churches of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem and Greece are Pope Nikolaos, Patr. Elias IV, Patr. Benedictos and Abp. Ieronymos, respectively, the primates of their respective churches.
Most of the arguments detailed below are shared in the responses of all the churches and of the other essays included in the volume, but the Churches of Constantinople and Greece give the most detailed comments.
Arguments in favor of OCA autocephaly
The Russian-American arguments (also based on canonical, historical and practical grounds) being refuted by the Byzantine Orthodox world may essentially be summed up as follows:
- Each autocephalous church has the right to grant autocephaly to its ecclesiastical daughter communities.
- The grant of autocephaly served to regularize relations between the Church of Russia and the Metropolia and gave the latter much-needed self-governance.
- The Church of Russia had sole canonical jurisdiction in North America prior to 1970 because:
- Russians were the first Orthodox Christians in America.
- It was the first to establish a diocese in America.
- Other Orthodox in America recognized Russia's jurisdiction until the Revolution.
- The Church of Russia thus has the right to grant autocephaly to the Metropolia based on prior historical presence in North America.
- Recognition of autocephaly normally takes time but eventually always comes.
- The OCA's autocephaly promotes Orthodox unity in America.
Arguments against OCA autocephaly
Canonical arguments
- Decisions regarding autocephaly belong to "a Synod representing more generally the entirety of the local Autocephalous Orthodox Churches, and especially to an Ecumenical Synod" (p. 38).
- This is especially so because a new autocephaly changes the canonical order of the whole Church.
- "Specific canons exactly characterizing autocephaly are not to be found in ecclesiastical legislation" (p. 36).
- Establishing missions in what was then part of the Russian Empire (Alaska), a few churches in major industrial centers, and then wooing numerous ex-Uniates to its fold did not canonically give the Church of Russia sole ecclesiastical jurisdiction over an entire continent.
- It is against canonical and traditional order for a diocese regarded as having been in schism (as the Metropolia had officially been by Moscow from 1933 to 1970) to be suddenly granted autocephaly.
- Autocephaly by its nature includes a total territorial definition, which Moscow's tomos does not make, especially because it kept dozens of parishes for itself in North America and makes no claim over the majority of Orthodox parishes in America. This is a "paradox... unheard of in the Orthodox chronicles" (p. 51).
- No autocephalous Church may extend its jurisdictional boundaries without the consent of the whole Church (in Russia's case, those boundaries were defined in 1591).
- Autocephaly must require the full agreement of the people and leadership in the territory in question, but the OCA's autocephaly only required the agreement of a minority of Orthodox America. St. Tikhon of Moscow said this regarding the Church of Georgia, that its autocephaly must be "the universal and fully agreed upon wish of the people" (p. 49).
Historical arguments
- Autocephaly normally proceeds along secular boundaries only because Orthodoxy has been the established Church in those nations.
- Autocephaly has been proclaimed multiple times, but always failed without the assent of the whole Church. (The Churches of Carthage, Mediolana (Milan), the First Justiniana, Ochrid, Trnovo, Ipek, and Iberia are all given as examples by Patr. Athenagoras on p. 37.)
- The period of Russian Orthodox expansion out of Alaska is also the same period during which other Orthodox jurisdictions were established on American soil.
- The various Orthodox communities in North America did not always recognize Russian jurisdiction; they were often quite isolated and had no real contact with the Russian hierarchy. Thus, they saw themselves as beholden to their mother churches, not to Moscow.
Practical arguments
- The Metropolia was already self-governing and had been for decades.
- The grant creates an overthrow and upheaval of ecclesiastical order.
- Obsessive focus on jurisdictional issues obscures the true work of the Church, especially regarding its youth.
- Russian Orthodoxy remains disunified on American soil, remaining under three jurisdictions; the OCA's autocephaly failed to produce unity even for the Russians.
- The issue of unity in the diaspora had already been referred to the agenda of an upcoming Great and Holy Synod of the Orthodox Churches. Moscow's unilateral move was an affront to the community of the Church. "For this reason we are at a loss to explain the haste shown by the Russian Orthodox Church in announcing as Autocephalous a relatively small section of the Russian Orthodox Diaspora in America, and conferring upon this Church a title disproportionate with reality, after having only recently recognized her jurisdiction" (p. 43).
- The name "The Orthodox Church in America" is a misnomer, as the body only comprises a minority of Orthodox faithful in America and is not representative of Orthodox America, but mainly represents a certain subsection of Slavic Orthodoxy in America (particularly ex-Uniate, Russianized Carpath-Russians).
- Moscow's act creates confusion regarding the true nature of canonicity.
- Russian Autocephaly and Orthodoxy in America: An Appraisal with Decisions and Formal Opinions. New York: The Orthodox Observer Press, 1972.
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- "Whatever are runes? "
- ― Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit (1977 film)
The Runic alphabet was a system of writing based on angular shapes that could easily be carved into wood or stone. It originated and was used mainly in Northern Europe, by the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse tribes. One theory says that Runes evolved from Etruscan writing, however other quasi-runic scripts in other parts of the world (Rovásírás and Orkhon Script) also exist.
[edit] Tolkien and Runes
Tolkien decided that his peoples of Arda would also use a similar script, and "Runes" are mentioned in his narratives.
In The Hobbit, Tolkien used Old English runes, or Futhorc, to display the writing of the Dwarves on the Thrór's Map; his Dwarves however were based mainly on Norse culture and their language is influenced of Semitic languages.[1] The texts of course are modern English, and display the use of Westron of Third Age.
The foreword of The Hobbit (50th anniversary edition and later) explains the usage of the Old English runes and help the reader read the Map (although the translations are also revealed in the end of Chapter 3, A Short Rest)
Eventually Tolkien elaborated on a totally original runic writing system while writing The Lord of the Rings. Although most of the letters between historical runes and Tolkien's "cirth" are identical, they do not share the same values, since the Cirth follow the phonetic principles of the Tengwar.
