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Once again I am overwhelmed by the hypocrisy of our legislators -- Pat Quinn, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton and more. All good Irish Catholic boys, probably even altar boys, supporting gay marriage. Please, fellas, don't come to church on Sunday, bow your heads and pretend to pray to God. He's not voting for you, and neither am I.
However, your gay constituents will. They will support you financially and even campaign for you. I think God won't and I know I won't. If you are the "new normal" politician, I'll pass. I want someone who stands by the sanctity of marriage and family and has the courage to stand by their religious teachings.
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A Portrait of Majestic France
Paris to Bordeaux | 15 DaysPrint Day-To-Day
Visit Monet's home in his beloved village of Giverny, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years. When Monet bought the property, most of it was an orchard; he transformed it over the years into the enchanted vision that he painted, essentially creating each work of art twice: once as a living garden and again as a painting. Stroll through the gardens and admire the familiar Japanese bridge and water garden that inspired him. Though the town suffered bomb damage during WWII, you'll still be able to recognize many scenes from the master's iconic paintings. Step even further into the past with a hike to Château Gaillard. Your adventure takes you to the dramatic white-stone remains of the English king's stronghold. You'll be rewarded with stunning views of the river and surrounding countryside. Or take a guided Nordic walking tour along the popular trail to Château Gaillard and the cliffs above St. Jaques hospital. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner.
Note: Giverny will be closed during the March 16, March 23 and March 30 cruise departure dates. Instead of Giverny, guests will visit Versailles Palace.
Normandy's proximity to the sea has made it the site of many battles, including the famous D-Day Invasion by Allied forces during WWII. Before visiting the beaches of Normandy, you'll go to Mulberry Harbor at Arromanches and explore the D-Day Museum. Or choose to visit Juno Beach where the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed, and take in the exhibits at the Canadian Center. Or, after spending time in Arromanches, drive to Bayeux to see the famous 11th-century tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings. Continue to the Allied landing sites at Omaha Beach before visiting a haunting reminder of the Allied forces' hard fight for freedom—the American Cemetery. Located in Colleville-sur-Mer, near the section of coastline designated "Omaha Beach," the cemetery and memorial honor American soldiers who lost their lives while fighting in Europe. Uniworld guests can participate in a special ceremony during their visit that involves a wreath laying, the American national anthem, and a moment of silence.
Rouen, founded in pre-Roman times and the Medieval capital of the region, has managed to preserve many notable buildings despite being invaded, conquered, and bombed countless times over the years. Your visit will take you to the stunning Gothic cathedrals, the haunting Medieval quarter and the Gros Horloge, a Renaissance clock tower. The walk ends at Vieux Marché, where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the English in 1431. Or enjoy a bike ride along the Seine with an expert guide. The Seine River banks are popular with locals, and cycling on the docks is part of the art of enjoying Rouen.
After crossing the river delta via the majestic Normandy Bridge, travel through the Calvados countryside to Honfleur, a charming French harbor town re-created in paintings by such artists as Monet, Courbet, and the painter who inspired so many others to come to Honfleur: Eugene Boudin. Charles Baudelaire, the French poet, called Boudin's stormy pictures of the harbor "meteorological beauties." Tour the former smugglers' harbor of Vieux Bassin—the most frequently painted scene in Honfleur—whose streets reveal the rich history of the port, and St. Catherine's Church, which was built by shipwrights.
FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Choice of Médoc panoramic tour with exclusive wine tasting or exclusive guided "Go Active" vineyard bicycle ride with wine tasting
Set sail on the Garonne for the pretty town of Pauillac, gateway to the storied Médoc wine route. In Pauillac, you'll begin a panoramic tour of the heart of the Haut-Médoc AOC (or appellation d'origine contrôlée, a geographical designation that denotes where grapes are grown) before enjoying a visit to a winery where you'll get a chance to taste the celebrated Médoc wines. Or experience the terroir in an entirely different way: with a guided bike ride through the beautiful Médoc vineyards. You'll get an up-close look at the vines and a real feel for the atmosphere—the earth, the sunshine—of this famous wine-growing region. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner.
FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Scenic drive along the Route de la Corniche Fleurie with Blaye Fortress and exclusive private evening tour of Bordeaux
Be treated to a scenic drive alongside limestone cliffs on a little road called the Route de la Corniche Fleurie. The road winds through the picturesque hamlets of Pain de Sucre, Marmisson, and Roque de Thau, where you'll find charming stone houses built by 19th-century ship captains. Return to Blaye for a guided walk through the 17th-century citadel built by famed military engineer Vauban. Its fortress and tunnels are a UNESCO monument. Board the ship to sail back to Bordeaux. Upon returning to Bordeaux, enjoy an exclusive evening tour. Bordeaux under the stars—what could be more magical? After Paris, Bordeaux has more protected buildings than any other French city. From the alleyways of the Saint-Pierre district to the avenues of the Place des Quinconces, you'll see why Queen Elizabeth II deemed Bordeaux "the essence of elegance."
FEATURED EXCURSION: Bergerac city tour
Bergerac, which is located in the southernmost part of the Périgord and boasts 12 AOCs, is your jumping-off point for today's adventure. On your walking tour of the town you'll explore the popular farmers' market, hear the fateful story of Cyrano de Bergerac and his Roxanne, and watch the flat- bottom boats glide along the river. Stop at the 16th-century Château de Monbazillac, which offers marvelous views overlooking Bergerac and the Dordogne River. The drive along the Dordogne is an especially scenic one, and you'll cross bridges to explore charming bastide villages on both sides of the river.
FEATURED EXCURSION: Saint-Émilion walking tour with wine tasting
Saint-Émilion offers exceptional historic architecture, and historic vineyards, too. The Romans were the first to plant grapes here, and this was the first vineyard region to be protected by UNESCO. The town, built atop limestone hills, offers many interesting shops, but what makes it extraordinary is what exists below the cobbled streets—Saint- Émilion's Monolithic Church, which dates back to the 12th century. After touring Saint-Émilion, you'll visit the cellars of a Premier Grand Cru estate where you'll taste some of the world's most highly rated wines.
FEATURED EXCURSION: Cadillac, châteaux, and Sauternes vineyards with exclusive artisanal wine-pairing lunch at Château d'Arche
Vous êtes arrivé à Cadillac, the area known for producing sweet dessert wines under the celebrated Cadillac AOC designation. Today, you'll embark on a study of Sauternes, the sweet wine which is named for the region. Sauternes is made from grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, a fungus that causes a raisin-like decay, resulting in a concentrated and distinctly flavored sweet wine. You'll meet the winemakers and enjoy an elegant wine-pairing lunch at Château d'Arche, a nearly 100-acre vineyard with a 17th-century manor house. Enjoy a fabulous luncheon paired with three Sauternes wines of different estates and vintages. You'll discover the characteristics of each wine: the flavors that result from the different terroir and the different personalities of the wine makers. This wine not only pairs well with desserts—it also proves an exciting match to smoked salmon and beautifully balances a spicy meal. Learn how easy (and fun!) it is to pair a sweet wine with a whole new variety of dishes. The tour concludes with an opportunity to see the grounds of the legendary wine estate, Château d'Yquem, a Premier Cru Supérieur and producer of some of the world's most sought-after and exclusive wines. A special Captain's Farewell Reception and Gala Dinner will be prepared for you this evening.
FEATURED EXCURSIONS: Choice of exclusive "Do as the Locals Do" Bordeaux walking tour or exclusive guided "Go Active" bicycle ride through the city
See Bordeaux à pied on a fascinating walking tour of the Golden Triangle, where you'll encounter the very best the city has to offer. Explore luxury food halls, sample Bordeaux's famous canelés and chocolates, discover marvelous 18th-century architecture, and visit an elegant wine bar popular with locals. If you're looking for something more active, enjoy the "Pearl of Aquitaine" from the seat of a bike on a guided ride. You'll have plenty of free time to further enjoy Bordeaux on your own. Revisit some of the places you saw on your tour, explore new sights, or indulge in a little shopping. The choice is yours!
Disembark the ship and transfer to Bordeaux– Mérignac International Airport for your flight home.
Note: Order of sightseeing may change throughout the itinerary. Substitute visits to other sites may occur during your trip due to water levels or other uncontrollable factors.

