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With the Discovery Kids Build Your Own Recycle Paper Factory, kids can make their own recycled paper and design and decorate it, too. To start, tear or rip paper into bits and place them in a bowl filled with warm water. Let the paper soak for at least two hours. Once soaked, fill the mixer halfway with water and put a handful of the soaked paper in it. Blend for several minutes until you create a paper pulp. Pour water into the tray so that it is about half full, and add two or three handfuls of the paper pulp. Swirl the mixture together with your hands. Then choose a Deckle to create a paper shape. Use the paper press to squeeze out excess moisture. Then let the recycled paper dry for at least 24 hours.
The kit comes with a mixer, six Deckles (or stencils so kids can shape their paper), a paper press, two cloths, two butterfly nuts, and a tray.
The Recycle Paper Factory is designed to show kids real methods of recycling used today and that the process is possible in their very own home. The whole process will take some time to complete. To start off, you have to let the paper soak. Before you can finish, you have to let the paper dry. But once complete, kids have cool, shaped pieces of paper that they can actually use. And the Recycle Paper Factory can be used over and over again.
The Build Your Own Recycle Paper Factory is for ages 8 and up.
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Poetry Nights in Elko
Listen as we feature a Chuck Powell recitation of a Randy Hamill poem, "What Is A Cowboy Poet?" and an original John Hollis song, "Elko Nights," recorded live at the 1999 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
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Join us at the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering and enjoy hours of good music and cowboy poetry -- and we invite you to bring an idea, a piece of prose, a poem, or a song that you feel will be valuable for our travel into the next quarter of a century. "Anything Goes" (poetry) and "Take Your Turn" (music) sessions run all day, and are open to all at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Simply sign up in the morning to perform, and share your work with an appreciative audience! Read more about it.
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Warning: First I am new, please don't kill me. I searched for right click executes for the past two hours and didn't find what I am looking for.
I am trying to make a program that you right click on a file (clamAV's newest system) and have it run. I have no idea how to make the right click work. I know once the right click runs and pulls the path name/filename it will look like this.
$ chmod 700 [filename]
$ ./[filename]
When the file executes, if there is an error, it will present the error with a gui message.
The reason: I have noticed that windows has quick access to files that are designed to execute. This is awesome because it's easy to use. If a file is not inside the repos, it takes a lot of code for the average non-techy person to learn, and use. I am good at giving a good sales pitch with linux and people switch. After a while though, they want to switch back because the simple stuff like installing non-repos programs take a lot of code, something they either never had to do with windows or can't remember doing with windows.
The question: So, my question is, can someone point me to the right way of doing this. I'm not asking for you to do it, i'm looking for someone to help me with resources so i can learn it. I have a book, but it's not really helpful with gui.
Thank you for you help, the people i convince to switch to Linux will also thank you.


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I've searched for this but get no joy. I've got Facebook Page Publish 0.3.9 and I'm setting up the options.
I've created my app and step 1: Facebook Connection: Reports access granted and fields show green
Step 2: Publishing: returns this error...
Facebook returned an error: Invalid user or page ID. Please refer to the detailed setup instructions.
[Error occured at line 1078]
Your connection options could not be validated.
The help says "Click on one of the displayed user profile or page names or enter your profile or page ID manually." Except it does not display any user or page IDs, and when I manually enter either my user ID or the ID of a fan page I administer it returns the error above.
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thats right... the time is nigh... im off to LA. I wont be online for a couple of weeks.
Goodbye England!
- Listening to: Tokyo Police Club
- Reading: English Passangers
- Watching: Nothing
- Playing: Pardus
- Eating: Francos
- Drinking: Water
have fun!
You will be missed.
Poor ol' blighty loses another good artist ='[
Poor ol' blighty loses another good artist ='[
take it ez mate.
have fun bro
ur coming to the us? wow that's crazy, good luck
good luck man, I'm proper jealous, well wanna try living in a different country.
Well Canada is commonweath. And fucking cool. Eh?
haha, true, it's on my (imaginary) list of countries to visit. I'm (assuming I pass) spending a year in france as of september, but it's not quite the same 'cause I'd be home for christmas, easter and summer. There are times when I just have the urge to leave and go somewhere completely new. I assume that's what got the better of you?
have fun
cheers mate,
remember about our collabo
remember about our collabo
good luck and be safe!
you deserve good things ^_^
you deserve good things ^_^
Safe travels dude.
bye bye
we will wait
we will wait
have a safe trip!
bye nils
goodluck with the new place
goodluck with the new place


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Silvio Berlusconi's appeal trial against a tax fraud conviction is due to conclude with a verdict later on Wednesday in the latest in a 20-year legal saga for the former prime minister.
A Milan court said it would issue its ruling "after 1500 GMT", without giving further details.
Berlusconi is appealing a one-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from holding public office, both of which have been suspended pending an appeal.
They will not be implemented immediately even if the conviction is upheld, as the case will go to Italy's top court for a second appeal.
