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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.comments2013-04-12T12:40:38.693-03:00US Soaring Team 2013: firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-84649638094425786212013-01-21T11:45:16.568-03:002013-01-21T11:45:16.568-03:00Thanks, Susy, it was a pleasure, and we are glad y...Thanks, Susy, it was a pleasure, and we are glad you enjoyed it!Rick Sheppehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-64374458071929377092013-01-20T08:09:11.631-03:002013-01-20T08:09:11.631-03:00To John and Rick. Thank you for all the blogs and...To John and Rick. Thank you for all the blogs and tweets. We have really enjoyed watching and supporting Team USA from afar. So pleased that you had two racing days to finish the contest. The remainder of January will be very dull without you! Have a safe trip home, all of you.Susy Gaisfordhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-52520479201111116982013-01-19T15:38:11.205-03:002013-01-19T15:38:11.205-03:00Last Day, I hope it will be an enjoyable one. I wi...Last Day, I hope it will be an enjoyable one. I wish you all a safe return home and thanks for keeping us in the loop.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-25230713438812811132013-01-19T02:24:34.297-03:002013-01-19T02:24:34.297-03:00ha ha ha ha!!! yipeeee!!! hey Mr. Deane...we'r...ha ha ha ha!!! yipeeee!!! hey Mr. Deane...we're famous! nice job today :)

Luke

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-35250687101585919592013-01-17T12:13:24.875-03:002013-01-17T12:13:24.875-03:00Hola Team USA! Is the weather any good today? I ...Hola Team USA! Is the weather any good today? I looked at several websites and the reports are all different!Susy Gaisfordhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-43411696917751541662013-01-15T10:23:09.282-03:002013-01-15T10:23:09.282-03:00Me too! On some days, the number of speed points a...Me too! On some days, the number of speed points available is so small, they're not worth pursuing, and landing out increases your score.Rick Sheppehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-67132239366414565472013-01-15T08:56:20.205-03:002013-01-15T08:56:20.205-03:00I would have hoped someone on the team had read th...I would have hoped someone on the team had read the rules, oh well.
The penalty is 1pt/metre below finish height *NOT EXCEEDING ACHIEVED SPEED POINTS*. Of which you get none for an outlanding, so no harm in finishing below height if it's not possible otherwise. (Sporting Code 3, Annex A, 8.7 "Incorrect Finish"firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-92036162095985889692013-01-13T08:18:24.638-03:002013-01-13T08:18:24.638-03:00Since I wrote this, I've been getting SMS mess...Since I wrote this, I've been getting SMS messages from my Team in Spanish.Rick Sheppehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-25195909983937074872013-01-12T17:18:22.610-03:002013-01-12T17:18:22.610-03:00I haven't heard much from the Team today. I be...I haven't heard much from the Team today. I believe that most of them have adopted the local custom of "siesta."Rick Sheppehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-15035195831030234882013-01-12T10:20:22.502-03:002013-01-12T10:20:22.502-03:00Enjoy your 'day off'. I should think you a...Enjoy your 'day off'. I should think you are are ready for a break after 6 tough days! Its raining in England too - but when was that news!!Susy Gaisfordhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-21017228991335047052013-01-11T23:10:24.288-03:002013-01-11T23:10:24.288-03:00John, Thanks for the updates. Following the blog...John,

Thanks for the updates. Following the blogs multiple times a day.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-12850555169341964442013-01-11T16:36:37.532-03:002013-01-11T16:36:37.532-03:00We live in hope that you will one day awake to a c...We live in hope that you will one day awake to a calm morning with the prospect of launching gliders into a blue sky decorated with cumulus. We are cheering Team USA from England and enjoying all the reports, pictures and tweets. Thank you!!Susy Gaisfordhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-16497436790409373422013-01-11T08:19:20.291-03:002013-01-11T08:19:20.291-03:00Mysterious, is it not?Mysterious, is it not?Rick Sheppehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-69991453857562113832013-01-11T08:03:20.079-03:002013-01-11T08:03:20.079-03:00Nice photos! What do the pieces of paper taped to...Nice photos! What do the pieces of paper taped to the fusilage mean?!Susy Gaisfordhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-49862394287716138492013-01-09T10:09:33.968-03:002013-01-09T10:09:33.968-03:001 to 4pm, SIESTA TIME ! :)1 to 4pm, SIESTA TIME ! :)Gustavo Thttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-83688207316899509082013-01-08T22:34:29.705-03:002013-01-08T22:34:29.705-03:00Hi Rick, these "little" cultural issues ...Hi Rick,
these "little" cultural issues are part of my daily life. Imagine how it is to be German, live and fly in the US and (try to) write for the whole World of glider pilots. I also have to get along with the different cultures and I can really feel what you are going through. One more thought: Most "Americans" are more polite than I can ever be. Heads up!
I keep my fingers crossed for good weather and will follow your posts!
Have a great time in Argentina
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-56935915581917823672013-01-08T19:52:40.977-03:002013-01-08T19:52:40.977-03:00Gustavo, thank you for your information. We are al...Gustavo, thank you for your information. We are all Americans here.

Most of the traffic lights here do not work, and have been replaced with "speed bumps" on all four approaches to the intersection. So far I have had no near misses.Rick Sheppehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-82095165813612332012013-01-08T10:19:24.800-03:002013-01-08T10:19:24.800-03:00Hi Rick: I enjoy your posts. I am an Argentinian p...Hi Rick: I enjoy your posts. I am an Argentinian pilot living in Canada, and I had worked a lot in the States. About the "American" term. You see, for the rest of the world "America" is the whole continent, and USA peolple use the term in a fashion that seems to "appropiate" the name of the continent to the name of the country. I can imagine than in some past time, associating USA to America was not consider fashion, outside the USA. I beleive that right now is just funny curiosity, for most.
PS: a 3 minute red-light in a no-traffic intersection is equal to a Green light in the pampas :)Gustavo Thttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-75288559817546289692013-01-07T05:21:15.582-03:002013-01-07T05:21:15.582-03:00Watched it on the flight tracker - agony! A hard ...Watched it on the flight tracker - agony! A hard day for the whole team. So pleased to know you are all home safely. Better weather today I hope!Susy Gaisfordhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-62228861402151062872013-01-06T21:13:43.534-03:002013-01-06T21:13:43.534-03:00Thank You John, Checking it multiple times a day ...Thank You John,

Checking it multiple times a day for updates!

