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"What I Learned from the Election about Running a Business!" topic of women business owners roundtable
"What I Learned from the Election about Running a Business!" will be the topic of the Binghamton University Small Business Development Center's Women Roundtable from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 28, at the Binghamton Regency, located on Water Street in Binghamton.
Mary Ann Thompson, a life coach and motivational speaker, will explore the keys to success and the value of knowing one's target markets. Participants will also learn ways to present themselves and why presentation is just as important as the product they are selling.
Thompson who owns and operates the local business Achieve has served as chairperson for the "Celebrating Women in Business" conference in both 2003 and 2004.
The roundtable costs $10 a person payable at the door and includes a continental breakfast. Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and brochures to share.
Advance registration is required. Call Binghamton University's Small Business Development Center at 607-777-4024 or e-mail email@example.com to register.


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Hand-trimmed to 1-1/4" thick, this elegant 6-oz. steak is slow-aged for maximum tenderness and delicate flavor, and is USDA inspected for top quality.
Freedom Filets originate from the Tenderloin, which is located on both sides of the backbone, extending from the rib to the leg, and comes from the short loin muscle. This muscle does very little work, thus it is the prized tender of the beef.
Sweetwood Cattle Company promotes American agriculture and the Western way of life through growing, selling, and marketing only the highest-quality All-Natural Beef Steaks, Homemade Sausages, Craft Jerky, Original Rub Recipes, and Ranch Wear for their valued customers. Sweetwood's all-natural, slow-aged, USDA Prime & Choice beef is harvested from ranch-raised steers, which are fed meadow grass, natural grains, and protein - no antibiotics or hormones! Sweetwood stands behind every order shipped from their Steamboat Springs, Colorado, headquarters with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

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During Microsoft's //build/ so far I think XNA has had no official mention, except for attendees actually asking the speaker themselves on the future of XNA, their reply is always indirect. You know what the funny is though? Almost half of the questions asked in the game design event were related to XNA http://channel9.msdn...uild/2012/2-106.
Microsoft should hurry up say something something about this issue.
I don't get it! What has the game developers response to XNA not done to not impress microsoft? Did they think XNA would be used for AAA games or something, obviously that would not happen. Why stop XNA?
XNA will not be included in the WP8 SDK.
I am currently developing a desktop game in XNA, but will most probably move it over to MonoGame which is the only thing backing me up at the moment. I will definitely do it once MonoGame has the content pipeline for XNA.
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Ronald Weasley's file is a file kept by the Ministry of Magic while it was under Lord Voldemort's control in 1997. It was kept on Dolores Umbridge's office.
The document listed Ron's blood status, security status and family information.
Behind the scenes
- The film prop version of the file states that Ron is being tracked and was last seen in the company of Undesirable Number One, Harry Potter. Since, however, in the book, Arthur Weasley's file confirms that the Ministry of Magic believed Ron to be in bed with spattergroit, having sent someone to confirm this, none of this can be considered canon.
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The year was 1945, the year I was born. That in itself is of great significance to me. However, it was a momentous year in history. World War II came to its merciful end and the development of the first electronic computer – the ENIAC—was nearing completion. At a post-war Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), mathematician Stanislaw Ulam envisioned the possibilities of reviving statistical techniques that would have a huge impact on science and technology research today. (Read the history of Stanislaw Ulam in the special edition of Los Alamos Science No. 15, 1987.)
More than 2,600 videos showcasing DOE's most exciting research are available on ScienceCinema. Grab the popcorn and see science in "ACTION!"
Curious about DOE's work in robotics, antimatter, or outer space? How about microbes, bugs, or mutants?
When I became Director of the DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information in 1997, we had a grand vision for a new era of global discovery. The way we provided access to scientific and technical information could be revolutionized. The internet showed promise, unbelievable promise. How exciting it was to become OSTI's leader at that point in time.
Although the development of the Department of Energy's web-searchable databases greatly enabled our scientific community to access R&D collections, the search technology was inefficient. How could we make the information more easily accessible to the public? Somehow we had to wrap our arms around and embrace new technologies. We had the talent, we had the motivation, and we definitely had the energy. We knew there was a better way to improve the Government's service to its people.
Ten years ago this month Science.gov was launched! The cross-agency portal was created to break down the stovepipes of science information, knowing that it is difficult to know which federal agency holds what information. Thanks to longtime relationships between the agency senior information managers of CENDI as well as a partnership with USA.gov, and with the efforts of many, many supporters, a unique and grassroots project was undertaken and still provides an important service today. A special thanks to our Science.gov Alliance co-chairs during these years: Eleanor Frierson, NAL/USDA (retired); Tom Lahr, NBII/USGS (retired); Cindy Etkin, GPO; Tina Gheen, LOC; Annie Simpson, USGS.
OSTI joined DataCite to facilitate finding, accessing, citation of, and reusing publicly available scientific research datasets produced by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – funded researchers. Through the OSTI Data ID Service, Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are assigned to research datasets, then registered with DataCite. When registered, these datasets are announced with other forms of STI made available by OSTI as part of its mission to advance science.


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Bad day yesterday. Lot's of fighting with Ubuntu Precise. Upgraded from Oneiric, but X would freeze regularly. Could still ping/ssh in.
I think it was an issue with the application switcher. I wasn't using the Unity one. There were other issues too. As the system was so unstable, I decided not to take any changes with conflicts, so simply wiped my ~/.config and started over (but copied back settings from apps I wanted to keep). Pretty stable now. The only issue is that I'm using the Unity switcher and I don't like the "Show desktop" option, which you can't remove. Unless you recompile the source I suppose.


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Nazareth was a small village in the time of Jesus, living under the shadow of the neighboring city of Sepphoris. As a result of it being the place where Jesus grew up, Nazareth today is a thriving town while Sepphoris is the neighboring archaeological ruin.
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On Tuesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) offered the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2013, also known as "Audit the Fed." The bill would eliminate restrictions on Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of the Federal Reserve. Additionally, the bill would give Congress oversight of the Fed's credit facilities, securities purchases, and quantitative easing activities.
"The Fed's operations under a cloak of secrecy have gone on too long and the American people have a right to know what the Federal Reserve is doing with our nation's money supply," Paul said in a statement. "Audit the Fed has significant bipartisan support in Congress and across the country and the time to act on this is now."
There may be hope that the people's representatives may actually finally wrest the reins of federal fiscal policy away from the unelected, unaccountable governors of the Federal Reserve.
As of the time of writing, Senator Paul's bill, S. 209, has 18 cosponsors in the Senate, including one Democrat, Mark Begich of Alaska.
Earlier this year, a companion measure was offered in the House of Representatives by Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.) and currently has 117 cosponsors.
When it comes to dragging the policies and procedures of the Federal Reserve into the sunshine of congressional oversight, Rand Paul comes by it honestly, via fatherly influence.
As recounted on RonPaul.com:
For the past 30 years, Congressman Ron Paul has worked tirelessly to bring much-needed transparency and accountability to the secretive bank. And in 2009 and 2010 his unfaltering dedication showed astonishing results: HR 1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve, swept the country and made the central bankers shudder at their desks. The bill passed as an amendment both in the House Financial Services Committee and in the House itself.
Then, in 2012, his final year in the House, Congressman Ron Paul reintroduced the Audit the Fed bill (H.R. 459), which passed the House 327-98.
In fact, Representative Broun's bill currently pending in the House is a copy of Ron Paul's bill. In a statement, Broun said he was fighting the Fed in order to "pick up where Ron Paul left off."
Now, his son is leading the assault in the Senate.
