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Robin Robin is a non-deterministic algorithm that routes the connections one-at-a-time to different real servers, assuming all the weights are the same. If you place a greater weight on one of the real servers, then the algorithm will favor that server more than the ones with less weight. This approach does not guarantee any particular pattern but rather over time, the servers with more weight will receive more connections.
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Source Address Hashing is very similar to persistence in that it makes a connection between an IP address and a real server. This association is heavily influenced by weight because more connections will be directed to servers with a greater weight. Once the association has been made between the source IP and the real server, it will be maintained until the hash map is revised, which will occur whenever the real server pool is modified. Therefore it is important to be careful when assigning weights with this algorithm or you could end up with an inordinate amount of connections on one server. This algorithm is typically used when maintaining the connection between a source IP and real server is important, such as when using FTP or attempting to associate client information with a particular real server.
GoGrid's Dynamic Load Balancer allows for three different persistence options:
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The Health Checker is an important feature because it is used to determine if the real server is able to respond to requests. When a Health Checker detects a failure, the real server is taken out of the load-balancing pool and is no longer used to serve up content. The Health Checker continues to run so if the real server returns to service, it is put back into the pool. The Health Checker can check against Layer 7 HTTP traffic (with URI and Virtual Hostname options) or at Layer 4 TCP (verifying the port response). There is also a special setting that is used to check real servers that receive encrypted traffic. This setting is for customers who plan to use our SSL Pass-Through feature, where encrypted traffic is load balanced and decrypted at the web server.
Dynamic Load Balancing also allows users to disable real servers even when in the real server pool. This feature can be used to migrate a web server or to promote new content from a stage environment to production. For example, users can associate a new web server with updated content to the real server pool in a disabled mode. You can then disable one of the pool members with the old content and enable the new server. You can continue to do the same thing until all the old servers are disabled and all the new servers are enabled. Dynamic Load Balancing won't serve up content from disabled web servers, so users viewing the website will start seeing the new content when they refresh their browsers or start a new session. This capability ensures the website maintains availability while an update is pushed in real time, with no impact to the end user.
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GoGrid's Dynamic Load Balancing is local load balancing so it is well suited for sending traffic to the real servers in your account. By default, it will send traffic to real servers in the same data center as the Dynamic Load Balancer. There is also an option to add any public IP address, increasing the versatility and flexibility of the product. You can configure real servers across multiple GoGrid accounts and centrally manage your load balancer through a main account. Following is a use case that takes advantage of this feature.
You can configure a real server pool with IPs even in different data centers–for example, when migrating web servers from a data center to the cloud. By leveraging Dynamic Load Balancing, you can make the transition seamless to your customers, who will not experience any downtime during the transition. In this scenario, you would create new web servers on GoGrid with the same content as your existing web servers. You will also want to assign your existing web servers and the new web servers to the real server pool. Swing your domain over to the VIP, disable the existing web servers, and your website is now migrated to the cloud! This is a variation of the promotion from stage to production example above.
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Our Dynamic Load Balancer can be managed via the GoGrid management console or via our RESTful API. The management console lets you configure all aspects of your load balancer in an easy-to-use web interface. You can also use the API for greater programmatic control of all the features.
In addition, GoGrid's Dynamic Load Balancer service displays statistics to report on its performance both in the management console and the API. This feature is available out-of-the-box without any special configurations or customizations.
Dynamic Load Balancing is now available for all customers to use in all our data centers. The first Dynamic Load Balancer is free, which makes it easy to determine if it will meet your needs. Pricing is usage-based so you only get charged for what you use. It's two-factor pricing: you are charged for the number of hours used plus a surcharge for the outbound transfer through the Dynamic Load Balancer.
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Somehow I just can't picture myself and most teachers I know as a "union thugs"
And Ms. Bronstein - Where is a proper balanced reporting of the actual substance of the meeting. Not reported probably because it was by no means balanced. The public's argument for extending the contract as a base instrument or starting point that would save time and money made overwhelming good sense.
To silencefreespeech2 - who suggested that public workers pay Social Security like their private counterparts - there was an attempt to amend one of the retirement bills this session that eliminated public workers' defined benefits plan and replaced it with a mutual fund. Public workers, like teachers, cannot collect social security like the public sector who can collect it regardless of whether they retired with a pension or not. The amendment did NOT pass leaving public workers at the mercy of Wall Street. The state has not fulfilled its obligation to pay its share of the retirement fund for years which explains the large UAL (unfunded accrued liability) and they sure didn't want to have to pay their share of social security.
The public doesn't generally know that if state employees retired with a pension in Louisiana, they are not eligible to get their social security or benefits from their husband/wife's social security like private sector workers do. Now for those who never worked in the public sector and never paid into it that may make sense, but for people like me who worked in the private sector for 25 years before becoming a teacher - it's just not fair.
I was at this school board meeting Wednesday night and here is what I experienced - After spending 10 minutes lecturing the audience (not just teachers but professors, business owners, parents) and warning them they had better behave (I counted at least 20 armed police) the school board president Mark Jacobs and his "advisor" Michael Delesdernier, got into a heated argument with another member due to the fact that they had disregarded proper meeting procedure. Mr. Jacobs and friends got up and walked out suspending the meeting for about 30 minutes. That was the example they set. Where is that video Times-Picayune????
Oh and I forgot to mention that Ms. Hollis is the step mother of our fresh new Representative Paul Hollis in St. Tammany Parish - he voted for every piece of reform legislation that Jindal put in front of him. He is on the short list for recalls!!!
