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Repairing and re-registering the WMI Services
Rebuilding the WMI Repository
If you experience behavior when using WMI, such as application errors or scripts that used to work are no longer working, you may have a corrupted WMI repository. To fix a corrupted WMI repository, you have to reinstall WMI. Follow these steps:
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The .DLL and .EXE files used by WMI are located in %windir%\system32\wbem. You might need to re-register all the .DLL and .EXE files in this directory. If you are running a 64-bit system you might also need to check for .DLLs and .EXE files in %windir%\sysWOW64\wbem.
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- Title: How You Can Get a Job at Walt Disney Studios Without a College Degree
- Author: Eric Muss-Barnes
- Dimensions: 6.0" wide x 9.0" tall
- Page Count: 460
- Word Count: 140,000
- First Edition: February 2013
- Language: English
- Reading Level: Ages 14 and Up
- Hardcover ISBN: 9781300651475
- Paperback ISBN: 9781300651468
- eBook ISBN: 9781300749431
Working for Walt Disney is a childhood dream, shared by millions of people, from all across the world. Since the founding of the studios in 1923, only a small fraction of individuals have ever experienced the bliss of making that dream coming true.
After working at the illustrious Studio for more than 6 years, author Eric Muss-Barnes shares his story of how that wish-upon-a-star came true for him, starting from humble beginnings in a bluecollar family in Ohio.
Told with warmth and humor, you learn every job, every experience, every career move he made. Starting from his childhood paper route during Cleveland blizzards, he explains how he journeyed all the way to sitting with Minnie Mouse, as a Cast Member, at the Disney Studio lot, on a warm Summer day.
How You Can Get a Job at Walt Disney Studios Without a College Degree is not merely about landing a job at Disney. Rather, it's a tale regaling every trial and tribulation which lead Eric to Los Angeles, told in the hopes of inspiring you to continue the pursuit of your own dreams, whatever they may be.
You still have time to make your dream come true too. It's never too late.
As Jiminy Cricket promised, if your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme...

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On the night of November 14, when the NYPD sprung a surprise raid to evict Occupy Wall Street's foundational Zuccotti Park encampment, credentialed press were pushed back by police into a pen, unable to watch the eviction at close hand. Mother Jones magazine's Josh Harkinson live-tweeted how he was physically dragged along the ground and removed from the park by officers. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg defended police action the next morning, stating that journalists were kept at a distance to "protect" them. Commentators on Twitter, meanwhile, decried the move as a "media blackout."
The Occupy Wall Street movement has proven a consistent challenge for journalists since demonstrations in New York first began in mid-September and spread to over seventy U.S. cities. Diffuse, amorphous, and leaderless, it has resisted traditional media narratives about the nature and structure of protest groups. Beyond the theoretical challenges, newsrooms are having to adapt to volatile crowds and unpredictable police actions. Over half a dozen professional journalists have been injured or detained covering Occupy events in less than two months.
Reporters from Oregon's KGW-TV News will no longer be covering Occupy Portland protests in groups of less than three. After a masked demonstrator shoved one reporter and a man with a bloodied face approached another in a threatening manner, the station management changed its policy in order to have more staff on the ground, looking out for each other.
"The situation is constantly changing, we can't use old solutions and old tactics for what appear to be new and developing circumstances," said Mary Cavallaro, the assistant national executive director of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), a national labor union that represents over 70,000 artists and journalists. Cavallaro said that AFTRA was looking to employers to provide resources and training, communication networks, and equipment for reporters in the field.
Portland is by no means the only site where reporters have been viewed with hostility by protesters. While covering the general strike in Oakland on the night on November 2, a Russia Today broadcast van was trapped by a crowd on the streets. From the scene, senior news producer, Lucy Kafanov, tweeted "R[ussia] T[oday] crew surrounded by protesters. Voting on whether to let us through. Half support us. Half don't." The reporters were eventually allowed safe passageway, but the incident is telling: journalists cannot work on the uniform assumption that everyone involved in the Occupy protests welcomes media presence.
The International News Safety Institute North America (INSI-NA) has advised that journalists who are heading out to protests, particularly where huge crowds and clashes with police are likely, should prepare themselves as might a foreign correspondent covering conflict. While the situation, of course, is not as dangerous as a combat zone like Afghanistan, metro reporters need to know where to position themselves in a crowd, need to have the right protective gear, and need to understand their rights under law. Indeed, dealing with police at Occupy demonstrations is proving the greatest challenge of all for many reporters.
"Stopping or detaining a journalist for even a few minutes can really hurt their ability to give a full and accurate account of a situation. And if journalists have to be in constant fear of arrests at Occupy protests, that will have a chilling effect on coverage," said Bernie Lunzer, president of the Newspaper Guild, Communications Workers of America, adding that many police do not recognize local journalists or their press passes, let alone freelancers and reporters for small startups.
Susie Cagle learned that the hard way.
"I had presumed a sort of bubble of safety because of my press pass," said Cagle, an Oakland-based independent reporter, cartoonist and founder of the Graphic Journos collective. Cagle was among the 101 arrestees in Oakland on November 2. "That presumed safety has been burned in the past few days," said Cagle.
Detailing her experiences for Alternet, Cagle wrote, "When I told my arresting officer that I was press, I was first told, 'We'll take care of that in a minute.' That next minute turned into fifteen hours in two different jails."
Like Cagle and a number of other reporters, I too was detained during a mass arrest of Occupy Wall Street protesters. On October 1, while reporting for The New York Times, I followed a surging crowd onto the Brooklyn Bridge. I was arrested alongside 700 others, as was Alternet staff member Kristen Gwynne. Despite wearing a New York Times identification badge and explaining that I was a reporter, I did not have an NYPD press pass and was not allowed to leave the bridge.


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February 25, 2011, 6:12 pm
After just hearing that we could be paying 1.80 p/l for fuel, it just got me wondering about wether or not I should try SVO! Has anyone ever used veggie oil in there focus and what was the outcome?
February 25, 2011, 9:26 pm
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After just hearing that we could be paying 1.80 p/l for fuel, it just got me wondering about wether or not I should try SVO! Has anyone ever used veggie oil in there focus and what was the outcome?
dont think about it mate my mates old passat diesel was knackered from doing just that and had to get scrapped some will tell you its okay but its not modern cars dont react well to it
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February 26, 2011, 12:38 am
My mates old fezzy 1.8D (was about a 1993 k-reg mind) worked a treat on it and it stunk like a chippy lol newer diesels hate it though if you so much as fart near the engine they throw up issues
and art for the love of god stop sticking crap to ur focus you'll slow it down! lol
February 26, 2011, 9:05 am
hmmm thanks guys so maybe SVO is out of the question. How about bio-diesel then... I have read that it should be fine but has anyone tried it? there is a bio filling station near me at work by the looks of it, so might consider trying it, but want the confidence that my engine wont just fall over and cry if I do use it...
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February 26, 2011, 2:55 pm
Avoid it like plague guy at ford came in with a 2001 mk3 mondeo tdci that he used bio diesel in and it ate the fuel lines did the same on top gear to in a bmw 330d causes loads of damage its a case of like it or lump it i think my mazda drinks fuel im getting 34mpg at best
February 26, 2011, 3:49 pm
hmmm so in that case there is no way to avoid this damn price increase coming up! oh well, I guess in this case I am going to have to lump it!