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Sir Baldwin Spencer (1860–1929) was the foundation professor of biology at the University of Melbourne, an anthropologist and a connoisseur of Aboriginal bark paintings as well as contemporary Australian art. One of Australia's significant men of science, he was Lambert's friend and patron and came to own a number of his paintings including The holiday group 1907 (cat.35) and Weighing the fleece 1921 (cat.87). He was a trustee of the combined Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria (1895–1928), in which position he was instrumental in the gallery acquiring Lambert's painting Lotty and a lady (cat.27). The London visit, during which he sat for this portrait, was undertaken to select advisors for the Felton Bequest Committee, which funded the collections of the Library, Museum and Gallery (ADB).
While visiting London in January 1917 Spencer sat for this portrait eight times over three weeks, each visit averaging two hours. It amazed him that Lambert took so much time over the portrait and paid so much attention to detail. At this time Sir Baldwin was fifty-six, and only just knighted, so the portrait probably commemorates that honour. Lambert captured his subject's thoughtful eyes and genial face. Presenting Spencer wrapped in an appropriate mid-winter overcoat and scarf, and holding a warm hat and gloves. Lambert evoked his warm and relaxed manner. The raised hand, as if in mid-gesture, suggests his energetic spirit, and the hand-held pince-nez signifies both his status as a professor and an art fancier. Curiously, Lambert portrayed Spencer seeming to arise out of – or merge into – this landscape, perhaps to suggest the anthropologist's strong bond with the land.
Lambert completed the portrait in 1921 in Melbourne and offered it to the National Gallery of Victoria, but withdrew when trustee Sir Baldwin Spencer heard that director Bernard Hall planned to recommend its rejection. Spencer then purchased it for his own collection.


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No list of the best television dramas of the past 10 years would be complete without a mention of The Shield. True, it never got quite the same over-the-top universal adulation during its run that the great HBO triumvirate of The Sopranos, The Wire, and Deadwood received, but series creator Shawn Ryan helped define the terms for what cable drama has become — specifically, a degree of unflinching darkness and a charismatic antihero. And it's that pedigree that makes Ryan's new Fox show worth a longer look than your average network police potboiler.
The Chicago Code focuses (thus far, anyway) on two of the city's finest: Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals, doing a cartoonish Chicago accent), Chi-Town's first female superintendent, and her former partner, the no-nonsense Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke, his accent somehow even worse than Beals's), who is something of a living legend among his fellow officers. He's also notoriously difficult to work with, going through new partners like Kleenex. The plot kicks into action when Alderman Gibbons (Delroy Lindo) denies Colvin her request for the creation of a special citywide corruption task force. That prompts Colvin (unofficially, of course) to investigate him. Then there's a murder in Grant Park that could conceivably benefit Gibbons, and that gives her the chance to draw Wysocki in, along with his latest new partner, Caleb (Matt Lauria, fresh off playing a high-school student on Friday Night Lights). We also meet Wysocki's uniform-cop niece, Vonda (Devin Kelley), and her partner, Isaac (Todd Williams), who's arrogant and a bit reckless.
As the plot and character descriptions suggest, TheChicago Code isn't exactly breaking new ground. We've all seen crusading cops take on the political machine, mismatched partners (did I mention that Caleb's a Cubs fan but Wysocki is a White Sox fan?!), and hot-shots who play by their own rules. And though the cast is solid, the members aren't collectively strong enough to elevate the material. Neither is there an obvious breakout star or character to this point, though Lindo does make a good villain. Even the writing feels as it weren't quite there yet — each character gets a voiceover soliloquy at some point during the first three episodes, but I'm not sure these reveal anything you couldn't have figured out on your own.
But if Ryan is doing some extra handholding as a concession to a more mainstream audience (not to mention sponsors) accustomed to shut-your-brain-off fare like CSI and Law & Order, TheChicago Code may yet distinguish itself from other network police dramas. The Shield had the ability to morph into one of three shows, often within the same episode: (a) an examination of the thin lines separating cops, criminals, and politicians; (b) an episodic, nutjob-of-the-week procedural focused on two skilled detectives with differing methods; and (c) a look at the culture of the force itself. By establishing a potentially season-long overarching storyline — i.e., Colvin-Gibbons — with high-stakes outcomes for our main characters, Ryan has shown that TheChicago Code won't be a formulaic investigative show where the reset button is hit after each hour, with the door left open for the occasional isolated change-of-pace episode. And there's another intriguing story mine in the form of Liam (Billy Lush), a deep-cover detective making inroads with the local organized-crime outfit. As The Shield proved, Ryan has it in him pull these disparate threads together into an intriguing whole. Let's hope he delivers.
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Aussie throws its hat into to aggregator market with the purchase of NMB. We speak to JAMES SYMOND of Aussie about the move.
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By Jerry O'Brien
Proctor, MN
A transplanted Australian now living in Forest Lake, MN won the 20 lap
feature for the Upper Midwest Sprint Series (USMSS) at the Proctor Speedway
Sunday night. Pole sitter Chris Graf was out front and flying for the first eleven
laps but Brooke Tatnell who started fifth, tracked him down and made what
proved to be the winning pass off turn two and was never caught the rest of the
way. Tatnell added to his total as the leading UMSS feature winner. He now has
14 wins in the fledgling organization which in its fourth season. Jerry Richert, Jr
also of Forest Lake is second with 11 wins.
The feature started out badly with a wild flip by 2010 rookie of The Year Jared
Goerges off turn three/four on the first try for lap one. At the restart Graf repeated
his great start and flew into the lead with Tatnell, Richert, Jr., Jason Tostenson and
Andy Jones in attendance. The leaders quickly caught the back markers and began
the lapping process. Jones came up on the slower car of Katrina Sautbine in turn
one, appeared to clip her car and executed a flip of his own bringing out the red
flag. Both drivers who crashed were uninjured but both cars were out of the event.
At the half way point Graf led Tatnell, Richert, Jr., Tostenson and Sye Anderson
in the top five. On lap 11 Tatnell made the pass for the lead and three laps later
Leigh Thomas spun in turn one bringing out the final caution flag with six laps
remaining. At the green Richert, Jr passed Graff for second on the back stretch,
Tatnell had clear sailing ant took the win over Richert, Jr., Graf, Tostenson and
It was two in a row for Kyle Peterlin as he won the WISSOTA Late Model
feature. At the green flag there was a scramble in turns one and two and veteran
driver Tim McMann shot out of the pack to the lead. Kevin Carlson, Todd Frank
and Joey Ogston battled for second as Peterlin moved into fourth from his fourth
row starting spot ahead of Jay Kintner. Peterlin joined the battle for second as
Frank muscled his way past Carlson to claim second. Peterlin went charging after
Frank as Harry Hanson raced into the fourth spot. The caution flag appeared when
Kintner's car appeared to stall. With 14 circuits remaining, the green flag flew
with McMann still at the point and Peterlin, who had taken second, closing. At the
half way point McMann led Peterlin, Frank, Carlson, Hanson and Aaron Lillo.
Ogston, Jeff Massingill, newcomer Jeff Sayler and Robbie Cooper in the top ten.
At this point the battle for fourth between Hanson and Carlson was the best on the
track. Up front Peterlin made an inside move on McMann, then went to the outside
and back to the inside to make the pass for the lead on the back stretch and went
on to take the win. McMann held onto second, Carlson, Hanson and Lillo rounded
out the top five.
