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Blogs Liberty and Power Bobble-Head Journalism in AlabamaJul 8, 2004 12:04 pm
Bobble-Head Journalism in Alabama
Cruz achieved the epithet"bobble-head" earlier this year when he devoted a front-page article to covering the making and marketing of a bobble-head doll in the shape of long-dead Alabama football coach Bear Bryant.
Cruz's reporting about campus affairs at the University of Alabama generally followed the same style and form, maintaining a rigorous avoidance of investigation or analysis.
The Alabama Scholars Association, an affiliate of the National Association of Scholars, created a special section on its website devoted to the"bobble-head" journalism of Gilbert Cruz. (See www.alabamascholars.org) We are pleased that after only a couple of months of relentless lampooning, Mr. Cruz decided it would be in his best interests to leave.
We understand he will now be employed in the entertainment industry, in a job much better suited to his talents as a soft-ball writer of fluff and flummery.
Bottom line: If you are dissatisfied with the reporting in your local newspaper, start a website and lampoon the heck of it.
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The Washington County Department of Housing Services has a comprehensive set of plans. Some of these are subject to public comment and revisions on a periodic basis.
The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You must have a PDF reader installed on your computer to view and print the documents.
A free PDF reader is available from Adobe.
Public Housing Authority (PHA) Plan
What is the PHA Plan?
The PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to public housing agency (PHA) policies, programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals. There are two parts to the PHA Plan: the 5-Year Plan, which each PHA submits to HUD once every 5th PHA fiscal year, and the Annual Plan, which is submitted to HUD every year.
The 2016 PHA Plan was submitted to HUD after Board approval in April 5, 2016. The Capital Fund Program Five Year Action Plan is also available.
Section 8 Administrative Plan
In addition to HUD regulations, the Section 8 Programs (including, but not limited to, the Housing Choice Voucher, Project Based Voucher, Shelter Plus Care, Family Self-Sufficiency and Section 8 Voucher Home Ownership programs) are administered in accordance with the Department's current Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Administrative Plan.
Public Housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan
In addition to HUD regulations, the Public Housing program is administered in accordance with the Department's Public Housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Plan.
Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan
This LEP Plan was developed to ensure equal access to services for persons with limited English proficiency and hearing impaired persons.
Draft Plans
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How should I create a network, so that I could share my internet with another computer using Wi-fi. Is there any way to make it password protected. I am using Windows XP.
For sharing an internet connection between two computers running Windows XP, you should use Internet Connection Sharing. Have a look at this Microsoft article for a step-by-step process of how to set things up.
The solution to your problem is setting up an adhoc network
You could set up an ad-hoc network between the two pc's for internet sharing. Please refer to this post for details.
Use WEP to password protect your network, its an inbuilt windows utility
To share the internet create a lan using network set up wizard Then go to my network places/view network connections on the computer with direct net connetionm. You can see the two lan connections there. Select both connections and right click on the selection and select bridge the network option. After some waiting the connections will bridge. Then go to the second computer my network connections/view network connections/ right click on the connection/properties/tcp!Ip/then check the obtain ip address automatically option . Apply ok
You can now use the net on this computer.
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option 1: get a AP-mode capable WLAN card for your desktop PC and share your computer's internet connection with the laptop.
option 2: install a wireless router between your internet connection and your PC.


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Dr. K: I had a repeat c-section on December 6th. I had continuous bleeding gradually tampering off till I got my period on January 12th. I had already made my 6 week postpartum appointment for the 15th. I was still bleeding but, did not think much of it as I thought it was part of my period. That was last week and I am still bledding not, a lot but it is still bright red. Called my OB and they told me to wait till Thrusday and call them back if the bledding continues. This did not happen to me with my 2 previous c-sections. Is it normal to bleed this long? I am concerned something is wrong. What do you think Dr. K? Thank you!!
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ORC senior policy analyst Ralph Henderson said about 15
people, including representatives from the Queenstown Lakes
District Council, attended the public meeting to share their
views on issues facing the Queenstown Lakes District.
Mr Henderson said while the attendance was ''smaller than we
would have liked'' it was difficult to engage people in
''high level discussions''. Their contribution was vital,
''Part of the process we're going through is to gather as
much feedback as possible about what peoples' issues are.
''That's really our push at the moment, rather than trying to
tell people what we think the issues are.
''Each district has its own perceptions on what the key
issues they face are; we're trying to bring that together in
a document that will have better direction for the
The regional policy statement was reviewed every 10 years and
covered a broad range of topics, including heritage,
transport, energy, water, air, land, social and economic
It also sought to address climate change, dealing with
natural hazards and responding to fuel and energy pressures.
Mr Henderson said the council was trying to ''integrate it
all'', along with district plans and regional plans.
Issues raised in Queenstown included biodiversity, compact
urban development and transport, as well as encouraging local
food production and manufacture in the district, which would
also diversify the economy.
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Balclutha on Wednesday, Drop-in sessions will be held at
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I really dislike fermented food except for some categories of cheese. For instance, I really hate the Japanese natto and the Norwegian fermented fish. And I also don't like foods like blood pudding which to me they feel really disgusting, I don't like drinking or eating the raw blood of an animal. Yeah, that's it.
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Thursday, 20 Sep 2012
4K LCD TVs Likely to Hit Mass Market Before OLED TVs
Despite Samsung's and LG's reassurances, 4K LCD televisions are more likely to enter mass production before OLED panels according to a recent article by DisplaySearch.
M1 Announces Price Plans for Apple iPhone 5
Price plans for the Apple iPhone 5 have been announced by M1. The new iPhone plans are available with the launch of the iPhone 5 from 21 September.
Sony to Launch PlayStation Store for PlayStation Mobile on 3rd October
PlayStation-like content will be offered to a variety of popular mobile devices in nine countries including Japan, US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia with more countries to follow.
Intel Developing Palm Vein Reading Technology
Intel is actively developing a palm vein reading technology that it hopes will replace the need for passwords in the future. This technology was recently demonstrated at IDF 2012 by Intel director of security research, Mr. Sridhar Iyengar.
PlayStation Plus Available for PS Vita in November
PlayStation Plus, the subscription service package on the PlayStation Network, is set to be available for PS Vita this November.
PS3 Starter Pack, New Color Variations for PS Vita, and Revised Price for PSP Systems Announced
The PS3 starter pack will be available from 22 Nov, while the new PS Vita 3G/Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi models in Cosmic Red and Cypher Blue will be available on 15 Nov. Also, Sony has revised the price for PSP portable entertainment system as well as the PSP value pack.
New Smaller and Lighter PS3 Announced
In charcoal black or classic white, the PS3 will come in 3 models including extended built in HDD capacities of 500GB and 250GB, and a newly added 12GB flash memory model initially for Europe only.
New Assembled Photos and Video of the iPad Mini Mock-up Leaked (Update)
New iPad Mini assembled photos and a hands-on video have emerged since last week's major Apple event, with the dummy unit/real thing showcasing a pretty complete exterior, one that's in line with previous rumors about it resembling the iPod Touch.
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Synology Launches DiskStation DS413 and DX513
Synology has announced DiskStations DS413 and DX513, a 4-bay NAS server equipped with the latest technologies to minimize power consumption, and a new 5-bay expansion solution for selected DiskStations with hot-swappable drive design aimed at businesses and power users, respectively.