To wanderingeyz - Yes - closed/consolidated schools, laid off teachers, fired 15 principals BUT if you check out the JPPSS web page you will see that they are advertising for new charters and that Supt. John White has agreed to give JPPSS $200,000 a year for three years for every new charter that opens in Jeff. Parish.
I'm just conjecturing but if you close and consolidate traditional schools you wil have a place for the charters and it won't cost them anything. If you lay off/fire certified teachers and principals and re-hire them (?) as Supt. Meza has offered, you can pay them less than they made the year before (under state law you can't do that unless the teachers are new hires). If you fire principals and replace them with principals who may be "more inclined" to give failing evaluations to teachers, you can get rid of more certified teachers. Remember that the new teacher evaluation bases teacher effectiveness 50% on student test scores and 50% on principal interviews etc. The caveat is though that if a teacher fails either component no matter what her score is on the other component, she is deemed ineffective and can be fired. Does it look like a plan???
James Garvey couldn't talk his way out of a paper bag. If you questioned him on the statement he made for this newspaper he probably couldn't repeat it again because it makes no sense. When he was interviewd on the Gene Katsanis radio show last week he didn't even know what the basic score for determining the School Performance Score was. He said, "I think it's 220 but everybody just calls it 200 but I think it's 220." Then during the commercial break he went to his computer and reported that oh year it was 200. He was elected by the citizens of District 1 - which by the way includes teachers, teachers' families, neightbors, friends, parents, students - but he urged the Jeff. School Board NOT to sign a contract with the union because "We (BESE) don't even know what this legislation means for us. There is no point in entering into a contract when it might not have any legal basis." This guy is an attorney????? Did he talk to his constituents before making this statement? No. He showed up because he was told to show up. He votes whatever Penny Dastugue (Jindal's point person) tells him to vote at the BESE meetings. It's pathetic. You know regardless of any lawsuit filed by anybody, this legislation will self implode given one year. There is no plan. Fire the principals so that you can hire principals who will give poor evaluations to the teachers so that you can fire them. Then you can rehire them for less money if you can't get enough TFA personnel in. Close traditional schools because they have to hire certified teachers according to state law. Open charters with the help of John White who has agreed to give $200,000 per new charter for three years to Jeff. Parish. State law now says they don't have to hire certified teachers. It's such a transparently orchestrated plan to take over our public school system. How can anybody believe that this will benefit the children?
Yes professor616 - The RECALL BOBBY JINDAL staff will join the public at the school board meeting today at 4:30 at Bonnabel High.
Every taxpayer in Jefferson parish should be there also to understand why their money is still coming out of their pockets for a public school system that is no longer public. They should want to know how their local communities are being adversely affected as their locally elected officials and legislators are not representing their needs. They need to understand how locally dedicated millages will be expropriated by LDOE for vouchers to private, parochial and charter schools even outside their districts. They need to ask why Supt. White and his LDOE bank will pay the Jeff. Parish School Board $200,000 per charter every year for 3 years as start-up funding. They need to ask how James Meza can PREDICT school performance scores that he says have not been released even to him yet and yet fire 16 principals based on his prediction. They need to ask how much lawsuits are going to cost the taxpayers as the school board continues its illegal practices and the only recourse is the courts. They need to ask why Jeff. Parish is hiring unqualified Teach for America graduates to staff their schools while claiming budget deficits are causing layoffs. They need to ask why the school board is closing schools claimint they have fewer stdudents at the same time they are issuing charter licenses to open new schools. They need to ask where these educators who are deemed unworthy based on their STUDENTS' high stakes test scores will find a job when their names are plastered on the pages of the newspaper as deemed ineffective. Does the public know that under the new evaluation system they will lose their teaching licenses? The only legal way for Meza to reduce teacher salaries is to fire them and then rehire them (demotion) at a lower rate. That's exactly what he says he can offer these fired principals. How many doctors would lose their medical licenses if they were predicated on patients dying? How many lawyers would lose their licenses based on losing their cases when representing murderers, thieves, drug dealers?
When will the public wake up and see what is going on? www.recallbobbyjindal.com
@coach5363 - That's why he is paid $20,000 a month - to do the dirty deed.
The Jeff. Parish School System web site outlines the "partnership" with Supt. John White of LDOE which will give an additional $200,000 of taxpayer money every year for three years in "start-up funds" to each new charter opened in Jefferson Parish. This while budgets are strapped for traditional public schools throughout the state. Keep in mind that a percentage of every nickel that goes into a charter school regardless of source goes OUT to the charter school management company regardless of its non-profit or for-profit status. Is the public asking what the percentage is for each of these new charters?
Also remember parents of Jefferson Parish students, that new legislation now allows charters to hire 100% NON CERTIFIED teaching personnel - hence the rush to fire so many qualified, certified educators. The $1 million dollars a year that LDOE has been funding Teach For America Employment Agency will not be wasted.
Principals and teachers being fired allegedly based on "evaluations" must ask for due process. Let's see the evaluations and let's hear the explanation of the complex mathematical formula that the value-added method applies. Ask any of the Jeff. Parish SChool Board members or your BESE member James Garvey to explain it - they can't. Educators are losing their livelihood, their licenses to teach, their incomes, their futures because Dr. Meza and his school board are bent on privatizing the public school system. Is the public so gullible as to believe that all of these teachers are bad teachers and that replacing public schools with privately run charters holding little to no accountability will be the panacea?
Does the public realize the damage that is being done to the local community and its economy? How can the elected school board members sleep at night?
