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Cumberland Valley National Bank & Trust Company, East Bernstadt, Kentucky, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The items are reportedly associated with e-bay and other Internet purchasing scams.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 042104825, which is assigned to Cumberland Valley National Bank & Trust Company. The items are dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks and have a "VOID" background when copied. The counterfeit items display the following security feature statement embedded in a darkened top border with rounded corners: "THIS CHECK IS VOID WITHOUT A BLUE & BURGUNDY BACKGROUND AND AN ARTIFICIAL WATERMARK ON THE BACK – HOLD AT ANGLE TO VIEW."
Authentic cashier's checks are green and have a white background. They display the following security feature statement embedded in the darkened top square-cornered border: "THE FACE OF THIS DOCUMENT HAS A COLORED PANTOGRAPH." The following statement is embedded in a darkened bottom border: "WARNING: DO NOT ACCEPT THIS DOCUMENT UNLESS YOU CAN SEE A GHOSTMARK ON THE BACK WHEN HELD AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE LIGHT."
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Joe Schenkenfelder
Alternate Contact:
Karen Greene
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-4004, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to firstname.lastname@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's website at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2008/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
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NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: email@example.com).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
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A: "Babylon 5" was closer in that it understood that there is no air in space and you don't bank. But even on that show, the ships would be under thrust, and then they decide to go back the way they come, they would spin around and almost immediately start going in the opposite direction. That doesn't work. They ignored the fact that acceleration is cumulative. But I do like that they can rotate in flight and fire sideways. "Babylon 5" and the new "Battlestar Galactica" are far and away the best in trying to portray vector physics. There are a lot of problems with the way they do it, but I'm willing to give them an A for effort.
Q: Which are the most realistic sci-fi movies in portraying space warfare?
A: There isn't any show that does a really good job across the board. Some do better at different parts. For example, the new "Battlestar Galactica" is probably the best at depicting life on board a ship. That ship is very spacious compared to a U.S. Navy warship, but the inside of it looks correct. One of my all-time favorite TV shows is "Star Trek," especially "Star Trek: The Next Generation." But one thing that drives me crazy is that on Star Trek, you're either on watch or off duty, when a real naval officer has a whole other job, such as being a department or division head. So he's constantly doing paperwork. Most shows don't get that right at all.
Q: And the worst shows for realistic space warfare?
A: There are so many that are so bad. "Star Wars" is probably the worst. There is no explanation for why X-Wings [fighters] do what they do, other than the source material is really Zeroes [Japanese fighter planes] from World War II. Lucas quite consciously copied World War II fighter combat. He basically has said they analyzed World War II movies and gun camera footage and recreated those shots. "Battlestar Galactica" has other issues. One thing I have never understood is why the humans didn't lose halfway through the first episode. If information moves at the speed of light, and one side has a tactically useful FTL [faster-than-light] drive to make very small jumps, then there is no reason why the Cylons couldn't jump close enough and go, "Oh, there the Colonials are three light minutes away, I can see where they are, but they won't see me for three minutes?" C.J. Cherryh's novels address this a bit with the idea of "longscan," where you predict where they are going to be, but you might not know for some period of time what they actually did.

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Corsicana — Betty Ruth Miller, age 77, of Dawson passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 in Waco at Hillcrest Baptist Hospital. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 at Corley Funeral Home. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2013 at Hamilton-Beeman Cemetery in Retreat. Services arranged by Corley Funeral Home in Corsicana.


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Entertainment behind the scenes
Web video viewership up, but where's the cash?
Viewership of online videos has continued to rise, as the Nielsen Company showed in a study released this week. As everyone knows, the online video market is far short of delivering solid profits for media and entertainment companies, but one analyst expects the market to reach a critical mass in 2011.
U.S. Web users spent an average of 212 minutes watching online video in the month of July, an increase of 42 percent compared to the year before, the Nielsen study said. The latest spike in online video viewing for July also marked a 12 percent increase over the month before.
Time spent watching YouTube.com, a division of Google Inc was up 39 percent. At Hulu.com, a website owned in part by NBC Universal, Fox Entertainment Group and ABC network, time spent watching online video was up 34 percent.
The numbers are encouraging for websites that show and produce online video, but the industry has been largely unable to generate profits because of low advertising rates and consumer reluctance to pay for content.


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Last night at the Democratic debate, the crowd made its displeasure very clear when Clinton refused to let the Obama plagiarism canard go, quipping "it's change you can Xerox". Then at the end of the debate, she very powerfully emphasized that she was "absolutely honored" to be on the stage with Obama. I believe that …
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Feb 21 2008
Slavery And The Senate
The Senate was created to protect slavery. Over the last few months, I have heard this assertion independently from people I consider knowledgeable progressives. It isn't surprising that progressives aren't happy with the Senate right now. There are, indeed, aspects of how the Senate is constituted and how it operates that currently act to impede …
Feb 20 2008
Mainstream Media Scumbags Sucking Right-Wing Dick For A Change
In a recent speech, John St. McCain said the following: The war in Iraq was part of the fight against Islamic extremism, the greatest evil, probably, that this nation has ever faced. As Earth-Bound Misfit rightly points out, there may be a few other serious fucking candidates for "greatest evil, probably, that this nation has …
Feb 19 2008
Driftglass Fucking Nails It
Driftglass had quite a bit to say yesterday about right-wing screeching over telecom immunity for felonious and unconstitutional spying on American citizens. As usual, he nails the motherfucker, and his entire post is well worth a read. I want to comment, however, on one of his remarks in particular: The remnants on the leadership caste …
Feb 18 2008
Dems Provide Ammunition For Right-Wing Fuckery (Updated)
From the AP just now: Top advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of plagiarism Monday, the latest effort by her campaign to undermine the Illinois senator's credibility. Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson, during a conference call with reporters, pointed to a speech Obama delivered at a Democratic Party dinner in Wisconsin …
Feb 16 2008
PhysioProf's Saturday Song Festival
Hanging around in Kent. Yeah, the guitar solo is fucking boring.
Feb 16 2008
Friday's Shorter George Bush
George Bush to Congress: If you don't become complicit with me in violating the 4th Amemndment, there is going to be a double-9/11, American citizens are going to DIE, DIE, DIE!!!!!!!!! at the hands of the Islamofascist hordes, and it'll all be all your fault. It's nice to see that finally the vast majority of …
Feb 14 2008
Ridiculous Members of Congress Reach a New Fucking Low
Miek and Mike in the Morning, a very popular daily syndicated sports talk show on the ESPN Radio network, had a lot to say this morning about the Congressional hearing before which superstar baseball pitcher and accused user of performance enhancing drugs Roger Clemens and former trainer and accuser Brian McNamee appeared yesterday. Let's just …
Feb 13 2008
Poverty Of Imagination
Apparently, Sports Illustrated has decided to create a Web site devoted to their "swimsuit" issue. According to Salon's Machinist, this site will host every photograph from the print magazine, as well as plenty of additional "content", including videos. The swimsuit models are extreme outliers in terms of body composition, shape, and size, and the entire …
Feb 12 2008
All I'm hearing in the shitstream media about the Democratic nomination is the goddamn motherfucking Superdelegates. And what's worse is that even Democrats are acting like naive stupid idiots and propagating ideas that are favorable to the right-wing. Jesus H Christ! Enough already!


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10th Dec 2010, 22:49
If your 2001 Nissan Sentra GXE 1.8, is hard to start in the mornings when it's cold, it's your throttle body that needs cleaning, and also your idle air control valve.
Also, I bought a new battery with 600 cold cranking amps, that solved my problem. I hope this will help anyone with this problem.


