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Well I finally made it to the 12 week mark and had my second appt today. I expressed my anxiety about telling people about the pregnancy because of previous mc and so my sweet dr. took a pic of my baby to set my mind at ease. Introducing Baby Whittington kicked back and relaxing-just click on my profile pic! I haven't figured out how to attach a pic yet.
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yay that is so exciting!!!
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Beautiful! Congrats and I hope it eases you! So exciting!
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Congrats! This just made me so excited. We only told parents, no one else. We are waiting for our 12 week U/S and I didnt realize they can come out so much clearer. We had one at 7 weeks and it was a big blob. I hope my bean is posed in a cute convenient way haha. H&H 9 months to you! I'm 11 weeks but U/S is going to be at 12 weeks 5 days so a little less than 2 weeks for me.
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Wow, that's a perfect looking baby!!
An amazing looking U/S picture - congrats! I'm 12 weeks on Sunday, so its so nice to see what my little one should look like next week. I'm only having my next scan at 13 weeks on 1 Aug - I feel like it taking forever to get there. The wait inbetween each scan is agonising! Its only been 3 weeks since my last scan, but I'd have a scan weekly if I could!
Thanks for sharing that pic with us! Breathe easy - everything looks great!
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congrats!!! great pic... hope you can breathe a little easier now!!
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Studio: NeoClassics Films
Directors: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
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Screenwriter: Piers Ashworth
Starring: Lena Headey, Anna Chancellor, Stephen Fry, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Caterina Murino, Celia Imrie, Mischa Barton, Gemma Arterton, Jodie Whittaker, Russell Brand, Lily Cole
Genre: Comedy
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St Trinian's, the infamous school for 'young ladies' is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthodox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla's who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school. In true St Trinian style the girls are in a league of their own; smart, fearless and determined to defend the school they love to the end. They need to unite the warring girl gang cliques and come up with the cash fast to save the school.

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The EyeFly 3D screen protector film, brought to consumers by Nanovue, promises to turn regular screens in mobile devices into glasses-free 3D displays. The product, originally nano-engineered by the Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering's (IMRE) in Singapore, is not the first of its kind of the market, but Nanovue claims it offers considerable advantages over competitors. The film has no perceivable influence on screen brightness, works both in portrait and landscape mode and, most importantly, does not distort regular 2D images.
"The filter is essentially a piece of plastic film with about half a million perfectly shaped lenses engineered onto its surface using IMRE's proprietary nanoimprinting technology," said Dr. Jaslyn Law of IMRE, who worked with TP to improve the product's transparency and smoothness.
The material is a modernized and miniaturized take on lenticular lens technology. It uses an array of lenticular lenses to magnify different sections of the image beneath the film depending on the viewing angle, and effectively renders stereoscopic 3D content. Each of over 500,000 tiny lenses has a 1:100 height-to-width ratio and the total film thickness is 0.1 mm.
Before they can start enjoying 3D content, users have to download a viewing app (available both on Android and iOS) and use the calibration mode to properly align the film on the screen. The process seems to be rather painful and time-consuming, but, once this is sorted, the app can be used to view stereoscopic video content in 3D. A separate app lets you view images and convert your 2D photos into 3D. Also, a software development kit is to be made available to all developers interested in adding an extra dimension to their existing titles.
The EyeFly 3D film for iPhone 5 and the 5th generation iPod touch can already be pre-ordered for US$34.95, and a Samsung Galaxy S4 and iPad 4 version is next in the pipeline.
Interestingly, another product based on this technology to be marketed by Nanoveu is aimed at online banking security rather than mobile 3D entertainment. The film embedded in a token or a credit card can be used in a two-stage login authentication process, to optically decipher an otherwise unintelligible code displayed on screen.
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Hands-up all those who think a 2D picture can be "converted" into 3D. No-one eh? Well what a surprise ! Where would all the information that was necessary to provide the second point of view come from?professore
I guess it would basically just be a copy of the same image shifted slightly (remember all those old 3D pictures in kids magazines?).Nathan Rees
Conversion, by hand, has been around for a long time. see jim3Dlong.com
The article also mentions viewing 3D video content.
This is interesting.Art Toegemann
@Profesore "Hands-up all those who think a 2D picture can be "converted" into 3D." Where did he say it could? It's obvious you'd need a 3D video to see 3D. This technology just allows the screen to send different images to your 2 eyes without 3D glasses.warren52nz
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Montreal, Canada (December 21, 2010) Undefeated Irish/British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury was very pleased with his performance against Zack Page this past Saturday night at the Pepsi Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.
Fury posted a shutout eight round unanimous decision over Page on the undercard to the Jean Pascal/Bernard Hopkins light heavyweight world title bout in front of a sold out crowd of over 16,000 fight fans.
Spending an extra day in Montreal with friends before heading home to Manchester, United Kingdom for the holidays, the 22 year old Fury spoke on his most recent win and his upcoming plans for the New Year.
I was very pleased with my performance, Page was a little awkward but I kept the pressure on and got the job done. It was terrific fighting in Canada and I look forward to returning next year..
With a record of 13-0-0 (9KOs), Fury is destined to face world class competition in the New Year, a move he relishes. Bring them on, anyone in the top twenty. Im confident in my skills that Im ready right now said the towering 69 inch heavyweight. Ill be back in the gym right after Christmas working with my new trainer Emanuel Steward.
Fury is scheduled to return to the ring on Saturday, February 5th at Wembley Arena in London as part of the featured undercard of the British Welterweight Title showdown between John ODonnell and Craig Watson. Shortly thereafter, he is set to head back across the pond to fight in Canada early in the new year.
