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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. $ 1.99
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It's 1808 and that Corsican upstart Napoleon is battering the English army and navy. Enter Mr. Norrell, a fusty but ambitious scholar from the Yorkshire countryside and the first practical magician in hundreds of years. What better way to demonstrate his revival of British magic than to change the course of the Napoleonic wars? Susanna Clarke's ingenious first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, has the cleverness and lightness of touch of the Harry Potter series, but is less a fairy tale of good versus evil than a fantastic comedy of manners, complete with elaborate false footnotes, occasional period spellings, and a dense, lively mythology teeming beneath the narrative. Mr. Norrell moves to London to establish his influence in government circles, devising such powerful illusions as an 11-day blockade of French ports by English ships fabricated from rainwater. But however skillful his magic, his vanity provides an Achilles heel, and the differing ambitions of his more glamorous apprentice, Jonathan Strange, threaten to topple all that Mr. Norrell has achieved. A sparkling debut from Susanna Clarke–and it's not all fairy dust. –Regina Marlerb
One of the reviews, a five star one, says that it is long, rambling, beautifully written.
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Agatha Christie by Hercule Poirot's Christmas. $ 2.99
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The holidays can be murder–and just in time for yuletide 2008 comes this holiday edition of one of Agatha Christie's most popular and confounding mysteries.
The wealthy Simeon Lee has demanded that all four of his sons–one faithful, one prodigal, one impecunious, one sensitive–and their wives return home for Christmas. But a heartwarming family holiday is not exactly what he has in mind. He bedevils each of his sons with barbed insults and finally announces that he is cutting off their allowances and changing his will. So when the old man is found lying in a pool of blood on Christmas Eve, there is no lack of suspects. Did Lee's taunts push one of the boys to a desperate act? And how did the murderer escape from the locked room? Intrepid Belgian detective Hercule Poirot suspends his own holiday festivities to sift through the motives and evidence surrounding the crime
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The Bride Wore Scarlet by Liz Carlyle. $ 1.99
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Passion and secrets simmer behind the elegant façade of Victorian London in another deliciously intriguing novel featuring the mysterious men of the St. James Society.
Anaïs de Rohan has faced danger in her past, but never anything so great as posing as the new bride to one of the St. James Society's most magnetic—and ruthless—leaders. But Lord Bessett's bold challenge to prove herself worthy of joining his secret all-male society is impossible to resist. So she daringly agrees to travel with the enigmatic nobleman on a dangerous mission to save one of their own—a little girl with a frightening gift.
Soon intrigue swirls about them, drawing them ever closer. And Anaïs quickly realizes that the intimacy of sharing Lord Bessett's bedroom is proving a temptation impossible to resist. As for Bessett himself—well, he might be a soldier sworn to the Society, but he certainly isn't anyone's saint. . . .
I didn't love it, particularly the paranormal element that felt very fake to me. Anais is a great heroine.
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Can't Get Enough of You by Bette Ford. $ .99.
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Jenna Gaines has her Ph.D., a great teaching job at her alma mater, everything she ever wanted in life . . . almost. Once upon a time she wanted Scott Hendricks, but the NBA called and he left her to become a hoops star. Now his career is over, and the only man Jenna ever loved is back at her school and in her life—too many years too late, as far as she's concerned.
Jenna would have given up her dreams to follow Scott, which was the last thing he wanted. All Scott can think about now is the taste of her lips and how it feels to caress her silky ebony skin, but Jenna won't give him a second chance to break her heart. She will, however, let him be her backup and support when she reconnects with her long-lost brother.
But anything could happen on their fateful trip—because Scott still has the moves . . . and the magic.
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The owner of a two-way radio and public safety communications business told York County commissioners on Wednesday that they were "jumping the gun" on replacing their emergency radio system.
Mike Corcoran of Carroll Township urged commissioners to cancel some contracts for an upgrade to the current system.
Corcoran, who said he was there as a concerned taxpayer, said other counties are waiting to react to new federal regulations.
York County commissioners said they planned to revisit the issue and meet with their executive director for emergency services to discuss Corcoran's concerns.
"We may need to just kind of step back and look at what we're doing here," President Commissioner Steve Chronister said at the weekly meeting.
Commissioners on Dec. 18 approved about $25 million worth of contracts to modify and upgrade the system, about five years after local police switched over to it. The total project is expected to cost about $27 million.
Other areas of the country are affected by the federal regulations. In March, a working group for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council estimated that it would cost more than $5.9 billion for entities in affected metro areas to move to new frequencies.
The legislation requiring the change, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, says money from auctioning spectrum space is supposed to provide grants for public safety entities.
But Eric Bistline, executive director of the county's Department of Emergency Services, and commissioners have said they don't have guarantees that the auctions will raise enough money.