Berlusconi was found guilty of artificially inflating the prices of film distribution rights bought by his company Mediaset to avoid taxes.
The billionaire is also a defendant in a trial for having sex with an underage 17-year-old prostitute while he was still prime minister, and then abusing the powers of his office by putting pressure on police to release her from custody.
He was also convicted in March over the publication of leaked police wiretap transcripts involving a political rival in a newspaper in his media empire.


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The Mourning Emporiumby michelle Lovric
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Venice is in peril. Bajamonte Tiepolo is back, and his baddened magic has spread across the globe, from the island of Hooroo in the South Pacific, all the way to London, where Queen Victoria lies dying.
Now two cities need saving by Teo, the Undrowned Child, and Renzo, the Studious Son of a Venetian prophecy. Time is running out as they try to unravel the
Venice is in peril. Bajamonte Tiepolo is back, and his baddened magic has spread across the globe, from the island of Hooroo in the South Pacific, all the way to London, where Queen Victoria lies dying.
Now two cities need saving by Teo, the Undrowned Child, and Renzo, the Studious Son of a Venetian prophecy. Time is running out as they try to unravel the mysteries threatening London and Venice. They meet mermaids and mourning children, giant squid, a talking bulldog, and the delectable, deceptive Miss Uish. But who is a friend, and who an enemy?
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- Publisher:
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- 08/14/2012
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1. Only one person to blame
Venice, late afternoon, Christmas Day, 1900
A small girl stood on the ice that crusted the edge of the lagoon.
The storm was over. But the temperature was still falling. The girl shivered, wrapping her arms around her narrow body.
This was not the kind of cold that makes your nose glow, nor the kind that makes you look forward to sitting by the fire with a nice warm cup of something. It was that hopeless, heart-dragging kind of cold that makes you feel like an orphan.
Particularly if you are one.
Like this girl, Teodora Gasperin.
As far as the eye could see, way out on the islands of the lagoon, droplets of fog had frozen into a crystalline haze over the skeletal branches of the trees. It looked as if the leaves had been replaced by diamonds, glittering like angry teardrops. Ice strangled the shore; long white arabesques of it reached into the black water.
As she turned to trudge back home, Teo's eye snagged on something glinting just below her, embedded in the frozen water. She bent down, lifting her pinafore out of the way for a better look.
Then she screamed.
For what she had glimpsed was a white eel, thick and long as a young tree trunk, with red gills sprouting like coral from its muscular neck. At the sound of her cry, the creature slowly lowered one translucent eyelid and winked at her.
"Vampire Eels!" Teo shuddered. "They're back. And Venice all but drowned under the ice. It can only mean one thing.
"Renzo!" she whispered to herself. "I must tell Renzo! And the mermaids. And Professor Marin and the other Incogniti . . ."
A black-backed gull flapped past, cawing "Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Teo winced at its mockery. Her nose pinkened, and she blinked rapidly. Then she stamped her foot.
"Yes, I know. I know. I know. If Bajamonte Tiepolo has come back, and brought all his vile creatures with him, and baddened magic too, then there's only one person to blame."
The girl lifted her head and cried out over the icy tracts: "Me."
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MICHELLE LOVRIC has written three novels for adults and is active in the literary world, running writing workshops and writing reviews and travel features. The author divides her time between Venice and London. This is her second book for young people.
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The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs (Paperback)
The inside story of one of the world's most powerful financial Institutions
Now with a new foreword and final chapter, "The Partnership" chronicles the most important periods in Goldman Sachs's history and the individuals who built one of the world's largest investment banks. Charles D. Ellis, who worked as a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for more than thirty years, reveals the secrets behind the firm's continued success through many life-threatening changes. Disgraced and nearly destroyed in 1929, Goldman Sachs limped along as a break-even operation through the Depression and WWII. But with only one special service and one improbable banker, it began the stage-by-stage rise that took the firm to global leadership, even in the face of the world-wide credit crisis.
About the Author
CHARLES D. ELLIS served 28 years as managing partner of Greenwich Associates. He has taught courses in investment management at Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management; served as a trustee on the investment committees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale University, and the Whitehead Institute; and as chairman of the Association for Investment Management andResearch.


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Beautiful and Functional Standing Desks for the Modern Minimalist Home Office
(and great standing desk options for short people)
Because I spend most of my working time on my computer, writing books and running a small press, I've been on the lookout for a standing desk that looks good, is simple, and isn't too expensive. To complicate matters, I'm quite short, just 5'2″, and most of the standing desks seem to be better suited to taller people.
First, the not-so-pretty but functional hack
One popular standing desk hack, the Ikea Lack side table hack, seemed like a good option, because I already have an Ikea Lack table that's just sitting in the storage closet. However, when I tried putting the Lack table on top of my desk, it felt as though I was looking up way too high, like when I go to a party filled with tall people and I'm not wearing serious heels. Also, there was no way I could type from that angle.