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NEW YORK — The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012.
The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers geek, author and creator of the much-read FiveThirtyEight blog at the New York Times had gone out for a drink with friends on Manhattan�s Lower East Side. But he couldn�t stay incognito; immediately, he says, people sitting at the bar recognized him.
He was surprised, but probably shouldn�t have been. For 24 hours, ever since his election forecasts had proved uncannily successful � he correctly predicted the presidential winner in all 50 states and almost all the Senate races � he had been hailed as the election�s �other winner,� who had silenced doubters and proved the value of a cool-headed, math-based approach.
That night, he had appeared on Jon Stewart�s �The Daily Show� for the second time in three weeks. �Don�t you want to stand up and say, �I am Nate Silver, bow down to me!� � Stewart roared, as the bespectacled Silver sat and chuckled. The Hollywood Reporter said he had �made statistics sexy again.� Many called his story a real-life �Revenge of the Nerds� tale.
And oh, his new book had soared to No. 2 on Amazon, after he linked to it on Twitter an hour after the first network call for President Obama. (�This is probably a good time to link to my book,� he had tweeted at 12:13 a.m. � the closest he came to gloating.)
Even so, Silver says he wasn�t quite prepared for that incident in the bar.
�It�s odd,� he said in a telephone interview from his Brooklyn home. �Is this going to happen every day, as opposed to once a month? I still have to get accustomed to this.�
Silver, who uses computer models that he runs on a beat-up laptop at home, is quick to acknowledge the accomplishments of others using similar methods. �It�s a little strange to become a kind of symbol of a whole type of analysis,� he said. And he noted that similar work was being done with, for example, weather, all the time. �You have to give those forecasters way more credit,� he said. �Their forecasts have real life-and-death consequences.�
Others have used similar computer models to predict races. What Silver has done, though, is not only arrive at a formula that uses aggregated polls and other weighted factors to achieve his predictions, but also to write about them in an accessible and engaging way.
His father, political science professor Brian Silver, attributes his son�s success to a two-pronged drive: �He�s driven by a need to get the answers to a problem, but he also is very concerned with the narrative, with telling the story,� said the elder Silver, who teaches at Michigan State University.
After earning an economics degree at the University of Chicago, he went into consulting for a few years. In 2007, Silver started writing about politics � at first under a pseudonym, �Poblano.� He quickly gained an audience for his forecasts during the presidential primaries. In March 2008, he began his FiveThirtyEight blog, and a few months later revealed his name.
With his success in the 2008 race � he got every state right except for Indiana � Silver was already a big name. In 2009, he was named one of Time�s 100 Most Influential People.
But the 2012 election brought a new level of pressure. While Democrats flocked to his blog and took daily solace in his consistent prediction that Obama would win, commentators on the right were critical, and he was accused of weighting his forecasts too heavily toward Democrats.
MSNBC�s Joe Scarborough called him a �joke.� Silver responded by betting him Obama would win, a bet the host didn�t take him up on and was later criticized by the Times ombudsman.
But Silver says he always felt confident in his projections. �I didn�t see any particular reason for the polls to be off the mark,� he said. �Republicans said Democrats were oversampled, but without much justification.�
Silver predicted 90.9 percent certainty that Obama would win and forecast him getting 313 electoral college votes; he has 303 without Florida, which is still counting and could take him to 332.
For now, he�s trying to enjoy it all as much as he can.
�When you get into statistical analysis, you don�t really expect to achieve fame,� he observed wryly.
What�s ahead for Silver? For now, he has a second book to write, part of a two-book deal. And FiveThirtyEight is set to remain at the Times until mid-2013. After that, he doesn�t know yet, though he noted, with understatement: �I know I�ll have more opportunities now.� But he added: �I�m sure there will be a FiveThirtyEight forecast in 2016.�
For now, he prefers to look at life, and life choices, as a poker player, since he loves the game.
�You get steely nerves playing poker,� he said. �It�s part skill and part luck. You hope you win enough bets to make a living on, right?�


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These are the bookings recorded for the Doris C. Gravat Detention Center for Jan. 3. Some of the people listed may not have actually spent time in jail if they posted bond and were released. Although those listed have been arrested and charged, that does not mean they have been found guilty. All bookings may be viewed online by visiting www.aikenstandard.com and clicking on the Crime tab.
Michael Wayne Brantley, 37 driving under suspension third offense, driving under the influence two counts
Teresa Ann Washington, 47 driving under the influence
Andrew Martin, 48 driving under the influence, no drivers license two counts
Lisa Jean Honea, 48 shoplifting
Michael Tracey Horlback, 21 open container of liquor, driving under suspension
Devin Wykie Williams, 23 no drivers license, driving under the influence, open container of beer
Jonathan David Griffin, 22 giving false information, violation of probation
Brian Michael Hilliard, 29 open container of beer
Gregory Antonio Anthony, 30 drug paraphernalia, driving under suspension
Stephanie Lauren Castleberry, 18 possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence first offense
Anthony Qucell Curry, 45 failure to appear and pay as ordered two counts
Esteban Leonel Valentin, 29 shoplifting second offense commitment
David Tyrick Garvin, 23 simple possession of marijuana bench warrant, no South Carolina drivers license bench warrant, malicious injury to real property bench warrant, possession of drug paraphernalia bench warrant
Jamal Rashad Carter, 23 unlawful carry of a pistol, simple possession of marijuana, disorderly conduct bench warrant, open container bench warrant, no drivers license bench warrant, driving in the wrong lane
Ricco Lamont Watts, 35 disorderly conduct commitment
Hope Elaine Barrs, 34 receiving stolen goods three counts
Richard Christopher Robbins, 43 failure to pay as ordered
Shilton Maurice Donovan, 31 unlawful use of a telephone two counts, assault and battery third degree
Marquise Devonte Thomas, 17 assault and battery third degree
Melvin Deneil Burton, 37 shoplifting $2,000 or less
Tabaras Laedward Adams, 23 kidnapping, assault and battery first degree, no South Carolina drivers license bench warrant
James Luther Holland, 53 driving under the influence
Davin Carlton Smith, 35 probation violation
Bennie Leeteria Curry, 20 assault and battery third degree
Christopher Burton Johnson, 40 criminal domestic violence
Todd William Peavey, 52 simple larceny
Christopher Joseph Griffin, 19 assault and battery
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MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota Department of Transportation worker hit by a car on I-94 Sunday night is speaking out from his hospital bed.
KARE 11 spoke with Ken Moreau by phone Monday morning and he went into detail about what he could remember.
Moreau didn't know anything about the open bottle police found or that the man was driving without a license and without insurance, according to the police report.
Moreau says he parked his MnDOT vehicle to the side of the road to pick up a box spring. He says he knew it would take several trips to pick up, but he was hit on the first.
From his hospital bed at North Memorial, Moreau says doctors told him he'll probably be at the hospital for about a week. He says, he remembers seeing a flash of light, and the next thing he knew he went flying.
"I flew for about 50 feet, 40,45, 50 feet, and I rotated when I was in the air," said Moreau.
He says he suffered a fractured hip, broke his fibula in three places and damaged his clavicle, and is currently not able to walk.
"I was confused. I have road rash on the back of my head, on my face, on my back," said Moreau.
"I believe the driver did stop," said Moreau.
Police arrested and booked an Oakdale man on charges including careless driving and giving false information to police.
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John: It's week seven the NFL season. It's flying by fast isn't it? At least to me it is. We're here to preview this week's Thursday night game as the Seattle Seahawks head to San Francisco to take on the 49ers.
Last week was rough. After two largely predictable weeks, it was back to NFL madness with 7 of the 14 games having a result that was three points or less. We'll get into some of the other stats tomorrow, but as we're seeing every week you just never know what might happen from week to week in the NFL. It's what makes it so exciting, though.
Standings after Week 6 (Straight Up)
Mike 56-35 .615 (Last Week 8-6)
John 56-35 .615 (6-8)
Bret 54-37 .593 (8-6)
As always I'm joined by Bret Clev and Mike Maloney to break down tonight's game.
Seattle (4-2) at San Francisco (4-2) 8:20 PM
Bret: With these Thursday night games I think we can throw stats out the window. There's just always going to be some wacky narrative that doesn't make sense come through. This one could either be "Seattle on the road after a tough game" or "San Francisco reeling after a tough loss." Could go either way.
Obviously, this is going to be a defensive game, and I expect the game to be pretty close to the super low 37.5 points.
Seattle's defense has the speed and size up-front to stop the 9ers power running game, causing Smith to throw a lot out of the shotgun/pistol. Watching last week's game I saw a formation I'd never seen before several times. The 49ers lined up their backfield in a pistol-wishbone look. Smith in the pistol with H-backs on his left and right, and Gore 2 steps behind. This, I think, could be a key formation for the 49ers in this game - I don't expect Smith to have the time to go deep (and Harbaugh may be hesitant to try it after last week), but those H-backs either blocking or coming out of the backfield and into the flat. When you have that along with Vernon Davis running seams and posts will cause headaches for everyone - and that's how they'll exploit a Seattle defense which, if anything, lacks speed at the second level.
On the other side of the ball, I don't really see an area where Seattle has a significant advantage over the 49ers defense. I don't expect them to come up with anything inventive. It'll simply be the Marshawn-Hammer beating on the 49ers D-Line. Seattle's pretty good at that, but I don't think anyone is good enough to beat San Francisco that way. I expect it to be a long, plodding, 3-and-out play for field position sort of day for the Seahawks.
Still, I trust nothing in these Thursday night games, but I have to make a pick, so I'll go with San Fran. San Francisco 20 Seattle 13
Mike: Basically the NFC West is full of four teams of varying talent that play good defense and struggle to win games against other teams with good defense when they fall behind in the game. Does that about sum it up? Still not really sure how Seattle beat New England, and while I give credit to Russell Wilson for hitting Sidney Rice in stride 50 yards down the field, he was wide open with the cornerback chasing him and the safety five yards away from him on the other side. It was a really big win for Seattle, and I'm a little concerned about their energy level coming into this game being on a Thursday and all.
I don't feel like I took a ton from the Niners/Giants game. I mean, really what did we learn? That New York has a dominant offensive line? We knew that. That Alex Smith is capable of turning the ball over when he gets pressured and has to play from behind? Knew that too. That the Giants are one of the most inconsistent regular season teams but you know they still have the talent to put together games like this seemingly at random? Yep, also knew that one. Yeah, I'm a little surprised that the Giants were able to run the ball so well while the Niners really struggled to get anything going, but again, looking at how the game progressed and how early the Niners were down, I'm not that surprised.
Now, what does all of this mean for Thursday night's game? Probably not much, because it's Thursday night, which means who knows what's going to happen. I do happen to really enjoy betting against the Seahawks and the Rams when they're on the road, so I think I'll continue doing that for this game. Not only that, but I'm going to get a little controversial here and pick the Niners to cover (although I don't love it enough to make it one of my five bets for the week).
I think the only way you can really be competitive with San Francisco is to have some firepower to back up a good defense. And Russell Wilson's magic doesn't really extend past the city of Seattle. I'm a little nervous about the pick because it is a Thursday game as well as a divisional matchup, but Russell Wilson against San Fran's D is just too much to pass up. San Francisco 19 Seattle 7
John: With Seattle I usually pick them to win at home. I did last week against the Patriots and got that right. They are one of those teams that is significantly better at home. I think when you have a rookie QB like Russell Wilson there's more to it than just the crowd being loud. It's a comfort thing. Now they're looking to go into San Francisco against an angry Niners team that got their asses kicked by the Giants four days ago? I don't see it happening although if it does the Seahawks will be sending a message to the entire NFL because then they would have wins over the Packers, Patriots and 49ers this season.
I think the 49ers will right the ship this week. The Giants beat them up and ran the ball on them like nobody else did this year. Against the Seahawks, though, you can play against the run more and not worry about the pass as much because Russell Wilson is not the polished passer that Eli Manning is.
It will be a defensive game with a field position battle like Bret said and I think the Niners will be more efficient offensively. While I don't see either rushing game having much success, I think the Niners will be able to find Vernon Davis up the middle to open up the passing game.
San Fran gets out to a lead early, Seattle comes back late and tries to win on a final drive, but the Niners will hold them off. The NFC West is about defense. The Niners are the best team in the division. They will win this game.
The spread right now on Pinnaclesports.com is 49ers by 8 with the over/under of 37.5 points. I'm not going to touch either, but I am picking the Seahawks to cover and that it will go under by a bit. 49ers 20-16
Thanks for reading. We'll see you again on Friday for the rest of this week's games.
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I have been performing in theatre and ballet productions since I was very young and I am at my happiest when working on a production. This fall, I was cast in my first BW production under the direction of Scott Plate. We are now several weeks into rehearsals for "Carousel The Musical," one of Rogers and Hammerstein's greatest works. Scott is an inventive kind of director who enjoys An intimate, personal theater experience, so he decided back when he was given the show that he wanted to put it on in "the round" meaning a circular stage completely surrounded by audience. This is a more immersive interactive way of putting on a show especially one that is almost always done in presidium. This causes us to always be aware of our surrounding and that every angle is exposed to the audience at all times, a fun challenge to take on.
I'm playing Louise, who is the daughter of Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, the primary leads of this haunting production. In a week I will start rehearsals with Greg Daniels to choreograph my six minute ballet feature which is basically Louise's lament as a broken hardened young girl who has never known her father, the carousel barker.Thus far we've made up to "June is Busting out All Over" the big dance number of the show which is fast paced and full of fun partnering and tricks. Scott has also blocked some of the big scenes and is working with the leads on bringing energy and presence to their performances because this show is completely without audio-enhancement, meaning no amplifiers, mics, or monitors. YIKES! I'm more and more impressed by my talented peers every day and can't wait to see how this beautiful production pulls together as a whole. Hopefully unlike any "Carousel ' you've ever seen