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New Zealand – A New Zealand primary school teacher who appeared naked on Australian Penthouse's website is being investigated by the New Zealand Teachers Council. Rachel Whitwell, girlfriend of pornographer Steve Crow, is featured in six saucy photos, including two totally nude shots and two topless poses… The 27-year-old boasts of what she does for a living and that she is from New Zealand in the "New Aussie Babes" section. "I am a 26-year-old single schoolteacher from New Zealand that would love to get into modelling," Whitwell, who uses the nickname Lexy, is quoted as saying. "I've written erotic stories for an R-rated magazine and run my own pole-dancing studio." Teachers council director Peter Lind told Sunday News there would be an investigation. "What is private and what is public is always a grey area but when they intersect we investigate. When a teacher is in the public arena we must say that it does impact on their ability to do their job."
Click here for the completely NSFW pictures of Rachel, "Lexy" Whitwell.
I don't know who's giving Rachel career advice, but he/she is an absolute marketing genius. Honestly, whoever came up with this plan could sell an ice maker to the Eskimos. Rachel is cute and had a ridiculous body. Good for her. But in the dog-eat-dog world of slut modelling, there's a million girls exactly like her. If she'd gone straight into peeling off her clothes for cameras, she might end up getting a little work… maybe in the back of some New Zealand skin mag or holding a phone is some sex chat line ad. But by getting a teaching degree first, using her looks to land a classroom job and now becoming the bona fide, actual, real life teacher that wants to show the world her punanny? That's how you become famous around the globe and get yourself featured on the world's No. 1 site for tracking Teacher Sex Scandals. I daresay, you even qualify for the Sex Scandal Teacher Starting Lineup as bikini models Erica Chevallier and Tiffany Sheperd did before you, even without seducing their students. Because just like the New Zealand Teachers Council, I also like to investigate this sort of thing. Well played, Ms. Whitwell, well played indeed.


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Caledonian MacBrayne started life in 1851 as a steamer company under the name of David Hutcheson & Co. The main sphere of operation was from Glasgow through the Crinan Canal to Oban and Fort William and then on through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness.
In the late 1870's the Hutcheson brothers retired leaving the firm in the hands of David MacBrayne to which the firm was renamed. Throughout the late 1870's and 80's the MacBrayne empire continued to expand with a mail run to Islay, Harris and North Uist from Skye. In the final months of the decade MacBrayne took over the Outer Isles run from Oban to Barra and South Uist.
In fairly quick succession new railways began to reach the West Coast – at Fort William, Kyle of Lochalsh and Mallaig and the fleet rosters were altered to meet the new situation. There followed a period of new building, largely utilitarian ships for the mail routes to the islands and remote mainland communities. Following the Great War of 1914 – 1918 David MacBrayne was operating a much-reduced fleet and this eventually resulted in the company's withdrawal from the tender for the mail contract. Thanks to a rescue operation jointly with LMS Railway and Coast Lines Ltd a new company was formed – David MacBrayne (1928). 1948 saw the nationalisation of the LMS shares in the company and the acquisition of the ships.
Five years later the state-owned Scottish Transport Group was formed to operate not only MacBrayne's but also the Caledonian Steam Packet Company on the Clyde together with the dominant Scottish Bus Company.
Soon after the shipping companies were amalgamated and renamed Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd, lorry services were operated by MacBrayne Haulage while David MacBrayne was retained for certain minor services. The CalMac vessels soon sported the red CSP lion in the yellow disc in the centre of the red funnel.
From the sixties to the mid-eighties many improvements and refinements took place in order to complete the modern roll on-roll off ferry revolution and ensure that all vessels were operated to the maximum levels of safety.
In 1990 Caledonian MacBrayne threw off the umbrella of STG and became wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Scotland (now the Scottish Executive). CalMac Ferries Ltd., (CFL) which was incorporated in May 2006 (SC302282), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of David MacBrayne Ltd, which is wholly owned by Scottish Ministers.
As a result of corporate restructuring which took place in October 2006 as part of the preparation for the tender process for the Clyde & Hebrides Ferry Services, CFL took over operation of these services as successor to Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd.
As a separate element of this corporate restructuring, Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd had its name changed to Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. (CMAL) and retained ownership of the vessels and piers which are required for the operation of the Clyde & Hebrides Ferry services.
Under the new arrangements, CMAL leases the vessels and piers to the operator of the Clyde & Hebrides Ferry services (currently CFL). CMAL is also wholly owned by Scottish Ministers and is based in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. CFL and CMAL are two entirely separate entities. CFL provides certain services to CMAL under contractual arrangements.


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Hey guys, I am new to the HD650s, but I am loving them so far. I bought a used pair, but it was in perfect condition (no paint chipping on headband or anything) and I would like to keep them like that. Reading around these forums it seems like the paint chipping is common to these headphones? I was just wondering if there was anything extra I could do (other than being very careful and babying them) to keep the paint from chipping off? Thanks for any info. :)


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Playfulness and Wit in Byzantine Letter Writing (Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries)
During my fellowship, I explored the elusive phenomenon of humor in Byzantium. I first sought to establish the cultural and moral framework of humor and laughter. Asteiotes— or urbanity, a notion encompassing wit and playfulness—proved to be an important social ideal for the intellectual elite. I then examined the various functions of humor in social networks established and maintained by letters. I made use of the resources and time here during my fellowship to read an extensive number of letters. I limited myself at first to letters that clearly marked humorous or witty passages as such. This allowed me to better understand the elaborate, and sometimes deliberately intractable, conventions and codes that govern communication in letters. The phenomenon of derision, both playful and serious, proved to be an important feature in this, as were allusions and riddles. The commentary of John Tzetzes (twelfth century) on his own letters was a crucial text in understanding the Byzantines' own perspective on their letters. Realizing that humor is inextricably wound up with the question of audience, I spent most of my second term investigating the reception and circulation of letters among contemporary audiences. The tension between intimacy and public character attracted my attention as a fruitful way forward to analyze the sociological dimension of Byzantine letters. Apart from this subject, I also worked this year on a translation of eleventh-century poetry for the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library series.
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Being the Jew in the Box
To have conversations with Germans about Jews, I had to become an exhibition at Berlin's Jewish Museum
The NBA's Jewish Playmaker
Sandy Pyonin helped stars like Kyrie Irving and Al Harrington go pro. Why doesn't he have a Wikipedia page?
Putin Is Wrong About My Kids
Our adopted children escaped the misery of Russian orphanages. Others won't be as lucky.
Religious Revolution in Israel
Can an unlikely alliance of renegade rabbis and right-wing politicians strip the ultra-Orthodox of their power?
Adelson Is Election's Biggest Loser
The casino mogul is out $70 million as Jewish voters re-elect Obama and Jewish GOP candidates lose
George Allen, Born Again
The Republican remembered for a slur is using his Jewishness to help orchestrate his political comeback
These Walls Talk, in Hebrew
In West Jerusalem, neighborhood borders are often marked by the political graffiti sprayed on the streets
How Birthright Changed Us
A trip to Israel connected participants to our Jewishness. But it didn't make us more politically engaged.
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The information provided here is intended to offer a general idea of what to expect when you undergo a particular procedure. Some details have been intentionally omitted to make the animation more accessible. Specific details, including length of the procedure, duration of the hospital stay, and the surgical techniques used can vary based on the severity of your condition, your doctor's experience, the hospital's protocol, and other factors. Be sure to thoroughly discuss the details of your procedure with your doctor beforehand.
Before beginning treatment, your doctor may want to further evaluate your heart.
One test that may be recommended is an Echocardiogram, in which sound waves are used to create an image of your heart, as it pumps.
The information from this and other tests will help you and you healthcare team decide on the treatment that is best for you.