So instead, I put the Ikea Lack table on my coffee table, and it worked just fine. It's the perfect height for typing, not difficult for viewing the monitor, and best of all, I can take in the canyon view outside my living room window. Also, this particular Ikea table seems to be made of cardboard or something, so it's no heavier than a magazine. So, here's my inexpensive standing desk for short people, using the Ikea Lack side table:
All you have to do is set your $20 table on top of your existing coffee table, and you're good to go. Unfortunately, while this is a great solution for my laptop, which I use for writing, it doesn't work for my big Mac desktop, which I use for publishing and web design.
However, did I mention? I'm a grownup, and I like grownup furniture. When it comes to my writing space, I like it to be not only functional, but also attractive.
You can find a number of standing desks online, but most of them are ugly metal things that look better suited to an afternoon with your gaming buddies from Best Buy (nothing against gaming or BestBuy, but I'd like something a bit more elegant). Which brings us to…
Elegant, minimalist, modern wooden standing desks for grownup people who like for things to look nice
The most attractive and adaptable standing desk that works for both desktops and laptops is Readydesk. According to creators Ben Larson and Joe Nafzier, who made a Kickstarter campaign to get the desk to market, "Readydesk is lightweight, strong, ergonomic and beautifully designed to setup without tools." Readydesk consists of four interlocking pieces of plywood–two sides plus two shelves that can be arranged at various heights to fit your equipment and your stature.
Readydesk weighs about fifteen pounds, which means you can't carry it around town but if you need to move it occasionally to different areas of your home or office, it's not difficult. At $169, it's more far more affordable than purchasing a new standalone desk, and, if you're into the design of your office space/writing space, it allows you to stay modern and minimalist instead of adding ugly contraptions and changing the footprint of your floorspace. You can also purchase additional shelves.
Upstanding Desk
Very similar to the ReadyDesk, differing mainly in style, is the Upstanding desk. Whereas ReadyDesk is all curves, Upstanding is a right angle sort of thing. Also made of wood, also highly adjustable for short people and tall people alike, also really, really good-looking, and similarly priced at $199, and funded through Kickstarter, the Upstanding desk will suit folks who like the ReadyDesk but want something with a deeper lower shelf, as well as sides to keep things from falling off. A great feature of Upstanding is that it has grooves to hold your iPad and other devices. The Standard version of the Upstanding desk is 29″ wide, but you can also buy it in double wide, if that's how you roll. The website warns customers that the boxes are heavy and shipping is expensive, "but it's totally worth it." If you're good with a handsaw, you can order the Upstanding desk plans and build the whole thing yourself for $49, but that sort of seems like kind of a lot of trouble, right?
Another great option for laptop users is StandStand, which also was born on Kickstarter, and which, like ReadyDesk and Upstanding desk, is made of wood and sits atop your current desk. At under two pounds and foldable (it fits in your laptop case), StandStand is very portable and inexpensive. While not quite as versatile ergonomically as the previous two options, it does come in three sizes: 9″ (for short people like me), 12″ for regular folks, and 14″ for the giants among you. It's $69 in Baltic Birch and $99 in Bamboo, and while the top is too small to hold your desktop, it can support a lot of weight (enough to sit on, if you want to). It's also made in the US of sustainable woods. The StandStand blog, complete with images of happy hipsters building these babies in their woodshop, will make you fall in love with the product, and this video will make you fall in love with its dreamy creator, Luke Leafgren. In the video, Luke takes the StandStand to the cafe and elsewhere, because when you look like Luke Leafgren, you can get away with that sort of thing.
Even the StandStand packaging is fun. See the smiley face and the bright yellow, look-at-me accents? That design and marketing team has some smart people, for real.
If I only needed a desk for my laptop, I'd definitely buy the StandStand–and I may still purchase one. But since I spend half of my time on my desktop, I think I'll just use the Lack for now for my laptop and get the ReadyDesk for my big Mac (the computer, not the sandwich). It's really a close call between ReadyDesk and Upstanding, but ReadyDesk comes in at a slightly lower price point, and Upstanding's "Wait! Our shipping is seriously expensive warning!" before you even add the product to your cart might be scaring some people off.
I'll post photographs and a review after my ReadyDesk arrives and let you know how it works out.


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'Heart of the Game' Tracks Girls' Hoop Dreams
A new documentary, The Heart of the Game follows an unconventional girls' high school basketball coach in Washington state and tracks the conflicts that arise over the fate of a star player.
Coach Bill Resler is at the center of the action in a film that offers a parallel... though not an exact one... to Steve James' well-received 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams.
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Hi, great plugin, but can you tell me how to change the font size in the login form please? I want to shrink it to make the login form smaller...
Many thanks,
Hi, great plugin, but can you tell me how to change the font size in the login form please? I want to shrink it to make the login form smaller...
Many thanks,
Which element's font-size you wants to reduce? Because labels, links and textbox's font-size are different.
Also to make the login form smaller, you can try reducing the login form width.