"Penny Dastugue, president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, said she has conferred with other members and they will urge the Senate to reject the House decision to strip a provision that allows future state funds to pay college tuition for students who graduate early."
This quote from the mainstream media (The Advocate I think) offers insight into the lengths Ms. Dastugue will go to carry out Jindal's agenda:
1. She lied
2. She made a misleading statement to the legislature and the public about the support of the BESE board.
3. She misrepresented the BESE board as all being in support of the new MFP.
4. She broke the ethics code in conducting a straw poll outside the parameters of a public meeting.
It should not go unnoticed that representatives of the BESE board - a public body - 8 of whom are elected and should be answering to their constituency - show such desperation in their determination to add to the reduction of local school district budgets. Penny Dastugue should be held accountable for this gaff!!!
Interesting that no mention was made of the fact that Teach for America personnel were HIRED either just before or after these "layoffs." Correct if I'm wrong. I will look for the article that appeared in the TP.
Jefferson Parish School Board Meeeting this coming Wednesday at 4:30 at Bonnabell High School. I hope every educator in the parish is there to support their contract.
Why is it impossible to believe anything John White says. According to Ed.gov - the U. S. Department of Education website - no feedback has been provided to applicants in this round. But then, maybe they are slow in posting those letters. Additionally, The Independent Weekly in Acadiana filed a public information request two weeks ago for documentation of any feedback and LDOE has refused to respond thereby prompting BESE member Lottie Beebe to make a request herself. If there has been feedback, why isn't BESE apprised of it and why does a BESE member have to file a formal request for such information?
If John White HAS received feedback from the feds on his waiver it is public information and he should be publishing the official feedback not HIS VERSION.
John White has ALREADY changed the grading system that the legislature passed last year as per this newspaper's previous report. He seems to be able to do these things on his own. The most significant point I glean from this article ias the John White is attempting to do what Dr. George Noel tried to sneak in last year in his statement that "poverty has no effect on student test scores." It's in the record of BESE meetings by the way.
When I pointed that position out in testimony before BESE he and the BESE member in charge of the Teacher Evaluation Committee escoriated me and denied it. In a later conversation with Dr. Noell he "explained" to me that "his research" showed that student poverty in the value-added metric had no effect on teacher evaluation outcomes. Same thing. Now anybody who researches the effects of poverty on education outcomes will find that it is the number one indicator. There is a direct correlation between poverty and low test scores. That's one of the problems with the standardized tests. They are standardized and children ARE NOT.
John White will continue to find ways to make those schools/students/certified teachers that he chooses to portray failure to the public. He can't do that with private/parochial schools as they won't be held accountable through the same standardized tests. Controlling the MESSAGE is the number one enemy of democracy. Study history. It is especially grevious that the Times-Picayune and other media are complicit in these efforts.
Standardized tests for special education children has ALWAYS been a bad idea - ludicrous. Using standardized tests as high stakes indicators of learning has ALWAYS been a bad idea as per NCLB. It is a tool that can be manipulated and is being manipulated to produce outcomes desired by the LDOE. Giving it a prominent part in the teacher evaluation piece wil now give White and Boss Jindal the tool to eliminate certified teachers. Does the public understand that official certification based on credentials is being eliminated? Bill just passed that charters don't have to hire ANY certified teachers. Does the public really believe that unqualified, inexperienced personnel (like Teach for America) will do a better job than certified teachers? You can follow legislative committee debates while you blog by logging on to www.followlabill.blogspot.com You can sign a recall petition or volunteer to be a part of the campaign to unseat the dictator Jindal at www.recallbobbyjindal.com
jeffsadow said: ". .. . only about a half-dozen are not run by a nonprofit organization or are affiliated with a university. For-profit entites have next to no involvement in the state's charter schools, contrary to his conspiracy theory."
Mr. Jeffsadow - ALL your credibility was lost with this statement alone. Anyone interested in offering value to the conversation regarding this reform debacle and the part charters play in it could or would most certainly do a little research and FOLLOW THE MONEY.
There is NO oversight or accountability for charters in the RSD and the Sojourner Truth story along with the Abramson fiasco are premier examples. The only reason either were enjoined from the unethical, probably illegal and certainly damaging activities in which they engaged was the persistence and courage of the teachers at those schools in exposing them.
How many more examples have been kept from public awareness - due in large part to the lack of the media's due diligence and journalistic integrity? BRAVO to Sarah Carr for her Sojourner Truth story. At some point the Picayune will need to save face as more of the failure of reform, charters, and corporate intrusion is exposed. In the meantime I wouldn't be surprised if it makes at least a timid attempt to portray all opponents of the corporate takeover and privatization of public education as buffoons, conspiracy theorists, union operatives or at least just incompetent teachers clinging to the status quo.
Beau64 -- What world do you live in. Last I checked OPSB was something like the second highest performing school district in the state. The old corrupt system is history - now we're fighting the corruption that Jindal, LDOE And BESE are petrating.
bostonteapar - Consider that you read it in the Times-Picayune. Amazing that they published this meeting notice!!! Wish I could be there but can't be everywhere at the same time.
MESSAGE TO OPSB - St. Tammany Parish educators are opposed to most of Jindal's dreadful proposals. Our own St. Tammany legislators will be held accountable for the part they play in this.
bostonteapar - Consider that you read it in the Times-Picayune. Amazing that they published this meeting notice!!! Wish I could be there but can't be everywhere at the same time.
MESSAGE TO OPSB - St. Tammany Parish educators are opposed to most of Jindal's dreadful proposals. Our own St. Tammany legislators will be held accountable for the part they play in this.
