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The word Christmas is akin to Old Icelandic and Old English. In northern England talks still little old-fashioned contexts of yule, possibly a legacy of the Vikings rampage there. When we raise our beer glasses and wish each other Merry Christmas, it is an unbroken tradition right from pagan times, even if it was then the beverage horn was lifted. It called to drink in Christmas. In the Catholic Middle Ages introduced the Christian celebration of Christmas in our country and was celebrated during the same time as before the pagan Christmas.
An old-fashioned Christmas
Our time yearning for an old-fashioned Christmas is the union of the old agrarian society and the bourgeois Christmas celebration Christmas in the city at the turn of the century. It will be a kind of mixture of julbrasor and Yule straw, an ostentatious bourgeois Christmas, lavish trees and lots of presents.
Our Christmas traditions
Many of our Christmas traditions is a union of old Swedish traditions mixed with elements from foreign country. The Christmas tree became common during the late 1800s and the Christmas Santa Claus distributing only in the 1900s. Santa is also a mixture of our little gray-clad house elf and the man in red St. Nicholas. Previously, especially Christmas goat, which accounted for much julhyss in ancient times peasant Sweden, has been hired if they had any Christmas gift giver at all. 1900s has given us both adventsljus, Advent, Advent stars and Advent candlesticks, also of German descent, while Donald Duck comes from the large immigrant country USA. The turkey and the mistletoe has Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
Christmas red color
Christmas red color are certainly many people who wonder about. A clear answer is not to give. Red was an expensive color to produce and was only used on special occasions, not just for Christmas. Christmas in the farming community had hardly any red components as Christmas red color is a phenomenon of our time. The red color often occurs in combination with green: spruce, lingonrisets and moss green color and plants that may be in julprydandet. The Christmas tree (but not the dressed) is associated with very old Swedish Christmas traditions.


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Informix Chat with the Lab - Wednesday, Sept 16, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 4:30 PM London, 5:30 PM Paris
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This month's Informix Chat with the Lab will on the 11.50 Hottest Feature, Update Anywhere Clusters. .
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David Flower wrote: quite different from the vast majority of world music purveyors, who tend to be fairly laid back in their business transactions.
I wish Dan continued success and long may Putumayo flourish!
CantSleepClownsWillGetMe wrote:From a review in fRoots July 2008 edition:-
'Various Putumayo Presents African Party & Putumayo Kids Presents African Dreamland
Coming soon to a pot pourri and scented candle emporium near you. Nothing inherently wrong with many of the selections here, but this is music as lifestyle choice and the truly inquisitive will find the best of this music by other means. Meanwhile these albums will sell by the bucket-load with some of the proceeds going to AIDS charities, so everyone's a winner. '
which I interpret to mean:
Widely available to the mainstream public. A good selection of African tracks, (including Bonga, Chiwoniso, Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko, and Mapumba to name but five) but this is music the plebs will buy only to try and appear intelligent, while people as clever as we are don't need bright graphics or clever marketing tools to find these artists, we just know. Meanwhile these albums will sell extremely well in comparison with most other world music compilations with some of the proceeds going to AIDS charities, so everyone's a winner. Oh bugger.
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Macayo's Honors the Margarita's 70th Anniversary with Margarita Special, Free Trip to Mexico
Date(s) – 04/09/2018
11:00 am – 8:00 pm
From Thursday, February 15 through Monday, April 30, guests of Macayo's Mexican Restaurants can raise their glass to celebrate the Margarita's 70thAnniversary with an Original Margarita for just $8.99 featuring 1800 Reposado tequila and Cointreau — the authentic combination Margarita Sames first used in 1948, when she is credited with inventing the now-famous cocktail.
During this time, diners can enter Macayo's Margarita in Mexico contest by texting MACAYO to 67664 or by filling out the online contest form at http://www.macayo.com/margaritainmexico.
Upon entering, guests will be added to Macayo's VIP E-Club, and will become eligible to win an all-expenses-paid trip for two to an all-inclusive resort in guests' choice of either Cabo San Lucas or Puerta Vallarta for four days and three nights. Blackout dates may apply.
Date: Thursday, February 15-Monday, April 30
Time: Available during lunch, dinner and happy hour
Location: Macayo's Restaurants valley wide (addresses below)
Macayo's Mexican Restaurants:
12637 S. 48th St., Phoenix
Bell Road
6012 W. Bell Rd., Glendale
Depot Cantina
300 S. Ash Ave., Tempe
Desert Sky
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Many students with asthma require two different medications: one for daily control and prevention, the other to treat and relieve symptoms. These medications are usually taken by metered-dose inhaler.
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Some off-street car parking is available as well as on-street car parking. Several shelters are located throughout the park.
There are public amenities and an all abilities playground within the park. This all-abilities playground includes creative spaces such as a plant maze, a lookout and sand play area. It also incorporates a performance space featuring chimes and tom toms.


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Program of Record Music Will Be First Official Event
December 22, 1928
Radio Station To Broadcast At Noon Today
Program of Record Music Will Be First Official Event
After a series of successful tests, radio station WWMN [sic], owned and controlled by the Holt- Rowe Novelty Company, will go on the air, officially for the first time, today. From noon until 1 o'clock today, a program of new phonograph releases will be broadcast from the studio in the Fairmont Hotel. Then, starting at 6 o'clock this evening, the complete opening program will get under way, continuing far into the morning judging from present indication.
Tests were made Thursday night and yesterday afternoon, and though neither program was announced, hundreds of listeners picked up the local station and testimonials poured into the radio, along with requests for special musical numbers. The program Thursday night, which lasted from midnight until 3 o'clock Friday morning, brought 800 calls. Yesterday afternoon, Chief Engineer Glenn Beerbower attempted a short test on phonograph records and within a period of 15 minutes, close to 200 calls were reported on the two phones of the studio. The night program was picked up as far south as Staunton, Va., by a former Fairmonter, Bill Perry.
The phonograph program which starts at noon today, was announced last night. The Kelly Music Company has placed a Columbia Kolster phonograph in the studio and the newest record releases will be played, over that machine.
Tonight's program will bring to radio listeners the best talent in the city. Musical numbers and talks will occupy the time until 1 o'clock Sunday morning, when a request program will start. "O Holy Child of Bethlehem," requests of the Sterling Heights Sewing Club, was the first to be received and it will open the program. The second number will be "You're the Cream in My Coffee," requested by W. S. Hood, 14 years old, of 731 Benoni avenue.
Mack's orchestra will go on the air at 6 o'clock. Following that, short talks will be made by Miss Mary Hurst, president of the Junior League, Clyde S. Holt of the Holt-Rowe company, and R. L. O'Neal, manager of the Fairmont Hotel. Mayor Arthur G. Martin will make an address of welcome at 7:25 o'clock and George M. Alexander, president of the Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company, will speak at 8 o'clock. Brooks Fleming, Jr., assistant to the president of the Consolidation Coal Co., and Chester C. Shinn, sales manager, will head that company's program from 8:30 until 9 o'clock. Senator M. M. Neely will speak from 8:25 o'clock until 8:30.
Vocal selections will be furnished by the National Bank of Fairmont quartette, Miss Jean Billingslea and by the Thornton Jubilee Singers. Clem Bray and his Fairmont Theatre orchestra, and Jack Masters at the Virginia Theatre organ will present musical numbers during the evening. Mack's orchestra will broadcast from the American Legion ballroom from 10 o'clock until 11, and the Goodman Store Barn Dance Hour will precede the Mack's dance program.
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LEGO Star Wars – Boss FAQ
Boss FAQ by The_Enthusiast
Version: 1.0 | Updated: 01/10/06
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This is my first FAQ I've ever written which means this is definitely a
learning experience for me. I will be doing my best to help you defeat the
bosses in Lego Star Wars.
I don't know what it is about this game, but it has made me write a review for
it, and now a Boss FAQ. Maybe it's because of how surprisingly good a Lego
made game is. This game really isn't about complicating you, or trying to tick
you off, it's all about having fun, and kicking some butt in the process.