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LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins
How will it be for 3DS?
Im a bit confused. So they have one for Wii-U. Now soon to be one for 3DS? How is it gonna work for 3DS? I mean think of what they are gonna cut out on 3DS than on Wii-U. No way they can have the same features. But The gameplay will change. So I can tell. So is it something to be excited about, or something to try to get out of your head fast? I WANT ANSWERS!
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Hmmm... Very speculative Phil.
"They have a world to win."
No footage yet, though supposedly a 3DS Direct isn't far off, where it'll probably be revealed at last. The 3DS, being technically roughly somewhere between the Gamecube and Wii - more toward the latter - in terms of hardware capabilities is more than capable of running open-world sandbox games like the Wii U game, though with some comparative limitations, naturally, given the hardware gap. Still, given what was accomplished with a couple of Yakuza games, GTA spinoffs, and Kenka Bancho on the PSP's hardware, and the PS2's hugely popular 3D GTA games, the 3DS is technically capable of anything as ambitious as those and more.
That said, we have no idea what the structure of this game will be yet, though it's presumable that it's a sandbox title given that the Wii U game is, and that its setting would either be an earlier version of the same LEGO City, or a separate LEGO City, given that we know for a fact that the game centers around Chase McCain as a rookie cop, well before the Wii U game.
With the release less than two and a half months off now, our questions should be answered soon. In the least, rather than a scaled down version of the console game with a different set of takes on each level like with the DS and 3DS counterparts to the console LEGO movie games, we know this is an entirely separate but complementary prequel, so given that the Wii U game looks to be the most expansive and ambitious LEGO game to date, it seems safe to assume that the same should be true of this prequel in contrast to all the other portable LEGO games.
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This toy is sturdy and has held up even with a brittany spaniel working it over. It's great for the smaller ones, too. Lots of fun!
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All three dogs love the plush toy. Mac and Jake take care of their toy, but Henry takes the stuffing our and plays with the cloth. It is odd, but each seems to know who the toy belong to.
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This toy is just so adorable, and like the previous person said, it's fun to say "Take a chill pill!"
Dogs love it! Until they ruined it...Time to get another.
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This is a regular squeaky plush toy. I bought it because it is funny to me. I will say, "Here Duchess, take a chill pill." The toy is pretty durable.
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KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia � Ted Ligety remains eager for success despite owning three world championship gold medals.
The American is poised to win his fourth World Cup giant slalom title and finish a career-best third in the overall standings.
Ligety will win the GS crystal globe Saturday if he finishes ahead of his sole rival, Austria�s Marcel Hirscher.
Ligety won the season-opener in October by a massive 2.75-seconds, setting the tone for a dominant GS campaign that included three more wins. He leads Hirscher, who beat him for the GS title last year, by 105 points. Each win is worth 100 points.
�I am trying not to calculate too much,� Ligety said. �(It�s) a good margin but not a comfortable margin. That can be erased pretty quickly. I am in a good position. I like this hill. I am lucky we�re in Kranjska Gora, not in Val d�Is�re for instance.�
Ligety has an impressive track record at Kranjska Gora, with four victories and a third-place finish on two occasions in the last six seasons. The shape of the Podkoren course and the snow conditions suit his style of skiing more than any other World Cup resort.
The World Cup finals are next week in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
�If I lock it up, it leaves me a little bit more room to have freedom at the finals,� Ligety said. �I could do the downhill and focus on other events as well. The goal is to stay in the top three for the overall title. Felix (Neureuther) is pretty close to me, and he is a very capable skier, too.�
Ligety holds an 11-point lead over the fourth-place German. Ligety is more than 400 points behind leader Hirscher, who will battle it out for the overall title with Norway�s Aksel Lund Svindal in the remaining six races.
Finishing third would add to Ligety�s success at last month�s World Championships and underline the 28-year-old�s improving all-around capabilities.
�That�s another step forward in the right direction,� said Ligety, whose previous overall best was fifth in 2008. �If a couple of things go better for me next year, I could be much more in it. I need to score 600-plus points in giant slalom, 200-plus points in super-G, and 300 or 400 points in slalom.�
The world titles in GS, super-combined and super-G earned Ligety the nickname �King of Schladming.�
�That was really a dream come true, but I am still the same guy,� Ligety said. �My goal isn�t to walk the red carpet and all that kind of stuff; my goal is to ski and to have fun at that ... I don�t really care to be a celebrity. It�s not always that much fun being that kind of person. I am happy to be where I am right now.�
Ligety is eager to take the next step after wrapping up his most successful season so far. He aims to become a serious contender for the overall title in a year that will be highlighted by the Sochi Winter Olympics.
His hat trick at the worlds ensures he�ll help spearhead the U.S. team for the Olympics.
�That�s a cool thing to be part of,� said Ligety, who trained on the Olympic hill in Sochi last week. �The big stories are going to be Bode (Miller) and Lindsey (Vonn) coming back, and Mikaela (Shiffrin) as well. In a way I needed to have that kind of World Championships to be on the radar.�


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There have been few standards until relatively recently. EPCglobal ratified key standards in late 2004, says Will Duckworth, wireless leader Asia-Pacific at IBM Business Consulting Services, and trial quantities of the resulting Class 1 Generation 2 (Gen 2) tags and readers are already available from manufacturers such as Philips. Other manufacturers including Texas Instruments (TI) and Siemens are ramping up production, and volume supplies are expected mid-year.
