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Like irritating secondhand smoke, the return of old-school manliness cigars, cocktail music, martinis has seeped into pop. Record-store bins are stuffed with repackaged collections of '50s and '60s lounge background music, now marketed with an isn't-it-campy wink. There are even albums to smoke to: Four volumes of Cigar Classics equate nicotine, for reasons that are cloudy at best, with everything from John Coltrane's ''Nancy (With the Laughing Face)'' to Rose Royce's ''Car Wash.'' Great music truly smokes, but this is ridiculous.
Having blossomed from punky cowgirl to avant-cabaret adult, k.d. lang should be beyond such retro-kitsch revisionism. Or is she? Just as she's come into her own as a singer and songwriter, Drag unexpectedly leaps aboard several bandwagons at once. It's a set of standards from the pre-rock pop era and classic-rock years. Not merely any standards, but songs that, in some way, refer to smoking. Drag is so high-concept you need a ladder to hear it.
Thankfully, Drag isn't nearly as hokey as it appears on paper. The album intensifies the mood of unrequited ardor that ran through lang's last album, 1995's All You Can Eat, this time with songs that use nicotine addiction as a metaphor for an unhealthy relationship. Some, like ''Love Is Like a Cigarette'' and the dreamily morose ''My Last Cigarette,'' state that theme explicitly. Jane Siberry's ''Haint It Funny,'' a tale of a lover's departure that reads like a short story, mentions cigarettes only during its neat-twist finale. ''Theme From the Valley of the Dolls,'' on the other hand, has no mention of smoke whatsoever but extends the album's motif of personal confusion (and its '60s-pop sensibility).
The smoke tie-ins may be strained, but the music never is it has its own lemony twist. Rather than use the stuffy supper-club orchestrations heard on standards albums by the likes of Natalie Cole, lang and producer Craig Street have fashioned spare, cushiony settings that, like Street's work with Cassandra Wilson, inhabit a lost world here, between smoky cabaret, brush-drum jazz, and honky-tonk. The pina-colada-smooth ''Smoke Dreams'' feels like a Holiday Inn lounge combo on a good night, while ''My Last Cigarette'' and the Les Paul-Mary Ford oldie ''Smoke Rings'' deepen the flavor of lang's arch country albums. Every so often, a bebop trumpet or sirenlike guitar loop wafts in. A choir-and-swing-swamped rendition of the Peggy Lee-associated ''Don't Smoke in Bed'' simulates the syrupy feel of postwar, easy-listening pop. But even there, lang's simmering delivery keeps camp at bay, especially during the breakup song's climactic kiss-off/warning.
What the songs and arrangements share is, naturally, lang's expressive voice, which is never better than when she's constantly craving. Lang sings with delicacy and control, rarely emitting her showboating wail. (When she does, in the blowsy ''Till the Heart Caves In,'' cowritten by Roy Orbison, the effect is jarringly out of place.) Occasionally, lang blands out and sounds disconcertingly like an older, better-fed Karen Carpenter. But she also pulls off a remake of Steve Miller's ''The Joker'' (''I'm a midnight toker''), making it less coy and more sensual than the original.
It's a mark of lang's growth that Drag would've been unbearably shticky had she made it a decade ago. It isn't, yet it isn't a groundbreaker, either. All You Can Eat was a cohesive, low-key set of love-song originals, some unabashedly lesbian. Did the album's commercial flop send her into retreat, back to a no-risk disc of remakes that downplays sexual specifics? For a woman so at ease with herself that she played a singing gay-bar waitress on Ellen, Drag is a small step back. But at least it's done with elegant footwork. B+


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When it comes to bodybuilding, weightlifting and athletic sports, many have questions of whether masturbation helps or hinders their performance. There are a variety of myths surrounding this subject and we seek to shed light on the truth via the latest scientific data to see if masturbation does, in fact, affect testosterone levels.
Science has only recently begun to delve into this area of research, mainly because so many are demanding answers during this time of increased physical performance through the fitness craze and the highly competitive sports world, both of which seek to continually modify athletic performance.
If you want to boost your testosterone levels, you must follow a precise strength training, conditioning, and nutrition program. MP45 is a step-by-step workout program that walks you through exactly what to do to skyrocket your testosterone levels and to build some serious lean muscle. This is the type of training and nutrition followed by many of the world's top athletes.
Testosterone is the main hormone responsible for muscle growth as well as providing the male aggression that is often relied on for top athletic performance and fiercely attacking a stacked set of weights. It is also responsible for charging your sex drive, reducing glycogen breakdown in the muscles during exercise, building blood volume, retaining calcium in the bones, giving us hairy toes and a number of other duties.
