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If you've been looking for a great deal on an apartment in New York City recently, well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but boy did you miss out on the bargain of the century. In what the New York Post is calling a "steal", New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter just sold his Trump Tower penthouse for only $15.5 million. Sure, that may seem like a hefty price, but keep in mind he was selling it for $20 million, after he originally paid $12 million. Good God, this economy is destroying us all.
So who's the lucky bargain hunter who saved $4.5 million on this guaranteed poon palace? Anheuser-Busch's chief supply officer Claudio Ferro, that's who. I know, it's like one superstar to another, right?
Claudio Ferro paid $15.5 million this month for the captain's four-bedroom bachelor pad, a palatial, suede-covered man cave, the sources said.
I'm sure suede's not the only thing it's covered in. *rimshot*
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And you know he was mystified because he created a flash with his hands and vanished in a cloud of smoke. The strange thing here, though, is that Ferro is moving into this place with his wife and children, and that's odd to me because, well, think of all the sex that happened in that place. You know how paranormal experts believe that if something so intense occurs in a house – like a horrific murder, or in this case 8 trillion orgasms – that it can haunt that home forever?
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Frank (Frank Langella: Unknown) has lost a few steps over the years. His body aches, his kids never visit and his memory is failing. He occupies himself by walking to the library to hit on the sexy librarian (Susan Sarandon: That's My Boy) and wandering into a soap store that used to be his favorite diner. His son Hunter (James Marsden: Straw Dogs) is tired of dealing with his cantankerous old man.
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A legendary second-story man, Frank used his knowledge of locks and building plans to rob the wealthy. A couple of stints in jail and old age ended his career but not his longing for the good old days. Having no moral programming, Robot is happy to aid Frank. Under the former cat burglar's tutelage, Robot learns the art of picking locks, studying marks and finding security system weaknesses.
It could be the perfect setup, but Frank isn't the man he was. Mental lapses could spoil his new regimen. Two key questions rise from the tension: Can Frank keep it together long enough to pull off a heist? Is Robot really a machine, or does he, like Frank, develop feelings of friendship?
This technological tale of camaraderie and aging takes an interesting look at the possible future uses of robotic technology. In his feature debut, director Jake Schreier sets the story in the somewhat near future and cleverly keeps most of the innovations simple: Phones offer video feed. Cars are sleeker. Books are almost completely digitized. Every technology surrounding Frank seems like an inevitable growth from what we have today. This makes the Robot (who in body is played by Rachael Ma) seem a product of this future world and not a storytelling gimmick.
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All offseason I've heard how the Saints secondary is going to be the down-fall of the Saints. I've heard how the CBs are too short. I've heard how slow the CB's were. I've heard how when teams need to pass they'll have little trouble. And I've heard, time and time again, how we need to sign Mike McKenzie.
Well, let me tell you something. The way to stop the pass isn't by having shut-down CBs. The way to stop the pass is by having a great pass rush.
If anyone should know this it should be Saints fans. At least those old enough to have watched the Dome Patrol. During those days we consistently were at the top of the league in LEAST points allowed. And our CBs were not exactly house-hold names. And that's putting it kindly !!
Now, you can say that having great CBs allows the defense to do more things. And you're right. But, there's going to be weaknesses somewhere. Having a pro-bowl saftety allows the defense to do more things. Having probowl defesive tackles allows the defense to do more things. You get the point, right?
And did anyone happen to watch the Panthers defense lead them to the Super Bowl? The ONLY reason the Panthers held up against the passing teams was because of their pass rush.
I believe we have the players that are going to get to the opposing team's QB this year. Will Smith, Darren Howard, and Charles Grant should make our secondary much improved. I see QB's getting rid of the ball much quicker than they want to.
Given the choice between a great pass rush or shut-down CBs, I'll take a great pass rush everytime.
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I can agree with you... but we still have Ashley Ambrose. You have to have at least average or better than average CB\'s. Even GB knows to go at Ambrose whereever Ambrose is... dump the ball off there. Go at ambrose and you move the ball. I suspect and pray they start Craft at the begining of the season... this guy was a great pick up. You\'ll see if only they start him, please tell me they are trying to keep him a secret til then.
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I\'d also feel better with Brown as a #2 also, from what I\'ve seen and read so far.
I still feel we\'ll pick up a CB from some teams final cut, or trade one of our WR/DT/DE\'s for one.
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\"Saints\' secondary will not be downfall of this team\"
Well, now, I\'m not so sure about that. There is no question in my mind right now that they will be a contributing factor. IF the offense plays like it should, and IF the run defense lives up to the hype, then yes, absolutely, the secondary will be the biggest problem on this team. If that stops the Saints from being successful then I would classify it as \"the downfall of this team.\" The offense and run D have to improve first though. They\'re both bigger problems from what I\'ve seen and heard of preseason than anything else.
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I agree with what Billy said however, one thing a good pass rush forces a quarterback to do is dump the ball off to either a back coming out of the back field or throw quick slant patterns......this responsibility for coverage will require quick, talented and experienced linebackers....how many of those do we currently have??
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...or you throw a qucik slant or curl to whomever ambrose is covering and eat us alive because all he is going to do is either let them catch the ball in front of him or get beat deep one on one.
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you\'re right billy, a good pass rush is what we need, except during the dome patrol days we had excellent linebackers, as well as front 4.... and i believe everyone will agree with me when i say that we dont have any linebackers as good as the ones we had back then....
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Our pressure will come from our DE\'s. Darren Howard (10+ sack guy), Charles Grant (10 sacks last season), and Will Smith (This guy is going to get some sack this year.)
I think the probility of our DE\'s to apply pressure is pretty good. Then IF we can stop the run, it\'s going to allow us to really bring the heat.
A lot is going to depend on if Venturi is going to be more aggressive. We\'ve got the players to do that, IMO. I just have the feeling that we\'re going to be a more aggressive defense this year. Of course, I thought that last year too. But, injuries kind of derailed that opportunity and Venturi was forced to do what he had to do. We\'ll see.
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thats true, but i dont think we can stop the run... to stop the run u need good linebackers and a push from the middle and until sullivan proves his worth then we just dont have that.... while i like our Dline and the rush we will get from them i still think that we wont stop anyone from running it down our throat.
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Ok, so I\'m thinking about this, and I\'m starting to wonder how to classify \"biggest downfall\". To get the gist of this, I started thinking about the positions on the team. Of course, Billy meant this statement to mean \"barring injuries the CBs will not be the downfall.\" Thus, here is a list from least likely to be a downfall to most likely to be a downfall.