Parrot Zik Wireless Headphones Arrive in Singapore, We Go Hands-on
Designed by Phillipe Starck, the Parrot Zik features a touch panel, active noise control, wireless connectivity via Bluetooth, and a one-of-a-kind head detection sensor which pauses the music when you take the headphones off. The Zik is now in stores, and can be had for S$580.


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Cover Girl lip perfection Lipstick in Embrace
21 reviews
95% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.3
Price: $$
Package Quality: 4.3
Price: $$
on 10/26/2015 4:26:00 PM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Other, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Grey
Please allow me to join the legions of admirers of this shade. I have been really happy with several other Lip Perfection lipsticks that I have bought, so when I spotted this in a discount bin at a local store, I quickly added it to my basket.
A few years ago a Clinique makeup SA used a plummy, dark Clinique color on my mouth. I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it, but life intervened and I lost track of the color. But this is a similar choice and perfect for Fall, I think.
I love the generous sizes of the Cover Girl Lip Perfection bullet, and the minimalist, chic styling of the case. It's a sturdy case that doesn't accidentally slide open in purse or pocket. I also really like the shade showing in the base of the case, since (if like me, you buy multiple Lip Perfection shades) it is the quickest, easiest way to tell them apart. The formula feels great on my lips, applies very smoothly. This shade in particular can act like a stain, as other reviewers have mentioned. I happen to like that in the product.
It appears to me (as I write this, in October of 2015) as if this shade is no longer in Cover Girl's production line. That's a shame, because for many of us, it appears it is quite a big hit.
on 6/19/2014 11:02:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Normal, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Absolutely love the color. Depending on how much you apply you can achieve quite a few different shades of this purple-y color. I like to switch up my styles.. one day girly, the next day punk, and this lipstick is perfect for that. Mostly I like to put 2 dark coats on my lips, i absolutely love the deepness of the purple.
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on 6/20/2013 2:52:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
Absolutely gorgeous, long wearing lipstick. I am very fair with dark blonde hair and I think this looks sensational. Admittedly it is a strong color but it is easily toned down with a little blotting or lip gloss. I am hooked on Lip Perfection lipsticks because when I put my lipstick on in the morning, I want the color to last and these deliver. I do reapply throughout the day but mostly to add a little moisture and intensity. The basic color usually lasts for hours. Great price, great packaging - not flashy, not too boring, not embarrassing to pull out of my purse, either. I highly recommend. There are so many shades to choose from, too.
on 4/16/2013 7:43:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
This is an absolutely beautiful purple-y red lipstick. It's quite versatile in the sense that it can be applied lightly for a pretty berry stain, or worn full-force for an electric plum look! I really enjoy wearing it out because it's very long-wearing. Even after a night of eating and drinking, it stayed put for me, which is awesome considering I hate having to re-apply all night. The consistency is smooth and glides on nicely, and the product doesn't dry out my lips. All-in-all I love it and would definitely repurchase!
on 4/2/2013 7:10:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
The color in the tube is a very deep, rich blue based plum. However depending on the way you apply it, this lipstick ranges from a sheer vampy fuchsia, to a deep berry and finally close to- but not quite as- dark as the color it appears to be in the tube.That being said, this color can carry you from spring to winter! I have very fair, cool toned skin and this color compliments it nicely at it's varying shades. I prefer to dab it on with my finger over vaseline prepped lips. The lasting power is fair but this lipstick does leave behind a pretty stain. I don't mind it..I actually love it, but I know some of you will not like that. I have even used it as a cream blush by dabbing just a bit on the apples of my cheeks and blending out! I love the versatility of the color- I'm able to use it for sweeter girl next door looks to extremely vampy and more high fashion looks.
on 1/19/2013 1:00:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair, Cool
Hair: Other, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
This is the first, and so far only, Lip Perfection lipstick I've tried, and I have to start out by saying that the formula and staying power are fantastic. I generally pass over CG in the store because I associate it with the powdery blue eyeshadow my mom wore while I was growing up, and so I see it as a sort of dated brand. But on the hunt for a new lipstick a while ago, I came across Embrace, and I thought it looked like a quirky, orchid purple type of shade so I bought it because I had nothing else like it in my arsenal. Unfortunately, it comes out more pink than it looks in the tube. Don't get me wrong, it's still a super pretty shade of magenta/fuschia and I definitely still wear it, but it isn't what I expected when I bought it (should have swatched in store, oops!).
I enjoy that the packaging of these has the color of the product as the bottom of the tube (although, in this case, there was a bit of discrepancy between the two, as stated above). The dark purple packaging is nice, too. It's easy to find in my lipstick bin when I want to wear it -- it stands out from all the black tubes that every other lipstick seems to come in. So that's a plus.
The price on this, I felt, was a bit steep. Approximately $9 for a drugstore lipstick is a little more than I would prefer to spend, especially when I can get quality lipsticks for around $2 from brands like Wet n Wild. I would repurchase from this line again because I really love the formula, but I don't think I would go nuts and buy a bunch of shades, because of the price.
on 12/30/2012 1:06:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love allllll the Lip Perfection lipsticks... but never bought this one because the color looks scary in the tube. Finally tried it & it's a rly nice bright pink/purple. .. like you ate a grape popsicle .. highly recommend
on 9/25/2012 11:04:00 PM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Wow! I actually thought this color looked weird in the tube, but bought it because I felt like I wanted to see how I look in a weird, glowy bright purple lipstick. What a surprise to see that it looks GOOD! Very good! To me this lipstick goes on as nicely as a higher-end (think Chanel, Dior) lippie. And this color is perfect -- a little out of the ordinary, but pretty! Stylish! Wearable! I'm almost afraid to tell you all how nice the Embrace color is, because you might buy them all. I want two more, to put in my sisters' Christmas stockings!
on 9/24/2012 4:27:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I love this lipstick its very long lasting :)
on 9/24/2012 4:04:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Tan, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
Oh Cover Girl, you have my favorite lipsticks. I adore this line, and this color is absolutely enchanting. The names of the lipsticks are absolutely cute and fun, and the packaging is chic and modern. I love these colors. I have quite a few and am definitely building my collection! This color is absolutely breath taking. I have never really been a nude lip kind of girl, and although I am wearing softer lips more often - I can't help but reach for this color all of the time. It is so beautiful in the tube, it's a deep shade of purple with an iridescent blue under tone. It makes my teeth look a million shades whiter, and really has a brightening effect on my entire face. I love this paired with a cat eye, falsies, and this lip. It's such a gorgeous color. It plays up the most simple look into an very put together look. I am LOVING the purple-ish lipstick trend, and this color is absolutely PERFECT for fall. The longevity of this lipstick is unbelievable and even when it fades, it leaves a very prominent stain that looks gorgeous with some gloss over it for a more toned down look. If you aren't afraid to be bold, or you want to play up a very natural make up look and look sophisticated and edgy, wear this color! I get compliments on my lips all the time when I wear this. It also doesn't bleed. It's amazing.
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My god- it looks like Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew have diversified into video games!
I was there crafting balloon doggies and flowers for everyone.
The Omegathon final round was fucking awesome. I never gave a shit about Halo before, but being in a crowd watching it played out between the two finalists, I got caught up in the enthusiasm. And the winner, who I happened to chat up at an earlier round, was a real sweetheart who competed wearing his "Gay Noob Laggers" tshirt, representing his gay (-friendly?) gaming clan. It was a totally Seattle moment.
