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By Tiernan Ray
Microsoft (MSFT) this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue that missed analysts' estimates but earnings per share that topped consensus.
Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 18%, year over year, to $20.49 billion, yielding EPS of 72 cents.
Analysts had been modeling $20.53 billion and 68 cents per share.
For the full year, Microsoft revised down its operating expense outlook to a range of $30.2 billion to $30.5 billion, and offered a preliminary 2014 outlook of $31.6 billion to $32.2 billion in expenses.
The Windows division reported a 23% rise, to $5.7 billion, after adjusting for the recognition of the Windows Upgrade Offer and other special items. Excluding those adjustments, division revenue of $4.62 billion would have been flat with the prior-year period.
The Microsoft "Business Division" saw an 8% rise in revenue for products such as Microsoft Office.
Microsoft's "Server & Tools" division saw revenue rise 11%, year over year, driven by products such as SQL Server.
Microsoft's "Online Services" division, including its search advertising deal with Yahoo! (YHOO), saw Q3 revenue rise 18% to $832 million, with ad revenue rising 22%, helped by an improvement in the rate of revenue per search.
CEO Steve Ballmer remarked that "The bold bets we made on cloud services are paying off as people increasingly choose Microsoft services including Office 365, Windows Azure, Xbox LIVE, and Skype."
"While there is still work to do, we are optimistic that the bets we've made on Windows devices position us well for the long-term."
Microsoft's CFO, Peter Klein, will step down at the end of this fiscal year, in June, the company said.
Microsoft will hold a conference call with analysts at 5:30 pm, Eastern time, and you can catch the webcast of it on the company's investor Web site.
Microsoft shares are up 51 cents, or 1.8%, at $29.30, in late trading.
Update: In phone chat following the report, newly installed head of investor relations Chris Suh was kind enough to meander through the numbers with me, highlighting the things he thought were noteworthy.
Suh declined to give a unit sales figure for Microsoft's Surface tablet computer, of which the original model, dubbed "RT," went on sale on October 26th, and the "Pro" version was just released last quarter.
"We're pleased with the market reception" to Surface, said Suh.
Although total PCs were flat when netting out special adjustments such as the Windows Upgrade Offer revenue, nevertheless Suh noted Microsoft was pleased with the return of double-digit revenue growth for volume licensing for Windows.
Regarding business division, though the total unit grew revenue 5%, Suh emphasized the "business" sales component of the division saw a 10% year-over-year rise, and that multi-year licensing revenue rose by 16%.
He said Microsoft was announcing today for the first time that revenue from "Office 365," the hosted, cloud-based version of its productivity tools, is set to total $1 billion in the fiscal year ending in June.
Regarding the departure of CFO Klein, Suh remarked that after 11 years, it was simply time for Klein to take a break. In an internal memo from Klein to Microsoft staff, he reflected on his departure with mixed feelings:
And as time passes, and milestones are marked, we all periodically reflect on our lives, our goals, and our priorities. As we approach the end of the fiscal year, I have been reflecting in that way. And I have decided that now is a good time for me to step away from Microsoft and take some time to spend with my family in a way that I haven't had the opportunity to do in the 30 years I have been working [...] This has not been an easy decision. I love Microsoft. I love my job. When I joined Microsoft 11 years ago I had this loosely held belief that people were one of the most important elements of any job or any company. I had no idea how profoundly true that is, but I do now. People are everything. Microsoft is the most amazing collection of talented, passionate and caring people I could ever imagine being associated with. It's been an honor and my good fortune to have been part of that.


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We go to the village market this evening as supplies are looking a little low. Finally manmage to buy a small tree that we have been looking for a long time. Have seen a few growing in neighbouring villages and now we have our own. I just hope that people leave it alone and give it a chance to grow.
Whe the hoardes get back from the hospital another party starts up but this time at Jai's brother's next door.
The garden is doing well now and we are eating most of our vegetables from our own produce. Even the carrots seem to be growing although it will be a while before any are ready for eating. No doubt we will then discover that there is nothing to them beneath the ground !


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Etna's Fireworks
Photograph by Carsten Peter
Italy's Mount Etna provides a vivid image of one of the birthplaces of igneous rock during a night eruption. Igneous rock forms when magma cools and solidifies. (Lava is magma that has reached the Earth's surface.) Etna also shows off the etymology of igneous, from the Latin word for fire.
Oozing Lava
Photograph by Frans Lanting
Oozing lava acts as a seal over fractured ground in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Once the lava from Kilauea Crater cools, it becomes known as igneous rock, since it formed from molten material. Geologists would also call it extrusive rock because it solidified on the Earth's surface.
Giant's Causeway
Photograph by Jim Richardson
Stepping stones into the sea, these basaltic columns of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland formed from volcanic activity some 50 million to 60 million years ago. Rock formed from molten matter is known as igneous, and geologists classify igneous rock by its texture. You would need a microscope to see the grains in the 40,000-some basalt columns that form the Giant's Causeway.
Ripples of Pahoehoe
Photograph by Jeff Gnass
Cooled lava lies in icing-like ripples in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This image shows ropy pahoehoe, a type of basaltic lava that forms when solidifying lava meets an obstruction. Hot lava underneath the hardening crust continues to move it along, forming wrinkles in the process.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Photograph by John G. Wilbanks
Known as an igneous intrusion, the 1,267-foot-tall (386-meter-tall) Devils Tower in Wyoming formed when molten rock intruded into the existing rocks. At first the formation wasn't visible, but as wind and water began to erode the sedimentary rock surrounding the tower faster than the harder igneous rock, Devils Tower was born.
Sedimentary Slope
Photograph by Peter Arnold, Inc./Alamy
Erosion's artistic side can be seen in sedimentary rock layers in Zion National Park, Utah. After mud, gravel, and sand sediments were deposited and formed rock layers over time, uplift raised the region. Erosion then began to carve the magnificent cliffs and canyons seen today.
Sedimentary Honeycomb
Photograph by John McKenna/Alamy
This section of eroded sedimentary rock on Elgol Beach on the Island of Skye, Scotland, mimics bone. Erosion shaped its honeycombed appearance.
Wittenoom Iron Formation
Photograph by Society for Sedimentary Geology
A small section of the Wittenoom Iron Formation in Western Australia highlights how sedimentary rocks are laid down in layers. The sediments in this photo curve near the ends of chert pods. Chert—a silica-based rock—occurs in limestone. Paleontologists know chert as a good place to look for fossils.
Limestone and Icicles
Photograph by Bill Hatcher
Climbing ice-encrusted limestone is careful work in Box Canyon in Ouray, Colorado. During the summer a 285-foot (87-meter) waterfall awes visitors, but in the winter ice and climbing enthusiasts take over.
Checkerboard Mesa
Photograph by Larry Fellows
Horizontal furrows and vertical fractures in the bedrock give Checkerboard Mesa in Utah's Zion National Park its name. Erosion shaped the Navajo sandstone of the mesa on the edge of the Colorado Plateau, near the east entrance of the park.
Chert Granules
Photograph by Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
A single pore between chert granules in a rock formation in Ontario Province, Canada, shows off its colors in this photomicrograph. This rock contained chalcedonic cement before it underwent diagenesis, a process where low temperatures and low pressures alter the content of sediments before they finally lithify, or turn into rock.
White Rock
Photograph by Marli Miller, University of Oregon
A river of white rock snakes within its darker surroundings, providing evidence that it had a greater viscosity than the darker rock. Geologists refer to this kind of formation as ptygmatic folding. A penny shows the scale of the size of this folding, which is highly irregular.