1. HB - Duece, nuff said.
2. FB - This position is not critical enough to ever be a \"downfall\"
3. TE - TEs can enhance a team, but rarely does not havning a good one = downfall
4. DE - We are so deep and strong here that \"downfall\" isn\'t anywhere near them
5. DT - This is a position where other players (LBs and DEs) can make up for troubles
more easily than elsewhere, so I don\'t think that this can be a \"downfall\" pos.
Also, we\'re not bad here, we\'re just not really good.
6. OLB - We\'re not as bad here as people make out (though Hodge\'s suspension hurts our experience level here), but we could start D. Smith and D. Rogers for the first few games and be fine.
7. S - We\'re a little thin here, but Bellamy and Jones are solid or above average. This will not be a downfall position.
8. OL - We\'ve got good players here, the question really is more like \"can they gell and
learn their new positions before the season starts?\" I should probably have put
these guys a bit higher, but that GB game gave me the willies.
9. ILB - Now, normally, like DTs MLBs can be protected in the defensive scheme by Ss and OLBs, so it is not a prime \"downfall\" position; however, we really need to stop the run, and this will require LBs and DL to be solid. I think, of the run stopping group ILB is the biggest question mark, and thus most likely to be called a downfall when things go badly.
10. WR - We\'ve got great athletes, proven players, and ton of potential future stars.
HOWEVER, they seem to get the dropsies way to easily; they hurt us last year,
and I see no reason to think that they won\'t hurt us again this year. Also, with
all the expectations, these guys will be seeing the ball a lot, and that increases
the impact they will have if they play badly. They\'re primed to be a downfall.
11. QB - This is a position that is prime for the \"downfall\" tag. I think AB\'s improvement
over the last few years, gives us reason to feel very good. However, a QB is a
guy who can make or break a game in one decision, unlike so many other
12. CB - A position where you are in the spotlight, also, like the QB, one bad move can really hurt a team. We have some serious question marks here, our vetrans (other than Thomas) do not inspire much confidence (unlike at the OLB position), and when we\'re saying F. Brown (who has started what two or three games) is our #2, I\'d say we have reason for concern. Even with a good to great pass rush, it only takes one or two well timed hots and a good WR to make a weak secondary give up 3-14 points. I\'d say, even if these guys were good, CB is a critical position to a good defense - thus, they are primed to be a \"downfall position\".
Alright, so for those of you still reading, I\'d say the only positions that are really open for the downfall tag are these: CB, QB (though personally, I\'m not that worried here), WR, ILB, and OL. So, if it is not CB that will not be the downfall unit this year (barring injuries), which one will it be?
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The Japanese electronics and entertainment group said net profit for the year that ended in March totalled Y43bn ($435m), a turnround from its massive Y457bn loss a year earlier. For the current year, it expects to earn a profit of Y50bn.
Sony was helped in the final quarter by a currency market that knocked almost 20 per cent off the yen's value against the dollar and euro compared with the same period a year earlier, amplifying its overseas earnings.
That added to the effect of a restructuring drive through which Sony has axed 10,000 jobs, or about 6 per cent of its workforce, shrunk its lossmaking television manufacturing business and sold its $1bn New York headquarters.
Sony booked a profit of Y94bn in the January-to-March quarter, compared with a Y255bn loss a year earlier.
Its once-dominant TV operation remained in the red, however. The company has struggled to compete against South Korean and Taiwanese producers in the era of digital flat-screens, and the operation has been losing money for nearly a decade.
Forty of Sony's top executives, including Kazuo Hirai, the chief executive since last year, are to give up bonuses worth 30-50 per cent of their pay after they failed to keep a promise to return the division to profit.
Sony closed the gap considerably, however, and said it believed it would finally achieve its profitability goal this year. Its consumer electronics loss in the year to March, of Y84bn, was 60 per cent smaller than it was a year earlier.
The group's overall earnings forecasts for the year to next March were more modest than those of industry experts. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg before the earnings announcement were projecting a net profit of Y66bn on average.
Sony said operating profit -- earnings before tax, depreciation and other adjustments -- would probably remain static this year at Y230bn, even as its sales increase by an expected 10 per cent thanks in part to more advantageous exchange rates.
If the yen remains at its current level or weakens further, however, the company could do better than its guidance suggests. Sony based its forecasts on exchange rates of Y90 to the dollar and Y120 to the euro, levels about 8 per cent stronger than the yen's current value.
Sony has for some time relied on profits from the banking and insurance operations it owns in Japan to make up for weakness in other businesses. Last year was no different: its financial arm earned a profit of Y149bn, three times more than the next most profitable division, its US-based film studio.


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Christina Bockius was in a tragic kiting accident on Tuesday, December 9th in La Ventana, Mexico. She will be transported later this evening to OHSU in Portland, but will not arrive until approximately 2:00am. Her condition is very serious.
There will be a candlelight vigil tonight at 7:00pm at Waterfront Park Beach in Hood River. Please bring candles and your positive thoughts and prayers.
We know that you all want to help. We would like to be sure that Kelly, Sascha and Nina have easy, kid-friendly meals beginning Friday, December 12th.
holly wrote:Dear friends, by now most of you have heard that Christina was in an awful accident. I have attached information about her condition. We are going to have a gathering to send love to her and to help each other out, tonight at the New Waterfront Park at 7pm. Please bring a candle to light for her. Pass this on to all you'd like to as my email list is short. . Much love, Marge
I am very sad to write this email; most of you have heard about Christina Bockius by now. She was in La Ventana kiting yesterday when she was had an accident on the beach. No one saw her fall, but it seems like she was lofted in the air and came down on her face. She suffered three cervical spine fractures. C2-5. She was unable to breathe due to having paralyzed breathing muscles. She received CPR and rescue breathing and was transported to La Paz. In La Paz, they found that she has brain swelling; either from the initial trauma or from lack of oxygen due to her paralysis. I have spoken with the Mexican doctor and with Dr Trunkey at OHSU. We have arranged for a med-evac flight out of La Paz to OHSU today.
Her situation sounds critical. The whole situation is unspeakably tragic: sad beyond words. If the information I received from the doctor in Mexico is true, she will be a quadriplegic; this is the best case scenario. The worst case: which is very possible, is that she has permanent brain damage, or that she will die. The critical question is how badly her brain is injured; the report makes it seem pretty severe. Kelly is going to tell his girls this afternoon.
I may not answer my phone, as I have been on the phone with multiple doctors and Kelly's family last night and today. I will send emails updating everyone on the situation; feel free to forward this to whomever.
MBF wrote:To those who knew and loved Christina: she has died. She was
diagnosed with irreversible brain death this morning at OHSU. Her
body is being kept alive on the ventillator because she has always
wanted to donate her organs. Her final gift to the world will be
giving life to many other people. Her spirit will live on.
markmoe wrote:Please go to this link to share memories, pictures, and your thoughts of Christina at Facebook
These were posted at: http://www.nwkite.com/forums/t-11584-0-asc-0.html
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This programme is made available for use, insofar as you use its commercial version, which is against payment, on the basis of a hire agreement. For this purpose, the stipulations of Chapter 2 of these licence conditions apply in addition to those of this chapter. Insofar as you use the non-commercial, free-of-charge version of the programme, it is made available for use on the basis of the stipulations contained in Chapter 3 of these licence conditions.
