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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) Ś Cole Hamels looked fine facing a Red Sox lineup that seemed ready for opening day. John Lackey did equally well against a Phillies side with a few familiar names.
Lackey pitched five sharp innings, Hamels threw six good innings and Boston beat Philadelphia 6-1 Thursday night.
Hamels, set to start on opening day, gave up one run and four hits. He struck out five and walked two.
ōNow that weÆre kind of playing more of the big-time guys, guysÆ swings are obviously a lot better,ö Hamels said.
ōI think my bodyÆs starting to catch up. You build up the pitch count every five days,ö he said. ōObviously, as spring goes on, your body starts to kind of get going.ö
Hamels struck out former teammate Shane Victorino looking at a curveball to lead off the sixth.
ōThatÆs probably one of the best ones IÆve thrown in a really long time,ö Hamels said. ōEven with last season. So I guess IÆll have to hear from him, because I know heÆs obviously not used to seeing me throw that, even though he was out in center field.ö
VictorinoÆs bases-loaded triple off Michael Stutes highlighted BostonÆs five-run seventh.
Lackey allowed one run and four hits, with no walks and one strikeout. He made his first appearance in a Grapefruit League game since March 10 after pitching in a minor league game in his last outing.
Lackey recorded 13 groundball outs.
ōFelt good with the ball being on the ground a lot, for sure,ö Lackey said. ōIt was a good sign for me.ö
Red Sox manager John Farrell liked what he saw.
ōThe one thing he has going in his favor,ö Farrell, ōis because he throws on such a downhill plane, on days when he might not have his best velocity, he still has the ability to put the ball on the ground. We saw it tonight on a number of occasions. I donÆt think we could have anticipated much more coming into camp for him.ö
The Phillies got a run off Lackey in the first when Pete Orr singled, Jimmy Rollins doubled and Michael Young had an RBI groundout.
The Red Sox scored in the second when Will Middlebrooks led off with a double, Jonny Gomes singled and Daniel Nava hit a sacrifice fly.
NOTES: With two outs in the ninth, Phillies C Carlos Ruiz was hit in the left hand by a pitch from Anthony Carter. His condition was not immediately known after the game. ... Boston DH David Ortiz, who had been shut down for more than a week in an attempt to give his ailing heels some relief, come through well after two days of working out and taking 50 swings off a tee in the batting cage. ... Red Sox SS Stephen Drew was examined by concussion specialist Dr. Michael Collins and cleared to begin baseball activities. Drew has not played in a game since March 7 when he was hit in the helmet by a pitch. The Red Sox said they are likely to limit Drew to minor league games. ... The Red Sox reassigned RHPs Chris Carpenter, Terry Doyle and Oscar Villarreal and LHP Chris Hernandez to minor league camp. ... Phillies RHP Roy Halladay, who had been weakened by a stomach bug, is scheduled to start a minor league game on Saturday. LHP prospect Adam Morgan will start on Friday against the Braves in what would have been HalladayÆs regularly scheduled day. ... The Phillies are contractually obligated to tell INF Yuniesky Betancourt on Sunday if he made the team. ... Phillies OF Delmon Young, recovering from offseason ankle surgery, took balls in the outfield and ran the bases during workouts in Clearwater. Young will open the season on the disabled list. Team officials have estimated that he could be ready to be activated in mid-to-late April.


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According to recent news articles, after a federal court ordered sweeping changes at a troubled juvenile prison in rural Mississippi, the private company managing the prison, GEO Group, is pulling out of the state entirely. A report by the Justice Department describes "systemic, egregious and dangerous practices" at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility.
The official report pulls no punches.
According to Federal Judge Carlton Reeves, the youth prison "has allowed a cesspool of unconstitutional and inhuman acts and conditions to germinate, the sum of which places the offenders at substantial ongoing risk."
Walnut Grove is a 1,450-bed prison that houses inmates ages 13 to 22 who are minors convicted as adults. GEO Group of Boca Raton, Florida is the nation's second-largest for-profit prison corporation and posted a profit of $284 million last year.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections pays GEO to run the prison.
The Justice Department, which spent two years looking into conditions at Walnut Grove.
"To have a prison that's chaotic, poorly run, dangerous, didn't provide services, highly sexualized and highly violent really limits the ability of the state to turn those folks around, and to ensure public safety upon their release from prison," the DOJ determined.
Here are some of the conditions described in the report.
* Prison staff had sex with incarcerated youth, which investigators called "among the worst that we've seen in any facility anywhere in the nation."
* Poorly trained guards brutally beat youth and used excessive pepper spray as a first response.
* The prison showed "deliberate indifference" to prisoners possessing homemade knives, which were used in gang fights and inmate rapes.
Some guards had gang affiliations according to former inmate Justin Bowling.
"A lot of times, the guards are in the same gang," Bowling said. "If an inmate wanted something done, they got it. If they wanted a cell popped open to handle some business about some fighting or something like that, it just pretty much happened."
In a recent interview, Mississippi State Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps had nothing but praise for GEO.
"Since GEO took over August 2010, have there been incidents? The answer is yes," he said. "Will there be more? The answer is yes. But they're doing better, and I'm pleased with it."
But shortly thereafter the news broke that GEO was pulling out of all three prisons in Mississippi that it manages.
Just recently, CEO George Zoley said the company was discontinuing its contract at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility that houses inmates with mental illness because "the facility had been financially underperforming."