Testosterone is produced mainly through the Leydig cells of male testes. On average, men produce approximately 7 grams of testosterone daily which is released into the bloodstream. The majority of testosterone attaches to globulin and albumin proteins for safe delivery throughout the body. The small percentage (2-4%) that does not attach to proteins is considered "free testosterone" and is what the body uses to make physiological changes.
Of the "free testosterone", most of it is converted into the androgen DHT which goes to supply the tissues of the genitals, brain and skin. Since DHT robs muscle tissue of growth-promoting testosterone, many athletes seek to block DHT production through natural or synthetic supplements.
There are various ways in which athletes can boost testosterone levels. Eating a protein-rich diet as well as various herbs will do the job. Also, taking additional vitamins, minerals, prosteroids, prohormones, supplements, or illegal steroids (not recommended) will increase testosterone levels.
Testosterone and Masturbation: The Science
Various studies have been conducted on the effects of masturbation and testosterone use. One study completed in Vienna in 1998 by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for urban Ethology found that both men and women experienced increased testosterone levels simply by watching pornographic movies for 15 minutes. Men increased their levels by 100% while women experienced an 80% increase in testosterone levels.
A previous study in 1993 came to a similar conclusion. All 9 males used in the study showed an increase in LH (Luteinizing hormone) levels after viewing arousing material (both films and photos). LH is the hormone responsible for stimulating testosterone production.
More recent research has revealed how hormonal fluctuations produce an increase in the levels of adrenalin, prolactin and killer cells (cells which increase immunity and hormonal absorption by other cells) which occurs after induced ejaculations. These results explain why induced ejaculations enhance the immune system and release dopamine, the "feel good" monoamine and neurotransmitter, which is responsible for both synthesizing and releasing adrenaline (epinephrine) used to produce sexual arousal.
In 2003, Chinese researchers shed light on how serum testosterone levels were affected by frequent ejaculation. The study utilized 28 male volunteers who were asked to abstain from ejaculation for a week. Serum testosterone levels were monitored throughout the week-long period and showed no impact during the first 6 days. However, on the seventh day, the levels of serum testosterone in all participants spiked to 145.7% from the baseline readings. Then, on the eighth day, those levels started rapidly declining.
The various studies conducted so far on how masturbation affects testosterone levels reveal some scientific guidelines for such practice. Healthy sexual activity and induced ejaculation (masturbation) can improve your quality of life, mental wellbeing and immune system.
Practice Self-Arousal Pre-Workout – Since it has been shown that pornographic material stimulates testosterone production and male aggression, you could benefit your strength training workout by viewing such material prior to exercise. However, you should avoid masturbation pre-workout.
Post-Workout Masturbation – According to studies, you can increase the functionality of the immune system to aid in exercise recovery as well as multiply the production of killer cells which help to prevent over-training by strengthening and protecting cells via masturbation approximately one hour after your workout session has ended.
Postpone Masturbation for a Competitive Edge – You can maximize a day of rigorous training or competition by avoiding sexual activity and masturbation for 6 days prior to the event which occurs on the 7th day. However, you should engage in masturbation post workout on the 7th day to prevent the suppression of LH hormones which occurs on the 8th day.
Practice Regular Exercise and Healthy Nutrition – Testosterone can be naturally elevated through regular periods of exercise and eating a nutritious diet. Such a healthy training program keeps both insulin and estrogen levels in check and produces higher levels of testosterone and other components which are vital in muscle growth.
For instance, when insulin levels are elevated, testosterone is minimal. Meals which consist of lipid and protein-rich foods should be eaten pre-workout because such nutrients have very little effect on insulin levels. Include plenty of lean red meats, chicken, fish, beans and legumes and dairy products for protein and add lipid-filled olive oil or flax oil to your pre-workout protein drinks to increase cell wall permeation of testosterone and other hormones.
The H.I.S.T. (high intensity stimulation training) contained within the MP45 Program by Muscle Prodigy is designed to boost testosterone levels through both intense weight training workouts and aerobic exercises and proper nutritional diet.
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HARTFORD — Home and car owners may have to write off the property tax credit because of the state's budget troubles.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is confronting an estimated $1.2 billion deficit in the first year of the upcoming two-year budget cycle, according to administration estimates. He says he will seek savings and propose painful choices to the legislature rather than propose additional taxes in the two-year budget plan he will recommend in February.