Scott email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-36090100071055871262013-01-06T17:48:51.166-03:002013-01-06T17:48:51.166-03:00Good luck to all of you FraukeGood luck to all of you
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-73076078782767695212013-01-05T07:20:21.302-03:002013-01-05T07:20:21.302-03:00Information super cycle-way! Information super cycle-way! Susy Gaisfordhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-88337374693851284032013-01-04T21:26:27.590-03:002013-01-04T21:26:27.590-03:00Both the bicycle and the rider have proved essenti...Both the bicycle and the rider have proved essential in this internet-free zone. The rider's name is Jose. We haven't named the bicycle yet.Rick Sheppehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-62069280492303552872013-01-03T17:16:54.142-03:002013-01-03T17:16:54.142-03:00Thank you for the news - we have been wondering ho...Thank you for the news - we have been wondering how you are all getting on with Englandy weather. Hope the technical and meteo conditions continue to improve. Does the hired bike come with or without a rider!?Susy Gaisfordhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-624684896971296910.post-90459592281283255002012-12-29T15:41:37.788-03:002012-12-29T15:41:37.788-03:00Hi Peter, Can you dig up an address where I can D...Hi Peter,

Can you dig up an address where I can DHL a package to you?

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32, After Weight Loss, No More Loose Skin on Belly!! - Bay Area, CA
Every single day I appreciate that I underwent this procedure. I used to wear tight stockings obsessively to try to flatten my stomach. I thought about my belly all the time, it used to dictate how I interacted with the world. I would long to be comfortable and wear tight fitting clothes. I wanted to be able to just sit down in a chair without my extra skin a nd belly pushing up into my chest... READ MORE
Questions from Newselfny
2 Weeks Out From Extended Abdominoplasty and Healing Unevenly?
I feel a great trust with my doctor. However, my right side is nice, tight and flat while left is bumped out. There is a distinct difference in my silhouette. My doctor said... READ MORE
How Long Does It Take to Assess Whether One Has Seroma Vs Normal Swelling After an Extended TT?
I'm curious if I could be experiencing seroma. Does it take a while to set in or can it happen fast? How long would I have to wait before getting it aspirated? I'm seeing my... READ MORE
This Can't Be Right? Tummy Tuck is Not Flat? (photo)
From the very beginning my TT has been a-symetric. It;s now been 4 weeks and i have this big bulge that's more on my left side. I'm so sad that my side view isn't flat! The... READ MORE
Pretty sure my belly button is an inch+ too high. What do you think? (photos)
I had an extended abdominoplasty last year and I AM SO HAPPPPPPY. I feel Better! However, my belly button is pretty high, and I feel it's such a giveaway. It looks very... READ MORE
Post weight loss breast lift on small breasts. (photo)
14 years ago I weighed 245 at 5'4. I've since lost weight, up and down a bit over the last 10 years, and got an extended tummy tuck 2 years ago. I was 170 when i got it, I am... READ MORE
Recent comments from Newselfny
How are you feeling? Are you getting around ok? It's a BIG surgery, huh. I'm in a stage now where I am back to work, 22 days post op and I just wish i was fully healed! It's hard because I feel good and can move around well, BUT that... READ COMMENT
Breathe through your fears. Imagine all the energy you've spent over the last 10 years thinking about your body and feeling out of control of the way it looks. now smile and imagine how it would feel to spend that time having different... READ COMMENT
Wow! Sue, you look great! I had my extended tt with lipo done 16 days ago. I'm 32 and have no kids but lost about 80 lbs. I'm amazed at how flat your tum is... did you have swelling? im quite swollen above my incision. did you... READ COMMENT

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0-Day Fixes
Windows kernel vulnerability could allow escalation of privilege
|Report ID:
|Date Published:
|29 November 2013
|Date Revised:
|Compromise Type:
|Compromise From:
|Affected Product/Component:
| Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
A vulnerability in the Windows kernel could, upon successful exploitation, allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in kernel mode.
Detailed Description
Microsoft has reported about a vulnerability affecting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 machines, which was caused by the NDProxy.sys kernel component's failure to properly validate input. Upon successful exploitation, an attacker could be able to run arbitrary code in kernel mode. But in order to exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid logon credentials and be able to log on locally.
To mitigate the impact of this vulnerability, users are advised to reroute the NDProxy service to Null.sys. Complete instruction is available from Microsoft Security Advisory (2914486).
F-Secure detects the files taking advantage of this vulnerability with these detections:
- PDF:Exploit.CVE-2013-5065.A - starting in Aquarius database version 2013-11-28_06, which was released on 28 November 2013
- Gen:Trojan.Heur.FU.ku3@aSHWAmji - starting in Aquarius database version 2013-11-07_07, which was released on 7 November 2013
Please allow F-Secure products to block installation of files that take advantage of this vulnerability.
CVE Reference
Detected Exploit
- PDF:Exploit.CVE-2013-5065.A
- Gen:Trojan.Heur.FU.ku3@aSHWAmji
- Aquarius database version 2013-11-28_06 at 14:46:12 UTC
- Aquarius database version 2013-11-07_07 at 22:58:11 UTC
Release Dates
- 28 November 2013
- 7 November 2013
Microsoft recommends users to reroute the NDProxy service to Null.sys. Complete instruction is available from Microsoft Security Advisory (2914486).
Allow F-Secure Internet Security or F-Secure Anti-Virus to block installation of malicious files, and to remove or disinfect malicious files if found on the system.


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pythonOCC news: release 0.96 ofr OCC 6.3.0
Hello everybody,
pythonOCC is an open-source (CeCILL licensed) set of Python bindings for OCC.
A new release is available: python0CC 0.96, requiring OpenCascade 6.3.0 librairies. The complete framework was rewritten to move from Boost libraries to SWIG wrapper generator. The set of SWIG .i files are generated from OCC header files with less than 300 lines of Python code (by the use of the famous pygccxml C++ parsing tool). Windows binary files are available for both Python24 and Python25.
Although 3D visualization is not yet available, most modeling as well as import/export tasks should be achieved.
Info, downloads and API reference on http://www.pythonocc.org
Of course, any feedback is welcome.
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If and when last week's alleged Microsoft "Durango" meeting was held in London for Microsoft's Prophets of the Next Generation, it's likely that, at one point, they sat over a conference table like those shown in the two columns below – nibbling on chicken sandwiches and discussing the gaming future they hold the keys to.
What did they plan? Did it even happen? We don't know. But here's a better question: Which table would they have been seated at?
It deserves to be asked because it turns out that only one table actually exists – the other is a CG rendering. See if you can figure out which:
The mind-bending shots (and correct answers) come courtesy of a job posting on a Kojima Productions recruiting page. They were grabbed from a lighting demonstration off of Kojima's state-of-the-art Fox Engine – thought to be the driver of Metal Gear Solid 5 and the inscrutable Project Ogre.
The computer generated images are so indiscernible from the real ones, that, quite frankly, the Fox Engine had us outfoxed for a good few minutes. A few different subtle nuances in the lighting patterns and chair detail will eventually be enough for any sharp eye to make the right choice. But just to prove to us that they weren't bluffing, Kojima went and placed horse in the middle of the room for their second slide:
Incredible as it may be – the horse is the real kicker – it's important to not treat this like more than it is. And that is, it's a conference room – some chairs, a table, pretty florescent lights, and a painstakingly rendered misplaced mare. The processing power to achieve such visual fidelity at a reasonable frame rate (and have, say, Solid Snake pop out of a ceiling panel to practice some knife work on an unsuspecting guard) would likely prove a more difficult task.
Be that as it may, anyone who wants to claim that video game graphics have hit a ceiling in their current form need only be referred here for the time being. With videos like Epic's Samaritan demo teasing Unreal Engine 4, and the likelihood of the same Fox Engine responsible for the shots above powering Metal Gear Solid 5, it's not a fantasy to think that the Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4 couldn't produce a similar product in their life time.
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Fondant Figures/toppers For Baby Shower Cake
I have the pleasure of making my own baby shower cake so I made these toppers to go with it. I like the pregnant belly cakes but couldn't picture eating it after I made it (weird right). I'm not sure what the end result will be but I will post pictures when done. Comments or suggestions welcome. TFL!