Epps, the state corrections commissioner said they'll be looking for a new operator for the three GEO-run prisons despite the problems with GEO Group.
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I'm gonna try this one again; I tried a few months ago and got no response, and not knowing is bugging me. I'm thinking of an arcade brawler where the two main characters are kids on roller skates. They fight in urban environments, and there are some definite racial undertones. I think American Sammy had some involvement. Anybody? Thanks.
I sent my PS3 away for repair by Sony after it stopped reading discs, and it's been perfect to this day.
Hey everybody. If you went to PAX Prime 2013 then you might have found the special-edition Cards Against Humanity pack in your swag bag. Each pack contained only a few cards from the full set, so getting a full set meant trading or begging with other attendees. I'd like to finish my set, and in case anyone else does too, I thought I'd set up a trading post.
So how should we go about this? I figured I could post a list of duplicate cards I have, and a list of cards I want. If anyone else wants to put up their list then we could look over them and arrange a trade.
Would this work? Are you guys interested? Assuming everyone takes responsibility for their own shipping costs, we would basically be going on the honor system to ensure your trade is fulfilled. Let me know what you think. If anyone is down to trade, I'll put up my list. If nobody's interested, that's cool too.
Last week I wrote a blog about Mighty No. 9 right after the panel, if you'd like to take a look. Thanks!
I'm looking for a late 80s/early 90s arcade brawler. It features a couple of kids on rollerskates as the main characters and they fight through a run-down urban environment. Racial stereotypes abound. I believe American Sammy had some involvement. Thanks for the help!
Thanks guys! The pre-order was up in March last year and it just took forever to ship. It was $490 shipped. This is the special edition; there is a regular retail edition that doesn't include Old Snake, and I think doesn't light up, but is otherwise the same.
He's here! This is the 3A Toys MGS Rex, special edition with scale Old Snake pilot. Observe...
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If Patton Oswalt could go back in time he would kill George Lucas and "stop him from making the prequels." I would go back and make John McCain choose another running mate. After watching Game Change, it seems all I'd have to do is simply find Steve Schmidt and harass him will messages (somehow), screaming "Was she vetted on foreign policy? Was Governor Palin vetted on foreign policy, for Christmas' sake?"
John McCain seems like a good guy. I watched a video the other day where he, very quickly, says:
I think we should respect the right of women to make choices in their lives, and make that clear, and get back on to what the American people really care about. Jobs and the economy."
Senator Chuck Winder of Idaho takes a different view about the right of women to make choices in their lives.
This Huffinton Post article begins:
The sponsor of an Idaho mandatory ultrasound bill, state Sen. Chuck Winder, made some highly controversial comments Monday during his closing arguments, suggesting women might falsely use rape as an excuse to obtain an abortion."
The article also states that Winder responded to criticisms that the bill does not make exceptions for rape victims, incest victims or women in medical emergencies "by raising the question of whether women understand when they have been raped."
Well, I, for one, am happy to know there's a straight guy out there putting himself in my shoes. First of all, it's a little known fact that abortions are awesome. It's like a punk rock party, literally, in a woman's pants. 1) You never know if angry picketers yelling, "Murderer!" and "Baby killer!" will be shouting directly into your face as you walk in–always good for getting the party started, and 2) Feeling uncomfortable, sad, shamed, on a cold sterile slab under fluorescent lighting is probably the best time that can be had on any given Tuesday. Those women who lie about rape just so they can go through the awesomeness that is an abortion should be ashamed of themselves! The jig is up, lady!! Your hardcore abortion partying days are O-V-E-R. Maybe you didn't get raped, huh! Maybe you were just having sex with your own husband and didn't know it! Stupid!
I'm going to have to ask why do these men project so much? I am convinced that these straight men are so obsessed with women's healthcare and gays getting married because the real underlying concern has to do with a population that does not reproduce and therefore is stealing future taxpaying dollars from them. After all, it really shouldn't matter that you are raped. Even if your unwanted bastard child grows up and goes to prison, just their presence generates some kind of income for someone. Right?
I cannot figure any other reason for the lack of heart, conscience and over-involvement these people demonstrate. Forcing a woman through two ultrasounds to guilt her into keeping the baby is cruel and a waste of money. I know women who have had abortions, and it scarred them. I literally do not know one woman who has had an abortion who acted like it was no big deal. You don't have to be the most feeling person on the planet to know it's an excruciating process and in no way FUN.
This is why women need representation–not by men–but by other women. And not crazy women who want to be men. There is an extreme level of compassion completely absent from this conversation.
For an AMAZING article by Soraya Chemaly entitled, "10 Reasons the Rest of the World Thinks the U.S. Is Nuts," link is here.
Forcing women to undergo involuntary vaginal penetration (otherwise called rape) with a condom-covered, six- to eight-inch ultrasound probe. Pennsylvania is currently considering that option along with 11 other states. Trans-vaginal ultrasounds undertaken without a woman's consent are rape according to the legal definition of the word. This violates a woman's bodily integrity and also constitutes torture when used, as states are suggesting, as a form of control and oppression. Women have the right not to be raped by the state."
Depriving women of their ability to earn a living and support themselves and their families. Bills, like this one in Arizona, allow employers to fire women for using contraception. Women like these are being fired for not."
And for once, a comment thread (Chuck Winder, link below) that is stellar!
