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6 "Give these instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people -- men or women -- betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty. | 6 "Say to the Israelites: 'When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the LORD, that person is guilty |
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What in the heck do I call this? Well as someone who loves genres and what they can mean for giving cultural context to art, I am actually at a loss. This sort of defies genres. At any rate, the mysterious (French?) producer who broke out with a blog-busting debut free single in "Life In Grey" has come back with another delightful cut – "Morning BJ" Now, without getting too into it, I'll just say that this track is sexy, jazzy and everything you might hope for out of a track like this. It's a tad refined and sophisticated and yet it's magic will be lost on no one. A free download that we'd easily spend all of our bandwidth on at this point.
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Tonight, hundreds of actors, producers and cast members await for the chance to be called on stage at the 85th ACADEMY AWARDS®. With as many as 35 million expected viewers, Oscar® viewing parties are guaranteed to take place all accross the U.S. and different parts of the world.
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Valentine's Day is less than a week away. For many, this is the perfect day to spoil their loved ones with soon-to-be useless jewelry and unadulterated fattening chocolates. These gifts are unmistakably cliché ways to overindulge your better halves, but if you want to get on the good side of your loved ones, spoil them with fresh, delicious cooked food.


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Could there be an easier gig than soundtrack compiler? From The Waterboy to You've Got Mail, most film-music discs have been reduced to oldies collections that were probably a cinch to assemble, not to mention fun imagine playing DJ for millions. Yet the formula has grown stale faster than you can say ''closing-credit power ballad.'' Thankfully, a few renegade soundtrack producers are shooting higher, commissioning new, untested material and performances and aiming for anthologies that are more than just K-tel compilations for the DVD era.
One of the year's most clever tie-ins, Chef Aid: The South Park Album isn't a soundtrack so much as it is a comedy album. Complete with applause and stage introductions, it's presented as the recording of a ''concert'' to benefit the Chef (the ever-growly Isaac Hayes), with a rainbow coalition of rap, rock, and alt-rock stars paying tribute to him (and, by implication, the cool-cult status of South Park itself). The sensibility of producer Rick Rubin, who pioneered rap-metal in the '80s, runs wild throughout. ''Nowhere to Run,'' featuring the seemingly ungainly tag team of Crystal Method, Ozzy Osbourne, DMX, and Ol' Dirty Bastard, is one of the first tracks to make a rap-techno fusion seem logical. Less satisfying are Puff Daddy's latest attempt to cross over to metal (''Will They Die 4 You'') and, betraying Rubin's love of classic rock, passable but unexciting contributions by rock vets from Joe Strummer to Elton John.
What constantly redeems the album is the dark humor and musical chops of creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Their parodies, from Hayes' double-entendre pimp-funk strut ''Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)'' to croaky renditions of Bad Company and Styx anthems, are funny, loving mockeries. ''Tonight Is Right for Love,'' the Chef's swoony ode to Meredith Baxter-Birney, finds Meat Loaf pitching in to send up his own overheated delivery. Like a comedy album, Chef Aid isn't necessarily a disc you'll return to once you've heard the jokes, but its best moments are funnier than anything released in 1998 except, perhaps, for the Vanilla Ice thrash album. B


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I participated in my very first half marathon on December 7, 2008 at the Marathon of the Palm Beaches. I noticed a couple of the elite runners wearing what looked to be old school knee highs. I asked one of the runners what they were, and he said they were compression stockings. HUH???
A compression stocking looks like a knee sock, but without covering the feet, so you still wear regular running socks along with the stockings. They sort of look like a leg warmer, but the leg warmers I wear while cycling on cold days, start at your thigh and go down to your ankle.
Compression stockings are meant to keep your calf muscles warm. I recently had a chance to test out a pair of Zensah leg sleeves at the ING Miami Marathon. Zensah says that their product provides the following benefits:
- Provide dual action support to the calf and shin area
- Improves oxygen blood flow allowing athletes to train harder and recover faster
- The chevron ribbing reduces the risk of shin splints, and pinpoint compression provides calf support
My friend, Dori, purchased a pair of Zensah leg sleeves at the ING Miami Marathon Health Expo. She had been having some shin problems, and purchased the leg sleeves to wear at night, and after she ran the 1/2 marathon. I saw many runners wearing the leg sleeves during the ING Miami Marathon. Dori already had a pair of compression socks, from another company, but she said they were very light weight, and felt like a regular pair of knee socks. She was happy to see the Zensah leg sleeves at the health expo, as she had been looking for compression socks for quite some time.
Zensah also makes a matching arm sleeve, along with a variety of other products including compression running shorts and tights, seamless running bras and compression shirts. The arm sleeves retail for $29.99, while the Zensah leg sleeves have a suggested retail price of $39.99.
Zensah leg sleeves are available in a variety of colors. The Zensah leg sleeves are available in the following colors, to match all your workout clothes;
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Visit the Zensah website, to find the stores in your area that carry the Zensah line of products. The Runner's Edge, in Boca Raton Florida, carries Zensah products, they are just a few miles from my house - good to know!
Compression Stocking Benefits
The February 2009 issue of Triathlete magazine contains an article on compression stockings written by Tim Mickleborough, PhD. The article, The Compression Question, appears on pages 112-114 of the magazine. Dr. Mickleborough mentions that "Elastic compression stockings have been used medically in preventing and treating aching, tired, heavy legs, leg and ankle swelling (edema), vericose veins and spider veins." Although the article didn't seem to reach a positive conclusion regarding compression stocking use by athletes, I feel that if you think a particular piece of equipment gives you an advantage over the competition, then go ahead and use it.
Compression leg sleeves will definitely keep your calf muscles warm, which may help prevent your muscles from cramping, which will make for a better running experience. And I personally feel anyone having shin problems, such as shin splints, will benefit from wearing a pair of compression stockings, such as Zensah leg sleeves, while participating in any running events.
Compression clothing is a whole other line of elite competition gear, that many companies are now offering to athletes. I have seen compression stockings, shorts, tights and shirts, offered by quite a few clothing and equipment manufacturers. Compression clothing is marketed to runners and multisport athletes such as triathletes and duathletes.
I would love to hear your opinion of compression stockings, and if you prefer one brand over another.
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It's Alive Records hits us with the Varsity Weirdos full length album 'Can't Go Home'. It's some pretty goddamn awesome pop punk, do yourself a favor and pick it up, there's the standard version (which this is for) and a double CD, check em out! Now!
'Cut Throat' A 50's style intro riff fits in great on this song, some catchy stuff to boot.
'Can't Go Home' A bass intro, you don't get a lot of that now a days, reminds me of a Teenage Bottlerocket song.
'Look At The Stars' Ramones-core at it's best.
'L.S.F.E.S.' A catchy song about a girl, there maybe some drinking involved too.