The 20 lap Super Stock feature got off to a ragged start as Willie Johnsen, Mike
Bellefeuille and Al Rapp got tangled up. Bellefeuille was called for the infraction
and, on the restart, Donnie Lofdahl shot out to the lead. Kevin Salin, Tyler kintner
and Nick Oreskovich gave chase as Scott Lawrence and Andy Davey skirmished
for fifth. Lofdhal was in control but Salin was nipping at his heels as Oreskovich
slipped into third. Salin went off turn one and returned to the track without a
caution flag slipping back a number of spots. Lawrence charged into third as
Oreskovich went after Lofdahl and the two tangled collecting Lawrence. Lawrence
and Oreskovich slid off the back stretch into the weeds at the entrance to turn three
and Lofdahl also went for a spin bringing out the caution flag. Lofdahl retreated to
the work area, Oreskovich was charged with the foul and Lawrence was left with
the lead. Lofdahl returned at the back of the pack as Lawrence drove off to a
comfortable lead leaving Davey and Kintner in a battle for second. Johnsen and
Bellefeuille also ran in the top five. Davey finally bested Kintner and was helped
by a caution flag with five laps to go when Al Rapp went off turn four. At the
restart Lawrence had Davey to contend with and the two battled it out for the
remaining circuits. On the white flag lap Davey was able to get a good run to the
inside off turn two and got by to the lead in turn three but Lawrence made an
inside charge of his own off turn four but came up inches short at the checkered
flag. It was the first win at Proctor for Davey.
The Midwest Modified 20 lap feature was a caution flag filled affair as six
yellow flags slowed the action. A pair of #68's put on all the fireworks in the early
going as the 68L driven by Dan Larsen got a gonzo start at the initial green flag
but a caution for Loren Inman's excursion off turn one brought out the caution
flag. The restart saw Larsen agin out to the lead but again the caution flag
appeared this time Andrew Inman bunted Josh Heaviland in turn one and both
took a spin. Heaverland was out and, at the green Larsen was joined by the other
#68 of Dan Kingsley. Larsen had the lead and Kingsley wanted it as they pulled
away from Ross Siiter, Dan Doran and Neil Balduc. Balduc had visions of a third
straight feature win at the speedway. The pair of 68's were battling more than a
straight away ahead of the pack but that bulge disappeared when Deven VanHouse
went around in turn four. There was still 14 laps remaining when the green flag
reappeared and Kingsley grabbed the lead. At the half way point Kingsley
maintained the lead over Larsen as Balduc was closing the distance ahead of Siiter
and Justin Oestrich. Suddenly the complection of the race changed as Balduc
slowed in turn four with steam pouring from the car and Larsen also ducked into
the pits, both out of contention. The caution flag appeared for Balduc's problems
and the restart came with six laps to go. At the restart Oestrich took the lead but
again the caution flag flew as Andrew Inman's #44 erupted in a cloud of steam.
With five laps to go and 11 cars of 15 remaining, Kingsley managed to hold off
Oestrich on the restart as Danny Vang ran third, Siiter fourth and Jake Gondik
fifth. The final caution flag was for debris on the track setting up a green/white/
checkered finish scenario. Kingsley led off but couldn't hold back the onslaught of
Oestrich and Vang. Oestrich took the win, Vang was second Kingsley and third. It
was strong runs for both Siiter and Doran as they rounded out the top five.
It was a Hammit family front row for the 15 lap Pure Stock main event with Jon
on the pole and Matt to his outside. Jon got the jump at the start but it was Craig
Horak in the green station wagon who found an opening to the inside and sneaked
into second in the first turn from row four. Dustin Follett, Corey Lonetto and
Glenn Dammer followed him but Horak blasted by Jon Hammitt to take a lead he
would never relinquish. Horak survived a restart after the caution flag for the spin
by Brett Leino in turn four as fellow Grand Marais resident Esten Nelson took
second as Jon Hammitt fell off the pace with an apparent flat left rear tire. Dustin
Follett took second and pushed Horak for the lead. Josh Loucks Nelson and
Dammer were in the top five. Another caution flag flew with three to go and, at the
green flag, Horak drove off to a huge lead and crossed under the checkered flag
for his first feature win. Follett, Loucks, Dammer and Justin Bassa finished in the
top five.
Also on the program Sunday night were the Barnum Speedway 4 Cylinder cars
and it was a pair of brothers from Proctor Wade Zeills and Shawn Zeills finishing
first and second in the feature. Kyle House, Richard Loucks and Jeff Schleski
finished in the top five.
Results Proctor Speedway Sunday July 8
WISSOTA Late Model (12 cars)
Feature (20 Laps) Kyle Peterlin Hibbing; Tim McMann Duluth; Kevin Carlson
Hermantown; Harry Hanson Eveleth; Aaron Lillo Duluth; Jeff Massingill
Keewatin; Joey Ogston duluth; Jeff Sayler Hastings; Jim Morris Hibing; Tod
Frank Mellen DNF Robbie Cooper South range; Jay Kintner Hibbing
UMSS Sprints (15 cars) Feature (20 laps) Brooke Tatenll Forest Lake ; Jerry
Richert, Jr. Forest Lake; Chris Graf Glencoe; Sye Anderson Brainerd; Tony Kaus
Bloomington; Anna Kouba Lino Lakes; Tom Nicholl Hermantown; Leigh Thomas
duluth; Kevin Bradwell Luck; Katrina Sautbine Superior DNF Ryan Wilson
Superior; Jared Goerges Brainerd; Andy Jones Princeton; James brody Prior Lake
DNS Scott Brody Prior Lake
Heat 1: Graf; Wilson; Thomas; J. Brody; Bradwell; Sautbine
Heat 2: Jones; Tostenson; Kaus; Nicholl; Kouba
Heat 3: Tatnell; S. Brody; Richert; Goerges; Anderson
Challenge Race #1: Jones; Goerges; Wilson; Anderson; S. Brody; J. Brody;
Challenge Race #2: Richert; Tatnell; Thomas; Tostenson; Graf; Kouba Nicholl;
WISSOTA Super Stock (14 cars)
Feature Andy Davey Hibbing; Scott Lawrence Superior; Tyer Kintner Hibbing;
Nick Oreskovich Mason; Brian Carl Duluth; Ronnie Malecki Superior; Pat
Heikkinen Eveleth; Willie Johnsen, Jr. Superior; Dan Yrjanson Carlton DNF
Kevin Salin Iron; Donnie Lofdahl Proctor; Al Rapp Saginaw; Ashley Smith South
Heat 1: Davey; Salin; T. Kintner; Malecki; Johnson; Carl DNF Yrjanson
Heat 2: Lofdahl; Lawrence; Bellefeuille; Oreskovich; Rapp; Heikkinen; Smith
WISSOTA Midwest Modified (18 cars)
Feature: (Results unofficial as of press time due to teching issues) Justin Oestrich
Elk River; Danny Vang Brainerd; Dan Kingsley Superior; Ross Siiter Duluth; Dan
Doran Hermantown; Don Scholler International Falls; Jeff Pohjonen Duluth;
Deven VanHouse Silver Bay; Brian Youderin Superior; Loren Inman Proctor;
Jake Gondik Foxboro DNF Josh Heavirland Cloquet; Neil Balduc Bessemer; Dan
Larsen Hermantown; Andrew Inman Hermantown DNS Dustin Scott Rosemount;
Guy Gaskill Duluth; Eric Gadach Deer Park
Heat 1: Oestreich; Larsen; Siiter; Heavirlanf DNF Vang; Gaskill; Scott; Pohjonen
DQ L. Inman
Heat 2: VanHouse; Balduc; Kingsley; A. Inman; Gondik; Youderin; Doran DNF
Scholler DQ Gadach
Pure Stock (26 cars)
Feature: Craig Horak Grand Marais; Dustin Follett Cloquet; Josh Loucks Carlton;
Glenn Dammer Duluth; Justin Bassa Hermantown; Esten nelson Grand Marais;
Josh Danielson Carlton; Jeff Engelmeier Saginaw; Derek Ament Barnum; Annika
Hammitt Cloquet; Brett Leino Moose Lake; Rita Anderson South Range; Dave
White Gilbert DNF Jon Hammitt Cloquet; Matt Hammitt Cloquet; Devin Reynolds
Cloquet; Kyle House Cloquet; Tim Carlson Superior; Andy Leino Barnum
B Feature (top 2 transfer) A. Leino; Engelmeier; Josh Overen Mahtowa; Erik
Pederson Saginaw; Zene Anderson Superior; Duane Livingood Saginaw DNF
Shawn Ziells Proctor DNS Mark Korte Duluth
Heat 1: Dammer; Nelson; Bassa; loucks; carlson; House; Leino; Overn; Pederson
Heat 2: Follett; M. Hammitt; Danielson; Horak; R. Anderson; A. Hammitt; Z.