Because of these very reasons, I feel like I at least owe something to the
game so I'm doing this...
So far there have been 6 Star Wars movies, but there are only 3 episodes in
this game to play through. In these 3 episodes there are many bosses.
Note: THIS FAQ CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIES!
The episodes in the game are:
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith
1) Storylines
2) Controls
3) Boss Section
4) Boss - Darth Maul
5) Boss - Jango Fett Part 1
6) Boss - Jango Fett Part 2
7) Boss - Count Dooku Part 1
8) Boss - Count Dooku Part 2
9) Boss - General Grievous
10) Boss - Darth Vader
11) Conclusion
12) Author Information/Credits/Copyright
1) Storylines
There are 3 storylines for me to cover, and I will give you the run down of
what's going on without giving away too much information about the movie.
| Episode I |
Qui Gon Jin and his partner, Obi Wan Kenobi help a queen save her world. While
traveling, the two find a young, intelligent boy named Anakin Skywalker who
has the potential to become a great Jedi. They take Anakin and the queen back
to Naboo where they face invasion forces and the two Jedi take on an evil foe,
Darth Maul. This is the beginning of training for Anakin from Obi Wan, and
also the beginning of Chancellor Palpatine's reign.
| Episode II |
10 years after The Phantom Menace, the galaxy is on the brink of a civil war.
An asassination is attempted on former queen, Padme Amidala. Anakin Skywalker,
now a Jedi is assigned to protect her. While doing so he falls in love with
her, which is very unlike the Jedi, and it becomes apparent that Anakin may
start to drift to the darker side of the force.
| Episode III |
Anakin finds out his wife Padme is pregnant, and has a recurring dream about
her dying while in child birth. He risks everything to save her, and even
learns the way of the dark side to prevent her from dying. In the process he
learns a terrible truth from Chancellor Palpatine, he IS the Sith Lord that
the Jedi have been searching for all along. In the process, many Jedi havebeen
killed by unlikely people. Anakin Skywalker, now known as Lord Vader is among
those who was manipulated by Lord Sidious. After all the trouble of trying to
save Padme, she dies, and he falls to the dark side.
2) Controls
Character Controls
Move character = Control/Analog Stick
Jump/Hover = A Button
Attack/Defend = B Button
Use the Force/Special Ability = X Button (hold down)
Tag Friendly character = Face character and press Y Button.
Double Jump = Tap A twice
Pause Game = Start
Vehicle Controls
Move Vehicle = Control/Analog Stick
Fire Weapon = B Button
Speed up (Podracer) = A Button
There are different bosses in this game in each episode which means you will
need a different strategy to beat the boss you are facing.
4) BOSS: Darth Maul
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Game Chapter: 6
Weapon: Red Dual bladed lightsaber
Description: A Sith, and also a coward who uses the dark side of the force and
has no emotions at all besides hatred.
Defeated with: Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi Wan Kenobi
In the beginning a cutscene will occur when you first find Darth Maul. He cuts
off a platform so you and your partner can't reach him. He's on the other side
with robots shooting at you. Defend yourself by pressing B causing the lasers
to be hit back at the robots. After you killed the robots, Maul will begin to
throw objects at you which you must throw back at him by using the forcing
(holding X down.) This sequence happens 3 times before the parts of the
bridge/platform come down so you can repair it by using the force.
Maul will run into a room directly ahead of you. Enter the room and follow him
on the platforms. There will be 2 instances where you have to use the force
for a platform to slide out so you can jump onto it. Enter the room he leads
you into. You will have to jump from two platforms to get to the main
platform. Robots will now start coming from everywhere, and it will seem like
they won't go away. After awhile of destroying them, two droids will appear on
platforms. They will fire at you and you must defend yourself by pressing B to
hit direct it back at them. After affecting their shields, they will come down
and you can now easily kill them. You and your partner must jump on the
platforms the droids were standing on. On them will be 2 buttons which you
have to step on, and another platform comes up which allows you to get to
Darth Maul. Double jump to the platform. There will be another platform after
that to double jump onto as well.
Afterwards Maul will go through a room with shields that you must get through
by using the force with your partner. Use the force on the switches which
causes the shields to come down. Now you will enter a room where you and Maul
finally duke it out. Defend his attack, and then Double Jump and press B while
in the air which causes a downward strike to occur. After you get him down to
4 hearts/health, he will jump onto a platform and will throw more objects at
use. Use the force again, by holding down X. This will throw the objects back
at Maul. He will come down after awhile. On both sides of the entrance there
are 3 switches you need to turn down by using the force. Now that Maul is down
he can now raise you in the air. You will have a red glow surrounding you when
you are being raises. Press Y while raised to switch to your partner and
attack him while he's holding your partner up. Do this 4 times on him and a
cutscene of Maul dying will appear.
Award: Can now unlock Darth Maul for 15,000 studs from Dexter.
5) BOSS: Jango Fett Part 1
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
Game Chapter: 1
Weapon(s): Gun, Slave I ship, and bombs.
Description: A coward bounty hunter who tries to assasinate Senator Padme
Defeated with: Obi Wan Kenobi and R4-P17.
When you first find Jango Fett he runs out of the room and robots will shoot
at you. Kill them and head out the door and there will be more robots to
defend yourself against. After you defeat them, he heads into a room on the
right, follow him. In that room is an open hole/tunnel in the wall that you
follow Jango into. He will set flashing bombs which will make a noise before
it explodes. Jump back to protect yourself. A total of seven bombs will go off
causing platforms to collapse. To get to the undamaged platforms, you must
double jump. After the bombs, there will be a button you must step on which
causes a platform to slide out halfway. Your partner must fly across to step
on the other button so it connects the platforms.
Now there will be Legos blocking a door entry that your partner must activate.
You must hold down X to move the Legos. Now your partner can activate it so
you can open the door to enter the room. Now an elevator appears which takes
you to a room with robots shooting at you again. There's a tunnel where they
keep coming out of. Your partner can block the tunnel by deactivating the
buttons on the side of the wall. Legos are now blocking another door which you
must use the force to move it, and have R4 activate the door to open.
The fight between you and Jango Fett finally begins. He has 10 lives, and you
can either make his bullets hit him back, or attack him with your lightsaber.
After he's hit 3 times, he raises in the air and the Slave I ship begins
shooting at you. You can either deflect the bullets to hit Jango, or jump up
and attack him. After being hit so many times, he starts to throw bombs which
you throw back at him by holding X down. After being hit by his own bombs
twice he comes down until you can corner him for one more attack. He doesn't
die this time, and is able to get away in the ship.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Master) is gained.
- R4-P17 is gained.
- Clone is available from Dexter for 2,000 studs.
- Episode II - Chapter 1 is available for free play mode.
- Episode II - Chapter 2 is available for story mode.
6) BOSS: Jango Fett Part 2
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
Game Chapter: 3
Weapon(s): Gun and bombs.
Defeated with: Either Mace Windu, Padme Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Anakin
After rescuing Obi Wan, Jango Fett appears once again. Jango Fett and Dooku
capture Anakin, Obi Wan, and Padme. You are now playing as Mace Windu, and you
and other Jedu help free the captured characters. Now that they're free,
certain robots come out that you have to kill. After defeating them, you and
your partner get to fight Fett again, and also the crowd of robots.
He has 10 lives again. Use the same strategy as in the first time you two met
up by Double Jumping and attacking him. Once he gets hit so many times, he
begins to throw bombs again. Throw them back by holding down X. After he's hit
twice, he is finally defeated!
- Mace Windu is gained.
- Padme (Clawed) is gained.
- Super Battle Droid is available from Dexter for 5,000 studs.
- Jango Fett is available from Dexter for 65,000 studs.
- Boba Fett is available from Dexter for 800 studs.
- Luminara is available from Dexter for 20,000 studs.
- Ki-Adi Mundi is available from Dexter for 25,000 studs.
- Kit Fisto is available from Dexter for 35,000 studs.