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Tantus Slow Drive came out in late 2014 as a remake of a discontinued Tantus favorite called Faerie. It's a non-phallic, glossy, Ultra Platinum Silicone dildo with 5″ of insertable length, and a 1.25″ diameter. It comes in silver, midnight purple, and black. I chose the hypnotizing silver, which, when held up to the light, dances with swirls of gunmetal gray, like a shimmering pool of liquid mercury.
I recently seized a literal butt-load of Tantus harness-compatible dildos because I only had (*gasp*) one, the WetForHer Five. That's inexcusable, and I'll be the first to admit it.
To test drive this beauty, I sheathed it in a condom (unnecessary, as the silicone is sterilizable, but saves on clean-up time), slipped it into my Aslan rubber harness, and lubed it up. Getting Slow Drive into my pegging partner's ass while he was reclining on his back was really difficult due to the drastically hooked tip, so I gave up, and bent him over my bondage table to facilitate insertion. Voilà, that's the trick.
The base of Slow Drive is unique in that it's shaped like a jazz guitar pick, so if the dildo swivels around while you're fucking, you know which direction is up and can right it effortlessly.
I tend to prefer shorter dildos for pegging so that you can slap your hips up against your partner's ass without causing undue discomfort; the sound it makes is hot and adds a bit of theatrics to the performance. If longer 'dos are your schtick, the Slow Drive Long boasts 7″ of insertable length.
I had planned to turn my first dalliance with this dildo into a long, drawn-out pegging session, but my play partner came within the first five minutes, despite my protests. Verdict? Slow Drive rocked his prostate like nobody's business.
When it was time for some solo action the next day, I lubed up and pushed it inside me. It was a bit difficult pushing the entire thing in because of the angled shaft, about 3.5″ was as far as I could go. It didn't need to go in more than a couple of inches to hit my G-spot anyway.
The head began kindling my insides as I rocked it in and out of me. I gave it some rapid-fire mini-thrusts and could feel my entire genitalia light up. It felt like my clit was being stimulated from the inside out. I was on the verge of an orgasm and it had been less than a minute. YES. I wasn't angling for an orgasm, but I was curious and wanted to know how it would feel.
Day three: I lubed myself up with some water-based lube, slid Slow Drive into me, and went to work. I timed myself from a cold start, with a little clit stimulation, and I ended up having a quivering orgasm in three minutes that left me reeling and partially deaf for about two minutes. This is normal for me if the orgasm is really good, and apparently has something to do with dopamine-epinephrine conversion, though I couldn't find a whole lot of information about it (can anyone explain this phenomenon?). I decide to use Slow Drive next with a vibrator on my clit, eliciting a particularly full, undulating orgasm. Needless to say, I'm satisfied.
Slow Drive is a classic, simple, functional, average-sized silicone dildo suitable for beginning peggers and G-spotters; a staple of any well-rounded toybox.
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Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Information About Xanax
What is in Xanax?
This question has been forwarded by Digestive Disorders:
Xanax is made up of only one medicine, whose generic name is alprazolam. Alpraxolam is in a class of drugs called the benzodiazepines -- other drugs in this class include valium (diazepam) and librium (chlordiazepoxide).
Xanax is primarily an anti-anxiety drug that gives short term relief for anxiety, nervousness and panic disorders. Unfortunately, if used incorrectly, Xanax can be addicting and habit forming. Therefore, In treating anxiety disorders, Xanax is generally used only for short periods (usually days to months) while other safer medications that gradually take effect are begun.
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College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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PW: You were out in the field cutting hay this morning. I hope that means life is returning to normal for you?
Yes, cut a little bit, trying to keep busy. Life has already returned to normal. The situation I went through [documented in Escape in Iraq], that will never go away.
Other hostages haven't been so fortunate. After your ordeal, how do you react to such news?
It's terrible. But I watched Prime Minister Allawi today, and President Bush, and their words are my words. We can't negotiate with these people. That's the way I felt when I was there. I knew it would be devastating for my family if I didn't make it back, but I didn't want my country negotiating with these people.
Did you get a sense that your captors had an idea of what to do with you?
Well, they had a network of people. They knew they had to keep me from soldiers, and they knew to keep me moving because the soldiers were searching houses. They may have been trying to sell me. I can't say they weren't. The people that had me, they are terrorists, but I'm not going to associate them with guys like Zarqawi. At one point, one of the guys watching me put his finger up to his mouth and told me to keep quiet because one guy coming to see me was a bad Muslim. That told me they knew the difference between good and bad.
You went to Iraq out of financial necessity, but also, you say, because you had an interest in serving?
I've always been a spiritual man, but I walked away from God for a while. I could have stayed here and taken another job or two, and paid this debt off. I believe God put me through this to face the reality of where my life was. I look back on how everything had gone in my life, how I'd been struggling and working all the hours I had to make ends meet. I never asked God for help.
Captivity could never amount to a cultural exchange, but did you learn much about Iraq from this experience?
There's just so much difference between the different people that had me. Some of them were soft-spoken, others would snap out loud. I told the Iraqi surgeon who treated my arm that one day, when the country was on its feet again, I hoped I could meet him again, because through God's hands he saved my arm. Some of the ones in the beginning, they were my angels. Not the ones at the end. They meant business.
The faith you displayed throughout this ordeal is really striking, but surely you must have been terrified?
It's hard to explain. Not really. I survived the attack, and I knew we'd probably lost several men that day. But I knew that I was still alive. A lot of people don't look at little signs that tell us God is leading us, but from what I've been through, for most of my life, I started to notice. One day I had gotten out, but couldn't flag down helicopters. I sat down and thought, I've only been here a week. Some Vietnam vets were in captivity for years. So I said, God, I'm not going to be selfish. I'm going to trust in you, whatever it takes. He took away the pain and the worry. I hope and pray that other people that are in tough situations, maybe even people born with silver spoons in their mouths, realize how quickly it can all change. God tests us every day.