For some patients with atrial fibrillation, restoring the heart's natural rhythm is the goal of treatment. For others, just controlling the heart rate is a safer and more effective goal.
For most patients with atrial fibrillation, preventing blood clots that could lead to a stroke is extremely important.
To help achieve your goals, several treatment options may be recommended.
One option may be to take medications, of which there are several types that may be prescribed.
Antiarrhythmic medications may be given to restore the heart's natural rhythm. These include: Flecainide, Sotalol, and Amiodarone.
Rate control medications help slow down the heart rate. Some examples of these medications include: beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and Digoxin.
Anticoagulants are often prescribed to reduce the risk of stroke. The two most often prescribed anticoagulants are Warfarin, sometimes called Coumadin, and aspirin.
Another treatment option is electrical cardioversion. This is a procedure that can restore the heart's natural rhythm.
Before having this procedure you'll be given a sedative to put you to sleep. An electrical shock is then delivered through the electrode pads, or paddles.
This single shock wipes out the disorganized electrical activity in your heart, restoring the natural rhythm.
Following electrical cardioversion, you may have a little chest discomfort, or some redness on the chest temporarily; but overall, the procedure is very fast and safe.
Most patients are allowed to go home a few hours after the procedure is completed.
For some patients, a Catheter Ablation may be recommended. This procedure is not considered major surgery and is usually performed in an electrophysiology or heart catheterization lab.
Before beginning, doctors will start an IV. It will provide you with medication to help you relax during the procedure. It may even put you to sleep.
An area usually near the upper leg will be numbed and a small incision will be made. Here, one or more catheters will be inserted into a vein, and guided into your heart.
To restore the heart's natural rhythm, the tissue conducting the abnormal impulses will be located.
A catheter is placed against it, and radiofrequency energy is sent through the catheter, ablating or destroying the tissue, and restoring the heart's natural rhythm.
In some cases, the best treatment may be to ablate the AV node. This does not cure atrial fibrillation, but it does slow down the heart's rate, which reduces symptoms.
After this procedure you may recover in the hospital for a few hours, or even overnight.
A pacemaker helps speed up the heart when it beats too slowly. When the AV node is ablated, this device is implanted to help the heart maintain an effective rate.
A pacemaker may also be recommended for some patients taking medications that slow down the heart rate.
Another option, the MAZE Procedure, is an open-heart surgical procedure that can also help restore the heart's natural rhythm. However, this procedure is usually only recommended for patients already undergoing open-heart surgery for another reason.
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"Michael has been very effective in the instances where we have engaged him as a coach for leaders within the CPP Investment Board. His coaching is clearly linked to results and effectiveness for the specific role and organizational context and he takes the time to understand these before he begins his work —his is definitely a highly tailored approach versus generic or cookie–cutter. I would certainly place Michael in the very top tier of professional executive coaches operating in North America today." David Denison President & CEO CPP Investment Board
"Michael provided invaluable guidance during a critical restructuring and culture change in our organization. Michael's experience helped me gain perspective on the challenges we faced and ultimately, to also step back and recognize the progress that was made. His tools and recommendations will continue to benefit me and the organization in positive ways. Michael is straight forward, honest, challenges you, holds you accountable for your progress, while not losing sight of the improvement already achieved." Johanne R. Bélanger President, AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions, A Freeman Company
"Michael worked closely with one of the senior members of my team in order to improve this individual's people management and leadership skills. Through one-on-one coaching, regular feedback and interaction, Michael was able to provide the tools for success. There has been material improvement in performance as a result of Michael's coaching." Senior executive at Federal Crown corporation
"We've worked with Michael Stern for executive and leadership coaching. Michael brings solid knowledge, expertise and experience to the table and believes in forging strong relationships with his clients. Getting to know us, our business and our needs has enabled him to assist our leaders to reach their full potential." A. G., Director of HR, large institutional investment company
"Michael's keen insight provides critical support in navigating through an organization's transformational period —ultimately honing your management skills. His frank, personal style and mentoring approach helps to build an effective strategy for personal and executive growth." Kevin Edwards Vice President, Marketing. Grand & Toy
"Michael helped me grow into my new Vice President's role and develop an Enterprise mindset. He helped refine my communication style from high dominance to a much more influential style. As a result of this change, my blood pressure is noticeably lower. In just over a year I was able to fundamentally change my approach and how I was perceived within my company." John S. Vice President Large, National B2B company
"Our organization has benefitted from Michael's coaching over the last two years as we have undertaken a significant change in our business culture. Michael has been a strong contributor to the development of a number of our senior team members, and helpful to me personally as I have prioritized the development opportunities with my team." Court Carruthers President, W.W. Grainger International
"Michael Stern's style and approach to coaching have been extremely helpful to me. His knowledge of different industries provides great perspective on what other executives are faced with. He's helped me see alternative options and avenues, and always challenges me on what I need to do. Our sessions focus on facts, with a clear action plan of what must happen next: That provides clarity on what I need to do and how to approach each situation. I would highly recommend Michael if you are looking to better yourself, your team and your company." S.J. Vice President, Sales
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Discovered this chain the other day. Great hotel for about 80$ for a twin double bed room. Spacious, clean, all the usual ammenities, free internet hookup (provides cables and other parts if you need them), great little buffet breakfast, free parking (unheard of in Japan). From the Comfort Inn group, other properties in southern Japan. Great.
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This pack is for the shorter trips where really light and fast is paramount. The Ascent 8 securely holds your knife, some water, and your packable rain system. A pre-foamed molded hip belt offers a comfortable ride on the hips while the quilted Aero-Mesh back panel keeps your lower back dry. It's hip pockets are strategically located for calls, range finders, wind indicators, and other small items you need at arm's reach. Lashing straps can carry various extra items. Two large compression wings hug the pack tight to your hips to stabilize the load.
For those short trips where you are going really light and fast, or you just don't need much more than your knife, a little water, and your packable rain system, the Ascent 8 fi ts the bill. A molded Nyospan hip belt is preformed for comfort, with a quilted, Aero Mesh back panel to keep your lower back dry. Hip pockets are strategically located for calls, range fi nders, wind indicators, or whatever other small items you need. Rigged and enabled for an internal hydration system, with hose clips running out on the hip belt for easy access. Lashing web straps for miscellaneous items and two large compression wings to hug your load in tight to your back.
NOTE: minimal use so far. From what I have seen so far this is the best nut ruck I have ever owned (because it is the nuts and well, fanny packs sound like chick gear) Solid, light and comfortable. Does not loosen all the time when filled up heavy. It works with my drop leg pouch, sheath knife and military canteen all at once. With the above it holds all my gear for a 2 night camp out, but i do sleep in a poncho shelter. It also rides in the right spot to attach to the bottom of my (high riding) small pack. I have never seen a better thought out pack. I weighed it down extra heavy and hit the trail. It exceeded expectations. Best yet it is not noisy. It snugs down good also and adds back support in the right place for me, which is critical to me suffering from degenerative disc disease in the lumbar section. I have to say it helps me get more out of a day. Youtube review to come soon.
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I was looking for something sleek to replace my backpack so I could still pack in a climber and not feel like I was taking everything I owned into the woods for the hunt. This little pack is the ticket for me. I usually have my hunting license and tags in the back pocket along with a folding saw, water bottle, headlamp and my safety harness rope. Then in the second pocket I keep my gloves, hat, rangefinder and binoculars. The side pockets are great for a bow hooks, a windchecker, some snacks and your hunting knife. I'm surprised how much stuff I can fit in this little pack (although I always could carry more). Another good thing about this pack is it has compression straps on the outside so you can attach your outerwear and extra layers to the pack and not have to carry them in. I've even used this pack on a few turkey hunts this spring and it helped keep all my calls organized as well. If they had a 1,000 cubic inch version I'd probably prefer that, but this pack allows me to bring all the essentials to the treestand with me for a quick morning or afternoon hunt. -Marc Alberto NYBowhunter.com GORE-TEX Hunting Tech
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Former Irons star Rio Ferdinand looks set to return to the home defence after serving a four match ban, and will be looking to help inflict some misery on his old side.