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Ian McAllister came to Salem to see Madison James. He is the co-owner of MadWorld and it turns out he's also married to Madison. He learned she was in love with Brady Black and threatened to have Brady sent to prison if she didn't stop seeing him. She tried to stay away but when she couldn't, Ian finally let her go. He started seeing Kate DiMera behind Stefano's back and slept with her only to have Stefano find out and dump Kate. Ian took care of Kate but wouldn't let go of Madison. He drugged Brady many times until Brady wound up back in rehab. Brady and Madison realized Ian was the culprit in getting Brady addicted again. They decided to marry and on her wedding day, there was an explosion. Brady was trying to save Melanie while Madison died in Ian's arms. Ian told Kate that he never loved her. He only loved Madison and was trying to use Kate to gain control of DiMera Enterprises. Kate turned on Ian and during a heated argument, Ian admitted he killed Stefano! Of course he was lying and it was soon revealed that he was holding Stefano captive. He kidnapped EJ along with him and let it be known that EJ really was Stefano's son before he was taken off to jail.
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At the apartment, Will questions Gabi about her reluctance to do the modeling thing. He tells her how glad he is that he went to school and therefore he thinks she should go for it. Gabi says if she does it, it will change his life too. He says he'll pitch in more with Ari. Gabi stammers, but Will is distracted by a computer message about Eric. He takes off.
At some mystery location, EJ struggles with being tied to a chair. He thinks Ian's lying about him being Stefano's son. Stefano confirms Ian's telling the truth. Ian demands Stefano give him the code or he'll kill his son. EJ finally gets lose from the ropes and attacks Ian. EJ throws him around, knocking him unconscious. "Well done my son," Stefano says. EJ barks, "Never call me that again!" EJ starts yelling about him being responsible for Lexi's death. "I hate you," EJ yells. EJ grabs the coin and yells about it not being worth killing for. EJ calls the police from Ian's phone and asks them to trace the call and arrest Ian for kidnapping. EJ hands over the coin and leaves.
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In Photoshop Lightroom 3 Advanced Techniques, photographer Chris Orwig shows how to master the subtleties of Lightroom 3 and maximize its efficiency. The course begins with an in-depth exploration of Lightroom catalogs to keep track of photos, collections, keywords, stacks, and more. Along the way, Chris shows how to integrate Bridge and Photoshop in the Lightroom workflow and shares advanced techniques, including image editing with the adjustment brush, automating actions, using plug-ins and extensions, exporting to email or an FTP server, and more. Exercise files are included with the course.
You can think of this movie as a bit of a bonus movie. And here all that I want to do is just begin to give you more ideas of how you can work creatively with custom watermarks. In particular, what we're going to look at is how we could perhaps round corners on our images. And we could do this inside of any of the modules where we want to have a custom watermark sitting on top of our photograph to kind of limit what we're seeing. In the previous movie, we looked at something a bit more complex. Here all I have done in Photoshop is created this document where I've white on the edges.
You'll notice there is a round corner. You'll also notice there are a couple other layers here, one that has a white box and then also some copy. I have the background layer, just so we can see what it might look like being filled up with a photograph. Now again, this may not make exact sense now, but the point is is what you can do is create different edges or borders or content in Photoshop. And then you always want to leave it so there is transparency. You go to your File pulldown menu. You choose Save for Web & Devices.
Here again, we choose PNG-24. Now I have already done this for us, so let's go ahead and take a look at how we could use this inside of Lightroom. In Lightroom, what we would want to do is make a selection of an image, or images. We then could go to one of our modules, and here I will go to Slideshow. In Slideshow, what I am going to do is I am going to go ahead and go to my Watermarking option, and I will go to Edit Watermarks. And once again, I'll click Choose. And the watermark I am going to choose first is called corners. And I'll click Choose, and what I want to do is scroll down so that it fills the entirety of the frame. And then I'll save this out as "rounded corners-1." I will create that, and there you can see we now have this different type of a slideshow, where photographs are sitting inside of this little frame here.
Now at this point, it doesn't look very good, I think, because of some of the background elements. So I am going to turnoff my Identity Plate and just make sure to turn off these other items as well. And then I'll match this with my background color, scroll through here, no color wash on that, and then choose a background color that matches that white so you can see that now this looks a little bit better. It just has those round corners, and it fits right inside of there. Well, we could take this further, right? There was another version of this that we could use, if we wanted to. The other version was rounded corners number 2.
Let's go select that one, and here we'll choose that, and then we will save this out as "rounded corners-2." All right, well now that we have that, we have a little bit of this logo showing in here. Now if we want change this, we can change this, right? We can always work with our guides. And if we turn those guides on, we can add more space, so we can see this a little bit bigger and have a bit more space dedicated to that. And that looks pretty good. All right, well there you have it: an interesting way that we can start to kind of think outside of the box, where we can take advantage of our Photoshop skills in creating custom watermarks and then how we can integrate that into Lightroom.
Now keep in mind that what we do in Photoshop is really only limited by what you know how to do in Photoshop. So if you're feeling like effects like this might be kind of interesting, it probably would be worthwhile to hone up on your Photoshop skills and then to experiment with creating some of your own types of edges and layouts, saving those out as PNG-24 files, and then looking how you can integrate them into Lightroom inside of the Slideshow, Print, and Web modules.
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My wife (Beck) and I, are pleased to announce the safe arrival of our third child (second son) Samuel James Stevens born Friday afternoon at 4:24pm weighing 8 pound 10.5 ounces! Mum and Samuel doing well. I am not going to lie, Dad was a blubbering mess! It was quite the day here in Adelaide the mercury soared to 45c (111f). Didn't both us we were in the wonderful comfort of the air-conditioned hospital.
Samuel was delivered via C-Section. Our first two children, Abigail and Nathan were natural deliveries but there were some complication with both deliveries so they asked us to strongly consider a C-Section. We thought it best to trust those who are trained in such matters. It was kind of odd knowing the day and even the rough time our child would be born. We hadn't found out the sex so that was a very nice surprise. We arrived at around midday and got ourselves settled in. We were second on the list so it meant we had to wait…and wait. We were called at around 2:30ish and entered theatre at about 4pm. While we were waiting in pre-op there was a rather bad commotion. A lady had quite the episode in front of us. She was upset (and not in a healthy normal way either) and collapsed on the ground throwing a tantrum about something. The docs realised Beck and I were a little overwhelmed and quickly moved us into theatre. From there it all happened rather quickly. As soon as my son was lifted over the veil I burst into tears of joy. Samuel James Stevens was born and what a beautiful gift of God he is too.
You'll forgive me if I don't blog for a while I have more important and far more cuter things to attend to! :)