Gneiss Lines
Photograph by Marli Miller, University of Oregon
As if an avant-garde painting, younger white rock intrudes in a tapestry of gneiss. Since the white rock doesn't show the same evidence of folding as the surrounding gneiss, it offers proof that it is a younger intrusion. Gneiss, a metamorphic rock, can be commonly found in Precambrian areas. Note the penny for scale.
Marble Quarry
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Bulldozers work in a marble quarry in Thásos, Greece. The Earth's heat and pressure alter limestone into marble, which can range in color from black to white. The ancient Greeks recognized marble's durability, using it to build the Parthenon in Athens. Marble, a metamorphic rock, forms when limestone re-crystallizes.
Schist Rock Formations
Photograph by Peter Essick
The Colorado River has eroded these schist formations into fudge-like shapes and shades. Schist, a metamorphic rock, contains mineral crystals that can be seen by the naked eye.
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The floppy on the SOLO machine died. So I just got the LS120 drive instead. Quite a bargain, i must say. 120 Mb will be more than enough to boot Linux, X and Java applications for the GPS system.
Still thinking about the HDD, since there is no external connection for the drives, so I can't use the external HDD box for MP3 storage. BUT, I'm gonna purchase the 10GB internal HDD from Gateway distributor to store all the stuff.
Right now, I am looking at the NOKIA PC-Card GSM modem (you just stick a SIM card in it, and put the modem in the PC-Card slot). Don't think that Linux supports it, but since I have all the specs on the modem, it shouldn't be a problem to write a device driver or somethin'.
Fun never seems to stop. :o)


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By Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
Country superstars Rascal Flatts just performed another successful concert at the BancorpSouth Arena on Saturday night. The band and its crew, as well as many other artists, have used the building rehearsal space for tours for years now. Hosting a rehearsal puts the arena in a more likely position to score a big concert by those artists. Daily Journal entertainment reporter Sheena Barnett asked Todd Hunt, the arena's executive director, how this works.
Q. Explain the rehearsal, process. What goes on? Who's in the building?
A. Concerts have evolved into major theatrical productions with literally many moving parts (lights, video, set pieces, etc.). It takes time for an artist's concept for the show to come together into a cohesive two hours of entertainment. Computer simulations can help with the plan but until it's put together in an arena it's hard to truly gauge the full effect. The rehearsal time is spent putting all of the pieces together from blueprints to the final product. The artist's road crew and associated vendors (sound, light and video companies, set designers and pyrotechnics engineers) are on site. As for the musicians, each artist is different – some are here from start to finish, others attend part of the rehearsal, while others never set foot in the venue. Typically if we don't see the artist it's because the final rehearsals are taking place in another venue.
Q. Who are some of the artists who have rehearsed in the BancorpSouth Arena?
A. Going back to 1993, we have hosted Alan Jackson, Michael W. Smith, Reba McEntire (three times), Amy Grant, Rascal Flatts (five times), Sugarland, Poison (two times), and Jason Aldean.
Q. How does the rehearsal process help the Arena score big concerts like Rascal Flatts?
A. It allows the touring crews to become comfortable with our staff and the community. It also gives us the ability to lobby with the artists' representatives in person for five to 10 days while they are in "our house." Hosting a rehearsal is infinitely more valuable in landing a concert than any phone call or office visit to Nashville, New York or Los Angeles.


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The daughter of a woman who left her St. John's apartment earlier this month because of a problem with mice says they are working with the property owner to resolve the situation.
"We've been negotiating with them," Erin Alexander told The Telegram today.
"She's still not living back there, but I'll have more information when I get back in town tomorrow," she said from western Newfoundland.
Alexander and her mother, Elizabeth Maddox, wrote letters about two weeks ago describing a mice infestation in the Kenny's Park apartment where Maddox has lived since 2009.
Mice droppings are clearly visible in the 14 photos accompanying the letters sent to The Telegram, which were also copied to St. John's Mayor Dennis O'Keefe, St. John's East NDP MHA George Murphy, the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp., and other organizations.
Alexander and her mother also sent the letters — dated Feb. 5 — to Northern Property, but at that time they said they weren't getting any satisfaction.
In her letter, Maddox said she had been complaining to Northern Property about the mice for about a year and a half — at least three times in that period — with the last complaint filed on Jan. 22, 2014.
Northern Property hasn't responded to messages left by The Telegram in the past two weeks.
Last week, Alexander circulated a petition in the building and got more than 70 signatures at the 160-unit seniors' building. She said other tenants weren't home when they knocked on doors.
Murphy has presented copies of the petition to Northern Property and the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp. (NLHC), which subsidizes some of the apartments.
He said he talked to the family Friday, and the building's management, and he's hopeful a solution can be reached.
Murphy said Northern Property is working to find Maddox another apartment in the building.
"It hasn't happened yet," Alexander said Tuesday, "but we're working on it."
Maddox has been staying with her daughter since the mice became a full-blown pest control problem.
She moved into the building initially in 2009 to be near her husband, who was then in long-term care at the Hoyles Escasoni Complex. He died in March 2010.
NLHC sent an inspector to the building last week, and Dennis Kendell, the Crown corporation's executive director of regional operations, told The Telegram nothing out of the ordinary was found.
He said the inspector looked in common rooms and went through the building and found it clean and presentable.
Kendell said there were some holes found, but they have since been filled in.
He said the pest control company will revisit the building once a week for the next month.
A spokesman for the City of St. John's said the city received a complaint about the building in early February, but is satisfied that Northern Property and the pest control company are addressing the tenant's concerns.


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This diary entry contained a comic I created. Then I decided to change the past.
This diary entry contained a comic I created. Then I decided to change the past.
Watch for me in the 2006 olympics: Speed Skating
Men's Freestyle Skiing ... heh!
I may look like a dork, but I did stick that landing.
These past few days, I rewrote all MacTCP related code in ShadowIRC to use BSD sockets, so it could be ported to OS X. http://public.boredom.org/~swift/images/shadowirc.jpg
Yesterday I added support for /proc/pid/maps to linprocfs in -CURRENT. It took me a while to get a new -CURRENT machine up, but I did manage to throw something together. A PPro 180, 40 megs of ram, a 10 gig laptop drive held down by a zip tie. Came out of my iBook. Aren't I a lucky devil.
I don't know what's up with this job I want at Apple. I'm very concerned that I won't get it. The fact is, I need a job. I can't convince myself to take something below my skill set - I know I'll be bored out of my mind in a day. I also know that I'd LOVE this position at Apple, and what's more, I'd be a wonderful addition to their team of developers. I'm cute, sweet, I have a nice smile, I follow style(9) to the letter. What's not to love? :o)
Do not reuse code from this solution, you'll regret
void main(int argc, char **argv)
char *string = (argv[1] ? strdup(argv[1]) :
strdup("This is a very long
test string")), *p = string, *e = string, *s;
while(*p != '\0')
while(*p != ' ' && *p != '\0')
s = p--;
while(p > e)
*e ^= *p ^= *e++ ^= *p--;
p = s;
e = ++p;
printf("%s\n", string);
... changing the past ...
Today I added support to ufs.util for generating & reading volume UUIDs. There's more work to do on autodiskmount, but it should be fairly straight forward. I'm excited about digging through the SystemConfiguration framework tomorrow.
The promise of MacOS X is amazing, I can't imagine any other software product I'd rather work on. I'm trying to get myself a job at Apple on one of the Core OS teams, and I hope I succeed.