Anderson DNF Engelmeier; Ziells
Heat 3: Ament; J. Hammitt; Lonetto; B Leino; White; Reynolds; Livingood DNF
Barnum 4 Cylinder (9 cars)
Feature Wade Zeills Proctor; Shawn Ziells Proctor; Kyle House Cloquet; Richard
Loucks Wrenshall; Jeff Schlenski Superior; Alex Smith Barnum; Jacoby Brigham
Barnum DNF John Engelbrecht Superior DNS Derek Ament Barnum
Heat: W Zeills; S Zeills; Loucks; Schleski; Brigham; Engelbrecht DNF House;
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Easy does it! You can make this blueberry munch the night before you serve breakfast or brunch.
Hunting for blueberries? Look for plump, firm berries that are bluish black with a hint of silvery gray.
Blueberries are best when you store them in a moistureproof container (if possible, in a single layer) in the refrigerator no longer than 5 days. Wash and dry the berries with paper towels just before you use them.
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Yesterday I have received as a Christmas present a Apple mini iPod with 4 GB as a digital music player. I am right now testing it. It is a bit expensive (240) but it is more than a music player. You can run Linux in iPods!. The iPod is marvelous when you use iTunes with it, so iTunes+iPod is a killer platform. I have started to use another time MacOS X 10.2 because it. Linux has great support for iPods since 2002 (gtkpod, GNU Pod ...).
After two days working in the weekend, I have put more than 600 songs in the music library (iTunes works 10x encoding mp3 in my powerbook) and now I am very near to have to select the music I will want in the iPod (the 4 GB limit!). It is incredible how many information the users will have to manage so we need to be very clever in ways to manage the information (thousands of songs, photos, videos ...). Beagle, gThumb, jamboree, rhythmbox ... all need to scale so well to manage this amount of information. Could muine new model support that amount of information?
My user experience is being very good with iTunes (sure I could get a similar experience with iPhoto and maybe iVideo). In GNOME currently I feel we haven't this user experience, but we are getting it. I understand now why some of my free software dudes in the university finally started to work in MacOS X and now, they can't stop using it ;-) Guys, we need to reach these user experience in GNOME. But as Richard Stallman remember us, it is not only about technology or user experience, first it is about freedom, but we will get also these ;-)


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CK-12 Algebra - Basic
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This chapter covers the relationships among expressions, equations, and functions when variables are present. Also explored is how these ideas can be shown on graphs.
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Mudminnow, are you familiar with Thomas DiLorenzo? YouTube him. You'll find a couple of speeches on Lincoln. Another good one is "Why the Constitution Had To Be Destroyed".
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Mudminnow, are you familiar with Thomas DiLorenzo? YouTube him. You'll find a couple of speeches on Lincoln. Another good one is "Why the Constitution Had To Be Destroyed".
I love DiLorenzo, he does actual research and makes great logical points about Lincoln. Lew Rockwell has a group of articles under the title of "king Lincoln" and many of his article are there. You should look this DiLorenzo guy up swamp
I'll look for the articles. Got to meet Lew last year at a Mises event in Houston. Planning on going again this year.
I know what a historical expert you are, so would you give me a brief synopsis of how well things went for the country during 2001-2007 when the "CONSERVATIVE" Republicans controlled the White House and both houses of Congress. Please focus your lecture on the bedrock "CONSERVATIVE" issues of balanced budgets, peace, prosperity {achieved through deregulation} fiscal responsibility, smaller government, respect for individual rights & freedoms, transparency in govt etc
Glad you liked the Sowell quote. It was directed at Abe Lincoln. Unlike Ross Perot's campaign, the Libertarian Party is more than just one candidate. We have 8 candidates running for Governorships, numerous candidates running for the House and Senate and dozens running for state and municipal seats.
mjh345...I agree with the end of your comments, as far a focus going forward for all of us! As far as justifying what happened in 2001-2007 the short answer is that it was way better than what we have now. My point is if we all don't come together quickly, you are probably looking at the best it will ever be for you, your kids, Grandkids.....the Dem's are killing the country we all love.
"I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races.? There is a physical difference between the two, which, in my judgment, will probably forever forbid their living together upon the footing of perfect equality.? I . . . am in favor of the race to which I belong having the superior position."
And concerning voting, it is a very philosophical argument on both sides but I hold to the argument that if I don't vote for who I think will do the best job, I have not done my civic duty.
MM....How's that not voting going for you now? Feeling real good about our leadership in Washington.....?


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HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi's new president marks his first official day with talk of tornado recovery and celebrates the 103rd anniversary of the university's founding.
Dr. Rodney Bennett officially became the school's 10th president Monday, replacing interim president, Dr. Aubrey Lucas.
The Clarion-Ledger reports Bennett and university officials have been working with the federal and state emergency officials and insurance adjusters to assess damage left in the wake of a Feb. 10 tornado that ripped through the Hattiesburg campus.
The storm hit three days after Bennett was named president. A university spokesman says Bennett helped lead the university during the early stages of recovery. State lawmakers approved $1.65 million for renovation and repairs and another $1.1 million to buy musical instruments and equipment damaged by the tornado.


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TRU OP vs Megs...
For some reason, it never occurred to me that this box was the same size as the box on regular OP & Megs, I guess because they're $40 and this 2pack is only $25. Inside is one of the worst tangles of twisties I've ever seen, and I collect Star Wars 12" figures posed on vehicles in window boxes! I guess part of that feeling comes from a lot of the twisties being inside the interior bubbles rather than all the way through the cardboard tray, makes it very hard to cut these things off - this is total twisty overkill. I don't have either full-sized version of these Energon figures, neither appealed to me, especially at their $40 pricetags, so this set filled the need for those leaders without breaking my wallet.
Megatron is a little cooler than I had expected, I definitely would have been honked to pay $40 for the full-sized version, but this one is nifty and I'm told almost as large. The alt mode is too thick and a little too much of a mish-mash to be totally believable, but it's not a disaster and quite well armed - the only thing I really can't get past is the head sticking way out the bottom. Transformation is pretty simplistic, but the trick for the feet and the slide-out chest sides make it satisfying.
Bot mode stands taller than I had expected, dwarfing the poor Optimus included in the set. MiniMegs could have better articulation though, it's ok (neck, universal shoulders, hinged elbows, forearm swivels, universal hips, and hinged knees) but bicep and thigh swivels would have helped immeasurably. The sword sheath should sit closer to the body, there's too much bulk the way it is. The sword is ok but there's no reason the bottom couldn't have had a standard peg molded into it, leaving this off so only the tank can hold it is unacceptable (the openings near the bottom can slip over a standard peg, but Megs doesn't have one near his hands).
The tank drone is ok, nothing to write home about, it's too big to make a reasonable sword-holder, I guess as a forearm-mounted weapon it's alright though - I prefer the forearms rotated fist-up so the tank is hanging down below.
Optimus Prime is kinda silly, the fig is small even for an Energon deluxe figure, and in this set it's too funny to see Megs twice as tall as Optimus. Alt mode is a good representation of the original except for a gap in the side and the robot mode head(s) hanging off the back, though at least Optimus' face is rotated out of the way. Like Inferno, I wish the designers had made just a smidge more space on the underside, it could have very easily been stowed totally out of the way. The truck seems to be in the same scale as Tow Line, Rodimus, and Inferno, so it doesn't look terribly out of place with those alt modes even though it still looks like the runt of the litter. Transformation is fairly straightforward and simple except for freeing the arms from the rear truck section, I kinda fumble with the wrists until things get free.
