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This mCD contains no studio songs not found on other albums: "Sane" is on "Chaosphere" and "Future Breed Machine" is of course on "Destroy Erase Improve." The "mayhem" remix of "FBM" is pretty cool, but overall this purchase was not worth my money. Caveat emptor.
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I don't know why, but this is by far my favorite E.P. and one of my favorite albums of all time. Though it is only 4 tracks long (and the fact that is basically a single for "Future Breed Machine"), the songs are absolutely amazing. "Sane" is an awesome song, but it is not a new track. "Future Breed Machine" is my favorite Meshuggah song and all of its versions on here are insane. The live version just gives you a taste of Meshuggah's stage presence and power on stage, the campfire version is just really messed up, but the real power lies with the mayhem version. "Future Breed Machine (Mayhem Version)" is by far one of the greatest metal songs ever written. The pure intensity of it will send your head into a mantra of heaviness and death. The anger contain in that track is amazing, it even blows away the original version of "Future Breed Machine". The video's on the C.D. extra just kicks complete… I love this album…
True Human Design . . . a must for Meshuggah fans, but hardly an essential disc for the curious listener. Futile Bread Machine is the only stand-out track on this EP. Although it is nice to hear Meshuggah's live prowess, it would be infinitely nicer to have an entire live Meshuggah album–only one live song just leaves you hanging, especially when it isn't one of their greatest songs. Still, it is worth buying just to hear Meshuggah make fun of themselves and play "unplugged"–and the artwork is pretty cool.
What you get with this album is a mixed bag, but nonetheless crushingly brutal Meshuggah. This is what EPs are meant to do, allow some leverage for the band and allow them to try some new stuff and have some fun, which is exactly what this album accomplishes. With this you get Meshuggah, and their unbridled aggression and extremely complicated musical style of metal. The CD opens with Sane, a song more tuned to Chaosphere-style Meshuggah. It is typical DEI Meshuggal bit a bit faster with lots of cymbals; a great aggression-dripping song. Then we have a live version of FBM, which is definitely on my list for the best metal song of all time. How they accomplish their music live with the same techical proficiency as on their recordings is an insurmountable feat that only this band could accomplish. They have just as much energy live, according to this track, if not more so than on thier recordings. Metal fans, get ready for THE heaviest song ever recorded. The Mayhem version of FBM the most aggression and anger-filled opus ever concieved. This track will blow you away with its heaviness. This song is the personification of a heavy song. Hear it for yourself, I'm sure you'll agree. Then there is a funny version of FBM, which proves this band has a sense a humor in addition to excellect musucianship. Then we have 2 techno mixes of FBM, the first of which is more of actual techno. It is an interesting mix, definitely catches your attention. The second is FBM, but in an almost ambient/atmospheric mix. The results are amazing, as this long track proves that techno, ambient, and heavy music can collide and just sound good and aggressive. This is not an album for the uninitiated to Meshuggah, as it is just not representative of their sound. But for the Meshuggah fan, it is an excellent Meshuggah release that demands your attention.
You wouldn't think that, with 4 remixed versions of the Meshuggah song "Future Breed Machine" and 1 Live version of it, you could listen to this over and over again and enjoy it everytime. But you definitely can. "Future Breed Machine" to me, is a great Meshuggah song, but not one of my personal favourites..But i can still listen to this, and keep coming back to it, because it's Meshuggah. And they really make great remixes of their songs too.
The first song "Sane", is the exact version you'll hear on their 1998 album "Chaosphere"..so to fans who already have "Chaosphere" there's nothing new there. And to fans who maybe don't own "Chaosphere", "Sane" is a good 'sample' of what that album sounds like. In my opinion, their best album to date.
The second song is the Live version of "Future Breed Machine", recorded in Umeå, Sweden in May 1997. It's actually the only Live song of theirs i have ever heard, and it truly blows me away with how tight they are on stage as well as in the studio. Nothing is out of place here, and they really capture the intensity of the show too.
The "Mayhem" version of "Future Breed Machine" starts off slow, and then on comes the crushingly heavy slowed-down riffs. Believe me, the riffs mixed with Jens Kidmans screaming, really define how heavy Meshuggah are/can be..even if this is a remix of the song "Future Breed Machine". This song in many ways, reminds me of the "Concatenation Slomo Remix" that can be found on the Meshuggah "Rare Trax" CD, released in 2001. They're both equally as heavy, i think.
The "Campfire" version of "Future Breed Machine" is basically a short, amusing (At first), version of the song that can really get tedious after the first few listens. I don't know who sings it, it's definitely not Jens Kidman, but they do get really annoying after a while. But it shows that Meshuggah do have a sense of humour, and don't take themselves too seriously like some other Metal bands.
The next two songs that follow are techno remixes of "Future Breed Machine", that are actually pretty listenable. Both go over the 6 minute mark, and it's hard at times to really pick out which parts of "Future Breed Machine" are in there..sometimes there's no connection at all..but both are good experimental tracks. The first one almost sounds like an atmospheric Godflesh, if you know of that band, with how Jens Kidmans screaming vocals are heard at particular times during the song. And the second techno remix (Which i think is better) sounds more advanced and technical..almost like Autechre in a small way. It also has Jens Kidmans screaming vocals in it too, at certain times.