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i have never in all my years seen someone who does EVERYTHING WRONG... everything you screw up every single time. "
Art Vandelay wrote on Nov 18, 2012 5:35 AM:
Let not one state employee be laid off, nor one pension eliminated, nor one health premium be raises.
It's the Democrat Party motto. "
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Foreign Policy and National Security:
The next terrorist attack; More Benghazi situations; Terrorist attacks called work place incidents; Bowing to the Soviet Union; More toleration of extreme and fanatical Islamists; Less of our allies trust us; More government corruption and lies; A nuclear armed Iran; A volatile Middle East.
Guess what?……….You own all of it!
The Economy:
Another severe recession; No budget; Another trillion of debt; More dependency on food stamps; Trouble getting a loan to buy a home; Sky rocketing energy prices; Less take home pay and higher living costs; Several part time jobs instead of a good job; Can't get a job after graduation; China controlling our world trade trampling all over us; Trouble finding good employment; A Senate that will not bring any legislation to the table even if it is "Dead on Arrival".
Guess what?……...You own all of it!
Health Care:
Trouble getting good health care; Higher health insurance costs and health care costs; A European health care system with the government in control of your health care and doctors. Employee layoffs because of the Obamacare regulations and Obamacare surcharges.
Guess what?………You own all of it!
Our Freedom:
Loss of our freedoms as we have known it in the past; A dictatorship instead of a democracy that follows the Constitution; A World Government with the UN governing the United States instead of ourselves;
Guess what?………You own all of it!
Your revenge instead of love of country, you own all of it!
President George Bush is out of it now, and there is not another good man for you to vilify and lie about.
Have a good day. God Bless the United States of America. "
Art Vandelay wrote on Nov 18, 2012 4:54 PM:
Wake up suburbia. The Democrats want to level the playing field where the inner city ghettos will come knocking at your door. "
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Taking away one handout(in the form of a credit on taxes paid, thus producing double taxation), then the other handout should be taken away too(in the form of a tax credit returned to tax filer, tax free, for not earning a certain wage level) "
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Yes, stop the busway to nowhere, stop corporate charity by way of the grants/forgivable-loans to huge companies, and make medicaid/welfare/SNAP recipients do some work for what they get (in spite of the free ride Obama gave them), and cut back on union hours/overtime/negotiable-benefits (if there are any left).
Kitty. PLEASE form a complete sentence vs your disjointed, drug-addled, drunken-like ramblings. "
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Sahara, youre a Commie. PAY YOU'RE FAIR SHARE. I bet you don't pay any taxes. It costs $15k/yr to educate each child in the WTBY school system.We could send them all the Chase Collegiate for less!! How many do you have in it? I've not used one single day of public schooling for myself or my children, yet I've paid for dozens of other's kids education. I'm paying enough.
Kitty.....why.....all.....the....dots....?????? ;D
Why does everyone complain about these leberal Dems, but somehow they keep getting elected? Go Dannyboy Spend us into bankrupcy. Then maybe the people will uprise and take this country back. "
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Socialism: A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution of capital, land, etc. in the community as a whole; in Marxist Theory, the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
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i don't complain about taxes, k. this is where that reading comprehension comes in. i simply state that tax INCREASES always fail to produce the projected revenue. i also state that punitive taxation stifles economic activity, and only succeeds in further dividing the populace along economic lines. again, you cannot tax your way out of a recession.
happy thanksgiving to all, even my friends on the left! "
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in case you missed it: the fact that you choose to highlight only the facts that support your narrative completely diminishes whatever point you try to make. your opinions are not fact, no matter how much you wish it were so. just because it comes off kitty's keyboard, it is not gospel. most of us acknowledge that the people we support have faults, and have made mistakes. it's called being honest. your failure in this area destroys your credibility. "
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Roberto Martinez is confident that Everton's Ross Barkley will make a rapid recovery from his knee injury.
Everton defender Seamus Coleman will miss the pre-season friendly in Thailand due to a hamstring problem.
Everton defender Seamus Coleman has signed a five-year contract extension.
John O'Shea, Seamus Coleman and Damien Delaney will not travel with the Ireland squad to New York on Wednesday.
Everton full-back Seamus Coleman insists he would not be able to play the attacking role he does without James McCarthy.
England hopeful Ross Barkley and Irishman Seamus Coleman were the big winners at Everton's annual awards dinner.
Everton defender Seamus Coleman was pleased with his side's 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday.