One reason for the delay is that Gen 2 is a hybrid solution using the best features from various proposals, says Geoffrey Ramadan, chair of Automatic Data Capture Australia and managing director of Unique Micro Design. This means none of the companies behind the proposals could steal a march on the others.
Some organisations have been delaying RFID projects in anticipation of Gen 2, says Duckworth, and some early adopters such as European retailer Metro will move to Gen 2 as quickly as they can. The standard covers UHF operation (roughly 860-960MHz), which is where most interest lies, and Gen 2 tags are compatible with any readers in this range, whether they operate at 918-926MHz (as used in Australia), 902-928MHz (US), or another nations' allocated spectrum.
HF (13.56MHz) tags are also part of the standard, and Christoph Lessmoellmann, senior business consultant, at SAP says they are often used on spare parts. Duckworth suggests that HF tags are beginning to be taken more seriously for applications that only require short ranges. EAN Australia is looking at HF tags this year, says Fiona Wilson, general manager standards development of trade group EAN Australia, due to interest from the health and life science industries for product authentication.
Apart from compatibility, global standards mean economies of scale: "tags will be seen as consumables," predicts Edwards. Current volume prices are around 15 cents per tag, but "the five-cent tag is not a long way off yet," says Barrows.
The new standards represent a performance improvement, with 4w UHF ranges of up to seven metres with fixed readers and up to 2.5 metres with handheld devices.
Australian users are currently restricted to 1w for UHF, which limits the range to one to two metres. Wilson says that EAN Australia has been working with the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) to move to 4w, and Ramadan expects resolution by the end of this year, "then we can move forward." Meanwhile, organisations may seek a site licence to use more powerful readers, says Edwards.
"Everyone believes in [Gen 2]," says Duckworth, and its more efficient protocol allows faster reads -- up to 1700 reads per second are expected with 4w readers, or 600 reads per second at 1w. "Still a great improvement," he adds.
Wilson says the Electronic Product Code (EPC) standards are "at a reasonably mature stage" and expects ISO ratification in a "reasonably quick" nine months, as many of the ISO signatories are also EAN participants.
Most common barcode types have been mapped to EPC numbers, says Wilson, and the addition of a serial number gives a unique ID for each unit.
EPC "is more than the tags, readers and the numbers on the tags," says Wilson. One objective of many RFID projects is to connect multiple participants (eg, in a supply chain). For example, a manufacturer can serialise a tag to uniquely identify a pallet of cornflakes, and then the retailer can look up the use-by date for that batch to assist in stock rotation, using the tag as a key to the information.
EPC is setting up such a system, called the EPCglobal Network. A tag number can be sent to the ONS (Object Naming Service) registry, which provides "directions" to systems operated by the manufacturer and other participants that have handled the item. It is then up to those systems to determine whether the source of the query is entitled to access the data.
The EPCglobal Network is being managed by VeriSign, which is used to operating 24x7 infrastructure, says Ben Armstrong, VeriSign's naming and directory services manager, as it runs the .com and .net namespaces and is now developing additional services that run on the same platform.
A large US retailer is connecting with six of its major suppliers using this method to share information across the manufacturer/distribution centre/store chain, says Duckworth.
The EPCglobal Network "will mature as people use it" Wilson says. An Australian pilot will be carried out this year with EAN Australia as the sponsor and manager in conjunction with CSIRO. It will involve a retailer, two brand owners, a transport company, a packaging company and a returnable asset supplier.
While organisations express some concern about sharing information, the EPC model lets everyone store their own information and decide how to expose it to their partners, says Duckworth, although the standards to support the privacy and security controls needed are still being developed.
While there is some concern that companies will be reluctant to share information with their partners, Wilson draws a parallel with vendor managed inventory, an arrangement that works well for both sides.
The real question is how to use that information. "That's the whole secret," says Wilson, but it hasn't received much attention yet. "Now's the time to think about it holistically" before anyone mandates the use of RFID, she suggests.
New business models will evolve once there is an infrastructure to automatically access information associated with tags, says Armstrong.


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Private investors group to pay about $2 billion for 65 percent
SAN FRANCISCO — Rather than enduring the uncertainty of spinning off the Skype telecommunications service through a public stock offering, eBay has found a different way out: It's selling the majority of Skype for about $2 billion to a group of private investors.
The deal will help eBay undo its 2005 acquisition of Skype, a deal that puzzled analysts. Despite Skype's strong, steady growth, it was hard to see how eBay, which specializes in running online marketplaces and facilitating Internet payments, needed to own a service that lets people make free or cheap calls on cell phones and computers.
EBay said yesterday that it will sell a 65 percent stake in the business to a group of private investment funds for $1.9 billion in cash and $125 million to be paid later. EBay will own the other 35 percent.
Investors in the group of buyers include Web-browser pioneer and eBay board member Marc Andreessen and former Skype board members Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi.
Rimer is also an original Skype investor, while Volpi is the former chief executive of online video startup Joost, which was started by the same team that created Skype.
The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter, halts at least temporarily a plan that eBay announced in April to spin off Skype through an initial public offering. Skype's management team, including President Josh Silverman, will stay in place through the change in control, and eBay will retain one seat on Skype's board.
The agreement values Skype at $2.75 billion, eBay said.
That's about $380 million less than the $3.13 billion eBay paid for Skype — the original acquisition price of $2.6 billion, plus $530 million paid in 2007 to several of Skype's investors because the unit met certain targets for profit and growth.