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Bootsie's Heritage Cafe: Behind the Review
Bootsie's Heritage Cafe is the little restaurant in Tomball that's turning out food to set the rest of Houston topsy-turvy.
When I took my first vacation since starting at the Houston Press as the food critic, EOW blogger Jason Bargas took it on for this week's cafe review.
Go ahead and fill up that gas tank; as you'll see in Bargas's review, the restaurant is worth the drive to Tomball.
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While crafting a screenplay, it helps to visit The Script Lab for Five Plot Point Breakdowns of popular movies–a useful tool for exploring the structure of your favorite films.
Here's more about the site: "[T]he five major plot points are the building blocks behind sequence construction: Inciting Incident, Lock In, Midpoint, Main Culmination, and Third Act Twist. Each analysis of selected features breaks the film down to the essential 5 major plot points, time code of when each plot point occurs included."
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MILWAUKEE (Aug. 11)
The local Nazi Party and the Zionist Organization of America have both agreed to close their booths at the Wisconsin State Fair after visitors engaged in bitter arguments with the Nazis last Thursday, the first day of the fair. Officials of the fair said discussions with organizers of the Nazi booth began after a Milwaukee man jumped across the table at the booth and allegedly tried to strangle one of the Nazis. Fair officials in a separate meeting with the organizers of the Jewish booth asked them to close their exhibit as well.
The ZOA, which had its booth at the opposite end of the exhibit hall, agreed to close their booth Friday, the same day the Nazis closed theirs, because their booth had been set up primarily to counter the Nazi exhibit. The ZOA booth, which was operated jointly with Milwaukee chapters of Concerned Jewish Citizens, showed films and slides of Nazi atrocities against Jews. A number of Jews and Blacks hurled insults and epithets at the Nazis as they strolled past their booths.
Earlier in the week State Attorney General Bronson La Follette and Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union Executive Director William Lynch ruled that closing the Nazi booth would be an infringement of free speech. The ruling was made after local county supervisors and state representatives had urged the State Fair Board to void the fair's contract with the Nazis. Fair officials subsequently issued a statement saying the Nazis had agreed to close their booth "for the good of the State Fair."


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Artist Lewis Millett didn't need much more than an order to leave his longtime Idyllwild mountain home after seeing 100-foot flames marching toward the mile-high hamlet that draws tourists, summer campers and students to a year-round arts and music school.
Millet and his wife scooped up the precious things that matter most from their three-story Southern California home: their two cats, his paintings and sculptures, and one of his family's prized heirlooms - his father's Medal of Honor.
Millet was among the 6,000 residents and tourists told to evacuate the community in the San Jacinto Mountains about 100 miles from Los Angeles as the wildfire grew to more than 35 square miles Thursday, surrounding a ridge 2 to 3 miles from town, fire officials said.
The blaze also was 2 miles from Palm Springs, but no homes were threatened there.
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It had already destroyed at least six houses and mobile homes and several cars when winds shifted Wednesday and sent the blaze toward Idyllwild.
Fire officials said the blaze was 15 percent contained and had been growing in an atypical manner.
"Usually it cools down at night and we get more humidity. That hasn't happened," said Tina Rose, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. "It's been burning like it's daytime for 72 hours in a row."
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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Titan Review, Part 2: Titan's Performance Unveiledby Ryan Smith & Rahul Garg on February 21, 2013 9:00 AM EST
Crysis: Warhead
Up next is our legacy title for 2013, Crysis: Warhead. The stand-alone expansion to 2007's Crysis, at over 4 years old Crysis: Warhead can still beat most systems down. Crysis was intended to be future-looking as far as performance and visual quality goes, and it has clearly achieved that. We've only finally reached the point where single-GPU cards have come out that can hit 60fps at 1920 with 4xAA.
At 2560 we still have a bit of a distance to go before any single-GPU card can crack 60fps. In lieu of that Titan is the winner as expected. Leading the GTX 680 by 54%, this is Titan's single biggest win over its predecessor, actually exceeding the theoretical performance advantage based on the increase in functional units alone. For some reason GTX 680 never did gain much in the way of performance here versus the GTX 580, and while it's hard to argue that Titan has reversed that, it has at least corrected some of the problem in order to push more than 50% out.
In the meantime, with GTX 680's languid performance, this has been a game the latest Radeon cards have regularly cleared. For whatever reason they're a good match for Crysis, meaning even with all its brawn, Titan can only clear the 7970GE by 21%.
On the other hand, our multi-GPU cards are a mixed bag. Once more Titan loses to both, but the GTX 690 only leads by 15% thanks to GK104's aforementioned weak Crysis performance. Meanwhile the 7990 takes a larger lead at 33%.
I'd also note that we've thrown in a "bonus round" here just to see when Crysis will be playable at 1080p with its highest settings and with 4x SSAA for that picture-perfect experience. As it stands AMD multi-GPU cards can already cross 60fps, but for everything else we're probably a generation off yet before Crysis is completely and utterly conquered.
Moving on, we once again have minimum framerates for Crysis.
When it comes to Titan, the relative improvement in minimum framerates over GTX 680 is nothing short of obscene. Whatever it was that was holding back GTX 680 is clearly having a hard time slowing down Titan, leading to Titan offering 71% better minimum framerates. There's clearly much more going on here than just an increase in function units.
Meanwhile, though Titan's gains here over the 7970GE aren't quite as high as they were with the GTX 680, the lead over the 7970GE still grows a bit to 26%. As for our mutli-GPU cards, this appears to be a case where SLI is struggling; the GTX 690 is barely faster than Titan here. Though at 31% faster than Titan, the 7990 doesn't seem to be faltering much.
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CeriseCogburn - Monday, March 04, 2013 - linkThat's all you've got ?
Did you at least look at the links, or have a failed brainfart of an idea for a rebuttal ?
No, of course you did not. Another mindless, insulting fool, without a single anything other than of course, and insult.
I would feel better about agreeing with you if you had any facts or even an opinion on anything else. Reply
swing848 - Friday, May 17, 2013 - linkI believe the review was for gaming machines. In that regard HD 7970s and GTX 680s trade blows as one card is faster in some games and the other faster in some games.
So, gamers should pick a card that will perform the best for the games they play.
Microsoft FSX is very old now, yet a person needs a very powerful gaming computer to run it with all of the goodies turned up [with lots of code fixes], including overclocking an Ivy Bridge to 4.5GHz+ [this is because when the game was developed it was believed that Moore's Law was valid and single core CPUs would be running at 10GHz by 2012]. And, yes, FSX was coded for NVIDIA. Reply
coilpower - Thursday, February 21, 2013 - linkWell that is where nvidia's attempted marketing falls apart. Compute in their flagship gpu brought to geforce lineup is nothing new. Now they think they can go $1000 on it, doubling the price.
Techpowerup was apt when they said this is the most overpriced video card in 25 years.
Nvidia has dropped the ball here on the price, heck, they have thrown it down the street. Too bad, now they will lose more face with the price drops needed to get these off shelves. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, February 23, 2013 - linkThey're sold out, already.
So much for you being correct, you're already an incorrect failure.
Nice try amd fansvengaliboy Reply
Alucard291 - Sunday, February 24, 2013 - linkAll 100 of them? :) Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - linkYou forgot the k fool. Reply
Alucard291 - Friday, March 08, 2013 - linkProof? :)
In any case, please stop shitposting. This is not 4chan or engadget. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - linkThey're still sold out, ROFL. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkFrom Anand Brain etc in the current article: " 12:16PM EDT - GK110 in general seems to be supply constrained right now. NVIDIA has previously told us they're selling every Tesla K20 and Titan card they can make"
"Thank you Cerise, I'm sorry, I Alutard291 was wrong, and you are right. I challenged you and lost miserably. In the future I will shut my lying piehole and learn from you, Cerise, instead."
LOL - No you won't Alutard, you will never be correct. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, February 23, 2013 - link$4500 from appreciative clients, or a grand from whining disgruntled crybabies ?
Hmmm... what should a company do... ?
I think they should take the extra $3500, and let the crybabies squeal and wail and fill their diapers. Reply