The subject matter of this contract is the right to use the –DirectSmile®– computer programmes including the accompanying documentation and dongles. DirectSmile holds all the rights to the software. The company claims copyright protection, trademark protection and patent protection for the programme. Any infringement of these rights is punishable by law.
The programme is made available for use on the basis of whatever are the current licence conditions, which can at any time be called up and viewed on www.directsmile.de/licence.
By calling up and confirming the contractual conditions for –DirectSmile®– you have taken note of them. In every case, the contractual conditions become valid for all contractual agreements as soon as you request the granting of a licence number and the release of the programme.
Should you not agree to the contractual conditions, you are not entitled to use or to copy the software. In such a case, please contact us so that we can tell you how you can return the unused product and get a refund. In the case of download versions it is sufficient to delete them completely from all data storage devices.
Insofar as the licensee is a company, the inclusion of its general terms of business is not agreed to. The licenser is entitled to make use of sub-contractors in order to fulfil the obligations it has according to this agreement and to assign rights from this agreement to third parties.
You are allowed to reproduce the programme that has been delivered provided that the reproduction in question is necessary for using the programme. Necessary reproductions include the installation of the programme from the original data storage device to the mass storage of the hardware being used or the loading of the programme into the virtual memory (RAM).
In addition, you can make a reproduction for security purposes. Further reproductions, in particular printing out the programme codes, are not permissible and will result in an immediate termination of the right of use.
You may use the software on any hardware that you have available. However, if you change the hardware, you must delete the software from the mass storage of the hardware you have used up till now. To store, keep in reserve or use the software simultaneously on more than one piece of hardware is not permissible. This also applies to running the software in a network which makes possible the simultaneous multiple use of the software.
Decompiling (the translation of the programme code which has been delivered into other code forms) and reverse engineering (other forms of recreating the steps in the creation process of the software) are not permissible. The system requirements which are necessary for the purpose of creating a functioning interface with an independently created software programme can be found in the documentation part of the Help file.
Alterations to the programme, in particular for the purpose of removing errors or extending the scope of its functions, are only permissible if the altered programme is employed solely for one–™s own use. For one–™s own use in this context includes the private use of the user. Copyright notes, serial numbers or other features that serve to identify the programme may on no account be altered or removed.
Any manipulation of the dongle(s), its/their data or environment is not permissible and will result in the loss of the right of use and/or will provide grounds for the extraordinary termination of the contract without notice.
You have only acquired the right to use the software and you are therefore not allowed to sell or to make the software available to third parties. In case of a wrongful passing on of the software your right to use the programme ceases.
To sublet the software for the purpose of personal gain is, as is the case for passing on user data (pictures, print data), not permissible and will result in an immediate loss of your right to use the programme.
The licensee is liable to the licenser for any and every form of infringement of copyright, trademark rights or patent rights from this contract and for any and every contract violation. At the same time the licensee is also liable for employees and such persons as have been employed for the purpose of fulfilling the licensee–™s own obligations and for the violations by third parties who, for whatever reasons, have come into possession of the software unlawfully, unless the licensee can prove that this lay outside the scope of his responsibility.
The licensee is aware of and agrees to the fact that its personal details, which are necessary for this licence agreement to be carried out, will be stored. The licensee gives express consent to the collection, processing and use of its personal details. All such personal details will be treated in the strictest confidence by the licenser. Personal details will only be passed on to third parties for the purpose of carrying out the licence agreement.
At all times is it possible to demand information – free of charge – about the data which has been stored against your name and to correct this data or to have it blocked for advertising purposes. The licensee is entitled to withdraw its consent at any time, to take effect from that time on. In this case, the licenser undertakes to delete the personal data immediately, unless the licence contract has not been completely implemented. This restriction does not apply if the licensee does not consent to the collection, processing and use of the personal details which are necessary for the contract to be implemented and if it becomes clear upon inspection that the interest of the licensee, which merits protection because of his particular personal position, outweighs that of the licenser in collecting, processing and using his personal data. Should it not be possible in such a case for the licenser to carry out the licence agreement or should it be possible but only at unreasonable expense, the licenser has the right to an extraordinary termination in accordance with section 9 of the terms and conditions of this licence.
Applicable law is that of the Federal Republic of Germany - excluding UN sales law. The place of performance and the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising out of this contractual relationship is – insofar as this is permissible – Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany. This applies to consumers if the licensee does not have a general place of jurisdiction in Germany, if, after concluding the agreement, he moves his address or his habitual place of residence away from Germany or if his address or habitual place of residence is unknown at the time when legal action is filed.
There have been no subsidiary agreements concerning this contract. Amendments or additions must be in writing. This also applies to a waiver of the requirement for amendments or additions to be in writing.
In the event of changes to the laws on which the terms and conditions of the licence agreement rest, changes occasioned by rulings by a supreme court which directly affect the licence agreement and in the event of terms and conditions being null and void, the licenser is entitled to add to or to replace single licence conditions to be effective for existing agreements. The new terms and conditions shall be both legally and commercially as close as possible to the terms and conditions they have replaced. They may not cause unreasonable legal or commercial disadvantage to the licensee and must take into consideration the interpretation of the agreement to date.
The changed terms and conditions of the licence will be communicated to the licensee in writing or by e-mail. They will be deemed to have been accepted if the licensee does not object in writing within one month of the written notification. This will be specifically pointed out to the licensee in the written notification. If the licensee objects, either party has the right to cancel the agreement by e-mail or in writing whilst observing the standard period of notice.
In order to remove doubts concerning the interpretation of the agreement the licenser can amend the wording of terms and conditions if this amendment is covered by the original text and takes into consideration the objective will as well as the interests of both parties. Furthermore, the licenser is entitled to amend or add to the terms and conditions of this agreement provided that the purpose of the agreement is not thereby substantially impaired or changed.
Should particular terms and conditions of this contract become void, the effectiveness of the remaining agreements between the parties shall remain unaffected.
When the software is made available to you, you are informed that, alongside the basic licence, a hire charge, which is dependent on use, must be paid. For this purpose, the licenser offers two charge models:
1. The –Print Credit Model–, to which the stipulations contained in Appendix 1 apply.
2. The –Flat Fee Model–, to which the stipulations contained in Appendix 2 apply.
The appendices are a component part of the contract.
Furthermore, you were informed that a continuous Internet connection is necessary in order for the software to be run.