'I Hate The Phone' Lots of Whoa's, some power cords, I'm certain this song rules hard.
'End World' Not a bad song but the weakest on the album, I blame the kind of whiny vocals.
'F.B.I.' Injecting a little more 'punk' into this pop punk than some of the other stuff on here, thumbs up!
'Disconnected' Your standard pop punk song, but I don't mean that as an insult at all, very enjoyable.
'Why I Didn't Like August '93' Maybe my favorite song on the album, there's got a girl problem.
'October' A looooooot slower than the rest of the album, but a solid song none the less.
'Hammer' Second best song on the album, some kind of melodic pop going on here.
'You Bother Me' This song rules but I don't like the placement on the album, I think it should have been thrown in the middle…and I'm not quite sure why, just makes me wish the album was still going now!
1. Cut Throat
2. Can't Go Home
3. Look At The Stars
5. I Hate The Phone
6. End World
8. Disconnected
9. Why I Didn't Like August '93
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Between bites of Chinese barbecued pork, he talked about the law. "Good idea; bad implementation. They haven't taken into account the cost of delivering the care or the extent of people needing the care. You can't propose a program and not fund it." Then he asked me a question. What did I think of the Republican drive to kill a public option? When I told him I had no opinion, he offered plenty more of his: "They already have socialism—Medicare and Medicaid. I can't understand how people want to continue to be fleeced by insurance companies. They deny care and jack up the price. Supporting the public option doesn't cost anybody a dime. It would force companies to compete."
What does he do when he gets sick? "I don't get sick. I stay healthy," he told me. But when you do, I pressed? Last year he did have an ear infection. "I got it treated and paid the bill."


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Okay so this week's update will also be a little different. You see, after the last update, I actually packed my bags and headed to Italy for a week. I now have few lessons learned about taking the challenge on the road for you so please read on…
The first thing I want to talk about is how easy it can be to take the ViSalus products with you when you are travelling. I put my Vi-Pak packets in my toiletries bag (I just brought enough for 7 days). This is easy since each morning and evening dose is individually wrapped.
Second thing is I had to bring my Vi Shape shake mix. Normally I would just bring the individual serving packets with me but I gave my last ones away as samples just before leaving so I had to use the big bag.
Since I was only going for 7 days, I didn't need to bring the whole bag with me. I just pre-measured 14 servings (2 a day) and mixed in my psyllium fiber as well. I then used a ziplock back for that portion and stored the bag inside my shaker cup. I then tossed it in my carry-on luggage.
When the time came, all I had to do was take a serving and mix it with whatever I could get my hands on.
Simple enough plan.
What I didn't account for was what and where I would be eating while on vacation in Italy!
Having 2 shakes a day was a challenge in itself given the abundance of wonderful foods we had access to.
I won't get into what I ate at each meal but I am proud to say that we actually ate very little in restaurants. We often opted for foods from grocery stores and local shops and markets. One thing I did notice in Italian restaurants was that for most main dishes, you would have to add vegetables to your order as the main plate was either just meat or pasta.
Breakfast was included in our hotel package so I would take advantage of grabbing fruit and eating fresh foods there. I would try to stay away from baked goods but I have to admit that I did eat quite a bit of bread over the 7 days.
I also did try to drink more water since I knew I was lacking in that habit. I still haven't managed to continuously drink 8 glasses a day, though.
I had all the intentions of using the Sparkpeople food tracker app while in Italy but unfortunately, my phone wasn't working so I could only use it with the hotel wifi connection when we got back in the evening and it was just too complicated to keep track during the day – so that plan was a bust.
So all in all, despite the hiccups, I think I was pretty reasonable, I think I had a shake 5 of the 7 days I was in Italy but not once did I have 2 shakes in the same day.
I know I could have easily overindulged, but I didn't!
So what is the scale showing, you ask?
Well, after a week in Italy….
I gained 2 pounds! My 10 pound quest just became a 12 pound quest.
Oh well, such is life!
So here are my 4 takeaways you can use if you take your challenge on the road with you;
- plan to take your products with you and make it easy to take them or you'll just ignore them. On the same token, it's better to have them than not bring them at all and admit defeat without even trying.
- don't assume your routine will be the same while traveling. It took me a few days to figure out how to get my morning shake in, but once I did, I felt better about having it and less guilty about all the great food I ate afterward.
- it's okay to deviate a little once in a while, just treat it as the exception and not the norm.
- enjoy and adapt to the local foods. Recognize the foods you should avoid and try to eat more of the ones you should have more of.
Until next time, don't forget to comment HERE by guessing how many days it will take to reach my 10 (er, I mean 12) pound quest.
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By Polly Keary, Editor
Mechelle Russell's dad was shaving and everyone else was asleep at 6:30 Monday morning last week when the family's ordinary morning took a turn for the extraordinary.
Their quiet neighborhood was invaded by the sound of a marching band that arrived right at the Russell family's door, whereupon the doorbell rang.
That's how Mechelle Russell, a 2009 graduate of Monroe High School who volunteers at the YMCA, found that, of more than 100,000 people who'd been entered into a sweepstakes for voting in the 2012 KING 5 Best of Western Washington contest, her name had been selected, and she had just been awarded $5,000.
"It was a complete and total surprise," said Mechelle's mom, Cecille Russell, several days later. "The marching band was in the cul-de-sac and they called out Mechelle's name on the megaphone, and there was a camera with a big spotlight, and the band was all in red suits, and we had no idea what was going on."
She did recognize Jim Dever from King 5′s Evening Magazine, however, which was something of a clue.
Dever asked if Mechelle was home. When she arrived at the door, she was given startling news about the sweepstakes she'd entered by voting in the annual contest.
"I was the grand prize winner for $5,000," said Mechelle.
The surprise was the result of some careful planning on the part of King 5, said Eric Riddle, who was the producer of the television segment created for the event.
"The complications of trying to ambush somebody is the challenging part," said Riddle. "We ambush them first thing in the morning, to make sure we get them."
They did a little research and found that Mechelle lived with her parents in the Fryelands area. So they assembled a large prize presentation committee in nearby Lake Tye Park at 6:20 a.m. and set out for her house.
Among the presenters were the Snohomish High School Marching Band, chosen because that school had been named the school with the most spirit in the annual contest. Also, there were two security guards from West Seattle Coins, who accompanied $5,000 in coins in several hefty sacks (The coins were merely props; the Russell family will get a $5,000 check). There was a television crew from Evening Magazine, as well as Dever, the host of the show. And there were members of the Monroe Police Department, as well.
It turned out that, in spite of all their careful planning, the group nearly missed Mechelle anyway.
"We were very lucky we got her," said Riddle. "Her mom was supposed to take someone to the airport to go to New York that morning. But the flight was cancelled because of the storm on the East Coast."