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|I've been looking for a 42" French Door built in for custom panels.
Everyone says the KitchenAid is the only french door but now I see Jenn-Air has one and it is fully integrated. On the KA you see the hinges as there is not zero clearance to open the doors. (or something to that effect?)
Is JA & KA the same company? Are JA fridges any good? : )
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|JA & KA are both made by Whirpool.
The JA built in Fridges have been rated #1 for reliability by readers that have responed to Consumer Reports surveys.
I've had one for > 5 years and it has been trouble free.
Good luck with your pending decisons.
- Posted by MichelleDT (My Page) on Thu, Feb 9, 12 at 12:23
|I am revisiting my decision on the SubZ and looking at the JA and KA too. I will be following this post for new information.
|I'm considering the KA 42" french door. Will look at the JA now also.
|OK , it took a while, but I finally found it!
The Jenn-Air fridges are made in Ft Smith Arkansas.
Click the link below to see.
Here is a link that might be useful: Where appliances are made.
- Posted by 2LittleFishies (My Page) on Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 10:10
|Thanks, Gary! I love that it unlike the KA it's fully integrated. Also seems to be more expensive! Of course.
|I am not looking to start a war here but you guys need to be aware that those units ARE NOT fully integrated !!!
JA is flat out fudging the truth on their website and in the literature. They are not the first to have this "flush design and concealed hinges" nor are those "exclusive" to them.
Furthermore, the design is such that your cabinet's toekick cannot be placed in front of the the unit's so as to achieve a seamless one piece or "fully integrated" look.
Additionally - if you want this look - you are going to have to order a custom overlay kit in order to have that flush panel look. Be sure your appliance person orders it as it's not included or readily apparent that you even need it.
DOn't mis-read me, I like these fridges in the abstract. I do not like mis-leading advertising - glossing over a feature that could be really important to a designer or end user just so a company can invite themselves to the party when they aren't properly dressed. Coupled with the price , I find this a difficult sell compared to the other players that are "fully integrated".
Choice is almost always a good thing though.
- Posted by 2LittleFishies (My Page) on Sat, Feb 11, 12 at 12:11
|Hmmm. Thanks for that! So maybe sticking with the KA and exposed hinges would be better. I don't know what to do!
- Posted by SueTodd0901 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 23:13
|We are currently in the planning stage of remodeling our kitchen. My husband wants the true fully integrated French door/freezer on bottom. Our research indicates we have two choices: 36" Sub Zero Model BI36UFD or 42" Jenn-Air Model JF42NXFXDW Overlay. We currently have a freestanding 36" French door Kenmore Elite. I've read reviews indicating reliability problems with the JA. I've also been told that if repairs are needed on the SZ, it takes about a month to get an appointment as they only allow SZ employees to make repairs. All comments would be appreciated!
|bumping because I too and looking for a fully integrated (flush inset) 42" FD refrigerator but I was told by the appliance dealer that it wouldn't be fully integrated, meaning flush inset in his words. I think of fully integrated the same as flush inset. 2littlefishes - what did you end up getting?
- Posted by firsthouse_mp (My Page) on Fri, Dec 28, 12 at 0:43
|Bumping this up to see if anyone has purchased this 42" FD unit...
- Posted by beantownrenovator (My Page) on Mon, May 27, 13 at 13:31
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Steve Faktor, Contributor
I deliver daring ideas on growth, innovation & tech entrepreneurship
Why am I writing about Twitter at midnight? Even Ashton Kutcher is icing his iThumb at this hour. I'm chasing a brainstorm for my keynote at New Media Expo/Blogworld on Sunday. My talk is about the future of social currencies and the new economics of work. Since launching several successful loyalty services at MasterCard and American Express, I've been obsessed with deconstructing what motivates us. That's why social media and gamification are so amusing to me. They're a shiny new set of controls that can change – or exploit human behavior. But before drunkenly commandeering The USS Twitter, it's best to first meet its passengers. Like my 15 Faces of Facebook article last year, here is a deconstruction of Twitter – what it is, who uses it, and what motivates them. In future articles, I'll go deeper into tools to change both customer and employee behavior.
(Also check out my podcast on social strategies with Cirque du Soleil's Andy Levey)
Twitter is not what you think…
Twitter has 200 million active users, but is definitely not a social network. Though it looks social, it's more hyperactive than interactive. Of the billions of tweets sent, 71% get no response, only 36% are worth reading, and a majority is generated by a tiny fraction of users. Twitter is a personal announcement system that captures the collective pulse of a world screaming for attention – or revolution, or discounts, or Kanye. Twitter is a tiny, evolutionary step towards a "global mind". Making sense of that mind has spurred a gold rush of mind-readers trying to sell you shovels, pans, and a donkey. Of course, Twitter itself is evolving and like any analysis, this is a snapshot in time.
Who are the 10 Types of Twitterers?
Here is my deconstruction of the major behavioral groups on Twitter, what they do, and what they get out of it. The chart illustrates how a tiny population (bubble size) gets the greatest return (in followers) for each tweet. For each person they follow, the truly famous – or big spenders, have 25-500 following them.
Note: My analysis is based on stats from beevolve and proprietary sampling of about 25 random accounts in each category. (These are not representative, but directional. For segmentation purposes).
The three types of incentives to motivate Twitter users
There are three main types of value exchanges between parties within reward systems: tangible, perceived, and informational/data. On Twitter, some are more effective than others, depending on which user type you're dealing with.
To keep this post from getting any longer, you can sign up here and receive a detailed infographic next week, showing specific incentives for each of the three categories and 10 Twitter user types. (Similar to the one at the end of 9 Corporate Personality Types.)
While the act of tweeting has become simpler, the reasons why you should have not. Twitter could facilitate a revolution or it could save you $10 on flowers, but most discover a big, empty desert with a few oases. That means the Twitter crowd isn't particularly wise or diverse, yet. Until that changes, Twitter remains a tantalizing database with incredibly high bias and potential for flawed, unrepresentative analyses. So feel free to weaponize those incentives for existing Twitter users, but extrapolate at your own peril.
Steve Faktor is founder of IdeaFaktory innovation incubator, author of Econovation and global keynote speaker. He is the former Head of the American Express Chairman's Innovation Fund and ex-senior innovation executive at Citi and MasterCard. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ & email.
Love the post Steve, but really 72% of Twitter users are either fake, dead or protected accounts? Also, I think you missed a few types:
11. The Newsman: Always the quickest to report breaking news
12. The Evangelist: This annoying Hobbit has a habit of pushing out her own content. Middle Earth quickly unfollows her.
I also think you miss the point of Twitter – which for most users has replaced the Newspaper as the place to scan headlines. By following hashtags, they eliminate the noise from the chirpers and zero in on information important to their job that they can't find in traditional media.
Thank you for the article, it was informative and humorous. In addition, the humor supplemented the information as opposed to detract from it (a common error in the writing industry).
However, I do believe one type of user was missed:
The Silent Observer – This user follows accounts which holds an interest to them so that they may be informed of news or events which dabbles in those interests as they happen, but rarely – if ever – tweets or re-tweets.
These tips are helpful for people who are finally choosing to Tweet, as well as for those already using it, because it helps them see, more concretely, the brand-building power of the tool when one takes the time to see what role one wants to play, and to fully support and involve complementary others (like your stakeholders) in ways that resonate with them.
After getting that peek preview of Nestivity at Business Next in Vegas, I am looking forward to using it as a community-building tool.. and to getting your insights about roles in that context.
Also I look forward to learning more from you as your pithy, idea-packed approach is an apt match for our social age.
An entertaining read but it seems all ten of Mr Faktor's categories are worthless, deluded and wasting their time. Did I get that right?
Another factor you discuss is that Twitter has not yet reached maturity, correct? In your conclusion you say "That means the Twitter crowd isn't particularly wise or diverse, yet." The word "yet" means what? Do you think it will?
I very much agree with "Twitter has 200 million active users, but is definitely not a social network. Though it looks social, it's more hyperactive than interactive." However, it is social for those who have been clever and/or persistent in intentionally creating a community.
Enjoyed your article and comments.
Here was my take on who comes to a twitter class:
1. Reluctant but curious. .. don't have time but want to know what others find useful.
2. Want to be a minimal user, lurk, read what is there, and get out quickly.
3. Want to tweet my events/ business to get people to do something…..
4. Engage and interact with others who use twitter.
5. Be an expert. Know about Twitter sneakiness. Milk it for everything.
6. I don't care about the twitters, but it is a job and I twitter for lots of people who don't want to do it themselves.
I don't see myself reflected in any of these categories…
Best. Twitter. Article. Ever. (I may even Tweet about it)