So, if you really like the song "Future Breed Machine", then i think you'll thoroughly enjoy this E.P. If you're like me, and find it's a great song but it isn't one of your favourites, then you'll obviously still enjoy it as well.
I give it 4/5. A great E.P by a truly unique and amazingly talented band.


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The good: Comprehensive feature set; tight integration with Exchange and SharePoint portal services; wizards and task lists simplify setup and ongoing maintenance; competitively priced.
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Pros: Stable, usable, efficient, fast, a non-stop productivity workhorse, works with everything from Windows 98 to Windows 7. Great value for the money. Provides all the services that a small business can ask for in a server. Very reliable.
Cons: The only real issue I have with sbs 2003 is that when so many things running in this system plus all the software that gets installed on top of it, it becomes difficult to troubleshoot with severe problems.
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Summary: We have had this SBS 2003 Standard for almost 5 years now. You might want to read the full summary to get the full sense of this product.Just noticed that the title of the product says 5 clients but obviously we have had to add CALs to bring it up to 25 users. SBS 2003 makes it very easy to add and/or manage CALs as well. Another plus.
There was a time, in the beginning, when I was totally frustrated with it because I rebuilt the entire system on two different boxes and it kept shutting down with no clues as to what is causing it. Finally, with just blind luck, I stumbled on to the fact that it was a badly designed instant messaging server (a third party software) that I was using. Got rid of it immediately. And since then ... No problems.
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The UFC was back in Las Vegas tonight and two more winners of The Ultimate Fighter reality television show were crowned. Efrain Escudero and Ryan Bader both defeated their opponents in convincing fashion, earning themselves six-figure contracts with the UFC.
Escudero defeated a game Phillipe Nover at lightweight via unanimous decision in the night's main event. Escudero looked crisp during the fight and utilized his best weapon, his wrestling, to nullify Phillipe Nover's standup game. Every time Nover would come in to throw a right hand, Escudero would duck under and take him to the ground and control him from there. Nover was game, though, and did not quit looking for submissions from the bottom and even seemed to have Escudero in some trouble with an omoplata attempt late in the third round. The Mexican born fighter survived, however, and went on to take the decision from the fighter that many considered the favorite going into the bout.
Ryan Bader was able to secure a TKO victory over his opponent, Vinny Magalhaes, in the first round. Going into the fight many believed the only way that Bader had a chance to win was to keep the fight standing and that's exactly what he did. The fight didn't even have a chance to hit the ground as Bader threw a strong right hand that grazed the jiu jitsu ace's temple, sending him to the canvas. From there Bader jumped in with solid hammer fists that forced the referee to step in and stop the fight.
In other action on the card, Anthony Johnson was able to finally set the record straight in convincing fashion with his head kick knockout over Kevin Burns in the third round. After the way the first contest ended between these two competitors, Johnson wanted to make sure he put an exclamation point at the end of this fight and that's exactly what he did. For the first two rounds it was a good battle with Johnson landing some nice strikes as well as taking Burns to the ground. Burns was no slouch off his back, however, looking for submissions the entire time and landing some decent strikes of his own. At the beginning of round three, Johnson threw a head kick that landed right on Burns' chin and sent the Iowa fighter crashing to the mat in a heap. Johnson exacted his revenge and looks to be on the up and up at 170 lbs.
Wilson Gouveia, who was unable to make the 185 lbs. weight limit yesterday, made quick work of Jason MacDonald, winning via submission in the first round. Gouveia hit MacDonald with a left hand that put MacDonald down early and never let up from there, pouncing on him and landing a barrage of elbows that split MacDonald's face open. Gouveia continued to rain down blows and forced MacDonald to eventually tap due to strikes. Gouveia said afterward that making weight will never be a problem again and that he absolutely intends on staying at middleweight.
In the night's opening fight, Junie Browning made an impressive showing, submitting Dave Kaplan in the second round with an armbar. Browning looked like a much improved fighter than what was shown on the television show, working in crisp striking and footwork along with takedowns, guard passes, and an overall well-rounded game. Browning's conditioning was not a factor either as he dominated Kaplan in every aspect of the fight. Browning apologized to Frank Mir after the fight, saying he was sorry that he gave Mir trouble on the show.
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- Junie Browning def. David Kaplan via submission 1:32, Round 2.
- Wilson Gouveia def. Jason MacDonald via TKO 2:18, Round 1.
- Anthony Johnson def. Kevin Burns via knockout 0:28, Round 3.
- Ryan Bader def. Vinny Magalhaes via KO 2:18, Round 1.
- Efrain Escudero def. Phillipe Nover via unanimous decision.
- Roli Delgado def. John Polakowski via submission 2:18, Round 2.
- Shane Nelson def. George Roop via split decision.
- Tom Lawlor def. Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision
- Eliot Marshall def. Jules Bruchez via submission 1:27, Round 1.
- Krzysztof Soszynski def. Shane Primm via submission 3:27, Round 2.