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Mark Burnett, the extremely shrewd British creator of the American reality series The Apprentice, has a stock answer whenever anybody brings up the sticky question of race on his shows. That's an American hang-up, he likes to say I'm not concerned about political correctness. But as season 2 of The Apprentice, wound down and another African-American contestant 30-year-old Kevin Allen heard the words ''You're fired,'' the reason for Burnett's code of silence became clearer. It's not that Allen should have won, or that he missed out on such a big prize (somewhere in Chicago, we imagine first-season winner Bill Rancic is throwing pencils at his ceiling), or that his firing which came on the series' Dec. 9 episode after the final four contenders met with top executives at companies such as Unilever, Pepsi-Cola, and Bear Stearns was racist. It's that the show's pretense that anybody who brings up race is just being oversensitive or paranoid has undone its last shred of credibility.
That became clear when Allen's ''firing'' played out. The personable, ambitious, spectacularly qualified African-American job candidate (he has a B.S. from Wharton and an M.B.A. from Emory and is pursuing a law degree at the University of Chicago) underwent a series of interviews, only to be told that his ''ambition,'' his ''intensity,'' and his ''unbelievable résumé'' were actually drawbacks. His potential boss criticized him for being ''like, the most educated person I've ever seen.'' (Isn't that, like, a good thing?) Ultimately, he lost a chance at the finals because, get this, one of his white competitors had, many years earlier, been in...the Army.
In the real world a world that includes things like staff diversity goals and minority recruitment programs would Allen have been shown the door without a second thought? Would his education, his ambition, and, yes, even his race never even have been discussed as a potential asset to a largely white corporation after he left the room? By never addressing race head-on, and instead concocting a ludicrous way to turn Allen's intelligence into a liability, the show paradoxically came off as so panicked about hiring a black guy that they had to invent a new standard ''too smart'' to boot him off.
Just as we were asked to believe that the portrayal of season 1's Omarosa and season 2's Stacie J. as nutcases had nothing to do with playing into hair-trigger-sistah stereotypes, we're now asked to take at face value the idea that Allen and last season's African-American finalist, Kwame Jackson, were simply a little too smooth, intelligent, and driven to succeed. In other words, what The Apprentice is suggesting is that corporations run by white people don't hire African Americans because the women are crazy and the men waste too darn much time getting educations.


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Publishers need to learn the DNA of social media and ask themselves, how the social web is affecting their business, said consultant Jim King at the eBook Summit today.
In a presentation called "Who is the Customer: What do Jane Austen, Lady Gaga, and Video Games Have in Common?," King encouraged publishers to use social media and blogs as locations for doing market research.
"Websites, blogs and social media are becoming the most important points of insights for publishing companies," he said.
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From Krakiipedia, the unofficial free GemStone IV encyclopedia.
Deeds are granted to mortals of Elanthia by the goddess Lorminstra in exchange for donation or sacrifice of some sort. Deeds are essentially a pact with the goddess which grants the deed-holder a chance to walk Elanthia again upon their death, and avoid passing through the Ebon Gate into Eternity.
Deeds are a preventive measure sought to decrease the penalties of Death's Sting. Death costs a single deed, while departing costs another.
In the past, dying without deeds caused one to go "demonic", a horrible fate resulting in the permanent destruction of the adventurer and all their belongings. However, this ceased to be the case with the introduction of Death's Sting. It is no longer absolutely necessary to possess deeds.
Calculation for Cost
This formula works to obtain deeds through the tapestry in the black arch room in the Wehnimer's Landing Temple.
Example: a 99th level character with 7 deeds = 10701 silvers
If using items (usually gems), a general estimate is 3x what they appraise for. Using the example would mean a gem worth 3567 silvers. Err on the side of caution with this. The gem bonus does not seem to apply (at least not as substantially) in Ta'Vaalor, but wands seem to apply to the 3x bonus, so they are a suggested substitute.
Different Deed Formulas
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Xayle says, "The answer that I seem to be getting is this..."
Xayle says, "Different deed puzzles use different formulas."
You nod.
Xayle says, "And this one isn't working on the formula you're using."
You softly say, "I see."
You softly say, "That would explain it."
Xayle says, "I wish I could say more, but that would start straying into puzzle answering."
Xayle says, "Which is a nono."
Locations for Obtaining
All players can obtain deeds in Wehnimers Landing (lich room 4045), Rivers Rest (lich room 10854), and in Ta'Illistim (lich room 745). 20th level players and above can obtain deeds in the Hearthstone garden.