In the history of Arda, a runic script called Cirth was invented by Daeron of Doriath to represent Sindarin words. Runes came to be used widely by races other than the Elves, and especially by the Dwarves.
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Geeks, technologists and the Internet as a whole raised their voices in protest harmony until Congress got the message that voters were not going to tolerate SOPA/PIPA breaking the Internet. "But big content remains tone deaf to this chorus of Internet users," the EFF stated. And like the RIAA which chooses to attack as opposed to innovate and move the music industry away from a broken business model, Capitol Records tried and failed in court to shut down ReDigi -- a truly unique and legal new way for users to sell their pre-owned digital music.
ReDigi is an eMarketplace launched in October and billed as "The World's One and Only Verified, Pre-owned Storage and Online Marketplace for Digital Music." It allows music lovers to recycle and resell their digital music, currently 32 cents for every song you sell. It also offers users the chance to securely purchase music for cheap, 79 - 89 cents on average. It's not about file sharing, but a legal alternative by verifying the iTunes music was lawfully purchased by the person wanting to resell it before that user's "one and only copy" is uploaded to the cloud for storage. ReDigi then sets up a legal sale between buyer and seller. While that might sound too good to be true to those of us with a gazillion songs eating hard drive space, or impossible, former MIT faculty and prolific technologist Larry Rudolph stated [PDF], "Being a group of computer geeks when someone tells us something can't be done, we immediately set a course to figure out how to do it."
As you might expect, Capitol Records thought the sky was falling and quickly had a copyright infringement cow. Capitol filed a preliminary injunction to shut down ReDigi, demanding ReDigi remove all Capitol-owned music and suing for damages of up to $150,000 per track. ReDigi won the first round as District Judge Richard J. Sullivan refused Capitol's preliminary injunction request. "This is a fascinating issue," Judge Sullivan stated. "It raises a lot of technological and statutory issues." The legal battle is far from over, but it's good news to see ReDigi win a major first round victory.
Legally, according to the first-sale doctrine, a person who lawfully owns copyrighted material has the right to sell their copy of it to a new owner who can decide to keep, give away or sell it. Is it safe? ReDigi FAQ replies, "Are kittens adorable?"
ReDigi's Jaclyn Inglis told me, "ReDigi technology is very sophisticated -- it was built by a team top programmers including previous MIT faculty and grads. The marketplace and it's process was built in anticipation of being a marketplace for all forms of digital media...expansion will depend on the acquisition agreements associated with those digital goods."
When asked about privacy and security, ReDigi's CTO, Prof. Larry Rudolph told me, "ReDigi is extremely protective of its users' data and privacy. In order to protect each individual users' privacy, non-uploaded digital file data is not stored on ReDigi's servers. Non-uploaded digital file data is private information to the user only and remains on their machine."
Does ReDigi have plans to eventually allow users to sell lawfully purchased digital books or digital movies? The "About" page says "Currently you can buy and sell used digital music on ReDigi's marketplace and soon we will be expanding to include used eBooks." Inglis added, "Our technology and marketplace is capable of supporting the various forms of digital media you mention, books, etc and expansion depends on a number of factors."
One of my favorite fight-the-RIAA attorneys is Ray Beckerman whose opposition to the injunction included [PDF] breaking down Capitol's "comical, entirely unsubstantiated, speculation" that ReDigi is selling pirated music. Beckerman wrote, "because plaintiff is inept and has been wasting its money on frivolous litigation instead of the development of useful technology which protects copyright, therefore it is 'questionable' whether ReDigi can have accomplished what plaintiff never could. Well it may be 'questionable' to Mr. McMullan, but it is the fact."
The legal battle is not over as Capitol, like the RIAA, always puts a 'questionable' warped spin on what it feeds the public. Such was the case in the New York Times OP-ED by the president of the RIAA, Cary Sherman. Reading it reminded me of when someone else strikes out and then tries to throw a fast curveball of twisted blame to say the strikes were committed by the other party. "Misinformation may be a dirty trick, but it works," Sherman said in regard to Wikipedia and Google alerting the public that SOPA/PIPA would cripple the internet. He had the audacity to further claim, "The hyperbolic mistruths, presented on the home pages of some of the world's most popular Web sites, amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power."
"Oh, man. Don't make me laugh," Mike Masnick at Techdirt blasted back. "Once again, this is coming from Cary Sherman -- the master of mistruths himself. And he's really claiming that Google and Wikipedia informing the world of a dangerous bill is an "abuse of trust"? Really?!? I'd argue it was the exact opposite. It was an effort to build trust."
Expect to see more misinformation as Capitol fights against an innovative and legal first that empowers music lovers to legally buy and sell their "used" tunes. ReDigi's Founder and CEO John Ossenmacher said, "We hope Capitol can get back to their business and find a way to catch up to the times instead of trying to stop the innovation process, denying rights to their paying customers along the way."
This story, "Judge Refuses Capitol Record's Injunction Request Against Music Reseller ReDigi" was originally published by Computerworld.


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One question I often get asked is how in the same heck do I always seem to actually finish the novels I write. I've never been able to answer that question very well because I've not really thought about it before. Last night I couldn't sleep so as my mind has a tendency to do, it went for a bit of a stroll and ended up on the subject of novels and finishing them. And thus, I have discovered some of the main ingredients of finishing a novel. Before I begin though, bear in mind that this is what works for me personally. They may not work for everyone so please don't go breaking into my house and stealing my cat if this is no help. Cheers.
Good ol' determination.