Had he taken Bader down, Vinny would've won.. almost immediately..
Don't know why he had to stand.. but he did.. and he payed for it..
Really nice to see Johnson find justice.. he was simply cheated in the last outing and it was nice to see him reign supreme in this one..
Stop trying to slug it out with Wilson Gouveia.. he will hit you.. and you will hit the ground.. if you want to beat him you better have a technical striking game [i.e. Reljic] or a tight wrestling game that doesn't allow submissions..
man i love that guy..
Great job to Efrain..
nice to see him defeat the hype..
beautiful fight.. loved ever second of it..
and i'm sure he'll do great things in the LW division..
grats to Junie..
seems like he's really come a long way since the show.. mentally, and fight-wise..
can't wait to see more of him in the future..
it'll be nice to see more from Bader and Marshall in the LHW division..
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Vinny had to stand because he knew the only way he was taking Bader down was by pulling guard, and to do that he had to put himself in harm's way…
I think it's interesting how everyone was so high on Nover and never really considered that he could have a gaping weakness. As I see it, Efrain exposed Nover and he's going to have to work long and hard at his wrestling and takedown defense before he's ever mentioned in such lofty terms again.
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i just didn't quite understand why the hype was on Nover, when he and Efrain really had the same success during the show.. i.e. – a bunch of quick finishes
just didn't understand why Efrain got no love..
really glad he grabbed the contract..
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Too bad Gouveia didn't make weight, It is a quality win, but it isn't going to move him up as much as it should because he came in heavy.
I'm interested to see how they handle Bader now. I think Bader v Cantwell/Stann/Munoz (the WEC guys) would be very interesting fights right off the bat.
Efrain will be interesting too, just because there is so much talent at 155, but I'm sure he will be handled just like Nate Diaz, as he develops into a headlining star.
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Great finale, hope both fighters go far, Junie looked good and I was all over the Browning bandwagon from the start, stay with XC n u will go far Junie
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Dam was i wrong on all fight picks, only 1 i got right was anthony johnson ftw i call that fight 'the big payback'. junie shocked me by fighting impressively, and efrain , wow i didnt think he had it in him. bader surprised me as well, i just knew vinnie would win with a 1st round sub. thats the thing i love about mma. anything can happen, and nice to see fighters who previously didnt impress me take their careers and chance at stardom more seriously. every1 took their game to the next level. awesome night of fights. i enjoyed every minute of the card.
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Of the main event fights, only 2 of my picks were correct (6 overall)… I think that's an all-time low for me.
Junie looked good, though he did look a bit gassed at the end of the 1st round after all the ground work. It'll be interesting to see how he fares against better competition. His striking was much improved, as was his attitude, but the attitude change could be an act, or just a byproduct of the circumstances. Time will tell.
My picking Vinny was based on the thought that he would get it to the ground, but I guess he didn't really have much of a chance to do that. I still think he could have if he'd pressed Bader from the onset, but he didn't, and that's that.
Escudero manhandled Nover and that was really shocking to me. I wasn't overly impressed with Efrain on the show… I thought he was good, but thought Nover was great. Now I think they're both great, but Nover obviously has a big hole in his game that he needs to patch up. I was on the edge of my seat at the end of the 3rd round when he was trying to pull off that sub… so close! I really underestimated Efrain's wrestling and overall strength, and that won't happen again.
Didn't know Delgado vs. Polakowski was on the main card… weird that they didn't air it, but aired the Marshall and Soszynski prelims.
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Wow. I screwed up my picks. I got one right (Johnson). Junie looked awesome and showed some maturity. I hope he keeps it that way. It looked like Vinny rolled over and gave up. It looked to me like Bader grazed him but it was more of the follow through with the forearm that pushed him to the ground. I don't know. Efrain, great job. I thought Nover would win, not because of his skills, but because I bought into the hype. Elliot looked good, I hope to see him in the future. That was a good TUF 8 finale.
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Not surprised by Junie's win or Bader's win, but a little surprised by Efrain. Maybe I got caught up in the hype.
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well, on the main card, i only missed one pick [Bader].. but as for the under card, i got freakin' beasted.. i had polakowski, roop, and kingsbury all picked to win.. they all lost.. which shocked the crap out of me.. i thought for sure roop would win..
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eliot marshall appeared to be possessed, he looke like he was in amazing shape. bader really needs to work on his jab, he lunges and really leaves his chin exposed. overall a great card.
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Awesome fights! Bravo to all the UFC fighters, all of them deserve the best! I know for sure Phillipe has a great future in this sport because he is very down to earth and has his heart, mind and soul into it and even if he did'nt win, it sure was a VERY EXCITING fight and it really kept me on the edge of my seat. I feel that Dana White would be a fool if he did'nt sponsor Phillipe fights and or a contract too(in my opinion) because he is an excellent fighter, a crowd drawer and the TOUGHEST NURSE IN THE PLANET! He already proved that in the show that he's a force to be reckoned with. It would be a shame to ignore a very TALENTED fighter like Phillipe. Efrain's wrestling was good but he's nothing compared to Phillipe's raw power and it's just that he got timed out before the submission. THIS CALLS FOR A RE-MATCH!!! How many times did Dana White give Junie Browning chances??!