The storm that was such a catastrophe to so many on the other side of the nation did happen to have one pleasant outcome for the producers of the show; the young woman to whom they presented the prize turned out to be a very rewarding person to whom to give a gift. Mechelle is slightly developmentally delayed, but spends a lot of time volunteering in the community.
She devotes a lot of time to the Monroe YMCA.
"I volunteer at the front desk," she said. "I check people in."
She is also very involved in the Capernaum Young Life organization, a national group for children and young adults with disabilities. Mechelle helps lead the Snohomish County chapter of the club, planning activities and serving as a camp counselor.
And she is an enthusiastic participant in the Special Olympics, bowling and playing softball, soccer and basketball.
While at Monroe High School, she was part of the pep rally group, as well, and is well known among her graduating class.
"She was a sweetheart," said Riddle.
Mechelle said that she already has plans for her winnings.
"We're going to Disneyland," she said.


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What can I do there?
- Scouts@SAM will be on April 25th, 2015 and is designed for Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors
- Girls will work on badge/journey requirements in classes taught by SHSU experts in their fields.
- Troops are encouraged to make a weekend of their visit and camp during the Scouts@SAM weekend by making reservations with Huntsville State Park.
How much does Scouts@SAM cost? What do I get for that fee?
Registration for Scouts@SAM day program is $35 per girl. This includes:
- continental breakfast on Saturday
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- all-you-can-eat lunch at Old Main Market
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Do you need adults to help?
Yes! Every troop that sends Scouts to Scouts@SAM will need to register at least one adult (Troop leader, or parent for Juliettes) at no cost to ensure the Scouts are behaving appropriately and to be available for emergencies. Permission slips and medical forms must be provided by troop leader (or parent/guardian for Juliettes) for each girl attending.
Badge Classes
What badge classes are available?
This year we will be offering a wide array of badges, tentatively including: Budgeting, Car Care, Photography, Public Speaking, and Netiquette.
Do the classes last all day?
Most badge/interest classes will last all day on Saturday. Times will be posted on the registration page.
Do any of the classes have prerequisites? Is there any additional information about the badge class I want to take?
More details regarding each badge will be listed under the individual class on the registration page.
What are the hours for Scouts@SAM?
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How will I know what badge requirements my Scout completed?
Each Girl Scout will receive a record of her accomplishments before leaving the badge day to give to troop leader. Badges will not be awarded at Scouts@SAM.
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"This was definitely more pudding-like than cake-like -- I liked the texture, but my husband didn't care for the texture. He thought it would be better cold or room temperature. It was pretty good, but it seemed too lemony, it kind of overpowered everything. I did really like it topped with whipped cream like the recipe suggests. I didn't have f..."
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Hello, AKA Bill, mechanical design engineer, 32 years experience. BSME Drexel U., MEIE Penn State. - First visited WDW in 1980 at age of 26 (one of my few regrets-that I couldn't go sooner). - Best WDW Experience(s): being 'blown away' with awe 1st time I saw Spaceship Earth in '82, and completing the 2009 Goofy Chalenge. - Worked in many varied industries building machinery that sold as the company's product. - Helped out for 8 years in all backstage and technical areas in a community theatre group. - Served 10 years as lead designer, engineer, technician, etc. for annual Haunted House project with area Jaycees chapter. - Hobbyist involved with audio, video, electronics, computers, home improvement, anything technical. - Received call from WDI while training for 2006 WDW Marathon. went thru 3 phone in 4 weeks interviews before they stopped. You can imagine what was going thru my head while training, anticipating the next call ! Still hoping some day to join the team !
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Online boutique Bebemoda is after our hearts with a tempting treasure trove packed full of coolness for babies and children. From big buys, to small ones, it's got furniture, decor, pushchairs, changing gear, bathtime fun, potty training gear, mealtime accessories, toys, books, sleepwear, creativity gear, and storage with distinctive, chic, design-led appeal.
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Since June 2011 Google is supporting to set the rel canonical via the Canonical HTTP Header.
This is great for PDF files, but nobody seems to have mentioned images? Does it even work?
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Billehus, Orlin. "A Norwegian Settler in Kandiyohi County, 1856 - 1889", Paper, 1965. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1329. 1 folder, 13 pages.
This collection consists of a paper written by Orlin Billehus, which is about a Norwegian pioneer in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The paper follows the life of an immigrant named Matias Johannessen Fjellhaugen, who settled in Colfax Township, Kandiyohi County. The Dakota Conflict of 1862, church activities at the Crow River Lutheran Church, and farm life are all discussed in the paper. This paper was written in 1965, as an assignment for Dr. Bert Burns' Historical Geography class at Mankato State College.
There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.
Billehus, Orlin. "A Norwegian Settler in Kandiyohi County, 1856 - 1889", Paper, 1965. SMHC Manuscript Collection 1329, Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Orlin Billehus donated this collection in June 1982.
Karyn Nester processed this collection in March 1988. Finding aid revised by Robert Russell January 2001.
It has been determined that there are no similar manuscript collections about "A Norwegian Settler in Kandiyohi County" or Orlin Billehus available elsewhere.
Kandiyohi County (Minn.)-History.
Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865.
Norwegian Americans-Minnesota.


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Given Name: Kelvin Keith Chapman
Born: Willits, CA, USA, in 1956
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Second Base
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 172
Primary Team: New York Mets
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But somewhere along the line, these veteran opinion-providers were passed by 35-year-old Andrew Cohen, a relatively new kid on the block who's currently contributing to news organizations across the information spectrum. He regularly writes columns for the Denver Post and has published articles in numerous major newspapers, including the Washington Post, the New York Times and USA Today. He serves as a commentator for CBS Radio. He pens essays for CBS.com. Several weeks ago he signed a new two-year contract to serve as an on-air correspondent for the CBS television network, for which he's covered sprawling stories such as the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the election fiasco in Florida. Moreover, he's just inked a new pact to fill the same role locally at Channel 4, a CBS affiliate, as well as to assemble his thoughts on issues of the day in Gavel to Gavel, a feature that will be accessible on Channel 4's Web site, kcncnews4.com. "I'll be doing a lot of different things," Cohen says, understating the situation considerably.
How on earth has Cohen managed to score on so many journalistic fields in such a short amount of time? One reason is that he's uncommonly good at his chosen task. In contrast to analysts who are transparently partisan, or who loudly voice controversial positions merely to get a rise out of an increasingly cynical audience (the Bill O'Reilly/Chris Matthews approach), Cohen attempts to explain complex legal issues as clearly and objectively as possible. "You're better off shedding light than heat," he notes, "and that's what I try to do."
He's also the beneficiary of good timing: Thanks to the Ramsey case, the Oklahoma City bombing trials and Columbine, the Denver area has been the setting for an awful lot of big news stories over the past six years or so, and Cohen took advantage of the career opportunities these incidents presented. But more to the point, he has exhibited a persistence and single-mindedness that seem straight out of a Hollywood biopic. "I really wanted to find a way to make this work," he says. "And so far, I have."