Hi, thank you for responding so quickly! It is the main form where users enter text for username and password and click the login button. I have reduced the login form width as much as I can using the control in the plugin, but would like to reduce the text entry box text sizes and, if possible, the padding above and below... The site is http://www.sheherazadediaries.co.uk if you have time to take a quick look... It's using a plugin called Private Only, so click on any of the menu items except for "Welcome" and you'll see the login page.
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Right now there is no option in plugin to do this. But you can change it in core file of WordPress. Keep in mind that the edit you made to core files will loose on next WordPress upgrade.
But I will definitely include this feature in next plugin version. For the time being do this:
Open this file through cPanel or FTP:
Find this line:
.login form .input, .login input[type="text"]
Edit the font-size to 14px or what value you need. Save it. Done.
lovely, getting there now thank you... one last thing, how to reduce the padding above the words "Username" and "password"?
Very many thanks!!
Like my previous answer, you need to edit two more values.
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.login form .input, .login input[type="text"] reduce the
margin-bottom value.
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My university requires submitted PDF files to be in PDF/A format.
I tried to find a converter, but they are all very expensive and/or complicated.
How do I convert my existing PDF file into a PDF/A?
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My university requires submitted PDF files to be in PDF/A format.
I tried to find a converter, but they are all very expensive and/or complicated.
How do I convert my existing PDF file into a PDF/A?
Thank you very much!
For saving existing Word documents to PDF/A all you need is a recent version of Microsoft Word. For creating from other products that print you can use a free PDF/A creator like the one at www.freepdfcreator.org
If you need to validate that a PDF/A file is compliant, you can use our free service at www.validatepdfa.com
Converting existing PDF files to PDF/A in a lossless way is a bit more tricky and not always possible. Acrobat 9 and 10 can do this. Our business, Solid Documents, also sells a product that does this (and other common archiving functions) for $99: Solid PDF Tools
PDF/A is an international ISO standard for archiving PDFs. The standard requests strict compliance to its set of rules (like: "embed all fonts", "don't use transparencies", "don't use JavaScript", "no encryption",...).
There are a lot of PDFs out there which claim to be PDF/A, but fail a real smoke test. That claim is just a tag in the file's metadata. That tag can make f.e. Acrobat Reader display a special hint when rendering it.
A check for real compliancy requires some rather expansive commercial "preflight" software. Currently I'm not aware of any Free utility to do that job. See also here for some test results: Isartor testsuite.
You can use Ghostscript to (try to) convert PDF to PDF/A. How to do this is documented here (Update: for newer versions here).
But note: this document was updated only very recently [*]. Previous versions of Ghostscript's Ps2pdf.htm did mis-lead users to run a command that created PDFs claiming to be PDF/A but which failed real smoke tests.
How to convert PDF to PDF/A with Ghostscript:
Here is a commandline:
[*] Note: The problem lays with the parameter
Microsoft Office 2007's 'Save as PDF' tool saves in PDF/A format.
A PDF/A document is just a PDF document that uses a specific subset of PDF that is designed to ensure it is 'self-contained'. Ie it is not permitted to be reliant on information from external sources (e.g. font programs and hyperlinks). From wikipedia:
Since there aren't really any tools to test if a PDF is PDF/A, it's a safe bet that just like you, your university also has no way to test that the document you send them is PDF/A.
It's likely that the only reason they specifically request it is so they can be sure that all the content will be "there" when they open it. They just expressed this requirement rather cryptically (And badly) as being that it had to be PDF/A. So a simple way to test if the PDF meet their true requirement of self-containment is to transfer the PDF and view it form another (preferably offline) computer and ensure that everything appears as it should.
I used the following command to convert PDF to PDF-A:
If you have a PDF file, first convert it to PS to work with the above code. I tried several times with the PDF file to be directly converted to PDF-A. However, it didn't work.
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'American Idol' sends another finalist home
Published: Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8:33 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8:33 a.m.
LOS ANGELES — "American Idol" viewers are saying adios to Karen Rodriguez.
The bubbly, bilingual 21-year-old wannabe diva from New York, who crooned Taylor Dayne's "Love Will Lead You Back" in English and Spanish on the Fox talent competition Wednesday, was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes. The judges decided against saving her following a last-chance performance of Mariah Carey's "Hero."
"It just felt great to at least have that one chance," Rodriguez said after her swan song.
Haley Reinhart, the 20-year-old college student from Wheeling, Ill., who belted out Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" while smudging her lipstick, and Naima Adedapo, the 26-year-old dance instructor from Milwaukee who delivered a pitchy rendition of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It," joined Rodriguez as the bottom three vote-getters.
Before the elimination, the top 12 finalists plowed through a mash-up of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way."
The Black Eyed Peas later dedicated a performance of "Just Can't Get Enough" to their "friends in Japan," and last year's "Idol" winner Lee DeWyze offered advice to this season's brood after singing "Beautiful Like You."