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Just like what Phillipe said in the post fight interview, " I am not GSP or Anderson Silva…I am fighting as Phillipe Nover". He was compared to great fighters by Nog and Dana White because they were so impressed by the way he fights… ARE'NT WE ALL IMPRESSED TOO?? There's no HYPE at all co'z he definitely has talent, no doubt. Efrain could fight anybody and may lose too…anything can happen…..
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No one ever said Nover didn't have skills, but he was definitely over-hyped.
When you really examine it, did Nover really be considered to be the favorite against Escuerdo? Nover beat Kaplan and Roop to make it to the finals, while Escuerdo beat Nelson and Browning. If you look at the finale, the latter two beat the former two fairly convincingly in their fights. Thus, Escuerdo clearly had tougher competition en route to the finale.
It seems to me that many people who overwhelmed by Nover's flashy finishes while not giving enough credit to Escuerdo's abilty to control quality fighters. I'm not trying to take anything away from Nover at all, as he certainly has the potential to be an elite fighter. But it's clear that he needs to work on his wrestling before realizing that potential.
And, at this point, Escuerdo's wrestling obviously compares quite favorably to Nover's "raw power" as he used it to dominate the fight just last night.
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Efrain might have beaten Phillipe with his grappling prowess but Phillipe was able to get away from being pinned down and I as far as the latter two (Nelson and Browning) beating the former two ( Kaplan and Roop) I feel that it's just a matter of the fighters mental and physical conditioning at that given time. When Junie and Nelson were in their destructive and worst shape while in the house, do you think they might be able to beat Roop or Kaplan? I don't think so. What about Phillipe beating Duarte? Was'nt Duarte the favored fighter to go in the house? His path to the finals were not as easy as people think. With regards to his quick and powerful finishes, it just makes the show more exciting to look at. Just like watching Tyson, Ali, Lewis, DelaHoya or Pacquiao beat the crap out of their opponents , it keeps you on the edge. I know that Efrain's strength comes from his wrestling background and he likes to tackle and bodyslam most of the time, what about other skills? Is he UFC material or WWF???
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"I know that Efrain's strength comes from his wrestling background and he likes to tackle and bodyslam most of the time, what about other skills? Is he UFC material or WWF???"
Takedowns are a huge part of MMA. If you don't like them, I suggest watching boxing or kickboxing instead. He showed he has some striking skills in the match with Junie on TUF, and they were on display to a lesser degree in the Nover match. Nover is obviously the superior striker, so he did the smart thing and used his base to nullify that advantage. A smart gameplan executed perfectly. I was and still am on the Nover train, but I think this loss will ultimately be more important than a TUF win would have been. He'll still get a UFC contract, some of the pressure (hype) of living up to expectations will be alleviated, and he will know what he has to do to make himself a more complete well-rounded fighter. He'll be back, and he'll be better, and i cant wait to see it.
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Asking whether Escuerdo is UFC or WWF material is absolutely ridiculous. I mean, what are you even talking about?
I guess someone's got a little butt hurt from seeing their favorite TUF fighter exposed…
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Nah… I am just expressing my views and thoughts. But I'm just sick and tired of people talking about Phillipe being "overhype" because it's just not true. Clearly, we all saw what he can do during the elimination fights while he was in the show and even in the house he never acted like an idiot… unlike the other guys. I just think that his fights are far more exciting than Efrain's and I hope we will see more of him fighting in the octagon soon.
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Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones went down with an apparent wrist injury during their game against the San Francisco 49ers. The injury occurred on his second carry of the game. Jones did return to the game on the Cowboys' next possession.
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Dublin Docklands Development Authority: A wind-up?
So the government announce this evening that the DDDA is to be wound up after 15 years in operation and that responsibility for the area will be transferred to Dublin City Council, in the person of the Dublin City Manager. How ironic? Twenty five years ago when the CHDDA (the pre-cursor of the DDDA with many of the same personalities involved in the early days) were established, the general discourse, in common with most of the neo-liberal gospel being preached at the time, was that the local authority could not be trusted to do the job and should have power over this area removed from them. While they may not have been particularly efficient in sparking development nor particularly astute with dealing with the private sector, they certainly could not have been accused of the litany of mismanagement that we are now hearing the DDDA were responsible for. Interesting too that we are being told that what happened was due to a lack of 'corporate governance' or (Submission by Executive Board to Minister for EHLG, January 2010) rather that anything more sinister that public representatives and agents have been accused of over the last few years.