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I am not completly certain but i have bought the eg1 and eg1s and the both came with a standard brown lense as the bonus lense (non-Chrome). So that would be my guess as to what they will give you
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team split their opening Southland Conference doubleheader today against Central Arkansas in the first home series at Chapman Field. The Islanders outhit the Bears 7-5 to pick up a 2-1 victory in the first game. In the second game, UCA connected on 12 hits to garner an 8-5 win. The Islanders (5-15, 1-1 SLC) and Bears (9-15, 1-1 SLC) will square off in a rubber match tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Hayley Galloway propelled the Islanders' bats in both games going 2-for-5 with three hits today. J.J. Jackson also picked up three hits and chipped in three RBIs in the split. Liz Carter secured the victory for the Islanders in the first game to earn her fifth victory in the circle.
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The Islanders jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third with a pair of runs on two hits. With one out, Galloway walked before Mickayla Cochran stepped to the plate and cranked her first triple of the season down the right field line to score Galloway and give the Islanders a 1-0 lead.
Jackson followed Cochran's lead with a RBI single to right field to plate Cochran and pad the lead to 2-0. Central Arkansas escaped the jam with a strikeout.
Carter and the Islanders' defense held the Bears off the board until the top of the fifth when UCA registered a run on one hit to pull within one. With two outs, Sam Forrest ripped a RBI double to right field to plate Amy Gunnells who reached on a fielder's choice.
In the final two frames, Carter (5-6) limited the Bears to just two hits while holding UCA off the board. The freshman was superb in seven innings, allowing just five hits and one run while walking three and striking out two Bears.
Ciara Clampitt (2-6) suffered the loss for the bears in six innings. She allowed seven hits, two runs, four walks while tallying four strikeouts.
The Islanders recorded seven hits in the victory and were powered by Carter who went 2-for-2. Also chipping in hits were Brittney Morse, Mackinzee Griebel, Galloway, Cochran and Jackson.
The Islanders carried over the momentum into the second game with an early 5-0 lead with a combined three hits in the first two innings. In the bottom of the first, Morse started things off with her fifth home run of the season with a solo shot over the left field wall. Galloway followed with a base hit to left field before Valerie Perez reached on a fielding error by the Bears. With no outs, Jackson reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to second on a throwing error by UCA. On the same play, Galloway was called out at third but Perez scored to put the Islanders on the board. The Bear's hurler Kylee Studioso pulled UCA out of the inning with back-to-back strikeouts.
A&M - Corpus Christi padded their lead to 5-0 after putting together a three-run bottom of the second on one hit. After Studioso retired the first two Islanders, Dani Tefft and Morse reached on consecutive walks before Galloway loaded the bases after reaching on a Bears' throwing error. Perez followed with a RBI walk to plate Tefft before Jackson stepped to the plate and nailed a two-run single through the right side to score Galloway and Morse. With Islanders on first and second, Studioso escaped the jam with her third strikeout of the frame.
UCA responded with five-runs on four hits and capitalized on three Islanders' error in the top of the third to knot the game at 5-5. Randi Wallace led off the inning with a walk before scoring on a double by Forrest to center field. After Forrest advanced to third on an Islanders' fielding error, Sarah Bigej hit a single through the right side to score Forrest and pull the Bears within three. Freshman Katie Blanar then relieved Constance Brandenburg in the circle before Peyton Jenkins reached on an Islanders' throwing error to put Bears on the corners. UCA scored their third run of the inning after a throwing error plated Bigej. Jessie Taylor followed with a ground out to land Hannah Stirton, who came in to pinch run for Jenkins, on third. Briana Whisenhunt kept the rally going with a RBI single to shortstop to score Stirton and trim the Islanders' lead to one. Parker then hit a single to left field to advance Whisenhunt to third and put Bears in scoring position. Morse then picked off Parker at second for the second out of the frame, but Whisenhunt scored for the fifth run of the game. A ground out to Galloway at second ended the frame with the game even at 5-5.
The Bears scored a pair of runs in the top of the fifth and one in the seventh to seal the win. With two outs, Whisenhunt singled through the middle before Parker ripped a RBI double to right center to score Whisenhunt and put the Bears in front 6-5. Tylor Dodson then followed suit with a RBI single to right field to score Parker and extend the Bears lead to 7-5. Carter replaced Blanar in the circle to pull the Islanders out of the frame, leaving two Bears left on. UCA scored a run on one hit in the top of the seventh after Dodson scored on a single by Forrest before the Islanders tallied the 2-6-3 putout.
Galloway and Jackson both went 2-for-4 to lead the Islanders' offense while Morse and Natalie Zarzabal each added one hit apiece.