It was like a really good sports event, only far fewer assholes. And less body paint.
Thank you for your great coverage, Sam. But one thing you should know is, not all gamers are disappointed to be viewed as anti-social. Many ARE anti-social and aren't ashamed of it. (Like my brother whom I attended with.) It's a great past-time for them that doesn't stress their limited people skills while still letting them be a part of a community.
Seriously, I'm just waiting for the "Star Trek" OMMRPG, it's the game I was born to play.
Until then, everything else is - feh.
My only failure at PAX as never seeing anyone from the stranger crew. I am so infinately sad right now.
PAX was a blast, but when it all ends, did anyone else get that sinking feeling that since the 3-day straight party all at once came to an end, you have nothing else to look forward to?
I sure did.
Until i realized bumbershoots coming up! :D Granted, its no PAX, but its still going to be fun ;)
ps. I loved Rock Band. Our gorgeous female singer went afk for a while, so we made signs and hung them from our necks, advertising, "WTB Female Singer". Rocking out to a crowd of over 100 was amazing. And just before that, our lead guitarist got to play a round with the owners of penny arcade and the leader of Harmonix.
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9. The devastating "Cat Rejection" situation:
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Climate Change And The Flu: Warm Winters Followed By Severe Flu Seasons
A new study links global warming to this year's unusually severe flu season — a season which the Centers for Disease Contol officially dubbed an epidemic and which prompted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to declare a state of emergency.
The scientists used data from the CDC to examine influenza and climate patterns going back to the 1997-1998 flu season. Previous studies have indicated that unusually warm winters, which will become more common in many areas as global warming continues, depress the spread of the flu. Ironically, this can leave populations more vulnerable to infection in the future as fewer people will develop immune system defenses.
As a result, the scientists found a pattern in which average-to-colder winters saw an unusually severe flu outbreak if they had been preceded by an unusually mild winter:
While the underlying causative dynamics of the severity and timing of influenza epidemics are multi-faceted, a primary contributing factor to the mildness of the 2011-12 season was likely the fact that the national meteorological winter of 2011-12 was the fourth warmest on record; several prior studies have shown that influenza transmissibility sharply decreases in warmer temperatures and/or high humidity.
In contrast to the 2011-12 season, the ongoing 2012-13 season is off to an unusually early and severe start, despite the fact that the national climate this past autumn was close to the seasonal average. Here we analyzed the weekly time series of confirmed influenza cases in the US from the 1997-98 influenza season to present. Our findings indicate that influenza epidemic severity and time of onset is significantly associated with the average winter temperature during the previous season, with severe and early influenza seasons being much more likely following a mild winter.
In the event of continued global warming, warmer than average winters are expected to occur more frequently, but variability in seasonal temperatures will of course remain, and average winters will still occur with regularity for some time to come. Our work suggests that mild influenza seasons during unusually warm winters are a harbinger of the likelihood of an unusually severe season to come. Hence, these findings could guide improved prevention efforts, including progressive vaccination programs after a mild winter to achieve high vaccination coverage well in advance of the next influenza season.
"It appears that fewer people contract influenza during warm winters, and this causes a major portion of the population to remain vulnerable into the next season, causing an early and strong emergence," Sherry Towers, the lead scientist on the team that did the study, told Science Daily. "And when a flu season begins exceptionally early, much of the population has not had a chance to get vaccinated, potentially making that flu season even worse."
Vaccinations remain the best tool for combating the flu, and the potential for unusually early flu seasons serves to highlight the importance of awareness even out of the flu season when vaccinations will not be at the top of the news cycle. Nor is the situation helped by the fact that 40 percent of America's private sector workers, and 80 percent of low income workers, do not receive one day of paid sick leave from their employers.
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Obviously immunity is important and we have also seen migrations of West Nile (North) and Dengue (South) to previously unexposed populations. Migration of influenza strains as well as new mutations should be expected, ME
According to CDC data, this outbreak is caused by the old, common seasonal influenza virus A/H3N2 and B . The Pandemic A/H1N1(2009) is instead rare(less than 3%of cases):
Also, there are no cases of novel(i.e. possible pandemic-treathening swine or avian viruses) influenza strains this week. The situation is also very good on antiviral resistance (almost no cases of resistance to antivirals) and in the match between the circulating virus and the vaccine strains (all A2009/H1N1 analysed so far are vaccine-like and almost all A/H3N2 too, 2/3 of B viruses sampled are vaccine-like).
The biological recipe is there for a very MILD influenza season, but deaths and outbreaks are at levels similar or above the 2009 pandemic levels. This is odd.
Apparently, the mild flu seasons of last years (after the 2009-2010 pandemic) leaved a lot of people susceptible, so that even an average cold winter with a benign virus circulating caused a major outbreak.
Frankly, this is a shame. Influenza is vaccine-preventable (and the almost perfect match between wild and vaccine virus makes this even more true than other years) , so the obvious reason for this emergency is that people do not get vaccinated.
I have a question. For what damned reason people do not get vaccinated?! It is so difficult to act in a way to reduce future menaces?
Wake up people! I get vaccinated every year. There are nearly 4 ininterrupted years that I dont't catch even a common cold!
If the society cannot do even one of the simplest actions to prevent illness and mortality (i.e. vaccinations), it is painfully clear that most people cannot even think in doing some modest sacrifices to prevent much more complicated problems, like climate change.
And isn't it reassuring to see that scientists are once again investigating the transmissability between humans of H5N1 avian flu? Nothing could possibly go wrong, I'm sure.
This is so big (climate state switch), people will not understand the profoundness in time. Not as long we put profits before safe guarding our habitat.


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Officials of the Mississippi Department of Transportation said portions of U.S. Highway 72 will close in Benton County as road work is completed.
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solving the puzzle of life one entry at a time
Apr. 22nd, 2015
03:50 pm - Puzzle 68: The One Ring
See Puzzle 3 for most of the instructions. I've added two additional elements here (and I lack the time to properly update the full rules to include them right now): when the loop is completed, all green checkmarks must be inside the loop and all red 'X's must be outside the loop.
I was a year late with my "35" puzzle, so I figured I should be a year early with this one. Of course, some of you may have seen this a year even earlier, as it was a perk in my IndieGogo campaign for my upcoming book. That was, in fact, the reason I crafted it in the first place - otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered. Although I suppose I'm thankful to have endured yet another twelve months, I'm finding little celebratory in this number steadily increasing. Don't expect another one of these six years from now… - ZM
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Apr. 3rd, 2014
01:46 am - Is this thing on?
Is anyone still keeping eyes here, perchance? I've largely moved to Twitter, but I do have plans to resurrect this journal at some point. Now is definitely not the time, though - my situation is frankly rather dire. If you'd like to help, or if you want to see what puzzle construction I'll be up to over the next couple of months - and boy howdy will I ever be making puzzles - then (if you haven't already) please check out my Indiegogo campaign; it only has just over 48 hours left as I'm typing this. - ZM
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Oct. 23rd, 2012
12:01 pm - Conversations with Cleverbot
Are you capable of love, Cleverbot?
Yes, are you capable of love?
Regrettably, yes I am. Do you find it pleasant or a torture?
I could not have answered that better myself.
Thank you. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.
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Sep. 21st, 2012
04:20 pm - This is by far the geekiest thing I've ever come up with.