Last Saturday's 3-0 win over Hull bolstered West Ham's hopes of avoiding the Premier League drop this season, but they will face a stiffer challenge against the champions than that posed by the Humberside outfit.
Manager Gianfranco Zola could ring the changes if he decides to rest players after last Saturday's exertions, while Benni McCarthy remains doubtful with a knee injury.
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He said: "The momentum is on our side so we are going to go there and work very hard.
"I won't rest all our players. Our next game against Bolton is not until March 6, but there may be players who need a rest because of the Hull game."
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People who do not like the new healthcare system our government is establishing for us intend to formally challenge the constitutionality of one of its major provisions, namely, the "individual mandate" – the provision that all individuals must purchase health insurance.
The grounds for challenging the individual mandate, essentially, is that the Constitution does not grant the federal government the authority to compel legal residents of the U.S. to purchase a particular product, or enter into a particular contract, simply as a matter of their being legal residents. For many of those who object to the new healthcare law, the individual mandate goes to the principle reason for their objections – that the government has assumed for itself sweeping new powers that directly impinge on the liberty of individuals.
DrRich himself feels this way. If the government can make us buy a product against our will for the sake of the common good, then a firewall will have been taken down, and DrRich does not see any fundamental barrier to the government being allowed to compel us to any action it deems to be for the common good.
For instance, since your obesity, by sucking up limited healthcare resources, will impinge on DrRich's ability to get whatever healthcare services he thinks he might desire, DrRich can now legitimately petition the government to regulate your intake of Twinkies. You fatty. And as for all you overweight middle-aged women out there, who habitually fail to perform the hour-per-day of exercise that best medical evidence insists you perform, it would be entirely appropriate for the President's proposed army of college-age zealots – the Civilian Service Corps or whatever he's going to call it – to show up every day to organize you and your similarly-shaped neighbors into ranks, for hour-long forced marches.
You may think DrRich exaggerates. DrRich hopes so, too. But he's not sure.
In any case, for those among his readers who do not want any constitutional challenge of the new healthcare law to succeed, DrRich has good news. It won't.
DrRich has come to this conclusion after reading the section of the law that deals with the individual mandate. This section, "Subtitle F – Shared Responsibility For Health Care," is carefully designed to defeat any constitutional challenge.
The meat of Subtitle F is contained in one sentence (Section 5000A), to wit: "An applicable individual shall for each month beginning after 2013 ensure that the individual, and any dependent of the individual who is an applicable individual, is covered under minimum essential coverage for such month." This sentence takes up about 20% of one page. Most of the remaining 42.8 pages of Subtitle F creates a protective shell against constitutional challenge. It does this in two ways.
The first protection against a constitutional challenge is the more obvious. In fact, before we ever get to the individual mandate itself, we are treated to five pages that detail the multitude of ways in which "individual responsibility" in healthcare (i.e., the mandate to buy insurance) "is commercial and economic in nature, and substantially affects interstate commerce, as a result of the effects described in paragraph (2)." In other words, the individual mandate is wrapped by a formal "finding of Congress" that this mandate is subject to the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
DrRich is not enough of a legal scholar to understand whether the five pages of justification that follow (the "paragraph 2," referred to above) are sufficiently compelling to actually invoke the Commerce Clause. To him, it all sounds like an "ends justifies the means" argument, one that would be equally applicable if Congress decided it would benefit the general welfare to mandate that people purchase all their cars from Government Motors. But whether or not the supportive language itself proves compelling to the courts, it seems very unlikely to DrRich that the Supreme Court would overturn a formal "finding of Congress," as regards the applicability of a provision of Congress to the Commerce Clause.
But this first protection against a constitutional challenge only covers the first five of the 43 pages of Subtitle F. Most of the remaining 38 pages establishes the second protection. This one is more subtle than the first, but, DrRich thinks, it will be the more difficult one to overcome.
That remaining portion of Subtitle F deals largely with the penalties to which individuals would be subject if they failed to comply with the mandate to buy health insurance. It describes in detail how the mandate is to be complied with, how compliance is to be documented, and how the mandate is to be enforced. This long section of Subtitle F reads like tax law, like IRS code. As well it should. For, what it establishes is that the individual mandate is actually a tax, that is treated like any other tax in its documentation, collection, and enforcement, and indeed, that the IRS will be running the whole show.
If DrRich were defending the individual mandate before the Supreme Court, here is what he would say.
"Your Honors (and you other Justices, too), even if you find that the Commerce Clause is not applicable here (a finding, I respectfully submit, which would create a Constitutional crisis, since Congress has issued its own formal finding to the contrary), you must let this provision stand for an even more compelling reason, which is: This is not really an individual mandate to purchase health insurance or any other product, as our opponents claim. It is, in fact, simply a tax, like any other tax.
It is a tax. A healthcare tax. It is a tax to support healthcare in the United States, payable to the U.S. Government on Form 1040, administered and collected entirely by the Internal Revenue Service. It is not in any way fundamentally different from the Medicare and Medicaid taxes, which also support healthcare services for our citizens, which also appear on Form 1040, and which are also administered and collected entirely by the IRS.
Your Honors, simply look at the language of Subtitle F. After a modest amount of palaver to convince Your Honors that the Commerce Clause applies (and, I remind you, it does), the last 38 pages of this Subtitle is tax law. I mean, really, just try to read it. Can any of you understand it? Neither can I. It's IRS tax code, plain and simple.
The only difference between this tax and any other federal tax is that Congress, in its wisdom and magnanimity, gives the individual citizen the ability to opt out, to not have to pay it, simply by documenting that they have purchased health insurance. That is, if the citizen chooses to buy health insurance – which, we must all admit, would be a wise decision from that individual's point of view, as well as a benefit to society – the IRS will forgive the new healthcare tax altogether.
Where is the mandate here? Nowhere in Subtitle F does the word "mandate" appear. Rather, Subtitle F refers to "shared responsibility." Individuals should feel responsible to do their part for society as a whole, and this Subtitle encourages them to act on that responsibility. They can do so by paying the new healthcare tax. Or, if they choose, they can do so by making sure they and their families are covered by health insurance. To be sure, Congress' intent was that the large majority of citizens would choose the latter. But for all that, it is in the end the individual's choice."
As much as DrRich wishes otherwise, the individual mandate in the new healthcare law has been written in such a way as to almost certainly turn aside any challenges based on its constitutionality.
So, ladies, form your ranks and start marching that fat off. Hep-two-three-four.


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MEDFORD, Ore. — Services helping millions of women suffering from domestic violence are in danger of being cut.
Thousands of dollars pour into Community Works each year through the Violence Against Women Act.
Funding supports domestic violence shelters which house about 300 women and children every year. But services like that are in jeopardy if lawmakers cannot reach an agreement.
The Senate wants to put language in the bill to include gays, lesbians, transgender, Native Americans and illegal immigrants. The House wants to keep it as is.
On Tuesday, Senator Ron Wyden teamed up with local law enforcement officials and advocates to push forward for re-authorization.