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|From the HSLDA E-lert Service:
Home School Legal Defense Association
HSLDA's Homeschooling Thru High School Newsletter -- May 2010
HSLDA's Homeschooling Thru High School Newsletter
May 2010 -- The Lowdown on AP, CLEP, and Dual Enrollment
---[ Summer Film Camps, July 18th to August 1st 2010 ]----------------
Epicenter Pictures is offering vocationally focussed film camps from
July 18th through August 1st 2010. The camps have been designed by
Christian industry professionals for high school students, and are
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levels, so each student leaves with knowledge and a well made
portfolio piece.
Dear Friends,
Homeschool parents know how important it is to stretch available
dollars as far as possible. Two for one deals (such as earning both
college and high school credit for the completion of one course) or
saving tuition dollars by testing out of certain courses are
attractive options for homeschooled teens.
Some teens--but not all--may be up to the challenge of working hard
and possibly earning college credit for coursework completed during
high school. If your teen is not yet ready for these advanced courses
and testing opportunities, don't feel badly or think that your
teaching is substandard. The Lord created each of our children with a
variety of talents and abilities, and teens should not be encouraged
to take courses that they are not prepared to successfully complete.
(You may want to reread one of the past newsletters entitled, "Eureka!
Average to the World but Special and Unique to God.")
On the other hand, if your teen is capable and motivated, you may want
to explore ways to maximize your dollars through completion of
Advanced Placement courses and tests, CLEP, or dual enrollment
courses. Let's take an in-depth look at these various ways of earning
college credit while in high school.
Advanced Placement Courses and Tests
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in more than 30 different
subject areas. These rigorous courses are taken in high school but
taught on a college level. Because there are stipulations placed on
the content of the courses, we direct you to the College Board website
for their helpful information.
In addition to covering the subject material in a yearlong or
semester-long class, the student prepares to take the AP exam
administered by the College Board on a specific date in May. If a
student scores well on this test, it is possible to earn college
credit. Each college determines which AP tests they will recognize,
and the minimum score necessary to earn credit. The College Board has
a list of colleges that accept AP test scores for credit on its
website. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8233
AP courses and related test scores are well-recognized by many
colleges as objective indicators of the student's ability to do
college level work. In addition, the grades and scores from these
courses will help to validate your parent-issued grades in the eyes of
college admission counselors. AP courses may be taught by the parent,
taken online, or through an outside instructor. In the curriculum
section of our high school website,
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8234, we offer a sampling of course
The designations, "AP" and "Advanced Placement" are trademarked by the
College Board and may not be noted on the transcript unless the course
syllabus has been approved by the AP Central Department of the College
Board. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8235 AP tests cover specific
material, so the instructor of the course should be aware of each
test's content in order to prepare the student well for the exam.
Because AP courses are challenging and time-consuming, most students
do not take more than two or three AP courses in any given year. You
may want to have your teen begin by taking just one AP course in order
to become familiar with the amount of work these courses require.
Due to the rigors of an AP course, when computing a grade point
average (GPA), the letter grade points are increased by one point. As
an example, an "A" in a standard course receives four points, but an
"A" in an Advanced Placement course receives 5 points resulting in a
"weighted" GPA.
Homeschoolers should contact the counselor's office at a local public
or private school to make arrangements for your teen to take an AP
test. Since not all schools proctor every AP test, it's best to check
with a school early in the fall to see whether or not the AP test your
teen requires will be ordered by it. Your teen will use a special
homeschool state code http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8236 , when
registering to take the AP exam so that his score is not reported in
the school's scores, but instead comes directly to you, the parent.
The College Board has additional tips for homeschooled students
wishing to take an AP test. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8237
One complaint of homeschoolers regarding AP courses is that the course
content is secular. If this is a concern to you, then you may want to
choose a course developed by an instructor that will bring a Christian
worldview to the material. Patrick Henry College Preparatory Academy
will offer such a slate of AP courses beginning fall semester 2010.
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8238 Members of HSLDA receive a
discount for each course.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
Another way to accumulate college credits economically is by taking
CLEP tests. While a typical 3-credit college course may cost upwards
of $400 and in many cases significantly more than this, doing well on
a CLEP test may earn college credit with the cost of the test ($75)
being a great savings. It is advantageous for your teen to take the
CLEP test as soon after studying the course material as possible while
it is still fresh in his mind. There are many study tips and test prep
help available to students prior to taking a CLEP test.
http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8239 Each test is about 90 minutes
long and consists primarily of multiple choice questions.
Homeschoolers register directly with one of 1600 test centers to
arrange to take the test. To find a test center near you, visit the
College Board website. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=8240
The College Board site also provides a summary of the descriptions and
specific content for each of the 33 CLEP tests.
Before expending effort, study time, and money in taking CLEP tests,
be sure to contact the colleges your teen is interested in attending
to check if they accept CLEP credits, if there is a maximum number of
credits that may be earned through CLEP, and any other restrictions on
receiving CLEP credit. For example, Patrick Henry College accepts no
CLEP credits.
Dual Enrollment Courses
When a high school student completes a college level course at a local
community college or 4-year university, or completes a course online
through a distance learning program, the course is called a dual
enrollment course. The student typically receives both high school and
college credit for completion of the course. (See a more in-depth
explanation of dual enrollment credits in the Court Report article,
"Dual Enrollment: A Two for One Deal!")
Before enrolling your teen in a dual enrollment course, be sure to
assess whether he or she is ready to handle the work load. Does he
have good study skills? Is he mature enough to be in a class with
older students? Is she capable and motivated to handle the
responsibilities of a college level course? Remember that the grades
earned in dual enrollment courses will become part of your teen's
permanent academic record. Some colleges have a minimum age
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importance to assess your teen's maturity and academic levels before
venturing into AP, CLEP or dual enrollment territory. If your teens
are not ready for such courses, then know that not taking these
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who are military families. We are grateful for the sacrifices that
you make on a daily basis. We encourage everyone to keep these
families in your prayers.
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By CHRIS AGEE
The lone occupant of a recent vehicle rollover was taken via air ambulance to a Fort Worth hospital from the scene.
According to the reporting officer, the crash happened around 5:24 a.m., Thursday, in the 1500 block of N. Oak Ave.