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Aug. 23rd, 2012
12:14 pm - WTF
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Jun. 8th, 2012
12:58 am - Puzzle 2 - Minecraft Edition
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Jun. 5th, 2012
02:37 pm - Overheard at Funspot XIV...
It was the best year yet for the International Classic Videogame Tournament - the best line-up of games, the best competition, and the best operation. (And as one of only two to have competed EVERY year, I ought to know.) My usual collection of oddities for my post-tourney out-of-context theater has some winners as well. As always, these are possibly paraphrased, and questions regarding their speakers and/or situations will be ignored and/or obliterated. (Any other questions about the tourney are perfectly welcome.)
And I have one last one that's too epic to not share what happened, so I'm going to. I was candlepin bowling with friends when one of them managed a 2-4-6-7-10 split, with a deadwood pin lying perfectly horizontally at the front of the field covering the visual gap between the 2 and 6. Es second ball - I kid you not - upon hitting the deadwood pin JUMPED it like it were a ramp and the ball a BMX. When the utter amazement and hilarity subsided, I heard:
If you were there, feel free to add your own in the comments. - ZM
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May. 2nd, 2012
04:27 pm - Puzzles 61-7: Seeking Syren^WScotchy
See Puzzle 14 for instructions; you can ignore the little gray letters. That will get you through the first six, anyhow; Puzzle 67 is "some assembly required". Permit me to explain.
For all of my puzzle followers that are not familiar with the MIT Mystery Hunt, here's a brief rundown for the both of you: Every year since 1981, during Martin Luther King Jr. weekend (which coincides with their Independent Activity Period), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been the home of a puzzle competition, which over the years has grown into the largest gathering of its kind. Dozens of teams with dozens of members stay up all night solving puzzles and metapuzzles in their quest for "the coin", with the prize being the honor - and heavy responsibility - of running the Hunt (and making all the puzzles for it) the following year.
Although I'd known about the Hunt for some time, it wasn't until 2009 that I actually got around to attending. As a member of the very appropriately named team Beginner's Luck, I found myself up at 3 AM Monday - after having trudged through snow and corridors for hours - when we located the Covertly Operational Inversion Node (or C.O.I.N.) and won. I created two "puzzles" for the 2010 Hunt; the seven grids below all constitute just one "puzzle" in Hunt terms. (I also created one "subpuzzle" for another's "puzzle". I'll stop putting that word in quotes now.) The graphics for the puzzles are the exact same ones originally used for the Hunt.
All Hunt puzzles reduce to a single solution phrase - often a single word - to be determined by following some manner of uncovered logic. I say "uncovered" as instructions are usually intentionally lacking, typically only alluded to by titles or flavortext, leaving solvers to try to find some internal consistency or pattern to follow in order to "extract" the final answer. You've probably noticed if you've peeked below that the first six grids all have peculiar titles; the seventh has a title as well, but you'll have to solve it first to learn it. That is the solution phrase for the entire puzzle, the one word all this reduces to. (Incidentally, this puzzle was made around - and inspired by - that answer word; in creating a Hunt metapuzzle, certain phrases are called for to be answers to puzzles, and this particular word is one of great significance to Zotanna, which is why I jumped at the chance to make its puzzle.)
Now I know what you purists are thinking: "I'm here for true DEDUCTIVE LOGIC, and I can't have that if I can't have RULES! I don't even know you anymore!!". You can relax: despite my apparent redefining of 'puzzle' in that last paragraph, I'm not changing the style of my journal puzzles one bit. This is still seven puzzles to me, which is why I've numbered them as such and am presenting them the way I am. I've felt for some time that these are fantastic little grids that deserve to be considered independently, and so here they are. However, I also find a certain beauty in the reveal of putting it all together to make that last grid, so I compromised with myself: I'll post the puzzles all at once as a heptaptych, and leave the final puzzle disassembled at first, letting those who are interested try to piece it together. Over the next few days, I'll add hints in the comments for those who want to put it together but are struggling; within the week a full set of instructions will be given, and lastly a week from today I'll put up the fully assembled Puzzle 67 without the answer-extraction bits so that both camps can appreciate the puzzles for what they are. I will likely only be doing this sort of thing again if my team wins the Hunt again.
So let's get to it, shall we? The rules are unchanged, but for thematic purposes (and for the final puzzle) I need to point out that instead of seeking Syren in these first six, you're seeking spirits - that is, bottles of alcohol (I'll explain later) - and the given title of each of these grids is the name of the spirit hiding within.
Puzzle 61I made this first one with the fact that it'd be the very first Seeking Syren most of its solvers will have done in mind as I was making it; I kept it very simple and tried to make it as interesting an introduction as possible by squeezing in as many nodes as possible.
Puzzle 62This one is actually my favorite of the bunch. I felt it important to show off a key nuance of the rules early on, while the grids were still on the easier side; this is probably the greatest "S-reveal" that can possibly be made. You'll see what I mean.
Puzzle 63It was around here that I decided I'd try to make each of the six lead-in puzzles two-color, using each of the possible combinations once. I also figured this was the right place to put the requisite "backwards" puzzle, especially given the nature of the preceding one. There needed to be at least one of these to drive home the importance of actually solving these completely rather than just finding the spirit and moving on.
Puzzle 64Things start to get technical around here. The constraints I had to adhere to forced some things about the nature of the later grids, which naturally led to harder puzzles as I needed to use more tricky techniques to get them to work. Figuring out the logic of the "islands" starts to become a greater driving factor here.
Puzzle 65If I recall correctly, this one was actually the last of these initial six I made, but I felt it was the easier of the two, so I presented it first. This is probably the most Nurikabe-like puzzle here.
Puzzle 66It had to get truly difficult sometime.
Puzzle 67And so we arrive at the final grid...
...which obviously has seen better days. What happened to the node count? For that matter, what happened to the givens?! And not only is the 'S' showing, but it's freaking PURPLE! Well, when you're an alcoholic starship engineer that gets drunk, passes out, and then needs to appear in a Mystery Hunt puzzle, this is apparently the result. Who knew.
Scotchy was but one crew member of the Brass Rat that successfully escaped from Zyzzlvaria during the events of the 2009 Hunt, and the 2010 Hunt paid homage to some past Hunts, that one included - which entailed giving each crew member another puzzle. Upon blacking out whilst celebrating the previous year's escape, Scotchy dreamt e found emself in a parody of my old Sanctum Puzzler contests (which I've mentioned before [Detritus - please excuse the broken image link in that entry, that's Cox's fault]). Es envisioned conversation with our classic protagonist went thusly:
Contained within that purposefully garish text lies all the information needed to reassemble Puzzle 67 - you just have to think about it the right way - and solving it will reveal its title. Fair warning: this sucker is TOUGH!
One last bit of business needed to be carried out: since I made a Sanctum Puzzler, I had to award a Puzzling Otato, traditionally given to the most curious response the puzzle generated. I was going to offer it to the first person that got the reference at the Hunt, but no one did, so I decided to give it to Mike Selinker, who sort of inspired me to make a latter-day Sanctum Puzzler in the first place (and to be fair wasn't at the Hunt that year, so wouldn't have had the chance otherwise). Long story short - ambiguity intended - e asked for it. The game of Sanctum may be gone now, and who knows if it will ever return, but the memories shall remain.... - ZM
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Apr. 30th, 2012
11:58 pm - Puzzle 60: The One Ring
See Puzzle 3 for instructions.