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BM25 Musudan
Musudan | |
Type | Ballistic missile, Mobile IRBM |
Service history | |
In service | Never launch tested[1][2] |
Used by | North Korea, possibly Iran |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | North Korea |
Specifications | |
Length | 12m |
Diameter | 1.5m |
Warhead | Conventional, possibly nuclear |
Warhead weight | 1,000–1,250 kg (est.)[3] |
Engine | Liquid |
Propellant | storable |
range |
2,500–4,000 km (est.)[3] |
system |
Inertial |
platform |
MAZ-based vehicle |
Korean name | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 무수단 |
Hancha | 舞水端 |
Revised Romanization | Musudan |
McCune–Reischauer | Musutan |
The Musudan missile, also known under the names BM-25, Taepodong X, Nodong / Rodong-B and Mirim, is a mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. The Musudan was first revealed to the international community in a military parade on 10 October 2010 celebrating the Korean Worker's Party's 65th anniversary, although experts believe these were mock-ups of the missile.[1][2] The Musudan resembles the shape of the Soviet Union's R-27 Zyb submarine-launched missile, but is slightly longer.[2] As of 2012, there was no indication that the missile system had been launch tested, or was operational.[1][2]
In the mid-1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, North Korea invited the Makeyev Design Bureau's ballistic missile designers and engineers to develop this missile, based on the R-27 Zyb.[citation needed]
It was decided that, as the Korean People's Army's MAZ-547A/MAZ-7916 Transporter erector launcher could carry 20 tonnes, and the R-27 Zyb was only 14.2 tonnes, the R-27 Zyb's fuel/oxidizer tank could be extended by approximately 2 metres.[2] Additionally, the warhead was reduced from a three-warhead MIRV to a single warhead.
The actual rocket design is a liquid fuel rocket, generally believed to use a hypergolic combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) as oxidizer.[2] Once the fuel/oxidizer combination are fed into the missile, it could maintain a 'ready to launch' condition for several days, or even weeks, like the R-27 SLBM, in moderate ambient temperatures. A fueled Musudan would not have the structural strength to be land transported, so would have to be fueled at the launch site.[2]
It was originally believed that Musudan's rocket motors made up the second stage of the Taepodong-2, which North Korea unsuccessfully test fired in 2006.[4] However analysis of the Unha-3 launch, believed to be based on the Taepodong-2, showed that the second stage did not use the same fuel as the R-27, and is probably based on Nodong rocket technology.[2] There is a possibility that the Musudan likewise is using the Nodong's kerosene and corrosion inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA) propellants, reducing the missile's range by about half.[2][5]
On April 6, 2013, two Musudan rockets were carried to a base near the eastern coast of North Korea and to be prepared for a likely launch.[6] This could have been intended to be the first ever test of the rocket or a military drill. On May 7, 2013 it was reported that these two Musudan rockets were moved away from their coastal launch site, probably to a non-operational site.[7]
Description and technical specifications[edit]
- Launch weight: about 20 tons (est.)[2]
- Diameter: 1.5 m[2]
- Total Length: 12 m[2]
- Payload: 1,000–1,250 kg (est.)[3]
- Warhead: single
- Maximum range: 2,500–4,000 km (est.)[3]
- CEP: 1.3 km
- Launch platform: North Korean-produced TEL, resembling a stretched and modified MAZ-543
- North Korea: According to one source, more than 200;[9] other source claims 12 deployed.[10] 16 were seen at once during the October 10, 2010 Military Parade, although experts contacted by the Washington Post believed these were mock-ups of the missile.[1]
- Iran: 19, according to a leaked, classified U.S. State Department cable,[11] although Iran has never displayed the missiles causing some U.S. intelligence officials to doubt the missiles were transferred to Iran.[1]
Section 25 of this leaked cable (written before the 10 October 2010 appearance of the missile)[12] says:
Russia said that during its presentations in Moscow and its comments thus far during the current talks, the U.S. has discussed the BM-25 as an existing system. Russia questioned the basis for this assumption and asked for any facts the U.S. had to provide its existence such as launches, photos, etc. For Russia, the BM-25 is a mysterious missile. North Korea has not conducted any tests of this missile, but the U.S. has said that North Korea transferred 19 of these missiles to Iran. It is hard for Russia to follow the logic trail on this. Since Russia has not seen any evidence of this missile being developed or tested, it is hard for Russia to imagine that Iran would buy an untested system. Russia does not understand how a deal would be made for an untested missile. References to the missile's existence are more in the domain of political literature than technical fact. In short, for Russia, there is a question about the existence of this system.
- ^ a b c d e John Pomfret and Walter Pincus (1 December 2010). "Experts question North Korea-Iran missile link from WikiLeaks document release". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Markus Schiller (2012). Characterizing the North Korean Nuclear Missile Threat (Report). RAND Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-7621-2. TR-1268-TSF. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Facts about North Korea's Musudan missile". AFP (GlobalPost). 8 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
IHS Jane's puts the estimated range at anywhere between 2,500 and 4,000 kilometres ... potential payload size has been put at 1.0-1.25 tonnes.
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- ^ Markus Schiller, Robert H. Schmucker (31 May 2012). Explaining the Musudan (Report). Schmucker Technologie. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "White House: Would 'not be surprised' if N. Korea launches missile". Fox News. 5 April 2013.
- ^ Stewart, Phil (7 May 2013) North Korea moves missiles away from coastal launch site, say US officials The Independent, Retrieved 7 May 2013
- ^ BBC News - How potent are North Korea's threats?
- ^ http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/missiles-10132010181348.html North's Missiles Raise Concerns, Radio Free Asia, 13 October 2010
- ^ North Korea Rolls Out Ballistic Missiles, Global Security Newswire, 13 October 2010
- ^ William J. Broad; James Glanz; David E. Sanger (28 November 2010). "Iran Fortifies Its Arsenal With the Aid of North Korea". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
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By Lori Hatcher Contributing Writer and Homeschool Mom
Remember the day you brought your first child home from the hospital? I do.
My husband and I were so excited about bringing our daughter home that although we strapped her snugly into her brand new car seat, we forgot we were also supposed to strap the car seat into the car. When we arrived home after a ten-mile drive on the interstate and realized what we had done, we were horrified. I remember gazing into her sweet and trusting face and wondering, "How are we ever going to safely parent this child into adulthood?"
This mix of excitement and fear is not unlike the feelings many parents experience when they consider homeschooling as an educational option for their children. Conscientious parents realize that the choice of how to educate their children is paramount. They understand this decision not only sets the course for their child's academic future, it also determines the direction their entire family will channel its time, energy, and resources.
Within the last thirty years, homeschooling has gone from a fringe movement with questionable credibility to a viable, successful educational option. Homeschooling students have consistently out-performed their public and private school counterparts on standardized tests. They have been admitted to and received full-tuition scholarships from elite Ivy League schools. They have matriculated successfully from the homeschool environment to the college and work world, and they have successfully taken their places in society as professionals, ministers, missionaries, stay-at-home moms, and educators.
Why then, does the decision to homeschool invoke such fear and anxiety in the hearts of otherwise confident and capable parents?
Because it matters so much.
When we choose to homeschool our children, we realize that if we fail, there will be no one to blame but ourselves. We can't blame the teacher. We can't blame the school. We can't blame the district in which we live. We're it.
This reality can become such a heavy weight of responsibility that homeschooling or potential homeschooling parents are often paralyzed by it. And this fear is not limited to newbies. There were times during our 17-year homeschooling journey when I wondered if I was single-handedly sabotaging my child's entire academic future.
And so the question remains: Can you do this?
But you can't do it alone.