The duration of the contract is 5 years initially and is extended thereafter by one year at a time provided that one of the parties does not give written notice to terminate 3 months before the end of the term. Whether the notice to terminate was served in time or not will be determined by the point in time at which the other party received this notice.
An ordinary termination by DirectSmile is not possible if 3 months before the end of the term you purchase a minimum Smily quantity of 1,000 for the following contract year at the prices applicable at that time. This rule continues in the following years for each single contract year. Should DirectSmile have already given notice to terminate, you will be able to render such notice null and void by invoking this rule.
The right to an extraordinary termination without notice remains unaffected and exists in all cases in which these agreements provide for the loss of the right to use the programme. In the event of a termination of the contract without notice there is no entitlement to a partial refund of the basic licence. Furthermore, continuing to use the software after a termination without notice does not mean the extension of the contract for an indefinite period.
A component part of every commercial version is a software maintenance contract. The licenser provides software updates at regular intervals. The installation of the updates is extremely important for ensuring that the licensee can use the most up-to-date version of the software and can make use of its most up-to-date functionalities. The licensee hereby consents to the licenser loading the currently available update versions of the programme onto the storage devices of the licensee and to his establishing, for this purpose, an online connection with his server. When the licensee goes online he will automatically be informed (e.g. by a pop-up) that there is an update available and he can decide if he would like to install it or not. The licenser undertakes to ensure that the installation of an update without the consent of the licensee is not possible.
For non-commercial versions the licensee is not entitled to software maintenance. Notwithstanding this, should the licenser provide software updates, this will be done on the basis of the above-mentioned conditions.
The licenser provides warranty according to the provisions of the Civil Code of the Federal Republic of Germany (BGB) that apply at the time that a particular contract is concluded on the following conditions:
The licenser is not liable for defects which were caused by changes to or interference with the programme in ways that were contrary to the terms of the contract or by wilful damage.
The licenser points out that the functionality cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent if the installation of current updates is not carried out regularly. The licenser is in this case free of any liability insofar as he demonstrates that the defect would not have occurred if the most up-to-date software version available at that time had been installed.
The licenser also points out that, for the software to function properly, the system on which it is to be installed must correspond with the system requirements recommended by the licenser at the time in question.
The licenser does not provide warranty for the fact that the software is suitable for the purposes of the user or that it is compatible with the existing software of the licensee or of any other user. It is the obligation of the licensee to check if the product fulfils his requirements.
In the context of statutory compensation claims the licenser is liable only for intent and gross negligence. Liability for negligently caused loss or damage arising from injury to life, limb or health remains unaffected by the above.
In the context of contractual claims for damages and expense the licenser is only liable for making good loss that was typically foreseeable. For misprints that can be proved to have been caused by a defect in the software, liability is limited to the cost of reprinting 100 copies. Damages for loss that could have been prevented by careful checking are expressly excluded.
In the case of loss of data the licenser is only liable for the time and money which is necessary to restore the data where the licensee is securing his data properly on a daily basis.
Except where in this chapter the stipulations differ from those in Chapter 1, the stipulations of Chapter 1 of these licence conditions apply additionally.
The software is made available free of charge exclusively for non-commercial purposes. Any action is to be understood as commercial which serves, directly or indirectly, to earn income for oneself or for someone else. The passing on or distribution of print products free of charge, in the knowledge that these will be used for commercial purposes, is also understood as a commercial action. The use of this programme as part of another free of charge service (presentations, advertising events etc.) is also understood as a commercial action.
Any failure to comply with the above will result in the immediate loss of the licence that has been granted.
DirectSmile is entitled to withdraw at any time the right to use this programme and to cancel the licence that has been granted. In this context DirectSmile is permitted to employ technical devices in order to switch off the programme. On no account is there any entitlement to the programme being made available for further use.
The user is expressly forbidden from carrying out changes to the programme of any type whatsoever. Furthermore, it is not allowed to pass on the programme as such to others, whether free of charge or against a charge.
For versions which are hired out/made available to the user free of charge the contract runs, unless something different was agreed, for a term of one month and is automatically extended by one month at a time unless one party serves at least 7 days–™ notice to terminate the contract to the end of the given month. Furthermore, an extension via a Smily purchase is not possible for these versions.
The licensee accepts versions of the software which are made available free of charge in the form in which they are available at the time.
The licenser provides no warranty, and in particular no warranty for loss or damage or consequential loss or damage caused to any of the user–™s software or hardware by a deficiency unless such loss or damage is due to an intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty on the part of the licenser.
There is no obligation to compensate for loss or damage arising from defects in the programme. In the context of statutory compensation claims the licenser is liable only for intent and gross negligence. Liability for negligently caused loss or damage arising from injury to life, limb or health remains unaffected by the above.
a. In the context of the hire charge depending on use the licensee purchases Print Credits (–Smilys–) up front. The licence fees which arise out of this and which have to be paid separately can be found in part 3 of this appendix.
b. The licensee can set up and increase his –Smily credit balance– as he sees fit. The licenser will make this possible by using a suitable procedure which involves –loading– the relevant –Smily credit balance– of the licensee onto a dongle that the licensee has installed. For Demo Versions that include a Smily-credit balance on the dongle when shipped, the re-order of Smilys is not possible. Users of a Demo Version can, at any time, buy a full version.
c. The –Smily credit balance–, which is only to be found on the dongle, is loaded by the licensee, after the corresponding payment has been made, using a code generated by the licenser and conveyed to the licensee. Any relevant enquiries or data transfers are made, according to the preference of the licenser, either online via the Internet, whereby the data transfer is encoded using SSL or a comparable procedure, or offline by the dispatch of a corresponding disk or similar data storage device at the licenser–™s expense. The licenser has no obligation to provide an online interface. If such an interface is provided, the licenser is obliged to ensure that its own technical infrastructure is available for an average of 99% of the year, excluding time for maintenance. The licenser has no influence on the telecommunications infrastructure of third parties.
d. The licenser expressly points out that the –Smily credit balance–, which is stored on the dongle, is to be treated like cash and so the dongle should be looked after accordingly. If the dongle is lost or damaged or is manipulated by the licensee, then the –Smily credit balance– stored on it is lost irretrievably and will not be reimbursed by the licenser. The codes, which up to that time had been transmitted for the purpose of loading the dongle, will also lose their validity because the licenser is unable to tell if these codes were transferred to the dongle or not.
e. In the case of malfunctions in the procedure chosen by the licensee for loading the –Smily credit balance– which are not the licenser–™s responsibility, and in the case of force majeure, the licenser is entitled to demand that the dongle be sent to the licenser so that it can be –loaded–. The licensee must bear the costs for this. Any delays caused by this, for example delays due to postal delivery times, provide no grounds for a claim for damages on the part of the licensee.