Bot mode is downright shrimpy even though he's not much smaller than any other deluxe figure, I guess it's because he is Optimus Prime and not supposed to be this small - hell, he's actually TALLER than Armada deluxe Prime, yet because of the puny head and fat body here he seems less like OP. He's fairly well articulated for a deluxe (head, universal shoulders, hinge elbows, universal hips, swivel upper thighs, hinged knees, and hinged angles) though swivel upper forearm and/or bicep articulation would have really made poseability a lot better. As for colors, I would definitely had preferred the white chest area have been red, but can't win 'em all. The chrome bumper and grill part doesn't lock into the chest parts very well, so the chest is a tiny bit out of alignment. The figure has some nice sculpted small details, I especially like the underside of the feet and the tech bits on the chest behind the headlights. OP's pistol is ok, dark blue and pegs to the truck backpack for storage.
Some folks have suggested sliding the thigh covers down and rotating the backpack up to alleviate the "fattimus" effect a little, and they are right, but the designers could have almost totally eliminated the "fattimus" effect by using the foldy bits already included for powerlinking better: the backpack should have been able to slide up the back halfway to look like a REAL backpack and the panels holding the front wheels that can slide inwards in powerlinking should have able to slide in for bot mode as well.
Both powerlinking transformation schemes have some clever stuff, but the end results are not all that good. Powerlinked as pants, Prime is almost laughable, big hanging bits off the side and back, head up the wazoo.... It's actually better without a figure on top, looks more like a battle drone, maybe this is Proptimus Decoy and when enemies get close enough, he turns from robot decoy to muderous drone! YEEHAW! The chest panels become huge skirt pieces, might be able to put a minicon on there. Anyway, Tow Line looks best wearing the Optimus Pants, quite the armed maniac in this config really.
Powerlinked as a shirt, I don't really like this mode much at all. He slaps on the helmet for the bigger head and gets huge floppy shoulderpads with weird semi-arms, they're the regular arms that end in guns instead of hands now and hang down strangely.
Mini-OP is not a terrible figure, though if you are jonesing for more powerlink partners you may be disappointed. I like a lot of what's going on here, he makes me smile, but he's far from greatness. Go Proptimus Decoy!


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If a 9-foot Ferrari F1 car isn't enough, and you're feeling generous, this might be what you're looking for. Don't let the $75,000 price tag scare you off, because you'll get four full-scale mid-2000s Ferraris and "can have them painted and decaled to match your decor in a theme park like atmosphere!"
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Howard contacted me many years ago about a Trio pup. He had seen the ad I posted in the Retriever Field Trial News. Little did I know that sending a pup all the way to Alaska would bring about a friendship that I cherish. Howard would call me and give me updates on that Trio pup that he named BAM. I remember him teasing me about her name and telling me to ask my active duty Army brother-in-law what B A M stood for with the Devil Dogs- Marine Corp. He got a good laugh when I called him back and told him that I had found out!! He would call me when Bam would win an Am or Open. He let me share the pride when Bam received her FC and AFC titles.
I spoke to Howard a couple of weeks ago and he gave me the latest update on Bam. I can't believe that I won't get to talk to him any more about her or about breeding prospects and training.
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The XOrg X11 v6.7 server was released today. Finally, forward moving X11 development of the (not horribly licensed) XFree86 codebase unhindered by the ridiculous politics of the XFree86 project. (It also seems to be achieving everything the Xouvert project set out to achieve - cutting out the deadwood and using libraries already installed on a system rather than bundling the preverbial kitchen sink.)
The next 12 months will be very good months for Free Software, especially Gnome which is really impressing me every minute that I use it. So many motivated, excellent hackers.
Then of course there's the jewel of the crown - Linux 2.6.5 rocks for me.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is about to make his first trip to ព្រះវិហារ (Preah Vihear) temple in the midst of the run-up to the dry-season offensive (military potential, but it's going to be loud, at minimum), has also been preaching parables to people in his client-base. This parable is all about a good Buddhist elder and a bad Buddhist elder, and how at some point, the good guy eventually gets tired of being good to the bad guy and the bad guy stops getting what he asks for, gets leprosy, and dies. Just sayin'!
Meanwhile, just across the Thai border, the cold-hearted bastards at Reuters who analyze trends for investors have started warning about a possible coup.
Economic indicators in Cambodia: a brand-new, purportedly high-quality modern Rice Mill has opened in Battambang Province. The president has a Khmer name; is the company owned by a Cambodian and do profits stay in country? Meanwhile, pawn shops are becoming legal. That'll help. Cause god knows, there aren't enough opportunities to buy second-hand, stolen commodity goods in Cambodia right now.
Human Rights Watch has released a 93 page report which is very hard to read. It details the horrendous abuse taking place in Cambodia's Drug "Rehab" centers, largely of young children from the streets. Beatings are not the worst of it. HRW recommends that the centers be monitored by the UN. I think they should be destroyed and ripped down to the foundations.
Oh, and that cool image from the MMAP folks of what appears to be a burial urn? It was. And that's the second one evah. Awesomes.


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Durmand Priory
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I might jump around between them a bit before I decide
Has to be Order of whispers probably on all my toons don't care too much about the vigil and their vision,same goes for Durmand priory, I also feel the elder dragons might be unkillable.
Claymore is Epic again, eat it priscilla fanboys.
Probably going with the Priory. Would the choice actually have a significant effect on gameplay?
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Designing a website is all about driving traffic to that website—a website can have the greatest information in the world, but it means nothing if no one is reading. You want to catch a reader's attention through infographics and cool typography, and then the reading will begin. In a sense, you as the designer are the first piece to the puzzle. Once the reading begins, it is out of the designers hands and into the hands of the writers, right? In many cases yes, a writer has to provide quality, clear information to make a website worthwhile. What many designers don't realize, however, is that they too can improve the actual content of a website (beyond making it look nice).
Many companies are starting to see the potential in translating their websites into different languages. According to the Internet World Stats, English is the most used language on the Internet at 536.6 million users. For this reason, having a website in English is extremely important; however, the benefits to translating a website into different languages are a little less well-known. A few of these benefits include:
- Wider Audience – This is probably the most obvious reasons a company would want to translate a website. You will be opening up information to people around the world.
- Loyal Readers -Although many people speak English, many speak it as their second language. If you offer information in their native language, you will likely capture those readers time and time again.
- Improved SEO – You will be able to rank highly on search engines in other languages because there is less competition. You website may also do well if someone was to type in a different language on an English search engine. Either way, it can't hurt.
- New Perspectives – Most company websites have an option to give feedback or comment on a blog. With other languages able to read the website, you will have a variety of opinions to help you improve your website.
- Duplicate Content – This does not count across languages, so if you are managing a blog you will not need to worry about writing separate articles for each language you're targeting.
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Once you and/or your company have decided to offer content in another language, it is the job of the web designer to install a WordPress plugin. At first glance it seems a bit confusing because there are so many plugins available, but consider a few that are the most popular:
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Step #2: Select Type of Translation Element – You will have one of two choices: You can either add translation to the entire webpage or add translation to a section of the webpage.
Step #3: Select Language of Your Webpage – This will most likely be "English" for those reading this article.
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Step #5: Copy the Code – This is the most important step. You will need to copy this code into the body section of the web page that you want to be available in other languages.
Once finished, be sure to preview your webpage and make sure everything looks the way you had envisioned. Both of the services will take you through the steps as you begin the process, so few people have any problems. It's as easy as that!
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- Just as with any language translation services, no computer can translate a piece of content absolutely perfect. Some slang terms or formalities may change, but the general message will remain intact. Even if the language is not perfect, readers will understand that you are using a translation service. They will still get the overall message.