My husband and I were led to homeschool so we could help our daughters more fully develop their gifts. We wanted them to have the flexibility to explore opportunities linked to their unique giftedness without being locked into a school day or calendar. The chance for focused, one-on-one instruction specifically tailored to their needs and abilities was very appealing. We also chose homeschooling so that we, their parents, could make the final decisions concerning what they learned.


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Ralph's Shoe Service was one of the first stores at Southdale when it opened in 1956. Soon, because of a lease dispute, the shop could be gone.
Bill Roase, the third-generation owner of Ralph's Shoe Service, says Southdale Center is forcing him to move to make way for a new food court, and he says the mom-and-pop shop can't afford the cost of relocating. Roase plans to close up shop for good after Christmas Eve.
Bill Roase dabbed his eyes with a sleeve Thursday as yet another customer stopped by to mourn the likely closing of his shoe repair shop at Southdale Center.
A lease dispute over the Edina mall's efforts to beef up its food court threatens to squeeze out Ralph's Shoe Service, the oldest tenant at the nation's oldest enclosed shopping mall.
"It's been quite emotional for me today," said Roase, 52. "One customer came in, very upset. She put some money on the counter and said, 'This is for you.'"
His father, Ron, opened Ralph's Shoe Service at the mall on Dec. 7, 1956, about two months after Southdale opened. His grandfather started the business, operating out of a storefront on 50th Street and Xerxes Avenue in Minneapolis.
Southdale talked to Roase early last year about plans to build a bigger and more modern food court on the second floor, between Macy's and J.C. Penney. Ralph's Shoe Service was caught in the middle.
Through a series of discussions, Roase thought he and mall owner Simon Properties had agreed on a suitable plan to relocate. But on Monday, just three weeks before his lease expired, Roase said Southdale officials told him he'd need to foot the bill for his move -- not just to the final location, but also to a temporary spot on the third floor.
Still paying off a $65,000 loan for moving within the mall about seven years ago, Roase said he simply couldn't afford to move two more times.
"When we moved to this spot, I had people standing in front of the old place, calling me because they couldn't find me," he said. "And we were 400 feet away. To throw me on another level at the opposite end of the mall -- it's a dead zone. It would kill me."
Citing company policy, a Southdale official declined to comment on "private tenant-landlord issues."
Les Morris, a spokesman with Simon Properties' corporate office in Indianapolis, couldn't say whether it was common practice for merchants to pay relocation and build-out costs when forced to move.
Simon Properties, the nation's largest real estate company, has a "laser focus" on improving Southdale, Morris said, and the changes ultimately will benefit Edina and the whole metropolitan community.
"While I don't have any desire to talk about specifics with this tenant, this type of thing goes on all the time in our portfolio," Morris said. "These things happen, and we work with tenants."
Customers and well-wishers came in a steady stream Thursday after television reports on the store's plight.
"We drive to this mall, specifically to see [Roase]," said Jana Nash of Eden Prairie, who came to see if Roase could fix the stitching on her brown clogs. "He's a craftsman. We like that the mall gets improved. But to see him get pushed out like this -- this isn't improvement to us."
John Roslin, owner of Ruth Piano Movers in Crystal, came into the store with his son, John Jr., and offered to help Roase move. The heavy, industrial sewing machines, grinders and finishers came from Rouse's grandfather's original shop.
"It's a family business. I know how tough it is," Roslin said. "I'll donate the trucks, the time and the guys. It won't cost him a dime."
A Facebook page, "Save Ralph's Shoe Service," has more than 200 "likes," with groundswell support for the family business.
But barring a major change, Roase plans to turn out the lights on Christmas Eve. That will give him a week to pack up and move his equipment -- possibly into the garage at his house.
"I'm confused, I'm hurt," he said. "I don't know what's next. All this history."
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In that era the term BPR also became popular. BPR stood for Business Process Re-engineering (see for example Hammer, M. and Champy, J. A.: (1993) Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution), a movement that in my perspective*really gained steam from the realization that throwing new technology (ERP) at existing processes, only offered limited improvement potential. As Business Process Re-engineering often resulted in massive redundancies and layoffs, BPR got kind of a bad rap, especially among employees and unions (remember those?). Today the term Business Process Redesign is a more socially acceptable reincarnation, and even though that could fly under the same acronym (eg. BPR II), people seem to prefer to call it by its full name.Nowadays all the buzz is around cloud. And also here people are finding that just throwing this new idea at existing processes is not bringing the benefits expected, not to mention that the cost of absorbing it into our existing ways of working is very high (remember how much we spend on trying to force fit ERP packages into our existing processes by modifying them beyond recognition, only to reimplement these packages a few years and a few releases later in a more off the shelf manner?).
And increasingly the topic of adapting processes to the cloud is becoming popular. Last month my note "Cloud Solution Providers Ignore Customer Processes at Their own Peril" published, and this month KPMG published a study called "the cloud takes shape". In that study KPMG uses the term Business Process Redesign and states "One of the most important lessons uncovered by this year's research is that business process redesign must occur in tandem with cloud adoption if organizations hope to achieve the full potential of their cloud investments." In my note I describe the need to challenge the status quo on processes using the term Cloud Process Re-engineering (the cloud generation is likely to have a less emotional response to re-engineering, while some of its disruptiveness still rings through).
Some IT departments I speak to seem to think of cloud computing largely as a way to move their applications to the cloud. But if an enterprise organization with thousands of applications running in their datacenter, moves these apps to the cloud, they will still have thousands of apps. And more importantly those apps will do the same they did before, just running somewhere else (so you might ask "why bother?" as the savings on hardware, housing and electricity are small compared to the overall cost and today's management is much more interested in new (revenue) possibilities and agility than in efficiencies that in the end form a mere rounding error in the companies overall bottom line). If organizations however look at each process and decide how the cloud can optimally support or even completely eliminate that process (for example through Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) or by participating in multienterprise applications) the potential impact can become much more significant.
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text: MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Police in Moorhead, Minnesota are investigating two 18-year-old hockey players with the Lincoln Stars organization for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old girl and video-taping it. Court records say the two 18-year-olds apparently had sex with the girl February 15 when the Stars were in town to play the Fargo Force. A search warrant says one of the players took a short video of the encounter and apparently was circulated among other players. KFOR News contacted Stars general manager Jon Hull, who said he had no comment on the matter at this time. He did say that team officials are waiting to see what happens next in the police investigation.


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About the Pullman Human Rights Commission
The Pullman Human Rights Commission (PHRC) is proud to serve our community providing resources for education, referrals, and the gathering of information related to human rights issues within the Pullman community. Our vision is to promote and create an inclusive community and our goal is to have the entire community involved in the process. The PHRC Homepage is one of the tools we use to communicate information to the general public. If you wish to contact us or request a different communication option, please telephone our facilitator, David Stiller, at 334-7868; or write to the Pullman Human Rights Commission, PO Box 3074 CS, Pullman, WA 99165. Disclaimer: The Commission does not warrant or make any representations or claims as to the validity, correctness, currency or any other things regarding the information available at this site, or any of the links to or from this site. None of the commissioners nor their respective appointing agencies shall be liable to any person or responsible for any claim or damage, direct, special, indirect or consequential, howsoever caused, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise which may be occasioned as a result of interpretation of such information. Persons relying on such information do so at their own discretion. Any decisions or actions based on information contained in this site are the sole responsibility of the visitor. Changes may be periodically made to this site without notice. Webpage Designer: Tommy Hsieh of Washington State University |


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Walters doubtful for Baggies clash
Walters was withdrawn at half-time of Saturday's FA Cup defeat at League One side Southampton with a hamstring strain and he is unlikely to line up for Roy Keane's side on Tuesday night. Keane is boosted however by the return of Jon Stead, who could take Walters' place in attack. Stead has missed the last four games following his red card at Crystal Palace on Boxing Day but will be eager to return and add to his six goals this season. Pablo Counago is another striking option available to Keane after the Spaniard scored from the bench for the second successive game on Saturday. Goalkeepers Richard Wright (knee) and Brian Murphy (ankle) remain sidelined and Argentinian winger Luciano Civelli will not be back until next season after knee surgery.