Days after approving the contracts, Chronister expressed doubt about the action. He received info through Bistline about Corcoran's concerns.
"That's when I started to think about ... if we made a hurried decision or not," Chronister said Wednesday.
Chronister said he looked up Corcoran's number up and gave his company a call on the Sunday before Christmas. Corcoran returned his call shortly afterward.
"It's another side of the story," Chronister said.
Corcoran said Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission hasn't provided enough information for entities to act and that it's possible Congress could revisit the issue after this year's elections.
Even if the rules are upheld, there could be other technical solutions, he said. He said the county could also consider a regional approach.
"Please take the time to investigate your options," Corcoran said.
Commissioner Chris Reilly said he's concerned that if York County doesn't act, it could be left without frequencies for its emergency radio communication system.
"It's a huge gamble," he said. "This is probably one of the biggest risks I've had ... to consider as a county commissioner."
Reilly said he thinks the county still needs to move forward with the project, but how fast they should move is a question.
Commissioner Doug Hoke said he wishes he had more information on the issue. He said he's reached out to officials at the federal level.
"They believe this legislation is going to stay intact," Hoke said.
And he said county commissioners have been told that the earlier they move to get new bandwidth, the better off they will be.
The March report from the T-Band Working Group said auctions will have to begin by 2021, and all public safety operations will have to be cleared from the T-Band spectrum, which the county uses, by 2023.
Flannelly's return approved
York County commissioners welcomed back Michael Flannelly as the York County solicitor. Flannelly served on the York County Court of Common Pleas, but was defeated by former U.S. Rep. Todd Platts for a 10-year term to the bench.
Commissioners approved returning Donald Reihart, who was acting solicitor, to the role of assistant solicitor. The changes were approved to take effect retroactively, at the start of this week.
Native Lands County Park
York County commissioners again delayed demolition of a farmstead in Native Lands County Park.
Paul Nevin of Hellam Township told commissioners in November he wanted the farmstead to be preserved.
The county originally planned to demolish the farmstead, along with a nearby barn. In November, they agreed to delay demolition of the farmstead for 30 days.
On Wednesday, commissioners approved removing the demolition of the farmstead, at a cost of $8,000, from a contract. County engineer John Klinedinst said Wednesday's action was a good-faith effort to give time to study preserving the farmstead.
Also of interest
Chronister: Let's revisit that $25M toward changing emergency radio systems
Nine questions about York County's plan to spend about $27 million for a new emergency radio system
York County approves budget without tax increase


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Clinton school worker Regina Ducksworth helps Northside Elementary School students get their fingerprints captured on a computer prior to getting their pictures taken at the school on Arrow Drive.
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Picture day demands calling in the reserves.
Eastside Elementary receptionist Cavette Hellums quickly briefs third-grade parent Lynn McKee on her back-up, front-desk duties. ...
Meanwhile, frazzled parents trickle in the front office, toting school-day essentials that didn't make it out of the house.


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Pro Tour Historian Brian David-Marshall and Statistician Rich Hagon take a look at the key players taking on the new Extended format this weekend in Amsterdam.
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MBI Publications
MBI Publications for Marty Golubitsky (13)
M. Golubitsky and R. Lauterbach
Bifurcations from synchrony in homogeneous networks: linear theorySIAM J. Appl.Vol. 8 No. 1 (2009) pp. 40-75
M. Aguiar, M. Aguiar, A. Dias, A. Dias, M. Golubitsky and M. Leite
Bifurcations from regular quotient networks: A first insightPhysica D.Vol. 238 No. 2 (2009) pp. 137-155
M. Golubitsky, C. Postlethwaite, L. Shiau and Y. Zhang
The feed-forward chain as a filter amplifier motif. In: Coherent Behavior in Neuronal NetworksSpringer (2009) pp. 95-120
N. Filipski and M. Golubitsky
The abelian Hopf H mod K theoremSIAM J. Appl. Dynam. Sys.Vol. 9 No. 2 (2010) pp. 283-291
M. Golubitsky, D. Romano and Y. Wang
Network periodic solutions: full oscillation and rigid synchronyNonlinearityVol. 23 (2010) pp. 3227-3243
Y. Zhang and M. Golubitsky
Periodically forced Hopf bifurcationSIAM J. Appl. Dynam. Sys.Vol. 10 (2011) pp. 1272-1306
I. Stewart and M. Golubitsky
Synchrony-breaking bifurcation at a simple real eigenvalue for regular networks 1: 1-dimensional cellsSIAM J. Appl. Dynam. Sys.Vol. 10 No. 4 (2011) pp. 1404-1442
M. Golubitsky and C. Postlethwaite
Feed-forward networks, center manifolds, and forcingDiscrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series AVol. 32 (2012) pp. 2913-2935
M. Golubitsky, D. Romano and Y. Wang
Network periodic solutions: patterns of phase-shift synchronyNonlinearityVol. 25 (2012) pp. 1045-1074
M. Golubitsky and A. Comanici
Patterns on growing square domains via mode interactionsDynamical SystemsVol. 23 No. 2 (2012) pp. 167-206
Y. Wang, T. McMillen, M. Golubitsky and C. Diekman
Reduction and dynamics of a generalized rivalry network with two learned patternsSIAM Journal of Applied Dynamical SystemsVol. 11 (2012) pp. 1270-1309
AbstractWe use the theory of coupled cell systems to analyze a neuronal network model for generalized rivalry posed by H. Wilson. We focus on the case of rivalry between two patterns and identify conditions under which large networks of n attributes and m intensity levels can reduce to a model consisting of two or three cells depending on whether or not the patterns have any attribute levels in common. (The two-cell reduction is equivalent to certain recent models of binocular rivalry.) Notably, these reductions can lead to large recurrent excitation in the reduced network even though the individual cells in the original network may have none. We also show that symmetry-breaking Takens�??Bogdanov (TB) bifurcations occur in the reduced networks, and this allows us to further reduce much of the dynamics to a planar system. We analyze the dynamics of the quotient systems near the TB singularity, discussing how variation of the input parameter I organizes the dynamics. This variation leads to a degenerate path through the unfolding of the TB point. We also discuss how the network structure affects recurrent excitation in the reduced networks, and the consequences for the dynamics.