A native of Montreal, Canada, Cohen moved with his family to the Denver area in the late '70s: "I'm a graduate of Cherry Creek High; I was a classmate of Aimee Sporer," he allows, cleverly working in a reference to a new colleague. He subsequently attended Boston University, where he became editor of the school's independent student newspaper, the Daily Free Press. His tenure there, during which he had the opportunity to interview such newsmakers as human-rights activist Elie Wiesel and former Philippines leader Corazon Aquino, had a big impact on him: "I fell head over heels for journalism." But he wanted to settle in Colorado, and when he failed to receive job offers that would bring him back to the state in style, he decided to attend law school at the university "in the hope that at some point in the future I could figure out a way to hop back into journalism at something higher than ground level." In 1991, he passed his bar exam and landed an associate position at a local firm, Gorsuch Kirgis, where he worked as a civil litigator helping senior partners with commercial, probate or regulatory concerns. However, he couldn't kick his journalism jones, and in the mid-'90s, after doing a few freelance stories for tiny publications, he joined the Denver Press Club with the idea of getting to know the gatekeepers at the town's daily newspapers.
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''Heroes'': Sylar's biggest power play
Let's get something straight. I'm not paid by NBC. That is to say, I'm not the official Heroes booster. My job is not to come here every week and write about how great the show is, even if an episode genuinely stinks (which several genuinely have). My job is to offer up a readable, reasonable, well-balanced critique of the previous night's episode.
That being said, what a cliff-hanger! I mean, wow. Last week's was clearly the best episode that Heroes has yet aired, but with us not having another one until April 23, I'm totally on the edge of my seat until then. I've grown to love this show more and more each week (except for that fallow period you know the one). To paraphrase 30 Rock's Tracy Jordan, I love Heroes so much, I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
So let's get into it, man, starting with some leftover business from last week. H.R.G., our erstwhile villain who might now be the character on the show that elicits my sympathy the most cannot catch a break. To have Eric Roberts, playing Thompson (as H.R.G. seems to have referred to him at one point, correct?), give H.R.G. the smackdown after he came back brainwashed with a bullet wound and his daughter missing (whew!) was harsh. The guy just got shot! Still, the biggest indignity must have been pairing H.R.G. with that new girl, Candice the shape shifter. She's got a hell of a mean streak. Did you see the way she played with a grieving Isaac? Or the way that she probably deliberately wore a short skirt and high-heeled boots when she went to see the Bennets just so she could make the wife jealous? Or the way that she tricked H.R.G. (he is in trouble!) into spilling the beans about Claire? Mean, mean, mean. I hate her. But what's going to happen? They're not going to kill H.R.G., are they? (Especially since they just offed the show's second main character: more on that later.) Steal his glasses? Kill Mr. Muggles?
Wait, that wouldn't be the worst thing, would it? Could never happen, though. It's like Independence Day. They can kill millions of people, but the golden retriever survives. So it goes in Heroes. They'll never off Mr. Muggles, but they'll give us a Mohinder shish kebab.
Are y'all the ones who've been calling for Mohinder to bite the dust happy now? We've all guessed, from the moment that he and Sylar teamed up, that the junior Suresh probably wasn't going to make it until the end of the season. And just when I thought the supposedly smart scientist couldn't get any stupider, just when I thought he was going to ignore Sylar's continual creepy statements about not being lonely anymore, he came through in a big way and proved that science plus revenge equals really scary. I mean, Mohinder started pulling a Jack Bauer there, drugging Sylar, tying him up, torturing him with a tuning fork, stabbing a needle into his spine, and then actually trying to shoot his captive. I didn't think the guy had it in him. And, with the camera positioned behind Sylar's head, I thought he was a goner until he stopped that bullet like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. Which is cool. Though I would have preferred it if he had caught it in his teeth like Leroy Green in The Last Dragon. Sho'nuff!
Alas, the bad guy got loose. And, in what was far and away the most convincing acting that Sendhil Ramamurthy has ever done on the show, once Sylar was free, Mohinder started to tremble like a child. Then unfortunately he got pinned to the ceiling as if he were the assistant to the worst circus knife thrower ever. Bye-bye Mohinder. It was nice to have known you. And although the big cliff-hanger was Peter's forehead getting sliced open in his second encounter with Sylar (now we know where the scar that future Hiro spoke of came from), it's a given that he's going to survive. Even Heroes can't kill three main characters in three consecutive episodes. I can't say I was particularly sad to see that emo lock of Peter's hair fall to the floor, though. Dude seriously needed a haircut.
And for all that excitement, the thing that thrilled me the most about this ep was that super-long (as far as Heroes is concerned) scene between Nathan and Linderman. Behold, he was finally revealed as...Malcolm McDowell. An inspired choice, I say. The man can play powerful, the man can play scary from Alex in A Clockwork Orange to Ari's boss on Entourage. And maybe it's because I'm going through some changes right now, but I found the following piece of dialogue one of the most interesting and insightful on the show yet.
Linderman: ''There come a time when a man has to ask himself whether he wants a life of happiness or a life of meaning.''
Nathan: ''I'd like to have both.''
Linderman: ''Can't be done. Two very different paths. To be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, no thought of what's gone before and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life with meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future.''
And maybe it's because I spent three years of college in Washington, D.C., but the following lines also sent a chill of excitement up my spine.
Linderman: ''I can offer you more than just information, Nathan. You're going to win your election, I'll see to that. And two years from now, through a series of fluke circumstances, you'll find yourself in the White House, a heartbeat away from the presidency. A life of meaning, Nathan. Think about it. The choice is yours.''
Um, awesome? Nathan? In the White House? That line there (reminiscent of Brian K. Vaughn's fantastic Ex Machina comics, about a former superhero who becomes mayor of New York City) was one of the first indications to me that the show might actually branch off in some interesting, unexpected directions in future seasons. I know he's going to be a congressman, but as the show progresses, if the existence of these heroes get out, it'd be fascinating to have one of them in a higher level of government than just being one of 435 people in the House of Representatives.
A question remains, though: How does Linderman know this? Does he know this? Is he screwing around with Nathan, taking advantage of Nathan's power lust? (If that's the case, it was well played, because Nathan folded easily.) Why does he have all of Isaac's paintings? He has to be in charge of the Company, the organization running this whole conspiracy, right?
So much covered, yet so much left out. Was that Isaac, headless, in his final painting? What's the deal with Mrs. Petrilli? Does she like apparently all the older people on the show know much more than we thought? Has she known about her sons the whole time? Also, Ando? Seriously? Out of nowhere? A stretch, to say the least.