- Many business owners get nervous that they will not be able to answer a comment if it is in a different language. However, it is possible to use Google Translate to translate your responses. Copy and paste the comment into Google Translate that you can find online, see what it says, type your comment, translate it, and then paste it as a response to the comment. It's extremely easy! I will also add that although many people may read your blog in another language, most will actually answer in English!
In the end, translating a website into several languages will be worthwhile for just about every company. For this reason, knowing how to set-up these WordPress plugins will be a necessity in the future. If you are a web designer who knows how to make this happen, you will be all the more marketable to companies hoping to optimize their website in 2012.
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Zeli Ismail has been challenged to make the most of his loan spell with Burton Albion and build up his match experience – to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Michael Jacobs.
Ismail has dipped in and out of the first team set-up during his breakthrough Wolves season, and with Jacobs, James Henry and Bakary Sako currently vying for the first team winger berths, the 20-year-old has temporarily joined the Sky Bet League Two highflyers.
It offers him a good opportunity to build on loan spells with MK Dons last season and 11 appearances for Wolves thus far.
"I think the Burton loan is a very good one," said Head Coach Kenny Jackett.
"Zeli has to look at somebody like Jacobs whose only a couple of years older and has 160 League games.
"He needs to now start building up his profile and his League games.
"We want to be judging people when they've played 25, 50 or 75 League games. That's a good target for a young player.
"This is his second loan spell. He didn't play too many times at MK Dons but if you're looking at the development of younger players it is important to develop them as people as well.
"The cross section of clubs and the different ways people do things - and I'm not suggesting Zeli doesn't appreciate it here - but sometimes them going out to other clubs makes them appreciate where they have been brought up as well.
"It's a good life experience as well as a footballing education that is part of why he has gone to Burton."
At the opposite end of the experience scale Kevin Foley remains available for loan, with Jackett surprised as yet there have been no takers for the versatile Republic of Ireland international.
"We haven't had any calls about Kevin and I am surprised," said the Head Coach.
"He is such an experienced player - the age-bracket he is in, he could still do very well.
"He is getting stronger now in terms of his ankle injury. He played a behind-closed doors game against Burnley in midweek and looked very good and very strong.
"He is to be commended for his attitude and his work-rate in getting as strong as he possibly can without necessarily getting any encouragement.
"He is a model professional who works very hard."
Another experienced player who has been patiently waiting his chance – and came in to positive effect at Gillingham last week – is George Elokobi.
And Jackett has revealed the Cameroon-born defender remains in his thoughts more primarily as a centre back rather than left back, where he has previously featured for most of his career.
"I see George as a centre back now," said Jackett.
"In think in the way I want to play and in modern football your full-backs really need to be attackers and be able to have the ability to get down the line.
""Not that he can't do well for me at left-back, but I think he is more suited to the centre now.
"I think his future, personally, is where he played at Gillingham. It showed because he defended very well and very solidly."
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That was my experience. And you don't get that experience under a rock.......-Paul
there's no good reason to fatten up a retriever.
Well, The Dems and the Repubs love the IRS! It is their way of showing love and repaying the lobbyist and the reason why the Tax Code is so damn long and complex. It is they only way they get all their special favors in, with loopholes, all the while sticking it to the average working Joe. If spending levels would drop to the 1992-93 level, we wouldn't need them. In fact, we don't need the IRS now! Only one political party is for abolishing the IRS. You guessed it, the only party willing to defend the tax payer! Dems want your money for their social programs and the Repubs want your money for corporate welfare. That's one of many reasons why I support the only party that has the tax payer's interest!
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Yep, you need to hire a tax attorney if they are going to go after a full audit. Been there and done that. I truly believe they watch and listen to way more than you could ever imagine. It is a fact that they have been using public data such as court documents, facebook, myspace and internet forums help compile data for audits. They have been data mining just like the NSA for a long long time. Hire an attorney and fight them to the bitter end.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — New Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Josiah Dennis Coleman will take the oath of office Monday.
Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. will administer the oath of office during a ceremony at the Gartin Justice Building in Jackson. A formal investiture ceremony will be held later.
Coleman is the second member of his family to serve on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Both his grandfather and his father were appellate court judges.
He is the grandson of the late J.P. Coleman, who served as Mississippi governor and on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. J.P. Coleman served briefly on the Supreme Court in 1950, resigning to accept appointment as state attorney general.
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1. Ds
2. Ds
3. Toc
Throne of the Four Winds
Trial of the Crusader
Ruby Sanctum
2. TotFW
Q: Where the fuck is Xia Xia, SIU?!?!
A1: She needs to start making eggs for Easter...
A2: Drunk and sleeping somewhere.
Wait... did I do it wrong?
Y'all are all the silly ones BTW - I'd not only like to see and participate in any raid they put out for us, but I wouldn't mind a 'challenge mode' of any and all of the raids including the ones you are all considering 'bad' just because you enjoyed the content longer than you would have liked.
Icecrown Citadel
Naxx 40
Cataclysm in general.
I'll take trial of the crusader any day over that badly designed, boring, recycled garbage.
1. Trial of the Crusader
2. Eye of Eternity
3. Dragon Soul
lol ur all crazy
worst ever was
1) Bastion of Twilight
2) Kharazan
3) dunno
the best thou
1) Ulduar
3) Black Temple
-Dragon soul: horrible lore, horrible bosses, no new models, horrible zones (the fight against deathwing in the maelstrom not bad).
-Dragon soul x2
-Dragon soul x3
1. Dragon Soul, BY FAR. That's not even because I had to play it for a year, no, I quit 2 months after DS was released because It was that terrible. The only time the quality of the game has caused me to quit.
2. ToC, although ToGC was much better because at least It was challenging and had interesting boss mechanics.
3. Firelands
1) ToC
3) ICC but ONLY because we had it for SO LONG.
Wrath's Naxx
Dragon Soul
I HATED ICC by the end but that's because we were doing it for so long, I actually enjoyed the encounters for a while. I don't count Baradin Hold/Wintergrasp because they don't count :P
Ulduar. So good.
Karazhan. So good.
Molten Core. Not actually that good, nostalgia goggles and all. It was my first ever raiding in an MMO ever though so it'll alwayys hold a special placei n my heart.
"Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
1) ToC - worst raid by an INCREDIBLY wide margin.
2) Battle for Mount Hyjal - first time, maybe even 2 times, through it is a fun experience, but I've never had a raid burn me out faster than this one.
3) Naxxramas level 80 Rehash - they neutered all of the bosses, removing just about every mechanic that could cause a wipe if someone made a mistake, and thusly took the fun out of the instance.
Naxx 80
3 Worst raids:
-Dragon Soul
-ToC (Only because I ran it on normal 10 and 25 and heroic 10 and 25 every single week, The bosses were quite fun especially heroic anub)
-Eye Of Eternity
Best Raids:
Black Temple
Original ZA (Ah, I miss making mad bank selling War bears after getting them for everyone in our guild LOL)
Original ZG
I loved ICC a lot until we got 11/12 Heroic and the buff got bigger and bigger and made almost every boss except LK, PP and Sindra a total joke
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she doesn't need to outsmart him to lure him for a kiss and then kick him out the moon door
I'd say it would be pretty easy for her to seduce Littlefinger into bed and then just have a knife under her pillow, and slit his throat.
I'd say it would be pretty easy for her to seduce Littlefinger into bed and then just have a knife under her pillow, and slit his throat.
That is the only way it could happen: Littlefinger's hard on for Cat blinds him.
Still don't think Sansa can pull it off based on what we've seen. Fooling Sweet Robin is one thing, Baelish is another.
Finally someone agrees with me. No way she's clever enough to beat Petyr. I think Martin just wants us to think that she will outsmart him
Right, he's going out the moon door.
Didn't they descend down the mountain in Sansa's last chapter?