Reports indicate Willis Sonny Archer, 64, was driving a 2007 Suzuki Grand Vitara near the intersection of North Oak and N.W. 15th Street.
There were no witnesses to the crash; however, investigators suspect Archer was driving southbound on North Oak prior to the incident.
Though unconfirmed, police believe Archer drifted into the oncoming lane and collided with a telephone pole, causing the rollover.
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Mark P. Mills, Contributor
I write about how technology, policy and economic reality intersect.
A recent AP story opens with a sobering line: "The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work." Opportunities are weak, the article notes, and those with 'soft' degrees are having the most trouble. Hardly news to the Millennial generation. And it's no comfort that their parents (count me amongst them) faced the same type of dire job market when they graduated.
We boomers didn't know it then, but good times were just around the corner. The burgeoning revolution of personal computing and the Internet (together with favorable government policies) unleashed several decades of growth that was bullish not just for the tech dweebs that built the revolution, but for the broad economic engine that the revolution unleashed. Intel, Microsoft, AOL, Oracle, Sun, Apple and others changed the world.
And it was not as if there weren't already big competing tech companies at that time, like IBM, HP, Digital Equipment, Burroughs, Sperry Rand, Control Data, Wang, and many others (many gone now). But much of the new hardware and software that made computing personal – - made it the domain of everyone — emerged from the new guys on the block. It fundamentally changed and expanded our economy creating growth and jobs across the board.
That was then. Can such a thing possibly happen again? You bet. Bear with me as we find the evidence in a specific company like Splunk.
Splunk [NASDAQ:SPLK], founded just eight years ago and expected to hit $100 million revenues this year, went public this past Thursday in a smoking hot IPO with its stock doubling that day giving it a market value of $3 billion. Splunk is amongst the first of many more such companies and IPOs yet to come, riding the wave of the Big Data revolution.
First, for those not daily surfing the techno-sphere, Splunk's magic sauce is that they are "Google for machine data." That's how Erik Swan, Splunk's CTO and co-founder, presciently described it in an interview. All machines and most especially the machines that comprise the entire information economy, generate staggering quantities of data about what they're doing. Data traffic is counted, logged, and categorized by all manner of machines in a network.
Consider what's under the hood of your screen right now. There is a nearly indescribable quantity of equipment, devices, connections, servers, routers, links, switches, microprocessors, drivers, illuminators and more working so that you can read some text on your screen. All of that equipment – times billions in the network – must work in concert, perfectly and constantly to render your screen. Much of that machinery is tracking and logging (or reporting) about it's own operations – not about the content per se, but about how the content is being managed.
Machine data about the Internet is growing at a faster rate than even the explosive growth of information on the Internet, the people data. And beyond the sheer quantity of machine data, there is the disordered nature of how it is generated, accessed and stored that makes control and forensics daunting. Splunk is about taking this kind of big data to an entirely new level of functionality, much as Apple [NASDAQ:AAPL] and Google [NASDAQ:GOOG] did in the previous two information revolutions.
The creation of intuitively simple systems/software that lets people manipulate structured data is what kicked off the first computing revolution. Accessible computing (think Apple's operating system, quickly copied by Microscoft [NASDAQ:MSFT) enabled the Internet to balloon, quickly growing into a massive domain. Then came the search engines to make sense of that vast landscape of unstructured information – Netscape, Yahoo, Explorer, Firefox, and Google.
The Google family of companies came up with entirely new software and search paradigms to make sense of the unstructured Web. There's no Dewey Decimal system for you to find a book on the Web. Everyone knows how easy it is to just "Google it" to find something on the Internet.
Splunk lets companies Google search what's going on under the hood of the Web in order to improve the operation of the Big Data machinery itself. For the machines that make the Net, and for machines in general, gleaning trends and seeing patterns in unstructured data is deeply useful for improving operations, reliability, costs, security and even safety. And, it is also profoundly useful for seeing patterns about what the humans using the machines are doing, planning and even thinking – what they're clicking on, how long, how often, etc.
Splunk's co-founder and CTO is Erik Swan, not Barton George.
As a Splunk customer, I can only conclude that the author has little idea what Splunk does.
Great article. I think the real challenge in the future will not be the effective aggragation and collection of the data. This will most likely be handled by highly specialized Big Data scientists. The real challenge is how to present the data and allow it to be mined and searched by left brain creative types in a simple and intuitive fashion, ultimately allowing them to connect the data in ways that even the data collectors didn't envison.
I hope we learn to actually respond creatively to what 'big data' tells us. I am struggling to understand what that means besides using data to wring every last drop of economic value out of any business or consumer relationship. Eg. "we CAN charge $27 dollars for movie ticket for Fridays in Manhattan, and enough people WILL pay it" or "charge 73 cents per text message if mobile users are over their limit, because the client is statistically unlikely to switch carriers, and may upgrade to a more profitable plan" or "we can go with a lower-quality, lower-cost supplier, and the cost in customer noise won't exceed the savings".
We can call it 'big data', but average schmoes add up all of these effects and it seems like there are some powerful and difficult to understand forces animating the unseen values of things. Which of course there are, as you point out.
The increasing ubiquity of things like RFID and wireless networks make possible some truly astonishing, dystopian scenarios. One too many wine or soda purchases and your premium silently upticks. You walk into a restaurant and the menu recognizes you and adjusts for your level of income. Advertising becomes so personalized that it seems to know what you want before you want it – because somebody on the back-end has tricked out some plausible algorithms related to want, algorithms which are right 94% of the time and are always getting smarter.
And you might say "that will never happen" but why not? Why would companies willingly restrain themselves, when this hasn't happened historically? Government (politicians) will of course attempt to legislate things such that they reasonable, equitable, and sane, but the best they can be is reactive. The genie is out of the bottle. Any attempt will likely distort things in favor of the politically connected incumbents.
Very provocative article Mark, but let's hear more details about where we are going with the creativity. Technology can also be very alienating, and another plausible scenario involves the spiritual descendants of the currently inchoate Occupiers, turned more towards Luddites, rejecting not only markets but technology.
This is one of the best pieces on machine data that I've read…sort of like Splunk…making the domain of the techies comprehensible by the rest of us.
Splunk is the well-known amongst several that specialize, but there will be more visible startups and there will be acquisitions over the next twelve months as more companies come to the realization that this is fundamentally disruptive to the general marketplace and software industry.
Where I see some of the biggest disruption appearing is in healthcare. We've mostly ignored system patterns since most types of data were never digitized or, when they were, were locked down in silos. In this domain, I suspect we don't know what we don't know.