- Shaak Ti is available from Dexter for 15,000 studs.
- Episode II - Chapter 3 is available for free play mode.
- Episode II - Chapter 4 is available for story mode.
7) BOSS: Count Dooku Part 1
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of The Clones
Game Chapter: 5
Weapon(s): Lightsaber, lightning.
Description: A former apprentice to Yoda, but was tempted by the dark side and
turned evil. Was considered one of the best Jedi.
Defeated with: Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker.
Count Dooku will run away, and you should follow him. Robots will begin to
attack you. Kill them, and then Dooku will run out and close a door that you
have to unlock by stepping on 4 buttons and 4 platforms by using team work
with your partner. Once you're up to the switches, pull them down by holding
down X. The door will open and you can enter the room to battle.
Dooku has 10 lives. Hit him twice, and then a shield will appear. Stay back
until he begins to throw objects at you, and then he throw them back by using
the force. After being hit, you can attack him again. After he's hit again,
the shield comes up and he shoots a lightning type thing which you can counter
by using the force. After that, the shield comes down and you can attack him
with your lightsaber twice more. He will not die, however you still win the
- Yoda is gained.
- Count Dooku is available from Dexter for 45,000 studs.
8) BOSS: Count Dooku Part 2
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith
Game Chapter: 2
Weapon(s): Lightsaber, lightning.
Defeated with: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.
After finding the room the Chancellor is in, Dooku comes out for battle. This
time, he only has 6 lives. After being hit once, he begins to raise you in the
air. While raised, press Y to switch partners and attack him. After he's hit
he will jump to the main platform and more robots will come out to attack you.
Kill them and go towards Dooku. After you hit Dooku once more, he'll go back
down to the center platform. Now double jump and make a downward strike onb
him by pressing B.
You finally killed Dooku, and Chancellor Palpatine is saved. Now you must
escape. Go up the stairs and out the door, and keep going straight. A closing
wall will come your way. You and your partners must dodge the holes and
explosions to make it across. A button to the the shutting wall can be
activated using R2-D2 by pressing X. Now jump into the opening and go
straight, and then turn left onto the platform. On 2 instances a gas will be
coming out and you can deactivate it by using the force. On the last one, R2
has to go through the gas, and deactivate it by holding X. Follow the platform
until R2 has to activate a door open.
Once the door is open, you will see General Grievous escape. Kill the robots
that come out. Once you get near the controls of the ship, a switch will be
highlighted in blue so you and your partner can pull it down by using the
force. You have finally escaped!
- Anakin Skywalker (Jedi) is gained.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode III) is gained.
- Chancellor Palpatine is gained.
- R2-D2 is gained.
- Super Battle Droid is available from Dexter for 5,000 studs.
- Count Dooku is available from Dexter for 45,000 studs.
- General Grievous's Bodyguard is available from Dexter for 30,000
- Episode III - Chapter 3 is available for story mode.
- Episode III - Chapter 2 is available for free play mode.
9) BOSS: General Grievous
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith
Game Chapter: 3
Weapon(s): 4 Lightsabers
Description: A powerful robot who kills Jedi for sport, and collects their
lightsabers for person use.
Defeated with: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commander Cody.
As soon as Chapter 3 begins, so does your battle with Grievous. He has 10
lives. Hit him once by double jumping and striking him. He will jump to
another platform. Switch characters and shoot him until he comes back down.
Now that he's back down, switch back as Obi-Wan. After he's hit twice, he will
go to an even higher platform. You and your partner must work together by
using the force to move Lego's and by using a hook like thing to get to higher
ground/the next platform. Just before the platform he's on, there are Lego's
which you set up by using the force. Switch characters and jump and shoot the
bomb by Grievous until he comes back down. Attack him, and he'll go even
higher. You will be at the same height, but a platform away. To hit him, move
the Lego's on the wall by holding X to move the bomb by Grievous. Now switch
so you are Cody, and shoot the bomb. He'll come back down with 2 lives left.
He's easy from here on. Jump and attack him twice and you will have him beat!
- Commander Cody is gained.
- General Grievous is available from Dexter for 200,000 studs.
- Episode III - Chapter 4 is available for story mode.
- Episode III - Chapter 3 is available for free play mode.
10) BOSS: Darth Vader
Boss Info:
Movie: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith
Game Chapter: 6
Weapon(s): Lightsaber
Description: The little boy with great potential turns to the dark side of the
force after being manipulated by Chancellor Palpatine.
Defeated with: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
After crossing the lava, you finally have made it to the battle between
you and Anakin/Darth Vader. Darth Vader has 10 lives, and has the same
abilities as any regular Jedi. You will want to block his attacks because you
also have 10 lives. Whenever you get the chance, jump up and attack. Repeat
this 10 times and you win. Good Job. You beat the final Episode!
- Darth Sidious is available from Dexter for 150,000 studs.
- Beating the final Episode.
11) Conclusion
I must say this game was a great fun, and I'm glad I wrote this FAQ. I
figured writing a FAQ would be not enjoyable, but I really had a good time
with it. Probably because it was such a great game. Anyways, I hope you have
fun, and learn from this FAQ. I will likely add to it as this isn't the final
12) Author Information/Thanks/Copyright
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions towards this guide, feel
free to contact me at email@example.com . Please take into consideration before
bashing me that this is my first FAQ. I will try to respond to your emails as
soon as possible. Thanks!
Thanks to:
GameFAQS and CJayC for hopefully putting this up and for making such a
great site for gamers.
My parents for putting up with me being on the computer/GameCube working on
this guide.
Psycho Penguin for fixing the margin errors.
George Lucas - Creator of Star Wars
Lucas Arts
Traveller's Tales
Every FAQ Contributor for giving inspiration for me to write a FAQ, and
Helping gamers.
The instruction booklet, where some information was obtained.
This FAQ is (c) Taylor Wolfe (The_Enthusiast) 2006. This FAQ may not be
reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may
not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without
advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a
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Michael Wilkerson, Joyce Wilkerson, Lee Garell, and Denise Haines were charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud JP Morgan Chase's predecessor, Chase Manhattan Bank, by fraudulently obtaining home loans valued at more than $6 million for properties located in Schwenksville and Glenmoore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
According to the indictment, Michael Wilkerson, pastor of New Life Millennium Life Restoration Fellowship, Montgomery County, recruited several of his congregants and the congregants' families and friends to participate in a number of real estate transactions. If they had good credit and acted as "straw purchasers"""meaning they would sign loan documents as the purchaser of a house and attend the property settlement""Michael Wilkerson would pay them $15,000. Wilkerson would allegedly pay another $5,000 if they referred other straw purchasers to him. Wilkerson recruited at least five individuals who agreed to be straw purchasers of homes.
The indictment alleges that Joyce Wilkerson participated in the fraud scheme by assisting Michael Wilkerson, explaining the transactions to the "straws," paying the "straws" and also pretending to be a co-purchaser of each of the homes at the time of settlement. The indictment alleges that Garell, a real estate broker with Long & Foster Companies, prepared the sales paperwork for each of the homes that was sold to the "straws" and, along with Michael Wilkerson, dictated the fraudulent terms set out in the settlement sheets.
The indictment alleges that Haines, a mortgage broker with American Group Mortgage Corporation, submitted fraudulent loan applications in the transactions to Chase Manhattan Bank. These fraudulent loan applications falsely represented the appraised value of the homes, the identification of the "straws," the source of funds, the borrower's income and assets, and their intent to take possession of the homes as their primary residence. Based on the representations made in the loan documents, Haines knew she could get Chase Manhattan Bank to approve the loans with little verification of the information on the loan applications.
When the loans were funded at the time of settlement, Michael Wilkerson, Joyce Wilkerson, Garell and Haines allegedly manipulated the documents prepared at settlement and, later, forwarded the settlement documents to Chase Manhattan Bank to make it appear to the bank that the "straws" brought considerable cash to the closings, when, in fact, all of the money involved at the settlement actually came from Chase Manhattan Bank. The defendants allegedly shared in the profits from the fraudulent sales.