Patton Oswalt: Werewolves And Lollipops
John McCain on respecting the right of women to make choices (very end of video): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/18/rick-santorum_n_1355916.html
Chuck Winder on ultrasound bill: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/chuck-winder-rape-abortions_n_1366994.html
Tags: Game Change, George Lucas, Idaho, incest victims, John McCain, Patton Oswalt, rape victims, Sarah Palin, Senator Chuck Winder, ultrasound bill, Werewolves And Lollipops, women in medical emergencies
I think this is how it goes: all human life is good. Anything that threatens human life is bad. If a femal is carrying life inside her, it is good. If she rejects the life inside her for any reason, she is bad. God is the creator of life and the Devil is the destroyer… and because of these 'facts', sex must only happen between a married male and female in a committed relationship. This is social engineering masked as religion= punishment and control. (I love how the males never seem to enter into the equation)
Deny the animal and elevate the sublime… good luck with that. I think we're living on a dying planet and nobody seems to be able to do anything to stop it. How sick is it to force a breeding program onto a dying planet? This whole thing smells of old white men.
I did it again: this time hit a different button other than Spell Check!
"now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over… had me belivin' it was something that I'd done" it's difficult to see clearly when it's always somebody else's fault. The genius of those lyrics is that the dude never sees how he fits into his own tragedy. It's a woman's right to choose what happens to her own body, regardless of what idiot knocked her up.
'till all my sleeves are stained red from all the truth that I've said….
The receptivity of the female is a fundamental safeguard against poor breeding for most species. Teach men they can rape a girl and then possess her, you'll have generations of rapists. Sell your daughters like cattle to the powerful old men and you'll have generations of angry slaves… and teach boys to select for big boobs and you'll get tired women with lower back problems.
Abortion is a biological and spiritual trauma that no man could ever feel or understand. If instinct tells a woman that conditions are not 'right' to bring new life into the world, we should understand she's already in experiencing pain and provide support, not contempt.
WOW…what is up with all these right-wing men who can only see women as walking incubators??
Dude (speaking to Winder)…is it not possible for you to actually ASK a woman who has been raped or otherwise battered whether or not she believes herself to have actually been raped, BEFORE you make the assumption whether she has or has not??
But I guess that like other men who see women as only sperm deposits and baby factories, only dirty sluts want to terminate pregnancies, right??
What is it about this country that allows assholes like this to obtain political power??
Oh, wait…probably the same thing that allows cretins like Rush to make $30M a year running his mouth.
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For his research and other scholarly work in the field of economics particularly development economics, which have resulted in a number of internationally renowned publications focusing on poverty, economic inequality, and agricultural and rural development. These have substantially improved the understanding of the nature, causes and consequences of poverty and inequality in the Philippines, and the critical role of agricultural and rural development in a nation's well-being. Moreover, his research has become an important reference for other development researchers in and outside the Philippines, as well as multilateral development organizations. For his burning passion to make research relevant to policymakers and for policies to be informed by research coupled with high leadership qualities, consequently inspiring and enabling him to initiate the establishment of groups, forums, and institutions that bridge academic and policy work as well as play a pivotal role in their sustainability, effectiveness, and impact.


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Dockett on faith in Whisenhunt: 'No comment'
Speculation is running wild on a couple of fronts. First, whether or not the Cardinals quit on head coach Ken Whisenhunt, who's coaching seat got noticeably hotter following the loss.
"I can't comment on that, I have no comment," defensive tackle Darnell Dockett said Monday when asked about whether the confidence in Whisenhunt has faded in recent weeks .
Dockett was fined a hefty amount by the Cardinals organization last week for his part in an on-field disagreement with teammate Kerry Rhodes over a directive from the coaching staff to let the New York Jets score in the latter stages of the game. Dockett disagreed with the instructions, but it was for naught because Jets running back Shonn Greene fell down on his own short of the goal line, killing the clock in an ugly 7-6 win.
Dockett also started the game on the bench as a result, and played in only 55% of the snaps on defense.
Following the discipline, Dockett was asked if he's still happy wearing Cardinal red.
"I don't know, I don't know," he responded. "I'm a hell of a competitor, I love what I do, I take what I do serious and I hold a lot of guys accountable and whatever situation comes my way, I'll be prepared for it."
There were many who witnessed the game Sunday that believe the Arizona Cardinals quit as a football team. That group includes Larry Fitzgerald's father, who made the proclamation on Twitter at halftime of the blowout loss.
"That's his opinion, I can't speak for no one else, I only can speak for Darnell Dockett," he said. "I can only say I didn't quit, and that's the best way I can put it."
- Forbes: Larry Fitzgerald among most overpaid players in NFL
- Notes from the Nest: Aug. 20, 2014
- Cardinals linebacker Lorenzo Alexander defends Daniel Snyder but thinks Redskins should change name
- New Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Isaac Sopoaga thrown right into the mix
- Arizona Cardinals' Tyrann Mathieu practices for the first time this season
- Lyle Sendlein, Cardinals center - Wednesday August 20Lyle Sendlein talks about coming back from his injury and the loss of Darnell Dockett.
- Jake Plummer- Former Cardinals and Sun Devils quarterback - Wednesday August 20Jake Plummer says Johnny Manziel is just passionate about the game of football.
- Lorenzo Alexander- Cardinals linebacker - Wednesday August 20Lorenzo Alexander discusses having to step up to fill the voids left by injuries and free agents lea
- Bickley Blast - Wednesday August 20The NFL has a new problem on their hands, and it has to do with the Redskins.
- Larry Fitzgerald, AZ Cardinals WR - Wednesday August 20Doug & Wolf ask Fitz about the Cardinals offense and about his future in Arizona.