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Thorn not relaxing until season is over
We have to maintain standards: Thorn Coventry City boss Andy Thorn has warned his players not to relax as they head into Saturday's away game at Derby looking for another win to add to the 2-0 win last week over Watford. Derby have the worst home record in the Championship, but Coventry's away record is none too impressive. Derby are one point and two places below Coventry. Middlesbrough are the team between the two teams who meet at Pride Park, but they have a game in hand on both Midland clubs and City have to visit The Riverside on Easter Monday. Derby County boss Nigel Clough thinks his side, who are on 44 points need three or four more points to be safe from relegation. City boss Thorn said,"You can't relax. We have got seven games and if we can take seven wins then brilliant but there will be no-one on the beach that's for sure. There will be no slacking off or taking their foot off the pedal, and if I see anyone doing that they won't be playing whether we have got players or not." "I will play someone who wants to play if that's the case but we are getting across to them that no-one can take their foot off the pedal. We have had three tough games so far, two away to Burnley and Preston, and Watford at home." "Preston wasn't very good in the first half but in the main we have stood up to it and I just want us to keep improving between now and the end of the season. Whatever happens at the end of the season, whether they decide to stick with me, fine. Whatever decision is made it is important that the players understand that the standards that have been set need to be maintained." "To be successful you have to maintain your standards. When we are mathematically safe then we will kick on. We will try to keep moving up the table and make sure that our standards improve with every game." "It is a case of putting another brick in the wall as we continue to build, and that's what we're attempting to do. We know what to expect at Derby and we have got to be on top of our game." "Every game is important between now and the end of the season, whether it is Derby or Portsmouth, we just take one game at a time and try to deal with them."
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News Release 379
Historic Preservation Council will consider nominations for the National Register Nov. 18
Volume 39-379 (For Immediate Release)
For more information: 573-751-1010
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 14, 2011 -- The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will consider nominations to the National Register of Historic Places during its quarterly meeting Nov. 18 in Jefferson City. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 9 a.m. in the La Charrette conference room of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City.
Fifteen nominations are scheduled to be considered for listing in the National Register. Properties on the agenda include historic residences, commercial buildings and historic districts. Approximately 3,000 historic buildings and structures are represented in the nominations. The nominated properties under consideration are listed below:
• Bancroft School - 4300 Tracy, Kansas City in Jackson County.
• Lowe & Campbell Sporting Goods - 1509-13 Baltimore, Kansas City in Jackson County.
• Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase IV) - roughly bounded by E. 2nd St., Locust St., E. Missouri Ave. and Walnut St., Kansas City in Jackson County.
• Morningside Acres Historic Ranch District - Approx. 600 Block E. of Independence Avenue between SE 3rd Terrace and SE 5th St., Lee's Summit in Jackson County.
• Historic and Architectural Resources of The Ville - St. Louis [IC], (amended submission), Multiple Property Documentation Form.
• Cote Brilliante Avenue in The Ville Historic District - 4200 W. Block of Cote Brilliante Avenue and 1700 Block of Annie Malone Drive, St. Louis [IC] (Historic and Architectural Resources of The Ville, St. Louis, amended submission).
• Marshall School Neighborhood in The Ville Historic District - Parts of the 4300 blocks of Aldine and Cote Brilliante Avenues and the 1500 and 1700 blocks of Billups Avenue, St. Louis [IC] (Historic and Architectural Resources of The Ville, St. Louis, amended submission).
• St. Ferdinand Avenue in The Ville Historic District - 4200 W. Block of St. Ferdinand Avenue (South Side), St. Louis [IC] (Historic and Architectural Resources of The Ville, St. Louis, amended submission).
• Shaw's Garden Historic District - bounded roughly by DeTonty Ave., Tower Grove Ave., Shaw Ave., Alfred Ave., Magnolia Ave., Kingshighway and Vandeventer Ave., St. Louis [IC].
• Mountain Grove City Hall - 301 E. 1st St., Mountain Grove in Wright County.
• George Dimmitt Memorial Hospital - 102 S. Bolivar Rd., Humansville in Polk County.
• Penrose Park Historic District - bounded by Interstate 70 (north); Newstead Ave. (east), Natural Bridge Ave. (south), and Kingshighway Blvd., St. Louis [IC].
• Hickory Grove Cemetery - Hickory Grove Cemetery Road, Wright City vicinity in Warren County.
• Farmers & Merchants Bank - 201-207 S. Main, Monroe City in Monroe County.
• One-Teacher Public Schools of Missouri - c. 1774 to c. 1973, Multiple Property Documentation Form, State of Missouri.
In addition to nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, the council will receive status reports on programs provided by the State Historic Preservation Office, discuss business related to its own function and duties, and elect officers for 2012.
The Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is a 12-member group of historians, architects, archaeologists and citizens with an interest in historic preservation. The council is appointed by the governor and works with the Department of Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Office, which administers the National Register of Historic Places program for Missouri. The council meets quarterly to review Missouri property nominations to the National Register, the nation's honor roll of historic properties. Approved nominations are forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington, D.C., for final approval.
For more information about the Nov. 18 meeting or the council, call the State Historic Preservation Office at 573-751-7858 or the department toll free at 800-334-6946.


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SIMON: But wait a minute. What we're talking about here are artistic judgments. You're avoiding the public-policy problem facing Miami-Dade County now. If the Concert Association of Florida puts on a ballet and they hire as one of their principal dancers a person who's a Cuban national, if the Miami City Ballet puts on a ballet, and a member of their company is a Cuban national, why should they fear losing their cultural-arts grant from the county? We're talking about who should make artistic decisions.
DIAZ: They shouldn't have to fear that inappropriately. They should have to know that it's a consequence of it where it's appropriate. The reason that the issues related to Cuba are the hot-button issues in this town is that we can't escape the fact that in this town there are 700,000 Cuban Americans. There are 10,000 people in this town who had a relative murdered by Fidel Castro. There are 50,000 people in this town who've had a relative tortured by Fidel Castro. There are thousands of former political prisoners in this town. For these people and for the 500,000 Cuban Americans who are old enough to remember having to leave their homeland, the issues related to Fidel Castro are not a historical footnote; they are living, breathing wounds.
SIMON: Victor, we're talking about public policy, and the public policy of Miami-Dade County has been official censorship. Debbie Ohanian wants to rent the American Airlines Arena for a Cuban-music festival. Why should that be prohibited?
DIAZ: I think the United States Supreme Court is going to answer that for us very quickly, and it's not going to be prohibited. My prediction. But let me ask you another question: Why doesn't Debbie Ohanian put on that production in the City of Miami Beach in the Theater of the Performing Arts or the Colony? And that's a question that people are entitled to ask. She has the right to choose any forum she wants --
SIMON: No she doesn't.
DIAZ: She should have the right to choose any forum she wants to present her point of view. Let's assume that becomes the law in this community, that she can pick any forum she wants. Unless she's trying to make a political point, why would she insist on doing it in the heart of the Cuban-American community? There is some element of provocation going on; there is some element of insensitivity to what's going on.