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A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday afternoon in a political discrimination lawsuit against the University of Iowa law school.
Jurors could not reach a verdict on whether a conservative rejected for jobs at the law school was the victim of political bias. Teresa Wagner claimed liberal professors blocked her hiring because they despised her political views.
Wagner had worked for national groups that oppose abortion rights. She claims the opposition to her 2007 hiring was driven by a professor who helped draft the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
Jurors began deliberating Monday afternoon after a week-long trial, which was considered the first of its kind in academia.


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By Jason Elmquist
Stillwater NewsPress
STILLWATER, Okla. —
Stillwater High had a championship game to get into the championship game in the Brad Holt Memorial Tournament.
With Stillwater's game against Putnam City North deciding a spot in Sunday's title game against Ponca City, which had locked up a spot earlier Saturday by completing an unbeaten pool play, the game had a feel of a championship game.
"We set the tone in the locker room an hour before the game that we had to win this game, no doubt about it," Gage Hines said.
And with Sunday's championship on the line, Hines delivered for the Pioneers with a walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 victory.
The two teams were locked in a scoreless tie through the first four innings, with the SHS offense getting plenty of hits — collecting 10 for the game — but were unable to do much until the fifth inning.
Carson Teel, who was dominant on the mound, led off the inning with a triple down the right field line and was plated by the next batter, Ryan Hoecker.
Putnam City North tied the game in the top half of the frame, scoring an unearned run off of Teel. The Stillwater High left-handed ace went six innings, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out nine.
Hoecker, playing in Teel's normal position of center field, had an influential role in the seventh, as well, leading off with an infield single — beating out the throw to give the Pioneers a runner. The SHS center fielder advanced to second with a stolen base to set up Hines' heroics.
"Ryan's got great speed and he gave great effort. I felt that when the fielder took a little longer that (Hoecker) was going to have a chance," SHS coach Tony Holt said. "As soon as the guy took a little bit longer, with the ball necessarily not hit that hard, I knew we had a chance and ultimately put himself in position to get the winning run."
Hines had been hitless in three plate appearances, but facing a 2-0 count against Putnam City North starting pitcher Garrett Rogers, Hines delivered a shot into the right field gap.
The final play wasn't without drama, however. Hoecker didn't get a good read on the hit and held up between second and third before finally making a break for the final score — beating the throw by several steps.
"It kind of surprised me because I thought I hit it pretty good and it was in the gap. I got to first base and turned around, expecting to see all the teammates coming at me, but Hoecker was still trying to score," Hines said. "But he's one of the fastest guys on the team, so I knew he'd get there."
Though Stillwater had locked up a spot in Sunday's championship, the Pioneers still had to play another contest against winless Enid in the nightcap.
With the game having no bearing in the title tilt, the Pioneers were able to preserve pitcher Sam Kraybill for a likely start on Sunday. Instead, the Pioneers gave several pitchers the chance to face the rival Plainsmen in a 9-2 loss with Enid starting pitcher Matt Mills throwing a complete game with nine strikeouts to earn the win.
The situation set up the perfect championship game for the 22nd annual Brad Holt Memorial Tournament, which for the first time is being played by high school teams as opposed to American Legion baseball teams. The Pioneers will play rival Ponca City, which swept a doubleheader against SHS earlier in the summer, at 3 p.m. at Couch Park.
"Making it against PC just makes it better because we lost a doubleheader to them at their place earlier in the year and that was just a heartbreaker," Hines said. "We made it here last year to the title game and got unlucky. This year I think we can pull it out."
Ponca City 5, Sand Springs 4
Ponca City faced its toughest test in pool play action, having to rally to beat Sand Springs in extra innings for the first extra-inning affair of the tournament.
The Sandites scratched three runs across in the fourth inning with Austin Garnett getting a two-out, two-run double to put Sand Springs up 4-2. But Ponca City scored one run in each of the final three innings to edge the Sandites.
Joey Furber scored the game-winner in the top of the eighth with a double to center to plate Travis Nichols, who led off the inning with a single.
Ponca City 8, Piedmont 4
The Wildcats solidified its spot in the championship game by building off a big six-run first inning for their fourth win in the pool play part of the tournament.
After Piedmont scored two runs in the top half of the first, Ponca City responded with a six-run frame in which 12 batters came to the plate with only three hits being recorded. Piedmont's defense recorded three errors in the inning, with the Wildcats also drawing three walks.
Brian Wicker came up with an RBI triple in the inning, while Chase Kurtz closed out the rally with a two-out, two-run single to right.
Ponca City scratched two more runs across in the fourth with an RBI double by Nichols, followed by a double by Sam Flowers to plate Nichols.


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While I found the entire article to be ironic, my favorite line was a rhetorical question, in which the author asked "Who the f*** are you to actively work at taking away other women's right to make their own personal decisions about their uteruses?"
Ahhh yes…the ridiculous, age-old question of "legislating morality." But is that what the pro-life movement is actually doing?
Let's just look at this from a "feministic" point of view. Who are you, liberal feminists, to push for the murdering unborn girls who will turn into women someday? Gendercide is an epidemic, and not just in third world countries that have dowry or China where a strict one-child policy is enforced. This happens in America, too, where people choose to abort their babies because they are girls. I've written about this before.
Oh, the irony. As a commenter on this article so eloquently asked, "Isn't the entire idea of third-wave feminism based on the premise that a woman can be WHATEVER she wants, be it a business woman, a homemaker, a Democrat, a Republican, a construction worker, a sex worker -and someone who identifies as pro-choice OR pro-life? Who gets to define feminism?"
A great question indeed.
What feminists fail to realize is that through their emphasis on being pro-choice, anti-man, and pro-lesbian (which aren't touched on in the Jezebel article, but are other common feminist themes) they are destroying their movement. Without reproduction, liberal feminism as it is being pushed today is self-defeating. It can't perpetuate itself since feminists are killing and preventing the births of new ones. It demands the coercion of new feminists through the culture.


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SACRAMENTO — An advertising blitz against Proposition 37 has slashed support for the genetically engineered food labeling initiative on next month's ballot and may endanger its prospects for voter approval, a new poll shows.
Proposition 37, which once was ahead statewide by more than a 2-1 margin, still leads 48.3% to 40.2% in the poll released Thursday by the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy and the California Business Roundtable. Undecided voters accounted for 11.5%.


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Weatherford Democrat
— By BRIAN SMITH
A Weatherford building received a Texas State Historical Marker during a Friday ceremony.
The former Franco-Texan Land Company Building, located at 118 N. Houston St., was built in 1870 by J.R. Couts and was a staple in the banking community for a number of years, according to Brad Tibbitts with the Parker County Historical Commission. Couts was a businessman, banker and local philanthropist.
The building reportedly includes one of the original spittoons Couts used, according to current building owner Bob Glenn. Glenn and his wife bought the building in 2011 and took about a year to refurbish it. Tibbitts said the process for obtaining the historical marker took about 18 months.
Tibbitts said the building, which was the location of a number of banks over the years, helped "push development westward."
The building was also the offices of two-term governor and eight-term congressman S.W.T Lanham. Lanham was governor from 1903 to 1907.
It is at least the third state historical marker unveiled in the city over the last several months. Chandor Gardens and First Baptist Church recently had markers unveiled.
Parker County Judge Mark Riley said the renewed interest in the downtown area of Weatherford is heartwarming and the building marker will do wonders to remind Weatherford and Parker County residents of their history.
"Hopefully what the Glenns have done with this building will inspire other building owners to do the same," Riley said. "If we don't connect with our past, we will lose it."
Some historical touches were seen around the building, including fully regaled members of the Sons of the Confederacy. Glenn said he wanted to have an authentic vehicle from when the building was first built, but joked he couldn't get a mule and wagon.
Tours of both floors of the building and the renovation work were given following the 20-minute ceremony. In honor of the event, Weatherford Chamber of Commerce members hosted a ribbon cutting with a number of ambassadors and residents taking part.