So if you click on the link to the survey you will find:
43% of survey resondents never heard of the voucher program and anther 31% said they are not familiar with the program. Question #14 reveals that 34% strongly favor the New Orleaens experiment and 29% somewhat favor it.
When 74% NEVER HEARD OR WERE NOT FAMILIAR with the program - HOW DO 74% SEEM TO FAVOR IT. Like I said - BOGUS and BIASED!!! Jindal will leave no stone unturned or lie untold to get his program through.
Why would the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce - which represents BUSINESS interests - want to change a contract that allows for the $84,000 per pupil funding?!!!!
Meza points out that expulsions should be a last resort but then he says he is recruiting for this school and asking for more referrals? The school system should be supporting and funding efforts of each of the traditional public schools to improve their behavior intervention strategies before it doles out huge amounts of money for administration of a school with so few students.
Whoever enters into these contracts with charters needs to get their walking papers.
Congratultions to the St. Tammany students and to ALL students in the state who participated in this great competition.
KilgoreTrout4713 - be sure to send dyour information to the journalists who covers your area as I'm sure they will follow up.
Another BOGUS and BIASED report from the Friedman Foundation and Pelican Institute - politics aside, if that were possible -
Let's hope our legislators READ THESE BILLS before they rubber stamp them. You can access HB 976 and HB 974 at www.legis.la.gov. You can figure out how to pull up the bills - it's easy.
Among many other problems with the Voucher bill is the fact that LOCAL DEDICATED TAXPAYER FUNDS will be expropriated by LDOE to partially finance these vouchers. Supt. John White can twist his wording to make the public believe that is not true but his testimony in the House Education Committee and the bill itself are crystal clear. You can hear the entire 16 hours of testimony With John White answering legislators questions on this issue at the same legislative website - go to the WEBCAST ARCHIVES and pull up the House Education Committee Hearing on March 14 or the Senate Education Committee meeting on March 15.
Another problem - the LDOE/BESE will assign vouchers through an application process - sound fishy? Students who make A's and B's are eligible for the vouchers!!!! That should be amended to limit to at least D or F students. Otherwise this is just a fast track to payoffs for those with connections AND will pull the best students from our public schools and further lower their performance scores.


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A bill seeking to break up the University of Alabama System has died in the state Legislature.
The bill, introduced in April by Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, called for the creation of separate boards of trustees for the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAH and UAB are under the UA System board of trustees.
The bill arrived after protests about the roles of UAH and UAB in the UA System. Rogers introduced the bill on April 12, but the bill never moved beyond the Education Policy committee.
UAB President Carol Garrison, UAH President Robert Altenkirch and UA System Chancellor Robert Witt spoke out against the bill the day after its introduction.


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In the Shadow of Brahms, Vol. 2: Trios for Clarinet, Violincello and Piano by Zilcher, Zahn, Berger
1 CD / Tacet / 1999-07-02Works: Hermann Zilcher: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano in A minor; Robert Kahn: Serenade for oboe, viola & piano in F minor, Op. 73; Wilhelm Berger: Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in G minor,...
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Ham, spinach & artichoke pizza pie
By Mary Cadogan
Cooking timePrep: 25 mins Cook: 30 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsServes 4 - 6
This pizza pie is great for using up storecupboard ingredients - you can experiment with fillings and flavours
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Additional info
- Freeze both cooked and uncooked
Nutrition info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 606
- protein
- 27g
- carbs
- 77g
- fat
- 23g
- saturates
- 12g
- fibre
- 8g
- sugar
- 6g
- salt
- 4.29g
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- 200g fresh young leaf spinach
- 500g pack bread -mix
- 6 rounded tbsp tomato sauce, passata or pasta sauce from a jar
- 6 artichoke hearts from a can, jar or the deli counter
- 4 rounded tbsp crème fraîche
- 4 thin slices ham, cut in half
- 100g grated emmental or gruyère
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Experiment with flavours
This is just the thing for a relaxed weekend lunch or light supper. If you don't like artichokes, replace them with cooked, sliced mushrooms, a handful of olives or sun-dried tomatoes.
- Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Wash the spinach, place in a colander in the sink, then pour over a kettleful of boiling water, to wilt the leaves. Drain well, pressing out as much water as possible, then roughly chop.
- Make up the bread mix following pack instructions, then divide in half. Roll out one half to a round about 35cm, then transfer to an oiled baking sheet. Thinly spread with tomato sauce to within 2cm of the edge, then season with salt and pepper. Drain and dry the artichoke hearts if they come from a can or jar, then thickly slice. Scatter over the tomato sauce with the spinach, then space about 8 dollops of crème fraîche on top, covering each with half a slice of ham. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Roll out the other half of the dough to the same size as the first one. Brush the edges of the dough with water and cover the round of dough and vegetables, pressing the edges to seal them. Make a slit in the centre of the dough with the point of a knife, then bake for 25-30 mins until golden and crisp. Cut into wedges and serve with a green salad.
- To prepare ahead: Make up the pizza pie and freeze, uncooked, on the baking sheet, then remove and wrap in foil when firm. To cook, return to the baking sheet and leave to defrost for 2 hrs, then cook as above. If you prefer to freeze it ready-cooked, simply defrost and reheat in the oven for 10 mins.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2007
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Lesley Waters' rich rice pudding is packed with creamy flavours and cinnamon fragrance, caramelised mandarins adding a fruity note
Method1. In a large saucepan, heat the butter on a medium flame, and tip in the risotto rice and lemon zest. Cook, stirring continuously for 1-2 minutes.