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Reader's Garden is an independent bookstore in the heart of Granville, OH (home of Denison University). Besides a wide assortment of current titles, we offer used books, unique greeting cards and cool gifts.
Learn More About Readers' Garden Book Store:
- New and used books
- Special order 1 - 2 days
- Offering gifts by local artists
- Amy Butler Stationary and Gifts
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Home of Josie Posie Cookies!
Josie Posie Cookies are a product of Readers' Garden Bookstore.
JoAnne Geiger's nickname growing up was Josie Posie and her Josie Posie Snaps are the result of an idea of combining her two passions, books and baking. She is the owner of the local bookstore Readers' Garden Books.
Josie Posie Snaps are the perfect tea or coffee cookie and what goes better with books than a cup of java or a spot of tea? JoAnne's cookies are available in four varieties: ginger, sugar, lemon and chocolate. These elegant little cookies are made by professional "home bakers" in the Granville area and are made with the freshest ingredients and contain no trans-fats or additives. JoAnne offers serving suggestions that pair her cookies with other desserts like ice cream, sorbet and fruit. Josie Posie Snaps are a versatile cookie and like "the little black dress" they can be dressed up or elegantly stand alone.
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The lockscreen security flaw that has recently been brought to light, has jailbreakers scrambling, as an update to iOS 4.1 is expected to be released soon. As you may know, we have only had the jailbreak tools for iOS 4.1 for a short while, and it would be shame to lose your jailbreak now.
With these simple steps, you can ensure that you will always be able to jailbreak your device at iOS 4.1, by saving your SHSH blobs in Cydia.
1. Download the latest version of TinyUmbrella, from the iJailbreak Downloads Section. It is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
2. Install, and open. Connect your iDevice, and TinyUmbrella will automatically recognize it.
3. Click "Save My SHSH". TinyUmbrella will save your SHSH for your device on whatever firmware you are currently running, and automatically upload it to Saurik's SHSH server.
There you go. Now you will be able to downgrade your firmware to iOS 4.1, if you happen to mistakenly upgrade to a newer firmware in iTunes. Remember: DO NOT UPDATE, VIA ITUNES! You will lose your jailbreak and unlock.


text: The Most Difficult Games Of All Time? Mike Fahey and 283 others Edit Delete Invite manually Promote Dismiss Undismiss Block for kotaku Hide GameTrailers countdown of the 10 Most Difficult of all time brings back so many painful memories for me. For once, I played every game on the list, and the development of the dirty mouth I have today can be directly traced back to many of these. The only games I take exception to are F-Zero GX - the only racing… » 8/14/08 2:30pm 8/14/08 2:30pm


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Posted: January 15th, 2013
Get an Aerie beauty bag with purchase
Aerie's Facebook page has a list of participating stores in a free beauty bag giveaway starting Wednesday. The list includes the store in the Millcreek Mall.
The page says the promo is while supplies last but doesn't say if you have to do anything other than show up at the store to get a bag. So I called the Millcreek Township store at (814) 866-2304 and learned that you do have to spend $35 or more to get a free bag.
To see the list of participating stores, go to https://www.facebook.com/notes/aerie/participating-stores-for-free-aerie-beauty-bag-starting-116-while-supplies-last/10151212652246569
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VAFW100 Fine Woodworking Fundamentals
Department of The Arts: Woodworking
- I. Course Number and Title
- VAFW100 Fine Woodworking Fundamentals
- II. Number of Credits
- 3 credits
- III. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester
- 4050
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- Safe shop practices are emphasized. In addition to class studio time, students work five hours outside of class each week in the woodshop under the supervision of a Lab Assistant or at home.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This studio course focuses on structural, functional, and sculptural properties of wood, together with the traditional studio techniques of professional woodworkers. Emphasis is on a variety of design approaches, the execution of working drawings, and completing wood projects.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
Learning Goals:
- Course Learning Goals
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of woodworking techniques;
- design and document ideas for projects through technical drawings;
- demonstrate an understanding of the properties of wood and select the type of wood for each project;
- demonstrate the proper maintenance and safe use of selected hand and power tools;
- execute the necessary sequence of steps to successfully complete a sculpture, container, and a piece of wood furniture; and
- analyze projects through critiques, oral presentations, and discussion.
- Core Learning Goals (if applicable)
Students will
This course is not included in the Core.
Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:
- create technical drawings for each project
- identify a variety of wood species and their properties
- safe use of selected hand and power tools
- use joinery and other woodworking techniques to projects
- sand and finish projects
- develop skills for sharpening, repairing, and maintaining tools
- introduce and apply appropriate vocabulary for evaluation and criticism
Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:
- Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
- Course learning goals are assessed with group critiques of all projects, based on successful design, execution, and completion of assigned woodworking projects.
- At least two individual critiques with instructor are held to assess projects using the above criteria and to review student's overall progress.
- Instructor evaluation of tool and shop safety practices through observation and quizzes.
- Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals (if applicable)
This course is not included in the Core.
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:See course format. Slides, video, and/or digital technology are incorporated.
- VIII. Teaching Methods Employed
- Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.
Review/Approval Date - 2/05; Core Goals/Objectives added 7/04; Revised 6/09; Revised 4/2012