When Palmer Mebane "paid homage" to my 30×30 The One Ring (Puzzle 30) with es Loop of Death not long before my thirty-fifth birthday, e inspired me to start work on a 35×35 follow-up. Apparently, I missed my original deadline by about a year. This last year of my life has been one of the strangest, most tormenting, and downright freakiest I've yet endured, and good riddance to it. Despite the tremendous size on display here, the puzzle is largely smooth sailing; my hopefully-obvious aesthetic restrictions guided the design rather than any desire to make a particularly challenging puzzle.
I'd also like to take this serendipitous opportunity to wish a happy 35th birthday to my most distant closest friend, Robyn O'Neil. I create all my puzzles first as graphite on paper, and some (myself included) may refer to them as artful, but I daresay my most complex works are doomed to pale in comparison to what Robyn accomplishes in the medium. - ZM
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Apr. 6th, 2012
02:03 pm - Puzzle 59: Totally Rooked
Be careful, Michael.
- KITT, Knight Rider
See Puzzle 41 for instructions. This puzzle, made for Mike " projectyl" Sylvia, just serendipitously happens to include something permitting me to make a horrible pun of a reference to an Eighties TV show - which is irresistible, naturally, so there you go. The nightrider is a so-called "fairy chess" piece, something that typically only exists in chess puzzles. ...Oh, hey, look, this is a puzzle based on chess! Well, okay then! It moves as a knight can, but can leap more than once, as long as all leaps are in the same direction (think vectors) and all cells it leaps into on the way are empty (think backgammon - each step the piece takes has to "touch down" onto a free spot). For example, pretend the cell to the immediate right of the '0' on the top row had a nightrider. It would be able to "rook" exactly seven cells - its own, two off to the left, and four downward. Obviously, all upward directions leave the grid; the two remaining rightward directions immediately hit walls after just one knight move; heading downward (and angling left) has no problem hopping OVER walls a couple times, but is stopped before it would LAND on one on the leftmost column; the last direction supports two leaps before the grid would be exited.
As it turns out, the nightrider is a frighteningly suitable piece for Totally Rooked. The way it interacts with rooks, grid layouts, and the wall-sharing rule is alarmingly robust. It proved to be no problem whatsoever making the nightriders of an unknown quantity as well as the rooks. What lies below is a stupendously difficult puzzle that acts upon a lot of those revelations. In fact, for a variant of what is often thought of as Nikoli's easiest puzzle type - bar none - this may well be the most difficult puzzle on my journal to date, and perhaps for the forseeable future, as although this is humanly solvable entirely with deductive logic, it is truly right on the border of infeasibility. Good luck - you'll need it. - ZM
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HAVENS; Two Exes, One House
By JOANNE KAUFMAN
Published: January 3, 2003
WHEN Mary Alice Kellogg and her husband came to a parting of the ways 15 years ago, neither wanted to part with their weekend home, a two-bedroom bungalow out on Long Island. ''We'd had it for eight years and we both really liked it and didn't want to go through the trauma of selling, so we agreed to split it fifty-fifty -- the weekends, everything,'' said Ms. Kellogg, a New York based writer and editor who has since remarried. ''It was a healing and nice place for me. Perhaps it was that way for my former husband, too.''
''The arrangement seemed logical and it worked from the get-go because there wasn't a lot of acrimony,'' she said. ''I think we were much more considerate of each other outside the marriage than inside.'' She added, though, that at the shared house, in the Hamptons, ''he wasn't great at washing dishes, so I had to re-do them.''
Throwing dishes, not washing them, would seem the more typical behavior for divorced couples sharing quarters. ''The idea of co-ownership is just unnatural when you think about it,'' said the Manhattan divorce lawyer Raoul Felder. ''When you're getting divorced you want to go your separate ways. Too often, the weekend house is a symbol of a failed marriage.''
But perhaps because children have grown accustomed to the place or because the family dog is buried on the property -- the situation with one of Mr. Felder's clients -- some divorcing couples ignore logic and legal advice and attempt joint ownership of a vacation or weekend home. Money (or its lack) clearly plays a big role, too.
''In certain instances neither person would be able to shoulder the full burden of a second home, so sharing is one way to go,'' said Wendy Parmet, a New York divorce lawyer. ''Sometimes it's a temporary arrangement. Couples may want to hold onto the weekend house and use it jointly if the real estate market is down so they can avoid a fire sale.''
And sometimes it's that the property is just too, too fabulous. Let the marriage go, but not the house.
The idea may be intriguing; the reality is daunting. ''Quite a few divorcing couples contemplate this,'' said Diane Saatchi, president of Dayton-Halstead Real Estate in the Hamptons. ''But as the separation becomes more real and they consider the nuts and bolts -- figuring out who gets which weekend and how do you deal with the new boyfriends and girlfriends or spouse -- very few couples go through with it.''
When Jane Bayard and her husband split in the early 80's they didn't want to further discombobulate their children, then 12 and 14. And their beachfront home, with a pool and a tennis court, ''was very special and I wasn't willing to go find something else,'' said Ms. Bayard, an executive vice president of the New York real estate concern Ashforth Warburg. Her former husband could not be reached for comment.
''My husband's office would pay the bills and then we split everything,'' Ms. Bayard said. ''Our divorce lawyers thought we were pretty crazy.'' But the arrangement, she said, worked well for four years.
The couple, who had sold their primary residence in Manhattan and split the proceeds to set up new households, amicably alternated weekends, the children going out to the house with whichever parent was Hamptons-bound on a given Friday night. He had July, Ms. Bayard got August. The two even used the same bedroom, one of several in the house, because of its sweeping view of the ocean and of Easthampton.
The trouble began when new spouses came into the picture and into the house. ''We both re-married the same year, and we continued using the same bedroom and the same closet, but the new wife didn't like that so she took out all my clothes and put them in the maid's room,'' said Ms. Bayard, who began locking up her possessions. ''Then my former husband began writing notes saying 'I don't like the locks on the drawers.' So I wrote back, 'Well, then choose some locks you do like.' ''
According to Ms. Bayard, her ex's new wife, an interior designer, disliked hooks that were in the kitchen and pulled them out. Ms. Bayard used Velcro to put them back on her weekends. The ex's new wife also took a dim view of the cache of saved-up grocery bags and tossed them out, and apparently had a similar reaction to a heavy wooden swan. ''It had been in the house and then one weekend it wasn't there,'' Ms. Bayard recalled. ''I asked my ex-husband about it and he said his new wife had tripped on it, broken it and threw it out. And I said 'She must be in the hospital if it broke.' ''
Then there were Ms. Bayard's climbing American Beauties, the ones that turned up dead one summer weekend. Ms. Bayard suspected foul play -- talk about the War of the Roses -- and she exacted her revenge the next spring by preemptively harvesting all the daffodils and taking them back to her apartment in the city. Ms. Bayard memorialized the mayhem by commissioning T-shirts with caricatures of the two couples and the words ''Loony Dunes.''
After four years of ''Loony Dunes,'' what settled things for Ms. Bayard was her reluctant agreement to let the new wife redecorate. ''We all fought about the style but I finally gave in and contributed half the money,'' she said. ''It was very pretty -- the woman was very talented -- but when it was done it didn't feel like my house so I let my ex-husband buy me out.''