f. Under certain circumstances the licensee is entitled to make payments or pay hire charges in –Smilys– from its existing –Smily credit balance– for possible additional services of the licenser, for example extensions, follow-up products, single sets (finished picture personalizations). Whether this is possible and how many –Smilys– have to be paid for the particular product or for further services provided by the licenser can be found on the price list that is current at the time or on an order confirmation or invoice from the licenser for these additional services/products.
g. Hire charges are not in cash and must be transferred at the expense of the licensee to a bank account which is to be named by the licenser and which is held at a bank that is based in Germany.
h. The basic hire charge and the hire charge depending on use in the form of the –Smily credit balance–, which is paid to the licenser, are not reimbursed – not even proportionately – in the event of this agreement being terminated. The provision contained in the sentence above does not apply if the licenser has given cause for an extraordinary termination of this agreement and the licensee has, therefore, terminated this agreement extraordinarily before the end of the minimum term of the contract.
i. If there are grounds for assuming that credit balance data or the procedure for loading this data have been manipulated, the licenser itself has the right to inspect any of the accounts documentation of the licensee that is necessary for the hire charge to be established or to have this done by representatives who are sworn to professional secrecy. Should an inspection of the accounts reveal that manipulations were carried out, the licensee will bear the costs of this inspection.
j. Multiple print editions must, insofar as these are not a replacement for waste/corrections, be reported in the context of the Smily model. Multiple print editions are all print processes, even if they are not actually carried out immediately, which are used to produce several products on the basis of the same job. The built-in mechanisms for calculating a bill serve merely as an aid for such calculations; on no account do they confirm that the calculation is correct. In case of doubt the licenser is entitled to carry out a check in accordance with 1i.
a. The licensee will set up at its own expense, for the licenser and in accordance with the guidelines of the licenser, an Internet connection on the hardware and software used by the licensee in the context of the subject matter of the contract. This Internet connection will be exclusively for the purpose of calculating and checking consumption, in particular regarding the level of the –Smily credit balance– and for checking that the condition of the object of the licence has remained unchanged. The licensee consents to the transfer of the corresponding data to the licenser. The parties undertake to observe any data protection guidelines and requirements that may have to be observed and must demonstrate to the other party that they are doing so if this is requested by the other party. Without such an Internet connection it is not possible to use the object of the licence.
b. For as long as the licenser has not been placed in a position to establish for itself the status and level of consumption of the –Smily credit balance–, the licensee is obliged to be accountable to the licenser to this extent. He must give the licenser, on request, a solemn affirmation of the information he has provided. The relevant affirmation and information must be transferred to the licenser free of charge no later than 5 days after the end of the calendar month.
c. The licenser reserves the right, in the event of a failure by the licensee to observe his above-mentioned duty to cooperate, to block temporarily the functions of the software using a time-dependent access key or other means technically suited to this purpose and, following a fruitless warning and/or if this should happen again, to terminate this agreement extraordinarily. Accordingly, the licensee tolerates corresponding protection functions of the software and of the dongle(s).
d. 2c of this appendix is also valid in the event that the licensee falls into arrears with its hire charge payments. The licenser–™s right to an extraordinary termination of the contract without notice because of a failure by the licensee to pay on time remains unaffected by the above.
a. For Smilys there is a price system that depends on quantities. Orders of Smilys can only be made in the set quantities listed below at the corresponding prices. Quantities between those listed below are not possible or have to be achieved by the purchase of various set quantities at their corresponding prices.
Smily quantity Price
1000 € 99
5000 € 449
10000 € 790
20000 € 1390
50000 € 2990
100000 € 4990
If different prices for the quantities were agreed, then these prices have priority over the prices above.
Furthermore, so-called –commitment models– with improved conditions can be agreed. These models are agreed on a supply basis on the basis of the annual consumption which the licensee would like to have. For further information please refer to email@example.com.
b. Charge system
Insofar as a different agreement hasn–™t been concluded in a separate written contract, the following charge systems and licence fees apply and are recognised by the licensee:
A Smily credit balance is a requirement for all services to be acquired under licence using the Print Credit Model. This means that the requisite number of Smilys must be purchased at the prices listed above. Additional set quantities of Smilys can be purchased at any time. Prior to carrying out any task for which Smilys are required you will be informed by the software about the number of Smilys you need for that particular job, unless you have deactivated this function.
The number of Smilys required can differ for the same product depending on the basic licence that was chosen. Should you have doubts or have any problems understanding the billing dialogue on display, you can refer to firstname.lastname@example.com at any time for clarification.
All prices are net prices and do not include the statutory Value Added Tax.
With the –Flat Fee Model– the licensee pays to the licenser – alongside the increased basic licence fee – a fixed sum once a year so that it will be able to use the available services of the programme, irrespective of how much they are used and without any restrictions on quantity, for as many print-outs as are required. The annual licence fees to be charged for this, insofar as nothing different is stated in the order confirmation or invoice, amount to 18% of the system price (the sum total of the cost of all of the software components installed by the licensee). If additional components (e.g. modules) should be purchased in the course of the year, the following licence fees will be charged depending on the remaining time which the flat fee has to run:
less than 3 months to run: no additional licence costs
less than 6 months to run: 10% of the additional value of the goods
more than 6 months to run: 18% of the additional value of the goods
Insofar as nothing different was agreed in writing, the flat fee model begins at the point in time when delivery is made and the invoice is presented. The duration of the agreement is for at least one year and it is automatically extended by a further year unless the licensee serves written notice to terminate 3 months before the end of the term of the agreement. Whether the notice to terminate was served in time or not will be determined by the point in time at which the licenser received this notice.
The licensee consents to the storage of use-related data for statistical purposes. The licenser assures that this data will be used solely and exclusively within the scope that is necessary for the contract to be carried out and that, in particular, it will not be passed on to third parties.
Insofar as the flat fee model has been terminated effectively, the licensee gives its consent to being treated as a customer in the Print Credit Model after the flat fee contract term has ended. For print-outs, Smilys (print credits) must then be purchased in accordance with the conditions set out in Appendix 1. A return to the flat fee model after notice has been served to terminate is only possible before the end of the flat fee model by means of a unilateral declaration to this effect made by the licensee.
All prices are net prices and do not include the statutory Value Added Tax.
The Licensor (DirectSmile):
DirectSmile GmbH, Alt-Moabit 60, 10555 Berlin, Germany
DirectSmile makes available for your use on this Web site (the –Site–) software, information, documents and products (collectively, the –Materials–) and various services operated by DirectSmile (collectively, the –Services–), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this document (the –Terms of Use and Sale–). By accessing or using this Site, which includes your access to or use of any of the Services, you agree to the Terms of Use and Sale. DirectSmile reserves the right to change the Terms of Use and at its sole discretion. Your use of the Site will be subject to the most current version of the Terms of Use and Sale posted on the Site at the time of such use. In addition, when using particular Services or Materials on this Site, you shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules applicable to such Services or Materials that may contain terms and conditions in addition to those in the Terms of Use and Sale. All such guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use and Sale.