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BURGLARY: Copper piping was stolen sometime in April from a vacant house in the 17700 block of Anthony Avenue.
BURGLARY: Copper piping, a water meter and a hot water heater were stolen from a vacant house in the 4900 block of Fairoaks Drive between April 21 and 26.
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STOLEN SPOILER: A spoiler was stolen April 24 or 25 from a 2008 Chevrolet Equinox at Wal-Mart, 4005 W. 168th Place.
RETAIL THEFT: Leanette Scott, 37, of Sauk Village, and Ingrid Shoat, 45, of the 23400 block of Western Avenue in Park Forest, were charged with retail theft after stealing goods April 20 from Kohl's, 17620 Halsted St., police said.
DUI ARREST: Nathanial Leavitt, 33, of the 3700 block of 168th Street in Country Club Hills, was charged with drunken driving, running a red light and no insurance April 21 after a stop at 183rd Street and Dixie Highway, police said.
DOMESTIC BATTERY: Jordan Hendricks, 24, of the 19100 block of Pierce Court, Homewood, was charged with domestic battery and criminal damage to property after an April 21 incident at his house, police said.
DUI CASE: Bryce Cole, 34, of Ford Heights, was charged with drunken driving, illegal transportation of alcohol and speeding after a stop April 23 at Kedzie Avenue and Stonebridge Drive, police said.
VEHICLE BURGLARY: Eric Caldwell, 22, of the 18500 block of Center Avenue, Homewood, was charged with criminal trespass to a vehicle and theft after an April 23 incident in the 700 block of Ridge Road, police said.
RETAIL THEFT: Heidi Anseimo, 43, of the 1200 block of Vincennes in Chicago Heights, was charged with retail theft after stealing items April 24 from Target, 17605 Halsted St., police said.


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I noticed about 3 weeks ago that there was some plaster dust in my cleaner bag. There are also a few spots where the plaster is pitted. Nothing major yet. I ordered a Taylor test kit and checked for CH. I guess it�s really high since I never could get the water to turn blue. My TA is 100 and my PH is 7 which is a little low. I went ahead and drained about 75% of my water yesterday and refilled it to start over. If I get everything back in check will the plaster continue to be damaged? I can live with the way it is right now. It�s white so it�s not noticeable unless you are looking for it. I can to work hard to convince my wife I wasn�t crazy. She finally agreed there were a few rough spots. |
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- Posted by tonys_2009 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 11 at 14:55
I tested the water after running the pump for a few hours and my CH is at 360. The water from the tap is about 210 so I don't think I'll be able to bring it down much more. |
Keep the alk a little low and the pH no more than 7.5 and that should keep the CSI near neutral to slightly negative. This will prevent scale formation. The rough spots, if the marcite is too thin can be lightly sanded with extra fine to fine wet/dry sand paper, assuming there aren't too many. I assume you were using 3" tabs to chlorinate? Scott |
- Posted by tonys_2009 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 25, 11 at 22:37
Yes I was using 3" pucks and powdered shock. I assume the shock is what brought the ch level back up. I'm thinking about draining half of the pool again this weekend. I have flagstone coping and have heard bad thing about swg with flagstone. I guess I'll try bleach. The rough spots are small and mainly on the edge of the seats. Is the white powder plaster? Will i have anymore damage if I keep my balance right? |
just wear.Marcite plaster lasts 8 to 12 years. Flagstone is a generic term. Some varieties are softer than others, The softer ones benefit from being sealed periodically. Stick with 6% unscented bleach like Clorox for chlorine boosts. One big jug provides about the same amount of chlorine a 1 lb pouch of cal-hypo 68%, Actually its a little less but close enough. Scott |
- Posted by tonys_2009 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 26, 11 at 9:32
Thanks for the help. I'll try to chlorox for a while and see how much trouble it is. The coping is OK flagstone. I've read that might be a little harder and can handle salt. I might try it with the bleach is a lot work. |
OK Flag flakes pretty readily with or without salt. Seal it. It'll last longer. Get a proper test kit. One which can test chlorine to 50 ppm, CH, TA, pH, and CYA. While 50 seems like a high number, if you're at 30 ppm CYA, shocking level might be 30 or 40 for chlorine. Scott |
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Cablegram 235 CANBERRA, 1 December 1943
Your 204 paragraph 2. [1] Canadian Mutual Aid.
1. Circumstances in which United Kingdom-United States of America Mutual Aid Agreement was signed are very different from those prevailing to-day.
2. Inclusion in Canadian agreement of proposed article which suggests tariff commitment would receive wide publicity here and provoke controversy which would be most embarrassing and which we must avoid at all costs.
3. You should indicate position frankly to the Prime Minister stating that Australian Government, while appreciating general Canadian desire to have reference to Mutual Aid principles, hopes that present agreement with Canada will be confined solely to actual provisions for implementing Mutual Aid.
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The eye-catching Collegiate Gothic Suzzallo Library at UW's Seattle campus has 35-foot-high stained-glass windows and elaborately gilded vaulted ceilings that soar 65 feet in the air. But come spring, the Quad's 30 Yoshino cherry trees steal the spotlight with blooms of delicate pink petals set against red-brick buildings (peak cherry blossom season, mid-March to early April).
Photo-op: The Drumheller Fountain for spot-on views of snowcapped Mount Rainier.