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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) made good on a central campaign promise on Thursday, moving to drop the city's appeal of a judge's ruling deeming the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk program unconstitutional. The case will now go back to the lower court, where the city can hammer out the details of how to implement reforms.
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GIBSONTON - At 77 years old, you'd think Florence Sikes would be taking it easy. But that's not something she plans to do any time soon. For the past 17 years, she's made it her mission to keep a 126-year-old cemetery in Riverview from falling to ruin. "I have 13 relatives buried at Riverview-Hackney Cemetery," she said. "Eventually my sister, her children and her grandchildren will be there, and so will I. I'm going to be sure it's taken care of." When she first began visiting in 1964, when her brother's baby died shortly after birth, it was simply to place flowers on graves and pay respect to her kin. At the time, Sikes became bothered by a general lack of upkeep."There was no fence around it and semi trucks were parking overnight right on the cemetery grounds," she said. "I immediately started asking people for money to put a fence up and doing what I could with the help of family members and friends, including relatives of people buried there." But no one was officially in charge of Hackney, which was cared for by residents "as best they could," said Sikes. When Serenity Meadows bought property adjacent to Hackney in 1997, part of its agreement with the state and county was to maintain the cemetery's eight acres, install headstones, maintain records and open and close graves. At Christmas 2002, Sikes went to visit her gravesites and found the sand road washed out. She couldn't get to her brother's site without driving over other graves, so she got out and walked. "I said to myself at the time 'Why doesn't someone do something about this road?' and a tiny little voice said 'Why don't you?'" Sikes called a friend for advice, found someone to do the paving and collected $25,000 to pay for the project. The same year, she founded Hackney Cemetery Trust Inc. The following year she was concerned about the level of care Hackney was receiving, so she started organizing two annual community cleanups to supplement Serenity's ongoing maintenance. Last year, when the original fence was in serious disrepair, she raised $5,000 to completely replace it. Sikes was born in Okeechobee, a sixth generation Floridian. She graduated from Pahokee High School "the same school as Mel Tillis" and then attended two years of business school in West Palm Beach. Then her life changed. Sikes' sister Esther died in a car accident with her husband, leaving behind a 14-month-old daughter. Her parents eventually got custody of the child and moved to Riverview in 1955. "I stayed home, while both my parents worked to help raise her," Sikes said. When her mother went to work for Hav-A-Tampa Cigar Company the following year, Sikes followed. The two alternated shifts to care for the child. Sikes worked there until she married her husband, Nathan, a tropical fish farmer, in 1962. Two years later, the couple had saved enough money to purchase seven acres off Rhodine Road in Riverview and opened Sikes Tropical Fish. They raised three children. In 1979, Sikes lost a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren in a fire. They, too, were buried at Hackney. Her respect for cemeteries began at an early age. "When I was a child, my family would go at least once a year to visit the local cemetery near Yeehaw Junction where my great-great grandfather was buried. We'd do some clean-up while we were there," she said. "I remember getting spanked for stepping on a grave when I was little. "I learned early on to honor those who came before me." Now that her husband has been diagnosed with PTSD and dementia, he can no longer help Sikes do the cleanups. So the diminutive dynamo is going to slow down a bit and do only one cleanup every fall. When she's gone, Sikes expects her sons to carry on her work. "If they don't I'll come back to haunt them," she said. "Florence is a very independent, strong-willed woman" said neighbor Rita Hyder, who has known Sikes for 25 years. "When she sets her heart and mind to something ain't nobody going to get in her way. And yet she's the most loving person you'll ever meet." firstname.lastname@example.com
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Felix Moesner met Makiko Aikawa in 1991 when he was doing a one-year robotics internship at Toshiba Corp. and a home-stay at her grandmother's house in Yokohama. Then a university student, she often visited after cooking classes at a restaurant nearby.
They eventually fell in love, but Felix, originally from Appenzell, Switzerland, returned to finish his studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
The young couple continued to correspond by letter, phone and fax in those days before the Internet, and Makiko remembers her monthly telephone bill once reaching ¥80,000. To make the situation easier, Felix returned to Japan in 1993 and embarked on a master's and then a doctoral program through the University of Tokyo.
The couple tied the knot in April 1994 and lived in Switzerland from 1995 and 2002. They now live in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, with their two daughters, aged 7 and 10.
Felix is an attache at the Swiss Embassy, where he heads the Science and Technology Office. Makiko runs the bag design business Kamon51, where she is both a designer and maker.
What are your favorite dishes of
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Felix: One of the real qualities in Japan is tofu, which is almost not possible to get anywhere in the world. At the beginning, I did not like tofu, but my wife told me many things about the levels and qualities of tofu. Now I really like it very much. I also like sushi, especially "uni" (sea urchin) and kimchi-type "okonomiyaki" (as-you-like-it pancakes).
Makiko: I like Raclette cheese. Raclette cheese is grilled, melted and scraped onto potatoes. In Switzerland, people use large cheese rounds. But in Japan, I use smaller ones or sliced cheese. I also like Swiss chocolate. It's really tasty.
What attracted you to your partner?
Felix: Her openness. She is curious for new things. We both like very much cultural events like noh plays, art exhibitions, classical concerts, jazz, but also movies. My wife is extremely cheerful. What I respect about her very much is that she is very reasonable and an excellent listener.