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Diwali: Lights, Color, Action!
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is the best known holiday on the Hindu calendar (and it's observed by Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists, too). A five day celebration of light's victory over darkness, the festival is bright and colorful, popular with children and adults, and filled with fireworks, sweets, gifts, and other treats. This year (2012) Diwali begins on November 13.
"Regardless of the mythological explanation one prefers, what the festival of lights really stands for today is a reaffirmation of hope, a renewed commitment to friendship and goodwill, and a religiously sanctioned celebration of the simple – and some not so simple – joys of life."
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Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, is honored by many Indians during Diwali, as well as Ganesha, the elephant headed god of wisdom and success.
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I'm not sure how old you are but with real love age doesn't matter. It seems like you guys are ralely getting to know each other. Give it some more time. I tell my friends if after that six month mark if he is still showing the same characteristics that made you fall for him the first time then take the next step. Long distant relationships are hard and that's a burden you shouldn't place on each other if your too young or are unable to see each other on a regular basis. Also I would suggest if you ever start to develop ralely deep feelings for him like you can't live with him, you can't go to sleep without hearing his voice or seeing his face then you may ralely be developing feeling much deeper than just caring for him you're becoming more in love with him. Give it time let the friendship mature and don't rush it. Let things happen in its on time and try not to put to much pressure on each other it may hurt the relationship you guys are building together. Good luck and enjoy your friendship.
Diwali is my favorite festival. I love it always. Lights and happiness all around looks so good. Thanks for the post. This post is very enlightening.


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Guy Strelitz fills the Programme Manager role. Joining the Lead Developers are Alex Thomas, Panos Katsaroumpas, Ash Hewson, Sam Carr, Robin Green and Shaun Tehari.
We are equally excited to see the very welcome return of one of the key members of the RabbitMQ development team: David Wragg, who first joined LShift in 2007.
Typesetr had just undergone a complete UI refresh and integration with the Zotero citation and bibliography service before the show and so attracted a great deal of interest. Typesetr is going to be used as the semantic editing and document transform platform for the EU's principal research initiative for Open Access publishing infrastructure over the next three years.
The academic version of Typesetr shown to conference delegates enables students, researchers and academic departments to collaboratively create, edit, transform and enrich complex documents whether they be intended for book, journal, monograph or digital distribution formats. An intermediate representation of a highly structured document is maintained such that switching between different output targets doesn't affect the original's structure or metadata or compromise the design and specification of the desired output format.
Along with Zotero integration, support for some of the world's leading Open Access academic publishers is next up for Typesetr's development road map. If you'd like more information, or to join the Typesetr closed beta program then contact us]]>
It's been a big week for Bigwig! We're now live on Heroku with plans ranging from a no-cost testing tier through to production-ready services. The Bigwig add-on is powered by the open source RabbitMQ broker and comes with a slew of advantages for developers and organisations:
Using a message broker is a great way to decouple your applications to help them scale, to cope with peaks of activity, or as a central integration technology.
Bigwig is powered by the open source RabbitMQ broker. It is it is the leading implementation of AMQP, the open standard for business messaging.
RabbitMQ was built from the ground up to interoperate with other technologies: it supports numerous platforms allowing you to connect a wide variety of applications. RabbitMQ Bigwig puts this flexibility in the cloud, connecting applications anywhere on the Internet.
RabbitMQ allows you to implement a huge variety of messaging patterns, and with the AMQP model, it is you who controls the broker.
Getting started with Bigwig takes minutes, and there are guides to getting started with RabbitMQ for many platforms.
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"Typesetr" goes straight to the root of the problem of automating the process of converting raw copy to carefully crafted templates and out to production-ready print PDFs. Ingesting multiple input file types (from Google Docs to Microsoft Word) the system allows users to apply rich templates and add complex metadata for the intended platforms (PDF, e-book, mobi and more).
The RA event was hosted by the Technology Strategy Board and several organisations who had participated in its grant awards (including LShift) presented the results of their work in the "Increasing the Value of Metadata" stream.
LShift's Keith Fisher presented and joined a panel Q&A session where several representatives from academic institutions were keen to know more about Typesetr's applicability to and use within the academic publishing sphere. Let's just say, "More to follow…"]]>
Our visitors represented a range of company types, from small startups through to the region's largest media concern. The overarching theme of the discussions was how LShift managed to break down the intermediate layers of management, communications and control in large project deliveries and put senior developers into project leadership positions.
There was, admittedly, a healthy dose of scepticism as we presented our model in the abstract. It was when we covered our project portfolios in specific detail that we attained that 'a ha' moment and went off for a fantastic evening's meal and more conversation.
LShift will be strengthening its relationship with San Sebastián this year as we complete a search for interns to come on board for the summer.]]>
Topjack Games MD talks about how the business works.]]>
As ever there should be some interesting talks, interesting folks to meet and free beer and pizza – LShift is sponsoring once again.
The evening starts at 6.30pm, at Central Foundation Boys School, Cowper Street, in Shoreditch.
Come and say hello.]]>
The evening, a Friday, for a change will, start at 6.30pm, at Central Foundation Boys School, Cowper Street, in Shoreditch.
We'll be there again sporting red t-shirts and look forward to meeting more potential partners, clients and employees.]]>
The evening will, as usual, start at 6.30pm, at Central Foundation Boys School, Cowper Street, in Shoreditch.