What is most important is why has it taken so long for action to be taken? Granted Prof Niamh Brennan was appointed as Chair of the Board in March 2009 to deal with some of the problems and reported to Government on them, but the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and announcement by the Government tonight comes four or five years after a lot of people were questioning what was going on in the Authority? In the late 1990's, access to any sort of information on the activities of the DDDA – a public agency after all – was almost impossible to come by. In 2008, a number of serious questions in relation to the Authority were raised in my book Dublin Docklands Reinvented (Dublin: Four Courts Press). For example, how could one agency simultaneously act as co-developer and planning authority on the one site (Irish Glass Bottle site)? Could the government not see the potential problems? Highly respected and experienced journalists were also raising these questions and others about the activities of the Authority at the time. For example why did Brian Cowen sanction an increase in the capacity of the authority to borrow even more money when it was obvious that they were stepping way beyond their remit and gambling with the public finances? It is no secrete that along with the issues already in the public domain about the relationship between the DDDA and Anglo-Irish Bank, other projects within the area were also promoted, developed and implemented by an overly tight network of closely connected individuals where there was at the very least serious conflicts of interest.
As I think about my experiences researching the docklands development since the late 1990s, it strikes me that many of the community activists in East Wall and surroundings must be laughing tonight. For years, they have called for greater transparency in the operations of the Authority and when they questioned or objected to particular decisions, they were fobbed off as 'naysayers'. The Government decision tonight is symbolic because it is the final nail in the coffin to a project that represented the best and worst of the Irish experience over the last decade. While it achieved many good outcomes and radically altered the face of this large part of Dublin City, how ironic that after 25 years, it is the local authority who gets the last laugh!
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Pursuant to the requirements of the above, notice is hereby given of the proposed public realm improvements works to Barrow Street for an area extending from the existing railway bridge on Barrow Street to the northern property boundary of Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 2. The proposed works will comprise of the following: - Introduction of traffic calming measures including the closure of a section of Barrow Street beneath the railway bridge to through vehicular traffic. This will be achieved by the provision of removable bollards on both sides of the existing railway bridge allowing pedestrian and cyclist movement only. - Widening of footpaths and provision of improved pedestrian crossing points. - Resurfacing of carriageway and footpaths. - Improvements to the public realm to facilitate the disabled, visually impaired and elderly including the introduction of guidance strips, marked crossings and dished kerbs. - Revised parking, loading bay arrangements and taxi stand facilities. Parking will be removed between the Railway Bridge and Gordon Street resulting in the loss of 25 car parking spaces on Barrow Street. - Provision of new street lighting. - Provision of pavement lighting under the Railway Bridge (a Protected Structure). - Provision of new street furniture including seats and bins etc. - Introduction of new soft landscaping measures including planting and trees. - Provision of appropriate directional signage and markings.
gezdub wrote:As a resident, I'm predicting traffic chaos if this scheme is implemented.. not an architect, am interested to see the opinions of people better qualified to comment than I am.. If traffic is not allowed under the bridge, what if people getting taxis want to head south? What will happen to the already contentious and volatile taxi rank that currently exists? Was the overhead bridge that Google proposed refused permission, does anyone know?


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On certain issues, men and women are going to have to agree to disagree. For instance, women will never, ever laugh at The Three Stooges; men will never, ever cry at Dirty Dancing.
But overall, men and women are not all that different. If you think about it, everyone's needs are fundamentally human: some affection, some solitude, some partnership, some independence.
The problem is, once men and women start saying they don't understand each other, we're likely to give up trying -- and that gets us nowhere. So, to make things easy for everyone, here are the 10 top things that women say they want men to know. The news, I might add, is good: Women are not nearly as needy, chatty, or mysterious as men think, thank you very much. So why not print out this article and happen to leave it lying, say, near someone's Three Stooges DVD?
1. We do not need to hear you say, "I'll call you," if you don't plan to, says Leora, a single New Yorker. Bottom line, most women would rather be let down than lied to. Though to be fair, women white-lie the same way, saying "Let's have lunch!" to acquaintances we know we won't make time for. That's because "I'll call you" and its cousins serve as WD-40 for that awkward goodbye. So the trick, gentlemen, is to come up with an alternate graceful out, such as, "Thanks for a really nice evening." Yes, even if that's a lie. (Bonus tip: If you are going to call, "Waiting three days does not make us like you better," says Cara, a single Manhattanite.)
2. If you're busy, we prefer getting a quick e-mail saying so rather than being left to wonder why you've dropped off the face of the earth, says Beth, a single woman currently studying in France. If you're slammed at work this week and can't give us the attention you'd like to, we'll live -- all we want is a heads-up. We don't need to talk all the time; a brief call or e-mail saying you'll check in next week is not rude, it's thoughtful. (As long as you actually do it.)
3. Even if you're not a world champion plan-maker, every effort is appreciated -- we don't want to feel like the social secretary of the relationship, says Eve, an attached New Yorker. Yes, we like some control in this area, but we're also...tired. Which means that, as generous as it sounds, hearing "Whatever you want to do!" rarely turns us on. But really, no pressure: Generally, we prefer fun to fancy.
4. You shouldn't be offended if weI don't jump right in with both feet, says Gail, a single woman in New Jersey. "Some women just need more time than others." Relax -- we need time and space, too. If we're hanging back, it doesn't mean we're testing you or playing games, or that we don't like you. We might just need a chance to figure out how we feel as things run their course. (Or we might just be slammed at work. Sound familiar?)