"Just remember why you tried out in the first place," DeWyze told the contestants. "At the end of the of the day, no matter when you leave, you still love music, and you're gonna keep doing it. You guys are fine no matter what happens."
The other remaining finalists are Casey Abrams, 20, of Idyllwild, Calif.; Lauren Alaina, 16, of Rossville, Ga.; James Durbin, 22, of Santa Cruz, Calif.; Stefano Langone, 21, of Kent, Wash.; Jacob Lusk, 23, of Compton, Calif.; Scotty McCreery, 17, of Garner, N.C.; Paul McDonald, 26, of Nashville, Tenn.; Thia Megia, 16, of Mountain House, Calif.; and Pia Toscano, 22, of Howard Beach, N.Y.
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Never be afraid to follow your dream. As I told my sons, "Pursue you passion; the money will come." -- Of course, it sometimes takes a while. ;-)
I don't know what the entry level is for artists. (I play at art, but earned my keep as a programmer.) My suggestion is to keep building your portfolio, work on your art every day (that's how you get better), and do what you're doing here. Put it out for comment.
When you feel you've got a strong enough portfolio, start interviewing. If you don't know where, start networking. You'd be surprised at how many jobs are gained through networking.
Re: Your work, it shows good color and movement. Decent variety, but don't be afraid to stretch yourself. Often we learn by trying and failing.
I especially love Dragon Mother. The atmospheric perspective is spot-on, and you captured that somber mood perfectly. The next image, Chica, was a bit of a surprise -- quite different from your other pieces, but the modeling on shoulder, arm and bosom are beautifully done. Definitely another another one of my favorites.
You've got talent, and you've got passion. Just keep expanding your network, and you'll find that all important "first job".
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He's mashing up expectorant and espresso. Most people miss the first joke so he forces you to contemplate it again. So everyone bemoaning the spelling is missing the point of the panel.
Expectorant: A medication that helps bring up mucus and other material from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea.
At least I will always have Omnipresent Man.
Rat has gone soft. Is Stephan dead?
Too bad they are using a term that has been outdated in most scientist vocabulary for years. Climate change would be better accepted.
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June 20 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Jerry Brown stripped $38 million out of the budget for the most populous state as he signed a record $156.3 billion spending plan for the year beginning July 1.
The line-item vetoes by Brown, a 76-year-old Democrat seeking re-election, were mostly technical amendments in a plan that boosts expenditures 5.8 percent from the current year, according to H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for Brown's Finance Department. The 10 budget changes were the smallest number since 1982, according to the department.
The signing ceremony in San Diego today was the earliest since at least the 1960s, reflecting accord with Democrats who control the Legislature. A surge in revenue, mostly from capital-gains levies and temporary income- and sales-tax increases, has taken the state from a $25 billion deficit three years ago to a record surplus.
"This on-time budget provides for today and saves for the future," Brown said in a statement. "We're paying off the state's credit card, saving for the next rainy day and fixing the broken teachers' retirement system."
The budget adds $1.6 billion to the state's reserve fund, the first deposit since 2007, according to the governor's office. It also directs the state, school districts and teachers to increase contributions to the California State Teachers' Retirement System. The second-largest U.S. public pension, with $184.8 billion in assets as of May 31, had been projected to run out of money by 2046.
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Neel Kashkari, Brown's Republican challenger in the November election, called the spending plan a "Christmas tree budget," criticizing it for setting aside revenue from auctioning carbon-emission credits for Brown's $68 billion high- speed rail proposal.
Kashkari, in a statement, called the budget "nothing more than a giveaway for special interests, paid for by working families."
Lawmakers approved the spending package June 17 in a compromise with Brown, who had pushed to set aside larger reserves. Democratic legislators moved to restore spending on health and welfare programs.
The budget counts on voters in November to amend the constitution by requiring that 1.5 percent of general-fund revenue be set aside each year in a rainy-day fund, as well as those capital-gains taxes that exceed 8 percent of the general fund, which pays for most core operations.
Credit-rating companies have criticized California for its failure to set aside money when the economy is booming and for relying too much on volatile capital gains.
California's general-obligation bonds are rated A1 by Moody's Investors Service, the fifth-highest investment grade. Standard & Poor's has the state one step lower, at A, with a positive outlook -- a potential precursor to an upgrade. California hasn't had an S&P rating above A since 2009. Only Illinois has a lower rating from both Moody's and S&P.
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I been having numerous problems with this plugin but the biggest is that I'm using a category page from my main blog that displays posts specific to "photoblog" but on that page only the picture from the first photoblog will appear. I've tried going through the settings to see if something is wrong but it all apears to be setup correctly.
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Sotheby's Stock Price: The World's Best Overconfidence Indicator?
Sotheby's as an art / risk / discretionary appetite indicator
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Skip to comments.Report from Lansing, MI - MSU/Capitol Rally
Posted on 04/20/2002 2:06:48 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan
I drove by the Capitol early and parked my assault SUV at the MCRGO building and went back to my place. I took my signs and met a few of the other MSU GOP and Young Americans for freedom members there. One of them had a giant US Flag and another had a flag with "DON'T TREAD ON ME" on it.