EBay had acknowledged that Skype was worth much less than it had paid for the service by taking a $900 million charge to write down Skype's value on its books in 2007. EBay CEO John Donahoe said the value eBay got for Skype in yesterday's deal is "well above what most people expected."
Donahoe said the deal is "a real win-win-win," as it lets eBay's management focus on its marketplace and PayPal businesses while allowing eBay shareholders to keep a stake in Skype's future success. It also gives Skype an ownership team that "believes passionately" in its future, he said.
EBay shares fell along with the broader market yesterday, closing at $21.68, down 46 cents, or 2.1 percent.
The deal is the latest chapter in a tale that began four years ago when eBay bought Skype, hoping that eBay buyers and sellers would use the service to communicate. Skype was founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, creators of the music-downloading service Kazaa, which had riled the recording industry.
EBay's expectations for how its users would adopt Skype didn't take hold. For the Web-auction pioneer, "Skype has been a distraction," Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian said. "This allows them to focus on turning around the core marketplace."


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Laura E. 'Betty' Lyle
Laura E. "Betty" Lyle, 89, of Sycamore, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, Sycamore.
She was born Nov. 29, 1924, on the Dayton farm, northeast of Maple Park, the daughter of Andrew and Bessie (Emberson) Lyle.
She attended the Thatcher Country School through the eighth grade and graduated from Maple Park High School with the class of 1943.
Following graduation, she worked for several years at the Kane County Courthouse in Geneva, both in the Board of Review Office and the Probate Clerks Office.
She moved to California, where she worked in the Smith/Miller toy plant in Santa Monica, and then for 34 years she was employed by Scott & Scott Printers, Vaughn Printers and Hamilton/Avnet. She returned in 1988 to make her home in Sycamore, where she worked for Gourmet Press and TMC.
Betty was an expert craft maker, knitting blankets, making napkin holders and Kleenex box holders. She specialized in floral arrangements, making beautiful pieces for those around her.
Betty loved playing Bingo with her friends. She didn't have to win; she just wanted to play.
She never missed a birthday, sending out cards to anyone who crossed her path. You could count on getting a card from Betty, no matter what.
One of Betty's fondest pastimes was watching the Chicago Bulls. From watching Bob Love to Michael Jordan, Betty was the most loyal of fans. She was never seen without her favorite Bulls jacket.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Los Angeles, the Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Santa Monica, Calif., and a lifetime member of the Grace United Methodist Church of Maple Park.
She is survived by her sister, Frances Marion (Lyle) Bennett of Sycamore; one nephew, Michael Bennett; special cousin and friend, Noel Baker of Las Vegas; as well as cousins, Mary (Floyd) Matheny of Las Vegas, Janet (Steve) Hauser of Hinckley, Helen Faber of North Carolina, Rose (Lee) Mell of North Carolina, Margaret Garbo of Minnesota, Robert Emberson Jr. of DeKalb, Jane (Dean) Quarstrom, Edward (Sue) Emberson, Frank (Kathy) Emberson, and John (Cathy) Emberson, all of DeKalb; Florence (Frank) Schou of Rockford, Ill.; and Dorothy (Carl) Kauffman of Woodstock, Ill.; good friend, Nancy Olsen of Maple Park; and a lifetime of friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Hazel Lyle; and one nephew, Ronn Bennett.
Her visitation was held Wednesday at Conley Funeral Home. A funeral to celebrate her life will take place Thursday, Aug. 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce, Elburn. Rev. Laura Crites, pastor of the Hinckley United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardner Cemetery, Maple Park.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Betty's name. Checks may be made to the "Grace United Methodist Church" and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, 60119. Tributes may also be forwarded to the same address or on the web at www.conleycare.com.


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Every mother thinks her children are beautiful. Well, almost every mother.
Every mother thinks her children are beautiful. Well, almost every mother.
At 14 weeks, this baby ultrasound is of a baby clearly clapping inside it's mother. The doctor and the mom starting singing, 'If You're Happy And You Know It'.
Doona is the next generation car seat. This isn't your grandpa's car seat.
Not so fancy Brooke White and Summer Bellessa, of The Girls With Glasses, take on Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' and it's one for the record books. Mom this one's for you!
If you are in the trimester of your pregnancy, 'I'm So Pregnant' is the song for you! A parody of the song 'Fancy' by Iggy Azalea, 'I'm So Pregnant' will soon become your bun in the oven anthem.
Most grandparents consider the grandkids even more special than their own kids. Why?
Ever said to yourself, "Lord, I've turned into my mother"? There is an age in which it happens.
Labor pain simulation on these two men has to be the best 'get even' event ever.
A mother in California is breastfeeding her 9-year-old's dog.
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NASA's Dawn probe sets its sights on dwarf planet Ceres
Artist's rendition of Dawn spacecraft leaving Earth (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL)
Artist's rendition of Dawn spacecraft orbiting Ceres (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/McREL)
Ceres now appears to us as little more than a blurry dot in the sky (Image: Keck Observatory by C. Dumas)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at the giant asteroid Vesta on July 15, 2011 (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
After 14 months spent collecting data on the asteroid Vesta, Dawn will soon start its journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres (Image: JPL/NASA)
The gravity of Mars bends Dawn's orbit around the Sun, giving it a boost to help it reach Vesta and Ceres (Image: JPL/NASA)
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The Dawn spacecraft was the first to ever orbit an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and has been studying the asteroid Vesta since July 2011, revealing unprecedented detail on its distant past and providing astronomers with a better picture of the early history of our solar system. Now, however, it's time to say goodbye – in only a few days' time, Dawn will make its escape from Vesta's gravitational grasp and start a two and a half-year journey toward the dwarf planet Ceres.