Makiko: He is flexible. He is gentle but strong. His strength is not like iron, but like willow. If you push it, it bends but never breaks.
What do you like or dislike about your partner?
Makiko: He is very meticulous. In a way, I like his meticulousness because he is well organized. He likes to make plans and to do things as planned. I like it, but sometimes I don't because I don't care much about details.
Felix: I am really always thankful to her that she gave birth to our two wonderful kids. What I really respect about her very much is she is carefully taking charge of the education of our kids and in parallel she manages her own activities with her bag design business Kamon51.
I can really not criticize her because I see many good points. I like orderliness — not to have a mess at home. So we try to keep a good balance. "Keep a good balance" means when my wife forgets about the orderliness, I clean up.
What do you like about your partner's country?
Felix: It's very clear that people in Japan really like technology. Maybe it's my own interpretation, but since the language in Japan is different from the rest of the world, and the language is connected to thinking, the ideas behind innovations are different. The Tamagotchi (virtual pet), Wii or the recent Frixion (erasable ink) pen are nice examples that explain how innovations like these can be made in Japan, but maybe less likely in a different country.
Makiko: Switzerland is a very beautiful country. Wherever you go, you find it clean and everything is well arranged. Visiting friends' and colleagues' homes, those are generally neatly cleaned up. The air in Switzerland is fresh and thick. I like the clean water and rich green environment.
Do you find things that bother you in your partner's country?
Felix: The masses of people especially in the morning when you take a train at 9 o'clock. On the other hand, it's really an achievement in how to transport efficiently so many people in such a short time. But personally for me, it's still difficult to be in a crowded place, maybe because I came from a country with fewer inhabitants where I was not used to have so many people at one spot. This is the reason why every day I usually start to work at 7:30 a.m. in my office.
Makiko: I was raised in Tokyo, so I'm used to crowded places. Especially over weekends, when people in Tokyo enjoy shopping, Swiss tend to spend their weekend time in the mountains or at the lakeside, which makes cities appear empty, because shops are closed on Sundays and holidays.
Is there any concern about raising your children?
Makiko: Some attitudes that can be seen positively in Japan may not always work the same way in foreign countries. You can receive service in Japan without asking for it, for instance, when you visit someone's house as a guest. In a foreign country, you may need to ask clearly for what you want, otherwise you may get nothing. You should express your opinions clearly in foreign countries. But in Japan, things would not go well if you are too assertive. They have to learn these things themselves.
What is your dream?
Felix: To be always together with my wife and also to bring prospects to our children to grow up in an intact environment. It's not only the societal environment but also the natural environment.
Makiko: Our children belong to the generation that can understand not only Japanese but also other countries' standpoints. So I hope their generation will make the world get smaller by better understanding each other and doing business together. We are contributing to it indirectly.
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The Department of Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Braham Area Elementary School's Joan Burke as their Minnesota "Grades K-5 Teacher of the Year" during the VFW 109th Annual Grand Banquet Program at the Mid-Winter Conference.
The banquet was held at the Minneapolis Marriott-City Center on Jan. 21.
Also honored were "Grades 6-8 Teacher of the Year" Kelly McDermott from Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake and "Grades 9-12 Teacher of the Year" Connie Ferris from Osakis High School.
Jimmy White, Minnesota VFW's Teacher of the Year Chairman, in handing Burke her Crystal Apple Award, complimented Burke by saying, "Teachers change our society one day, one class lesson, one student at a time. There's no more important job, and there's no one who does the role better."
In receiving the Teacher of the Year Award, Burke said, "Thank you to the Minnesota Veterans of Foreign Wars for giving me the honor of being the MN Elementary Teacher of the Year 2012. It is humbling and yet exciting to be recognized by the VFW for teaching good citizenship to our young students. I will cherish this experience for a very long time."
Burke also thanked the local veterans who take the time to raise the flag at Braham Elementary on Veteran's Day and then spend time in the classrooms visiting students. She concluded, "Our Veterans are truly the greatest teachers of citizenship on Nov. 11."
Burke was nominated as the Elementary Teacher of the Year by the Braham VFW, went on to win the District 6 VFW Award and then the State Award.
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"Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know."
Leonard Braber teaches video and animation at the Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He also teaches theater techniques: professional lighting, sound, and live video. Many of his students start their careers as cameramen, video editors, or web designers or find jobs in the movie or theater industry as professional light, sound, or video technicians. He uses a wide range of cameras in his lessons, including simple HD cameras, DSLR cameras, and professional HDV cameras. His students learn to work with camera cranes and even Steadicam.
Braber has been teaching since 1997. He especially relates to younger students and loves getting them motivated to push themselves to achieve goals they never previously imagined possible. "If you give students great opportunities and responsibility, they can do amazing things." Braber is personally interested in new and challenging software. He is now teaching Adobe® Dreamweaver®, Flash® Professional, Photoshop®, InDesign®, Illustrator®, and Adobe Premiere® Pro. He also began working with Adobe Muse™ and After Effects® after visiting the 2013 Adobe MAX.