The software and accompanying documentation that are made available to download from this Site are the copyrighted work of DirectSmile and/or its suppliers. Use of the software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement (EULA) that accompanies or is included with such software. You will not be able to down-load or install any software that is accompanied by or includes an end user license agreement unless you agree to the terms of such end user license agreement. If you do not agree to such terms, you will not be able to use the software.
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Cellar sweepstakes
Far away from the wildly exciting playoff races is another interesting battle, the battle for the first overall pick in the late June draft in Vancouver. The bottom five teams in the standings will be part of a weighted lottery to determine which has the first overall pick, which likely will be used to select U.S. forward Phil Kessel or countryman Erik Johnson, a standout defenseman.
It appears the Penguins will have the best shot at the first overall pick for the second straight year, given their seven-point lead for the league's last-place spot. That's quite an honor for one of the most dysfunctional, poorly run organizations in the league. The Penguins are followed by Chicago (ditto on the organizational front), Washington and St. Louis, who are all tied for 29th overall. Columbus would be the fifth team in the lottery.
Based on commitment to winning, it would be fair and just if Columbus or St. Louis earned the first pick, given those teams' strong play in the face of a meaningless second half. Washington, a team that features Alexander Ovechkin and 19 other players with sticks, is always tough to play against and also would be deserving of the first pick.
Ouch. Pens not committed to winning, and therefore aren't deserving of the top pick. This might as well have been addressed to Craig Patrick.


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First, a disclaimer: I love the Harry Potter books and films. I grew up with them. I will read them to my children.
That said, they're not perfect. J.K. Rowling herself recently admitted that Hermione and Ron should not have ended up together at the end of the series. "I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment," she said. "That's how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron."
Fans were obviously upset. But as long as we're revising the books, here are a few more suggestions. WARNING: If you have not read the Harry Potter books (or seen the movies) do not read on.
1. The amount of time they spent in the forest in book seven
The seventh book had a lot of problems, but none so great as that stupid forest. I, like everyone else who preordered the last Harry Potter book, read the whole thing in a day. And yet the time they spent in the forest doing absolutely nothing except being angsty teenagers felt interminably long. Cut out that third of the book, and you have yourself a tight finale…except for that bizarre Dumbledore scene at the end.
2. Ginny
Yes, it was a crime that Harry and Hermione didn't end up together. But the bigger problem was that Harry ended up with Ginny, who, sadly, had no personality. Seriously, name a personality trait for Ginny Weasley besides "nice." You can't. All you remember about her is that she has red hair. Having Ginny and Harry end up together just so Harry could be an official part of the Weasley family fit too well and, quite frankly, made no sense. Bring back Cho Chang!
3. Killing off Hedwig
Sorry to pick on book seven again, but this killing seemed unnecessary, bordering on animal cruelty. I know in the fight against evil, people have to die (not Harry, Hermione or Ron, but less important people). But Hedwig? What did the owl ever do to anybody? Dobby's death was tragic. Hedwig's death was excessive.
4. Fred and George not noticing Peter Pettigrew sleeping in Ron's bed every night on the Marauder's map
Their first year, Fred and George Wesley stole the Marauder's map, which showed everyone's location in Hogwarts. Ron inherited Scabbers, Percy's old rat, when he went to school. Scabbers was really Peter Pettigrew in hiding. So, logically, why wouldn't Fred or George (or Harry, for that matter) have been able to see Pettigrew hanging out in Ron's room for years? Even if Fred and George didn't recognize the name Pettigrew as the man Sirius Black supposedly murdered, wouldn't it still have been odd to have seen a stranger they didn't know following their brother around all the time on the map?
5. Harry not being able to see the thestrals
You see someone die, you see thestrals. Great. Then why can't Harry see thestrals in the carriages on the way to Hogwarts in the first two books? He saw his mother die. Seeing Cedric Diggory die in Goblet of Fire shouldn't have been any different.
Rowling explained this away by saying the only people who could see thestrals were those who had internalized and accepted the death they directly witnessed. Harry was a baby when his parents died so he wasn't fully aware of it in the way he was of Cedric's death. Then why did it take months for Harry to see thestrals after Cedric's death? Is it because he had to process it and accept it? Hasn't he done the same for his parents' deaths? What's the time limit on processing before you see thestrals? Shaky at best, Rowling.
6. Being too subtle about Dumbledore's sexuality
Maybe it's because I started reading the books when I was six, but I did not pick up on Dumbledore's gay vibe until Rowling came out and said that he was gay. I kind of see it now rereading the Grindelwald parts, but still: if you have to explain to your readers what you are trying to say in your children's book, that's not a good sign. I emphasize children because kids aren't really great with subtlety. If you want Dumbledore to be gay and for people to know it, write it that way.
7. Voldemort's Triwizard Tournament evil plot
Harry came to trust Mad Eye Moody (a.k.a. Barty Crouch in disguise). The pair spent a lot of time together. So why is the easiest way to get Harry into the same place as Voldemort to help him win the Triwizard Tournament? That's a lot of logistics: they had to get him through a maze, for goodness sake. Those sort of poor plans leave a good deal to chance. I bet if Crouch had said, "Hey, Harry come check out this dark and creepy forrest far away from Hogwarts with me and I'll teach you some cool magic," Harry would have gone. (Remember, Hermione was always the smart one, not Harry.)
8. Wizarding school sucks
Sure, they have magical powers, but other than that wizards are not highly functional people. How do I know this? Because their schools suck.
You learn very few practical skills. Defense against the dark arts — that's useful. You know what else is useful? Reading. Math. Foreign languages. How do wizards write newspaper articles or communicate with their foreign friends visiting for the Quidditch World Cup or maintain a wizard economy? Does Hogwarts even have a sex ed class?
What's worse, school ends at age 17. That's it. After that you are an adult in the world who can choose from a handful of professions: you can teach, work for the government, own a shop, play Quidditch, train dragons, work for the paper and…yep, that's pretty much it.
9. The time turner problem
Over the years, fans have repeatedly poked holes in the time turner plot line. The most obvious question is: if wizards can travel through time, why couldn't someone — Harry, Dumbledore, literally anyone — go back in time and stop Voldemort back when he was young Tom Riddle? They saved Buckbeak using the time turner, so why not stop Voldemort using it too?
Or is there a time limit on the time turner? What is it? What are the other rules? Would stopping Tom Riddle — or even stopping Bellatrix from hurting someone a few minutes ago — break the rules? Would this be an abuse of the time turner power?