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- Jun 7:
- State boys tennis: Wayzata's Nick Beaty tops Forest Lake's Toby Boyer for title
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- State boys tennis: East Ridge tops Mounds View 4-3 in Class 2A opener
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Como Park had never sent a singles player to the boys state tennis tournament until Nathan Parsons made it this year, so the fact that the junior was knocked out after two matches needed to be taken in context.
"It's always sad to leave on a note like this," Parsons said, "but you've got to look on the bright side."
Parsons carried a 21-0 singles record into his first-round match with Rochester Mayo's Sebastian Vile at Thursday's Class AA tournament at Baseline Tennis Center. But Vile, a promising eighth-grader, eked out a 6-3, 6-4 victory.
In the consolation bracket, Parsons dropped a 7-5, 6-2 match to East Ridge's Ben Van der Sman, who had helped the Raptors win a team title Tuesday.
"My legs were feeling like logs out there, cramping up and tightening," Parsons said after his second match. "It's just bad luck."
But Parsons' season already was a credit to Como, a school trying to build its program. The Cougars went 7-10 in team play this season.
"The younger guys start talking and hear about the things he has done to get where he is -- the training and hard work -- and it gives them a chance to do the right thing and develop the rest of the team," coach Ron Filstrup said.
Parsons played in the state tournament last year as a doubles participant but was eliminated in the first round. This time, Parsons felt more prepared for the state's biggest stage.
"Last year I got here and saw all the people and was like, 'Oh, my goodness, this is the state tournament,' " he said. "I was still anxious for the matches this year, but I was much more relaxed."
Filstrup has high hopes for Parsons' senior season.
"He's a hard worker. He's a perfectionist but has worked on that and doesn't get mad as much. He's a gentleman on the court." Filstrup said.
Parsons already was talking about getting back to state next season.
"There's a lot of stuff in mind that I can improve upon," he said.
"Today just makes me want to do it again so much more."
Nicholas Beaty of Wayzata and Josh Gearou of Elk River will face off in an 8 a.m. semfinal Friday at Baseline. The winner will take on the winner of a match between Forest Lake's Toby Boyer and Manfred Barrios of Hopkins.
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Neighborhood: Georgetown
Cuisines: French
Opening Hours:
Open Monday through Thursday 11:30 AM to Midnight, Friday 11:30 AM to 1 AM, Saturday 10 AM to 1 AM, and Sunday 10 AM to Midnight.
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Nearby Metro Stops: Foggy Bottom-GWU
Price Range: Inexpensive
Dress: Business Casual
Noise Level: Chatty
Reservations: Not Needed
Website: http://www.cafelaruche.com
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This cozy Georgetown cafe hasn't changed much since it opened in 1974. The candlelit tables have hosted many first dates over the years. Hearty, unpretentious Parisian fare—quiches oozing with Gruyère, a crock of onion soup gratinée, escargot swimming in butter, a croque monsieur dripping with béchamel—is the way to go here, so park cholesterol concerns at the door. And don't leave without splitting a buttery tart or rich chocolate mousse from the pastry case.
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Real Estate Woes (Finally) Hit Zillow, Redfin
It is counterintuitive that Web 2.0 real estate sites would continue to grow their audience and ad dollars while the industry "scrapes along the bottom" for years to come. The sites, though, still say they are growing.
"Fear, value-shopping, and curiosity are driving people in record volumes to our site," noted Zillow CEO Rich Barton on the company blog. "The fact that we have never spent any money on advertising gives me tremendous confidence in our consumer-centric product vision and in the long-term leverage in our business model (free, open access funded by targeted, relevant advertising)."
The past few weeks, however, have finally let some of the air out of the tires — a delayed pattern also observed with automotive third-party sites and dealers. The result: Redfin, a discount brokerage operating in eight markets, laid off 25 of 95 employees at the top of the month. And now, Zillow has laid off 35 of its 160 workers.
On the Redfin blog, CEO Glenn Kelman said the company was doing fine until just after Labor Day. "We've fought like starving animals, and with some success: while industry-wide transaction volumes dropped 33 percent, we grew revenues by nearly 50 percent. Traffic grew more than 300 percent."
Once the economic meltdown hit Wall Street, however, the "deals started to fall apart. As the stock market wiped out prospective down-payments, tours and offers dropped 30 percent," said Kelman. "Transactions that were done came undone." Kelman added, however, that he had no plans to close any of his offices.
Zillow's Barton, for his part, said the company's revenues are way up but still fall short of profitability. He said he had "no choice but to securely batten down the hatches as we sail into a major economic storm." But he might eventually hire more ad salespeople. Meanwhile, Zillow rival Trulia, which has been running mean and lean, told Greg Swann of Bloodhound Realty that it has no layoff plans and is looking to expand.
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Hotel Boutique Casa El Carretero boasts a fully restored colonial building with Caribbean style décor in Gethsemane, the historical walled city of Cartagena. An outdoor pool and free Wi-Fi are available.Rooms at Casa El Carretero have both fans and air-conditioning. Facilities also include flat-screen TVs and minibars. They are decorated with wooden Caribbean style furnishing.A personal chef will prepare either an International breakfast or a typical local one including Egg Arepa, Carimañola and Quibbe. Guests can enjoy natural juices and drinks on the terrace and by the pool. There is a restaurant that serves gourmet dishes.The tour desk can make reservations at all the restaurants in the area. Rafael Nunez Airport is only a 20-minute drive away. Hotel Boutique El Carretero is only 30 minutes' drive from Bocagrande shopping mall. ...read more
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BELMONT — Two local basketball players have received honors at their university this week.