According to the indictment, after settlement on the homes, Michael Wilkerson took possession of all of the homes, rented four of them and lived in another. He paid the mortgages with rental income for approximately six months then told the "straw" purchasers that they had to pay the mortgages. This last act led to the loans falling into default and then foreclosure, resulting in a loss of approximately $3 million.
If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 180 years in prison, five years' supervised release, a fine of up to $6 million, and a $600 special assessment.
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U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Zane David Memeger announced the charges.
The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Anita Eve.
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I have to admit, I got a little excited during Mitt Romney's speech at CPAC. It began so well, in a sense. I wrote yesterday that I heard (and saw) very little about jobs and job creation at CPAC. Then, Mitt Romney took to the stage and changed that. But, it turned out, only for a moment.
I was only half-listening to Romney until I heard the "J-Word" — the equivalent of a four-letter word at CPAC, it turns out, because it's only mentioned in the context of slamming the president and the Democratic congress for "failing" to create jobs. The problem is, that's where it ends at CPAC.
In fact, Romney's speech was the most sympathetic I'd heard from a Republican about the plight of the jobless. Before the midterm elections, according to conservatives the jobless were to blame for their own plight.
(Perhaps Romney is a among the first conservative to realize that among the jobless are many of their own. Yesterday, as I stood in the media registration line, a guy in front of me — who'd worked as a volunteer for a GOP candidate in the last cycle, complained about the lack of a job after the candidate's victory. When he mentioned how much he hates having to collect unemployment, I didn't have the heart to ask him how much of his 99 weeks he had left.)
Fifteen million Americans are out of work. And millions and millions more can't find the good paying jobs they long for and deserve. You've seen the heartbreaking photos and videos of the jobs fairs around the country, where thousands show up to stand in line all day just to have a chance to compete for a few job openings that probably aren't as good as the job they held two years ago. These job fairs and unemployment lines are President Obama's Hoovervilles.
Make no mistake. This is a moral tragedy—a moral tragedy of epic proportion.
Finally, a conservative recognizes the "moral tragedy" millions of Americans have been living with for the last couple of years. It's just too bad that Romney couldn't own up to his own party's part in the making of that tragedy.
- It's too bad that a conference where Ronald Reagan is reference (and reverenced) with every other breath, no one considers how many of our problems started with Reagan.
- It's too bad that the spend more time railing against "job killing regulations" (which Robert Reich thoroughly debunked), than owning up to the GOP's job killing obstruction.
- It's too bad they don't acknowledge their job-killing cuts.
- It's too bad that they don't see the conflict between their concern for working families, and their desire to shrink the paychecks those families rely on.
- It's too bad their newfound concern for the economic pain of American families doesn't encompass how their policies will increase economic pain.
It's unfortunate that Romney stopped short of spelling out a conservative plan to actively create jobs. But it's not surprising. From all I can gather, the cut-taxes-and-hope-for-the-best approach still rules the day, and that it's still an article of faith that once tax cuts and deregulation are locked in, job creation will "just happen."
It's unfortunate, yes, but not surprising considering how little their pledge to America had to say about any of the above. After two days, I haven't heard or been able to discern a clear conservative plan to create jobs. Maybe that's because their isn't one. And maybe their isn't one because conservative never promised to do anything about job creation. From all I've heard and seen, they still aren't.


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What a doozy, right?
First, let me say, I am by no means a chemometrician. I'm a Chemist by schooling and trade, but I'm having some difficulty coming up with a "real-world" explaination for what Q Residuals and T^2 actually "tell you" about a sample set.
My predicament:
I've collected 5 spectra of 3 different liquers (Cointreau, Southern Comfort and Knob Creek) and put them through the Eigenvector Solo ringer. After minimal pre-processing (only doing Mean Centering), if I plot Q Residuals (y-axis) versus T^2 (x-axis) I get the below:
What "real-world" statement can I say about the liquors, based on the plot? Is it correct to say that there is little separation within the model (the T^2 is practically the same for all 3)? Can I say that because there is separation across Q (the y-axis), I can tell the 3 liquors apart from one another?
At the end of the day, what is T^2 and Q actually telling me about this particular group of samples? Thanks for any help!
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Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Undergoing Surgery for Stage IB, Stage II, or Stage III Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00740597
Recruitment Status : Terminated (No patients were enrolled on the study)
First Posted : August 25, 2008
Results First Posted : July 11, 2014
Last Update Posted : July 11, 2014
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RATIONALE: Specialized radiation therapy that delivers a high dose of radiation directly to the tumor may kill more tumor cells and cause less damage to normal tissue. Giving radiation therapy before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of intensity-modulated radiation therapy and to see how well it works in treating patients undergoing surgery for stage IB, stage II, or stage III soft tissue sarcoma.
|Condition or disease
|Genetic: gene expression analysis Genetic: polymerase chain reaction Genetic: western blotting Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery Radiation: intensity-modulated radiation therapy
|Phase 2
- Estimate the wound complication rate in patients with stage IB-III soft tissue sarcoma (STS) treated with neoadjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).
- Assess local control rate in patients treated with this regimen.
- Assess metastatic failure rate in patients treated with this regimen.
- Assess disease-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- Assess overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
- Assess function and general health in these patients using the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society rating scale, Toronto Extremity Salvage Score, and the Short-Form 36.
- Determine changes in STS gene expression after IMRT by microarray analyses.
- Correlate, preliminarily, changes in STS gene expression with pathological and clinical outcomes.
OUTLINE: Patients undergo intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) once daily 5 days a week for 5 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo surgery > 1 month after completion of IMRT.
Tumor tissue samples are collected at baseline and at the time of surgery for correlative laboratory studies. Samples are analyzed for gene expression by RNA microarray, real-time polymerase chain reaction, and western blotting.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for 2 years.
|Study Type :
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|Intervention Model:
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|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Preoperative Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
|Study Start Date :
|July 2008
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 2010
Experimental: Arm 1
pre-operative radiation + surgery PTV will receive a total dose of 50 Gy in 25 fractions, 2 Gy per fraction, 5 fractions per week, over approximately 5 weeks. Concurrently, the GTV2, if present, will receive 54 Gy in 25 fraction. Dose will be prescribed to the isodose volume that encompasses the PTV. All patients will be treated by 6 MV photon beam.
Genetic: gene expression analysis
Genetic: polymerase chain reaction
Genetic: western blotting
Procedure: neoadjuvant therapy
Procedure: therapeutic conventional surgery
Radiation: intensity-modulated radiation therapy
- Wound Complication Rate [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Major wound complications up to 4 months post surgery include:
Complications requiring a secondary operation under general or regional anesthesia for wound care.