5. When we're mad at you, don't try to hug and kiss us. We want to punch you, says Kris, an Austin, Texas, single. Men have been raised to fear the stereotypical Angry Woman. But trying to plaster over our rage with smooches will only make actual steam come out our ears. Letting us be mad -- even fighting back -- is actually the best way to calm things down.


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Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food lays the groundwork for creating new regulations that are consistent, reliable, and ensure the best protection for the health of American consumers. This book addresses the biggest concerns in food safety including microbial disease surveillance plans, tools for establishing food safety criteria, and issues specific to meat, dairy, poultry, seafood, and produce. It provides a candid analysis of the problems with the current system, and outlines the major components of the task at hand: creating workable, streamlined food safety standards and practices.
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There's still time to help someone you probably don't know.
Saturday marks the annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers. In other words, your mail carrier will be working even harder than usual. Tomorrow morning, postal carriers and some helpers will pick up non-perishable food items deposited by generous postal customers — you included, we hope — by their mailboxes.
According to the association, the yearly, one-day food drive is the largest single-day food drive across America. Last year, letter carriers nationwide collected more than 70 million pounds of food donated by their customers along postal delivery routes. Since the program started 20 years ago, nearly 1.2 billion pounds of food have been collected.
The impact of the food drive will be felt in our community. Goshen Post Office staffers report that local beneficiaries of the collection effort will include The Window and The Salvation Army.
Examples of non-perishable food items include peanut butter; canned soup, meats, fish, vegetables, fruits and juices; boxed goods such as cereal; and pasta and rice. An informal price check this week by The Goshen News yielded this information: Non-perishable foods are within easy financial reach of most of us.
A can of beef ravioli or Green Giant green beans? Available for $1.37 and $1.67 apiece, respectively. The classic, no-frills goodness of a can of chicken and noodles? Priced at a mere $1.99.
This week, this newspaper can think of no better buy.
Statistics and anecdotal evidence suggests the nation continues to pull itself out of an economic slump. In the Goshen area, we increasingly hear of new business ventures and industrial expansion. It's welcome news.
Still, not everyone is caught up in the rush of forward fiscal momentum. Too many people continue to rely on the services provided by charitable organizations. By and large these are good and hard-working people, and it's a testament to a community's character to care for them.
That's the character of the people who call Goshen home.
Goshen PostAL carriers ask that food donations be set out by 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Perhaps that's a tad early for those of us who opt to sleep in on the weekends.
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Saints QB Drew Brees said in a radio interview on Wednesday that he believes the lockout will be over soon.
Talking to XX Sports Radio in San Diego, Brees said he has not been directly involved in the negotiations, but hears often from those inside the meeting rooms. The former Super Bowl MVP said he would travel to New York to become personally involved in the talks soon.
"We're very close to a settlement," Brees said. "We're at that point in the negotiations where there's just a few more details that need to be ironed out."
There have been talks that the deal will be done surrounding the league's owners meetings on July 21 in Atlanta. Brees said that date is an important one for both sides.
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Sleeps 14. Great reviews. Perfect for families. In wide cove in Norris Lake
- bedrooms 4
- baths 3
- sleeps 14
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Big Creek
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vacation rental description
At close to 3000 sq. ft., the house sleeps 14 in 3 bedrooms plus
an 8 bed bunkroom
3½ bathrooms
Fully equipped open floor plan kitchen/dining area will seat 14
at large table and barstools at bar
Gather in the living room with cathedral ceiling wood burning
fireplace, TV, VCR, DVD player and video game.
Enjoy the sights from the home's 3 over-sized decks for those
quiet summer evening meals over-looking the lake. Large upper deck
has two tables for beautiful views of the lake while relaxing and dining and offers a gas grill for picturesque evening bar-b-ques. Lower deck has a relaxing hammock and a wood swing. The master bedroom has a deck for times you need to be away
from the crowd.
ïHave fun with family and friends in the game room with ping pong,
foosball, air hockey, darts, assorted board games and game table,
video games and a music system.
Take the concrete path to the lake to enjoy the large 2 story
dock, perfect for lounging on a sunny afternoon looking out to the
main water while watching the kids swim in the quiet cove. The
upper deck of the dock is a great place to see the stars at night!
Build a campfire in the fire ring in the yard by the lake for
roasted marshmallows, camp fire songs and late night scary stories
or tall tales.
A number of nearby boat ramp options to put in your boat.
Large dock has room to tie-up at least 2 boats (boat slips under
cover not included in rental).
The home is handicap accessible and is completely equipped with
everything you need for your vacation, including linens, towels, and
a fully equipped kitchen.
Set on a quiet cove in the Big Creek area of Norris Lake. Roughly
an hour north of Knoxville off if I-75 at the Cove Lake, Caryville,
Jacksboro, LaFollette exit (Exit 134). Located on the lake between
Sequoyah Marina and Whitman Hollow Marina. Just around the corner
from channel marker #6.
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Master bedroom with king bed and private bath complete with
Jacuzzi bathtub and separate shower. Enjoy the deck over-looking
the lake.
Upper level 2nd bedroom with view of the lake and a queen bed
(share the full hall bath).