Morgan Midkiff and Kelsey Long are starters for the Belmont Abbey team. They were both named as all-conference selections for Conference Carolinas.
Midkiff, a sophomore from North Surry, was named to the second team a season after picking up the freshman of the year award. Long, a senior from East Surry, was named to the third team for the second-straight season.
The two standouts helped give Belmont Abbey a school-record four selections to the All-Conference Carolinas teams.
In addition to Midkiff and Long, forward McKenzie Owen was named to the first team and senior point guard Candace Fox made the third team.
Owen is the first Crusader in six years to be named to the first team after averaging 17.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Fox led the league and was ranked ninth nationally in assists per game (5.6) and 17th in assist/turnover ratio (2.06).
The high play of these four women helped the Crusaders earn their first coach of the year award for Jason Williams.
Once a point guard for the Lady Greyhounds, Midkiff plays both guard spots for the Crusaders. She was second on the team and fourth in the league in scoring average at 15.6 points per game.
She scored a career-high 29 points in an overtime win at Erskine in the regular season finale and has posted three double-doubles. She nearly had a triple-double in one game with 20 points, eight rebounds and nine assists.
She is ranked in the top five in 10 statistical categories in the league. She is ranked 14th nationally in free throw percentage at 84.5 percent, just ahead of Long at 84.0 percent. Despite being just 5-foot-5, Midkiff grabbed 4.7 rebounds to go with 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals.
Long averaged 10.2 points per game as well as three rebounds, two assists and one steal. She scored her 1,000th career point in the overtime win at North Greenville on November 27 and currently has 1,252 career points. Midkiff is on pace to reach the 1,000 milestone next season.
Long led the team in 3-point shooting at 35.2 percent, while Midkiff was third at 31.9 percent.
In one incredible stretch in February, Long hit 12-15 (80 percent) from 3-point range in three games. That performance earned her the Conference Carolinas Player of the Week Award.
* Two other all-state performers have made contributions to their teams this season: Jordan Hiatt (Mount Airy) and Keri Fulp (East Surry).
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A point guard in high school, Hiatt averaged 6.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and two assists.
Fulp is a freshman at Wake Forest, battling for playing time with her older teammates.
Fulp has averaged 10 minutes a game and scored 1.5 points per outing. She is shooting 10 of 21 (47.6 percent) from the field and 16 of 23 (69.6 percent) from the stripe while grabbing 2.2 rebounds.


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Attend all your customers have them leave your salon happier
Hello Kitty Beauty Salon is a fun application for Android where you own a Beauty Salon and need to make sure all of your customers are happy and leave the establishment wanting to come back.
To serve the customers, you just have to drag them to the right place. When they are there, just click on them to start the beauty treatment as soon as possible, otherwise they will get nervous and leave. If you're doing well, you might have celebrities attend your salon.
As the game advances, you will be able to hire other workers with the money you earn, and you can also buy the coins with real money: always be sure of what you're actually doing. If you're a fan of Hello Kitty, you'll probably enjoy this time management game with excellent graphics and smooth animations.
Sanrio Digital is the developer of Hello Kitty Beauty Salon, a fun game with many features that you will like if you've played management games and enjoyed them. Nothing special but quite an entertaining game for everyone.
When the time comes, hire and train more staff to help out, and purchase valuable upgrades so you can keep up with increasing demands. More customers means more money, but don't be caught off-guard!
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If you insist on using the Galaxy-X, then Engineer is the only real option. The only cruisers tac captains can be effective in is the Excelsior, Galor, and a few specialized D'Kora and Assault Cruiser builds. Anything else should be left to the engineers.
However, anything in the Galaxy is pretty much a waste of time. It doesn't have the offensive power of an assault cruiser or excelsior, lacks the healing potential of a star cruiser, isn't as versatile as a loldyssey, and its "amazing" offensive weapon (which is pretty decent, but locks you into using only phasers, when Borg cubes are immune to phaser proc) fires on a very narrow arc. If you plan on using the phaser lance, it is going to impair your ability to broadside (because the turn rate sucks) and reduce your damage potential.
Speak for yourself. I am a Tac Captian in a Galaxy X and a Galaxy R. I do great in STF Elite. I rarely die and I can take on cubes by myself. Since we have this "god awful" turn rate you have to get weapons thats that improve your arcs and engineering abilities to heal your shields fast enough while you turn slow. You need torpedo spread because you get more in a volley and they don't miss. Torpedos do a better hull punch than beams. The difference between Photon and Quantum torpedos is that photons take down the shield faster and Quantums take down hull faster. You have to decide which is most effective for you. Cannons you can only use for a short time to bring down the borg shields because the borg will take your shield face down really quickly.
I for one have tried this combination:
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Note: Boost your hull rate to 53,000 and above, and your Shields need to be 12,000 and above. You will need Positron Deflector at lvl XII add 24 or more to Structural integrity and shields. You will need Covarient shields that reach over 7,000 HP. The best is MKXII , rating at 7,227 with regeneration at 137. You will also need 2 Shield Field generators science consoles to boost shield capacity, and 1 Shield Emitter engineering console to boost shield power level. Make sure you have EPE BOFF power to help you turns faster in conjuction with evasive manuver to help you turn to your undamaged side and get out of range of attacker.