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New Century Version (NCV) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. God chose you to be his people, so I urge you now to live the life to which God called you. | 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. |
2 Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love. | 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. |
3 You are joined together with peace through the Spirit, so make every effort to continue together in this way. | 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. |
4 There is one body and one Spirit, and God called you to have one hope. | 4 There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to one hope when you were called-- |
5 There is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. | 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; |
6 There is one God and Father of everything. He rules everything and is everywhere and is in everything. | 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. |
7 Christ gave each one of us the special gift of grace, showing how generous he is. | 7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. |
8 That is why it says in the Scriptures, "When he went up to the heights, he led a parade of captives, and he gave gifts to people." | 8 This is why it says: "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men." |
9 When it says, "He went up," what does it mean? It means that he first came down to the earth. | 9 (What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions ? |
10 So Jesus came down, and he is the same One who went up above all the heaven. Christ did that to fill everything with his presence. | 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) |
11 And Christ gave gifts to people -- he made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to have the work of caring for and teaching God's people. | 11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, |
12 Christ gave those gifts to prepare God's holy people for the work of serving, to make the body of Christ stronger. | 12 to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up |
13 This work must continue until we are all joined together in the same faith and in the same knowledge of the Son of God. We must become like a mature person, growing until we become like Christ and have his perfection. | 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. |
14 Then we will no longer be babies. We will not be tossed about like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to fool us. They make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong path. | 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. |
15 No! Speaking the truth with love, we will grow up in every way into Christ, who is the head. | 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. |
16 The whole body depends on Christ, and all the parts of the body are joined and held together. Each part does its own work to make the whole body grow and be strong with love. | 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. |
17 In the Lord's name, I tell you this. Do not continue living like those who do not believe. Their thoughts are worth nothing. | 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. |
18 They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives. | 18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. |
19 They have lost all feeling of shame, and they use their lives for doing evil. They continually want to do all kinds of evil. | 19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. |
20 But what you learned in Christ was not like this. | 20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. |
21 I know that you heard about him, and you are in him, so you were taught the truth that is in Jesus. | 21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. |
22 You were taught to leave your old self -- to stop living the evil way you lived before. That old self becomes worse, because people are fooled by the evil things they want to do. | 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; |
23 But you were taught to be made new in your hearts, | 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; |
24 to become a new person. That new person is made to be like God -- made to be truly good and holy. | 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. |
25 So you must stop telling lies. Tell each other the truth, because we all belong to each other in the same body. | 25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. |
26 When you are angry, do not sin, and be sure to stop being angry before the end of the day. | 26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, |
27 Do not give the devil a way to defeat you. | 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. |
28 Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor. | 28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. |
29 When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need -- words that will help others become stronger. Then what you say will do good to those who listen to you. | 29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. |
30 And do not make the Holy Spirit sad. The Spirit is God's proof that you belong to him. God gave you the Spirit to show that God will make you free when the final day comes. | 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. |
31 Do not be bitter or angry or mad. Never shout angrily or say things to hurt others. Never do anything evil. | 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. |
32 Be kind and loving to each other, and forgive each other just as God forgave you in Christ. | 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. |
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Do you ever look around at the nature of our popular culture and think the snake is eating its tail and we're all doomed, doomed doomed? That the willingness of what passes for entertainment in many circles is watching struggling humans debase themselves, shredding every last ounce of self-respect for a few more moments in the warm spotlight of infamy?
If this doesn't strike you as worrisome or problematic, I encourage you to clear some time on Saturday night. Your chance to mock and belittle baseball greats Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra — fallen heroes to man and child alike — as they grope around a boxing ring futilely trying to scrape together enough post-garnishment income to make alimony payments in a Celebrity Fight Night battle royale.
The fight's promoter Alki David, balancing his keen eye for spectacle and his Celebrity Fight Night's competitive integrity, allowed a last-minute change to the card so Dykstra and Canseco can settle their long-held blood feud once and for all.
Dykstra, never one to shy from hyperbole or the edge of insanity, threw some white-hot hype on this already steaming cauldron of controversy:
"Canseco ruined my career by spreading lies. I called Tareq (ed. note – Tareq Salahi, the White House Party Crasher previously scheduled to battle Canseco) and begged him to let me take his place in the upcoming fight against Canseco"
The fight will air on FilmOn.com, which I assure you is a real thing not-so-coincidentally owned by fight promoter David. You can stream it there on Saturday or you could do literally anything else with your time. Anything. Read a book. Take a walk. Seriously.
A shake of the chaw towards the Oracle aka Dan McQuade.


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It may not be too late to start with this Christmas, especially if you are still shopping for last-minute gifts.
For most of us, the best holiday memories seem to be spending time with friends or receiving one special gift that involves more thought than money.
Simplifying the celebration can leave more time for connecting with loved ones, and also create less clutter headed for the landfill.
Suggestions from The Center for a New American Dream for "unplugging the Christmas machine" were available in a booklet during the recent Alternative Gift Fair held at the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship. The suggestions were long on "ways that are fun and creative."
And although the fair is over, charities still welcome contributions in these tough times, and will be happy to acknowledge gifts with a card to the person honored. And gifts received by Dec. 31 also could provide an income tax deduction for the giver.
Consider giving elderly relatives a book of coupons good for cleaning gutters, washing the car, even helping to put away the holiday decorations and vacuuming up needles from the tree.
If elderly relatives or friends aren't computer-savvy, offer to create a book of their favorite recipes and stories, to be shared with family.
Better than gadgets
For kids, instead of multiple remote-control gadgets that require constant feedings of batteries, consider a gift that will grow with them - a globe, a telescope or microscope, or for the youngest, a magnifying glass.
Or make a "creative clutter" box full of corks, buttons, bright-colored pipe cleaners, beads, glitter and plenty of washable glue, to let them cobble together something colorful.
Another great gift for kids is a subscription to a magazine. National Geographic and the National Wildlife Federation offer magazines tailored for specific age groups. Each new issue arriving in the mailbox is a brand new gift.
Making a book with favorite stories about his or her childhood can become a keepsake for a teen or young adult.
Teaching a friend skills you possess (knitting, photography, foreign language or baking bread) also can be a treasured gift.
Consider holding a "white elephant" gift exchange or drawing names for gifts. Most people would be relieved to cut back on the number of gifts.
Wrapping up
A sure sign of the holidays is trash cans overflowing with wrapping paper, bubble-wrap and cardboard boxes.
To cut down on the waste, look for toys that aren't encased in layers of plastic and cardboard packaging, and consider using (and reusing) gift bags or boxes.
Ordinary cardboard boxes can become snazzy gift boxes when box and lid are covered with gift wrap, wallpaper, even fabric. And they can be re-used for next year's giving, or as extra storage for toys, clothes or other things year-round.


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Hi! I am going to replace my kitchen counters with granite and would love some suggestions in coordinating colors and also doing a backsplash to go with it. I have honey oak kraftmaid cabinets. My walls are a buttery yellow. Currently the floor is a whitish ceramic with shades of white and a little blue/gray. I will probably replace the floors later in the year. The kitchen has a country french with some tuscany look pieces. I have a large picture on the wall that is a "french" look cafe and two canvas pics with bottles of wine. I have a great garden window behind the sink. I have trouble with coordinating colors and would love some suggestions! Thanks so much for any help you can give! |
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Can you post a pic? |
We have light oak cabinets in shaker style with brushed nickel hardware. We chose uba tuba granite counters which look black from a distance and up close you see flecks of gold, aqua, light grey. The color contrast looks very nice. This look could fit a variety of kitchen styles. No regrets with choosing either light oak cabinets or this granite. |
- Posted by chocolatebunny (My Page) on Tue, Feb 22, 11 at 10:53
I don't have a photo, but my neighbor recently put granite in her kitchen with oak cabinets. She chose tan brown granite and did a travertine subway backsplash. I don't remember what color her walls are but she does have oak hardwood floors. She chose wroght iron knobs and pulls and stainless appliances. It looks very nice. |
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BANGKOK — Thailand and New Zealand sound like the best places for prostitutes in Asia and the South Pacific, because they don't face the repressive laws that exist in the rest of the region, according to a new U.N. report that calls for the decriminalization of the voluntary sex trade.
The worst countries to be caught possessing a condom while appearing to work as a prostitute include China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
In those countries, an unused condom can be used as evidence that a person is an illegal sex worker.