We'll be there again sporting red t-shirts. Come and say hello.]]>
The case management system developed by LShift for human rights charity Freedom from Torture, has been featured in Computer World Uk.]]>
The case management system developed by LShift for human rights charity Freedom from Torture, has been featured in Computer World Uk.
Work on the system started in December 2010. LShift was challenged to build a system that allowed the charity to be self-sufficient in building up client care information in an iterative, non-linear fashion, allowing incomplete data to be saved and updated over time and creating a system that they could host themselves and through which they could generate their own ad hoc reports. No existing CRM system was flexible or open enough to meet these challenges.
The system went live in May 2011, and new phases of work are in the pipeline. Freedom from Torture is inviting third parties interested in using the softwareto get in touch and help shape future development.]]>


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After a year in Tennessee, linebacker Barrett Ruud is back in the NFC South – just not with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
On Monday, the New Orleans Saints traded an undisclosed draft pick to the Seattle Seahawks for Ruud. The Saints have a huge hole at the linebacker position with recent injuries to Chris Chamberlain, Curtis Lofton, and David Hawthorne.
Given the fact that Ruud has spent most of his career at middle linebacker, he could start in the short-term for Lofton until the Saints' starter gets better.
Ruud came into the league in 2005 as a second-round draft by the Bucs. He became the full-time starting middle linebacker in 2007 and led the team in tackles for four consecutive seasons.
During his career in Tampa Bay, Ruud amassed 743 tackles, seven interceptions, and five sacks. He signed with the Titans in 2011 after the Bucs elected not to re-sign him in free agency.
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A few weeks ago in a post at Legal Blog Watch, I wrote about the new iPhone and iPod Touch app that ranks the 100 best law schools in the United States. The app, the Law School 100, is from LawTV Inc., the same company that publishes The Law School 100 on the Web.
Normally, the app sells for 99 cents. Today, I heard from Stan Chess, the company's founder, that anyone who downloads the app over Labor Day weekend will get it for free. The free download starts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and continues through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
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This is exciting news!
Robert Ambrogi · September 4, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Don't knock it. In this economy, every 99 cents saved is a boost.
Jay S. Fleischman · September 4, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Stan founded Bari/Bri, if I recall correctly. I'm wondering why someone would have a need to check their law school rankings on the fly, though. So as a freebie it could be fun, but as a paid app?


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Armed police raided a house in Oxhey Village after a false was raised at the weekend.
Officers stormed the address in Field Road on Sunday evening after reports a woman had been assaulted with a knife.
An armed policing unit attended and emergency service vehicles blocked the street for approximately half an hour shortly after 8pm.
Neighbour James McQuaid said the officers were armed with rifles and carrying bullet proof shields.
However, when police arrived they found no-one had been injured and no offence had occurred in the property.
Mr McQuaid was shocked to see armed police patrolling the street outside his window during the evening raid.
The 33-year-old Field Road resident said: "I noticed a few armed police officers outside.
"They had black rifles and some were carrying those big plastic shields.
"There were more police cars blocking off the street and five or six officers outside the house.
"The police knocked a couple of the doors opposite the house.
"I've lived on and off on this street for 30 years, this doesn't usually happen there."
Sarah Spence, spokeswoman for Hertfordshire Constabulary, said a firearms unit attended shortly after 8pm on Sunday, May 25, as is standard practice when assaults with weapons are reported.
She said enquires had been carried out, which revealed "no offence had occurred".
She said: "We were called at 8.05pm on Sunday evening to an address in Field Road to reports that a female had been assaulted.
"It had been reported that a female had been assaulted with a knife.
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Monday, July 8, 2013.
Met at four minutes past eleven o'clock A.M. (Mr. Keenan in the Chair) (having been appointed by the President, under authority conferred by Senate Rule 4, to perform the duties of the Chair).
The following communications were severally receoved and placed on file to wit:
Communication from the Division of Professional Licensure (under the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter 7 of the General Laws) submitting notice of a planned increase of the biennial renewal fee for occupational schools (received July 8, 2013); and
Communication from the Division of Professional Licensure (under the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter 7 of the General Laws) submitting notice of a planned increase of the initial and renewal licesning fee for the following professions: Optometrists; Engineers and Land Surveyors; Veteranarians, and Allied Health Professionals (received July 8, 2013)
A petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3543) of Rhonda Nyman and Thomas P. Kennedy (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager in the town of Hanover,-- was referred, in concurrence, to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.
Relative to the charter of the town of Norton (House, No. 1848,-- on petition) [Local approval received];
Authorizing increased fees for special details performed by public employees in the city of Melrose (House, No. 3496,-- on petition) [Local approval received]; and
Relative to the town manager of the town of Saugus (House, No. 3508,-- on petition) [Local approval received];
Were severally read and, under Senate Rule 26, placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session.
Of the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, asking to be discharged from further consideration of the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 807) of Frank I. Smizik and others for legislation to promote efficiency in the use of certain natural resources,-- and recommending that the same be referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy;
Of the committee on Public Health, asking to be discharged from further consideration of the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1976) of Anne M. Gobi, Michael O. Moore and John D. Keenan that the Department of Public Health and municipal boards of health issue emergency permits for the trapping of animals suspected of having rabies,-- and recommending that the same be referred to the committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture; and
Of the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, asking to be discharged from further consideration of the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3261) of Eugene L. O'Flaherty and others relative to updating the wire interception law,-- and recommending that the same be referred to the committee on the Judiciary;
Were severally considered forthwith, under Senate Rule 36, and accepted, in concurrence.