Seroma aspiration. Drain placement. Minor wound debridement and wound care. Readmission for wound care such as intravenous antibiotics. Persistent wound deep packing or wound vacuum assisted closure for greater than 120 days.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Histologically confirmed soft tissue sarcoma (STS) for which neoadjuvant or adjuvant radiotherapy is considered standard care
- Stage IB-III disease
- Primary or locally recurrent disease
The following chemotherapy-sensitive STS histologies are excluded:
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
- Desmoplastic small round cell tumor
- Synovial sarcoma
- Myxoid round cell liposarcoma
- Angiosarcoma
- No sarcomas for which surgical staging and adjuvant radiotherapy are considered standard care (e.g., uterine sarcomas, including leiomyosarcoma, malignant mixed Müllerian tumors, and endometrial stromal sarcoma)
- No retroperitoneal STS
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Able to complete the self-assessment questionnaires (may use translator service)
- Willing and able to undergo pre-treatment core needle biopsies
- Negative pregnancy test
- No known HIV positivity
Prior adjuvant chemotherapy for STS allowed provided patient has locally recurrent disease
- At least 1 year since prior adjuvant chemotherapy
- No prior radiotherapy to the site of present STS
- No other concurrent cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted therapy, or investigational agents
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00740597
|United States, California
|City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Duarte, California, United States, 91010-3000
|Principal Investigator:
|Richard D. Pezner, MD
|City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|City of Hope Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00740597 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P30CA033572 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
CDR0000612344 ( Registry Identifier: NCI PDQ )
|First Posted:
|August 25, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 11, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|July 11, 2014
|Last Verified:
|June 2014
Keywords provided by City of Hope Medical Center:
recurrent adult soft tissue sarcoma
stage I adult soft tissue sarcoma
stage II adult soft tissue sarcoma
stage III adult soft tissue sarcoma
adult alveolar soft-part sarcoma
adult epithelioid sarcoma
adult extraskeletal chondrosarcoma
adult extraskeletal osteosarcoma
adult fibrosarcoma
adult malignant fibrous histiocytoma
adult malignant hemangiopericytoma
adult malignant mesenchymoma
adult neurofibrosarcoma
adult rhabdomyosarcoma
dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type


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I have been merrily plodding along with my version of sourdough starters ( 2 at the moment) but took some time to re-read Bill's posting on maintaining a starter. To my horror it seems I have been doing everything wrong, so I decided to start yet another one from Bill's recipe. I have to admit I had been using what I consider to be inferior flour because our store was out of King Arthur, and my starter didn't look too happy. I measured out the required amount and added KA all purpose flour and spring water and stirred like mad. The mixture was thicker than I expected, but I put tape to mark the level and left it on the counter. It did develop bubbles but hardly rose at all even after sitting all day, so last night I tossed half and fed it again. It is now 12.30pm and there are bubbles but no sign of rising. Bill, if you are out there and not too busy, could you please tell me what you think I did wrong? I gave my unhappy looking old starter some Bob's Red Mill organic rye and it perked right up. Maybe ignorance was bliss and I should have muddled along? A


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Admission to all majors at CSULB is competitive as CSULB continues to have more qualified applicants than available new student spaces. All transfer students must declare a major when submitting their application. Review Transfer Application and Admissions for eligibility and application details. To review the detailed major specific requirements select the major below. If a major is highly impacted it will be noted next to the name of the major and additional supplemental criteria and requirements are indicated in the major specific details.
These criteria will be used for Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 admission consideration. Admission criteria are subject to change for future admission cycles. See ASSIST to determine the courses offered at California institutions which will satisfy the specific course requirements.
BE AWARE: For Fall term admission, coursework and unit minimums must be completed no later than the prior Spring term. For Spring term admission, coursework and unit minimums must be completed no later than the prior Summer term.
Transfer AA/AS degree recipients: The Transfer AA/AS degree curriculum is used in lieu of the specific course requirements listed. Under current CSU guidelines, the cumulative GPA will be increased by 0.1 and this 'calculated GPA' will be applied to the major specific minimum GPA and to any GPA used in the ranking of applicants. See Transfer AA/AS degree for additional requirements.
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Heard on Campus: Daehee Park, co-founder of Tuft & Needle
"When we first started we bought traffic, but it wasn't sustainable. We wanted to achieve organic growth through customer satisfaction without a huge need for advertising. We've done that by focusing on our satisfied customers and responding to those who have issues. Having a personal experience with your customers creates a sense of authenticity -- one of the keys to our success is authenticity. We bring an authentic story that ties into the price and features. For credibility, we lead people to Amazon to show authentic reviews that are true customer testimonials."
--Daehee Park (Class of 2009, information sciences and technology), co-founder of Tuft & Needle, on the importance of customer service to his company's growth. Park leads business operations and marketing strategies for Tuft & Needle, and has successfully launched scalable business models for more than six years.
Park, along with his business partner, J.T. Marino (Class of 2010, computer science), spoke April 10 on "Bootstrapping a Successful Start-up Without Venture Capital," as part of IST Start-up Week 2014, a week-long showcase of innovations and entrepreneurship featuring "insider" talks by industry giants, cutting-edge technology demonstrations and numerous networking opportunities for Penn State students who aspire to be trailblazers in whatever field they choose.


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Did you know one out of 50 American children experiences homeless each year? According to 2010 U.S. Conference of Mayor�s Report, there is an increase of 9 percent of family homelessness. Did you know that 42 percent of homeless children are under the age of 6?
Many cities, including in the state of North Carolina, reported in the 2010 Mayor�s Report (at least 68 percent) had to turn many homeless families with children away because of the lack of beds available in a shelter. Some shelters do not want to take the risk and liability of families with children due to the fact that some shelters are set up with separate quarters for females only and males only.
For example, if there was a single parent mother with two children (one male age 8 and one female age 10), the male child would have to stay in the male quarters alone with total strangers.
Also, did you know that among families who are homeless with children or a child, most of them have shared that loss of a job as the cause, low-paying jobs, followed by the lack of affordable housing, poverty, and domestic violence? There is no city or county anywhere in the United States where a worker earning minimum wage can afford a fair-market rate one bedroom apartment.
Look around your community and Lenoir County. What do you see? Did you know poverty exists here? Did you even realize that we have homeless children here? Well, look again because we do. Year after year there have been growing problems of families who are homeless with children. With the hardship of the economy, families losing their jobs faced with unemployment and foreclosures of their homes with no other family members or relatives to live with, child homelessness has become a major problem in Lenoir County. Families are living in cars and vacant houses hoping for hope.
There is hope. The Young Women�s Outreach Center are partnering with People Free Will Baptist Church and various other churches who are coming together to raise awareness and raise funds to support the homeless children and to provide a shelter over their head. The program is called: �Save a Homeless Child�.
People�s FWB Church�s youth department has a group of youth of all ages who are servants of Christ. These youth, along with other area youth groups of different churches, and some other church youth from outside of Lenoir County will be sacrificing their home to live and sleep outside in cardboard boxes on Friday, November 1st at People�s Church. Each child will build their own cardboard home to feel the result of a homeless child living in abandon homes, buildings, and cars. Also, there will be a few kids who will get the opportunity to sleep in a car all night.
On Friday, Nov. 1 at People�s FWB Church on Highway 258 South Richland Highway of Kinston, North Carolina, the youth will be challenging you to make a Sacrifice to Pledge a Donation to Save a Homeless Child. Each youth will be requesting you to make a Pledge to Save a Homeless Child. They are seeking each of you who read this article to Pledge and Challenge another person to Pledge and Challenge many other persons to make a generous donation to the Save a Homeless Child Campaign.
Please send your tax-free contribution to and payable to:
Young Women�s Outreach Center
P.O. Box 5023
119 E. Blount Street
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The optimal design of rotational production processes for glass wool manufacturing poses severe computational challenges to mathematicians, natural scientists and engineers. In this paper we focus exclusively on the spinning regime where thousands of viscous thermal glass jets are formed by fast air streams. Homogeneity and slenderness of the spun fibers are the quality features of the final fabric. Their prediction requires the computation of the fuidber-interactions which involves the solving of a complex three-dimensional multiphase problem with appropriate interface conditions. But this is practically impossible due to the needed high resolution and adaptive grid refinement. Therefore, we propose an asymptotic coupling concept. Treating the glass jets as viscous thermal Cosserat rods, we tackle the multiscale problem by help of momentum (drag) and heat exchange models that are derived on basis of slender-body theory and homogenization. A weak iterative coupling algorithm that is based on the combination of commercial software and self-implemented code for ow and rod solvers, respectively, makes then the simulation of the industrial process possible. For the boundary value problem of the rod we particularly suggest an adapted collocation-continuation method. Consequently, this work establishes a promising basis for future optimization strategies.
This work deals with the modeling and simulation of slender viscous jets exposed to gravity and rotation, as they occur in rotational spinning processes. In terms of slender-body theory we show the asymptotic reduction of a viscous Cosserat rod to a string system for vanishing slenderness parameter. We propose two string models, i.e. inertial and viscous-inertial string models, that differ in the closure conditions and hence yield a boundary value problem and an interface problem, respectively. We investigate the existence regimes of the string models in the four-parametric space of Froude, Rossby, Reynolds numbers and jet length. The convergence regimes where the respective string solution is the asymptotic limit to the rod turn out to be disjoint and to cover nearly the whole parameter space. We explore the transition hyperplane and derive analytically low and high Reynolds number limits. Numerical studies of the stationary jet behavior for different parameter ranges complete the work.