It may be obvious but determination is probably the most important element to finishing a novel. You have to have the drive. Naturally, some people are more determined than others but I reckon everyone has that drive in them somewhere that makes them capable of completing a task such as finishing a novel. The problem is that a lot of people struggle to find that determination. If that's your problem then have no fear because I may have one or two suggestions that could help you.
1) Write down all of the positives about finishing a novel. I find that writing things down has a tendency to lock those things into your mind.
2) Finishing a chapter feels amazing, right? Well just imagine finishing an entire novel. In the process of writing your novel, keep that potential feeling in mind.
3) If you feel like you're losing the will to finish your novel do not force yourself to keep going. Take a break. Go and feed some ducks, think about all of the exciting things you want to happen in your novel, come back and try again.
4) Don't put pressure on yourself. When you start writing the very first chapter of your novel don't think, I will finish this. If I don't this whole thing will be a failure. Just start writing, enjoy it and see where your writing takes you.
5) Write about what interests you and not just about vampires or rabid meerkats just because that's what everyone else likes, even if the one thing you truly adore is toilet paper. You'll be a lot more determined with something you actually have a passion for compared to something you don't really give a flying monkeys about.
Perfection is a myth. Don't ever strive for it. Like, ever.
One thing I hear a lot is, "I can't finish any novels because they always end up really bad half way through. There's no point carrying on." Wrong, my pretties. Unless you're determined to get that specific novel published, who cares how good or bad your novel is? All that matters is how writing it makes you feel and how much pleasure you get out of it. Getting pleasure out of something you're trying to make perfect is pretty darn hard.
Not only that but I can promise you now that no first draft in the history of first drafts has ever been published and become a best-seller. Of course your first draft is going have wooden characters, massive plot holes, pointless scenes, awkward moments and an array of typos. That's what make first drafts so fun. Embrace that and you may find yourself finishing a novel. The drafts after that is where the true quality comes in.
Use YWS to your advantage.
Except for one annoying novel that I want to punch in the spleen I've finished every one posted on YWS. This site helps a lot. What I find is that when I start posting something on YWS I feel like I hold a responsibility of sorts to keep writing and keep posting. If I fall behind I'll let the people who are interested in it down, even when I genuinely think the only one reading my novel is the leftover turkey from Christmas dinner. Just knowing that one person, whether it be a YWSer or a turkey, is reading my novel motivates me to keep writing. It may be a little tough at first but try and develop this kind of attitude.
Another way to use YWS to your advantage is the use of clubs. Before you start running at me with pitchforks, yes, I know, clubs aren't available right now but they will be when Nate uses his ninja powers to bring them back. Clubs are great motivation because they're all about the novel but not literally the novel.
Err, let me explain that.
What I mean by that is you can get bored of just writing your novel at times so what the clubs do is let you think about and work on your novel in a different, fresher way. Instead of staring at a document plastered in writing you can ask people what they think of your characters, start discussions about your chapters, make a novel cover to use as the club's picture e.t.c. Clubs let you take a break from your novel but at the same time, keep it fresh in your mind. It's a win-win situation.
And then there's the people. Good golly, the people. I could marry you guys. When you start posting your novel on YWS some of your readers can be amazing and are brilliant motivators. If you get stuck, turn to them for help because as an onlooker of your novel they'll most likely have ideas about what could happen next you haven't even considered. If you're genuinely worried that no one's going to read your novel in the first place then ask people to do so. Advertise your novel on your profile (when they return), pm your friends about it, visit the WRFF forum e.t.c. I can guarantee you that you'll find at least one person who will follow your novel and motivate you through thick and thin. What can I say? YWSers are awesome.
Characters are real people, you know.
This technique is all about guilt. Your characters are real people. No they're not, they're fiction--Real people. That's how you have to think. Now imagine being in control of real people's lives and half way through the most influential, important event that will ever happen to them, you give up on them. They could be hanging off a cliff and now you've just gone and left them dangling there for eternity. Not very nice of you now, is it? Feel guilty? You should.
If you ever start giving up on a novel make sure you feel that guilt, whether your character is dangling off a cliff or buying some carrots. You wouldn't want to be responsible for your character never being able to eat their dinner now, would you? If you start thinking like that and you decide to give up on your novel, there'll be this constant niggling in your brain that's begging you to go back to it and eventually, you will.
If you're worried about not being able to feel this closeness to your character, practice it. Whenever you're out somewhere think about how your character's doing. Think about what your character would be doing and how they'd be feeling in the situation you're currently in. Literally treat them as though they're as real as the toes on your feet because if you start giving up on them half way through your novel, the guilt will be killing you. In your mind you'll be ditching someone you've gotten to know incredibly well over the past few months.
This technique is also very helpful for character development as well because you get a real sense of who your characters are. You'll be killing two birds in one stone with this one.
Keep calm and carry on.
While writing a novel it's almost impossible for you not to get stuck at one point. This is where the majority of people give up. Maybe your characters are in a sticky situation and you have no idea how to get them out of it or maybe you simply have no idea what you want to happen next. The worst thing to do is start panicking.
Take a break, feed some more ducks, think about your options and then write those options down. From there, decide on which option you think will work best for the sticky situation you or your characters are in. In your head or on paper you can then decide on how you want that scene to unfold. Whether it takes you an hour or four weeks to work out, whatever you do, don't get stressed and don't force anything out of yourself.
Also remember that there are other people in your world, including people that will help you, whether they're on the internet or are part of your family or group of friends. Don't be afraid to ask others for help or for a solution to your problem. Most people will be more than happy to help you figure things out because, well, it's fun and it lets them use their imagination.
Another thing I'd like to note is that you do have a backspace button on your computer remember. If you're really that stuck on a scene, delete it. Highlight that untameable thing, whack that backspace button and start again, whether it be a rewirte of the same scene or a new scene altogether. I know it can be scary to delete an entire scene that took you ages to write but sometimes it's the best solution.