There being no objection, at a quarter past eleven o'clock A.M., the Chair (Mr. Keenan) declared a recess subject to the call of the Chair; and, at twenty-nine minutes past twelve o'clock noon, the Senate reassembled, Mr. Keenan in the Chair.
The Chair (Mr. Keenan), members, guests and staff then recited the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
The following resolutions (having been filed with the Clerk) were considered forthwith and adopted, as follows:-
Resolutions (filed by Mr. Downing) "congratulating Bascom Lodge on the occasion of its seventy-fifth anniversary."
Emergency Preamble Adopted.
An engrossed Bill establishing a sick leave bank for Janet Everett, an employee of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (see House, No. 3481, amended), having been certified by the Senate Clerk to be rightly and truly prepared for final passage and containing an emergency preamble,-- was laid before the Senate; and, a separate vote being taken in accordance with the requirements of Article LXVII of the Amendments to the Constitution, the preamble was adopted in concurrence, by a vote of 2 to 0.
The bill was signed by the Acting President (Mr. Keenan) and sent to the House for enactment.
Matter Taken Out of the Orders of the Day.
There being no objection the following matter was taken out of the Orders of the Day and considered as follows:
The House Bill authorizing the appointment of William M. Cowl, Jr. as a firefighter in the city of Haverhill notwithstanding the maximum age requirement (House, No. 3227) (its title having been changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading),-- was read a third time and passed to be engrossed, in concurrence.
A petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3546) of Ronald Mariano and John F. Keenan and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) that the city of Quincy be authorized to establish neighborhood speed reduction zones,-- was referred, in concurrence, under suspension of Joint Rule 12, to the committee on Transportation.
Order Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Tarr,--
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns today, it adjourn to meet again on Thursday next at eleven o'clock A.M., and that the Clerk be directed to dispense with the printing of a calendar.
On motion of the same Senator, at twenty-eight minutes before one o'clock P.M., the Senate adjourned to meet again on Thursday next at eleven o'clock A.M.


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Updated 9:09am Thursday 16th January 2014 in News By Oliver Kurt
ENVIRONMENTAL health officers are investigating after a mother discovered what she believes is a baby scorpion while sifting through her baby daughter's milk formula.
Caroline Black was preparing a bottle feed for 17-week-old Olivia at her home in Clock Face when she came across a dead creepy crawly inside the powder, made by SMA Gold milk.
She has complained to both the manufacturer and to environmental health at St Helens Council, which is now examining the formula to see what Caroline, 29, said: "I couldn't believe it when I first saw. All I could see was a little black bit inside the formula and when I looked, it appears to be a baby scorpion.
"After I rang up the customer care line they kept asking me was I sure that it wasn't just some burnt formula. I said 'unless burnt formula has legs and a tail, it's definitely not'."
After contacting SMA – a company part of the Nestle group - she was told to send the tin of milk back so the company could investigate the matter further.
However, it is now in the hands of environmental health officers. Despite Caroline's suspicions there is no confirmation at this stage that the creature was a scorpion. A spokesperson for Nestle UK told the Star: "We are committed to the safety and quality of our products, and we take reports like this very seriously.
"As is our standard practice, we alerted our manufacturing facility in Ireland immediately after receiving the complaint, and they have conducted a full assessment at the plant based on the information received.
"We also asked Mrs Black to return the tin and the contents to us so that we could conduct a thorough examination. The case is now with the EHO, who we are working with to investigate the case further.
"We would like to reassure all our customers that this is an isolated complaint and our products are safe to use. If anyone has any concerns, we would urge them to contact our freephone Careline on 08000 81 81 80."
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Last week I wrote about a wonderful family of Harlequin Shrimp we found. They really are beautiful, so this week I thought I would write a little more about them.
I said that the female Harlequin was pregnant, but how do we know this? And how can we tell the sexes apart?
These questions are hopefully easily answered with this weeks video. The video starts off with some shots of Junior, first giving you an idea of how big the adults are compared to the juvenile and secondly, as Junior was pretty hungry, you can watch him attack the open leg of the starfish and rip a tasty bit of flesh out. He's not taking no for an answer, as you can see from his determination to get his tucker!!
When you see the two adult Harlequins standing on the starfish arm, the one on the left is the male and the right the female. You can see the female stroke her abdomen and then fan her eggs, which she keeps under her abdomen. As the male moves in front of her you can clearly see that his tail section is empty compared to hers and doesn't have the flared bits that come out of the side.
The female has to 'fan' her eggs for two reasons. She needs to make sure that freshly oxygenated water is kept moving around her eggs, and she also shuffles the eggs around so that all the eggs have time on the outside of the clutch, giving them all an access to the surrounding water.
So the fanning action was how we instantly knew she was pregnant. Generally another give away is the size, the female are usually slightly bigger and have wider abdomens to carry the eggs. So yes, it definitely shows when a Harlequin Shrimp is pregnant…
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Unfortunately Barb has had a cold this week, lots of congestion and so hasn't been able to dive and therefore no photos…. I've pulled a few stills of my video to give you something, hopefully, nice to look at.