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The Web lit ablaze late Friday afternoon after Gawker's Adrian Chen outed the identity of infamous Reddit moderator Violentacrez, the intensely popular social new site's "creepy uncle" who we now know as 49-year-old Michael Brutsch of Arlington, Texas.
As Violentacrez, Brutsch created and cultivated Reddit's ghastliest "subreddits," or communities devoted to a single topic, including one called "Jailbait" that featured barely legal photos of underage girls, many of which were swiped from personal Facebook accounts. Another revolved around pictures of dead children. Rape, incest, domestic violence, misogyny, racism — the intentionally detestable communities Brutsch brought to life are as vile as the law currently allows. And the vast Reddit community, true to its label as a bastion of free speech and online privacy, largely defended Brutsch's right to anonymously rile and disgust anyone with sensitivities who paddled into his wretched wake.
So it should come as no surprise that Reddit's collective reaction to Chen's article has been a violent one. Dozens of subreddits, including the hugely popular "Politics" and "TodayILearned" communities, have banned all links to Gawker Media articles based on the argument that Chen's article violates the strict Reddit rule against revealing users' personal information, a practice known on the Web as "doxxing."
"As you may be aware, a recent article published by the Gawker network has disclosed the personal details of a long-standing user of this site," wrote a TodayILearned moderator, "an egregious violation of the Reddit rules, and an attack on the privacy of a member of the Reddit community."
The irony of banning one kind of free speech — Gawker articles — to protect the ability of Reddit users to engage in free speech themselves is lost on no one except, perhaps, the Reddit community itself. As Chen so concisely put it, "Under Reddit logic, outing Violentacrez is worse than anonymously posting creepshots of innocent women, because doing so would undermine Reddit's role as a safe place for people to anonymously post creepshots of innocent women."
One could go mad attempting to untangle the knotty ethics here. Far more clear is the failure of Reddit's ability to successfully self-regulate.
Unlike, say, Facebook's staff, Reddit administrators take a famously hands-off approach to what does and does not fly on the popular social news site. Instead, this job is primarily left to unpaid moderators, the volunteers, like Brutsch, who create and regulate the subreddits that make up the big Reddit. Each subreddit is free to make its own rules for content, save the handful of site-wide polices, like the one against doxxing, to which all so-called redditors must abide.
Of course, this idea of self-regulation is not exclusive to Reddit — it lies at the heart of America itself. The political Right in American politics is, at its best, based around the idea that government should have as little power as possible to allow the people to police themselves. The political Left, which sees self-regulation as fundamentally weak, counters the ideal of self-regulation with calls for stronger government to safeguard against the pitfalls of people (or industries) failing to properly police themselves. It's Tea Party versus Occupy. Republican versus Democrat. Or, in this case, Reddit versus Facebook.
By standing firm for the rights of Brutsch/Violentacrez — rather than with the countless women and children whose pictures he posted for the grungy hordes of horny redditors — Reddit has made itself vulnerable to pressure from outsiders who see its policy of self-regulation as dangerously flimsy. Parents groups, politicians, law enforcement — all these and more could soon wage war against the free speech Utopia of Reddit.
This prophecy may sound outlandishly hyperbolic, but such is the natural process of society. We saw this cycle impose itself on the deregulated financial industry following the stock market crash of 2008. And chances are, we will see this happen with Reddit as well. Chen's article could prove to be Reddit's crash.
As a longtime redditor, I do not wish for this outcome. The Reddit community is a valuable one largely due to its devotion to free speech, online privacy, and the often vibrant content and commentary allowed by such an environment. Nor do I believe Reddit administrators can voluntarily ban the abhorrent (but legal) content so deftly selected by Violentacrez and his scummy ilk without sacrificing Reddit's fundamental worth.
This is exactly why the widespread ban on Gawker links is not just hypocritical, but another damaging failure of Reddit self-regulation. Yes, Chen violated Reddit's rules against revealing users' personal information. Fine. But nowhere in the rules does it say that sweeping bans on entire media companies is the due course of action for the existence of a pesky article or two. I hope, for Reddit's sake, that such a rule is never put in place.
What the Reddit community seems to forget is that the site has a built-in cleansing system, one that relies not on administrators or moderators, but on users themselves — up and down arrows that allow each redditor to "upvote" and "downvote" every post and comment on the website. Upvoted content rises. Downvoted content falls. Redditors would be wise to use the down arrow more often to prevent hideous content and users from defining the community. And if the Reddit community uses that power to downvote Gawker articles into the ground as well, so be it.
Had more redditors utilized the power of the up and down arrows to keep its underbelly from seeing the light of day, the community would not be in this mess. Chen would have had to find something else to write about. And Brutsch/Violentarez would still have his job and his anonymity.
Alas, that is not what happened. Reddit insulated itself in a wet blanket of righteous likemindedness. It used the up arrow haphazardly, pushing Violentacrez and his brand of filth into the spotlight, and eventually into the harsh glare of the public at large.
Thanks to Reddit's intrinsic system of self-regulation, however, the community has the power to avoid a repeat of this depraved, perplexing saga. But if it fails to do so — if redditors don't want to isolate users like Brutsch — then the community will suffer consequences imposed by a public that will be too blinded by the filth people like Brutsch promote to recognize the more important values Reddit stands for.


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I've been asking myself this question all the time. Let's say you are given a large set of time series data. Your task is to find out patterns that are meaningful or that you can use for future trend prediction.
The issue now is, how do you know for sure that the patterns you extract are valid, in the sense that they don't suffer from data snooping bias or a case of "torture-the-data-until-it-confesses"?
I can always test my hypothesis as new data comes in, but even if it can predict all the trends in the past, that doesn't mean that it will continue to do so in the future. No?


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EPA, D.C., Maryland Propose Regulatory Limits on Trash Dumping in the Anacostia
Release Date: 04/23/2010
Contact Information: David Sternberg (215) 814-5548
(PHILADELPHIA) April 23, 2010 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the District of Columbia, and the state of Maryland today announced a new Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) or "pollution diet" for trash in the Anacostia River. This makes the Anacostia only the second river in the country with a daily trash limit, and the first in the mid-Atlantic region.
Each year, hundreds of tons of trash and debris are washed into the Anacostia from stormwater runoff, not only creating a nuisance and an eyesore, but endangering birds, fish and other wildlife that ingest or become entangled in the debris.
"Today's action builds on the grass-roots efforts by local D.C. communities, which are transforming the Anacostia into a treasured community centerpiece," said Shawn M. Garvin, EPA mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator. "One of EPA's top priorities is partnering with communities, as well as state and local governments in making our urban rivers attractive places for recreation, education, and economic revitalization."
The federal Clean Water Act directs states to develop "pollution diets" for impaired water bodies, such as the Anacostia River. A TMDL establishes the amount of a pollutant, in this case trash, that a water body can assimilate without exceeding water quality standards. TMDLs provide the basis for establishing water quality-based controls, reducing pollution from both point and nonpoint sources and restoring the quality of water resources.
The District and Maryland both included the Anacostia River on their respective list of impaired waters due to excessive quantities of trash and debris in 2006. To complement this TMDL, the District and Maryland are developing innovative storm water permits for municipalities.
The District Department of Environment, and Maryland Department of Environment along with members of several non-governmental organizations have worked collaboratively with EPA to develop this draft trash TMDL for the Anacostia River. The agencies will be receiving comments from the public through May 18, 2010.