SIMON: Did you consider the fact that maybe it's also the best venue in the area?
DIAZ: I told this to Debbie today, I said, "Debbie, if you win your lawsuit, I can't wait for you to put on a Los Van Van concert at the American Airlines Arena, because you're going to lose your shirt. You're not going to fill the arena and you're going to just lose your shirt and you will send the best message to deter people. She may fill the hall once but she won't fill it twice.
I want to take this outside Miami for a minute. We do need to understand these issues outside the context of Miami. Another thing on which I think Howard and I agree is that by continuing to frame these debates only as Cuban issues, we make it less likely that the debate will be heard.
SIMON: I agree with you. This is not a Cuban issue; these are generic constitutional issues. But they are generic constitutional issues that apparently have application everywhere else in the country except here. Everywhere else in the country it is recognized you cannot deny public facilities based on the point of view that's going to be expressed or on the messengers delivering it. Everywhere else in the country it's recognized that you cannot deny cultural-arts grants because you don't like the particular message. Everywhere else except here. How could it be that Los Van Van has a 25-city tour and they have to --
DIAZ: Well, everywhere else in the country there's not 700,000 Cuban Americans.
SIMON: That does not justify suspension of the First Amendment. I sat through hours of those negotiations [between city officials and Ohanian] and they were pointless, needless, frustrating. It was as if the people were acting on Joe Carollo's instructions: Do what you can to prevent this concert from taking place in this county.
DIAZ: And I think some people are rethinking the wisdom of that policy. But my position is that the easiest way to get to where you want us to be is to let this matter be resolved in the courts. I believe that the political fallout, the emotional fallout, the divisiveness -- all of those things will be minimized if the result comes from a process that we as Americans have been taught to respect, which is the rule of law. You know that it's much easier for you to get the county commissioners to amend the ordinance to create a cultural and people-to-people exchange if they're responding to a Supreme Court opinion. The county attorney will go in and say, "You can go to your constituents and explain to them that you have no choice. The United States Supreme Court ruled this way and therefore you have no choice but to do it this way."


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Learn game programming from a video series for novice programmers and non-game programmers. Part of a larger series at codeschool.org. Read more
Learn game programming from a video series for novice programmers and non-game programmers. Part of a larger series at codeschool.org.
About this project
The code will all be in Python mainly using the pyglet framework. I'll assume a very low level of Python proficiency, so don't worry if your Python- or general-programming comfort is minimal. The course will cover:
- The basic framework of game code (game loops, timing issues, input handling)
- Basic 2D graphics concepts and algorithms (e.g. line drawing and polygon filling)
- Basic 3D graphics concepts and algorithms (e.g. perspective projection)
- OpenGL (old style, < 3.0)
- Full walkthroughs of code for classic games, e.g. Tetris, Pacman, Asteroids, and a side-scrolling platformer.
- And time permitting, an original game in the vein of Gravitar and Solar Jetman.
Watch the first two installments here:
If this first project is successful, I'll likely continue in a follow-up project covering:
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- Animation
- Physical simulation
- Essentials of linear algebra for 3D rendering
A further follow-up project might cover game development using C++ or C#/XNA and DirectX.
As with my other materials on codeschool.org, my primary focus is always on the clear and concise presentation of the most important concepts, but unlike the earlier materials, these topics are an opportunity to get in-depth examples of real (if generally short) programs. All code will be available on bitbucket.org.
Like all other codeschool.org materials, the materials of this project will be released under open licenses. The money simply helps me set aside time away from my usual contract work for this project, so by backing, you'll help me get this project done considerably sooner than I otherwise could. In return, you'll get early access and weekly updates.
If you aren't much interested in game programming but enjoyed the previous codeschool.org videos, consider this an opportunity to make a small donation.
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The topics will likely take 3 or 4 months to cover. OpenGL, in particular, is a quite expansive topic, and to be clear, something I'm still very much learning myself. It has typically taken me about >20 hours of work for every hour of video, but I imagine 3D rendering and OpenGL material will take me quite a bit longer.
The Gravitar-style game that I have planned, like all software projects, may take much longer than the hoped for time frame. This very much depends on how ambitious it gets in scope.
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If you have been reading any of my other questions, then you know I am in the market for a MacBook Pro. I currently have a 21.5 inch 3.06 GHz i3 iMac, but I really want a laptop for the portability. This is kind of a two part question so here goes... 1) Which processor is better, 3.06 GHz i3 or 2.4 GHz i5 (from the MBP in question) 2) Any recommendations for a computer that I should get? I need a laptop, preferably Mac (definitely Mac) that is under $1100. I am looking at this one...http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD313LL/A Thanks Lockergnome! asked Apr 19 '12 at 20:43 Coljaboy |
0.7ghz won't be a huge difference since both are dual core. The main thing is, your iMac has dedicated video memory, while this particular Macbook, has shared video memory. If you are planning to do gaming I would look for one with dedicated. Otherwise this one would be just fine. I myself have a Macbook White unibody 2010 (yes, the kind they discontinued) and it performs excellently and gets good battery life when I am doing internet stuff. Right now the estimate is around 6 hours for an 80% charge. I am also running iTunes. Gaming is decent on low-mediam graphics but the Macbook Pros have about 100mb more video RAM so it will probably run things on higher settings. answered Apr 19 '12 at 23:07 josephLtech |
If you are going to do some gaming, the MacBook Pro (that's linked) isn't going to be better. answered Apr 20 '12 at 00:17 catchatyou |


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Jordan profile
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a small country with few natural resources, but it has played a pivotal role in the struggle for power in the Middle East.
Jordan's significance results partly from its strategic location at the crossroads of what Christians, Jews and Muslims call the Holy Land. It is a key ally of the US and, together with Egypt, one of only two Arab nations to have made peace with Israel.
The desert kingdom emerged out of the post-World War I division of the Middle East by Britain and France.
The population at that time was largely made up of tribes which had taken part in the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
Today, those original inhabitants - known as East Bank Jordanians - are outnumbered by the descendants of Palestinian refugees from Israel and the West Bank.
At a glance
- Politics: Real power rests with the king, who has promised to press ahead with reforms; multi-party politics was introduced in 1992
- Economy: Jordan has few natural resources; its economic fortunes have been undermined by instability within the region; it is heavily dependent on aid but the economy has been growing
- International: The government's pragmatic, non-confrontational line in foreign relations is often at odds with the more militant approach of local Palestinian and Islamist groups
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The first ruler of Jordan, the Hashemite Abdullah I, was born in Mecca and played a leading role in the Great Arab Revolt.
The death in February 1999 of King Hussein, who ruled for 46 years, left Jordan still struggling for economic and social survival, as well as regional peace.
Calls for reformHis son, Abdullah II faces the task of maintaining stability while accommodating calls for reform. A blueprint for long-term political, economic and social change - known as the National Agenda - has yet to be implemented, and the Arab Spring popular revolts across the region found some resonance in street protests.
Jordan's reputation as one of the region's safest countries was dealt a blow in late 2005 when dozens of people were killed in suicide bomb attacks on hotels in the capital. Iraq-based Islamic militants claimed responsibility. The king said Jordan had been targeted because of its location and its stances.
The civil war in neighbouring Syria has seen Jordan play host to some 600,000 Syrian refugees, while the resurgence of Islamic militancy in Iraq also presents security challenges for Amman.
Unlike Arab states to the south and east, Jordan has no oil of its own. Its resources are limited to phosphates and agricultural produce. The economy depends largely on services, tourism and foreign aid, of which the US is the main provider. Jordan prides itself on its health service, one of the best in the region.