I picked up a copy of ORA's "Palm Programming". I've been meaning to do some work with my Visor. I also snagged a copy of Hillegass' "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X". I'm rather excited about both of them.
A friend of mine has suggest that we combine some energies towards an OS X related web site. Being disaffected towards most all things web, I'd generally say no.
With promises of shelter from anything remotely related to an actual web page, I've agreed to contribute knowledge and insight, at least in concept.
I'm considering getting a job at the local ski resort as a part-time cook, while I try to get another 'real job'. It sounds fun, and it would give me an excuse to be on the mountain most of the week.
Perhaps I should point out that I'm a software engineer, and not a cook. Having just returned from a hiatus in a remote location of the world, cooking and skiing sounds like a fun thing to do while I look for what I'd really like.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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10 Comedy Movie Characters We'd Love To See Revisited
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They made us laugh, they made us cry, and then their stories ended. But now that a pair of memorable characters from Judd Apatow's comedy movie canon are being revisited in This is 40, we've gotten to thinking…
Nothing against Pete and Debbie – we're looking forward to more Knocked Up-esque raunchy humor as much as anyone – but there are plenty of other characters from classic comedies we've also wanted to see again. Times have changed, so how would they respond to this new era? Would their exploits still find an audience?
We'll leave the final verdict to readers, and simply offer our list of Top 10 Comedy Characters We'd Love To See Revisited. It's not all of them, but it's a start.
Last Seen In: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Hear us out. As much as we'd love to keep Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) relegated to a time when blowing off responsibilities meant skipping class, not missing a mortgage payment, we need the unfazed optimist now more than ever.
It's not a guarantee that Ferris and Sloane settled down and started a family, but they never struck us as the 'take things slow' type. A follow-up film with Ferris deciding to escape not from work, but his wife and kids for another day of legendary hijinx (along with Cameron, assuming he hasn't descended into all-out depression) wouldn't just be fun, but a confirmation that living life to the fullest isn't just for the youthful.
The concept was good for a laugh with the 'Broderick's Day Off' Superbowl commercial, but lacked the Ferris 'spirit' and vigor we all know so well.
Last Seen In: Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Oblivious, uninformed, socially inept, and treasured. Harry & Lloyd's cross-country tour in Dumb & Dumber showed not only Jeff Daniels' comedic side and Jim Carrey's subtler sense of humor, but the Farrelly Brothers' brand of humor. Yet the temporary millionaires' exploits came to an end too soon.
The last we saw of Harry and Lloyd, they were passing up the chance to act as "oil boys" for a Hawaiian Tropic bikini tour as they hitchhiked along the highway with nothing but the clothes on their back. But these two bumbling idiots are too one-of-a-kind to stay buried for long.
Production on a Dumb & Dumber 2 following Carrey and Daniels is getting underway, with a script nearly completed. So the chances are good we'll get our wish.
Like, one in a million good.
Last Seen In: Spaceballs (1987)
This one needs no explanation. Misunderstood, mismatched, wise in the ways of the Schwartz, Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) took the dull and monotone mold of Darth Vader and gave him a genuine personality (not to mention exquisitely conditioned neck muscles). But what brought the diminutive lord of the Spaceballs to his present rank and position of authority?
Anakin Skywalker got an entire trilogy of films with Star Wars: Episode 1-3 to provide a backstory, but movie fans were never given a glimpse into the inner workings of the man before he claimed his eponymous Dark Helmet. And the horrific upbringing that would push him to wield his Schwartz grip so deviously.
We know that a prequel trilogy chronicling the origin of Captain Lone Starr's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate is unlikely, but another movie is a must.
Last Seen In: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Fans of cartoons, detective stories, and genuinely inspired writing and filmmaking already know (and likely appreciate) Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Now that animated films aimed at adult audiences have become commonplace, there's no better time to see what has transpired in Toontown in the meantime (not to mention, an update on Roger and his buxom wife, Jessica).
It wouldn't be difficult to craft a story with Roger once again begging for the aid of toon-hating private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), with better animation, to boot. Unfortunately, Roger Rabbit 2's development has seriously stalled.
Perhaps the most compelling case for another Roger Rabbit movie (besides the quality of the first) is this: of all the films that blended animation with live-action, its sequel is the one we'd actually wait in line to see.
Last Seen In: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1990)
First off, yes, we know Kevin McCallister was the star of Home Alone 4. But for reasons that should be completely obvious to anyone who saw the first two films in the series (or more importantly, what happened to Macaulay Culkin) knows why we want that Kevin revisited.
Seriously, some emotional trauma had to result from being left behind by family while travelling across country not once, but twice. Sure, Kevin made out alright and proved his independence – but there were two criminals attempting to kill him. In all likelihood, the mention of a vacation hotspot, sound of an airliner flying overhead or the sight of a suitcase would send him into a panic attack.
Give us a movie where a full-grown Kevin hears a burglar trying to pick his front door lock: and we'd be ready to see him take things to a whole new level.
Last Seen In: Beetlejuice (1988)
You know the plot: a young New England couple discovers that they aren't actually living in their starter home anymore, but haunting it as ghosts. To remove the family moving in, the newly-dead call upon the help of none other than the hedonistic being known as Beetlejuice.
Hilarity ensues as the filthy, rotting, rude and ghoulish bio-exorcist (brought to life by Michael Keaton) goes to work. It's rare for a comedy's best moment to hinge not on plot, slapstick, gags, or even 'jokes,' just a character's absurd devotion to sowing disgust and revulsion among his audience.
No wonder Tim Burton is interested in a sequel, which is now in the early stages of development with Michael Keaton apparently pitching it for the last twenty years. Keaton's time away from the screen is a shame in itself, so returning to one of his best roles would make two of our wishes come true.
Last Seen In: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Did the Wyld Stallyns make it? Did Bill and Ted continue to be excellent to each other? Did their days of time-hopping come to an end post-death, or have they continued to warp the time stream beyond recognition without our even knowing it? These are the questions we hope Bill & Ted 3 would, and before long will answer.
The bottom line is: science fiction has started to become – like almost every larger-budget genre film – entirely too serious. 'This movie's about time travel? Alright, cue the science and figure out what it says about human nature!' Give us a break.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure used the concept of a time-traveling phone booth the way we all would – passing our history class. 'But what if it permanently altered the course of history?' Who cares? Have YOU seen how hilariously Napoleon eats a massive bowl of ice cream? We didn't think so.
Last Seen In: Captain Ron (1992)
When most people picture Kurt Russell with an eye patch, their mind immediately goes to Escape From New York (1981). But in our hearts, his turn in Captain Ron is just as beloved. If Snake Plissken got a second adventure, there's no question Captain Ron deserves one just as much.
The genre of 'naval comedy' films is a sparsely-populated one, making the unorthodox skipper even more vital. In only a single film, Captain Ron taught us that it's not pirates, but Cuban police you need to worry about, and that Australia has a really big reef you gotta look out for when sailing. Think of what he could teach if given another film?
With technology and global communication expanding each day, we need a man who wakes with the sun and goes where the tide takes him now more than ever. A second chance for our Captain Ron Halloween costume is just an afterthought.
Last Seen In: Friday After Next (2002)
The original Friday was a simple enough premise: two friends spend their day off doing absolutely nothing. Drugs and alcohol entered the mix, but the friendship between Craig (Ice Cube) and Smokey (Chris Tucker) was what kept us interested. It was dysfunctional, sure, but what lasting friendship isn't?