Renting bodies for money in Asia also involves niche demographics.
On the Indian subcontinent, for example, so-called "flying" sex workers are people, such as students, who work part time.
Organizations focusing on prostitution, HIV/AIDS and related legal problems discussed these and other issues at a recent meeting in Bangkok, where they discussed the U.N. study "Sex Work and the Law in Asia and the Pacific."
"Nearly all countries of Asia and the Pacific criminalize some aspects of sex work, … [but] criminalization increases vulnerability to HIV," said Cherie Hart, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), describing the dangers of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
The report called for the decriminalization of prostitution because it found "no evidence from countries of Asia and the Pacific" that outlawing the sex trade has prevented HIV epidemics among sex workers and their clients.
The report also called for euphemisms.
"The terms 'prostitution' and 'prostitute' have negative connotations and are considered by advocates of sex workers to be stigmatizing," said the 210-page report, authored by Australian human rights lawyer John Godwin.
"The term 'sex work' is preferred," said the report, issued by the UNDP, the U.N. Population Fund, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and several nongovernmental organizations across Asia.
New Zealand and Australia's New South Wales province are models of how decriminalization of prostitution boosted condom use and slowed the spread of HIV, resulting in "extremely low or nonexistent" transmission of sexual diseases among prostitutes, said the report.
"I would like to be a sex worker in New Zealand," said Mandeep Dhaliwal, director of the UNDP's HIV, Health and Development Practice, when asked which countries in Asia were the best places for them to earn a living as a prostitute.
Thailand is also a relatively safe place to be a prostitute. Although prostitution is illegal, authorities usually ignore the sex trade, enabling many upmarket Thai and foreign sex workers to enjoy higher wages, cleaner environments and less hassle compared with elsewhere in Asia, said Chantawipa Apisuk, who directs Empower, a Thai foundation led by prostitutes.
"In Thailand, although it's illegal, it's still open, and a lot of people, my friends, are working," she added.
Sex workers should enjoy the same labor conditions as factory workers or entertainers, said Ms. Chantawipa, who wore a T-shirt emblazoned with her favorite slogan: "Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere."
The report also studied call girls, street walkers and brothels and found that, in many Asian countries, they were "illegal, illegal, illegal," said the report.
Problems are exacerbated when reformers and authorities voice shrill warnings about human-trafficking and forcibly "rescue" prostitutes who do not want to be "saved," the report said.
"The language of some international and regional instruments have either implied a strong link between trafficking and sex work, or conflated these concepts," it said, referring to local laws, international agreements and other formal legal arrangements.
Anti-trafficking laws should focus on minors in the sex trade and victims coerced or deceived into prostitution but not voluntary sex workers, the report said.
"Often, sex workers are portrayed as passive victims who need to be saved. Assuming that all workers are trafficked denies the autonomy and [choice] of people who sell sex," the report said.
Prostitutes "rescued" against their will, often suffer an immediate and devastating loss of income.
Their colleagues, also working voluntarily, then often hide from authorities and end up in worse conditions where they are exploited and more vulnerable to HIV infection, the report said, adding that arresting customers is also a failed strategy.
"The UNAIDS Advisory Group on Sex Work has noted that there is no evidence that [anti-prostitution] initiatives reduce sex work or HIV transmission, or improve the quality of life of sex workers," it said.
The report called "compulsory detention of sex workers, for the purpose of 'rehabilitation' or 're-education'" a "highly punitive approach" used in China, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
"In some countries, rehabilitation centers are used as a source of free or cheap labor," it said.


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I was sitting on the swing this morning reading the newspaper. There were a couple of articles about Global Warming. One was Point, which means the person, a local educator, believes in Global Warming. The other article was Counterpoint, which means that the person, a meteorologist, doesn't believe in Global Warming.
Well I read the Point first. It was full of doomsday scenarios such as rising sea levels, hotter summers, droughts, etc. It seems that Al Gore, the guy that invented the Internet, was quoted a lot since he is a big one for Global Warming. I glanced over at my beloved pond and saw the koi and other fish watching me. Having a sickening feeling in my stomach, I wondered how my poor little fish would fair under Global Warming? I ran inside and picked up the thermonitor and pitched it into the pond. We have been having the hottest summer ever here in Colorado so the water must be getting really hot? Hot water means less oxygen so the fish could die really quick. After an anxious 5 minutes I pulled the thermonitor out and looked at it. 75 degrees! Surely that couldn't be right? We have been having temperatures in the 90's all week so the pond should be really heating up. If those oceans are heating up, my dinky little 1200-gallon pond should be really getting hot? But it wasn't or maybe my thermonitor was broken?. So I read some more of the article which said that a good part of Florida and other low-lying areas of the country will be under water. I can see some poor guy from Florida asking the question "What do I do for my pond that is under 20 ft of salt water. I haven't seen my koi for a week. Do you think they are all right?" Well, I had enough of that doom and gloom so I read the Counterpoint, which only took a short time since it was only one fourth as long as the other article. The Meteorologist who has had a lifetime of experience said that global temperatures are cyclical and we just happened to be in a hot cycle. He said we would be having a downswing in temperature in a few years. Unfortunately neither one of the experts said anything about ponds, which I considered an oversight on their part and even a slap in the face to those of us, that care about their fish. Even Al Gore was silent on Global Warming and the impact on fish ponds, which made me, question whether I would vote for him if he runs for President again. So after spending all that time reading those articles with completely different points of view about Global Warming, I still don't know if I need to worry about my fish? So are you concerned about Global Warming and whether it will affect your fish? |
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Nope,I'm worried that the weather "experts" will ever be able to predict the weather with any accuracy. How can they say they know all about global warming etc... when they can't tell the day before if it rains or not? I predict they are just trying to look like they know what they are talking about when really they're guessing like the rest of us! PJ |
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pjtexgirl, I think you may just be right! |
I'm with PJ and the Counterpoint person. And if I say any more about it, I could get booted outta here. :) Brenda |
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[128] Analysis of HER2 External Domain Epitopes in Breast and Gastric Cancers Expressing p95HER2
Lorenzo Daniele, Daniele Recupero, Giuseppe Viale, Mauro Risio, Angelo P Dei Tos, Caterina Marchio, Isabella Castellano, Anna Sapino. University of Turin, Turin, Italy; European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy; Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), Candiolo, Turin, Italy; General Hospital of Treviso, Treviso, Italy
Background: A subgroup of HER2 overexpressing breast tumors coexpresses p95HER2, a truncated HER2 receptor that retains a highly functional kinase domain but lacks the extracellular domain (ECD) and results in intrinsic trastuzumab resistance. In formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues the expression of p95HER2 is supposed to reduce the expression of the ECD as detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Here we want to compare p95 HER2 expression by western blot (WB) with HER2 expression by IHC (both intracellular (ICD) and trastuzumab-binding ECD).