Have y'all started the reread a yet? There was talk about doing a few POVs a week and commenting on that. That's something else I'd like to participate in.
Y'all want someone to wreck shite. Arya coming back to wreck shite. Jon to come back to life and wreck shite. Dany to use her dragons to wreck shite. Doesn't matter. Y'all just want shite to be wrecked.
I need to finish Dunk and Egg. I've read the first two. Starting and finishing the last one this weekend. Maybe tonight.
We did but it didn't exactly work out. We're too ADD.
And I guess with a lot of time between now and the next novel I've got time to read them all again. The only one I don't have is the first one. Borrowed it from the library on my kindle and read it back in the spring.
I need to reread books 4 and 5 chronologically
That said, I'd kill for an UnCat/Littlefinger meet up.
If you want to do a mini re-read deal here in this thread we can (that might be the better option). I wouldn't mind rereading them myself. If you want to post what you're going to read and when I'd be more then happy to follow along.
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A dinner Friday, Nov. 9, in Jadwin Gymnasium highlighted three days of events marking the launch of the University's campaign to raise $1.75 billion over the next five years. More than 700 alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends gathered under banners bearing striking images and inspiring words.
- View a video of President Tilghman commenting on campaign aspirations.
At left: From left, Annual Giving Chair Rajiv Vinnakota, President Shirley M. Tilghman and Campaign Co-Chairs Nancy B. Peretsman and Robert S. Murley assembled next to one of the banners bearing the "Aspire" campaign logo during a reception before the Friday dinner in Jadwin Gymnasium.
The University hopes to raise $250 million through Annual Giving, which is at the heart of Princeton's yearly tradition of alumni and friends giving back to the University. In 2006-07, nearly 60 percent of undergraduate alumni participated, providing unrestricted funds that flow directly to the operating budget.
A portion of the funds raised during the campaign will go toward campus sustainability. This past summer (from left), Ben Elga, Diana Bonaccorsi and Ruthie Schwab spearheaded the Garden Project, a student initiative overseen by the Office of Sustainability to educate the campus about sustainable food systems and the environment. The 55-by-12-foot plot they planted and tended was located near Forbes College.
The University is seeking funds for arts facilities and to support programs in music, visual arts, creative writing, theater and dance, and the distinctive Princeton Atelier. Many of these departments collaborated this past spring to mount a world premiere production of "Boris Godunov," a new interpretation of the famed Russian play.
At left: Efforts to deepen an understanding of American society will include more resources for the new Center for African American Studies. Eddie Glaude, who earned his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1996, returned to join the faculty in 2002. A professor of religion and the Center for African American Studies, he teaches courses such as "Black Power and Its Theology of Liberation" and "Religion and the Tradition of Social Theory."
Funds in the area of national and global citizenship also will support the efforts of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, which in 2005 celebrated 75 years of preparing talented individuals for careers in the service of the nation and the world. The school frequently brings high-profile leaders to campus to speak, including Kofi Annan (pictured here with Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter), who delivered a major policy address in November 2006 before he left office as United Nations secretary-general.
At left: Jay Benziger, professor of chemical engineering, is one of many Princeton faculty members doing work in the area of engineering for energy and the environment. Here, he worked with Tamara Whitaker, a member of the class of 2007, on research on fuel cells, which have attracted much attention as a clean alternative to fossil fuel-burning energy sources. Benziger regularly forms research partnerships with students through Princeton's Research Experience for Undergraduates, which he has directed since launching it in 1996, and through collaborations as part of their junior and senior independent work.
Funds will be raised for facilities and programming for varsity and recreational athletics. Lake Carnegie is a popular venue for intercollegiate and recreational rowing in warmer months and ice skating during the winter.
Above left: Another campaign priority is to raise funds for additional program support, and collection and exhibition space for the Princeton University Art Museum. Here, Rachael DeLue, assistant professor of art and archaeology (left), discussed a work in the museum during her Freshman Seminar, "Art as Science/Science as Art."
The campaign also will raise funds for initiatives that include facilities to complete the four-year residential college system launched this fall. Here, students play pool in the newly renovated Mathey College common room.
Above left: University leaders believe that Princeton is poised to become an international leader in studies of the human brain with help from further investments in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Here, Christopher Moore, a graduate student in psychology (at console) and postdoctoral researcher Per Sederberg (behind the glass) used the University's MRI scanner to explore the nature of memory.
At left: The campaign is intended to raise funds in support of a new international vision for Princeton outlined last month by President Tilghman and Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber that sets forth the goal of extending the University's global reach. In summer 2006, student Rory Truex founded an English immersion program for 150 college students in Jishou, China, that now is offered annually through Princeton in Asia. Francine Saunders (standing) was one of 11 students who spent nine weeks teaching there.
Below left: In the area of teaching, the University is seeking funds that will allow continued investment in distinguished faculty and the distinctive curricular programs that allow students to work directly with renowned scholars and teachers. These include Freshman Seminars that give students opportunities to take small-group courses with many of Princeton's most distinguished faculty members. This past spring, two of Princeton's prominent public intellectuals on opposite sides of the political spectrum, Robert George and Cornel West, taught a Freshman Seminar titled "Great Books: Ideas and Arguments."
Bottom left: Donors are being asked to support the University's already pre-eminent program in genomics. David Botstein, director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, is one of the creators of Princeton's Integrated Science Curriculum, an effort to dramatically reorganize the manner in which scientific ideas are introduced to students. The goal is to prepare graduates for careers in a scientific world that requires a new level of expertise: next-generation scientists who have mastered their own discipline and can work closely with specialists from other fields to solve problems as a team.
Photos: Denise Applewhite, Adrienne Rubin and courtesy of Rory Truex
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Alumni and friends gather to kick off $1.75 billion campaign
Posted November 10, 2007; 06:00 a.m.
More than 700 alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends gathered under banners bearing striking images and inspiring words in Jadwin Gymnasium Friday evening, Nov. 9, to kick off the University's comprehensive fundraising campaign to raise $1.75 billion over the next five years.
"Being the best and remaining the best means constantly assessing what we do and finding ways we can be better,'" Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman told the crowd. "Please join us in imagining and realizing the very bright future of Princeton."
The dinner highlighted three days of events marking the launch of the campaign. In addition to a keynote address by Tilghman, the event included remarks by Campaign Co-chairs Robert S. Murley of the class of 1972 and Nancy B. Peretsman of the class of 1976 and Annual Giving Chair Rajiv Vinnakota of the class of 1993.
Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, also spoke, commenting on the great strides Princeton has made in the 30 years he has been at the University.
"Thanks to three inspired presidents -- Bill Bowen, Harold Shapiro and Shirley Tilghman -- and to the extraordinary support of trustees and alumni, we now strive for excellence in every field of the arts and sciences," he said. "Thanks to the gradual expansion of the student body and of financial aid, moreover, Princeton attracts more wonderful students than ever. It's constantly exciting to play a small part in this big enterprise -- to work at a place where [faculty members] David Spergel and Bonnie Bassler, Katherine Newman and Simon Gikandi, and their amazing students, keep transforming everything we thought we knew. But to remain a great center of discovery, we have to keep moving into new fields; and to do that, at the highest level, we turn to you for help."
The campaign, bearing the name "Aspire: A Plan for Princeton," will focus on a set of priorities that includes strengthening the core Princeton experience, providing unrestricted funds through the Annual Giving program, and raising funds to enhance the University's capacities in the critical areas of engineering and the environment, the creative and performing arts, neuroscience, and national and global citizenship.
"Princeton aspires to make the world a better place through the power of the mind and the imagination, the insights and discoveries of its faculty, and the contributions of its alumni in their careers and communities," Tilghman said earlier. "If we want to open the doors of opportunity even wider and continue to provide the best possible learning environment for our students and faculty, we must constantly be moving forward. Through this campaign, we're encouraging all Princetonians to help shape the future of the University by providing the resources necessary to meet its highest priorities."