The sequel Next Friday (2000) replaced Smokey for a far more 'zany' plot, and Friday After Next (2002) strayed even further. It was Smokey and Craig who were most entertaining, and offered each actor a chance to play to their strengths: Smokey ran at the mouth, and Craig was there to shut it.
We've all grown up, switched careers, moved, kicked old habits and found new ones. But whenever we meet a friend from the old neighborhood, we can't help wondering: would Smokey and Craig have changed as little as we have?
Last Seen In: Wayne's World 2 (1993)
Sure, Wayne and Garth are products of and for the '90s, but the Campbell-Algar brain trust has wisdom the world needs.
Everything that popular music has become, and every way Apple changed the face of the industry would have an impact – remember: Wayne's World came along before the Internet. As possible hosts of the most successful video podcast in history, would the fame go their heads? Or would they wield the information superhighways and freedom of music and access only for good?
And how badly do we want to see the children Garth produced with veritable soulmate, Betty Jo. A gaggle of bespectacled blonde mops with horrific social skills? Yes please. And just think of the parodies that could, and should be made by those who've proven they can do so brilliantly ("HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY?").
Those are only ten comedy movie characters we feel haven't gotten their due just yet. Who knows? Maybe a successful box office for This is 40 will convince others that classic characters still have plenty to offer their fans. And as our recent interview with the cast and director prove, aging isn't always a bad thing.
It may not guarantee them all another day in the sun, but to be honest, part of us knows that might be for the best.
Which classic comedy character, duos, or even families would you like to see revisited? Is it strictly out of nostaliga, or because of a genuine belief that their voices are needed more than ever? Sound off in the comments.
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Chill and serve two kegs of beer at once with the Summit Professional Double Tap Kegerator. Have a crowd pleasing light beer on hand for the party and keep a craft brew just for yourself.
Drink delicious beers with the Summit Professional Double Tap Kegerator with Stainless Steel Top (SBC490STTWIN). This kegerator refrigerates and taps two slim quarter pony kegs at the same time, and can also fit one full size (half barrel) keg. The durable commercial-grade stainless steel top makes it sturdy to protect itself around its surroundings, and the fan-cooled compressor keeps the unit running at the optimal temperature.
Included with this kegerator is a free cleaning kit and a drip tray to keep the beer from spilling out everywhere. It also uses one (1) 5 pound CO2 tank (supplied empty) to carbonate both kegs, while two (2) American Sankey D system couplers are included to tap most US brews.
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Family: Sittidae, Nuthatches view all from this family
Description ADULT Has blue-gray back and wings with subtly paler fringes to edges of inner flight feathers. Tail is short and blue-gray. Cap is brown and nape is mostly brown, but with a prominent whitish spot at rear. Cheeks and throat are white, and underparts are pale overall, but with a faint buff wash to breast and undertail coverts, and gray wash to flanks. JUVENILE Similar to adult, but paler overall and with buff wash to upperpart feathers.
Dimensions Length: 4-5" (10-13 cm)
Habitat Locally fairly common resident of pine forests in southeastern U.S. Population is declining overall, in part due to inappropriate land management, for example, suppression of natural fires.
Observation Tips Fairly easy to see in suitable pine forests within range.
Range Plains, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, Southeast, Florida
Voice Call is distinctive and almost humorous, being reminiscent of a child's squeaky toy.
Discussion Southeastern pine forest specialty. Like other nuthatches, often climbs head-first down tree trunks. Feeds acrobatically, often on slender, outermost branches. Nests in cavities excavated in dead trees. Joins roving mixed-species flocks outside breeding seasons. Sexes are similar.


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It's the Goodguys summer car show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, where more than 2,500 cars of all stripe and origin (mostly American) will be gathering, a place where you can wander from an inky, dark blue convertible to a luminescent green pickup truck.
This year, the show is featuring the 50th anniversary of Ford's Mustang and there will be 50 of them to look at.
The show runs Saturday (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), May 31 and June 1, at the fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton, Calif.
General admission tickets are $18; children (seven to twelve), $6; six years old and under, free. Parking is $8. More information here.


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fitzsim recently got jhbuild working with gcj and java-gnome. I tried it out today, and created jhbuild support for rhug packages. Then I wrote my first gnome app in javascript:
/* The java-gnome libraries need to be linked differently.
Let's force lib-org-gnu-glib into memory first until this is fixed. */
java.lang.Class.forName ("org.gnu.glib.GObject");
/* Initialize the UI. */
args = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance (java.lang.String, 0);
Packages.org.gnu.gnome.Program.initGnomeUI("First", "0.1", args);
/* Create our application, and enter the main loop. */
app = new Packages.org.gnu.gnome.App("First", "First App");
app.show ();
Lots of neat things are happening here. I'm running the mozilla rhino JavaScript implementation, which supports LiveConnect for easy access to the gcj runtime. When my program refers to java-gnome classes, the system class loader knows to dynamically load java-gnome code in shared libraries with magic names (lib-org-gnu-gnome.so, etc).
This brings me to my first of several annoyances with java-gnome. They currently use .so names like libgnomejar2.7.so. This works fine if you're building executables and don't mind linking directly to those libraries. However, if you want to support dynamic discovery and loading of these classes you'll want to use the special naming conventions described in the gcj manual. I worked around this problem with a few symlinks.
There were a few more annoyances with java-gnome, but they are all minor and easily fixable. I'll follow up with those guys soon.
All this software was built with my tweaked jhbuild. I sent my changes to fitzsim, who is also trying to push his changes upstream.


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- HDPE seagrass wrapped around a powder-coated aluminum frame.
- Acrylic-covered polyurethane and polyester cushion is designed for outdoor use.
- Made in Indonesia.
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Winter weather greets Eagles for first practice of spring
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Temperatures were in the mid-30's. There was a constant driving rain. And there was no place Joel Dettwiler would rather be than outside on the football field.
The third-year head coach opened up spring practices on Wednesday night to less than ideal weather conditions. But exactly five months to the day since UW-La Crosse's season ending loss to UW-Whitewater, his team couldn't wait another day to step foot onto Roger Harring Stadium once again.
"Even though it's not great weather, these guys have the winter blues. They want to get out and do something."19705472
Over these next four weeks, the Eagles have twelve practices planned.
"The big thing is setting the tempo for the fall. It's a time to showcase what you've been working on in the offseason. And a chance for us as coaches to get around them more."
With one practice in the books, coach Dettwiler feels good with where his team is starting out at.
"The kids did a great job. They fought through. We talked about being persistent and fighting the weather and everything else. For our first practice it was good tempo, high energy, it was awesome."
Senior quarterback Andy Sires hopes this isn't the only time this season the team has to deal with practicing in cold temperatures. Just instead of early April, it would be late November.
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Protein Sp2 is key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells
Singapore: Researchers at North Carolina (NC) State University, US, have revealed that a protein known as Sp2 is key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells. Understanding the functioning of this protein will enable scientists to program stem cells for regeneration.
Dr Troy Ghashghaei and Dr Jon Horowitz, from the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences of the university who are the brains behind the research, had earlier shown that too much Sp2 in skin-producing stem cells resulted in tumors in experimental mice. Excessive amounts of Sp2 prevented the stem cells from creating normal cell "offspring," or skin cells. Instead, the stem cells just kept producing more stem cells, which led to tumor formation. The results appear online in Development.
"We believe that Sp2 must play a fundamental role in the lives of normal stem cells," Dr Horowitz said. "Trouble ensues when the mechanisms that regulate its activity are overwhelmed due to its excess abundance."