2. Add 4 ladlefuls of warm milk, and bring to the boil, before reducing the heat to a simmer. As the liquid becomes absorbed, gradually ladle in more milk, before adding the water a little at a time, allowing each ladle to be absorbed before adding the next. Stir frequently until the rice is cooked - this should take approximately 20-25 minutes.
3. While the risotto is cooking, get started on the mandarins and preheat the grill to its highest setting.
4. Cover the mandarins with boiling water and leave on one side for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the liquid with a slotted spoon and peel, removing as much of the white pith as possible. Cut each mandarin horizontally in half.
5. Place the mandarin slices on a grill pan and scatter over the sugar. Place under the grill for 2-3 minutes, until the sugar has melted.
6. Stir the sugar, cream and half the cinnamon into the rice pudding. Serve hot or cold with the grilled mandarins.
Real Cork recommends: enjoy with a Young Setúbal or Favaios Moscatel
- 15 g butter
- 375 g risotto rice
- 1 large lemon, zest only
- 900 ml milk, warmed
- 300 ml water, approx
- 110 g caster sugar
- 150 ml double cream
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
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- 4 mandarins
- 3 tbsp demerara sugar


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Dr. Jyl Rubin, a veterinarian and owner of six dogs, demonstrates how you can make a feast for your pets this Thanksgiving that doesn't involve dog food. All you need is a crockpot and some of the same meat and vegetables the family eats.
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Thanksgiving is a time for football, family and, of course, food. With a cornucopia of guests -- and their kids -- descending on your house, there will be lots of extra people trying to pass a tasty treat to your cat or dog. They may have the best of intentions, but "people food" isn't always the best for your four-legged friend.
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Are the Arizona Cardinals the best team in the NFC?
The Arizona Cardinals find themselves in a weird spot.
While having arguably the best team they've had in the 26 seasons since moving to the Valley from St. Louis in 1988, there's a great chance they'll be watching this year's postseason from their couches.
At 10-5, the Cardinals need to beat the San Francisco 49ers and root for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat the New Orleans Saints Sunday. If both things don't happen, the Cardinals will be left out of "the dance", as their head coach Bruce Arians refers to it, even though they'd have 11 wins.
Despite the situation in front of his team, defensive end Calais Campbell believes in his team.
"I mean, in my opinion, we're the best team in the NFC," he said Thursday on NFL Network's NFL AM. "But I hope we get into the playoffs so we can show it, because going 11-5 -- but you don't make it to the playoffs -- nobody really knows. The only teams we talk about are the playoff teams. So we really hope we get a chance to get in. I know if we do, we will do some damage."
Admittedly, a lot still has to transpire for the Cardinals to win their 11th game of the season and still be left out in the postseason cold. The 49ers bring a current league-high five-game winning streak with them to Glendale.
But you can certainly make an argument that Campbell is right. The Cardinals have won seven of their last eight games. Their only loss in this stretch came in Philadelphia and the officiating in that game was a popular subject of discussion around the league the next day.
Let's examine Campbell's claim a little further -- here's what the r�sum�s of the best teams in the NFC look like over the last eight games.
Arizona Cardinals
Record over last eight games: 7-1
Winning percentage of teams they've beaten: .429
Point differential: 226-140 (+86)
Turnover differential: +3
The argument: The Cardinals are very likely a few questionable calls away from being undefeated in their last eight games. Had a flag or two gone their way in Philadelphia, we could be looking at an 11-4 Cardinals team heading into their Week 17 showdown with the 49ers.
Defensively, Arizona bounced back from their worst performance of the season in a Week 15 overtime win over Tennessee to completely baffle Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch and the Seahawks, holding Seattle to under 200 yards of offense.
Carolina Panthers
Record over last eight games: 7-1
Winning percentage of teams they've beaten: .524
Point differential: 162-94 (+68)
Turnover differential: +6
The Argument: Carolina is a very confident football team, and why shouldn't they be? In their last eight games, the Panthers have beaten San Francisco, New England and New Orleans. Quarterback Cam Newton was shaky for most of last week's win over New Orleans, but made big plays on the final possession to lead his team to a 17-13 playoff-clinching win.
Philadelphia Eagles
Record over last eight games: 6-2
Winning percentage of teams they've beaten: .433
Point differential: 212-101 (+111)
Turnover differential: +11
The Argument: The Eagles stumbled early, but have recovered nicely. In consecutive losses against the Cowboys and Giants in Weeks 7 and 8, the Eagles have cranked up their offense behind quarterback Nick Foles.
Since tying an NFL record with seven touchdown passes against Oakland in Week 9, Foles has 19 TD tosses and just three picks. The Eagles are averaging 34.5 points per game in their last seven, but can be vulnerable defensively, as evidenced by their 48-30 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, of all teams, two weeks ago.
San Francisco 49ers
Record over last eight games: 6-2
Winning percentage of teams they've beaten: .347
Point differential: 207-117 (+90)
Turnover differential: +6
The Argument: The Niners are rolling right now. In fact, they're four points away from bringing a 12-game winning streak to Glendale with them to face the Cardinals.
The 49ers lost to Carolina 10-9 in Week 10 and followed that with a three-point loss at New Orleans the next week -- a game that most will admit was greatly influenced by some shoddy officiating.
In the last three contests, San Francisco's running game has been reborn, averaging 183 yards per.
Seattle Seahawks
Record over last eight games: 6-2
Winning percentage of teams they've beaten: .389
Point differential: 172-70 (+102)
Turnover differential: +11
The Argument: Seattle leads the league in confidence. If you don't believe me, check out the shirts that are already for sale in the Emerald City.