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Health Insurers: We'll Deny Coverage For Pre-Existing Conditions If Health Mandate Is Repealed
The insurance industry argues that premiums are likely to skyrocket without the individual mandate in place to aid in pushing millions of new enrollees into the marketplace, as healthy people will be less likely to buy insurance, while insurers will still be required to sell policies to all applicants. In fact, a repeal of the individual mandate would increase insurance premiums by 25 percent, according to a study released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"The insurance reforms would have to change if the mandate were struck," said Justine Handelman, vice president of legislative and regulatory policy for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association trade group.
Health-insurance officials say that if the mandate is repealed, "their first priority would be persuading members of Congress to repeal two of the law's major insurance changes: a requirement to cover everyone regardless of his or her medical history, and limits on how much insurers can vary premiums based on age." Their next step would be to "set rewards for people who purchase insurance voluntarily and sanction those who don't."
Other possible alternatives to the individual mandate that insurers are weighing:
– Penalize those who enroll outside of short annual windows; deny treatment for specific conditions, especially right after a policy is purchased
– Reward certain insurance buyers, such as offering much lower premiums for younger and healthier people
– Expand employers' role in automatically enrolling employees for health insurance
– Urge credit-rating firms to use health-insurance status as a factor in determining individuals' ratings
Although the mandate has been upheld in two appeals courts, it was struck down in a third. The Supreme Court hearings are scheduled to begin March 26, and an official ruling is expected to be delivered in June.


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Released: Dec 01st, 2005
Running Time: 66
Director: Kuba Bellok
Company: 3 Vision Entertainment
Cast: Marco (I), Olivia (I), Carolina (I), Michelle (I), Mathew, Mike (I), Vicky (I), Roberto, Daniel (I), Anne (I), Alice (I), Black Jack
Critical Rating: AA
Genre: All-Sex
One of the few memorable moments in this fuck fiasco is when the guy covers his gal pal's mouth while fucking her ass in the first scene. Evidently her fake moans were as annoying in person as on screen. That pretty much warns you how the rest of this Polish patois goes. Plenty of average performances by average looking folks shot without innovation. Woo hoo.
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Hi Jose,
Did you ever think of mentoring educators? I am sure that you will have much to share. Feel free to share your experience in our community also.
I'm sure you're hearing it from your colleagues, but I wanted to send you a big gigantic Thank You for dedicating your life to education. I can't think of a more worthy career.
I wanted to share this blog with you:
Reflections On Teaching
Last year, when Bob Jacobs retired after 42 years of teaching, he penned an inspiring note to all his students:
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After digging into code I see that there is an method for ajax calls to add a variation as a custom post type. But are there any methods to add in variations dynamically?
In the process of writing a conversation script to migrate from Shopp to Woo but one stumbling block relates to being able to dynamically add variations to a given product.
Within the ajax related method we can see it creating the post type but we can't seem to find where the data for that variation is actually stored. Are there other hooks somewhere?
Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.


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I am having a problem with the Fast Secure Contact Form Plugin.
The time stamp on submitted Contact Form emails is several hours off. My time zone is set correctly in WordPress settings, and I have tried setting it manually by UTC offset and setting with a city name. The plug in developer suggested on his website to upgrade to PHP5..... our server is using PHP5.
I don't know what else to try? Anyone have any suggestions, or perhaps suggest a better contact form option?


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Lia Cirio began her training at Swarthmore Ballet Theatre with Lori Ardis. She went on to train at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary and Darla Hoover, where she also studied privately with Theresa Crawford and Rafael Grigorian. At the age of 16, she was awarded a Level One award from the National Foundation for Advancement of the Arts and was a Presidential Scholar in the Arts finalist. She was also awarded the top scholarship and Founders' Award presented by Barbara Weisberger at the Regional Dance America Festival. The same year, she was invited by Mikko Nissinen to join Boston Ballet II, and was Boston Ballet's Princess Grace nominee for 2004. She was promoted to Boston Ballet's corps de ballet in 2004, to second soloist in 2006, and to soloist in 2007.
From 2008-2009, Cirio toured with Trey McIntyre Project, performing throughout the United States and the world. She danced principal roles in McIntyre's Reassuring Effects of Form, Poetry, and A Day in the Life, and originated roles in various new works by McIntyre. She returned to Boston Ballet for the 2009-2010 season and was named principal dancer in 2010.
Hailed as "one of the most accomplished actress-dancers in the company" by The Patriot Ledger, and as "an outstanding performer with tremendous stage presence" during Boston's tour to Spain, her repertory with Boston Ballet includes featured and/or principal roles in classics such as Florence Clerc's La Bayadère (Nikiya, Gamzatti, Lead Shade) and Les Sylphides (the Sylph); Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote (Kitri, Mercedes, Queen of the Dryads); Harald Lander's Etudes (the Ballerina); Mikko Nissinen's Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, pas de trois, pas de cinq, Four Little Swans) and The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Snow Queen, Arabian); Marius Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Lilac Fairy, Woodland Glade Fairy) and Paquita (principal role); Maina Gielgud's Giselle (Myrtha, Peasant pas de deux); Frederick Ashton's Cinderella (Cinderella, Winter Fairy), Sorella Englund's La Sylphide (principal); Vaslav Nijinsky's Afternoon of the Faun (principal nymph); Val Caniparoli's Lady of the Camellias (Olympe), along with numerous pas de deux. She has danced principal roles in Balanchine's Coppélia, Jewels (Diamonds and Emeralds), Symphony in C (second movement), Symphony in Three Movements, Theme and Variations, Apollo, Divertimento No.15, Episodes, Who Cares?, Concerto Barocco, The Four Temperaments, Ballo de la Regina, La Valse, Serenade, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, in Jerome Robbins' Antique Epigraphs and in Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto. Her contemporary repertoire includes works by Jorma Elo, Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Alexander Ekman, Jeffrey Cirio, Wayne McGregor, Helen Pickett, TwylaTharp, Christopher Wheeldon, Mark Morris, Heather Myers, Christopher Bruce, Val Caniparoli, Lila York, and Petr Zuska. She originated roles in Elo's Carmen (Micaela), Brake the Eyes, Sharper Side of Dark and Awake Only.
Cirio was named in Dance Magazine's first "On the Rise" feature article, and has been featured in additional articles in Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, and on the cover of Pointe. She has performed in galas around the world, most recently with United Ballet Company. Cirio is currently pursuing a degree in Public Relations at Northeastern University. She also serves as Assistant to the Artistic Director, as well as a dancer with Cirio Collective. She is the sister of American Ballet Theatre Soloist and former Boston Ballet Principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio


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"We have no indication that there are other undeclared facilities in Iran. I want to be very clear about that." He also urged patience because Iran posed no imminent threat, and said "people should stop threatening the use of force because that simply....creates a justification or pretext for countries....to go underground because (they're) threatened."
He stressed that the IAEA found no evidence that Iranians had technology needed to assemble a nuclear warhead or that they're even trying.
Kuperman isn't convinced and accuses Iran of "suppl(ying) terrorist groups in violation of international embargoes. (So, if it) acquire(s) a nuclear arsenal, the risks would simply to too great that it could become a neighborhood bully or provide terrorists with the ultimate weapon, an atomic bomb."
Never mind that America's 2002 and 2006 National Security Strategy (NSS) and 2001 Nuclear Policy Review authorize the development of new type nuclear weapons, and the right to use them in first-strike preventive wars under the doctrine of "anticipatory self-defense."