And it's been a good week. We have found plenty of Harlequin Shrimp and there have been Tiger Shrimp, Hairy Shrimp, Harlequin Crabs, Squat Shrimp, Hairy Squat Lobsters, Porcelain Crabs, Candy Crabs, Carry Crabs, Orang Utan Crabs, Donald Duck Shrimp, Mantis Shrimp (some with eggs), Skelton Shrimp, Hidden Corallimorph Shrimp, Decorator Crabs, Crinoid Shrimp, Elegant Squat Lobster, Paron Shrimp, Emperor Shrimp, Commensal Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, Snapping Shrimp and many more. There have been yellow and pink Bargabanti Pygmy Seahorses, along with Pontohi Pygmy Seahorses. There have also been Common, Estuary and Thorny Seahorses, Liberty's Pipefish, Winged Pipefish, Lembeh Seadragons, Pygmy Pipehorses and Ornate and Robust Ghost Pipefish. Frogfish include Hairy, Giant, Painted, Crimson, Warty and Painted. Cephalopods include Mimics, Wonderpus, Coconut, Hairy, Long Arm and Reef (Day) Octopus, Flamboyant, Broadclub and Pygmy Cuttlefish and Pygmy and Bob Tail Squid. And there have been Stonefish, Pegasus Sea Moths, Stargazer Snake Eels, Madonna's Bra, Long Horn Cowfish, Crocodile Flatheads, Hairy Filefish, Spiny Devilfish, Electric Clams, Banded Sea Kraits, Ambon Scorpionfish, Fingered Dragonets, Helmut Gurnards and Waspfish.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Audubon Park's city council members have voted to remove one of their peers, claiming he violated eight city statutes.
Council member Al Huber, who is accused of engaging in misconduct by the council, was not present during Tuesday's meeting, nor was the mayor.
Once things settled down, the council got down to business.
Council members say Huber used vulgar words and gestures while addressing a resident at a public meeting.
They also claim Huber made an accusation that councilman Cary Campbell engaged in activities that could get him disbarred without any evidence to back it up.
This comes after months of city leaders questioning the mayor's proposed budget - as they tried to meet a $160,000 budget shortfall.
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The idea is to give your body a continuing supply of vitality and vitamins and minerals throughout the day, whether or not you're exercising or not. Should you starve yourself with breakfast, you're going to hog from lunches. So, better a person fill up the actual tank inside small quantities as and when the body requires this. You don't have to go without food, but you have to optimize consuming. The breakfast every day should be the biggest meal for the day. Reason: Your everyday activities will take care of the calories consumed on the breakfast. So your body ask.com will probably be fueled for the daily program. Remember, it's not worth starving yourself and falling ill. The key is to eat right. And meals should be stored a bit about the lighter facet, as there is no activity for your body after dinner (except for a few who have trouble sleeping).
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Usually do not fall for these kinds of gimmicks beneath any situations, especially when these people ask you for cash. The Path to 6-pack abs get rid of belly fat fast. You may be knowledgeable of all the things you'll want to do in order to obtain these abs by now. You must burn off plenty of fat to make this happen, and your first aim should be weight loss. Many of us believe that simply by performing several crunches in a day we can obtain awesome 6-pack abs, but the truth is that you have to get rid of the fat first, which is something that can only be achieved simply by performing cardio exercises get abs fast. Below are a few of the generally heard pointers for a six pack workout strategy.
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Hook, Line and Sinker: Local Fishing Report and Photos for May 23, 2012
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Marketing Specialty Foods
Do you make the world's best brownie or the hottest salsa and want to sell it to the hungry public? Before venturing into the delicious, but competitive world of retailing specialty foods, take time to get some hard-headed advice and practical instruction to make your venture work. The following resources offer an introduction to the food industry and the importance of establishing a niche, carrying out market research, developing marketing strategies, and analyzing start-up costs. The directories listed can lead you to food distributors, ingredient suppliers, and retail outlets, while the internet sites and magazines will keep you up-to-date with industry trends.
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Brooklyn's Food Chain
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce published this analysis of the food industry in Brooklyn, focusing on manufacturers as well as purveyors.
Fooddude.com : Marketing 101
Use the tutorial for tips on publicity, branding, packaging, and pricing. The site provides helpful resources related to distributing products.
National Association for the Specialty Food Trade
The "News & Information" tab provides market profiles and market trends. Use the "Product Finder" tab to find contact information for manufacturers, distributors, and importers of food products.
The Food Institute
An excellent place to begin researching the food industry. Provides up to the minute and historical information covering every aspect of the food industry.
Yahoo Finance: News by Industry
Follow trends and get to timely news by clicking on the appropriate links; try "Retail (Grocery)" and "Retail (Specialty)" for food-related results.
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As the Supreme Court takes up same-sex marriage cases, here's a primer
The Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 are under fire from supporters of marriage equality. This week, the Supreme Court will hear both cases.
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A $1 billion deal
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced recently they've agreed to the financial framework of a $1 billion stadium to replace the 20-year-old Georgia Dome. The deal must still be approved by the 15-member Atlanta City Council.
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The 13-hour filibuster by the Kentucky senator and his allies focused attention on the Obama administration's policies on drone strikes. We check the facts.
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After Congress and the president couldn't work out a deal last week, automatic federal spending cuts were set to take effect on Friday. Before the sequestration deadline hit claims flew about what would happen when the bomb dropped. Now that the time has come, the claims have continued to roll in. PolitiFact examines some of them and sorts the facts.
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The deadline to submit paperwork to get a name on the summer election for local office passed this afternoon.
And there's just one person running for Mayor in Minot.
Former alderman Chuck Barney got into the race last year, and no one has filed to oppose him.
On the city council, there are two races shaping up: In Ward One, incumbent Dave Lehner is being opposed by Robert Timm, and in Ward Five, Scott Kundsvig is being challenged by Miranda Schuler.