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Category: Euro, Photography, Stanced Cars
Dec 14
Fahrenheit GLI: Not So Mellow Yellow
Yellow has always been a color that grabs your attention. As far back as the 1960s, you can find the Lamborghini Miura donning the bright shade on it's exotic body. For the next few decades, it seems that yellow was worn only by Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and other imports but that has changed in the last decade or so. Nowadays, you can drive down the road and see everything from a yellow Cobalt to an Amarillo Edition Ford F-250. It's almost as if yellow doesn't catch your eye anymore like it used to but when Volkswagen released the Fahrenheit Edition Jetta in 2007 with a different lip kit, wheels, and trim package, they were definitely trying to turn heads.
Tom Grinsell was one of Volkswagen's victims when he fell in love with the Fahrenheit when they first hit US shores in 2007. The $27k price tag proved a little much for him at that point but he was determined to own one eventually. Well, the opportunity finally presented itself in September of 2009 when he found one for the right price and scooped in up quicker than you could say "Fahrvergnügen". Like any good car enthusiast, Tom quickly got to work making the car look presentable by getting rid of the stock suspension for Raceland coilovers and adding a couple classy touches like tinting the windows and doing the roof in a gloss black vinyl.
After rocking a few different sets of wheels over the first winter and show season he owned the car, Tom decided that it was time to step up his whip game (yes, I just said that). Not many Fahrenheits have been modified heavily so Tom wanted to leave his mark on the Fahrenheit world as well as the Volkswagen scene in general. He decided over the second winter he owned the car (2010-2011) that he was going to leave his static stance behind and go with a full Airlift air ride setup. Well, now with the means to air out, he needed some nice wheels to air the car out on to complete the look.
BBS's are ALWAYS a great choice when it comes to wheels and that's where Tom decided to look. In a time where it's so easy to find a set of RS's to build up or buy already built and perfect online, Tom took the path less traveled and went with a BBS enthusiast's favorite: BBS RF's. These 5-spoke beauties have long been a favorite model in the German company's line-up but aren't seen as much as the mesh style of the RS's and RM's these days. He decided to go wide or go home and went with 17×8.5/9.5's which proved to be perfect with offsets of 26 and 13, respectively.
Tom is leaving his mark on the scene every time he airs out. In person, the car is stunning and does more than just catch your eye; it demands your attention. With more plans coming over winter, it won't be hard to keep tabs on this not so mellow, yellow Fahrenheit GLI….
Tom Grinsell's Fahrenheit GLI
- Filled Hood Notch
- Badgeless Grill
- Painted Gloss Black Roof
- Open Fog Grills
- Yellow Fog Lights
- Tinted Side Markers
- Osir Front And Rear Badge
- Zizza City Lights
- Cim Bent Boost Gauge
- Osir Dual Satin Gauge Pod
- Dual Vivar Psi Gauges
- Euro Dash Tray
- Golf Ball Shift Knob
- Hardwired Radar
- Awe Brushed Pedals
- Euro Switch
- Evoms Intake
- Eurojet Ea Pipe
- Eurojet Engine Cover
- 42Dd Boost Tap
- BBS Rfs 17X8.5 Et26 17X9.5 Et13
- Airlift Xls Front And Rear
- 5Gal Black Tank
- Avs Switch Box


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Waterfowl General Rules
- Contents
License Requirements
All migratory game bird hunters must have a valid hunting license. Non-residents under 17 years of age are designated as residents and may hunt with a resident license. Hunters 17 years of age or older must have a driver's license or personal identification certificate (issued by the Department of Public Safety) on their person while hunting. Non-residents must have similar documents issued by the agency in the state or country of which the person is a resident that is authorized to issue driver's licenses or personal identification certificates.
Permit Requirements
A person is required to possess either an Annual Public Hunting Permit or a Daily Hunting Permit to hunt migratory game birds on certain state and federal lands and on private lands leased by the State for public hunting purposes. Youth under the age of 17 may hunt free of charge on these lands.
Stamp Endorsement Requirements
A person 17 years of age or older must possess a migratory game bird stamp endorsement receipt to hunt any migratory game bird in this state. Federal law also requires waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and over to have a Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (commonly called a Duck Stamp; available at most post offices and TPWD offices).
Harvest Information Program Requirements
The Harvest Information Program (HIP) is a federally mandated program to improve information about the harvest of all migratory game birds. Anyone who purchases a hunting license or any migratory bird hunting stamp endorsements will be asked a few simple questions about their migratory bird hunting activities. For additional information about HIP, you may consult the TPWD Outdoor Annual, the Web page for H I P or call (512) 389-4505.
Licenses, permits and stamp endorsement receipts (or replacements if they are lost or stolen) are available at TPWD offices, many sporting goods stores, bait shops and other retailers, or by calling 1-800-TX-LIC-4-U.
Hunting Hours
One-half hour before sunrise to sunset except during the Light Goose Conservation Order.
When shipping migratory game birds the package must be marked with the name and address of the sender, the name and address of the persons to whom the birds are being shipped and the number of birds of each species contained in the package.
Wanton Waste
A reasonable effort must be made to retrieve any killed or wounded birds and any wounded bird retrieved must be immediately killed and made a part of the bag limit. After retention, the birds must be kept in an edible condition.
Donation or Gift
A person may give, leave, receive or possess any species of legally taken migratory game birds, or parts of birds, that are protected by a bag or possession limit, if the birds are accompanied by a wildlife resource document from the person who killed the birds. For example, a document is required if the birds are being transported by another person for the hunter, or if the birds have been left for cleaning, storage (including temporary storage), shipment or taxidermy services. The document is not required of a person who lawfully killed the birds to possess the birds, or if the birds are transferred at the personal residence of the donor or donee. The document (which can be a hand-written tag) shall accompany the birds until the birds reach their final destination and must contain the following information:
- the name, signature, address and hunting license number of the person who killed the birds;
- the name of the person receiving the birds;
- a description of the birds (number and type of species or parts);
- the date birds were killed and
- the location where the birds were killed (ranch and county).
Violation and Penalty
Violation of state migratory game bird regulations also is a violation of federal regulations. A person who violates any state migratory game bird regulation is subject to:
- a criminal penalty from $25 to $500 for each bird unlawfully taken or possessed;
- civil restitution fee for each bird unlawfully taken or possessed; and
- license suspension for up to 60 days or license revocation for one year.
No person may import into this state or possess a migratory game bird taken outside this state, unless the person possessing the migratory game bird produces upon demand by a game warden a valid hunting license, stamp, tag, permit or document for the state or country in which the migratory game bird was legally taken. A person possessing a migratory game bird under this section must produce, upon demand by a game warden, a valid driver's license or personal identification certificate. In lieu of the requirements set forth in this subsection, a statement from the United States Customs Officer at the port of entry showing that the migratory birds were brought from Mexico is satisfactory.
Closed Areas
Unless otherwise specified, there are no open seasons on state wildlife preserves and sanctuaries, public roads and highways or their rights-of-way. More restrictive federal regulations may apply to National Wildlife Refuges open to public hunting.
Closed Seasons
It is a violation to hunt a migratory game bird or possess a freshly killed migratory game bird listed in these rules at any time other than as provided in the "OPEN SEASONS, BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS" section. If no season is listed for a species, the season is closed.


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Release DateTBA 2016
StudioLakeshore Entertainment
Cast and Crew
DirectorEwan McGregor
ProducerGary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
ScreenwriterJohn Romano, Noah Haidle
- Ewan McGregor as Seymour "Swede" Levov
- Jennifer Connelly
- Dakota Fanning as Merry Levov
- Valorie Curry
- Mandy Patinkin
- Dan Hedaya
"American Pastoral" follows Seymour "Swede" Levov (McGregor), a legendary high school athlete, who grows up to marry a former beauty queen (Connelly) and inherits his father's business. Swede's seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter Merry (Fanning) rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a deadly act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War.
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April 24, 2005
NEW YORK - University of New Mexico offensive guard Claude Terrell and outside linebacker Nick Speegle were each selected on Sunday, the second and final day of the 2005 NFL Draft. The St. Louis Rams drafted Terrell with the 33rd pick of the fourth round (134th overall), while Speegle went to the Cleveland Browns with the second pick in the sixth round (176th overall). New Mexico had its best representation in the NFL Draft since 2000 when Brian Urlacher was a first round pick of the Chicago Bears and fellow linebacker Casey Tisdale went in the seventh round to the New England Patriots.
A three-time all-Mountain West Conference honoree and four-year starter for the Lobos at both offensive guard and offensive tackle, Terrell's selection in round four was the best-ever for a UNM offensive lineman. The LaMarque, Texas native was the first Lobo offensive lineman selected in the NFL Draft since guard Ron Shipley in 1991 and just the second picked since 1977.
Terrell was the eighth offensive guard selected in the 2005 draft and the fourth Lobo selected by the Rams organization. Wide receiver Preston Dennard spent six years with the Los Angeles Rams (1978-83) after signing as an undrafted free agent and helped the Los Angeles win the NFC Championship in 1979.
Speegle was one of six linebackers from the Mountain West Conference to be selected in the 2005 NFL Draft, joining Matt McCoy (San Diego State), Kirk Morrison (San Diego State), Adam Seward (UNLV), Ryan Claridge (UNLV) and Brady Poppinga, who played defensive end at BYU. A four-year starter and 2004 first team all-MWC honoree for New Mexico, Speegle finished his career ranked 14th at UNM with 317 tackles in 50 games.
The former Albuquerque La Cueva stand-out was the third New Mexico high school product drafted from UNM since 2000. Fullback Jarrod Baxter (Albuquerque Highland HS) was a fifth round pick of the Houston Texans in 2002, while Urlacher (Lovington HS) was the ninth overall selection in 2000. Speegle, Urlacher and Robin Cole (first round) are the only linebackers in UNM history to be selected in the first six rounds of the NFL Draft.
New Mexico has had six players selected in the NFL Draft (three defensive, two offensive, one special teams) under eighth-year head coach Rocky Long and 59 players selected since the draft's inception in 1936.
Click here to read quotes from Terrell and the St. Louis Rams coaching staff about his selection in the draft
Click here to listen to Speegle's press conference with the Cleveland Browns and read about the Browns' draft picks


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MEC Alpine Polarized Sunglasses (Unisex)
Product Number: 5028-060
Made in Taiwan
Glacier glasses provide protection for those who climb or venture into high-glare environments. Rigid side shields are removable when you need full peripheral vision.
- Full rim TR-90 frames.
- Visible light transmission is 12.74%. Blue Light transmission is 12.48%.
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I recently switch from a mod_proxy / thin setup to Phusion Passenger and my application started to do the funniest things and the production.log was full with errors related to memcached.
It seems, that passengers spawn method "smart" isn't compatible with memcached. Within seconds on a lightly loaded server the cache gets corrupted big time.
I got better results with a newer memcache client (the ruby gem actually), but for that i need to remove the client from the rails vendor lib. Furthermore, under higher load there still where errors.
Only solution is to set the spawn method to conservative like so
RailsSpawnMethod conservative
Problem seems to be known in the Phusion and Rails teams.