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This week Bel Ami has hunky Aiden Quinn as model of the week. We first met Aiden back in June when we brought you his casting video. Aiden is easy going and quite comfortable taking his clothes off in front of the camera, and thankfully Eliot spent some time with his to highlight Aiden's beautiful bubble butt.
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If The Chocobo Song Had Lyrics, They'd Be Sung In A Fake Irish Accent?
Prolific as he's been over the past few years, video game lyricist Brentalfloss has never topped his rendition of "Crazy Duck In Space." Now he's finally given the Chocobo song from Final Fantasy the lyrics treatment, and he still hasn't topped his DuckTales jam.


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The Center for Consumer Freedom, a non-profit coalition that promotes personal responsibility and consumer choice, is debuting a television ad today that pokes fun at obesity lawsuits. In the spot, a lawyer for an obese man argues to a judge that a cookie company is responsible for the man's obesity -- based largely on the facts that there was "no warning label on the box...just pretty pictures" and the company makes the cookies "taste good on purpose."
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Nicholas Kristoff is an old farm boy who moved from his Oregon roots to the big city so long ago that he often thinks food that doesn't originate at the 21 Club or Per Se comes from the supermarket. He is a New York Times columnist who occasionally writes about food, constantly attacking modern agriculture, always repeating what he's learned from an interesting cabal of very elitist foodies.
He's just written a fan boy piece, "The Unhealthy Meat Market," promoting the latest bit of yellow journalism, "The Meat Racket," by Christopher Leonard. In it, he quoted or requoted a lot of discredited nonsense. It just begs for parody. My questions are followed by direct quotes from his column.
Q. Nicky, what is Tyson Foods and are they really the most evil organization since SPECTRE. Do we need to revive James Bond to defeat their nefarious schemes?
A. Tyson, one of the nation's 100 biggest companies, slaughters 135,000 head of cattle a week, along with 391,000 hogs and an astonishing 41 million chickens. Nearly all Americans regularly eat Tyson meat — at home, at McDonalds, at a cafeteria, at a nursing home.
Q. So Tyson feeds a lot of people. Is that what makes them evil?
A. "Even if Tyson did not produce a given piece of meat, the consumer is really only picking between different versions of the same commoditized beef, chicken, and pork that is produced through a system Tyson pioneered," says Christopher Leonard, a longtime agribusiness journalist, in his new book about Tyson called "The Meat Racket."
Q. I've read Leonard's book and I checked my list of well-known and even unknown agribusiness journalists. I couldn't find his name anywhere. Does he manage to break new ground with his self-described expose?
A. Leonard's book argues that a handful of companies, led by Tyson, control our meat industry in ways that raise concerns about the impact on animals and humans alike, while tearing at the fabric of rural America. Many chicken farmers don't even own the chickens they raise or know what's in the feed. They just raise the poultry on contract for Tyson, and many struggle to make a living.
Q. And what devastating things does the Tyson hegemony do to the American food basket?
A. Factory farming has plenty of devastating consequences, but it's only fair to acknowledge that it has benefited our pocketbooks. When President Herbert Hoover dreamed of putting "a chicken in every pot," chicken was a luxury dish more expensive than beef. In 1930, whole dressed chicken retailed for $6.48 a pound in today's currency, according to the National Chicken Council. By last year, partly because of Tyson, chicken retailed for an average price of $1.57 per pound — much less than beef.
Q. So they've forced us to buy chicken at about one fourth the cost we paid during the great depression? I hate them for that. How did they manage to do it?
A. Costs came down partly because scientific breeding reduced the length of time needed to raise a chicken to slaughter by more than half since 1925, even as a chicken's weight doubled. The amount of feed required to produce a pound of chicken has also dropped sharply.
Q. (Gasp!) Tell me more.
A. Factory farming endangers our health. Robert Martin of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health notes that a farm with 10,000 hogs produces as much fecal waste as a small city with 40,000 people, but the hog operation won't have a waste treatment plant. Indeed, the hogs in a single county in North Carolina produce half as much waste as all the people in New York City, Martin says.
Another health concern is that antibiotics are routinely fed to animals and birds to help them grow quickly in crowded, dirty conditions. This can lead to antibiotic resistant infections, which strike two million Americans annually (overuse of antibiotics on human patients is also a factor, but four-fifths of antibiotics in America go to farm animals).
Q. So we've established that animals poop but nothing about the rules and regs that require adequate handling. I checked with a leading expert on antibiotic use in animals. It seems that the greatest majority of antibiotics used in animals are not used with humans. Let's move on to things that maybe either of you might be conversant with. Let's talk about the best ideas for replacing factory farming
A. It's easy to criticize the current model of industrial agriculture, far harder to outline a viable alternative. Going back to the rural structure represented by the inefficient family farm on which I grew up in Oregon isn't a solution; then we'd be back to $6.48-a-pound chicken.
Thanks for your time, Nicky. I'll keep reading your political commentary which appears regularly in the New York Times.
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What are Incretins and Amylins?
Incretins and Amylins are both naturally produced hormones that have different actions to control blood glucose. Inretins are secreted from the gut to stimulate insulin secretion in response to eating food. The medication works in the same way. Amylins are secreted by the pancreas. They slow emptying of the stomach contents into the gastrointestinal tract, lower hunger sensations, and effect of hormones involved in blood glucose regulation.
- Incretin medications: Exenatide (Byetta™) and Liraglutide (Victoza®) are injected medications that mimics the action of incretin. A doctor may prescribe one of these for patients with type 2 diabetes who have not achieved glucose target goals using metformin, a sulfonylurea, or both (see next section for information on these medications).
- Dipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitors: These medications make the naturally occurring incretins work longer and better. These include sitagliptin (Januvia), saxagliptin (Onglyza®), and linagliptin (Tradjenta). Thes medications are taken by mouth. This medication may help lower fasting blood glucose and blood glucose after meals. A doctor may prescribe these alone or in combination with metformin or thiozolidinedione (see next section for information on these medications).
- Amylin Analog: Pramlintide (Smylin™) is a synthetic hormone of amylin that is given by injection. A doctor may prescribe pramlitintide if a person who takes insulin to control blood sugars after meals is not reaching desired blood glucose goals. It can be used in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Robert Davis and Michael Langlois
On view through April 5, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center is House of the Rising Sun, an installation of paintings by the collaborative duo of Robert Davis and Michael Langlois. Though their output primarily consists of paintings, the pair also collaborates to create sculpture and large-scale installations with a conceptual bent. Their scrupulously crafted, whimsical and stinging paintings explore the lowbrow with a fastidious[…..]


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Former President Estrada Wins Race for Mayor of Manila
Joseph Estrada, former president of the Philippines, started out as his political career as mayor of San Juan, a neighboring city Manila that he served for 17 years. After Monday's midterm elections, it appears the 76-year-old movie-actor-turned-politician could possibly end his political career as mayor of the Philippine capital.
"We will return Manila to its old glory," Mr. Estrada told supporters after the Commission on Elections declared him winner of the Manila mayoral race against Alfredo Lim, the incumbent mayor and candidate of President Benigno Aquino III. Throughout the campaign, Mr. Estrada, who was born in the impoverished district of Tondo, decried how neighboring cities had overtaken Manila, with the city showing the largest number of poor and jobless in the National Capital Region.


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The old adage, "you are what you eat," may not be too far off when it comes to feline skin and coat health. When nutritional imbalance is to blame for your cat's dull, flaky, dry skin, your veterinarian may prescribe vitamins and dietary supplements to help correct her internal imbalance.
To Supplement or not to Supplement?
A high quality, nutritionally balanced food should supply your cat with the proper amount of vitamins and minerals. Look for foods with ingredients that include vitamin E, vitamin A, carrots (a natural source of beta carotene), flax seed or fish oil (good sources of omega 3 fatty acids), animal-based protein such as eggs or chicken for omega 6 fatty acids and prebiotics like chicory root or beet pulp). However, despite her nutritionally balanced diet, kitty still may experience skin and coat problems. In these cases veterinarians often turn to vitamin supplementation. It is important to use vitamins under veterinary supervision; over supplementation can lead to serious health problems for kitty.
B Vitamins
The B complex vitamins are water soluble, which means they mostly are destroyed during the heat of the cooking process; cats on home-prepared diets will almost always need extra B complex vitamins. One of the most important vitamins in this group is vitamin B-1 (or thiamine). Thiamine promotes muscle, cellular and nerve function. Vitamins B-5 and biotin are essential for skin and hair health -- vitamin B-5 also reduces inflammation and can help fight allergies and infection.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is essential in boosting the feline immune system and healing the skin. A cat can incur a vitamin E deficiency if she ingests food containing large amount of unsaturated fats to which antioxidants are not added. Foods like these go rancid quickly subsequently destroying important vitamin E that oxygenates kitty's blood. In order for a cat to properly absorb supplemental vitamin E, she will need to take it with fat-containing food; no empty stomachs here. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, so it needs accompanying fat to latch onto and adequately enter the feline body.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is not only important for vision; it helps regulate cell membranes. It produces skin and hair cell turnover, allowing inflamed, damaged cells to move aside while new healthy cells replace them. This tissue-repairing vitamin is found naturally in organs such as the liver and kidney, but take caution if choosing the natural route. Felines who eat too much raw liver can develop hypervitaminosis A, which can dull her coat and lead to lameness. Vitamin A supplements are a likely choice if kitty is deficient, but always consult your veterinarian before beginning any supplement.