So to conclude, get that determination boiling inside of you, throw perfection and striving to be the best first draft writer ever out of the window, treat YWS like a god of motivation, fall in love with your characters and make sure they eat their dinner, know that it's okay to ask for help and whatever you do, do not panic when you get stuck.
The only other thing I'd like to say is that if the problem is that you simply get bored of your novels half way through, do something stupid. Blow something up. Throw someone in front of a car. Drop someone's hand into a blender. It may develop into a fresh, exhilarating twist that changes your novel entirely and if that does happen, embrace it and enjoy it.
Now go feed some ducks.


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Bats can't aid Kershaw as road win streak ends at 15
Ace allows two runs in six innings, but lack of clutch hitting sinks LA
ST. LOUIS -- The Dodgers' historic road winning streak has come to an end.
The Cardinals snapped Los Angeles' franchise-record 15-game winning streak away from Dodger Stadium with a 5-1 victory at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night.
"It just means we need to start a new one tomorrow," said Clayton Kershaw. "It was a pretty cool thing, for sure. Definitely not something to take lightly with what we accomplished there. It was going to end at some point, unfortunately it had to happen tonight. But the good thing about baseball is we come back tomorrow."
The streak tied for the fourth-longest in Major League history, falling two games short of the record 17-game streak shared by the 1984 Detroit Tigers and '16 New York Giants.
"I think the biggest thing that we try to focus on is that that streak didn't really mean anything past tonight's game," manager Don Mattingly said. "You try to win every day, and the games that you've already won are pretty much gone and so you can't win them again."
A shift in the Dodgers' rotation spoiled a duel between National League Cy Young candidates Kershaw and Adam Wainwright scheduled for Monday, pitting Zack Greinke against Wainwright and bumping Kershaw to Tuesday's contest opposite Joe Kelly.
But Kershaw wasn't overlooking the Cardinals' long-reliever-turned-starter.
"I'm pitching against the Cardinals one way or another," Kershaw said Monday. "Joe Kelly is no easy task."
And Kelly barely got the best of Kershaw, who leads all big league pitchers with a 1.91 ERA. Both starters posted similar stat lines -- six hits, two walks -- with a second earned run against the Dodgers' ace being the decisive difference as Kershaw once again fell victim to poor run support. Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams punctuated the Dodgers' streak-breaking loss in the eighth by belting a pair of homers for three insurance runs.
"Kelly pitched well. Made pitches when he had to, got a lot of double play balls," Kershaw said. "You know, it's just one of those nights. They were doing what they've been doing all year. Got some big hits with runners in scoring position. I left some pitches up and they made me pay."
Kershaw entered the game averaging 3.08 runs of support. In six of the lefty's seven losses, the Dodgers have scored two or fewer runs and are 13-11 in his starts.
"It'd make it a lot easier on ourselves if we did win those games," Andre Ethier said. "We should when he's pitching. It's not like he gave it away. We were right there. It's one where it's pretty frustrating; it's one where we better correct it."
When asked if he had any theories as to why his team struggles to score with one of the best pitchers in baseball on the mound, Mattingly was stumped.
"I wish I had them," he said. "It seems like over the years, we've seen a lot of guys in the [Kershaw] category that it doesn't seem like they get runs. I don't know what it is."
With Kelly and Kershaw each tossing four scoreless innings, Beltran knocked the second hit of the night against Kershaw, a leadoff single, paving the way for Allen Craig to get the Cards' offense rolling with no outs in the fourth. Craig worked a 10-pitch at-bat before finally whacking a line drive right back at Kershaw, who, while turning to shield himself, gloved it over his left shoulder then immediately pivoted and fired to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez for the frame-ending double play.
The Cardinals would get to Kershaw again in the fifth, but this time, the Redbirds capitalized, manufacturing two runs off three consecutive hits -- two doubles and a single -- that would ultimately be the difference.
"The hits they got, they weren't great pitches," Kershaw said. "I left some sliders up. They hit the ball hard. They did that pretty much all night."
Los Angeles responded by opening the sixth with a double from Carl Crawford. Gonzalez helped Crawford home with an RBI single, ending Kelly's consecutive scoreless inning streak at 20, spanning four starts.
"They're a really good team, obviously. Kershaw is a stud. Everyone knows that," Kelly said. "I'm not going in there thinking I have to do something extra because I'm pitching against Kershaw. I'm just trying to be the same guy I've been, work my tail off and battle against those guys."
Kelly surrendered another base hit to Yasiel Puig before exiting to a loud ovation from the 41,770 at Busch. The Cardinals called on left-handed specialist Randy Choate to face lefty Andre Ethier, although Ethier got the best of the former Dodgers reliever, knocking another single.
With one out and the bases loaded, A.J. Ellis stepped into the box as the Dodgers appeared primed to steal the lead. But Ellis grounded into a double play, squandering the club's best opportunity of the night. The Dodgers hit into four double plays, tying a season high set versus Arizona in June, and stranded seven runners.
"Those are the kind of runs and things you can't really give away," Mattingly said. "I know we're not trying to give them away, but those are the things you can't do if you're going to beat good clubs."
The Cardinals piled on three runs with two homers against righty Brandon League in the eighth and used five different relievers to hold the Dodgers to just two hits and a walk over the final three frames.


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The Customer Financial Services team is a fast-paced team, playing an integral role within the company. Based in Central London, the team is responsible for the whole of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
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Oprah Winfrey is giving decorator and design expert Nate Berkus, who does a home collection on HSN, his own TV show, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The story, in the business section, said that Oprah's Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television were set to announce "The Nate Berkus Show," with a possible launch in next September.