But the Seahawks have lost two out of their last three, and may be questioning themselves after losing a home game for the first time in two years.
What bodes well for Seattle is their opportunistic defense that has forced 18 turnovers in the last eight games, including nine in the last two games. When you can force turnovers at that rate, you're going to win a lot of football games.
The Cardinals' credential certainly stack up with the other top teams in the conference, but the data is inconclusive.
A quick look-over of the information would lead one to believe that Carolina is indeed the best team in the NFC right now. That, in itself, should boost the Cardinals' confidence. Arizona dismantled the Panthers 22-6 in Week 5.
But of the five teams examined, three have clinched playoff spots and the Eagles can do the same against the Kyle Orton-led Dallas Cowboys Sunday.
The Cardinals, even with a win over the 49ers, might be reduced playing the role of the kid whose party invitation got lost in the mail.


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CreweBrass are a friendly 1st Section Band based in Crewe, Cheshire (Northwest Area)
Seeking competent players to complete our lineup.
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CreweBrass are a friendly 1st Section Band based in Crewe, Cheshire (Northwest Area)
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Hope you are doing OK Willip - when is your area ?
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love this piece - 1 yeat late to play it at the nationals :((
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Burton Feather vs Social
This is for a beginner. I was leaning towards the feather but saw a really good deal on a Social. For whatever reason it's tough to find anything more than the standard 30% off msrp on the feathers at the moment, but there are tons of them available.
Is the social more a park board? East Coast so mostly groomers. She'll only be going about a half dozen times a year so even if she wanted she wouldn't be in the parks anytime soon. If the feather is really going to noticeably help her progress I'd go for that.
The social probably saves me about $40, so it's not a big deal, though all things being equal I think the social a nicer looking board.
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NCCU boots 6-0 suspended game lead, falls to FAMU, No. 3 seed
In a game that started on March 23, N.C. Central could not hang on to a 6-0 lead over Florida A&M as the Rattlers climbed all the way back thanks to Bennie Robinson's RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to take down the Eagles 9-8 on Saturday afternoon at Moore-Kittles Field in Tallahassee, Fla.
The game resumed with the bases loaded and two outs with sophomore Christian Triplett (Wilkesboro, N.C.) at-the-dish and NCCU up 6-0. Triplett lined out to end the threat. It was that type of day for the maroon and gray.
FAMU scored three runs in the bottom of the second after shortstop Ryan Hutson led off the frame with a double, later scoring on Kendal Weeks's first triple of the year to make it 6-2. Jeremy Barlow's sacrifice fly made it 6-3 after two complete.
The Rattlers added a run in the third inning when Ryan Kennedy drilled a double to left field to scored Peter Jackson and cut the margin to 6-3.
Back-to-back singles by sophomore Carlos Ortiz (Cleveland, Ohio) and senior Tyson Simpson (Burgaw, N.C.) got the maroon and gray rolling in the top of the fourth when senior Carter Williamson pushed the lead back out to three at 7-4 with his sacrifice fly to left field.
The bottom fell out in the fifth inning when a one out walk, led to Kennedy's eighth home run of the year which tied the game at 7-7, as the Rattlers added the final run on an Eagle error to take an 8-7 lead.
To signify the type of afternoon it was for NCCU, with one out and a runner on first, Williamson crushed a line drive down the first base line right to FAMU's Kennedy who turned away the Eagles and kept the lead intact.
Eric Kimber's leadoff single in the top of the seventh led to the tying run as the redshirt junior scored when Triplett grounded into the double play as the game was knotted up at 8-8.
After a scoreless seventh frame for Florida A&M, Ortiz ripped his fifth double of the year with two outs on the board, but was left stranded in the inning.
With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Jackson earned a walk which opened the door for FAMU's Robinson who made the Eagles pay with a double to the wall in left center to give the Rattlers the lead for good at 9-8.
Ortiz ended the day 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored, while seniors Zack Lee (Wilson, N.C.) , Simpson, and Williamson all recorded two hits in the game.
The loss sends NCCU (18-31-1, 12-12 MEAC) to third place in the Southern Division as the Eagles will now play the second-seeded Spartans of Norfolk State on Wednesday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m. in the 2014 MEAC Baseball Tournament in Norfolk, Va.
FAMU (24-24, 14-10 MEAC) earns a share of the Southern Division crown but will be the No. 2 seed and will take on the third seeded Eagles of Coppin State on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the final contest of the opening round.


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Intellectual Property Rights. The Website and all owner-created content are the right, title and interest in and to the Website is the sole property of HireMyMom.com, a division of Let's Be Direct LLC or its licensors, and is protected by U.S. copyright and international treaties. Except for the limited licenses expressly granted to you in these Terms and Conditions, HireMyMom.com reserves for itself and its licensors all other right, title and interest. Without limitation on the foregoing, you may not reproduce, modify, display, sell, or distribute the Content, or use it in any other way for public or commercial purpose. This includes copying or adapting the HTML code used to generate Web pages on the Website, the Website's design logo and certain other names or logos which are service marks or trademarks of HireMyMom.com, and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans which are the service marks or trademarks of HireMyMom.com. In addition, the "look" and "feel" of the Website (including color combinations, button shapes, layout, design and all other graphical elements) are also protected by HireMyMom.com trademarks, service marks and copyrights. All other product and service marks contained on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Registration & User Information. The Company may require that You register and provide the Company with certain information including, name, mailing address and a valid e-mail address (Your "User Information"). The Company will not disclose to any third party (other than agents and subcontractors of Company) Your name, mailing address, e-mail address or telephone number without Your prior consent except as provided in these Terms of Use (including Privacy Policy), to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. The Company may offer third party services and products to You based on the preferences that You provide in Your registration and at any time thereafter; such offers may be made by the Company or by third parties.