Iran threatens no one, but Kuperman recommends military strikes anyway, regardless of the law, whether they'll succeed, and no matter the potentially horrific consequences, including inflaming the whole region, disrupting oil supplies, harming world economies when they're most vulnerable, and making America more hated than ever.
Still he says:
"Postponing military action merely provides Iran a window to expand, disperse and harden its nuclear facilities against attack. The sooner the United States takes action, the better."
In other words, two fronts aren't enough so add Yemen. Then make it a foursome with Iran, the sooner America does it the better, and The New York Times promotes this view after expressing caution in its January 3 editorial headlined, "No delusion of bombing Iran" and saying:
"Fortunately, President-elect Barack Obama says his approach to Iran will include 'a new emphasis on respect and a new emphasis on being willing to talk....' "
This approach "may or may not work," says The Times. "But it is a road that (should be tried and) should have been taken years ago."
Not now apparently or earlier, in fact, as Times writers play an indispensable role feeding misinformation to the world and supporting imperial wars with the rest of the dominant media. They'll have plenty to say as a new Yemen front unfolds and maybe an Iran one to follow.
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Concerns Bridger's home won't be demolished
The house where police believe Mark Bridger murdered April Jones may be put up for rent. People living in nearby Machynlleth say they want the house to be demolished. However, authorities say they can't buy it to tear it down, because it's privately owned.
Powys County Council: "As the property is a private dwelling the county council has no remit."
Bridger, 47, abducted the five-year-old as she played with friends near her home in on the Bryn-y-Gog estate in Machynlleth, mid Wales, in October last year. Alexandra Lodge reports.
Trains: Machynlleth - Pwllheli
There's a revised service on Arriva Trains Wales between Machynlleth and Pwllheli because of an unsafe electricity pylon at Afon Crigyll.
Police given award for April Jones investigation
Dyfed-Powys Police officers investigating the abduction and murder of Machynlleth schoolgirl April Jones have been given an award for their work.
The force was the inaugural winner of the Policing Excellence Award from the Police Federation National Detectives Forum (PFNDF).
More than 100 detectives and specialist police staff and officers from around the country were drafted in to support the investigation, after five-year-old April disappeared in October 2012.
Despite the biggest search in UK policing history, her body has not been found.
Local man Mark Bridger was convicted of her abduction and murder in May, and given a whole life sentence.
The PFNDF said the investigation was "one of the most sensitive, meticulous and high profile in recent years", with the rural area "presenting a raft of other challenges caused by the extremities of the location."
PFNDF Secretary Paul Ford said: "This investigation brought out the very best in true team working to deliver justice for April, her family and the local community."
"PDNDF wish to recognise the truly outstanding policing excellence displayed by Dyfed Powys Police, the wider police family and those who supported this investigation and helped in the delivery of justice."
Judge: Murderers can't appoint themselves investigator
Mr Justice Coulson, who sentenced Juvinal Ferreira for attacking Mark Bridger over a videolink, said the motive for the attack was no mitigation.
"Convicted murderers cannot appoint themselves as unpaid investigators of another crime, no matter how serious. They plainly cannot do that by themselves committing violent crime to do so."
Leeds Crown Court heard that he used a makeshift knife to slash Bridger from temple to chin, severing an artery.
Robin Frieze, defending, said Ferreira did not attack Bridger to enhance his own status in prison, for reward or because he was incited to do it.
"He was under the impression that if he put the complainant in a state of fear then it was more likely it would achieve closure for the family of his victim," Mr Frieze said.
Bridger abducted and murdered five-year-old April Jones on 1 October last year. Her body has never been found.
Bridger attacked to reveal where April's body hidden
April Jones' killer, Mark Bridger, was slashed with a knife fashioned out of a razor at Wakefield Prison.
His attacker Juvinal Ferreira, 24, had five years added to his existing term, at Leeds Crown Court today.
The premeditated attack happened three days after Bridger was allowed to associate with other prisoners.
Ferreira and other life prisoners had talked about attacking Bridger to make him reveal the whereabouts of April's body, police were told.
Jonathan Sharp, prosecuting, said: "He said that Bridger's crime had been discussed, and he claimed people had suggested that if Bridger was attacked, rather than say befriended, Bridger would then be more likely to reveal where April Jones's body was."
Bridger needed more than 30 stitches to the face wound, which required surgery under general anaesthetic. He will be scarred for life.
He also suffered a cut to his arm as he tried to defend himself.
- Carole Green
Machynlleth: a town changed forever
April Jones' disappearance and death struck at the very heart of Machynlleth.
Hundreds turned out to search for her when she first went missing, and many more have supported her family throughout their long ordeal.
The community is forever changed by the events of the last twelve months.
- Kevin Ashford
Funeral for April Jones takes place in Machynlleth
The funeral of five-year-old April Jones has taken place in her home town of Machynlleth.
Hundreds of mourners, all wearing pink, have been paying their respects.
- ITV Report
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Family of April Jones bid an emotional farewell
The family of April Jones bid an emotional farewell to the five-year-old today, almost a year since the first anniversary of her murder.Read the full story ›
Family of April Jones bids a final farewell
The family of April Jones said a final farewell as the town that shared their grief came to a standstill.
The tiny white coffin carrying her remains was borne through the streets of Machynlleth in a horse-drawn hearse as the community stood in silence or followed behind, all wearing pink in tribute to the schoolgirl.
Paul Davies reports:
Grandparents' floral tribute 'in loving memory' of April
Pink floral tributes were placed at the entrance of St Peter's Church by well-wishers, carrying heartfelt messages of sympathy for April Jones and her family.
One stated simply: "Fly high little angel, forever in our hearts, lots of love, Lorna, Boyd, Connie, Ella and Ewan."
Another pink bouquet carried the message: "In loving memory of April. From Nan and Grandad."


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Maks. liczba gości4
Rozmiar20 m²
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Our two "wimdu" rooms are on the second floor of our Victorian townhouse.
The house is called "Rainbow Hermitage" and there is a name plaque on the wall next to the door to help guests find us!
The house is within walking distance to the famous "The Shore" dockland pubs & restaurants. Free all day street parking and frequent bus services to town centre.
Rooms, one with king size double bed and the other with two singles, are elegantly furnished and have coffee and tea making facilities, Freeview TV and free Internet WIFI. A bathroom with shower and bath is just outside the two rooms and shared exclusively by both.
Maximum number of guests per room is 2.
We can accommodate a maximum of 4 guests. In this case both the double and twin rooms can be booked.
Please note our offered room tariff is based on 2 guests occupying one room. If alternative occupancy is required, please contact us via Wimdu for special arrangements.
For families a small folding single bed or child travel cot can be added to the double room to increase capacity to 3 persons.
Check Out time is 11am, at the latest, unless otherwise arranged with owners.
Our home is Gay Friendly
From £54 room price low season
From £74 room price for high season bookings; Edinburgh Festival(s), Christmas, New Year
The entire house is non-smoking. You can of course smoke outside in our front garden.
You wll have a key to your room and also a front door key for you to come and go as you please. Your hosts Eric & Alessandro live on the premises and are pleased to help you with any information they can provide to make your stay enjoyable. We also speak Italian..
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Eric and Alessandro have been really perfect. My parents were so happy with their staying. Everything was perfectly clean, the breakfast was copious, everything in the bedrooms was thought to feel very good. And Eric and Alessandro are so kind persons. Highly recomended !