It then started up and we were up against some 60's activists(grey hair), some anarchists, commies, and the like. Suprisingly, they were actually somewhat peaceful. I suspect the nuts like that one jerk at the last rally was probably in DC. They had a "Stop US Oppression" flag, no American flags, stop "US" Imperialism, and some dummy wanted a world court.
One green party nut in his 50's was going nuts on the way there. He had a green "Stop US Imperialism" sign there. He got into an expletitive match with one of our guys there.
We didn't feel like walking to the capitol. It would look like we were with them instead of against them. So took a couple of cars to the capitol. One car passed them 5 times, honked their horn, and yelled at them. When we passed them, we flipped the one finger salute at them. (I know it's the low road, but it works - :))
They were a good 20-30 minute walk from the capitol, so we stopped at Kelly's Pub, and when we got out, the Communists were there. Someone there was campaigning for the Nazi Lyndon LaRouche.
Some of the signs featured on our side are Pick a Better Country - Move there, God Bless Capitalism, USA Kicks Ass,
Taliban, Jihads only understand Force, Go Home Commie, USA, Give War a Chance, and Anti War = Pro Terror.
These jerks also disrupted a wedding there. There was a wedding at the capitol, and it was disturbed by the communists. When they were leaving, two of the Wedding Attendents gave us the thumbs up, and didn't have nice things to say about the jerks.
The speakers were spewing the usual commie stuff. They complained that the US owned most of the world. They complained about Bill Gates since he was a billionaire. They complained about Israeli's owning more than the Arabs there. They said "The Earth belongs to all of us". They bashed Monopoly. They proclaimed their support for the Columbia left wing rebels. They praised Hugo Chavez. They then had chants of "Free Palastine" and were yappin about Israeli oppression and the like.
There was not one US Flag among the bad guys there. Not one. We had two big ones, and we had about 8 people.
OH, BTW - There was one guy there in a military uniform....on the OTHER SIDE. He said he was inactive. He should be, permanantly. I think he bought a uniform at a second hand store or something. That's just pathetic.
Sounds like some of the babbling libertarians here.
LOL, sometimes you have to use their language to get the message through. Great report, thanks for sharing.
One woman there actually put signs on her dog. One of them said "DOGS AGAINST WAR" and the other was "WAR IS UNHEALTHY FOR DOGS". Some people just ain't right.
The sign says "END U.$. GLOBAL OPPRESSION" < /barf >
I apologize for the picture quality. A 640x480 pixel camera can only do so much.
What an umbelievably rude and insensitive thing to do! And I'm at a loss of words for the "dogs against war". LOL I guess it goes to show the west coast nuts are no more nuttier than the midwesterners!
Looks like you guys had a great time. May God bless you all!
(Just a little levity, Dan!)
Thank you. Here's another picture:
The old lady in the middle had "Blessed are the peacemakers" and other sayings written on that white sheet she's wearing. She talked with us after they finished the rally and she said that if someone came to kill her, she'd let them do it. She's probably in her seventies, but you hate to see somebody so lacking in a sense of self-preservation at any age.
We also talked to a guy who claimed to be a Catholic priest, but was neither affiliated with a specific church nor willing to give a straight answer on where he stood on abortion.
The guy on the right of the picture is holding one of the printed "BOYCOTT ISRAEL" signs.
Any pics of Ponytail from the green party there?
Hey YAFers,
I'd just like to thank everyone who came out today to show their support for the war on terrorism and to help protest against those terrorist-loving commies. They showed up almost an hour late with signs saying "Stop U$ Oppresion" , "Stop BUSH", etc. There was also some old hippie Green party member sporting a Mao button who liked to say F*** You a lot. They even brought a dog with a sign that said "Dogs are victims of war too!". Wow, thanks to the leftists to point out those forgotten casualties. Anyway, we marches down Grand River and then on Michigan following their little parade. We got very positive support from the passing cars who flipped off their group and honked and cheered in praise of our group. We had several flags and signs saying stuff like "USA Kicks ASS", "Anti-War = Pro-Terror", etc. We also brought the megaphone which was great fun as it has the power to allow one YAFer to drown out 25 chanting commies. As they continued on the their great trek to the capitol we decided to take cars. We circled around their demonstration no less than 5 times with the megaphone out the window shouting "USA, USA" and "Pick up the pace Commies!". The first time we came by and blasted the siren at them they all stopped marching and stared. They were scared we were gonna throw something at them or something. As you can imagine, it was great fun!