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"I'm a man from Iraq,
but I'm not going back,
'cause I'm buying a 7 - 11."
So goes the opening verse of a song sung by its composer here on Ft Myers Beach. Perhaps President Obama should buy a "7 - 11″ and shun going back to Iraq. I watched RPCV Chris Matthews spin a tale about "W" having made the mess in Iraq that is coming home to roost. How convenient. ""W" is the only American president to get us involved in a foreign internal squabble. What about Billy Clinton bombing the s__t out of our only friend and ally east of the Elb River, Yugoslavia, to set the Balkans free and create mini-states that still cannot draw down the hostile forces on their borders? Or the "Big O" taking out the "Clown of the Desert" in order to unleash the chaos that led to our ambassador being murdered? For that matter what about President Truman getting us involved in an Asian internal struggle that continues 65 years later? Or President Kennedy getting us into the biggest blunder, Vietnam? If "W" got us into Iraq he had plenty of precedence and successors.
But I digress, Matthews is little more than an able spin meister for the Democrats. The real issue is war and more precisely, when should be take on this most damaging undertaking. Make no mistake about it, war is a disaster for everyone. Contrary to the mantra of many, war is not good for the economy. If one surveys the history of economic growth for the world he sees that the dips come with war and ensuing chaos. The peaks come with peace. And contrary to what many believe, war is not an effective means of population control. During the entire Vietnam War the highest population growth rate was found in North Vietnam. Sure, war has always invented new means to kill and some of these means have become important technological achievements, e.g. German buzz bombs becoming rockets to the moon. But basically war is a step back in human progress.
I even harbor opposition to our own revolution. Our neighbor the the north, Canada, won its independence from England in 1867 without a shot being fired. No doubt we would have done the same and most likely earlier. And we would not have had to engage in our bloodiest conflict, the Civil War, since England abolished slavery in the early 19th Century.
And who says we needed to delve into WWI and WWII? Our doughboys arrived in France in 1918 as the war there was winding down. And does anyone really believe the Germans could have continued to control millions of angry Frenchmen in the 1940's? Or that Germany could have really conquered Russia? Or that Japan would have invaded the USA (it attacked Hawaii but did not invade it)?
No, we can just say "war is hell" and there is no reason to promote hell on earth.


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PMS Busters
Prep: 10 min Cook: 22 min
If out-of-whack hormones turn you into Ms. Hyde every month, these fluffy treats are your antidote. Bananas provide cramp-busting potassium and vitamin B6, a hormone regulator that may help reduce water retention, depression, and other PMS symptoms. And buy yogurt that delivers calcium and vitamin D: The dynamic duo has been shown to slash PMS symptoms by up to 40 percent. Add magnesium-rich walnuts to the mix, Blum says, and it's like you've taken a giant chill pill--the mineral, which may reduce irritability and stabilize blood sugar, can help you control PMS-fueled "I want to devour everything within a 20-mile radius" urges.
Click here for recipe!


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Blood bosses in desperate call for O neg donors
Posted: January 04, 2013|
AN urgent plea has been issued for people who have O negative blood in Burton and South Derbyshire to come forward and donate.
NHS Blood and Transplant have issued the call for help after blood stocks in the area dipped during the festive season.
This came as a result of the high number of people needed blood and a fall in the number of people donating due to the time of year.
Jon Latham, assistant director of marketing for NHS Blood and Transplant, said: "We would like to urge all O negative donors to walk into their most convenient donor session to give blood to help rebuild stock levels.
"We are always grateful to donors who respond to calls such as this and appreciate that in doing so they do give up some of their precious time.
"Waiting times may vary in the next few days as we try to accommodate all donors.
"Demand for blood never stops and O negative donors can help to ensure healthy blood stocks in the upcoming weeks, by giving blood now and in the next few days."
Donors with blood group O negative are commonly known as the 'universal donor' as their blood can be given to patients with a different blood group. This can prove vital in an emergency situation where there may not be time for an immediate blood group testing to be carried out.
A blood donating session will take place from 1pm until 3.30pm and from 4.30pm until 7.30pm at Burton Town Hall on Wednesday, January 16.
Almost anyone between the ages of 17 and 65 can become a new blood donor. And those who are regular donors can continue to donate as long as they are in good health.
Further information about giving blood is available www.blood.co.uk


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A good investment
It's tough, if not impossible, to find a downside to Durham Public Schools' decision to begin using a GPS system to keep track of buses.
The beauty of the system is its robustness, and how much it does besides track routes and locations.
Scott Denton, DPS executive director of auxiliary services, told Herald-Sun reporter Jamica Ashley, "This is probably the most revolutionary thing we've had in school buses in a long time."
The technology has been available for several years, but Denton said the district held off on installing it until it found a system with accurate data and few glitches.
Beyond the ability to keep track of where buses are as they deliver about 18,000 students over about 4 million miles this school year, the system holds promise for savings. While Denton said the system would at least break even, given the capabilities of the information the system provides, it seems that there might be hope for broader savings.
Staff will spend less time moving back and forth to see which buses have left, which have returned and how long it takes to run particular routes. The system also will show how much time a bus spends at each stop, which could lead to more efficiencies.
One of the best features (and perhaps the one with most room for potential savings) is that the system shows how long buses spend idling. It's an easy oversight for drivers. Perhaps for some it becomes habit to leave the engine running because the driver expects to have to turn it back on in a few minutes. But if you have a reminder showing how much time you spend idling, it makes you more aware of just how much fuel you are burning.
When you look at DPS' consumption of 700,000 gallons of fuel annually, costing $2.1 million, it seems that there might be room there to decrease spending as awareness increases about where and when buses might be running unnecessarily. The system already has seen an impact. "Our idling dropped on our buses to next to nothing," Denton reported.
In a climate where it's hard to justify new spending, DPS has done well to invest in this system, which will help with efficiencies and reductions.