Which begs another question: what the heck was McGonagall doing giving such a powerful tool to a third year anyway?
Fans kept challenging the logic of the time turner, so eventually J.K. Rowling had to destroy them all just to shut critics up.


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A pair of Lower Coastal Soccer Academy teams performed well in the Celtic Price Cup last month in Savannah.
The academy's 8-and-under and 11-and-under teams were crowned champions in their divisions. The 15-and-under team advanced to the semifinals and finished third of six teams in the top division.
Lower Coastal Soccer Academy will hold registration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 19 and 26 at Dick's Sporting Goods.
Registration is open to players ages 6-18. Call 368-1553 for details.
BHS tennis practice opens Jan. 28
Any Bluffton High School students interested in playing boys tennis in the spring should contact coach Bob Brown at 290-2833.
Practice begins Jan. 28 for those with physical and parent permission slips completed. Bluffton Tennis abides by the United States Tennis Association's National No-Cut Policy.
Hoop Shoot contest Jan. 13
The Bluffton Elks are sponsoring the annual Hoop Shoot contest. Girls and boys, ages 8-13, are encouraged to sign up to participate.
The contest will be held Jan. 13 at the Bluffton Boys & Girls Club. Registration is at noon. A birth certificate must be presented at registration. Anyone who wants to participate should contact their coach or physical education instructor.
For more information, contact Art Ranta at 757-7918 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
College tennis event set for March
Professional Tennis Registry has announced its third annual Spring TennisFest will be played on Hilton Head Island courts again in March.
The event will bring tennis teams from more than 70 colleges and universities to Hilton Head. Matches will be played at Van der Meer Tennis Centers, Chaplin Park Tennis Center, Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort and Hilton Head Island High School, and on the courts of several property regimes. Schools will range from NAIA to Division I.
The match schedule is available at www.springtennisfest.com/schedule.htm. Match times and locations will be added in February.
Sportfishing and Diving Club meeting Thursday
The Beaufort Sportfishing and Diving Club's January meeting will be held Thursday at the Beaufort Yacht and Sailing Club on Lady's Island, off Meridian Road.
The social begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. The awards for the 2012 Year Round Fishing Tournament will be presented for male angler, female angler, youth angler, best boat recreational and best boat commercial.
Representatives from the Department of Natural Resources will unveil the 2013 oyster restoration program known as "Expanding the ACE Basin Living Shoreline." DNR is asking for input from all local fishermen to help create new oyster beds in the northern part of Beaufort County. This encompasses portions of Fripp Island, Harbor Island, Lady's Island, St. Helena and parts of the Intracoastal Waterway in northern Beaufort.
You do not need a reservation and guests are always welcome. For additional information, contact captain Frank Gibson at 522-2020.
Recruiting fair Jan. 14 in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill (Ga.) High School will host a football recruiting fair 6-9 p.m. Jan. 14.
Coaches from several NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Division II and Division III schools will be in attendance. Prep coaches and players should be prepared to bring highlights, transcripts and test scores. Computer access will be provided if needed for online highlight videos.
For more information, contact Richmond Hill coach Lyman Guy at firstname.lastname@example.com.
St. Gregory run Jan. 20
St. Gregory the Great Catholic School will hold its second Run with the Ravens 3 Mile Resolution Run/Health Walk at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Pinckney Colony fields.
Cost is $10 per runner/walker (no charge for children in strollers). The first 300 participants will receive a SGGCS water bottle. There will be refreshments, music, door prizes and prizes for the top runners.
Checks should be made payable to SGGCS and returned to the school office in an envelope marked "Ravens Run."
For more information, contact Kim A. Schidrich at email@example.com or Michele Kender at email@example.com.


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Outdoor Oklahoma
Index for 1999
Volume 55 Numbers 1 through 6
Destination Turkey Woods Jan./Fed.
On the Job Training March/April
A Smokin' Barrel Full of Hunting Hot Spots May/June
Whistling Wingbeats over Oklahoma Waterways July/Aug.
1999 Big Game Report Sept./Oct.
725,000 Acres of Deer for just $16 a Year Sept./Oct.
A covey of Hotspots for Oklahoma Quail Nov./Dec.
10 Fabulous Fishing Trips for 1999 Jan. /Feb.
A road Map to Trotlining Treasures Mar./April
Eye of the Tiger May/June
To cast a line May/June
Autumn Dreams on Oklahoma Streams Sept/Oct.
Fish and Wildlife Management, Research and Enforcement
Troubled Waters Jan/Feb
Conservation at the Crossroads March/April
Fighting for a Prairie Icon May/June
Wildlife Management by the Book July/Aug
Talking Care of Tomorrow, Today July/Aug
2000 Winter Bird Survey Nov/Dec
General Conservation
A half-Century of influence Jan/Feb
Oklahoma's Flying Hammerheads May/June
Hobby or Addiction Sept/Oct
Getting Started
Turkey Hunting Jan/Feb.
Trotlining Mar/April
Muzzleloader Hunting May/June
Duck Hunting July/Aug
Camping Sept. Oct
Quail Hunting Nov/Dec.
The Lost Hunters of the Tesesquite Jan/Feb.
America's Gun Jan/Feb.
The Hunter's Challenge July/Aug
Reader Photography Showcase July/Aug
Getting an Eyeful of Oklahoma Wildlife Nov/Dec
Survey Says Nov/Dec
Aquatic Inquires Nov/Dec
Oklahoma's Watchable Wildlife
The Cardinal Jan/Feb
The Groundhog Mar/April
The Copperhead Mau/June
The Beaver July/Aug
The Elk Sept/Oct
The Bald Eagle Nov/Dec.


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About to leave for Spencer Hot Springs.
Mostly sunny, cool, breezy.
I am a geologist, and these are going to be notes that I write in little journal books I carry around. ...a whole lot of them are going to lack any structure at all, but if you know a geologist, you know that that is the way he expresses things. Notes: there is no continuity in a geologist's life, not in an active, busy one, anyway."When I started this book — which I've variably titled Mojave Exploration or Highway 8A depending on which section I was writing — I wrote longhand on yellow sheets of lined paper, typed stream of consciousness on an old Mac powerbook, jotted shorter notes in spiral-bound journals, kept scribbled references from myriad phone calls on torn bits of paper, and penciled carefully in one or two of the little yellow field books that geologists are known to carry around out in the field. And so I sat, one blustery spring day, getting ready for a trip to the hot springs, while at the same time trying to get started on starting, trying to write some kind of introduction or prelude to a book consisting of scattered pieces. It was my idea at the time that I'd write every now and then, as though mapping in some field area, writing notes that might go with the stories that were already partly written, but which are even now incomplete. And so I began that day with a field book, a book designed to be carried securely in the side pocket of a Filson vest while out in the field — "the field" being that great beyond where we geologists go to do our fieldwork. And so I began....