Berkus got exposure on Oprah's show, and she has successfully launched talent such as Dr. Phil McGraw and Rachael Ray with their own shows.
His HSN line includes linens, tableware, bedding, pillows and towels.


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About a month ago, I reviewed a unique backpack called Solid Gray. It isn't a typical backpack by any standards - it's a unique hardshell pack made of a solid piece of extremely durable polypropylene plastic. Its eye-catching, futuristic design makes it one of a kind, and the overall layout is well thought-out given the nature of the bag.
Now, it's your chance to grab this unique carry-all for absolutely nothing, because thanks to the awesome guys at Solid Gray, we have one to give away.
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The contest is now over. Here is the winner, chosen by Solid Gray:
- Clint P.
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The giveaway begins now and will run until Tuesday, August 28 at 11:59 PM PT. At that time, we'll read through the comments and pick our favorite.


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It never stops. Caught somewhere between hilarious and infuriating, Marilyn W. Thompson with the Washington Post discovered that her shiny shirt prevented the roughly $150,000 TSA scanner from doing its job. You mean wearing my late-90s shiny suit means EXTRA gropings??
Thompson remarked on her confusion that these scanners can pick up bladed weapons and ass explosives but can't handle a shiny shirt from Banana Republic. To the point that the agents in charge of the scans start whispering "Shiny shirt!" as though it's an emergency code. I'm with you! Maybe there should be three lines: one for the scanners; one for general gropies; and another for shiny gropies with a photo shoot for your trouble. The TSA is damned if they do, damned if they don't. [Washington Post]
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UPDATE: VICTORY HAS BEEN ACHIEVED FOR NOW! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP! The Prison has agreed to back down, please see Martin Armstrong – WE WON!
As of the time of this post, thankfully, Martin has not yet been moved. But we are learning a little bit more where this attempt to move him is coming from. Here is some information sent to me from a supporters of Armstrong who have knowledgeable on the inner working of Ft. Dix, and also are familiar with all of Martin's legal cases and are in contact with an attorney who is going to start legal proceedings on the subject of this move on Monday. We have now consolidated all the contact information and proceedures onto the following three pages:
Page number 2 contains a new strategy for contacting the Judges who have legal oversight of Armstrong's movement because of his Habeas cases. Page 3 is the contact information for people within the prison system. I would ask that everyone please take a few minutes of your time to contact these people as suggested. Once notified, these people will not be able to claim they didn't know what was happening. THANK YOU for your efforts to contact him!
For those interested, below is the actual Habeas that is open in the Supreme Court:
This information has also been included in the prior post on this situation…
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NEW HAVEN >> In a world in which sex attracts attention, it's not rare to see prostitution arrests, mugshots or brothel raids posted on the Web or televised.
Images, names and phrases such as "child prostitute" and "romantic relationship" flash before us and, more often than not, that's where the coverage ends.
But researchers in various fields suggest the words used around prostitution and sex trafficking often have lingering effects, are damaging to the survivors or are just plain inaccurate.
"The overarching thing to remember is that words shape society's perceptions," said Ryan Day of Love 146, a city-based organization committed to the abolishment of human trafficking.
Though it has long been around, phrases such as sex trafficking recently flooded media outlets after a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe resulted in the recovery of five commercially sexually exploited teenagers in Connecticut, and 105 nationwide. The investigation spanned 76 cities and towns across the country. In Connecticut, the victims were between 15 and 17 years old; in Sacramento, Calif., a survivor as young as 14 was recovered.
Under federal law, the age of consent to cross a state border for sex is 18, therefore trafficked children are not classified as prostitutes but are legally considered victims, Day said.
The language society uses around exploited children can be crucial to their recovery and to avoiding re-victimization, said Love 146 U.S. Prevention Education Manager Kimberly Casey.
"Rather than treating them as youth that have consciously made 'bad decisions,' we suggest that it would be more appropriate to consider them as youth whose vulnerabilities have been exploited," Casey said. "If as a society we refuse to use exploitative and demeaning language, we will position ourselves to create a supportive environment for those who are being victimized."
Casey said she often uses a word association exercise in her trainings to drive home the "power of words."
In one exercise, "prostitute" and "commercially sexually exploited child" are written on opposite sides of a board for students to say what comes to mind. For "prostitute," words such as "dirty" and "STDs" come up; for "commercially sexually exploited children," words such as "alone" and "scared" come up, she said.
To further drive home the power of words, Casey asks members of the class to imagine how children from the second group would feel if they were treated as if they were part of the first.
"We emphasize how such actions can reinforce feelings of shame and distrust, and discourage exploited youth from seeking help," she said.
A further example, she said, would be using the word "slut" in the case of a girl or young woman who engages in repeated casual sex, as such a word closes the door on any type of conversation or disclosure.
Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, director of women's studies at Southern Connecticut State University, said she believes the media, as well as those who write and teach, can make a difference in the way language is used. Lin referenced Connecticut feminist Kate Swift, who pioneered nonsexist language in the early 1970s, as an example of what is possible.
When it comes to the media's use of language, the problem might be the lack of a "polite euphemism for sex slavery," said Yale University anthropology professor Joe Errington.
"Sex slaves, sex slavery, that might be a little strong for the media," Errington said. "People are going to trade off accuracy to hold the words at a psychological distance."
While the term "sex slavery" is considered too strong by some, the phrase made it into President Barack Obama's Clinton Global Initiative speech in 2012, when he addressed human trafficking as a whole, calling it "modern slavery."
Of course, there are incidents of prostitution seemingly unrelated to trafficking. Even in these cases, the media should be careful of how they proceed with a prostitution charge, said Richard Hanley, Graduate Journalism Program director for the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University and associate professor of journalism there. Particularly with visual news, the surface nature leaves little room to explain how a person may have reached the point of prostitution, he said. Once someone's photo or name is attached to the term "prostitution," that's often the end of the coverage, he added.