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The invention relates to a method for protecting plants during transportation by packaging plant (2) and its pot (1) in a bag (3) which at least partly consists of microporous material (6) having preferably an air-permeability of 0.1-300 mm3 air per second per Pascal per m2 of the film material with pore diameters of less than 0.5 μm due to which the bag (3) is self-inflatable, exchange of gases still takes place and the climate within the bag (3) is kept constant.
1. A method for protecting potted plants during transport which comprises the steps of (a) enclosing the potted plant including soil with moisture and nutrients for said plant in a flexible and sealable package comprising a microporous film portion and a second portion of a transparent substantially impervious plastic film, the microporous film having an air-permeability of 0.1 to 300 mm3 air per second per Pascal per m2 of the film with pore diameters smaller than 0.5 μm, and the package being self-inflating within a short time after sealing due to evaporation of the moisture supplied by the potted plant, (b) sealing the package, and (c) permitting the package to self-inflate.
2. An article of manufacture comprising a potted plant including soil with moisture and nutrients for said plant and a package surrounding said potted plant, the package comprising a sealable flexible package, one portion of which is a microporous film having an air-permeability of 0.1 to 300 mm3 air per second per Pascal per m2 of the film with pore diameters smaller than 0.5 μm, and another portion of which is a transparent substantially impervious plastic film, the package being self-inflating within a short time after sealing due to evaporation of the moisture supplied by the potted plant.
3. The article of claim 2, wherein the microporous film portion of the package forms the rear side of the package and the balance of the package is transparent substantially impervious plastic film.
The invention relates to a method for protecting plants during transportation by packaging, in which the plants are packaged in a closed enclosure from a film surrounding the plants entirely, in which a slight overpressure prevails and in which the plants are provided with sufficient moisture and/or nutritious substances.
The term "plants" is used herein to describe plants having their roots in a clod of soil or a similar material, said clod in one way or another being kept together as by a pot. In other words, each plant has its own matrix; cut-flowers are not included within the meaning of the term.
From the published British Patent Application No. 2,018,114 it is known to package plants in a substantially impervious plastic film material. Said package is inflated shortly before sealing by injecting air. By said inflation the plants positioned in the inflated package can be protected against damage. Said inflation becomes a serious complication during packaging. Further, said inflation does not result in bulging of the package. Consequently, the inflation effect is comparative and disappears after some time period in connection to the "leakage" of the film. The film used for said package is transparent. However, said transparency may be impaired by condensation of the moisture in the bag.
With the package disclosed in the British application a protected long distance transportation is possible and a reasonably good preservation of the plants is achieved. In practice, however, it appears that the quality of the plants in the package deteriorates sooner than desired. This happens because a very high relative humidity prevails in the entirely closed package, keeping the film continuously wet. The leaves of the plants come in contact with the wet film and spoil. Moreover, the condensation is such that the presentation of the plant at the selling place is not acceptable.
If phanerogamic plants are of interest ethylene gas is produced by which the flower perishes.
The object of the invention is to provide for a method by which all said problems are eliminated.
According to the invention said object is achieved by packaging the plants in an enclosure consisting at least partly of a microporous film.
By a microporous film is meant a film, the porosity of which is substantially lower than that of normal paper, but substantially higher than that of normal plastic foils. Air-permeability of said film may amount to between 0.1 and 300 mm3 air per second Pascal per m2 of the film. The pore diameter of said film may not be more than 0.5 and preferably smaller than 0.2 μm. The maximum porosity in this range is yet still substantially beneath the minimum porosity of paper, whereas the minimum lies far beyond that of plastic film.
Such a film is moisture and air pervious but does not pass bacteria.
A microporous film having these characteristics is known per se, for example from the U.S. Pat. No. 3,824,998. An enclosure consisting of such a film has the property to inflate itself when in the interior moisture is present. Potted plants contain moisture in the soil in the pot in which the plant is positioned.
The microporous film may and will usually consist of a suitable plastic being treated such that the desired rate of porosity is obtained. However, it is also thinkable that the film consists of a paper covered with another material such that the naturally too high porosity is diminished to the microporosity range.
The microporous packaging described herein permits an exchange between ethylene gas in the package and air from outside. Moisture may pass from the interior to the outside, but so slowly that drying-up does not take place soon and the humidity is not too high. This is an important advantage both with respect to an open package and with respect to the entirely sealed package.
In essence a continuous refreshment of the air occurs in the package without the possibility of bacteria penetration.
Thus, with the invention it is possible to position potted plants well groomed in a usual way in a bag consisting at least partly of a microporous film and to seal said bag. After a short time period the bag inflates itself and provides for the desired protection. Microporous film has the property to be milky white, i.e. not transparent. Now, if one makes the package partly from microporous film and for the rest from an impervious but transparent plastic film it appears that by the properties of the microporous film in the package no condensate is produced on the translucent portion of the package so that the plant is well visible.
Thus, it appears that the climate within the bag remains favourable much longer for the plant. A preservation of a plurality of months is possible without any disadvantageous alteration and without care. The complicated inflation step with the associated disadvantages is eliminated as well as the necessity for having available the necessary skill for the inflation in order to do this well.
It is noted that from the article "Snijbloemen in opblaasverpakking" of W. C. Boer and Ing. H. Hatkema of the Sprenger Instituut, Wageningen, published in "Vakblad voor de Bloemisterij"-50/51 (1977) on pages 52, 53 it is known to package cut-flowers in bags of plastic foil having self-inflating properties, said self-inflating effect one obtains by adding a quantity of water to the bag before sealing it. The protection by the aircushion against shock damage is known from said article. Said type of package has not proved to be successful. Condensation and fungoid growth appeared although to a less extent than in the entirely sealed package and the protecting function by the inflation effect was considered as an inconvenience because thereby, the cut-flowers occupy a much larger volume.
Said package being not a success for cut-flowers may be explained by the fact that cut-flowers are in essence a dead product and the transportation thereof is usually carried out in cooled spaces. The cooling oppresses the build-up of sufficient vapour tension so that the inflation effect gets lost or is insufficient.
It is surprising that in packaging potted plants said problems do not arise, while the problem of volume does not appear because pot plants are not, such as cut-flowers, piled up in lying relation during the transport.
In the drawing an embodiment of a package according to the invention is illustrated.
FIG. 1 shows a package in front elevation.
FIG. 2 shows a package in side elevation.
FIG. 1 shows a pot 1 with a plant 2 located in a plastic bag 3 having a sealed or clamped handgrip 4.
FIG. 2 shows that the front of the bag consists of a translucent foil 5 and the rear-side of the non-translucent microporous foil 6. The foils 5 and 6 are sealed at 7.
Potted plants packaged in this way may be placed vertically in any number, for example six or more, in boxes suitable for transportation. The inflated bags bear against the walls of the box as well as against each other.
In order to display the plant for sale, one only needs to take them out of the box and to put them down at the destination location. The buyer may see what he buys because the transparency of the package is entirely preserved and the package needs to be removed from the plant only when the plant has reached its final destination. Because moisture and eventually ethylene gas are exchanged with air through the microporous layer, the composition of the atmosphere within the bag remains optimal so that the plant reaches its destination in a unaltered condition after a long time period after the beginning in the package.
Synthetic polymeric film materials such as polypropylene and polyethylene are considered suitable for the microporous material of the present invention; in particular, polypropylene is preferred. Film of the required porosity may be obtained by adding to the thermoplastic film polymer a comparitively high quantity of fine distributed inert film material and after extruding the film to stretch this and to subject it to a heat treatment. By stretching, the micropores are formed, in which the filler material produces said forming. For polypropylene, 40 up to 50 weight % of the mixture may consist of filler material. Calcium corbonate represents a suitable inert filler. Other fillers may be barium sulphate or china clay. In connection with the high percentage of filler material, it is preferable to cover the film with a lubricant such as calcium stearate.
In the stretching steps stretching ratios of 1.8 up to 4.5 and temperatures of 20° up to 100° C. are considered. After stretching, a heat treatment takes place at a temperature above the stretching temperature and with a tension control in order to bring about a controlled shrinkage. The heat treatment stabilizes the film against shrinkage when heating occurs. For example, this may be the case in sterilization of the film. Shrinkage that occurs during sterilization may result in an undesired diminishment of the porosity. By a suitable selection of the conditions in the heat treatment, such as temperature and time, one can control the contraction and thereby the porosity of the final product.
The added table below shows by way of examples a suitable range of conditions for treating a polypropylene having a low melt index and reveals the features of the microporous film thus obtained.
______________________________________Polymer weight percentage 25-60Filler type CaCO3weight percentage 35-60Stretching ratio 1.8-4.5Stretching temperature 20-100° C.Heat treatment temperature 70-145° C.Allowed contraction during heat treatment 0-25%Permeability (mm3 air/sec/Pascal/m2) 0.1-300*Percentage shrinkage at sterilisation 1-28%Remaining permeability 0.5-150 mm3*After sterilisationMean pore dimension 0.2-0.5 μmRate of self-inflatability slow-quick______________________________________ *Sterilisation takes place at heating the film at 130° C. for one hour.
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Posted at: 11/19/2012 2:37 PM
Updated at: 11/19/2012 5:44 PM
By: Alan Hoglund
Unseasonably warm weather and cold water can be dangerous to late-season boaters, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The agency is warning boaters and waterfowl hunters to not to let their guard down.
So far this fall, the DNR says four people have died during the late boating season.
In a news release, Capt. Greg Salo, a DNR Conservation Officer, said "all boaters need to remember they must wear a personal floatation device. Low water levels are exposing several hazards: rocks, low-wing dams, stumps, etc. Operators and passengers can be easily thrown overboard after coming into contact with one of these hazards."
The DNR says the cold water can be dangerous or even deadly, especially if people don't consider the consequences of cold water shock and hypothermia that can result from falling into water at this time of year, Salo said in the release.
According to the release waterfowl hunters must also wear a personal floatation device, and even though some hunters find it uncomfortable to wear them while hunting, Salo said, "camouflage float coats are a good option for hunters but they must be properly worn and zipped to count as a personal floatation device."
In the release, the DNR recommend these safety tips for late-season boaters:
For more information, visit the Minnesota DNR website.