Dedicated alumni volunteers will help conduct the campaign, under the leadership of Murley and Peretsman. During the first two years of the campaign, the University's Annual Giving effort will be led by Vinnakota.
A "quiet phase" of fundraising that began in July 2005 already has secured more than $610 million in gifts and pledges toward the overall campaign goal. According to the campaign co-chairs, meeting the $1.75 billion goal will require support from donors dedicated to Princeton's mission and to ensuring that the University continues to conduct research on the frontiers of knowledge and produce leaders in their career fields and communities.
"There are areas, even areas of great strength, where Princeton must make strategic investments to stay on the cutting edge," said Murley, a longtime University trustee and chairman of investment banking for the Americas at Credit Suisse. "Quality is expensive, and Princeton's stellar faculty, outstanding undergraduate and graduate programs, and commitment to teaching and research on the frontiers of human knowledge require significant resources."
The campaign is Princeton's fourth and largest formal fundraising campaign in its 261-year history. It is a comprehensive campaign, which means that it is seeking to raise unrestricted funds through each year's Annual Giving campaign, as well as dedicated funds to create endowed positions and programs, and to support new and existing initiatives, major building, infrastructure and other capital projects. The most recent campaign, the 1995-2000 Anniversary Campaign for Princeton, which marked Princeton's 250th anniversary, raised $1.14 billion, exceeding its initial goal of $750 million and its revised goal of $900 million.
"In this campaign, we are aspiring to respond to the challenges of our time, and make Princeton an even better place for teaching and learning," said Peretsman, another long-serving University trustee and managing director of the investment banking firm Allen & Co. LLC. "This is our responsibility to the generations that came before us and the generations who will follow."
Campaign priorities outlined
An examination of Princeton's programs in teaching and research has identified a table of needs that establishes fundraising goals for each of six priority areas in the campaign:
$250 million to be raised for Annual Giving
The Annual Giving fundraising program is at the heart of Princeton's yearly tradition of alumni and friends giving back to the University, and it is essential in that it provides unrestricted funds that flow directly to the operating budget.
Funds from Annual Giving support teaching and learning and the University's cutting-edge financial aid program, and are available to meet emerging needs and challenges, in addition to providing start-up money for new initiatives. An example of these include the recently announced Global Initiatives Funds and Global Scholars program. Both have been provided with more than $1 million from Annual Giving so they can begin this year to fund international collaboration and research abroad for Princeton faculty and graduate students in support of efforts to help Princeton meet global challenges.
$325 million to be raised for engineering, energy and the environment
Engineering intersects with the natural sciences, humanities and social sciences departments in a distinctive way at Princeton, preparing students to be leaders in many areas. A comprehensive plan for the future of engineering at the University calls for: establishing a new standard for engineering education in the 21st century; emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration; and building on the program's strengths in theoretical and fundamental research to find lasting solutions to urgent societal problems.
This approach is especially well-suited to address critical issues related to energy and the environment where Princeton is already a world leader, but it aspires to make even greater contributions through collaborations that will draw on faculty in the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as well as in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
The University is seeking major funds for state-of-the-art facilities and equipment; building an innovative curriculum; expanding research capacity in areas such as health, energy and the environment, and technology policy; and hiring additional faculty to advance Princeton's intersecting missions of teaching and research.
$325 million to be raised for exploration in the arts
The launch of the University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in January 2006 has allowed Princeton to begin increasing the impact of the arts on campus and the surrounding community. With the goal of enabling all students to participate in the arts, a $101 million gift from Peter B. Lewis, a 1955 graduate and University trustee, helped establish the center and also contributed to the advance fund of the campaign.
The University now is seeking additional funds for designated arts facilities, and to support programs in music, visual arts, creative writing, theater and dance, and the distinctive Princeton Atelier. Funds also will be raised for additional program support, and collection and exhibition space for the Princeton University Art Museum.
$300 million to be raised for neuroscience, genomics and theoretical physics
The field of neuroscience is attracting many of the very best students and scientists of our time, and University leaders believe that Princeton is poised to become an international leader in studies of human brain function and the brain's relationship to behavior. In 2005, Princeton announced the establishment of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute to enhance its existing capacities in this field, but it needs to make further investments in advanced instrumentation, teaching laboratories and distinguished faculty. Princeton also is seeking to secure new resources for its already pre-eminent program in genomics and the creation of a new Center for Theoretical Physics.
$300 million to be raised for national and global citizenship
A new international vision for Princeton outlined last month by Tilghman and Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber sets forth the goal of extending the University's global reach. The campaign will raise funds for language studies, a wide range of opportunities for study abroad, international collaborations that include permanent support for the Global Initiatives Funds and Global Scholars program to bring scholars from across the world to Princeton, and for multidisciplinary programs in international and regional studies.
In addition, efforts to deepen an understanding of American society will include more resources for the new Center for African American Studies. This campaign goal builds on the University's unofficial motto of "Princeton in the Nation's Service and in the Service of All Nations."
$250 million to be raised for sustaining and strengthening the Princeton experience
University leaders have determined that future generations of students can benefit from additional funds dedicated to three priority areas at the heart of the Princeton experience: financial aid, teaching, and campus and residential life.
Undergraduate scholarships and Princeton's groundbreaking "no-loan" financial aid program ensure that the University can admit and enroll the best undergraduate students regardless of their financial circumstances. Currently 54 percent of this year's freshman class receive financial aid. At the same time, graduate fellowships attract the best scholars from around the world to pursue advanced degrees. According to campaign leaders, funds to continue this student support will help sustain a diverse student body, which is an important component of a learning environment that prepares students for leadership roles in the 21st century.
In the area of teaching, the University is seeking funds that will allow continued investment in distinguished faculty and the distinctive curricular programs that allow students to work directly with renowned scholars and teachers. These include precepts, established by Woodrow Wilson in 1905, in which small groups of students gather weekly under the guidance of a preceptor to discuss classroom lectures and reading assignments; the senior thesis, which provides students with a unique opportunity to pursue original research and scholarship; and independent work during the junior year. Funds from the campaign will be dedicated to support faculty positions and for such programs as the Freshman Seminars that give students opportunities to take small-group courses with many of Princeton's most distinguished faculty members in students' freshman year.
In addition, to academic life, the Princeton experience is shaped by extracurricular activities and a strong residential culture in which essentially all undergraduates live on campus. The campaign will raise funds for initiatives that include facilities to complete the four-year residential college system launched this fall, facilities and programming for varsity and recreational athletics, programs to promote health and well-being, and organizations and projects that promote civic engagement.
An inclusive effort
The campaign's volunteer leadership reflects a wide range of Princeton experiences.
The campaign executive committee comprises 30 men and women from undergraduate and graduate classes ranging from the class of 1952 to the class of 2001, with long and distinguished records of volunteer service to Princeton. According to the campaign leadership, one goal of the campaign is to encourage participation from a wide range of members of the Princeton University community -- alumni, parents and friends.
"I feel strongly about this campaign, not only because it's raising money for important goals, but also because one of its objectives is a commitment to diversity -- to continuing to reach out to Princetonians of different races, abilities and backgrounds, but united in their devotion to Princeton," Annual Giving Chair Vinnakota said.
Following the dinner on Friday evening, campaign kickoff events will continue on Saturday, Nov. 10, during the Princeton-Yale football game that starts at 1 p.m. One of the early gifts to the campaign, Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, will be dedicated at halftime. The campaign is scheduled to end June 30, 2012.
"We are all proud of today's Princeton," Tilghman said, "and we're confident that at the completion of this campaign, we will be in an even better position to meet our highest aspirations in accord with a plan that identifies our highest priorities."
More information on the campaign, including fundraising updates, is available on the University's giving website.