Dr Ghashghaei and his team, led by doctoral candidate Huixuan Liang, used genetic tools to get rid of Sp2 in certain neural stem cells in mice, specifically those that produce the major neurons of the brain's cerebral cortex. They found that a lack of Sp2 disrupted normal cell formation in these stem cells, and one important result was similar to Dr Horowitz's: the abnormal stem cells were unable to produce normal cell "offspring," or neurons. Instead, the abnormal stem cells just created copies of themselves, which were also abnormal.
"It's interesting that both an overabundance of this protein and a total lack of it result in similar disruptions in how stem cells divide," Dr Ghashghaei says. "So while this work confirms that Sp2 is absolutely necessary for stem cell function, a lot of questions still remain about what exactly it is regulating, and whether it is present in all stem cells or just a few. We also need to find out if Sp2 deletion or overabundance can produce brain tumors in our mice as in the skin."
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With Fee Cuts, BlackRock Ready to Woo Retail Investors, but at What Cost?
The bottom line for the average investor from BlackRock's (BLK) new exchange-traded fund plan: It's great news. Investors will have 10 more low-cost, plain-vanilla ETFs from which to choose. The big ETF providers continue to woo you by trying to build better, less expensive products than the other guy. Read here, here and here for the details.
The reaction on Wall Street is a little different. Analysts are applauding the firm's new, less expensive "core" funds, calling them a credible challenge to low-cost Vanguard Group and its strong appeal to smalltime investors. The Street is very pleased that BlackRock managed to stave off large expense-ratio cuts to popular ETFs like the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EEM). Six existing funds with price cuts and four new launches will make up the "core" ETF line, whose highlights include dropping the cost of the $15 billion iShares Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index Fund (AGG) to 0.08% from 0.20%, and the iShares S&P 500 ETF (IVV) to 0.07% from 0.09%. The pair will be rechristened as the iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, respectively.
Analysts project it could have cost the company as much as $160 million in lost annual revenue to match the cost of the emerging-markets fund EEM with the less expensive Vanguard Emerging Markets (VWO). EEM, a very liquid and heavily traded ETF with a vibrant options market, is the preferred choice for many institutional investors. Retail investors and financial advisors often prefer VWO because it charges 0.20%, well under EEM's 0.67%.
By launching a cheaper "investable markets" version, BlackRock is gearing the iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) to the individual investor. The company appears to want to be the go-to provider for both institutional investors, a group it dominates, as well as retail investors, where Vanguard is strong. The new iShares fund charges 0.18%. (Read our September column here for how little difference long-term investors will see between the "investable markets" version of MSCI indexes.) Game on! the average investor has to be saying as he or she watches the competition.
But more than a few analysts are scratching their heads about what it means over the long haul. After all: How does a publicly traded firm compete on price when Vanguard, a mutually owned private company, pledges to sell its funds at cost? These new, cheaper products could mean a leaner future for BlackRock's bottom line. At some point, all this fee cutting, and near-cloning of existing products, becomes prohibitive.
"[S]ome clients have been critical of the Street's myopic focus on the immediate financial impact of BlackRock's price cuts," writes Bernstein Research's Luke Montgomery. "They cite eventual commoditization of a greater number of the firm's ETF products as a reason to believe the recent cuts are the beginning of a longer-term race to the bottom. Only time will tell."
Montgomery doubts that the above-mentioned EEM, the emerging markets fund, has seen the last of its fee cuts. "[W]e think some level of pricing concession might still prove necessary to maintain institutional loyalty to EEM. ... Longer term, the possible success of IEMG could represent a de facto price cut, if institutional traders migrate to this new product."
Jason Weyeneth and Charles Warren at Sterne, Agee & Leach are probing similar issues. "The question becomes will the new products (particularly the EM focused) cannibalize the current asset base of existing higher-fee ETFs (such as EEM, EFA) or will they simply allow iShares to compete more effectively against Vanguard for retail assets they were unlikely to capture with their prior fund line-up?" Answer: Unclear. There is "some merit" to the lure of liquidity for institutional investors, the analysts write. But there is also clearly "some" amount of retail investor presence in EEM that will shift to the new, low-cost "core" fund. That, in turn will pressure revenue more than the $35 million or so revenue hit forecast by BlackRock, they write.
All this, of course, is well into the future. The tone on the near term among Wall Street analysts is quite positive for BlackRock and its ability to deliver the goods for individual investors. "We think that this announcement helps put a new face on the BLK's efforts in the ETF market, and signals both defensive and aggressive strategies to re-assert itself as the industry leader," write Stifel Nicolaus & Co.'s J. Jeffrey Hopson and Marc Torrente.
The firm's stock price, meanwhile, shows no ambivalence at all. BlackRock's shares are ahead by 2.5% Tuesday afternoon, on track for the first close above $190 since May.


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A double unusual event: the air quality of Mexico City was such that it allowed the view from the volcanoes Iztacihuatl and Popocatepetl, and second, heavy precipitation covered the volcanoes with more snow than usual. The picture was taken from the Institute of Ecology from the National University of Mexico.
In the foreground the Ecological Reserve of the San Angel Malpais (Reserva Ecolgica del Pedregal de San Angel), a urban reserve completely enclosed by Mexico City and last relict of the unique vegetation of the malpais of the southern of the Valley of Mexico. In the distance, the Iztacihuatl to the left and Popocatepetl to the right, respectively third and second highest elevations in Mexico (5,286 m and 5,452m). Both are part of the National Park Izta-Popo, shared between the states of Mexico and Puebla.
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My 6 year old daughter wrote our Christmas letter this year. I typed it, but she dictated it. I wanted the paper the letter was printed on and the card to have a more childish feeling (she's in kindergarten), so I recolored elements from the ABC Fun Collection. It isn't traditional Christmas supplies, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.
Anna it looks wonderful and very Christmas-y - your family looks great - so cute with all of your hats
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Treatment of heartburn and acid reflux associated with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
Ruth Law, Caroline Maltepe, Pina Bozzo and Adrienne Einarson, RN
February 2010
In addition to suffering from nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, which is being treated with antiemetics, some of my pregnant patients complain of heartburn and acid reflux. Should these symptoms also be treated and, if so, which acid-reducing medications are safe for use during pregnancy?
Increased severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is associated with the presence of heartburn and acid reflux. Antacids, histamine-2 receptor antagonists, and proton pump inhibitors can be used safely during pregnancy, as large studies have been published with no evidence of adverse fetal effects.
En plus de souffrir de la nausée et des vomissements de la grossesse, des malaises traités à l'aide d'antiémétiques, certaines de mes patientes enceintes se plaignent de brûlures d'estomac et de reflux acides. Devrait-on aussi traiter ces symptômes et, dans l'affirmative, quels sont les médicaments contre l'hyperacidité qui sont sans risque durant la grossesse?