—Rick Bass, Oil Notes
This field book, the one I am writing right in now, is being written from the perspective of my future; it is being written by my future self, my self as an old woman — an old geologist — an old geologist with a long memory. My long memory has mixed the past, present, and future into one package the way some geologic rock formations have been pushed, shoved, and squeezed — even sliced and diced — into stratigraphic or tectonic packages where every resulting contact between individual rock formations involves some kind of geologic activity: deposition, mountain building, erosion, folding, and faulting. Because of my geologic memory — my intricate, enduring memory — most of the things I'm writing about happened long ago when I was young and clambered over the rocks and hills freely and easily: like a mountain lion or coyote, like a desert fox. Now I'm a silver fox with the long memory of an elephant, the memory of an ancient mammoth.
Most geologists have long memories. We have to. It's not just so we can retain enough brain cells to survive the beer, gin and tonic, and tequila sunrise nights that so often go with being a geologist, though it does help to have enough brain cells to begin with so enough will remain later. The long memories most geologists have are primarily concerned with knowing how to delve into what has been called Deep Time.
Most people think the past is gone — that it is not present, that it is not now. This now, however, becomes past before I can even say "now," and so maybe there is no present. Whatever. What I know to be true, is that the past is not gone, at least not all of it. It's preserved in the rocks and in the landforms of the earth. And the past will be written in future rocks and landforms that haven't yet been born. That's the thing about the past — or maybe that's the thing about the "now," or about time — it's all present, right now, in the present. If you've got a long memory like I do, all of time is here now: all the time that was past, all the time that is now, all the time that will be future, and all the time that has been imagined or envisioned as future but has not yet, and maybe never will, come to pass (see Dark Side of the Moon).
Geologists routinely work with the long, well-written, though sometimes buried, obscured, offset, or even truncated memories of the earth. Geologists work with all of geologic time: past, present, and future. For example, because of my particular geologic knowledge and experience, I could write a book called Ore Deposits of the Near and Far Future, the way some geologists write about earthquakes or volcanic eruptions yet to come. Instead, I'm writing these field notes about that long ago past. I'm writing them because I dreamed of doing so one summer day in the early 1980's while I was driving south on Nevada Highway 8A — south from The Frontier, a place that no longer exists, toward a cabin in Kingston Canyon, where I no longer live — driving on the longest north-south straight stretch of paved Nevada road, on a highway that no longer bears its original number. On that long-ago day I dreamed of this book, and so it has come to be: that long ago past is present now, just as this now was present then.
And that's the way I began back then, in the spring of 2001, in a fit of fancy.
Related Posts:
Why Highway 8A
Single Digit Highways
A Bit about License Plates
Highway 8A: The Cutoff from Cedarville to the Winnemucca-to-the-Sea Highway
Related Asides:
A Geologist's Field Book
Deep Time
Dark Side of the Moon
Wedge #15: Ore Deposits of the Future


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Barrow Community Learning and Skills
Barrow Community Learning and Skills provide a wide variety of courses, workshops and events.
These include some of the following: English and Maths; GCSEs; Employability Skills; Arts and Crafts; Languages; Health and Well Being; ICT and Digital Skills; Leisure Learning; LLDD and Family Learning.
We also work with a variety of partner organisations; Schools and Children Centres to support outreach provision to deliver programmes for Family Learning and Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities (LLDD).


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Hillary Clinton COLLAPSES As She Is Force To Leave Memorial
Hillary Clinton has been rushed away from the 9/11 service in New York after feeling unwell.
A video shows the Democratic nomination for President of the United States being carried into a van, with security guards on either side.
While being helped to the vehicle, she appears to sink towards the ground as her team gather tightly around her to pull her back up.
A campaign team statement said that Ms Clinton had become 'overheated' and left the service slightly early.
The news comes after Donald Trump accused her of being unfit to be a president.
An American news anchor, Sean Hannity, had told Mr Trump that he had concerns because of Clintons 'blinking' and head movements while she spoke to reporters.
Ms Clinton has recently released a letter detailing her health. She suffered a concussion in 2012 after a stomach virus but was reported as back to full health afterwards.


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Yankton School Superintendent Arrested for DUI
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - The school superintendent in Yankton has publically apologized for a weekend drunken driving arrest.
Joseph Gertsema was arrested shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a Highway Patrol checkpoint near Vermillion. Authorities say he failed a sobriety test.
Gertsema tells the Press & Dakotan newspaper that he's angry with himself, and that he apologizes to his family and the community for his "bad decision" to drive after drinking.
Gertsema has been Yankton's school superintendent for 23 years.
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Material may not be redistributed.


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- About us
- Blogs
- Funding/Donations
- Challenges
- Chapters
- Papers
- Projects
- Code of Conduct
- Google SoC
- Recent posts
- Security Workshops
New Chapter lead: Sjur Eivind Usken (previous Einar Oftedal)
Einar Oftedal
Tor Inge Skaar - Maintenance and new sensors
Roger Carlsen - helping out with honeycloud
Atle Soma - helping out with networking setup
Morten Krakvik
Erlend Oftedal - looking into web malware, and client side attacks initiated from web sites
Lars Haukli
Øystein Fladby
(Felix Leder)
List current technologies deployed.
Several VoIPHun (SIP honeypot)
SSH honeypot (tried Kippo as well)
Activity timeline:
General progress during the year.
Honeycloud Setting up a private cloud for all Honeynet Members. This is currently 12 servers, but can be expanded. Working on a larger storage solution as well.
Femtocell testing Testing femtocells for security issues. Mostly the Honeynet Telecom Special Interest Group (TSIG)
Setting up automatic visits on top norwegian sites, and recording/detecting any malware in play.
CC2ASN database: a kind of inverse ip-to-country lookup service. We have blogged about this on two occations; http://www.honeynor.no/2009/06/19/country-lookup/ and http://www.honeynor.no/2010/03/23/enhanced-cc2asn/. The override definition file for the enhanced database are being reviewed and updated.
SIP honeypot
The same attacks are present, but also botnets are starting to use SIPVicious and other tools.
Missing: Honeebox version 2.0 !!
Internal presentations on SIP security for several companies.
Honeynet Project Tools presentation by Tor Inge Skaar at the ISF 2010 conference in Norway (http://www.honeynor.no/2010/09/02/isf-conference/)
There were no specific goals for last year, but we would like to deploy Honeebox 2.0 as soon as it is ready.
Goals 2011:
Honeycloud ready (soon)
Test out the new honeywall
Get kippo up and running with a better management solution (automatic reporting etc)
Internal infrastructure maintenance and keeping server software up to date.