User Content. Users who post jobs own and are responsible for their communications and postings, including, but not limited to, job postings ("User Content"). The Company acts as a portal for the online distribution and publication of User submitted information and does not have an obligation to assess or guarantee the accuracy or appropriateness of the communications or postings (even if Company elects in its discretion to attempt to do so). You agree not to send communications or make postings that infringe or breach another party's intellectual property rights, contract rights or other rights (including copyrights, trademark rights or trade secret rights). You agree not to send inappropriate communications or make inappropriate postings, including but not limited to, communications and postings that are obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity, sexually-explicit, solicitations of business, chain letters or pyramid schemes. The Company is not responsible for any User Content or actions or omissions in response to User Content.
You also warrant that You have the right through ownership, license or consent to submit the User Content and User Information to be used in accordance with these Terms of Use. Subject to the foregoing, the owner of such User Content and User Information retains any and all rights that may exist in such content.
The Company may elect to, in its sole discretion, investigate and take action based on allegations by a party that another party violated these Terms of Use (however, the Company is not required to do so). The Company need not verify or assess the accuracy of any User Content or User Information.
Nothing on the Website shall be considered an endorsement, representation or warranty with respect to any User or third party, whether in regards to its web Website, products, services, hiring, experience, employment or recruiting practices, or otherwise.
The Company's Liability. HireMyMom.com is not an employment agency or a recruiting firm, and makes no representations or guarantees regarding the effectiveness or timeliness of the Website in meeting the employment objectives of Users. The Company does not guarantee that Job Seekers will be hired or that Employers will find employees or contractors using the Website. The Company is not a party to any relationships entered into between an Employer and Job Seeker, and the Company is not liable for any act or omission by an Employer or Job Seeker. You are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any User Content. As a result, the Company has no control over the quality, safety or legality of the jobs posted, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of employers to offer job opportunities to candidates or the ability of candidates to fill job openings. In addition, note that there are risks, including but not limited to the risk of physical harm, of dealing with strangers, foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretenses. You assume all risks associated with dealing with other users with whom you come in contact through the Website.
The Material may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. HireMyMom.com makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the Website or the Material. The use of the Website and the Material is at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the Website and may be made at any time. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any material contained therein placed by you on the Website. Employers are solely responsible for their postings on the Website. HireMyMom.com is not to be considered to be an employer with respect to your use of the Website and shall not be responsible for any employment decisions, for whatever reason, made by any entity posting jobs on the Website.
(a) YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, THE INTERNET GENERALLY, AND THE DOCUMENTS YOU POST OR ACCESS AND FOR YOUR CONDUCT ON AND OFF THE WEBSITE.
(b) IN NO EVENT SHALL HireMyMom.com (OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR ADVERTISERS), BE LIABLE FOR ANY NON-DIRECT DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA, LOST EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM OR ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR ACCESS TO, OR THE INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE WEBSITE AND/OR ANY DOCUMENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT WWW.HIREMYMOM.COM IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
(c) BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF LIMITATION OR LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF ANY ARE HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN HIREMYMOM.COM'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY NON-DIRECT TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S. $200.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.
(d) IN NO EVENT SHALL WWW.HIREMYMOM.COM (OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR ADVERTISERS), BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS IN THE AGGREGATE OF US $200.00 (OR, IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER WITH A SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WWW.HIREMYMOM.COM, THE AMOUNTS ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU TO WWW.HIREMYMOM.COM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IF GREATER THAN US $200.00).
(e) Due to the nature of this Agreement, in addition to money damages, you agree that HireMyMom.com will be entitled to equitable relief upon a breach of this agreement by you.
Promise Not to Sue & Indemnity. You promise not to sue the Company and hereby waive any and all claims against the Company from any liability arising out of or related to the acts or omissions of other users (Employers and Job Seekers). You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from Your breach of these Terms of Use, or use of the Material or User Content. The Company shall provide notice to You promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist You, at Your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.
Links. The Website may contain links to third party Websites as a convenience. The Company is not responsible for the content of linked third party Websites and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party Websites. If You decide to access linked third party Websites, You do so at Your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that such links are provided for your convenience and do not reflect any endorsement by HireMyMom.com with respect to the provider of such linked Website or the quality, reliability or any other characteristic or feature of such linked Website and HireMyMom.com is not responsible in any manner (including without limitation with respect to any loss or injury you suffer) for any matter associated with the linked Website, including without limitation, the content provided on or through any such linked Website or your reliance thereon. HIREMYMOM.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY LINKED WEBSITE: YOUR USE OF ANY LINKED WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. In addition, you should be aware that your use of any linked Website is subject to the terms and conditions applicable to that Website.
Posting Rules. HireMyMom.com is the sole interpreter of these rules. Users who violate these rules may have their access and use of the Website suspended or terminated, at HireMyMom.com's discretion. HireMyMom.com reserves the right to change these rules in accordance with the amendment policy in the Terms and Conditions.