La gravité accrue de la nausée et des vomissements est associée à la présence de brûlures d'estomac et de reflux acides. Les antiacides, les antagonistes du récepteur H2 de l'histamine et les inhibiteurs de la pompe à protons peuvent être utilisés en toute sécurité durant la grossesse, puis que d'importantes études publiées ne révèlent pas de données factuelles à l'effet qu'ils causeraient des effets indésirables chez le ftus
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is reported in up to 80% of pregnancies.1 It is likely caused by a reduction in lower esophageal sphincter pressure due to an increase in maternal estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy. Hormonal changes in pregnancy can also decrease gastric motility, resulting in prolonged gastric emptying time and increased risk of GERD.1 The most common symptoms of GERD are heartburn and acid reflux. Treatment algorithms suggest stepwise progression of options, starting with lifestyle modifications (eg, eat smaller and more frequent meals, avoid eating near bedtime, elevate the head of the bed) and trying pharmacologic therapy if symptoms are not adequately managed by lifestyle changes.1
Safety of acid-reducing agents
Antacids containing aluminum, calcium, and magnesium were not found to be teratogenic in animal studies and are recommended as first-line treatment of heartburn and acid reflux during pregnancy.2 High-dose and prolonged use of magnesium trisilicate is associated with nephrolithiasis, hypotonia, and respiratory distress in the fetus, and its use is not recommended during pregnancy.3 Bicarbonate-containing antacids are also not recommended owing to the risk of maternal and fetal metabolic acidosis and fluid overload.3 There are also case reports of milk-alkali syndrome in pregnant women who used daily doses higher than 1.4 g of elemental calcium obtained from calcium carbonate.4,5
Histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs)
Cimetidine, ranitidine, famotidine, and nizatidine are the H2RAs approved for use in Canada. Details of studies on the use of each agent during pregnancy were reviewed elsewhere.1 A recent meta-analysis involving 2398 pregnant women exposed to H2RAs in at least the first trimester compared with 119 892 women in the control group showed an odds ratio of 1.14 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.89 to 1.45) for congenital malformation. There was no statistically significant difference in risk of spontaneous abortion or preterm delivery between the exposed women and the control group.6
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
Proton pump inhibitors approved by Health Canada include omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole, esomeprazole, and rabeprazole. Safety of omeprazole, pantoprazole, esomeprazole, and lansoprazole use during pregnancy was reported elsewhere.7 Rabeprazole use in pregnancy has not been studied in humans; however, based on animal data on rabeprazole and human data of other PPIs, it is expected that rabeprazole would be safe for use in pregnancy.8 A recent meta-analysis that compared 1530 pregnant women exposed to PPIs in at least the first trimester with 133 410 unexposed pregnant women showed an odds ratio of 1.12 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.45) for congenital malformation. There was also no statistically significant difference in the odds ratios for spontaneous abortion or preterm delivery between the 2 groups.9
Why treat heartburn and acid reflux during pregnancy?
Heartburn and acid reflux are traditionally considered innocuous because they are common in pregnancy and are usually self-limiting. However, a recent study suggests that GERD is associated with an increase in the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), which can have serious negative effects on a womans quality of life.10 In a prospective cohort study conducted by the Motherisk Program, 194 pregnant women with NVP and heartburn or acid reflux were compared with 188 pregnant women with NVP who did not have heartburn or acid reflux. The 2 groups were assessed for severity of NVP with the pregnancy-unique quantification of emesis and nausea (PUQE) score, which is a validated scoring tool based on frequency and duration of nausea, vomiting, and retching in the past 24 hours, with a high score indicating more severe NVP. Quality of life was measured by the well-being score, with 0 being the worst and 10 being the best. Forty-eight percent of women in the control group had severe NVP according to the PUQE, compared with 75% in the group with heartburn and acid reflux. The mean well-being score in the control group was significantly higher than that in the group with heartburn and acid reflux (4.9 SD [2.0] vs 3.9 [SD 2.1]; P = .0004).11
Another prospective study also conducted by the Motherisk Program investigated the relationship between the use of acid-reducing medication and severity of NVP in 60 pregnant women. These women were counseled to continue their current antiemetics and to start acid-reducing agents; the PUQE and well-being scoring tools were administered before the start of acid-reducing therapy and at follow-up. The use of acid-reducing therapy was associated with a reduction in PUQE score (9.6 [SD 3.0] to 6.5 [SD 2.5]; P < .0001) and an increase in the well-being score (4.0 [SD 2.0] to 6.8 [SD 1.6]; P < .0001).12 The results of these 2 studies suggest that treatment of heartburn and acid reflux is associated with improvement in NVP and quality of life.
Heartburn, and acid reflux during pregnancy should be treated, as recent studies report that symptoms of GERD have been associated with an increased severity of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting. Antacids, H2RAs, and PPIs are safe for use in pregnancy, so if life-style modifications fail to manage GERD symptoms, these medications can be added to the antiemetic treatment regimen. Physicians should always feel comfortable treating NVP aggressively, so as to improve the quality of life of pregnant women.
Motherisk questions are prepared by the Motherisk Team at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont. Ms Law is a doctoral candidate in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. Ms Maltepe and Ms Bozzo are members and Ms Einarson is Assistant Director of the Motherisk Program. Do you have questions about the effects of drugs, chemicals, radiation, or infections in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding? We invite you to submit them to the Motherisk Program by fax at 416 813-7562; they will be addressed in future Motherisk Updates. Published Motherisk Updates are available on the Canadian Family Physician website (www.cfp.ca) and also on the Motherisk website.
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Can Fam Physician
Vol. 56, No. 2, February 2010, pp.143 - 144
Copyright ©2010 by The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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- Mahadevan U, Kane S. American Gastroenterological Association Institute medical position statement on the use of gastrointestinal medications in pregnancy. Gastroenterology 2006;131(1):27882. [Medline]
- Mahadevan U. Gastrointestinal medications in pregnancy. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2007;21(5):84977. [Medline]
- McGuinness B, Logan JI. Milk alkali syndrome. Ulster Med J 2002;71(2):1325. [Medline]
- Gordon MV, McMahon LP, Hamblin PS. Life-threatening milk-alkali syndrome resulting from antacid ingestion during pregnancy. Med J Aust 2005;182(7):3501. [Medline]
- Gill SK, OBrien L, Koren G. The safety of histamine 2 (H2) blockers in pregnancy: a meta-analysis. Dig Dis Sci 2009;54(9):18358. Epub 2008 Dec 3. [Medline]
- Nava-Ocampo AA, Valázquez-Armenta EY, Han JY, Koren G. Use of proton pump inhibitors during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Can Fam Physician 2006;52:8534.
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- Attard CL, Kohli M, Coleman S, Bradley C, Hux M, Atanackovic G, et al. The burden of illness of severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002;186(Suppl_5):S2207. [Medline]
- Gill SK, Maltepe C, Koren G. The effect of heartburn and acid reflux on the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Can J Gastroenterol 2009;23(4):2702. [Medline]
- Gill SK, Maltepe C, Mastali K, Koren G. The effect of acid-reducing pharmacotherapy on the severity of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol Int 2009, 10.1155/2009/585269. [CrossRef]


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Ndamukong Suh fined $31K for hit on Brandon Weeden
Mere hours after Lions center Dominic Raiola told MLive that the league's latest review into Ndamukong Suh's on-field behavior was "ridiculous," Suh reportedly was fined $31,500 for a hit Sunday on Cleveland QB Brandon Weeden.
Mike O'Hara of the Lions' website confirmed the fine, though he did not specifically say which Week 6 play had drawn Suh's latest punishment. Odds are, it's for when Suh appeared to hit Weeden in the chest while shoving the Cleveland QB to the ground -- that play was highlighted for review by NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino, during a video filmed inside the league's "Officiating Command Center."
Blandino noted possible "helmet-to-body" contact when picking out Suh's hit for another look.
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Suh's hit did not draw a penalty during the game, and it appeared that he actually let up a bit on Weeden.
Green Bay's Nick Perry earned a $15K fine (and a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty) for a similar play last season against the Colts. Perry drove his helmet into Andrew Luck's chest/shoulder, forcing a fumble. He was penalized for "use of the crown of the helmet," which is an action the NFL has worked to outlaw. Presumably, that's where Suh crossed the line against Weeden.