The entry age for prostitution is between 12 and 14 in many cases, so women labeled prostitutes were often once exploited children, Casey said. In Rachel Lloyd's book, "Girls like Us," Lloyd notes, between 70 percent and 90 percent of youth and women in the sex industry were sexually abused prior to entering the industry.
"That story of how a person got to that point is often untold and, as such, news is failing, because there will be posted or broadcasted a picture of a person arrested for prostitution, but the story behind that arrest or behind the person is never fully examined, when there could be a human trafficking dimension," Hanley said.
Hanley proposed that when a news outlet produces an arrest story it follows up with a disposition of the case or use a series of arrests for a larger "journalistic examination" of the topic. Even with resources at most media outlets being stressed, this offers a solution, he said.
Of course, to cover sex trafficking or prostitution to any degree there is the question of how to refer to the individual involved. Lin highlighted the subtle difference between using "victim" or "survivor."
"'Victim' in our mind conjures a person without agency, and a 'survivor,' a person who is someone who actually survived a situation, not necessarily out of it, but can imply the will, the determination to get through a challenge," Lin said.
Casey agreed that "survivor" can be more empowering than using "victim." However, when dealing with law enforcement, it's often necessary to use the term "victim" in a way that talks about how a person has been victimized if there is any pursuit of justice, she said.
As these issues continue to exist in society, conversations about language will likely continue among experts.
"As we try to raise awareness regarding all of these complex issues surrounding voluntary as well as involuntary sex work, so often the language we use, consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally, generates some impression on the reader's mind," Lin said.
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Alibaba's Growth Accelerates, U.S. IPO Filing Expected Next Week
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's revenue growth accelerated in the last quarter of 2013, a timely lift for the Chinese Internet company as it prepares to file a prospectus next week for its highly anticipated initial public offering.
Alibaba is expected to file prospectus for the share sale as early as Monday, sources said, as it prepares for the largest U.S. IPO since Facebook Inc's 2012 coming-out party. Alibaba had no comment on the prospectus filing, a spokeswoman said.
The company which powers four-fifths of all Chinese online consumer shopping recorded a 66 percent surge in sales to $3.06 billion in 2013′s final three months compared with a year earlier. The numbers - the latest available for Alibaba - were released on Tuesday alongside first-quarter 2014 earnings for 24 percent shareholder Yahoo Inc.
The listing is the most highly anticipated of what's expected to be a record year for U.S. tech debuts, spurred on by social media company Twitter Inc's successful 2013 IPO.
Alibaba's resurgence after several quarters of slowing growth helped lift shares of Japan's SoftBank Corp and Yahoo, which own 37 percent and 24 percent of the Chinese company and highly sensitive to the Chinese firm's growth prospects and valuation.
SoftBank's shares surged as much as 9.1 percent and traded 7.9 percent higher in mid-afternoon trading in Tokyo. Yahoo's stock gained more than 9 percent after hours, despite reporting anemic quarterly revenue and display advertising growth in its own business.
Executives with the U.S. company told analysts on a conference call they would not comment further on Alibaba's numbers, given that the Chinese company has entered a pre-IPO quiet period.
Alibaba is planning to award about one-third of the fees for its IPO in the form of incentive bonuses to coax better performance from underwriters, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The company plans to pay at least 1.1 percent of the total IPO proceeds in fees, making the fee pool at an estimated $200 million, the report added.
Alibaba's fourth-quarter sales growth came after it posted its slowest rate of growth in three quarters during the July-to-September period. For the October-December quarter it recorded a doubling in net income to $1.36 billion.
Alibaba, founded 15 years ago by outspoken English schoolteacher Jack Ma, has cornered the Chinese Internet consumer market and expanded into everything from online auctions to messaging and payments.
An IPO could arm the company as it tries also to dominate the nascent mobile shopping and social media arenas. Market participants expect it to raise as much as $16 billion this year.
Tencent Holdings Ltd has the upper hand in mobile services in China, including in areas like messaging and games, the most important battleground for the country's Internet companies.
In addition, Alibaba's strategy of building a global e-commerce empire with its own financial services is attracting close scrutiny from China's regulators and resistance from the country's banks.


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There is some current work on interpretations of quantum mechanics. How do you think can interesting results in that area help physics? Can it change quantum physics or make it easier? Which interpretation has to potential to change practical QM calculations? I mean if MWI turns out the best, then so what? It neither provides more intuition nor makes it calculations easier.
If there are axioms and QM is derived from these, is there any practical value from this mathematical approach? I thought a statement like "it's the only mathematically consistent solution to the axioms", would provide no practical value?
How is knowledge about QFT important to interpretations of QM or is QFT merely a handy mathematical framework?


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June 13: Double entendre day *wink wink*
- 0 - The snake convinces Eve to eat the apple. "You will not 'die' (wink, wink)" he said to Eve, giggling.
- 1891 - A horse walks into a bar for first time.
- 1898 - A chicken "crosses the road" for the first time, but the event goes unnoticed by the media except for the news truck that ran it over.
- 1954 - A priest, rabbi and a minister walk into a bar, event also unnoticed by media due to lame double entendre jokes that follow.
- 1955 - Martin McFly goes "back to the future" where things are "heavy" and Oedipal projection problems develop, requiring playing of Johnny B Goode before it is written.
- 1956 - The word "whoa" is uttered the first time in history by a man seeing the worlds most beautiful woman completely naked being eaten by a giant robot octopus skateboarding out of a burning helicopter.
- 1959 - The world is "taken over" by a tin of sardines.
- 1967 - Thurgood Marshall "joins" the Supremes. The newly augmented group shortly releases their next album, For Great Justice.