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Advent wreath workshop
The Children's Ministry of United Church of Chapel Hill will lead an Advent wreath-making workshop for families at 10 a.m. in the church's Fellowship Hall, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill. 919-942-3540, unitedchurch.org.
Prison Books
Meet to send books to people in prison 1-4 p.m. Sundays at 621 Hillsborough Road, Carrboro. prisonbooks.info.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets 4-5 p.m. at Carrboro United Methodist Church, 200 Hillsborough Road. 919-448-7010.
Yoga Class
A yoga class for people new to yoga, in treatment for cancer, a caregiver or cancer survivor, is held 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. by the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program at Carolina Pointe II, 6011 Farrington Road. Cost is $5 per session. unclineberger.org.
Breastfeeding Group
Breastfeeding Cafe, an informal drop-in gathering of breastfeeding moms, is held 1-2 p.m. at the Red Hen, University Mall, 201 South Estes Drive.
Restorative Yoga
Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 5517 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., offers a free Restorative Yoga class for anyone affected by cancer 3-4:30 p.m. 919-401-9333.
Walking Group
A walking group for women age 55 and older will walk trails in Meadowmont at 3:30 p.m. 919-967-4054, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Canine Playtime
The Chapel Hill Small Dog Meetup Group will gather 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Southern Village Dog Park, 1000 Dogwood Acres Drive. For dogs under 25 lbs. firstname.lastname@example.com.
Discussion on Glenwood Elementary School
Parents of elementary school students are invited to talk about enrollment levels at Glenwood Elementary School at 6 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High School commons, 500 Weaver Dairy Road.
Divorce Support Group
DivorceCare, a seminar and support group offering information in a small-group setting for men and women experiencing divorce, will hold sessions 7-9 p.m. at Orange United Methodist Church. Book fee is $12, scholarships available. 919-942-2825, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gamblers Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7:30 p.m. at Amity United Methodist Church, 825 Estes Drive. 888-862-1298.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Carrboro United Methodist Church, 200 Hillsborough Road. 919-933-1355.
Nar-Anon, a 12-step program designed to help relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted relative or friend will be 8-9 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3638 Chapel Hill Road. 919-596-2915, nar-anon.org.
Knitting for Charity
Knitting for Charity, a needlework group that provides knitted and crocheted items for various charities, meets 1-2:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive. Bring acrylic yarn and knitting needles or crochet hook. 919-968-2780.
Residents 50 and up can register to play bingo 2-3:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. Call 919-918-7364.
Farmers' Market
The Fearrington Farmers Market at Fearrington Village on U.S. 15-501 South is held at 4 p.m.
'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'
Bull's Head Bookshop will host the annual English and Latin reading of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at 4 p.m. in the Student Stores at UNC. 919-962-5060.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets 6-7 p.m. at Evergreen United Methodist Church, U.S. 15-501. 919-933-1355.
Support Group
A UNC Comprehensive Cancer/UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Program for women ages 18 to 45 with breast cancer meets 7-8:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at Carolina Pointe II, 6011 Farrington Road, Suite 304.
Meditation 101
This class will introduce beginners to meditation 7-8:15 p.m. at Kosala Buddhist Center, 711 W. Rosemary St., Suite E, Carrboro. Walk-ins are welcome. For details, go to meditationinchapelhill.org or email Monica Heiser at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Support Group
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance support group meets 7:30-9 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. 919-428-6296.
Support Group
SMART Recovery sponsors a free recovery group for drinking and other addictive behaviors at 7:30 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. trianglesmartrecovery.org.
Pickleball games will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Community Center, 120 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill. Beginners are welcome. Loaner paddles and instructions will be provided. For information, email email@example.com.
Open Mic
The Sacrificial Poets present a community-wide open mic on the first Wednesday of every month, at 6:30 p.m. at Flyleaf Books, 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 919-942-7373, flyleafbooks.com.
Affordable Care Act talk
Learn about the Affordable Care Act 7-9 p.m. in meeting room A at the Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive. This is organized by the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties. lwvodc.org.
General Meditation Class
This class for anyone interested in Buddhist meditation will be held 7-8:30 p.m. at Kosala Buddhist Center, 711 W. Rosemary St., Suite E, Carrboro. The classes provide an introduction to Buddhist philosophy, psychology and meditation. For details, go to meditationinchapelhill.org or email Monica Heiser at email@example.com.
Winter Stories: Cold but Cuddly
Storytellers and musicians will entertain kids, starting with refreshments at 5 p.m. in the lobby, and the program at 5:30 in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room of the Wilson Special Collections Library at UNC. This is the 21st annual Friends of the Library Winter Stories program. Bring a new or gently used book to donate to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at the North Carolina Children's Hospital.
Nar-Anon is a 12-step program designed to help relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted relative or friend. It will meet 7-8 p.m. at Immanuel Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2102 South Alston Avenue. For details, call 919-383-4236 or visit nar-anon.org.
Chapel Hill Farmers' Market
The Chapel Hill Farmers' Market will be open 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday at 201 S. Estes Drive.
Carrboro Farmers' Market
The Carrboro Farmers' Market will be open 9 a.m.-noon in the Carrboro Town Commons, beside Town Hall at 301 W. Main St.
ClayWorks Guild Holiday Show and Sale
The ClayWorks Guild Holiday Show and Sale will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in University Mall near Southern Season, 201 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill. The guild will sell local pottery and sculpture by over 20 local artists. ncclayworks.org.
Really Really Free Market
The Really Really Free Market will be at 2 p.m. every first Saturday of the month at the Carrboro Town Commons. carrboro.com/reallyreallyfreemarket.
'It's a Wonderful Life'
A free showing of "It's a Wonderful Life" will be at 6:45 p.m. at Varsity on Franklin, 123 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill. The show is offered by the Community Home Trust. Tickets are available at the office at 104 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro. 919-967-1545, extension 310, email@example.com.
Senior Prom
The Orange County Department on Aging and the Hannah Ruth Foundation invite ages 55 and up to Senior Prom 7-11 p.m. at the Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. The theme is "an enchanted evening under the stars." Admission is free; registration is required. 919-968-2070.
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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo (28) pokes the puck from Anaheim Ducks right wing Kyle Palmieri (51) in the first period in Game 6 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series.
DETROIT (AP) — Henrik Zetterberg scored his second goal 1:04 into overtime, forcing a Game 7.
Detroit blew a two-goal lead in the last 3½ minutes of the third period, sending the team to a fourth OT in a series for the first time in franchise history.
Emerson Etem and Bobby Ryan scored 51 seconds apart late in regulation to pull the Ducks into a 3-3 tie.
Zetterberg, who scored a go-ahead goal 6:19 into the third period, had a shot to win it with about a minute left. But his shot hit the right post and slid across the crease.
Second-seeded Anaheim will host seventh-seeded Detroit on Sunday night in the deciding game.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal in the final second of the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 on Friday night.


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The first few scenes feature a truly obnoxious male character forcing himself on every female in sight. In addition, the same few scenes seem to feature the same couple over and over again. If they were different people we could not tell the differnce.
It may have gotten interesting later on , but we did not have the patience to try it for any longer.
Although this feature has a number of striking women, the vignettes are not very erotic. This is a collection of scenes of people going through the motions. It does not build any excitement.
This video has stunning sets, stars and settings. Shot in what would appear to be Venice, the exterior shots are interesting. The interior scenes are in what would appear to be lavish European residences.
The women are each very pretty and the production values very high. One nice aspect is that this is shot in a continuous fantasy style. There are no distractions between vignettes.
The only area where this video is wanting is that none of the stars ever seem to climax. But all in all, this is well worth renting or considering to purchase.
with such a large librbary of available choices, its hard to figure out whihc are the quality offerings. "eros", an extremely well done effort falls into the high quality cateogry. it proves to be quite arousing.
the story line is interesting, settings are lush and vignettes are varied from the typical sequence we find in many adult movies. there is great continuity from one scene to the next leading to a constant level of excitement.
there are two additional bonuses. first, the film avoids excessive profanity and secondly, the ladies don't wear clown shoes.
Marc Dorcel productions are usually a cut above the rest. In this video, the settings are wonderful, costumes great and some of the actors attractive while some less so.
This effort loses points for too much story line between vignettes and too much time spent on a lame story line.
Michael Ninn's video's lean toward the artistic side and as a rule, they are usually worth viewing. This one though seems to be artistic to a point of distraction. The video cutaways happen so often, at times that it is hard to know where we are in the sequence of events. This technique gets in the way of building excitement. We did not find this exciting.
This couples film is so artfully done that it was well worth the time. The costumes are creative and the vignettes varied sufficiently to maintain your interest.
Earlier reviews suggested that Aria is quite attractive. That is a valid point. Other than that, there is not much good to say about this video. There is no dialog, just incessant piano droning for want of a better word. Can't call it music. More like someone playing notes at random. It is extremely annoying.
The action does not build. It is simply touching. The scenes shif time sequence back and forth and frommonchrome to color. There is no discernable pattern as to what is fantasy or reality. If the producer can't make it consistent how are we supposed to figure it out.
All in all not a very arousing film
Typical of Marc Dorcel's efforts, this video features many exquisite women, interesting coupling combinations and erotic costumes. It is very erotic!
It is originally produced in French butdoes offer multiple language choices for voice-over.
This is well worth renting.
This video has only two things going for it: one. there is a common theme woven between the vignettes and two, the star is attractive and is the only person interested in the lovemaking.
On the flip side,
- the video quality at times is extremely low resolution
- the actors by and large do not seem very engaged. They are just going through the motions
- the chapter index does not include all of the chapter
It's hard to grasp why this got so many positive reviews.