Upper level 3rd bedroom with view of the lake and queen bed and
an amusing Elvis motif (share the full hall bath).
Lower level 8 bed bunk room and a full bath
Complete laundry room
activities and attractions in Norris Lake Tennessee
Shanghai, Whitman Hollow, Norris Dam and Sequoyah marinas are
close by with houseboat, ski and pontoon boat and Jet Ski rentals.
Take an hour drive and explore the Great Smokey Mountains
National Park, Dollywood theme park, Pigeon Forge, TN and
Gatlinburg, TN.
Located in a ridge and valley region, Norris Lake abounds in
secluded coves. Recreational use of the reservoir exceeds that of
any other tributary lake. Lake Norris is a great place for fishing,
boating, swimming, and other water sports. Nestled between East
Tennessee ridges, Norris Lake points the way to Cumberland Gap and
the historic wilderness trail marked by Daniel Boone. With its clear
deep water, it produces excellent catches of rock fish, walleye, and
bass, as well as the usual species found in other area lakes. June
through September night fishing for small mouth bass, croppie, white
bass and walleye is a popular activity. Two small wild areas on
Norris Lake provide visitors with a mini wilderness experience.
River bluff features spring and summer wildflowers and a three mile
hiking trail. Hemlock bluff presents spectacular views across Norris
Lake from high tree covered bluffs. Museums, scenic hiking trails,
and a trail for the handicapped compliment the fine trout fishing
and canoeing below the dam. A picturesque 18th century grist mill
excite the imaginations of artists and historic buffs alike.
vacation rental rates
June 1 - June 30 - $3000 per week.
July 1 - July 31 - $3500 per week
August 1 - August 31 - $3000 per week
January 1 - May 23, 2013 - $333 per night (3 night minimum)
September 3 - December 31, 2013 - $333 per night (3 night minimum)
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Weekly rentals are 7 nights including one weekend.
Check-in time is 5:30 pm, Check-out time is 10:30 am.
$150 cleaning fee is added to all rental rates.
Reservation is held with $500 Advanced Deposit and signed rental agreement only. This deposit becomes your security deposit and is refundable upon satisfactory inspection of property following your stay. Full rental amount, cleaning fee is due 60 days prior to
check in. Cancelation fee within 60 days of rental term is your $500 advanced deposit.
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Arizona Cardinals' Ray Horton channeling inner Dick Lebeau on tackling issues
The Arizona Cardinals defense, which is coming off a poor showing against the San Francisco 49ers, needs to step it up against a potent Green Bay Packers pass offense this Sunday at Lambeau Field.
The Packers have built a powerhouse offense around a pass-first philosophy and have assembled the second-best red zone attack in the league this season.
While the Cardinals defense has been the team's strength this season, their performance against the 49ers was troubling.
"On Monday Night Football, [the 49ers] biggest plays came on a three, a four and a six-yard pass. It's embarrassing and they know it and they'll respond," defensive coordinator Ray Horton said.
Horton doesn't believe changing the scheme will make a difference. He said the problem is much simpler and easy to fix. It's also an area he placed much more emphasis on in practice this week.
"Tackling. There is nothing wrong schematically. It's just we have to make a play that's presented in front of us," Horton said.
The Cardinals missed a total of six tackles against the Niners on Monday night, and while that's not a high number, two resulted in touchdowns.
Horton will take a page out of Dick Lebeau's playbook this week, the Hall of Famer and legendary defensive coordinator of the Steelers, who Horton learned his effective 3-4 blitz under at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
"At this level guys understand technique and what they're supposed to do," Horton explained. "But did we do extra tackling drills, yes we did. I was disappointed in how we performed tackling against the San Francisco 49ers or lack thereof tackling."
The Cardinals defense certainly has a pedigree of talented backs that have the ability to make key stops when called upon. They'll need to play like they did the first four games of the year when they were revered as one of the best units in the NFL if they hope to contain an aggressive Packers attack.
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The Ministry of Basic Education and South Africa's top business leaders engaged with President Zuma to receive feedback on the National Education Collaboration Trust's progress in its efforts to urgently and significantly assist government in its efforts to reform education in South Africa. The discussion also covered the significant level of funding already raised to this end by the private sector which has been matched by government – and a reminder that their target is R500 million per annum.
At a lunch briefing at the Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria on Friday morning, 22 August, President Jacob Zuma, the Minister of Basic Education and several other cabinet members met with some of Business Leadership South Africa's (BLSA's) key players, for feedback and dialogue on the progress of the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT). The President thanked big business for committing to the Education Collaboration Framework (ECF) and its implementation via the NECT. He also applauded the private-sector funding already pledged to the project – BLSA has agreed to commit 0.004% of their member companies' market capitalisation annually, over three years, to the first phase of the NECT, rising to 0.008% as the programme rolls out nationally. Government is matching this funding rand for rand. Unions and NGOs are enthusiastically supportive. It's effectively an educational Codesa.