The leftist continued their walk and we went to the capitol for some drinks. Finally the leftists arrived just in time to ruin some poor couples wedding photo shoot that they were taking at the capitol. The cops were there so we couldn't bring the megaphone but we stood between them and the main street the entire duration of their little rally against the war/ racism/sexism/right-wing south american guerillas/bush/homophobia/ U.S. imperialism and whatever other random commie stuff. Afterwards we had a few heated discussions and made our way back home. The left knows their commie antics won't be tolerated in Lansing. Once again, special thanks to everyone who came out. Photos will be up soon. See you guys later,
Hugs, 2T &;-)
Dang, I would hate to be so unhappy living in a country that I hate and not be capable of moving. It must be tough.
I shouldn't laugh, but, oh why not...BWA HA HA HA! That's for the newlyweds.
Thank you, Dan. (^:
I am sure your presence there affected many people.
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November 1st, 2012 (10:33 AM). Edited December 5th, 2012 by Affliction.
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Join Date:
Jul 2012
The Competitive Frenemies:
For those who like Rivals... For everyone.
Welcome to The Competitive Frenemies, the Rival Fan-Club. Join this Fan-Club if you like rivals!
1. Abide by all PC Rules.
2. Don't argue.
3. Try to be active as possible, and have your say on as many Topics as possible!
4. Choose one Fully-Evolved Pokemon and one Un-Evolved Pokemon upon joining. Also choose a rival upon joining.
5. One Pokemon you choose has to be owned by a rival you chose.
6. No spamming, trolling or inappropriate posts.
7. Put Rival stories in Spoilers.
8. Introduce New Topics only after the old one has been at least 3 days old.
9. Enjoy the club!
The Sign-Up Form:
Your Username:
Your Rival:
Partner Pokemon:
Why do you like Rivals?:
Answer the Current Topic. The new Topic right now is...
What is your favourite Pokémon of each rival?
Hover over the Rival Pictures to see their identity/nickname. Their Current Pokemon are shown are under them.
To know whose Pokemon is whose, check this section.
Pokemon (National Pokedex - 144):
This all the Pokemon that rivals had ever used. These are all the Pokemon ever available.
If you are a going to be a New Member, please check out the "Rivals" section instead to get an idea on whose Pokemon is whose. Then check this section to you choose your two Partner Pokemon (In which one's kind must be owned by the Rival you chose and the other can be from any rival, but has to be un-evolved).
If you were permitted to get a new Pokemon, please check this section for the Pokemon you want. However it would be, most of the time, you could only get an Un-Evolved Pokemon.
List of Members:
Hover over the names to see how many points they have! Also hover over the Sprites to see the Rival's/Pokemon's Identity!
Olli97 (Member)
Za_Destroyer (Member)
Wateria (Member)
Aryan143 (Member)
Hikari10 (Member)
Madic0 (Member)
Levels List:
There are two kinds of levels.
Normal Levels:
Member: Given when someone joins.
Super Fan:
Given to Members when they reach 75 points.
Mega Member:
Given to Super Fans when they reach 300 points.
Ultimate Member:
Given to Mega Members when they reach 1000 points.
Ultra Fan:
Given to Ultimate Members when they reach 3000 points.
Given to Mega Fans when they reach 8000 points.
Supporter Levels:
Given to people when I deem them worthy.
Super Supporter:
Given to Supporters once they earn 200 points since they became Supporter.
Ultimate Supporter:
Given to Super Supporters once they earn 700 points since they became Super Supporter, and have made 10 detailed posts in total.
Master Supporter:
Given to Ultimate Supporters once they earn 2000 points since they became Ultimate Supporters, and have made 25 detailed posts in total.
Contributor Master:
Given to Master Supporters once they earn 5000 points since they became Master Supporters, and made 50 constructive posts.
Point Table:
1 point.
5 points.
New Topics:
5-10 points.
5-20 points.
Detail in Posts:
5-20 points.
10-40 points.
"Rival Fan Club" link in your signature:
40 points per week.
Contribution to Events:
40 points.
Competition winning:
??? + An Emblem.
40 points:
Receive another Un-Evolved Pokemon whose kind is owned by your rival.
90 points:
Receive a random item.
160 points:
Evolve one of your Pokemon.
240 points:
Receive the Earth Badge.
330 points:
Colour around your name.
430 points:
Receive a good random item.
550 points:
Contact another rival to expand your variety of Pokemon Allowed.
680 points:
Receive an Un-Evolved Starter Pokemon.
830 points:
Evolve one of your Pokemon.
1000 points:
Glow around your name (Cannot go with Colour around your name).
1195 points:
Receive a good random item.
1455 points:
Duo-Volutionize one Pokemon (Evolves one Pokemon twice - Gives you the required RFC Currency Amount if you are unable to Duo-Volutionize one Pokemon).
1720 points:
Evolve one of your Pokemon once (Gives you the required RFC Currency Amount if you are unable to evolve one Pokemon).
2000 points:
Shiny one of your Pokemon (Gives you the required RFC Currency Amount if you are unable to Shiny one Pokemon).