We have find very kind wellcom.
The house is beautiful and the rooms are spaceful and lovely décorated.
We cannot hésited to go back to thé next trip
Best regards.
Christiane and Jean Pierre
We were wonderfully welcomed, we felt very comfortable and independent. A nice place, with cosy quiet bedrooms and delicious breakfasts, well-located to discover Edinburgh's center.
We fully recommend Eric's B&B!
Lovely warm clean and tasteful accommodation , very welcoming and obliging hosts.
Highly recommend a stay here.
We had an lovely stay at this B&B! Your host Eric does everything to make your stay as good as possible. The rooms are comfortable and clean, you can make some tea or coffee and you have Wi-Fi. You can choose your breakfast and it will be ready at the time you want!
The bus stop is right in front of the door! We had a great time here and would recommend this B&B for a stay in Edinburgh.
It was a great stay at Eric`s home. We slept in a pleasant room with a great view of the park. The breakfast was fantastic with a large choice and everything was very delicious. You have a very good transport connection to town by bus. And if you want, Eric has very helpfully tips. We warmely recommend to stay here.
Eric was marvellous with our family,he is a good breakfast coocker too! :)
The house was very clean you can go with eyes closed!!
Eric fut merveilleux avec nous,il sait aussi preparer de bon petit-dej' :)
La maison était tres propre,vous pouvez y aller les yeux fermes!!
I stayed at this B&B for three nights, we were both extremely impressed with the quality of the accommodation, breakfast (excellent) and the host, Eric, who we found very friendly and welcoming. The B&B is in a lovely quiet part of the city and is within easy distance to the centre of town. Overall would highly reccommend and would definitely go back! Thanks Eric.
Tolle und saubere 2 Zimmer mit Bad in einer ruhigen Gegend aber dennoch unweit der Innenstadt. Eric hat uns gut umsorgt und sogar Frühstück ist mit dabei. Definitiv zu empfehlen!
Wir haben uns bei Eric sehr wohl gefühlt. Das Frühstück und der freundliche Service ist perfekt. Das Zimmer in der geschmackvoll eingerichteten viktorianischen Villa ist sehr gemütlich und man kann alles in Edinburgh fußläufig sehr gut erreichen. Wenn man mit dem Auto anreist, kann man gut und kostenlos direkt vor der Tür parken. Wir empfehlen diese Unterkunft uneingeschränkt!
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We were four persons and one child from Israel traveling across Croatia during a week and spending each night at a different apartment, so we had the experience to compare between the apartments. Villa Branka feels like a real meditaranian lifestyle thanks to its private beach, the house decoration and the owners themselves. The hospitality of Branka and Zeljko was... More
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Thomas said he's invested more of the prize money, but he did purchase a guitar for $400 and pay off his student loans. He plans to use a lot of his winnings to pay for college for his 11 nieces and one nephew.
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And fuck it, I'm the new nigga. Don't give a fuck bout how these niggas rate me. Ya girlfriend wanna cruise with us but I'mma need a badder bitch to date me.
[Kirko Bangz] [Dont Give A]
Uh, I got this money in my pocket. I won't throw it 'less she dropping. Know what? Fuck it, bitch go shopping.
[Kirko Bangz] [Shopping]
I done came down, hold up. Grip the grain, roll up. And your girlfriend want a nigga like me cuz I ain't trying to control her.
[Kirko Bangz] [I Aint Tr]
I'm falling somewhere where getting out ain't easy. She know just what to say to have a nigga straight feenin.'
[Kirko Bangz] [A Nigga]
Only if u got that sit tight, only if u got that wine fine. Only if u got that sip type, only if u got that mine bomb. Only if u got that Zip type.
[Kirko Bangz] [Tight]
I take a look around the club, I done fucked everybody. Man I'mma need some newer bitches with some newer bodies.
[Kirko Bangz] [Bi]
Bitches waiting, boys intimidated. And I still can't believe I got signed to a Label. I guess I gotta do it while it's all in my favor and next year I'll be on vacation.
[Kirko Bangz] [Bi]
Draped up, dripped out. Your bitch know what I'm taking bout.
[Kirko Bangz] [Bi]
Gun holder, never need a holster. He don't shoot for fun, he don't ever need a poster.
[Kirko Bangz]
Feel like my whole life I been a low life but now I'm sittin in the spotlight.
[Kirko Bangz] [Spotlight]
She call me, when she wanna fuck. I never call, she knows what's up. Same page, same book. Different song, same hook.
[Kirko Bangz] [Never]
Yeah, he getting' older, mind getting' bolder. He divising them plans so his pockets get swoll up.
[Kirko Bangz]
H-Town so I'm made for lean. I'm in her soul, I make her scream.
[Kirko Bangz] [Ki]
All I wanna know girl what yo name is. I see them other niggas they be on that lame shit.
[Kirko Bangz] [Ki]
Uh, I'm feeling so throwed. I done had this drink since I was 15 and now I'm finally getting on. Told you bout this shit when I was 18.
[Kirko Bangz] [Im Feeling]
You hit the scene, I make the scene. I'm in her head like Maybelline.
[Kirko Bangz] [Maybe]
Cause the niggas playing Cool be the niggas with the heat. Yeah them niggas still in school prolly knock you off ya feet. Talk is cheap. Paying dues, no receipt.
[Kirko Bangz] [Cool]
Call me Mr. comeback. Come back Shawn Michael's. Swear to god I hope that little woman got Geiko.
[Kirko Bangz]
Go to sleep have a million dollar dreams. That's something you can't take away from me.
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Well its that drank sipping, paint dripping. Getting charged, nigga I ain't tripping.
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I have configured a multisite installation. I have a domain name that specifically targets a certain niche. I've been contacted many times over the last 16 years by people who wanted just an email address on this domain. Offering an actual site on this domain name is going to be very popular.
So my brain is all wrapped up in creating a business model for this idea. In general, here is what I am wanting to do:
Users will have to register and provide payment in order to have a site.
Maybe there is a way to create their site as a trial but not make it publicly viewable. Otherwise they will be required to provide credit card information in order to create their account/site.
It would be subscription-based. Monthly, 6 month, 1 year rates. Also, there will be a basic subscription and a premium subscription.
Once their site is created I want to provide them with the plugins, templates and widgets that would allow them ecommerce on their site to sell items. Not just any item, but a specific kind of item. They will have to enter their own Paypal account info, etc.
The user will be able to upload images of their item(s). They will also be able to fill out information in their profile that will be displayed on their home page.
Ok, the business model is somewhat vague, but you can probably see where I'm going with this?
Here are my questions:
Does anyone know of a model that's been setup already to sell a site/account in a multisite installation?
Do you know of a good plugin that can handle subscriptions, automatically charge credit cards on due dates, send invoices/receipts/notices on a scheduled basis, and that can deactivate an account due to lack of payment?
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Hello! (גוט־יאָר) I am Jon Ross (יאָנאַטאַן ראָס).
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I am a music education/voice performance major at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in Potsdam, New York. I live in Chappaqua, New York. Most of my article contributions are either about SUNY Potsdam, transportation, geography, or old-school Nickelodeon shows, or ייִדיש. Who knows, you might find something else random in there as well.
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|This user is an undergraduate student majoring in Music Education.
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|This user supports equal rights for LGBT people.
|This user wishes his or her us state were a Canadian province instead.
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