- 1973 - The double entendre day is "celebrated" for first time.
- 1974 - A blonde agrees to a double entendre on the condition that all participants use protection.
- 1979 - George Lucas "releases" his biggest movie.
- 1981 - Quotation marks become "compulsory" to denote double entendres. Everybody "agrees" to this new law. Some "people" oppose the "abuse" of the "quotation" mark, obtaining a null "support" from the media (wink, wink, double wink).
- 1982 - Magic Johnson "roots" Yao Ming, gets AIDS
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first "man-"made" object" to "pass the orbit" of Pluto. Uncyclopedian avoids easy Uranus joke.
- 1985 - Martin McFly comes "back from the future". Girlfriend "likes his truck" and McFly "gets his truck waxed".
- 1992 - Magic Johnson "roots" Yao Ming, gets AIDS
- 1993 - The most important person in the universe was born.
- 1997 - A woman enters into a bar and asks the bartender for a double entendre. And the barman "gives her one".
- 2000 - World's first self-reflexive "double entendre" is created.
- 2000 - George W. Bush makes one of his hundreds of speeches to "help" America (wink, wink nudge, nudge).
- 2001 - World's worst double entendre "is" created
- 2004 - A woman pulls in to a gas station and asks the attendant to fill her up. Attendant sells her some petrol. Opportunity for double entendre is missed, attendant is lynched.
- 2005 - Captain Crunch "promoted" to Admiral for "services" to the nation.
- 2006 - Someone "tries really hard" to "cram in", "as many" double entendres as is "humanly possible" "to do in one" sentence "without stopping" "making sense", but "falls at the last post", (*wink, wink*).
- 2007 - A woman walks in to a bar, but faints before the barman can make a double entendre. Woman is taken to hospital. Doctor tries desperately to save the double entendre that could have been, but sadly fails and the woman dies.


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I love going through old pictures and seeing how much the boys have grown and changed. I can't believe how quickly they are growing up! Here are pictures of them from last summer, just under a year... (Can you tell who is who?)And here they are in the same car last weekend...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Time Flies By
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- Natalie said...
Wow - they've really gotten big! When did they get the buzz cuts??? Cute!
- May 1, 2009 at 6:12 PM
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I joined Letchworth Sinfonia about 5 years ago and play 2nd Violin. I hadn't played the violin since leaving school so I was rather nervous about joining an orchestra. I was made to feel very welcome and it also helped that another member (Helen) started the same day as me - we sit together at the back of the section and help each other along. Over the last 5 years we feel we've improved in leaps and bounds and seem to be able to play more & more notes of the music with each rehearsal - not necessarily in the right place or the right time:D! (I'm sure Kerry would agree with this!) Both Helen & I love to sneak out during the hard parts to make the tea at rehearsal - which is enjoyed by all members of the orchestra - actually i'm not sure if it's the tea they enjoy or us not playing..hmm I'll have to ask them!
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jcpenney Appoints Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III Chief Executive Officer, Succeeding Ron Johnson
Plano, Texas, April 8, 2013 - The Board of Directors of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. [NYSE: JCP], today announced that Myron E. (Mike) Ullman, III has rejoined the Company as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He has also been elected to the Board of Directors. Mr. Ullman is a highly accomplished retail industry executive, who served as CEO of jcpenney until late 2011. He succeeds Ron Johnson, who is stepping down and leaving the Company.
Thomas Engibous, Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, said, "We are fortunate to have someone with Mike's proven experience and leadership abilities to take the reins at the Company at this important time. He is well-positioned to quickly analyze the situation jcpenney faces and take steps to improve the Company's performance."
Mr. Ullman added, "While jcpenney has faced a difficult period, its legacy as a leader in American retailing is an asset that can be built upon and leveraged. To that end, my plan is to immediately engage with the Company's customers, team members, vendors and shareholders, to understand their needs, views and insights. With that knowledge, I will work with the leadership team and the Board to develop and clearly articulate a game plan to establish a foundation for future success."
Mr. Engibous added, "On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to thank Ron Johnson for his contributions while at jcpenney and wish him the best in his future endeavors."
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Mike Ullman is a veteran retail industry executive with more than 25 years of experience who has served in leadership roles at several of the world's best-known retail companies. Prior to spending seven years leading jcpenney, as Chairman and CEO through November 2011 and Executive Chairman through January 2012, he served as Directeur General of the world's largest luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, in Paris; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DFS Group Limited, the world's leading travel retailer; and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. Mr. Ullman's prior retail experience also includes leading Wharf Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong and posts at Federated Department Stores earlier in his career. In addition, he previously served as a White House Fellow in the Reagan Administration, Vice President of Business Affairs at the University of Cincinnati, and as an International Account Manager for IBM Corporation.
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Farming CP
The best way to farm CP is to get the Rolling in CP Fragment Skill and to go to Academia 400 AF. You can have 480 to 1000 CP per battle in this area.
Another preferable place to farm CP is Oerba 400AF, although you will not be rewarded as much CP as in Academia 400 AF. Expect to receive between 240-590 CP. The monsters there are incredibly easy to dispatch, generally with a premptive strike and Noel pumping out a single Ruinaga will kill everything in one hit for me. (This also works for Gil as well I put a collectors catalog on both Serah and Noel and was getting about 1500 gil a fight.)
Arguably the best CP farming opportunity in the entire game arises later in the story progression, when your party becomes strong enough to handle certain monsters very quickly. This excellent farming opportunity is made possible once you obtain the "Encounter Master", "Battlemania" and "Rolling in CP" fragment skills (technically, only the last one is really necessary, but having all three of these enabled allows for the most efficient and fastest farming possible).