RFC Shop:
Here, you can buy items to improve your Pokemon. What you use is RFCC (Rival Fan Club Currency) to buy some things that can evolve, shiny, or obtain Pokemon and much more. Earning RFCC is much harder than earning Points, plus you don't just earn them from normal things like posting your Topics. However, you earn them by things such as being a great example to others, winning a very active competition, having a great Activity Level at the Club and much more.
More items will be introduced in time!
Normal Items:
Poke Ball (30% chance to catch Pokemon - Costs 30RFCC)
Xvolutionizer (Evolves most kinds of Pokemon - Costs 50RFCC)
Devolvizer (Devolves a Pokemon to it's last stage - Costs 10RFCC)
Everstone (Stops a Pokemon Evolving or Devolving - Costs 10RFCC)
Soothe Bell (Increases a Pokemon's happiness - Costs 30RFCC)
Razer Claw (Evolves a Pokemon when paired Rare Candy - Costs 40 RFCC)
Rare Candy (Has a 40% chance of evolving a Pokemon - Costs 20 RFCC)
Better Items:
Duo-Volutionizer (Evolves a Pokemon twice - Costs 90 RFCC)
Mystery Ball (90% chance to catch any Pokemon - Costs 90RFCC)
Shiny 1t (Makes a Pokemon Shiny - Costs 120RFCC)
Fire Stone (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Thunder Stone (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Water Stone (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Moon Stone (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Leaf Stone (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Link Cable (Evolves some kinds of Pokemon - Costs 60RFCC)
Questions And Answers:
Any questions? PM or VM me and I will type all the answers down here! There are a few default ones to clarify some parts that may be confusing.
: Why are some Pokemon in Evolutionary Lines absent?
: They aren't used by Rivals, and therefore cannot be displayed.
: Is it possible to evolve Ralts into Gardevoir using a Normal Evolution Method?
: No, the only way to evolve Ralts into Gardevoir is Duo-Volutionizing. They cost 90 RFC at the Rival Fan Club shop and need 1455 points to get in Awards.
: What does it mean by "Good Random Item" in the Awards Section?
: It basically gets you a better Item. Instead of say, having a Poke Ball, you might get something like the Duo-Volutionizer instead (But there are much more, don't just expect that).
The Big Quiz
November): A quiz with many questions about Rivals and their Pokemon.
Quiz Tournament
-??? ????): A quiz tournament where people get eliminated over time.
Current Topics:
Why did you choose your Pokemon, and why did you choose your Rival?
Which Rival's story do you like the best and why?
Out of all the true Rivals, who needs improvements and why?
What is your favourite Pokémon of each rival?
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Gloria Dunne was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and community advocate. She died in her home on July 24, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. She is greatly missed.
With her desire to preserve open spaces and town character, Gloria was an active member of the La Jolla Shores Association, monitoring city agendas and organizing community letters. She served on the La Jolla Shores Planned District Ordinance Advisory Board, which plays a critical role in evaluating planned development. She and other residents fought successfully to maintain the town scale through land use standards and stopping a freeway extension across Mount Soledad. One campaign she became passionate for was the 30-foot height limit for coastal areas of San Diego, approved by voters in 1972. As a result of these policies, San Diego has some of the most beautiful coastal views and beach public access in the world.
Gloria Dunne enjoyed nature, visits to the beach, and family picnics. She loved the view from her kitchen window, and the wildflowers that grew in the gully near her house. Her greatest love was her husband and family. Her proudest work was raising her four children.
Gloria grew up in Los Angeles, and lived in La Jolla since 1957. She graduated from University of Colorado with a BA in economics, and worked at the California Institute of Technology.
Gloria is survived by her husband, Dr. Brian Dunne II; her children, Maya Dunne and husband, John, Annie Dunne and husband, Tony, Eileen Dunne, and Brian Dunne III and wife, Zhang Peng; grandchildren, Paul, Sage, Kara and Liam; sister, Neita; sister-in-law, Ceci; nieces, Lisa, Susan, Shawn, Lesley and Amy; and nephews, Paul, Kevin, Bobby and Cecil Wayne.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in her name to: YMCA of San Diego County, 3708 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123,
, or Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011,
Published in La Jolla Light from Mar. 7 to Mar. 14, 2013


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Halloween Express Store in Houston, TX
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Welcome to Halloween Express Houston, TX! We will once again be proud to carry the largest selection of Halloween costumes and merchandise in the Houston area! Stop by and visit the local Halloween Express in Houston, TX this 2015 Halloween season. Come by Champions Forest Shopping Center and see us for all your Halloween needs! We are currently closed for the season, but would like to wish our customers a safe and fun summer!
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This is a discussion on Good Pro 2A Defence Attorney in No Virginia within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Could anyone recommend a good pro 2A defense attorney in northern Virginia? Thanks....
Could anyone recommend a good pro 2A defense attorney in northern Virginia?
If you belong to the NRA, and it is a 2A issue, the NRA might be able to give you a referral, too.
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This is just prudential. Nothing bad has happened. Pray to God in never does.


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