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Several Congress activists have gathered at the house of Vivek, to urge him to contest the Warangal LS by-election. Among them were Donti Madhav Reddy and Parakala in-charge Venkatrami Reddy. They said that if Vivek contests, the Congress is sure to win. As such Vivek has left for Gandhi Bhavan, along with his workers. Meanwhile, the TRS too has met under the chairmanship of KCR, to decided on a candidate for Warangal.


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Home invasion plan, what am I overlooking?
So its 2:00 AM and I awake to the sound of breaking glass, what do I do? Well right now I would walk out of our Master bedroom, passing a newly replaced steel door which leads to the basement. A few steps further and I would reach my daughters bedroom door. At this point I can look down the hallway (which is too my right because Ive dead ended into my daughters door) and see the area right by our front door 25 away and 40 further to the kitchen. This is a problem because Im totally exposed to the rest of the house. If I continue to walk the 25 towards the front door Ill pass a spare bedroom on my left and then the hallway joins the greeting room at the front door. The framing at the end of the hallway was constructed as if a door would be installed which never was done. My plan is to install a door there. There will be no threshold so ½ to 1 inch gap at the floor. The flooring is ceramic tile.
With the new door, when I go to sleep at night I can lock it and our three bedrooms will be separated from the rest of the house, sealed off by the new door and another door leading to the basement. The only other reasonable access to the newly defined area would be through my master bedroom windows about 5 off the ground a handy escape route. The new door would enable me to go straight to my daughters room without being exposed, I could retrieve her and retreat to the master bedroom closet and wait for Johnny law, or escape out the window. The Master bedroom door and closet door are hollow wood doors without deadbolts (basically useless). If I retreat to the closet (where the guns are) I would still consider the bedroom door the last line of defense. If they are coming through that they want to kill me. This is because one cannot go from the closet to the escape window without passing the area by the bedroom door. There is currently no way to exit the closet (however I have a unfinished basement and could make and escape hatch enabling one to drop down from the closet to the basement).
So what are your thoughts on this plan. My values place life above all. Even the life of a scumbag burglar or stupid neighborhood kid on drugs. Murders and rapists are different. Im no hero and will not be confronting any intruders, take what you want I have insurance. I have two large dogs which would be in the secured space as well.
Sounds like a well laid out home for defensive purposes after you get that extra door up . Until you do buy some of the plug in night lights for the great room and arrange the furniture so they are as exposed as can be .
This way if a break in occurs in the rest of the house an intruders night vison will be interupted by the lights making it less likely they would see you getting your daughter from her room at the end of a hallway and it will illuminate them for you to see if they are armed or not .
With two good sized dogs chances are your home will be passed over but with so many of todays home invasions you never know .
I would also look into some of that film they put on windows to prevent shattering for your bedroom and then make sure the drapes over them are sturdy enough to catch any broken glass just to be sure and keep them closed at night . As a matter of fact keeping drapes and curtains closed at night is always a good idea , leaving them open with lights on turns your home into a showcase strangers can look into and see what you own and the arrangement of the home .
I would also make sure the backyard has good motion lights that cover the whole yard , you wouldn't want to "escape" right into the arms of a half a dozen gang members waiting outside .
I'll need to research the window film. We do sleep with the blinds up no curtains and tv on and I'm well aware someone could look right in, from across the yard.
I installed four of these replacement outlets with lights. Basically what was two outlets becomes one outlet and an LED light. Two are in the hallway, one out in the front door area and one in the kitchen area. I can walk from my bedroom to the frig and not turn on any lights. I think they are supposed to last for 15,000 hours and they only turn on when it's dark.
If your neighborhood is that bad, why not just move?
Generally, armor and fortification are put in place to meet the application. I don't see the need for what you're doing if you live in an average suburban neighborhood.
Like Robo said in the other thread, a well placed boot heel will open most doors without resistance. For those that it won't a sledge or pry bar will. It's not uncommon for a burglar to carry either of these tools. Also, rapists usually make up rape kits that contain tools for B&E which are usually much better thought out than a burglar's kit.
I'm just sayin'...
Weapon light (some of the new LED versions are 120+ lumens).
Training. Training. Training. If you have access or can access a shoot house to learn real room clearing, all the better.
Did I mention training?
Fortifications are nice, but anyone with a crowbar or a post ram can defeat even a steel door in seconds. Either you're mentally prepared to go the distance or your not. The general consensus is that if you look deep down inside you'll know if you're that 1% that can pull the trigger when the time comes. I strongly suggest that you read Col Grossman's 'On Killing' as well.
Your house sounds secure enough, except for the ability to look into the windows. Does your family have a plan? It sounds like you have an idea but if all of you do not know what to do then it's useless. Dogs are the best wake up tool available. I'm all for saving life too, my families and if you do not belong in my house, then you have made one of the worse choices in your life. No-one has the right to break into someones home, period! Especially in the middle of the night. I don't know if you have ever had any "close" calls or actually had anyone break in , but it changes you. Your whole thought process changes and you feel violated even if you were not physically touched. I'm a large mean looking MF so in the daylight I have very rarely had anyone jack with me, oh yeah I've had my clock cleaned a few times by some people, but even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then. Rethink what's important to you, cause at night no-one knows or cares who or what you are, they are coming in to get your stuff, or you or both and doors are not the most common method of entry,windows are, most homes have plenty of them. Insurance is great, we all most likely have it, look around, I bet you have some things that you could never replace, let alone your family. Bottom line- if they want in they are coming in.....
the current plan is to get in master closet wait for police all the while armed and ready to shoot anyone that comes in the bedroom.
Other than curtains to block looking into the windows, the film might help but it would seem a sharp knife could render it useless, not to mention youcan pry up a window. Easiest acces to my house is you hop the 5' privacy fence, go up to the deck and then either kick in a door or smash a window. At this point I'm up, armed and getting my daughter. If you are coming after us then you have one steel door to bust through,and then you have to pick a room. It has a steel door to, so you must kick it in. At this point I'm in fear for my life and I shoot you or I escape through the window
We also have the castle doctrine law in Ga.
I suggest installing deadbolts, and get rid of the "hollow doors."
As far as I can tell, burglars MAINLY go after the larger houses, and will overlook trailors/double wides if there are bigger homes near. That is why I have a double-wide with 3 dogs. All doors have deadbolts and the windows are high off the ground. ;)
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Katy, Pearland football fans make the long trek home, stop at Bucee's after Dallas football sweep
Following the sweep of 4A and 5A UIL football championships, fans from the Houston area made their way south on I-45 to return home.
The caravan of SUVs with Katy and Pearland football stickers made the fan bases pretty easy to figure out, but it was still fun to drive back to my home in Southeast Texas and share the road with some of the fans who helped set the record attendance records at the UIL football state championships.
For what it's worth, Buc-ee's in Madisonville still seems to be the No. 1 truckstop as Pearland maroon and Katy red were both in line for the gas station chain's "world famous bathrooms."


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