An electronic copy of the draft TMDL is available by visiting:
MDE Website: http://www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/WaterPrograms/TMDL/Pub_Notice/index.asp
DDOE Website: http://ddoe.dc.gov/ddoe/cwp/view,a,1210,q,494609,ddoeNav,|31007|.asp
In addition, DDOE, MDE and EPA will be holding a public meeting to answer questions and discuss the contents of the draft TMDL report. All are welcome to attend. The meeting will be held at:
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777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
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Over here, Brian McTaggart makes some predictions about the Opening Day roster. Click the link for full explanations, but it's as follows:
Catchers: Castro, Snyder
Infielders: Lee, Altuve, Johnson, Lowrie, Downs, Wallace
Outfielders: J.D. Martinez, Schafer, Bogusevic, Shuck, Buck
Rotation: Wandy, Norris, Happ, Livan, Weiland
Bullpen: Myers, Lopez, Carpenter, F-Rod, Lyon, Abad, Duke.
Notice a couple of things about this: Both Rule 5 picks (Marwin Gonzalez, Rhiner Cruz) are projected to go back to their respected teams. Also, Jordan Lyles and Jimmy Paredes are projected to go back to OKC for more seasoning. If true, that's a half-season of service time burned right the hell up.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Brian McTaggart guesses the Opening Day roster
3 comments:
Keeping Lyles and Paredes on the big league roster now doesn't do anything to fix the mistake of Wade rushing them to the majors last year. A half season for Lyles and a full season for Paredes in AAA is probably for the best.
- March 22, 2012 at 8:54 AM
From purely a time standpoint it was a waste for Lyles and Paredes to play last year. However, giving those 2 young guys a taste of the majors and a goal to work for should be incentive for them to work their tails off and to work at being the best. I actually think it could be a great motivational tool...
- March 22, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- Denny Ingles said...
I'm actually liking the look of that roster. Bullpen could use a little tweaking.
- March 22, 2012 at 9:22 AM
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August 21, 2008
Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
Wabash College is pleased to announce the Visiting Artists Series and Theater events for the 2008-2009 year.
In 2008-2009, seating for Visiting Artists Series and Theater events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required for the programs.
Tickets for Fall Semester events will be available Monday, September 1, 2008. Tickets for Spring Semester events will be available Monday, January 19, 2009.
Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at email@example.com or phone: 765-361-6411. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Theater and Visiting Artists events. Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
The Visiting Artists Series presents Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra
Thursday, September 11
8 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
The Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra brings together full-time professional musicians from throughout Indiana and plays everything from historical big band jazz and swing band repertoire to new jazz compositions. The late great jazz trombonist J. J. Johnson called the BWJO "a marvelous band with exceptional soloists and some of the most creative and satisfying writing I've heard."
Wabash College Theater presents The Inspector General
by Nikolai Gogol
October 8-11
8 p.m., Ball Theater
When the corrupt mayor of an unimportant Russian town discovers the Tsar has sent a government inspector to examine the local bureaucracy, the panic-stricken town officials set about wooing a mysterious stranger who has just taken residence at the inn. They offer the stranger food, drink, bribes, and the mayor's daughter to influence his report, only to fine out the supposed inspector is a penniless con artist. In this 1836 farce, Gogol holds up to ridicule everything rotten in Russia.
The Visiting Artists Series presents San Francisco Mime Troupe (CANCELLED)
Wednesday, October 22
8 p.m., Ball Theater
The San Francisco Mime Troupe, winner of three Obie Awards and the coveted Tony Award for Excellence in Regional Theater; creates socially relevant theater of the highest quality. Using comedy to entertain and provoke, these theatrical artists make you laugh at the absurdities of contemporary life while looking at some of the burning issues of our time. Performing everywhere from public parks to palaces of culture, SFMT's trademark style draws from all genres of theater, uses larger-than-life characters, and features live music.
The Visiting Artists Series presents David Porter plays Ives
Sunday, October 26
4 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
The distinguished liberal arts scholar David Porter will perform Charles Ives's Concord Sonata, one of the most challenging works in the entire piano repertoire. Equally at home lecturing on Greek tragedy and performing piano masterworks, Porter will begin the lecture-demonstration based on Ives's own Essays Before a Sonata. For nearly 40 years Porter has championed this Ives masterpiece, which at its premiere was hailed by the New York Herald Tribune as "the greatest music composed by an American."
Wabash College Theater presents Studio One-Acts
November 5-6
8 p.m., Experimental Theater
The Studio Once-Acts productions provide opportunities for theater students to showcase their skills. These projects emphasize the importance of the collaborative creative process and demonstrate the Wabash College Theater Department's belief that powerful and imaginative theater can thrive in productions of limited scale.
The Visiting Artists Series presents Opus 21
Monday, November 17
8 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
Opus 21's six accomplished musicians believe that great music is without boundaries. They challenge the notion of what constitutes acceptable repertoire for a serious music concert by presenting works from different genres, including contemporary classical, jazz, pop, world music, and works which fall in hard-to-define categories. Marked by exuberance and energy, a concert by Opus 21 is an "event"—a serious art music experience with an informal atmosphere.
The Visiting Artists Series presents Takacs String Quartet
Wednesday, February 18
8 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
One of the world's premiere string ensembles, The Takacs Quartet is known for gripping musical interpretations and innovative programming. Performing in 80 concerts a year worldwide, the quartet presents both familiar master-works and newly commissioned compositions. "The Takacs have the ability to make you believe that there's no other possible way the music should go, and the strength to overturn preconceptions that comes only with the greatest performers."—Gramophone magazine
Wabash College Theater presents The Pillowman
by Martin McDonagh
February 18-21
8 p.m., Experimental or Ball Theater
With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and there similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art." The Pillowman [is] thorough starting and genuinely intimidating."—Chicago Tribune
The Visiting Artists Series presents Indiana University Baroque Orchestra—Hypermnestra
Sunday, February 22
3 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
Based on an ancient Greek myth, the opera Hypermnestra by Mozart's older friend Ignaz Holzbauer premiered in Vienna in 1741. Rediscovered and edited by Wabash Professor Lawrence Bennett, the opera spins the tale of a young woman compelled to choose between loyalty to her father and love for her future husband. Performing on period instruments (instruments restored to their original specifications, or copies of original 17th- and 18th-century instruments) the Baroque Orchestra and star singers from Indiana University will given an authentic performance of this once-lost masterpiece.
The Visiting Artists Series presents Ensemble Chaconne
Wednesday, March 25
8 p.m., Salter Concert Hall
Known for its dramatic period-instrument concerts of Renaissance and Baroque music, Ensemble Chaconne will be joined by mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal in Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays. The concert provides a rare view of the music that Shakespeare's audiences would have heard, written by composers of his day. Among the many selections are songs from As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, and Macbeth (in which Dellal portrays three witches in one song!).
Wabash College Theater presents The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
April 15-18
8 p.m., Ball Theater
Set in the airless drawing rooms of turn-of-the century England, Earnest is a comedic assault upon a moralizing, prudish Victorian society. Jack and Algernon, both young gentlemen of quality, have created alternate identities for themselves in order to escape social constraints. In doing so, they set in motion a sequence of misunderstandings that illuminate the hierarchies and hypocrisies of modern life, then and now. A bouquet of cleverness, irony, and absurdity, this "trivial comedy for serious people" is as Wilde's contemporary Max Beerbohm had it, "beautiful nonsense."


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Chad Suicide — Suicide Girl of the Day
Chad is a 23-year-old model from the UK who has a crush on Megan Fox.
NAME: Chad Suicide
LOCATION: United Kingdom
OCCUPATION: Model
CURRENT CRUSH: Megan Fox
GETS ME HOT: Anything
FAVORITE POSITION: A nice variety, I like to mix it up.
INTO: Making art and getting naked.
MAKES ME HAPPY: Happy people.
MAKES ME SAD: Upset people and people leaving.
5 THINGS I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: My family, friends, phone, laptop and FOOD!
VICES: Tequila, pizza and new shoes!
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to becomeSuicideGirls.


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Sunday, March 18, 2007
13 Comments:
- dschalek said...