Brandenburg (0-6) took the loss for the Islanders. The senior allowed three hits, three runs, two of them earned, and three walks while striking out two in two innings. Blanar allowed six hits, four runs, three of them earned, while walking one in 2.2 innings. Carter limited the Bears to three hits and one run, while walking two and striking out three in 2.1 innings.
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Using Cocoa to keep an app window always on top
Sometimes you want your application to keep one of it's windows always-on-top. A chat application like Adium for example, allows you to keep your conversation window always-on-top so you can follow the conversation whilst still using other applications. In the TellyBox application I wrote, this functionality is also very useful, as you can watch tv whilst still working in other applications.
So the basic implementation was fairly simple. You just use the windowDidResignMain notification, and then re-set the window level a more fitting one. Below I have also wrapped around a preference setting:
- (void)windowDidResignMain:(NSNotification *)notification { // It's always nicer if the user has a choice if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"DefaultAlwaysOnTop"] == YES) { [[self window] setLevel:NSFloatingWindowLevel]; } else { [[self window] setLevel:NSNormalWindowLevel]; } }
My TellyBox application allows you to go fullscreen via the existing Flash application embedded in a webkit view. Using just the basic implementation meant that when going into fullscreen mode the frame of the original window remained in view. To fix this I added this extra bit of code, which gets used via the firing of another useful notification windowDidBecomeMain :
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The FQHA runs the percentage as part of the registration procedure. I believe NFQHA does as well (they come up with different %'s as they use different criteria).
How do you determine the % of Foundation blood lines in a QH??
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The FQHA runs the percentage as part of the registration procedure. I believe NFQHA does as well (they come up with different %'s as they use different criteria).
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Some use the first 25,000 registered AQHA horses are 100%, some go back only 10 generations regardless of the AQHA number. It totally depends on the org. If you figure your horse as 100% and then take it by half each succeeding generation and only deduct where you find a TB or A before coming to an N or Unknown or 25,000# & lower number horse you will get your FQH%.
I let FQHA figure out the percentage when I register them.
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Does this horse have Foundation breeding?
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I was just curious if someone that knew, could tell from seeing the pedigree.
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Two HDDs: one SATA, one IDE. Spares, not bootable OS partitions. Can make RAID1?
I have a ~250GB SATA drive that I like to use as a spare media/storage drive. I came upon another drive about the same size but it's IDE. I figured I'd make them one logical volume using JBOD RAID, but then figured I'd be better off mirroring them in case one dies. How do I create a RAID1 array using the existing disk w/ data (/dev/sdc1) and mirror it to the newly added disk w/ no data (/dev/sdb1)?
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A local organization says a bill Governor Cuomo signed Friday is great news for children with autism and their families.
The bill allows more specialists to perform Applied Behavioral Analysis. ABA a type of therapy experts say has proven to be successful with those who have autism.
Local Assemblyman Joe Morelle wrote the bill.
Sarah Milko, Executive Director of Autism Up says, this will give more families an opportunity to access this treatment.
"If you can't afford therapies you know are going to help your child. It's devastating. So now those who have insurance coverage can go out and get this ABA therapy for their child with autism and their insurance companies will pay for it. So it's huge."
The law takes effect July first.
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NBC NATIONAL NEWS — Shocking pictures and dash cam video show the head-on crash that injured an Augusta, Wisconsin police officer.
After speaking with the woman and checking the road, Officer Dane Wisniewski returned to his patrol vehicle to run her information.
Just seconds after getting back into the vehicle, a vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed head first into the parked patrol SUV.
Although he was injured, the officer kept his cool and jumped into action.
"I was moving, I was alive; and the first thing that popped in my brain was 'I hope that guy is okay'," Officer Wisniewski said.
He even made sure the road was clear to prevent other accidents.
Investigators believe fatigue could have caused him to drive into the other lane.
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BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez say he is innocent of new charges that he ambushed and killed two men after a chance encounter in a Boston nightclub nearly two years ago.
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I may just stay on the ship. This cruise is a really big splurge for us already, especially because we decided to go kinda late and the cheapest that was left was a deluxe outside stateroom with balcony :S It was out of our price range but once we had decided to go we couldn't go back!
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Revamp for TiVo but Seven insists it's a top sellerPUBLISHED: 21 Nov 2011 00:04:22 | UPDATED: 21 Nov 2011 08:00:04PUBLISHED: 21 Nov 2011 PRINT EDITION: 21 Nov 2011
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Seven West Media and Television New Zealand have rejigged the management of Hybrid Television Services, the distributor of American digital video recorder brand TiVo, and launched a new product in the hope of revving up its sales.