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September 2012 Critical Windows and Adobe patches
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On September 11, 2012, Microsoft released important patches for Windows. Since last month's patch announcement, Adobe has released critical patches for Flash Player, Adobe AIR, and Adobe Photoshop.
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Having children is not going to end your life but it will profoundly change it. It sounds to me as if you are not ready for children and that you might never be ready and you know what? That's OK.
Would not having children be a dealbreaker for your boyfriend? Does he know how you feel? Have you sat him odwn and explained that there are things you want to do before having a baby? Could you find ways of working things in (like making your honeymoon your "real" vacation)?
Whatever you do, make your decision for you (not him) and be honest with your bf (no platitudes).
For me, I honestly feel that my life didn't really start until I had my son. Did I give things up? You bet. But I got so much more in return. It's hard work, but the most rewarding work I've ever done. It's fun at times and it's challenging at times. But I've always known that I wanted children. And I'm grateful every day that I've got him in my life. It's also changed my relationship with my husband. We were together for 10 years before my son came along. It was actually nice to shake things up a little! But we had plenty of time to grow together as a couple first.
Kids are not for everyone. Just becasue I love it doesn't mean you'll experience the same thing. Think it over carefully and as the previous poster said, don't do this to please your boyfriend. Do it because it's the right thing for you.
He knows how I feel but he doesn't understand it. He knows you make sacrifices but he thinks kids are just fun-- I can see how men could think that, but I don't think it's the same for women. He thinks we can still do all the stuff we want to do, that kids won't interfere with that, but I can't see how that's possible. I don't even see how we could possibly afford kids even if we never did anything for ourselves again, and since we'll be cut down at a crucial point in our careers, I don't see how we'd ever get out of that hole.
As for a honeymoon or whatever, we wouldn't do that because we'd need to save everything for having kids. I'm not even sure if we'd have much of a wedding, which makes me a little sad--it would just be something we'd kind of rush through to expedite having kids. I'd like to experience and savor these things, but I won't be able to on my boyfriend's timeline.
All I want is to start thinking about getting married, at a normal pace, have fun with that, live our lives, and work kids in when the time is right. But he is worried about my biological clock and says that's not being realistic for people our age.
I know it is ok not to be ready to have kids or to not want kids-- I think it is TOTALLY ok. He thinks so too, but I would have to do that without him. I've pretty much decided that I will try to have them eventually, but it is the timing and the loss of the things I want and the lack of natural flow that is killing me.
Please do not have children if you're being pressured in any way. This will not end well. You will remain resentful, you will split up, and the kids will suffer greatly.
It's presumptuous and frankly offensive for anyone to issue this "two children" ultimatum. What if you end up not getting pregnant? What if your 1st child isn't healthy? What if for medical reasons you shouldn't or can't have a second child? It is ridiculous to say "there will be two children and if not I am leaving this relationship."
I'm also wondering why there is no talk of marriage here. Committed enough to insist on two children, but not a lifetime together? Kids are not just playthings. If you two aren't on the same page here, this is not the time to have children.
If I can't get pregnant, which I see as a real possibility, we will adopt one or both. I have brought up the scenario where we could have one kid and plan on having another but circumstances change and it becomes what is not best for us, but he thinks this is extremely unlikely to happen and that it's just a way to waffle on my decision. He has been a little more willing to accept just having one kid, but still wants to do everything in our power to have two. I hope I am not painting too bad of a picture of him-- he has just always dreamed of having two children more than anything in the world, and it really is quite sweet. I respect that, and I am willing to be part of it, but I just don't think that you can plan and know everything so certain so far in advance. It is really a matter of a difference of philosophies.
One reason I can't know all this stuff so far in advance is that I really don't know what it would be like to have kids. I really want to know if I can still have my life. All my friends' kids are still babies and I don't have much exposure to what it's really like. Is there any possible way a person can find out? Has anyone ever written a book on the subject?
In terms of career, I can tell you that in the 3 years since my son was born, I've advanced my career significantly. I've found a way to balance work and life - but I can also tell you I'm exhausted every night when my head hits the pillow.
And it also depends on what you consider 'having your life'. Chances are, your life will need to change. My husband and I try to get out on a date night every other month or so....but it's tough to stick with that. But we also go out and do other things as a family...no longer can we just up and go to a movie of our choice. It's now a trip to the zoo, the aquarium or a screening of the latest Disney movie instead. Dinner out is at a family friendly restaurant, not the 5 star establishment in the big city. No longer can I decide on a Friday night to take off for the weekend - it takes planning and a lot of packing. It's different. For me, it's better. But it's not for everyone.
Don't make this decision just because your boyfriend wants it - it won't be good for you, your boyfriend or any kids that result.
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WSAZ) -- A Gallipolis man was arrested Monday after drugs, including heroin, were found in a home along Grape Street, according to information from the Gallipolis Police Department.
Joshua A. Stump, 23, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Officers served a search warrant at the home just after 4:30 p.m. Monday. They found heroin, marijuana, a large amount of cash and a gun.
Police say tips from residents helped lead them to the home. The tip line phone number is (740) 441-6020. Tips also may be left online at www.cityofgallipolis.com.


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Stena Troyer, a naturalist with Harbor WildWatch, will be the guest speaker at Wednesday's meeting of the South Sound chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. Troyer will lead a discussion of wildlife habitat, marine pollution and other issues centered on the waters of Puget Sound.
Troyer's work with the Gig Harbor-based group provides learning opportunities and contributes to the understanding of the South Sound marine environment.
"Our home here in the Pacific Northwest is one of the most fascinating and beautiful spots in the country," Brice Boland, Washington chapter coordinator for the foundation, said in a news release.
"We are extremely interested in the work that Harbor WildWatch is doing and we are proud to be a part of raising the level of citizen involvement and action, ensuring that our beaches remain safe and free from pollution."
The meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Seven Seas Brewpub, 3006 Judson Street, Suite 110, Gig Harbor, is free and open to all.
The two organizations also will host a beach cleanup this week. It is scheduled to take place 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Purdy Spit.
"The monthly beach cleanups are a critical part of what we do here in the South Sound area," Boland said. "It's a chance to connect with others who value a clean local environment and to work for a little while to make it such a great place to live. We encourage any and all to come out and be part of the solution."
More information is available on the chapter's Facebook page at facebook.com/southsoundsurfrider.