(a) Your Document may not contain: (i) copyrighted material (unless you own the copyright or have the owner's permission to post the copyrighted material); (ii) trade secrets (unless you own them or have the owner's permission to post them); (iii) material that infringes on or misappropriates any other intellectual property rights, or violates the privacy or publicity rights of others; (iv) keywords or white text keywords (including any words embedded in the Document and hidden from the User); (v) anything that is sexually explicit, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, or hateful; or (vi) anything that is embarrassing or offensive to another person or entity.
(b) You may not use your Document(s) to: (i) impersonate another person, living or dead; (ii) post false, inaccurate or misleading information; (iii) post advertisements or solicitations of business (including, but not limited to, E-mail Processors, Project 21, franchises, "club memberships," distributorships, or anything requiring a monetary investment by the User, including a request for payment to obtain job listings); (iv) post chain letters or pyramid schemes; or (v) post opinions or notices, commercial or otherwise.
(c) Your Document(s) must contain sufficient detail to convey clearly to the User the nature and requirements of the job opportunity. Documents from any third party charging a fee or restricting complete access to all resume information are prohibited.
(d) Job postings must be individual openings for traditional, W-2 or 1099 employees.
(e) HireMyMom.com is under no obligation to monitor the Documents posted on the Website, but it may monitor Documents at random. Documents found to violate the above Posting Rules may be removed at HireMyMom.com's discretion.
Conduct Rules. You are responsible for all Content that you upload, submit, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit using the Website or Services. Likewise, you are responsible for respecting HireMyMom.com's any third parties' rights with respect to Content that appears on the Website and not to download, e-mail or otherwise transmit such Content in violation of HireMyMom.com's and third parties' rights. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation: (i) accessing data not intended for such User or logging into a server or account which the User is not authorized to access; (ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (iii) attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Website, overloading, "flooding", "mailbombing" or "crashing"; (iv) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (v) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. You agree not to use the Website or Services to:
- respond to postings by other Users in any manner or for any purpose other than that which is expected. Communications soliciting the employer's business by our competitors are prohibited.
- submit Content that is implicitly or explicitly offensive (i.e., engages in, endorses or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual); harasses, incites harassment or advocates harassment of another any group or individual; involves the transmission of promoting or endorsing false or misleading information or illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous.
- send unsolicited commercial email, (i.e., "junk mail", "chain letters," or unsolicited mass mailing or "spamming") to Users.
- collect or store personal data with respect to third parties except as contemplated by the Terms and Conditions and then only for the express purpose of providing lawful communication that may reasonably be anticipated by such third parties.
- directly or indirectly, intentionally disrupt or interfere with the Website or Services in any manner that may materially adversely affect HireMyMom.com, you or any third party.
- submit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other code, files or programs designed or known to disable, interrupt, or limit the functionality of any computer hardware, computer software, or telecommunications equipment or facilities.
- submit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit without authorization any material that contains personal or private information concerning any third party person or entity, including without limitation, phone number(s) or addresses, credit/debit cards, calling cards, account numbers, social security numbers, passwords or other similar information.
- to delete or revise any material posted by any other person or entity.
- Use the Website or Services for any purpose or in any manner that violates any local, state, or federal law or regulation or the law or regulation of any foreign government including but not limited to scripts, bots and other software, to try to collect information from the Website or to break into any of its servers.
If at any time during the term of this agreement HireMyMom.com comes to the understanding that you: (i) misled HireMyMom.com of your business practices and/or services, or (ii) purchased services that do not represent your precise business, HireMyMom.com reserves the right to terminate this agreement. Report inappropriate postings or conduct to us using the "Contact Us" page.
No Resale or Unauthorized Use. You agree not to resell or assign Your rights or obligations under these Term and Conditions. You also agree not to make any unauthorized use of the Website.
The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate Your use of the Website at any time for any reason, in which case, You would receive a refund for any amounts paid for services not yet rendered if You were in compliance with these Terms and Conditions when Company denied Your right of continued use of the Material or Website. To the maximum extent allowed by law, the Company may deny any company or person the right to use the Material or Website.
Amendments to this Agreement and Changes to Website. HireMyMom.com may revise this document at any time by updating this page. Changes will be binding on you on the date they are posted on the Website (or as otherwise stated in the any notice of such changes). Any use of the Website will be considered acceptance by you of the then-current Terms and Conditions. If at any time you find the Terms and Conditions unacceptable, you may not use the Website any longer. Any new or different terms supplied by you are specifically rejected by HireMyMom.com unless HireMyMom.com agrees to them in a signed writing specifically including those new or different terms. HireMyMom.com may change the Website at any time.
Questions and Notices. Questions concerning the use of the Website should be directed to us using the "Contact Us" page. Notices shall be sent, for HireMyMom.com, to the address listed on the Website, and, for you, to the email address submitted by you or such other address as HireMyMom.com reasonably determines is an appropriate address for you.
General. HireMyMom.com makes no claims that the Content is appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Content may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries, and such persons have no right to access or use the Website. If you access HireMyMom.com from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. The Terms and Conditions and your Service Agreement, if you have one, are governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Texas, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under the Terms and Conditions or your Service Agreement shall lie exclusively with the state or federal courts in the State of Texas. The sole relationship between You and HireMyMom.com is that of independent contractors. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of all or part of a provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts and provisions of the Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. All provisions of the Terms and Conditions shall survive termination except those granting access or use to the Website, and you shall cease all your use and access thereof immediately. You may not assign or transfer your obligations under the Terms and Conditions. No waiver of any term of the Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided by HireMyMom.com in a particular "Legal Notice," or software license or material on particular Web pages of the Website, the Terms and Conditions and your Service Agreement where applicable, constitute the entire agreement between you and HireMyMom.com.