Design: p95HER2 expression was evaluated by WB in a series of 99 breast carcinomas and 23 gastric cancers. The HER2 positive cell line BT474 was treated with pervanadate (a compound known to induce shedding of the HER2 ECD) and used as positive control for p95HER2 expression. p185HER2 was considered overexpressed (++) if the WB band was greater than or equal to p185HER2 level in BT474 cells. Lower levels of p185HER2 were classified as p185+. Specimens were scored as positive for p95HER2 (p95HER2+) if a clear band was present at the same molecular weight of the p95 pervanadate-induced band in BT474 cell extracts.
IHC was performed using antibodies against both the ICD (polyclonal antibody A0485 by Dako and CB11 by Novocastra) and the ECD (TAB 250 by Zymed and BiotHER, biotinylated trastuzumab, in-house created) of HER2. IHC was analyzed using an automated scanning system (Aperio ScanScope XT).
Results: The number of cases showing HER2 overexpression (score 3+) was higher in the p185++/ p95HER2+ cohort than in the p185++/ p95HER2- series, using both the anti-ICD and the anti-ECD antibodies. Automated analysis of IHC stained slides confirmed a significantly higher percentage of 3+ scored cells in p95HER2+ cases as compared to the p95HER2- cases. Conversely, the percentage of 2+ scored cells was higher in p95HER2- cases. The percentage of cells scored 1+ did not significantly change between the two groups.
Conclusions: The presence of p95HER2 seems not to compromise trastuzumab binding, suggesting p95HER2 expression per se defines an aggressive subtype of HER2-positive cancers with distinct biological and clinical features resistant to trastuzumab. This is in contradiction with the assumption that the expression of p95HER2 or of other HER2 truncated forms could reduce the expression of the ECD which contains the trastuzumab-binding site.
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Test System Setup
Processor(s): Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.33GHz (366MHz x 9 and FSB 1:1)
Motherboard(s): ABIT IN9 32X-MAX Wi-Fi (Supplied by Universal ABIT)
Memory: 2 X 1GB Crucial PC8000 5-5-5-15 (Supplied by Crucial)
Hard Disk(s): Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA 2
Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2
Drivers: ATI Catalyst 7.2 and DX9c
As mentioned the main idea of this review is to find out how both these graphics cards stack up considering they share the exact same clock speeds except once has twice as much onboard memory as the other.
Both operate at clock speed of 500/1200MHz and the only difference between them is that the Palit utilizes an extra 256MB of memory to bring it up to 512MB.
At the time of writing and in Australia, the Sapphire X1950GT 256MB will cost you around $240 AUD (roughly $188 USD) whereas the Palit X1950GT 512MB will cost you around $270 AUD (roughly $211 USD) - a little over a 11% difference in price. While it's all well and nice to have the extra memory and you'll probably see performance improvement in certain games and applications at high resolutions, if you're running lower resolutions, we might be onto a better product here in the 256MB version.
Let's check it out and find out! We'll test at default clock speeds and then later on overclock and see what type of added performance that brings.
Version and / or Patch Used: Build 130
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Product Homepage: http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark05/
3DMark05 is now the second latest version in the popular 3DMark "Gamers Benchmark" series. It includes a complete set of DX9 benchmarks which tests Shader Model 2.0 and above.
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While it's not huge we can see across the board that the 512MB version is slightly faster.


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I also posted this in the remodel forum. If you have successfully removed and re-installed built-in cabinets from Closet World, please post your tips here. I paid a lot of money for these cabinets years ago and would like them to come with me to the new property. They seem really stuck. I think they must have glued them to the wall. Any ideas? |
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Suzi, Can you open the cabinets and post any pictures of where they attach to the wall and what the insides look like? |
Don't built ins usually have to remain with a home when it is sold? |
- Posted by desertdance (My Page) on Wed, Jul 10, 13 at 14:57
They must. We want to take them, but we can't get them off. |
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So it's 10am on Thursday morning, and you find Uncut sat in a packed lecture theatre watching a school choir sing their music teacher's remarkable composition, "One Good Rock Song Can Change The World". This Austin equivalent of the Langley Schools Music Project is, ridiculously, the prelude to South By Southwest's keynote interview: a cosy sit-down with Neil Young and Jonathan Demme, who's directed Young's new concert movie.
As is the way with these things, it feels like An Event, but a slightly boring one. Young is droller than you might imagine, but hardly insightful about the songwriting process - they just come to him, apparently. Repeating yourself is "death", pissing off your audience by trying new things - like Greendale, specifically - is essential. Two small revelations: he's currently waking up with "distorted crunching noise" in his head, which signals his next album will be a return to Crazy Horse; and he loves "Superwolf, devastating folk metal from Chicago," by which we assume he means last year's Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney album. He also sings a bit of "Walk On The Wild Side", which is sweet.
In the afternoon, it's Uncut's own party, held in the backyard of a roadhouse shrine to Johnny Cash. The Belly-ish Like and Vietnam - Southern rockers who look like Devendra Banhart's bad brothers - open up. Perry Farrell swans in from the Lollapalooza launch to do "Mountain Song". Drive-By Truckers and the hyperactive, marvellous Go! Team wrap things up. Morrissey would've popped in, but didn't fancy the barbecue, by all accounts.
After that, it's the nightly glut of surprise gigs and new bands. The Beastie Boys provide Thursday's biggest draw - so big we can't actually get in, to be honest. The Flaming Lips apparently play the same show as the previous night, this time for Radio 1. While Morrissey plays for Radio 2 across town, Vancouver's all-girl fivepiece The Organ provide one of Uncut's highlights, with their implausibly successful fusion of The Smiths, Blondie and early Cure.
Finally, though, we end up lying on a pew in a vast Presbyterian church where Tony Conrad, John Cale's minimalist mentor, is building a thick and enveloping nest of delay and drone from his solitary violin. Later in the same venue, New York drummer Jonathan Kane corrals four searing leftfield guitarists and a bassist for some clanging, relentless motorik chugs that make avant-garde capital out of roots music. In Austin, it seems, even avant-gardists get the blues.


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Shakhtar 2 Chelsea 1
ROBERTO DI MATTEO last night admitted that Chelsea are staring into the Champions League abyss.
The holders are in danger of becoming the first holders to go out after the group stages. It means the Londoners are now three points behind Shakhtar and just one ahead of Juventus.


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Alixus came in looking cute and sexy with her tight hotpants, high socks and pigtails. Every thing about this girl was perky, from her lovable attitude to her hard nipples. As soon as she saw the mandingo, she dropped to her knees and began to slurp..jerk..jerk...gulp. She was amazing. Her pussy was as tight and pink as the cum. We might have to bring her back for some more fucking and sucking.