Suh and Weeden also had another run-in during the Lions' win. On a Weeden scramble in the third quarter, Suh grabbed him and tossed him to the ground with authority. There was no penalty called there either (and probably not one warranted), but Blandino may have double-checked the later incident as well.
"It was a football play to me," Raiola told Justin Rogers of the first Suh-Weeden contact. "I guess maybe my view of football is different from the way football is viewed now. I really don't know what they're looking at."
Suh drew a $100,000 fine earlier this year, after a vicious low block on Minnesota's John Sullivan during an interception return. According to the Detroit Free Press' Dave Birkett, Suh has now lost almost $400K in salary because of league punishments -- $209,000 in fines and approximately $165K while serving a two-game suspension.
Regardless of which play was in question Sunday, there's little question that Suh's reputation came into play here. Even if the league deemed both collisions with Weeden unseemly, his punishment still worked out to more than twice what Perry was fined for a comparable hit. Suh really has erased any leeway he might have otherwise received from the league with his past actions, be it the hit on Sullivan, his stomp of the Packers' Evan Dietrich-Smith or his face mask/body slam of ex-Browns QB Jake Delhomme in the 2010 preseason. The NFL surely watches Detroit's DT much more closely now, and this latest slap on the wrist may be a result of that added attention.


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Description ADULT MALE Has blackish hood, upperparts, and tail, with white edges to tertials and flight feathers, and white at base of primaries. Flanks are reddish orange, undertail coverts are buff, and underparts are otherwise white. Northern birds are larger than southern ones. Most birds have beady red eyes but those from Florida have a pale iris; intermediate eye colors are seen in some southern areas. ADULT FEMALE Recalls male, but black elements of plumage are brown. JUVENILE Brown and heavily streaked, with two buff wing bars.
Dimensions Length: 7-8 1/2" (17-22 cm)
Habitat Summer visitor to north of range but present year-round in south; favors dense scrub and brush.
Observation Tips Listen for rustle of feeding birds scratching through leaf litter. Singing males are often conspicuous.
Range Eastern Canada, Southeast, Texas, New England, Western Canada, Florida, Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic
Voice Song is whistled sweet-too, followed by a buzzing trill.
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|How Bitter Is It? 5 of 10. The original I-hate-my-ex song. Simon's track is too smooth and melodious to really hit the bitter charts, but her lyrics pack a punch.
Sample Lyric: "Well you said that we made such a pretty pair, and that you would never leave / But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me"
Backstory: Simon's tune is probably the most notorious and mysterious of all payback songs. In 1972, she belted out the story of her and a "vain" ex who traveled to Nova Scotia and Saratoga. Rumors began to fly that the song was about James Taylor, whom she had just married before the song debuted. But the most recent suspicion is on her former boss at Elektra Records, David Geffen. Simon says no. The two most popular guesses for the song's inspiration: former beaus Mick Jagger or Warren Beatty. (AP Photo)
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|How Bitter Is It? 10 of 10. It doesn't get any more vengeful than this song. It's a classic 1990s breakup tune, with the right blend of sarcasm and snark all rolled into a musical finger flip.
Sample Lyric: "And every time you speak her name, Does she know how you told me you'd hold me / Until you died, till you died, But you're still alive"
Backstory: It only took comedian and former "Full House" star Dave Coulier 13 years to tell the press that Morissette's angsty hit song was written about their turbulent relationship. It turns out that after the song came out, Coulier and Morissette sat down and hashed things out, and have been cordial ever since. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Comedy Central)
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|How Bitter Is It? 9 of 10. Though the song may inspire nostalgia at any dance club, Justin Timberlake's music video is crystal clear and hostile to his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. In the video, he sings about the demise of his Mickey Mouse Club sweetheart and begins to trash a Spears lookalike's house. He kicks a framed photo of the two and videotapes a makeout session with a brunette on Spears' bed. Who needs therapy?
Sample Lyric: "I know that they say, that somethings are better left unsaid, It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it"
Backstory: After their three-year relationship ended in 2002, rumors spread that Britney Spears was unfaithful. Then Timberlake released "Cry Me a River" which went on to win a 2004 Grammy. But where his song is seething with anger, Spears' retaliation in 2004, with her song "Everytime", is weepy and dramatic. The video depicts her downward-spiraling relationship with a faux Justin Timberlake and her own faux death. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Gety Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 6 of 10. It's hard to feel the anger in such a weepy song, but Nick Lachey manages it. Especially with the video that mimics his oddball marriage to singer Jessica Simpson.
Sample Lyric: "Now I'm broken, and I'm faded, I'm half the man I thought I would be, But you can have what's left of me"
Backstory: After only three years of marriage, which included a freak-show MTV reality series, 'Newlyweds', Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey parted ways. But rather than post-divorce therapy, the two pop singers drummed up some post-divorce songs. Simpson's album 'A Public Affair' tanked, while Lachey's 'What's Left of Me' reached No. 6 on the Billboard chart. Who needs alimony when you've got record sales? (Photo by Jessica Silverstein/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 1 of 10. This song did eventually lead to a marriage, so it can't be all bad.
Sample Lyric: "Make the best of the situation before I finally go insane / Please don't say we'll never find a way, Or tell me all my love's in vain"
Backstory: It's one thing to sing about an ex-girlfriend, but it's quite another to sing about another man's wife. That's what happened with "Layla", Eric Clapton's 1972 hit, which he wrote about about his love for Pattie Boyd, wife of his close friend George Harrison. According to Boyd, when Clapton finally confessed his feelings to the couple, nothing much changed, and the three stayed close. But Boyd eventually divorced Harrison in 1974 and married Clapton five years later, though the two also later divorced. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 5 of 10. More tragic than bitter, the song is Rihanna's goodbye to her abusive ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown.
Sample Lyric: "Your love was breaking the law / But I needed a witness / So pick me up when it's over / It don't make any difference / Will it ever be solved / Or am I taking the fall / Truth was there all along / Tell me how did we miss it"
Backstory: After such a public and violent breakup from singer Chris Brown, it was natural that Rihanna would conjure up a song to combine her voice with her heartache. Last year the singer was beaten by Brown in Los Angeles. She acknowledged the song was about the emotional aftermath of dealing with her domestic abuse. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 8 of 10. One rock star trashes another—with fatal consequences for his hair.
Sample Lyric: "Go on take everything / Take everything, I dare you to / I told you from the start / Just how this would end."
Backstory: Bitterness takes on new meaning at the hands of Courtney Love who, as lead singer of Hole, wrote "Violet" in 1995. The angry song is reportedly about her ex-boyfriend, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, whom she dated before her marriage to Kurt Cobain. Needless to say, things ended badly—and Love later described "Violet" as a "song that's about a jerk, I hexed him and now he's losing his hair." (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 5 of 10. Smack-dab in the middle—while Miley Cyrus belts out the seven things she hated about former beau Nick Jonas, including showing a photo of them with Jonas' face covered, she leaves her song and music video on a sweet note about the seven things she did inevitably like about young Jonas: a perfect happy ending to a tween breakup.