Two months ago Robbee Minicola was quietly replaced as chief executive of Hybrid by Tim Boys, who had been the company's chief marketing officer since late 2009.
Ms Minicola, who remains a director of Hybrid, joined the business from Seven's television division in September 2008, two months after TiVo was launched here.
Three years ago, Seven predicted it would sell 500,000 TiVo units in five years, that is, by mid-2013.
Executives from Hybrid, which is 66.7 per cent owned by Seven and 33.3 per cent by Television New Zealand, have consistently refused to reveal TiVo's sales in Australia and New Zealand. Industry sources claimed its Australian sales now stood at 70,000 and it would not reach its 500,000 target by mid-2013.
Sources close to Seven insisted TiVo was the top-selling digital video recorder in retail outlets, despite the fact it was only sold in Harvey Norman, Myer, David Jones, Dick Smith and RT Edwards. Large consumer electronics retailers such as Retravision and The Good Guys do not sell it and JB Hi-Fi was understood to have dropped it earlier this year.
A large proportion of digital video recorders and set-top boxes with in-built recorders are sold direct to consumers rather than through retailers, including Foxtel's iQ and iQ2 units, Austar United Communications' MyStar, Telstra's T-Box and FetchTV, an internet TV service being marketed by several internet service providers.
About 900,000 Foxtel subscribers have an iQ or iQ2 box, while more than 250,000 people have bought a T-Box since it was introduced in June 2010.
About 10,000 households have a FetchTV set-top box (which includes a digital video recorder). Industry sources predicted that number would soar to 200,000 by late 2012 following the launch of the internet TV product Optus MeTV with Fetch last month.
"TiVo might be a big brand in the United States, but it has performed weakly here because of its high retail price and limited distribution," said one media executive.
"The fact people can't access pay TV with TiVo is also a problem. People want one device for their TV viewing. They don't want two boxes sitting on top of their TV sets. With a Foxtel box or a T-Box, they can get all the free-to-air channels plus all or a good chunk of the pay TV channels."
Seven launched TiVo at $699, making it the most expensive digital video recorder in Australia. (Television New Zealand bought a third of Hybrid in July 2009 for an estimated $8 million.)
The product's price was reduced to $499 in October last year. At the time, Hybrid described the 30 per cent price cut as a Christmas offer and said it would expire on January 31 this year. But some retailers were still selling TiVo for $499 or less; Dick Smith's website lists it at $449.
Earlier this month, Hybrid launched a new version of TiVo with increased hard-drive capacity. Harvey Norman and its Domayne and Joyce Mayne subsidiaries are selling the new product for $699.
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Abby wakes up after the ambulance explosion and, though she realizes she has a broken wrist, quickly rushes to check on the others in the ambulance. A mother and daughter are also rushed in from the explosion and Abby misdiagnoses the case. Meanwhile, Morris and Neela struggle to keep up with the injuries sustained from the explosion.
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Whether you have been involved in trauma such as a fall or an accident, or have overdone it with a new activity, you could suffer from a sprain or strain of your musculosketelal system.
A strain is defined as localized to a muscle or muscular region within the muscle belly, or a the end of the muscle, where the muscle becomes a tendon, thereby attaching itself to a nearby bone. A sprain is defined as also a localized region, but this time the injured or stretched tissue is ligamentous vs muscular. This source of irritation is much less elastic and tends to have a poorer prognosis as far as healing capacity, but is not an impossible task. A strain can recuperate and replace muscle tissue with connective tissue especially with larger strains. A sprain scars over unfortunately without the same cell type, and has a higher rate of re-tearing or re-injury.
A musculoskeletal injury such as a strain or sprain usually accompanies edema or swelling. Edema is described as protein rich fluid in between the muscle fibers where it should not be. It is essential that edema is controlled in the early stage of trauma for quick and early recovery. If the edema continues for a prolonged period of time, effusion can occur. Effusion is the escaping of fluid from the blood vessels into surrounding tissue, which is diffuse, and is or over a greater area vs localized to the injury site.