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Review: 'Django' is Tarantino being Tarantino
Of course, no weapon is as prominent here as the gun. There's an unfathomable amount of killing; to call one climactic scene a bloodbath would be the literal truth. By ratcheting up the violence to outrageous proportions and contrasting it with anachronistic pop songs, Tarantino is aiming for an in-your-face humor that mostly works, as long as you somehow avoid thinking about the recent real-life massacre at a school in Connecticut (I couldn't).
He's also insisting that you laugh at the "N-word," dispensed in liberal doses by blacks and whites, and begging you to mock the twisted rationalizations for slavery made by the buffoon plantation owners and a burgeoning KKK faction (the film's funniest scene). Tarantino's also poking you in some of the sore spots, alluding to the ways America might not be as evolved as it thinks it is. But, as is always the case with Tarantino, his first priority (besides casting himself in a terribly distracting role) is to tip his bloodied cowboy hat to the exploitation films of the 60s and 70s that made him a movie junkie — and then turn it up a few more notches.
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WHEN IT COMES to chauvinism, bass makes reggae or the blues seem positively open-minded in more ways than one. It's been a strictly booty-bumpin', woofer-thumpin', hottie-humpin' scene since Luther Campbell and his 2 Live Crew simultaneously landed in the courts and on the charts in the late '80s. And despite a few nationwide hits like "Whoot (There It Is)," "Tootsie Roll," and "C'Mon And Ride It (Take the Train)," bass has always been a regional music. It's made by and for folks from the Southeast (copycat bass hits from Northern artists, such as Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" or LL Cool J's "Goin' Back To Cali," didn't even call themselves bass). But it is also a region where Bible Belt morality and an R&B renaissance (around "Hot 'Lanta") are thriving, two things you wouldn't know by listening to the Quad City DJ's or 95 South.
On Organized Bass, Kilo Ali creates a space where bass, the Bible, and the brethren of Babyface can all be accommodated, a perennially tortured but ultimately liberating endeavor. Well past the point of having to prove his bass bona fides (this is his sixth CD), Kilo has enlisted the aid of Atlanta-based Organized Noize, an evocative production crew whose gossamer sheen and liquid grooves have enhanced the work of Goodie Mob, En Vogue, and Toni Braxton, among others. Just like that, the numbing thump of bass's perpetual pulse finds new musical and philosophical terrain. "Baby, Baby" is bass in a dreamscape, like a baby's heartbeat swathed in the womb. "Save Me" goes right through the church and out to the riverbank for a baptism romp complete with a chunky sample of Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and an eight-member backup choir. "Lost Y'All Mind" features some pensive guitar noodling over what could be an Ennio Morricone soundtrack: It's deep-fried chicken on a spaghetti western, while Kilo trips over the evils of racism and black-on-black violence.
For the stone bass-lovers, all is not lost. "Show Me Love" and "Bottom to the Top" are both in the tradition, and "Organized Noize," featuring Cee-Lo of the Goodie Mob, has got the hypnotic repetition of the genre down pleasurably pat. There's also the requisite sexual blatancy of "Love In Ya Mouth," with Outkast's Big Boi as guest rapper. And when luminary George Clinton stops by on "Loot Chi Chi," the P-Funk is consigned to the trunk, as bass holds the wheel. Nevertheless, anyone who has listened to bass knows it can be all wound up; Organized Bass simply gives it new places to roll.
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The name says it all: Bryant's Blueberries raises nine varieties of blueberry, such as Blueray' and Patriot', and nothing else. Tucked away on 10 quiet acres in New Salisbury, Indiana, the farm is a tranquil spot for a day of berry picking or a walk around the field. If you're lucky, you might even meet Waylon, the friendly resident German shepherd. Founded in 1977, Bryant's Blueberries uses integrated pest management to reduce its reliance on chemicals, so the blueberries are as pure and natural as possible. Because of that, owners Dale and Diane Bryant claim that once you try their blueberries, you'll never settle for anything else. The blueberry season runs from early June to late July, but the Bryants often restrict picking when supplies run low. Call ahead or check the website for information about designated picking days, including the availability of specific varieties. Come prepared with baskets or buckets, preferably with handles, but be sure to have your empty containers weighed before heading out to the field.


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This is our best traditional, hand-carved, leaf & bird cuckoo clock made by Anton Schneider of the Black forest. The clock is made in Schonach Germany of reusable linden wood. The clock is made of wood with carvings of branches, leaves and a single bird sitting on the crest. The #25 brass mechanism is made in Germany by Regula and is very trouble free and easy to service. Gravity is applied to the mechanism by two cast iron pine cones the drive the time and cuckoo call. The chain drive uses two brass chains that are tarnish resistant.
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"I've been enveloped and swimming in love the last few years"
It's early Saturday morning, and I'm quickly putting fresh sheets on my bed. The door bell rings before I can finish, and I run down the stairs to a incredibly punctual, smiling, and shirtless Travis Sigley, the cuddle therapy practitioner.
Sigley is a San Francisco-based, specializing in private appointments, group sessions, and workshops on non-sexual intimacy. I invited Sigley over to have a conversation about his line of work -- and to find out why this beautiful man is always shirtless. He greets me at my door with a big hug. His handsome face and sun-kissed body make it easy to imagine spending an hour in my bed wrapped in his loving arms.