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Those who think 'cheesesteak' when thinking Philly food: Think again. Philadelphia — long known for American history, passionate sports fans and, yes, cheesesteaks — continues to emerge as one of the country's finest culinary destinations.
More than a decade of development has transformed the region's dining scene from merely memorable to absolutely abundant. Explore this section to find a restaurant (or a few) for your next visit.
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- The Philadelphia Freedoms Host Andy Roddick, Venus Williams And Other Tennis Greats During The Team's 15th Season, Beginning Tuesday, July 15
- The Trolley Car Diner In Mt. Airy Continues To Host Outdoor Movie Screenings On Saturday Nights, Through August 16
- Weekend Picks: Bastille Day Festival In Fairmount, Bluegrass And Blueberries Festival At Peddler's, Hispanic Fiesta At Penn's Landing, Visit Philly Beer Garden Series And More
- Reminder: The Visit Philly Beer Garden Series Continues Today With A Stop At The Brand New PHS Pop-Up Garden Starting At 4 P.M.
- The Trestle Inn Heats Up Callowhill With Go Go On The Block, A Weekly Outdoor Dance Party Every Friday All Summer Long
- The Dog Days Of Summer Festival In Chestnut Hill Brings Dog-Centric Activities To The Spotlight, This Sunday, July 13
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- The Brandywine River Museum of Art Hosts A Night Of Art On Friday, July 11, And Free Admission On Saturday, July 12
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America's oldest farmers' market
Established in 1892 at 12th and Arch Streets, Reading Terminal is the nation's oldest continuously operating farmers' market. Today, this indoor foodie paradise is a one-stop shop for everything from local produce and meats to artisanal cheeses and incredibly delicious desserts and baked goods. It's also home to the "best sandwich in America."
Intimate East Passyunk location for Top Chef winner
Philadelphia's East Passyunk neighborhood is proud to welcome a Top Chef to the neighborhood. Chef Nicholas Elmi, winner of Top Chef New Orleans, continues his winning-streak with the modern French-influenced American BYOB Laurel.
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Outdoor retreat just steps from Independence Mall
Independence Beer Garden (IBG) is a 20,000-square-foot outdoor retreat overlooking the Liberty Bell Center and Independence National Historical Park.
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The Di Bruno Bros. specialty store on Chestnut Street is an absolute must-see if you appreciate food. At all. Seriously. This place is very close to a boutique foodies heaven.
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It's a simple formula: Local beer and in-house-infused liquors ("Pub") and mouth-watering gourmet fare ("Kitchen").
The critical favorite brings Israeli cuisine to Society Hill
A modern Israeli restaurant, Zahav — which means gold in Hebrew — offers authentic Middle Eastern fare in a family-style dining setting typical of the region.
The Iron Chef's first American restaurant
The restaurant's namesake and head chef, Morimoto (of Food Network's Iron Chef fame), has created a menu offering the very best in contemporary Japanese cusine. While regulars flock here for the exquisitely prepared sushi, Morimoto offers diners a broad spectrum of flavors that delve beyond nigiri and sashimi.
Iron Chef Jose Garces' first Philadelphia restaurant
At Old City's Amada, chef Jose Garces has created the city's grandest tapas restaurant, complete with a wall of wooden sangria casks, cured hams and cheeses hanging over the main bar and a menu that ranges from traditional — tortilla espanola, Spanish olives, warm fava bean salad — to edgy — foie gras flatbreads and artichoke and spinach empanadas.
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From Friday, Aug. 1 to Sunday, Aug. 10, 14 restaurants in Fishtown, Northern Liberties and Penn's Landing will offer exciting lunch and dinner specials as part of the brand-new "Night Out Restaurant Week."View More
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A Philadelphia-centric market offering vintage and antique wares
The Philadelphia-centric Franklin Flea market supplies Philadelphia shoppers with its curated selection of vintage and antique wares every week for months to come.View More
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Super-sized block party in Northern Liberties
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A true shoutout to South Philly's sock-hoppin' heritage, this annual fam-friendly summer event brings together revelers, food, music and some of the hottest classic American cars you've ever seen.View More
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A hot summer festival focusing on a summer classic
Twenty of the area's top restaurants and food trucks compete for the title of Top Grill Master during the Third Annual Dog Days of Summer Cook-Off. And the medium of choice: hot dogs.View More
Chew Philly Food Tours
Dig into some classic Philly foods while exploring a 300-year-old neighborhood
Tour-goers on Chew Philly Food Tours explore the 300-year-old Philadelphia neighborhood of Manayunk and includes a number of cultural Philly food tastings, including cheesesteaks, tomato pie, soft pretzels, and more.View More


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The Monmouth County Vocational School District (MCVSD) has canceled classes in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
The district is comprised of adult education classes, high school programs, a culinary education center, and five high school career academies: the Academy of Allied Health & Science in Neptune, Biotechnology High School in Freehold, Communications High School in Wall, High Technology High School in Lincroft, and the Marine Academy of Science & Technology on Sandy Hook.
The district will be closed Monday, Oct. 29 and Tuesday, Oct. 30.


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Enter the 2014 Garden Poetry contest
It's time for the 6th annual Garden Poetry Contest. We survived the brutal winter of 2013-14, so this year's topic is, "We've earned it!"
Send in your original poem of 10 lines or less that conveys your heartfelt feelings about the upcoming season: Express your preference for shoveling mulch instead of snow, wax poetic about how keeping your mind on homegrown produce got you through February,...Read more »
Enter the 2014 Great Long Island Tomato Challenge
The 8th annual Great Long Island Tomato Challenge will be Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at Newsday headquarters (235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville).
Give your plants plenty of tender loving care all summer long, then bring your biggest, heaviest fruit to the event. I'll weigh your tomatoes personally and crown the 2014 Tomato King or Queen.
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Plant festivals, shows and sales come to LI
After a long and dreary winter, spring is finally here -- and Long Island's gardening scene is celebrating like gangbusters!
It's time for the 31st annual Dutch Festival at Hofstra University, where you'll find, you guessed it, tulips, tulips and more tulips. The festival will be held outdoors on the south campus from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, and will also offer Dutch food and drink, jazz...Read more »
Time to plant tomatoes?!
Back in March, I advised readers to delay planting peas and other early-season vegetables, despite what ordinarily would be an acceptable planting time, as the unusually cold and snowy winter we've had has left the ground colder and soggier than usual. Everything still seems to be behind schedule, as -- so far -- spring hasn't exactly been springlike.
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Earth Hour 2014: Who's in?
At 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 29, homes, businesses and entire cities around the globe will go dark for one hour to raise awareness of the planet during Earth Hour 2014.
The campaign, which began as a local event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, when 2 million people switched off their lights to show support for environmentally sustainable action, has since grown into a global event, with hundreds...Read more »
Brutal allergy season ahead?
About a week ago, I wrote about how all the snow we've had this winter will affect your garden come spring. It now appears it may have an effect on your health, as well.
Counter to what logic might dictate (or at least my logic), it seems we're all in for a long and potentially brutal allergy season. No, the season will not be delayed; it's actually two weeks ahead of schedule.
We already...Read more »
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Today is the first day of spring, and you know what that means? It's also the vernal equinox.
When I was a kid and I wanted to know the meaning of a word, my mother typically would tell me to "look it up." Lazy, I often pressed her to "just tell me." Invariably, I would regret not reaching for the dictionary because she would launch into a 10-minute lecture about the Latin root of the word...Read more »
Daylight Saving Time returns Sunday!
Standard time comes to an end at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2014, and although we'll technically be losing an hour of sleep as we "spring ahead," we'll be gaining an hour of sunlight, which is more than fine with me.
It's been cold and unforgiving all winter, and there's nothing like the blaring sun to make me feel alive again. Returning home from work in the dark has had me wanting to put on...Read more »
How to remove English ivy
The holidays are here, so pick a nice day to deck your halls with English ivy.
First, don a pair of rubber gloves--a vine you grab may be poison ivy. Using pruners, cut away some nice vines from the base of a tree that's overladen with English ivy and gently pull them off the tree, being careful not to injure the bark. And while you're at it, cut away all the ivy at the base. This time, don't...Read more »
Frost vs. Freeze: What's the difference to plants?
It's snowing outside, and my thermostat tells me it's 34 degrees, but this could only be the tip of the iceberg, so to speak: Long Island could be headed into a deep freeze this week, beginning with potentially plant-killing temperatures tonight into tomorrow morning. If you haven't already, bring in your tropicals, tender perennials, herbs and vacationing houseplants -- immediately.
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