Whether you suffer from edema, effusion or both, from a traumatic or repetitive injury, it is wise to seek medical advice. You may be told to elevate you body part above your heart as to increase the assistance of gravity to alleviate fluid accumulation. You may also be advised to use an ice pack to control the swelling. Ice bags or a cold gel pack can be used for 10-15 minutes at a time to reduce edema or swelling to the injured area. This can be done many times during the day; just NOT all day long. Prolonged icing can be harmful causing frostbite if left on too long. Also, the use of dry or moist heat to a new injury which had occurred < 72 hours can be harmful. The reason why is that vasodilatation or expansion of the blood vessels occurs with heat application increasing the blood flow forcing edema to the area, thereby hindering your recuperation overall. However, moist heat / dry heat after trauma or injury can be helpful in recuperating after 4-5 days with an increased movement and pain relief as long as the edema has dissipated to a normal level. No matter what, you can not go wrong with a cold pack for 10-15 minutes.
Activity or exercise specific for the injured area can be beneficial if done with common sense and without pain. The old saying "No pain, no gain" does not apply to injured tissue, only healthy strength building muscles. Therefore, if you are not sure, it may be wise to seek medical attention as to rehabilitation properly. This will give you specific do's and don'ts depending on your post condition.
A strain or sprain can remain for years if it goes untreated, never giving you the chance to recuperate properly. A person may complain of "low back pain" or a 'bad shoulder" for years and accept it as part of aging. Our bodies have an incredible capacity to improve conditions no matter how old the injured tissue. It is never too late to try to enhance your function with proper exercises if your injury is greater than 4-7 days old. Even if your initial injury is 50 years old, it is still worth it to trying to recuperate and improve the state of the surrounding tissue.
Musculoskeletal injuries can be debilitating and overwhelming initially and long after the edema subsides. Strains and sprains respond to ice packs, dry or moist heat packs to the region and / or specific exercises with guidance if necessary. Check with your doctor.
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Abby Executive Suites - Riverwalk is a full service executive suite located in downtown San Antonio on the 14th floor of One Riverwalk Place, a "Class A" office tower strategically located on the Riverwalk between N. St. Mary's St. and Navarro St. at Convent Street.
This brand new center offers fully furnished offices and virtual office solutions including a prestigious downtown address, state of the art conference facilities with flat-panel televisions for presentations, copy services, receptionist, support services, complimentary Starbucks coffee and an on-site restaurant.
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Students Logged 15,520 Hours of Community Service and Raised $14,816
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The Obama White House recognized Wilmington College's leadership in helping to build a culture of service and civic engagement as WC was selected for membership in the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Dating back to the George W. Bush Administration, this marks the sixth consecutive year the College has earned this honor.
Wilmington College students engaged in 15,520 hours of voluntary service during the 2010-11 academic year and raised $14,816 in philanthropic funds.
The federal recognition is based upon criteria that includes the scope and innovativeness of service projects, percentage of student participation and extent to which the school offers academic courses with service learning components.
Tara Lydy, director of WC's Center for Service and Civic Engagement, said a key factor is the significant number of faculty members that have incorporated service learning into their courses.
"Through our partnership with Ohio Campus Compact and the AmeriCorps*VISTA program, we have been able to dedicate staff time to serving and assisting our faculty with course conversion," she said.
In recent years, the academic areas of social sciences, athletic training, sport management, biology, values & ethics, education, history, music and global issues all have incorporated service into course requirements.
"Also, a number of our sports teams have embraced community service," Lydy said, adding that Greek organizations accounted for nearly two-thirds of the community service hours.
Numerous College organizations and teams are currently engaged in raising funds and gathering teams for the annual Collegiate Relay for Life, which has become one the semester's signature events over the past five year's. Last year, they raised $7,000 for cancer research.


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Father Louis from Anjali Ashram
Swami Gnanajyoti, or Father Louis as he's also known, talks to Director/Producer Marjonneke about the central tenets of the Anjali Ashram in Mysore, India. He admonishes viewers to reject attachment to things and people, a philosophy he also uses for his relationship with the ashram. Instead of thinking in terms of ownership and control, he sees himself as a tenant and care taker, not only of the ashram, but everything around him. In his gentle and non-judgemental attitude, he acknowledges that belief and connection to God come from one's life long pilgrimage of keeping an open heart. He talks about the power of silence as a way to cleanse us from the many pollutions we acquire from our busy lives. He calls silence the language of nature and regeneration and suggests that in our quest to become a master and truly free, one of our greatest challenges will be silencing our minds and our inner selves. anjaliashram.org PLAYLIST: This video is part of the Voices in Dialogue Series CINEMATOGRAPHY CREDITS: Aman Ahooja MUSIC CREDITS: "Wind of Change" by Footage Firm, "Mantra" by Footage Firm, "Tribal Wisdom" by Purple Planet DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR EDITOR: Marjonneke
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