At the county level, the seats currently held by John Fjeldahl and Jerome Gruenberg are open.
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Happiness is a $5 black silk shirt with golden penguins all over it!
Henry Morton Stanley's human tooth necklace. Click to read more!
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Vague Intellectual Pleasure, a Thought Form by Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater. Click it to read more about these synesthetic abstractions and the Victorian occultism from which they were born.
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Mary Toft birthing a litter of rabbits, as an onlooker appears to be vomiting at the sight of it all. Honestly, I can't imagine why… those bunnies are ADORABLE! Curious to know more about this? Read all about it here:
This reminds me not to forget the Occupy Wall Street Movement. What happened to this fantastic dream? Watch this video for some insight. It is also supremely creepy. But please, don't be disenchanted. Don't let that happen to you.
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Tanya Flowerday: Snuff Victim?
As anybody who has seen the movie 8mm now knows, a snuff film is a video recording of someone, usually a woman, being murdered as part of violent pornography. What nobody seems to know, is whether these movies actually exist, or whether they're simply the stuff of urban legend.
Sexual predators often have a predilection to somehow record their crimes. According to Roy Hazelwood and Stephen Michaud, in Dark Dreams, child molesters and sexual sadists seem particularly fond of creating a visual documentary of their deeds, although the actual murder is usually omitted. But snuff movies are not merely the recording of sex-related murder. Snuff movies are sold as pornography. While someone like Jeffrey Dahmer took photographs of the men he murdered in his apartment in Milwaukee as he cut them open and dismembered them, posing them in different postures, he did this for his own sexual pleasure. It undoubtedly excited him as he did it, and later he was able to use these photographs to relive these special moments through fantasy and masturbation. Although some of these pictures are available on the Internet today, Dahmer did not record these acts to sell it. Snuff movies, on the other hand, are created with financial profit as a significant motive. Of course, a third party who somehow obtains a recording made by a sexual predator may then sell it as snuff, but technically it is only then that it becomes snuff. Although the same actions are depicted, the distinction is important, since it speaks to significant differences in motive.
Do real snuff movies exist? Many sites on the internet advertise them, but it seems highly unlikely that even a few, if any, of these would be real. After all, it would constitute the best evidence of a crime that is punishable by death in the places that have a death penalty and a life sentence in those that don't. And, as Hollywood has proved time and again, it's not difficult to convincingly portray murder on film. There have been a number of commercial movies about snuff movies, such as Mute Witness, 8mm and the low budget Snuff which, according to Scott Stine in his article 'The Snuff Film: The Making of an Urban Legend', popularized the concept in the first place. There has even been a video game called Manhunt, which saw the player as a murderer stolen from his execution by a snuff movie director to star in his next film (even though the developers chose to define snuff as multiple murder and discarded the pornographic aspects). Snuff movies themselves, however, prove much harder to come by.
Several newspapers contacted various experts in law enforcement in South Africa and none of them could confirm an instance of true snuff. Superintendent Martin Aylward, national spokesperson of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS), told Beeld that he didn't know of a snuff movie having been made in that province in the past. Supt. André Neethling, head of FCS in the province of Gauteng, concurred, saying that recordings of sexual crimes have been recovered but never of murder. Sr. Supt. Gerard Labuschagne, head of the Investigative Psychology Unit, had not heard of a snuff movie discovered in South Africa either, but told Independent On-Line of October 16, 2003, that it wouldn't surprise him to find one. "People are killed all the time for no apparent reason. Would it be such a big step to put it on film for resale purposes?"
South African law was caught off guard. At the time of Tanya Flowerday's murder, the Films and Publications Act appeared uncertain about films depicting real murder. In fact, it wasn't stipulated as illegal to own or even import such movies. Since a snuff movie per definition contains explicit and serious sexual violence, it would be unlikely to receive a certificate from the Film and Publications Board, thereby making it illegal to distribute or present publicly. Of course, being involved in the making of the film would translate into complicity to murder at best and would consequently be a crime.


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After suffering an emotional outburst in a coffee shop, Millie's publisher threatens to cancel her future public speaking events unless and until she gets help. This leads Millie to Stan, a well-meaning although not particularly experienced life coach, who tries to help her get control of her emotions.
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Flight of the Red Bandit
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Title: Flight of the Red Bandit
Publisher NotesEach Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. One hot summer afternoon, I was trying to write, but I just couldn't get inspired. I needed a break! Who would've thought that soon I'd be in Arizona, hanging from cliffs and white-water rafting? Grandfather Shortpaws had sent me on a hunt for his old friend -- the Red Bandit. What a fabumouse adventure!
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College football's final four is set, now that North Dakota State has ran past Lehigh, 24-0. NDSU will welcome the Georgia Southern Eagles next week, while the Montana Grizzlies will match up with Sam Houston State.
This game was much more evenly matched than the one-sided score would suggest. The yardage battle favored the Bison just 384 to 355, each team committed a trio of turnovers, and time of possession was a virtual split. Credit NDSU's bend-don't-break pass defense, which limited Chris Lum and company to 286 yards and an interception on 53 attempts.
Sam Ojuri was the offensive hero for North Dakota State, tallying 132 total yards. Brock Jensen finished with 174 through the air on 28 attempts.
The Bison held Matt Fitz and the rest of the Mountain Hawks ground game to 69 yards on the evening, an encouraging sign with GSU's potent rushing attack up next weekend.