Zuma stressed that multi-stakeholder engagement was crucial to the NECT's chances of success – while government is primarily responsible for managing the educational process, he conceded that the NECT, an independent trust managed jointly by a diverse, representative group of trustees was in a good position to give the Department of Basic Education the help it needs to fast track the rehabilitation process.
As a pilot programme to implement Chapter 9 of the National Development Plan (NDP), the aim is undeniably ambitious: to transform South Africa's basic education system to the point where 90% of learners are achieving pass marks above 50% in language, core mathematics and science. The achievement of these goals will take a collaborative effort across society, which is why the NECT is based on dialogue and consensus between all stakeholders – government, business, teacher unions, NGOs, community, traditional and religious leadership, and parents (through school governing bodies). By collaborating on planning and implementation, each will contribute to overhauling the education environment and the quality of teaching and learning within their own areas of competence toward an agreed plan.
In the meeting it was discussed how these different competencies are already operating in the eight districts – comprising of 4 362 schools (18% of the national total) – in which the project is being rolled out first. The ECF identified six discernible themes for action by the NECT: teacher professionalisation, courageous leadership, improving state capacity to deliver quality education, improving school resourcing, parent and community involvement and learner welfare. By tackling each theme with practical, implementable programmes and securing the buy-in of teachers, government, business and civil society, the NECT has already proved itself more than a talk-shop.
There was healthy and frank discussion between business and government with the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga, reiterating the fact that the NECT has made huge strides in mobilising the private sector, as well as society and labour unions to take part in improving the quality of education in South Africa.
President Zuma called on all the MECs and Ministers present to report back to him about what they have done to support the NECT in practical and tangible ways. However, he also urged the assembled business leaders to continue BLSA's drive to secure more committed funding. BLSA has set itself and its members a target of R200-R300 million in the initial, three-year phase of the NECT – funding that will be matched by government. The NECT is managed and lead by an independent team of educationalists acting as a monitoring and evaluation board, to ensure that spending on interventions and training is as cost-effective as possible. This structure has boosted business confidence in the enterprise.
The bottom line, according to the President, is that fixing South Africa's basic education system cannot be dismissed as "the government's problem" by any serious business. This isn't a case of feel-good gestures or the easing of social consciences – it's an economic necessity. It is the centrepiece of the NDP. "We cannot grow the economy, or hope to provide economic opportunity to all our citizens, without radical improvement in the quality of education. Funding the NECT may count as corporate social investment, but it is really an investment in long-term business sustainability and economic stability."
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Phelps twins, Devon Murray: "Coolest Show on Earth" Appearance Still in Confusion, Still Unconfirmed
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Happy Birthday Maggie Smith
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Next up, he reprises the role of Peter Pettigrew in the latest instalment of the epic JK Rowling saga, Harry Potter and the GobletContinued...
Aid and Thoughts for Those Lost in South Asia
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The recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling that denying special education services is discrimination will forever change how school boards view special education.
As stated in the decision: "Adequate special education is not a dispensable luxury. For those with severe learning disabilities, it is the ramp that provides access to the statutory commitment to education made to all children in British Columbia."
The case centred around Jeffrey Moore, a severely dyslexic student who lost access to special-education services when the North Vancouver school district closed its diagnostic centre. The Supreme Court justices ruled this was discrimination.
Despite budgetary constraints, the school district was required to provide special-education services.
The direction to school boards is clear. Human rights cannot be compromised due to budgetary goals. Accommodation is not a question of mere efficiency, nor can it be compromised for district initiatives. "Specialized and discretionary initiatives cannot be compared with the accommodations necessary in order to make the core curriculum accessible to severely learning disabled students."
Though the province was not found responsible for discrimination, it was noted that there was inadequate funding provided by the provincial government for special-education services.
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It's unfortunate, though, that local and provincial government would rather spend more funds fighting the parents of vulnerable children in court than adequately addressing the child's needs. Hopefully, the suffering most parents of children with special needs go through will end, and school boards and the provincial government will treat special education as a human right rather than a dispensable program.
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Law firm leaders say the paradigm shift is here to stay, according to a new Altman Weil survey.
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It's really simple.
I had listed several reasons at different times, I won't bother listing them again.
Instead, I will give some very basic numbers.
So far, Foster had played in 13 games (as many as he did the entire last year.)
He has 20 more caries, but he has 80 few yards.
A couple of simple queries using Play Finder at ProFootball Reference .com
Shows that he has 2 fewer plays of more than 20 yards (5 as opposed to 7).
The additional yardage gain on those 2 extra plays is 81 yards.
That's right there is the simplest answer.
Then I used Game Rewind to go back and watch those plays to verify them.
A question for you guys is how often did you hear an announcer call out a name of a blocker on our run plays?
Not very often, right?
Well, on those long plays, at least one or two guys were called out because of their blocking near the POA.
It's as simple as that, really.
I don't even need to recount the other factors and reasons.
Then I guess everything equals out because Schaub hasn't been destroyed as much and we don;t have near the false start/holding penalties as we did with Winston. I still don't miss that guy. Road grader of a run blocker and turnstile on pass pro.
Maybe Winston faking out a DE, making him think it was a pass play is the difference in Foster's yardage?
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