Good album covers. I also liked Yes' early album covers, as well.
- Allyson said...
I prefer the second cover (I like the eyes). Asia had some good tunes back in the day.
- David Amulet said...
LOVE THEM. Roger Dean is one of the best cover artists ever. Alpha is particularly vivid.
-- david
- aXe mAn said...
I also like both of them.
But, i am a little partial to the 1st one!
But they both are cool.
- bonjourtristesse said...
I like 'em both, but I always for some reason consider "Tshirt Adaptation Awesomeness". I think the Alpha would look more striking on a 3/4 sleeve! Great blog, Metal Mark!
- said...
I'm a big fan of Roger Dean's work. Great covers. I like the stuff that he did for Yes.
- Jeff said...
While I love the members of Asia I can't say that I love Asia's music but their album covers are phenomenal. I don't think any band had better album covers than Asia...
- Metal Mark said...
I like both covers, but probably the second one a little more. Being a sci-fi fan I like the futuristic buildings.
- DPTH International said...
I'd have to say that I like both equally. That look is cool and very stylized. I've always liked
the Yes covers so these are no surprise.
- BeckEye said...
I always loved that first Asia cover. So cool. Not better than Kansas' Point of No Return though! I was fascinated by that cover when I was a kid.
- :P fuzzbox said...
I liked the self debut better but they are both awesome in my opinion.
- Ray Van Horn, Jr. said...
I've always loved them both.
- Holy Diver said...
They're both good covers. Put a dragon there and it could be a Blind Guardian album.
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Embedded Debian Project
Welcome to Emdebian.org. The Embedded Debian Project is making Debian GNU/Linux a mainstream choice for embedded projects.
- About Emdebian
Debian's multiarchitecture support, vendor independence, social contract and huge software base make it an attractive choice for all sorts of systems, but the main distribution is very much aimed at systems with at least desktop resources (big hard discs, plenty of memory). Embedded Debian has tried to strip Debian down to be a much smaller system whilst keeping all the good things.
Status of Emdebian distributions
As of July 2014, updates to the Emdebian distributions ceased. There will be no further updates and no further stable releases.
What changed?
The availability of devices without expandable storage became too small to sustain the amount of work required to prepare the distribution. Any device capable of using an SD card has more than enough storage to run a standard Debian distribution.
What about low resource machines?
Emdebian is based on Debian and therefore uses Debian packages. Some Emdebian installations did make lower demands on the machine hardware but this was be because the Emdebian installation selected packages already in Debian that were intended for such purposes. Those packages have mostly been removed due to lack of activity upstream and a lack of suitable devices.
An old PC with a reasonably large hard drive (or a capacity to use a modern multi-gigabyte hard drive or other media) was not likely to benefit from Emdebian.
What does Emdebian provide?
Prebuilt toolchains to build for arm, armel, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc using a variety of gcc-3.3, gcc-3.4, gcc-4.0, gcc-4.1, gcc-4.2, gcc-4.3 and gcc-4.4 compilers. See the search page for more information.
Smaller packages - LWN have a review which covers some of the background on Emdebian distributions.
Emdebian Grip - binary-compatible with Debian
Complete repositories of packages for various architectures, based on coreutils and perl. Support for standard Debian tools like debian-installer. No functional changes compared to Debian. Support is available for i386, amd64, powerpc, armel, armhf, mips and mipsel. Unofficial Debian ports for powerpcspe and sh4 are available for unstable.
Emdebian Grip 1.0 (based on Debian 5.0 "Lenny") is already in widespread usage as well as Emdebian Grip 2.0 (based on Debian 6.0 "Squeeze"). Binary compatibility means that each suite of Emdebian Grip is as close to the stability of the equivalent Debian suite as possible.
Emdebian Grip stopped receiving updates at Emdebian Grip 3.1 (based on Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy 7.1).
Emdebian Grip can support building packages and can be installed as a simple migration from Debian in the normal ways, although as Debian continues to update beyond Wheezy, this is likely to become harder. A recommended way to install Emdebian Grip 1.0 is to use the Debian Lenny or Squeeze installer to install a Debian base system and use pre-seeding to migrate to Grip during the installation process. Subsequent versions also work with the Debian Installer or with multistrap.
Emdebian Crush - cross-built, customised Emdebian installations without perl
Only available for ARM, based on Debian 5.0 Lenny.
Busybox based root filesystem and packages to support the G Palmtop Environment based on GTK+2 or any workable package selection in-between. Kernels and kernel modules are not provided directly but support exists to add custom kernels to the installation tarballs.
Certain packages were heavily modified and cross-built - functional changes therefore exist between Emdebian Crush and standard Debian.
Emdebian Crush does not support building packages on Crush itself, all work to develop packages for Crush must be done on a normal Debian machine. There is no migration path from Debian to Emdebian Crush.
Installations of Emdebian Crush require significant user involvement, images will not generally be available for direct download. Instead, each installation is customised from the available package set using the multistrap package.
All development on Crush has ceased, there will be no further releases or updates of Crush.
Debian packages continually updated for cross-building using the Emdebian toolchains.
Root filesystem generation is based on multistrap package.
Preconfigured root filesystems for devices which do not need to be upgraded.
Embedded Debian is currently very much a work-in-progress: plenty of people are already using Debian in their devices and systems, but there is huge potential to make doing this easier. We already have tools, toolchains and a root filesystem, but more work is needed to have full distributions ready to build or download. Anyone with an interest in this area is very welcome to help.
[17 Nov 2014] Emdebian Grip Server Downtime
[25 Oct 2014] Jessie Multiarch cross-toolchains available
[13 Jul 2013] Emdebian Grip halted
[15 Jun 2013] Emdebian Wheezy-Grip updated to 3.1
[04 May 2013] Emdebian Grip 3.0 (based on Debian 7.0 "wheezy") released
[24 Feb 2013] Emdebian Grip Squeeze updated to 6.0.7
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Python attacks and kills 60-pound Siberian husky
Wildlife officials are expanding search efforts to eradicate African rock pythons in a Florida county.
Wildlife officials are expanding efforts to find and eradicate African rock pythons in Miami-Dade County after a 10-foot-snake strangled a 60-pound Siberian husky.
The python killed the dog, named Duke, in minutes.
The snake was killed and is being sent to the University of Florida for a necropsy, said Carli Segelson, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
Last month, a rock python made headlines after killing two sleeping boys in Canada.
"Why worry? They don't belong here, and they are absolutely huge," said Kenneth Kyrsko, a herpetologist at the University of Florida. "These are 15-foot snakes over 150 pounds. Do you want one of those living in your backyard?"
There is a growing effort by the FWC and other agencies to find and get rid of the species.
Forty-one African pythons have been captured and killed in the area, Kyrsko said.
"They didn't float over here from Africa," Kyrsko said. "Someone had them as a pet and released them."
A big concern for wildlife officials is if the pythons begin to reproduce beyond the point where they can be controlled.
"They live right up against residential neighborhoods," Kyrsko said. "Anyone who is missing their dog or cat, it probably was eaten by an African rock python."
The African rock python is a little bit more aggressive than the Burmese python, which is well established in southern Florida.
"Most likely we will euthanize them all," Segelson said. "We don't relocate them, we don't make an effort to find a new home for them. They are non-native, and we want to remove them."
Segelson said the pythons pose a problem for citizens and native wildlife.
"Because they are not native, the other species are not equipped to deal with them," she says. "Florida has a lot of protected species, and these snakes can prey upon small animals, reptiles and birds."
In the Everglades, state and federal agencies have spent millions of dollars addressing threats posed by pythons, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.
The Humane Society documents 17 people who have died in incidents in the USA related to the snakes since 1978, 12 of them since 1990. Snakes have also killed a number of pet cats, chickens and turkeys, a Humane Society report says.
"It's rare, but the deaths that we see are usually in the home from pet snakes that have escaped from their enclosure," said Craig Martin, chief of the Branch of Aquatic Invasive Species at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "There are very few instances of that happening in the wild to a human."