Sample Lyric: "It's awkward and it's silent, as I wait for you to say, what I need to hear now, your sincere apology, when you mean it, I'll believe it, if you text it, I'll delete it"
Backstory: Nick Jonas and Miley Cyrus broke up in 2007, supposedly because of Jonas' infidelity. That just goes to prove that you can't piss off Miley Cyrus, because not only will she make a fierce song about the seven things she hates about you, but she'll lay down the guilt as well. Cyrus' song was so sweet and sour that the two reunited again for a brief period until, like young lovebirds do, they inevitably broke up. That might be the reasoning behind her new song "Giving You Up", after her second go-round with Jonas. (Photo by Christopher Polk and Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 8 of 10. Pink may be "all right," as her song suggests, but she fights off crazy fits of tears and wreaks havoc on heart-carved trees and guitar shops in her music video. This isn't bitter—it's borderline psycho. Heartbreaker ex, Carey Hart, also makes his cameo in the video. Pink coyly teases him, which suggest she's still hung up on the guy. Poor sap.
Sample Lyric: "You weren't there, you never were, you want it all but that's not fair, I gave you life, I gave my all, you were there, you let me fall"
Backstory: Carey Hart and Pink (real name Alecia Moore) have always had a rocky relationship. After they first started dating in 2001, they endured a few breakups before Pink proposed to the Motocross racer in 2005 during one of his races in California. After two years of marriage, Hart was reportedly caught cheating on his wife at a Hollywood night club. The couple separated but told the press they remained friendly. Last year, the couple reunited and celebrated their fourth anniversary in January. Perhaps Pink released all her aggression on her 2008 track "So What". The music video showed the couple's friendly and sarcastic side, even with the tabloid drama surrounding their breakup. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 4 of 10. The song is too sweet to be bitter. If Crow's relationship with singer Eric Clapton was a mistake, at least it's her favorite one.
Sample Lyric: "I woke up and called this mornin', the tone of your voice was a warnin', that you don't care for me anymore, I made up the bed we sleep in, I looked at the clock when you creep in, it's six a.m. and I'm alone"
Backstory: Eric Clapton and Sheryl Crow dated for a brief time back in 1996, but they've kept their relationship cordial. It's been long-rumored that Crow wrote the 1998 hit about her time with Clapton, but she has never confirmed the story, saying only that the song is about the men in her life that weren't good for her. She's kept that information vaulted thanks to Carly Simon. If the song is about Clapton after all, then the two have clearly reconciled their differences, since Crow performed it with her ex-lover in 2006. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Gibson)
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|How Bitter Is It? 8 of 10. The song seems more bittersweet than straight bitter, until you remember that Stevie Nicks had to sing backup vocals.
Sample Lyric: "Tell me why everything turned around. Packing up, shacking up, is all you want to do"
Backstory: At the end of a debauched and dramatic two months in Sausalito, California, recording "Rumours", Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks split. Nicks tells Rolling Stone that Buckingham told her, "You take the car with all the stuff, and I'm flying back." And he did, and went to the Sunset Strip and recorded "Go Your Own Way." And for years the two of them sang it together onstage. Says Nicks, "I very, very much resented him telling the world that 'packing up, shacking up' with different men was all I wanted to do. He knew it wasn't true. It was just an angry thing that he said. Every time those words would come out onstage, I wanted to go over and kill him." (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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|How Bitter Is It? 6 of 10. The song alternates between abusive ("Don't talk back / Just drive the car") and pleading ("Stay with me, I need support") in a way that, while unhealthy, isn't purely bitter. It's too introspective for that and, at the end of the video, when Gabriel's skeleton is reconstituted, dressed in white, and resurrected eating strawberries in a field of flowers, too optimistic, too.
Sample Lyric: "I'm digging in the dirt / To find the places I got hurt"
Backstory: Peter Gabriel worked on "Digging in the Dirt" and the album "Us" during a period that saw two failed relationships—his marriage to Jill Moore and his relationship with the actress Rosanna Arquette. He went into therapy; hence the "digging". Says Gabriel, "During this period I discovered the most unbelievable phenomena within myself, characteristics which I value for myself, but also characteristics with which I would rather not be confronted, like unlimited rage, or merciless hatred." (Photo by Frank Micelotta and Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)
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By Sid Salter
STARKVILLE – Despite the national drama of a razor-thin margin in the presidential campaign between President Barack Obama and GOP challenger and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, Mississippi's ballot remains primarily a yawner. Most of the races on the Nov. 6 ballot appear to have all but been conceded to the incumbents.
The races drawing the most interest are the contested elections for the state Supreme Court, where the traditional special interests – trial lawyers on one side and business/medical groups on the other – have renewed their eternal war to control the courts. The state's business interests appear to be the more motivated "nonpartisan" supporters.
In the state's congressional elections, incumbent GOP U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo is an inarguable favorite over his 82-year-old Democratic challenger, retired minister Albert N. Gore Jr. of Starkville. With a distinguished military record as a Green Beret chaplain and winner of both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart medal, Gore has campaigned valiantly.
But with virtually no support from his party and scant resources with which to challenge Wicker, the Wicker juggernaut has rolled essentially unchallenged. While Wicker also faces Constitution Party challenger Thomas Cramer of Vancleave and Reform Party perennial candidate Shawn O'Hara of Hattiesburg, his re-election is seen as little more than foregone conclusion.
The state's only U.S. House race generating any national interest is in the 1st Congressional District where first-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo faces Democratic Party challenger Brad Morris of Oxford, Constitution Party challenger Jim R. Bourland of Columbus, Libertarian Party challenger Danny Bedwell of Columbus and Reform Party challenger Chris Potts. Morris is the former chief of staff for ex-U.S. Rep. Travis Childers of Booneville, but Nunnelee is seen as a prohibitive favorite to win re-election.
In the 2nd Congressional District, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Bolton faces Republican challenger Bill Marcy of Vicksburg, Reform Party challenger Lajena Williams of Petal, and independent Cobby Mondale Williams of Canton. Thompson's seat is perhaps the safest in the Mississippi House delegation by virtue of its makeup.
Almost the same can be said in the 3rd Congressional District. Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper of Pearl faces and Reform Party challenger John "Luke" Pannell of New Albany. Harper also is expected to cruise to re-election in a district drawn to elect a Republican in much the way that Thompson's district is draw to elect a Democrat.
In the 4th Congressional District, first-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Steven M. Palazzo of Biloxi faces Democratic Party nominee Matt Moore. There's also a Libertarian challenger, Ron Williams of Moss Point, and a Reform challenger, Robert W. Claunch of Diamondhead. Palazzo is the clear favorite.
The state Supreme Court races will pit incumbent Chief Justice William L. (Bill) Waller, Jr. of Jackson against state Rep. Earle S. Banks of Jackson for the District One, Position One seat. Waller is the favorite. Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Leslie D. King of Greenville is unopposed in the District One, Position Two seat.
Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Mike Randolph of Hattiesburg will face the challenge of Talmadge Braddock of Hattiesburg in the District Two, Position Three seat on the court. Josiah Dennis Coleman of Toccopola – nephew of the late federal judge and Mississippi Gov. J.P. Coleman of Ackerman – faces prominent trial lawyer Richard "Flip" Phillips of Batesville in the race for the high court's District Three.
In the state Court of Appeals, there's contested race for the District Two, Position Two seat between incumbent Judge Ermea J. Russell of Flora and challengers Ceola James of Vicksburg and Latrice Westbrooks of Jackson. In District Five, Judge Gene Fair of Hattiesburg is unopposed.
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Ever since the announcement that RoboCop vs. Terminator was getting the deluxe edition treatment it deserves, I've been thinking a lot about crossovers, and the more I think, the more I'm fixated on one of the most glaring oversights of '90s comics. Against all reason, against all logic, we never got Batman vs. Terminator. That's crazy, right? I mean, we got Batman vs. Predator three times. THREE. And yet, nobody ever sent a robot back in time to take out Bruiser Wayne.
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