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It's up to us to decide how much government we're willing to pay for.
If one thing is clear from last week's election, it is that we can no longer look to our elected officials to solve our biggest issue: what this country means and what it should stand for. Government officials are deeply divided on that question because we are deeply divided on it. We cannot keep sending our surrogates to Washington and expect them to achieve the agreements that elude us.
Our divisions and reluctance to confront them cause us to send sharply mixed signals to those who would serve us. As pollster Scott Rasmussen points out (see column at the bottom of the page), the voters "are demanding change, but didn't change politicians … They're unhappy with the status quo in the country but left the political status quo in place."
At some point, we are going to have to forget the politicians, at least temporarily, and have our own conversations about the direction the country should take. If we can achieve consensus, or at least agree to some broad principles, we can at least add clarity to the messages we send to Washington.
Where to start? Perhaps with something most of us already agree on: Two out of three voters, Rasmussen points out, believe the best thing government can do to help the economy is to cut spending. That should not only help the current generation, it should be noted; it will also save our children and grandchildren from crushing debt.
It might seem off that voters obviously unhappy with the current level of government would send the team now in charge of the current government back to Washington. But the fact is that heading into the election, most voters did not think it mattered whether President Obama or Mitt Romney won – nothing much would change regardless.
Sadly, they are right. Do we keep waiting for the perfect set of executive and legislative leaders to come along, or do we thrash this thing out ourselves?
Don't doubt that it will be a hard job. It will require everybody to give up something. Just as we have run out of other people's money to spend, we have run out of "other people's programs" to cut. Government has become so involved in our lives that it cannot be reduced without a reduction in the services everybody receives.
We know the level of government we like – who doesn't want to be provided for in one way or another? But for the future of this country and the well-being of future generations, we need to decide how much government we're actually willing to pay for. And that decision had better come sooner rather than later.


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Back home in Baltimore after a long, involved shoot.
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Well, if you must know, the following figures were compiled by fellow producer Joe Incaprera. They were delivered to the crew after the last shot of season three, outside a warehouse in Algiers amid champagne and cake.


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Come on, this isn't rocket science. We can't all have the freedom to do what we want, because some might want to make others not have the freedom to do what they want. Freedoms conflict with each other.
And what do you mean "never existed in the first place"? Go back enough time and anything was free - back in caveman times, you were TOTALLY free to murder anyone you wanted - no laws, no courts, no one would blame or accuse you of anything. Later on, we got tribal justice and stuff like that. Eye for an eye, and we kind of made it up as we went along from there.
Once again, can you please, please try to get this through your thick skull - a "freedom" does NOT imply that you're only free to do nice things. It's morally ambiguous! You can have freedom from something, but you can also have freedom to do something, and it doesn't matter what that "something" is - any action imaginable fits there, because "freedom" doesn't contain any moral code or even any ethical code in it, it's just freedom, for good or bad.
Which is why "freedom" without qualifications is practically meaningless, other than as a rhetoric device, seeing as it doesn't really mean anything without qualifying what you're free to/from.
The definition of freedom is clear
Examples include, free of charge = exemption from cost, freedom of speech = exemption from not being able to speak your mind, a free man = exemption from being owned by someone, etc, etc. In any case freedom is the exemption from limitation
"Freedom of speech" - limited in many very real ways. You're not allowed to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre. You're not allowed to threaten people.
"Free man" - limited in many ways. You're never free to do what you want, you have to follow rules and laws or you get that freedom taken away.
All of the freedoms you mentioned are limited in some way, in order to provide maximum benefit to everyone, and to lower the incentive to abuse those freedoms. The exact same way the freedoms provided by GPL are limited by certain rules you have to abide by, in order to make sure no one abuses the freedom.


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My Town: Bob Estes' Austin
Texas' state capital is a great place to visit or, in some cases, call home
Bob Estes
As a youth Estes once worked for Charles Coody in the bag room of Fairway Oaks GC in Abilene, Texas. After attending the University of Texas from 1984-88, Estes turned pro and has gone on to win four PGA Tour titles, including the 1994 Texas Open. In 2012 he topped the $1 million mark for the eighth time in his career, finishing a career-best 58th on the FedEx Cup ranking with a top finish of T-4 at the Valero Texas Open.
Although he grew up in the west Texas town of Abilene, Bob Estes has been in love with Austin since making trips to the area during high school.
"We had one of the best high school golf teams ever, and our state championship was always in Austin," Estes says. "It was a big difference from west Texas. It wasn't as flat, and you had more trees. It looked like an appealing place to be."
So appealing that Estes decided to go to college there at the University of Texas in the fall of 1984. Since that time Estes has called the state capital his home. "There's so much here," Estes says. "It's not just a college town, but one with a beautiful lake system, outstanding music and the Hill Country. It's a place I'm proud to call home."
The ones I play the most are private, but I've played many public courses as well. We live at Austin CC, which is one of the oldest clubs in the state and was home to Harvey Penick for many years. We're also members at Austin GC. It's an outstanding Ben Crenshaw/Bill Coore design that has a very rugged feel to it. If you have a connection that can get you on, do it.
When you're visiting, I would definitely recommend the courses at Barton Creek Resort. I won a college tournament there, the Morris Williams, my senior year. The resort has a pair of Tom Fazio courses, an Arnold Palmer course and a Crenshaw design. They're all good, but the Fazio Foothills has some of the most beautiful holes in the entire state.
The Steiner Ranch Steakhouse sits high on a hill overlooking Lake Travis. The food is great, the scenery is impressive and they often have live music on the back patio.
The Oasis on Lake Travis is another great place. The views are unmatched. It's like a giant treehouse built on the side of a hill. It's a wonderful place to grab a burger, and the fajitas and salads are very good too.
One of the more popular restaurants in Austin is called Hula Hut. It's on Lake Austin. They have tube tacos -- giant tacos with chicken, shrimp and other options. And then there's Third Base. It's a sports bar and the perfect place to watch UT football.
Austin is billed as the live music capital of the world, and it's true. One of my favorites is The Backyard. They have had a lot of great concerts there. Willie Nelson plays there all the time as do other country and pop acts.
A UT football game is an unforgettable experience. So many people go to the stadium area, even if they don't have tickets, just to soak in the scene. There's plenty of bars and restaurants nearby. But inside the stadium, it is loud and a lot of fun.
People love to spend time on the lakes here, especially Lake Austin. There's also beach areas on Lake Travis and islands in the middle of the lake. We have some of the best fishing in the state on Lake Austin.


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OMG do you know ANYTHING about Auburn football? Y'all didn't have a come from behind ONE POINT win over Bama last year? With close wins against Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE!, Clemson, Kentucky (KENTUCKY!) and Oregon to win the title?
Who needs a travel agent to go to New Orleans? This isn't the 1960's. I got online, found a room, and booked a plane ticket all in my pajamas. Mrs. McDougal is in a dying field, made obsolete by more than the economy.
I don't see anywhere in this article where Arman has atoned for his past business behavior, or even acknowledges that he has been a liar and a cheat. And I don't think he gets a free pass just because he's old and broke. He is broke because of the way he screwed people over his entire life. This article paints far too rosy a picture of this man.
I had the displeasure of hiring Arman to cater a party about ten years ago, and am still fuming at how he ripped us off. He provided far, far less food than promised, and the alcohol ran out within the first half hour. The contract required him to provide enough to last 4 hours. He refused to make good on the contract, and we had to send guests to the grocery store for wine and beer. Arman was rude and combative, and the experience was completely unpleasant.
I am in Georgia, and I couldn't agree with Finebaum more. The UGA fans I talk to daily are not satisfied with playing second fiddle and never quite living up to expectations. They're tired of embarrassing arrests, stupid gimmicks, and the perception that they're not in the big leagues anymore. They expect better, and CMR just can't deliver that.
Certainly rolltider44 misread your message.
Orrdawg, it was UGA that had to pass new tailgating rules because its fans were defecating on the quad. If you want to see fans who treat their school with respect, we'd love to have you visit Tuscaloosa.
"USC has no intention of pursuing this matter further."
Like he's doing us a favor by letting it drop?? We should sue for slander. I can see this from an asst coach or played, but an AD?!? And why didn't he speak to the player BEFORE making the accusation. And couldn't he even vary the wording between our letter and Florida's to show some sincerity?? Shameless.
"So a film crew was given unfettered access to the head coach, his assistant coaches and their meetings? That sounds an awful lot like the description I read in this very paper about "Auburn Football Every Day" about a year ago."
The differences are that access to Saban is highly desirable, and people will actually watch his film.
You're just jealous because nobody cares enough to ask Chizik's opinion on critical issues.
Hit up Michael Moore. He made a ton of money exploiting the situation in Flint, Michigan.
And hopefully he's about to be one rich sexy beast!
Does anyone know when and where the team will arrive? I'll be spending most of my day on 1.1.10 at LAX and if I got a chance to see them and cheer them on it would make my day.
Does anyone know when and where the team will arrive? I'll be spending most of my day on 1.1.10 at LAX and if I got a chance to see them and cheer them on it would make my day.
True dat! I want Mark, Greg, and all the others back under the protective clutches of Saban rather than gallivanting around the country where they're prey to ladies of loose morals and agents of looser morals.


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The origin of the dish is still the subject of much speculation - we suspect is comes from Maryland - but we're not quite sure. So we rang people there and even spoke to a gal called Mary - but she wanted to talk to her mother Mary before going any further.
This raises the issue of naming dishes. If you could create you own dish - what would it be? And what would you call it? Leave a comment to tell the world!