It is possible to obtain all three of these fragment skills before the final showdown, potentially putting you in a much better position for the final battles. Set "Encounter Master" to "More enemies", change "Battlemania" to "Attract tougher enemies", and make sure that "Rolling in CP" is enabled. The latter doubles your earned CP.
You now have two choices: The first is to run around "A Dying World" after you have completed that storyline. With the "Attract tougher enemies" skill enabled, your random encounters will primarily spawn the tiny "Metallicactuar". If your party is fairly strong, you can easily crush this monster within 10-15 seconds. You will receive 2,000 CP per fight. An hour of farming will easily put you well into the 100,000+ CP range.
Using the same strategy as above, an even better (but slightly slower method) of farming massive CP is in The Archylte Steppe... in the "ditches" or "canyons", you will frequently encounter the Giant Metallic Cactuar. You will know that you've run into one because they will appear in a time distortion which turns the screen colors to black and white and a "temporal rift" whirlwind will appear. You will always have the advantage of starting the battle with a pre-emptive attack, as the whirlwind does not move. Again, with a fairly high level party (and especially if you have the "Odin" weapons for both Serah and Noel), you can defeat this monster in a mere 20 seconds or so. You will be awarded a massive 4,000 CP per battle with this monster, and the spawn rate with the fragment skills enabled is very frequent, allowing for quick farming of CP.
Both versions of the Metallic Cactuar (the tiny and the gigantic) also drop Hermes Sandals as a rare spoil, so equipping a Collector's Catalog (which can be earned in Serendipity by winning a certain chocobo race) or having a monster in your party with the Item Scavenger and ideally, the Gilfinder passive abilities will help you to reach maximum farming efficiency of not only CP, but gil, components, and likely a sizeable collection of Hermes Sandals. This accessory, when upgraded to the Durable Hermes Sandals (only possible post-game), casts Auto-Haste at the beginning of each battle, allowing you to knock these monsters out at an even faster pace. Since the chain gauges of these cactuars are fairly high, it is recommended to go with a brute force approach-- ideally attacking with 3 Commandos (the Cerebrus paradigm). You will likely defeat the cactuars before their chain gauge even reaches stagger point, making the slightly weaker Ravagers largely unnecessary.
As a further bonus of employing the farming method above, you will collect the "Metallicactuar" monster crystal (the "Monster Collector" fragment skill will help facilitate this). When maxed out with Potent components (it will max out at Level 45), the Metallicactuar becomes a formidable Commando, reaching approximately 8,000HP, as well as 700+ stats for both strength and magic. Once you get this monster crystal, max it out as soon as possible, add it to your party, and have this little guy go up against himself in your battles. With the Cerebrus paradigm, you will plow through these battles in no time, allowing you to max out all Crystarium roles to Level 99 before confronting the final boss at the end of the chaos maze in Academia 500AF, giving you a huge advantage-- and a better shot at earning the trophy awarded for beating the final boss with a 5-star rating.
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FRA launches grade crossing iPhone, iPad appWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
The Rail Crossing Locator app works by prompting users to enter a specific location, which then allows them to locate highway-rail grade crossings in their area and retrieve important information, such as the physical characteristics of a crossing and the type of traffic control devices used. The app allows users to report information about grade crossings to the FRA to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date information is available. This app is free through Apple's App Store and can be used on any iPhone or iPad.
"While we've made significant progress in the reduction of highway-rail grade crossing incidents over the past decade, much more work remains to be done," said Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo. "This technology will be one more tool to help us reach our goal of zero fatalities. Over the past decade, highway-rail incidents have declined by 34%, and deaths resulting from these events have fallen 30%. However, while the total number of incidents has been trending downward, collisions at highway-rail crossings remain a challenge to safety. Last year alone, highway-rail crossing collisions accounted for nearly 20% of all reportable rail accidents and incidents and represented nearly one-third of all rail-related fatalities."
"Safety is our highest priority, and at the Department of Transportation, we believe that giving people better information leads to smarter and safer travel," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "With the Rail Crossing Locator, individuals can use a mobile app to access information wherever they are to improve neighborhood safety and make better personal travel choices."


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Speaking at a press conference just five days after the fatal fire in Allenton, Derby, Mick Philpott said his 13-year-old son Duwayne's organs had been donated to save the life of another child.
Flanked by his wife Mairead, who was also distraught during the five-minute news conference, Mr Philpott also thanked members of the local community for their "overwhelming" support since the tragedy.
During the news conference, the Assistant Chief Constable of Derbyshire Police, Steve Cotterill, confirmed that the seat of the fire was below the letterbox in the front door of the the house. Investigations had also shown petrol was used as an accelerant, the officer said.
Jade Philpott, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all perished in the blaze, while Duwayne Philpott died of his injuries in Birmingham Children's Hospital at the weekend with his parents at his bedside.
The six children, who all died from the effects of smoke, were asleep in their beds upstairs when the blaze broke out at the semi-detached house in the early hours last Friday.
Mr Philpott, speaking at Derby Conference Centre, frequently dabbed away tears with a tissue as he thanked the emergency services.
Disclosing that Duwayne's organs had been donated to help another child, the devastated father said: "That makes us happy and it takes a bit of the pain away. We grew up in a community that's been through a lot of problems with violence and to see this community come together like it has, it's too overwhelming. Those poor gentlemen from the fire brigade, who saw what we saw - my heart goes out to them."
Mr Philpott, who is thought to have been alerted to the blaze by a smoke alarm, said: "First of all, I want to thank my three eldest children because they have helped us cope. And then there's a young lad who tried to get in the house the same as myself.
"Then of course there is the four firemen, the police, the ambulances, the doctors and nurses - everybody who tried to help save our children. We can't express our gratitude enough. It's not just us that have suffered, it's them as well - it's everybody."


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