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He won the Heartthrob of the Year honor at this year's Feminist Porn Awards. He teaches workshops on porn star sex. He has a full schedule of solo masturbation and menage a trois porn shoots coming up. There's no denying that 2012 is the year for transmale porn star James Darling. To celebrate his it-ness, I invited the very attractive, slightly shy, and oh-so-charismatic Darling over to my house to sit on my couch, eat some bacon chocolate chip cookies, and talk sex. Read more »
One might imagine that there is hardly a personal entanglement that Princess Donna, director and star of Kink.com's Public Disgrace, Bound Gang Bangs, and Ultimate Surrender sites, can't handle with a strong wrist and flogger. While that may be true, the BDSM power player is also a master of the kind of communication involving words. And unlike your standard sex advisor, she's that frank kind of sex-positive feminist that can help with whatever you want to do in bed (/dungeon) that is safe and consensual. And be real sexy through the processing, to patent leather boot. We had to give her her very own Guardian sex advice column.
Kink.com is getting its star turn in the mainstream media – everyone's favorite historic-building-cum-porn-palace served as the shooting locaiton for the movie that Stephen Elliott and Kink star Lorelei Lee penned, Cherry (trailer here). The flick, which makes its San Francisco debut at the SF International Film Festival (April 24, 27, 28) stars James Franco and Heather Graham, who plays a female director at a porn company.
It isn't Kink in the movie, exactly -- it's not a BDSM company, for one. And I met up with Lee at Thieves Tavern this week and she told me that despite the vocation of Cherry's protagonist, she didn't consider it a movie based in sex-positive activism. Read more »
Oh sweet, fluffy bunny rabbit. In other, less frisky climes, your ilk is heralded as the perfect harbinger of spring. And also though we respect your frenetic rates of copulation, we humbly suggest a more apropos sign of the season: radical faerie Cobra's new art show at gay health center Magnet, featuring both carvings and tapestries devoted to that (second)most fertile of creatures, the penis.
Yay or nay? Whatever your response to this humble re-branding suggestion, this week brings just the exultant sex event for you. Hunky Jesus contests? Drinking til you barf with your fellow leathemen? Read on, bunny dearest, for this week's sex events. Read more »
Today I wrote a story about my sexual initiation. I forwarded my story to my friends, we discussed, they wrote down theirs. Turns out one of my loved ones did the deed over half an ecstasy pill on Staten Island. Another's first time was with a boyfriend so unmemorable that she couldn't remember identifying characteristics. Apparently they had a hard time getting it in.
Is there a moment in life that is as important, yet less talked-about than the dismissal of one's virginity? Hardly. So few things equaled the cheap thrill I got from handing over my own story to local author turned filmmaker Laura Goode to publish on her film's new fundraising website. Read more »
This is the thing, is that pastel is not supposed to be sexy and it's definitely not supposed to be San Francisco.
But here it is, and nowhere is it more apparent than in this week's lineup of sex events. It's not just Mission Control's pajama bash, but also the parade of parties that will be hitting the decks throughout the next seven days. Actually, maybe it's just Sat/31 that's putting forth the highest wattage of lightly-hued light. The 15th anniversary of the Lex? Well sure, it's hardly pastel in everyone's favorite dykve bar, but best believe that the world of the Lexington churns based on the wattage that pink provides. And the Clitoris Celebration at La Pena Cultural Center? Rosy shades of powerful. So don't worry if your dye job's starting to look a little tie-dye-red -- just tell 'em you're in My Little Pony land and they'll understand. Hey, maybe even take you home. Read more »
Perhaps you caught Soojin Chang's review of the first month's edition of Cum and Glitter (my god, the trolls from SFGate sure did!), the Mission's new alt-queer live sex show that had Ava Solanos squirting, yes squirting, the to thrums of a cello perched mere feet away from her audience-spritzing climax. Yes! Well even if you didn't, you will note from that description that C&G is the classiest thing that an experienced exhibitionist could be possibly be involved in, in the city these days. And so it is with pleasure that we announce that the show is currently holding auditions. Will you don baby bloomers and molest your babysitter onstage? Sexy ribbon-dance? Those were actually last month's ideas, babe, but we know you can think of something great. Now, the week's sex events from lectures to slutty cigar parties.
Last night's opening of North Beach's brand spanking new Penthouse Club and Steakhouse (formerly Show Girls, before that Boy Toys) was glittery enough and did have a two-story pole for the women to play on, but – and I will only say this once – ladies, when you are being introduced onstage in the first moments of a strip club officially being open and you are next to a two-story stripper's pole, and you are a stripper, you better get up there and show the crowd what they're going to be getting for its rumpled, sweaty single bills. Read more »
File them under "things I don't understand, ergo I hate them": getting stood up and online dating. How backwards, no? Thank god for writer Oscar Raymundo, for in addition to being a gleefully catty bitch on this selfsame website and Internet-everywhere, he is taking part in a panel discussion to demystify online encounters tonight, on Thu/15. Read more »


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brand new furnace with problems
i just had a brand new furnace installed, it started working fine. now when it comes on, the circuit board gives a 4 blink red code, stating that the limit switch is open? what can i do?
If you had it installed by a contractor.
Call him back, and have him correct your air fow issues.
He sould have sized it to the heat loss of your home, and not by what size your old furnace is.
If you, or a friend of a friend, or a relative installed it yourself.
You need to find how much air it nees to move. And correct your duct work for it.
You can do your own load calc, to find what size furnace you need.
Oversized funaces on undersized duct work, uses more fuel to heat your home.
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Stayed here with wife and 2 young kids. The studio was small when we pulled out the sofa bed, but it's comfortable to sleep the 4 of us. The full kitchen was useful when we didn't want to go out for breakfast or returned early for dinner. As we had young kids who constantly soiled their clothes with food, the... more
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