C. Diekman, M. Golubitsky and Y. Wang
Derived patterns in binocular rivalry networks.Journal of mathematical neuroscienceVol. 3 No. 1 (2013) pp. 6
AbstractBinocular rivalry is the alternation in visual perception that can occur when the two eyes are presented with different images. Wilson proposed a class of neuronal network models that generalize rivalry to multiple competing patterns. The networks are assumed to have learned several patterns, and rivalry is identified with time periodic states that have periods of dominance of different patterns. Here, we show that these networks can also support patterns that were not learned, which we call derived. This is important because there is evidence for perception of derived patterns in the binocular rivalry experiments of Kovács, Papathomas, Yang, and Fehér. We construct modified Wilson networks for these experiments and use symmetry breaking to make predictions regarding states that a subject might perceive. Specifically, we modify the networks to include lateral coupling, which is inspired by the known structure of the primary visual cortex. The modified network models make expected the surprising outcomes observed in these experiments.
C. Diekman and M. Golubitsky
Network symmetry and binocular rivalry experiments.Journal of mathematical neuroscienceVol. 4 (2014) pp. 12
AbstractHugh Wilson has proposed a class of models that treat higher-level decision making as a competition between patterns coded as levels of a set of attributes in an appropriately defined network (Cortical Mechanisms of Vision, pp. 399-417, 2009; The Constitution of Visual Consciousness: Lessons from Binocular Rivalry, pp. 281-304, 2013). In this paper, we propose that symmetry-breaking Hopf bifurcation from fusion states in suitably modified Wilson networks, which we call rivalry networks, can be used in an algorithmic way to explain the surprising percepts that have been observed in a number of binocular rivalry experiments. These rivalry networks modify and extend Wilson networks by permitting different kinds of attributes and different types of coupling. We apply this algorithm to psychophysics experiments discussed by Kovács et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:15508-15511, 1996), Shevell and Hong (Vis. Neurosci. 23:561-566, 2006; Vis. Neurosci. 25:355-360, 2008), and Suzuki and Grabowecky (Neuron 36:143-157, 2002). We also analyze an experiment with four colored dots (a simplified version of a 24-dot experiment performed by Kovács), and a three-dot analog of the four-dot experiment. Our algorithm predicts surprising differences between the three- and four-dot experiments.


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HOLLAND, Mich. (WZZM) -- A relentless winter is taking a toll on at least one local road department.
WZZM 13 is learning that Holland is on pace to double the amount of salt used from last year and overtime costs are following suit.
On snow blowing days like Friday, it can be hard to see anything but white. However, Holland's Transportation Department is also monitoring green, or dollars lost, as the snow piles grow.
"This has been a very challenging winter," says Brian White, interim director of Holland Transportation Services. The transportation department has already used 2,500 tons of salt this winter.
"Right now, we're on pace to use twice the amount of salt of what we typically use and have used in recent past," says White.
The road department says the snow events aren't just happening often this winter, but they are also happening at the wrong times and costing additional overtime.
"We've had a lot of snow events on the weekends and on holidays," says White.
Overtime costs have already totaled about $64,000.
"Our overtime situation is similar to our salt situation, we're pretty much at budget quantities right now," says White.
It has proven to be a winter that requires persistence from road crews and additional maintenance on their vehicles.
"There having to be maintained more than in previous years, so replacement parts and things like that we're going through more of that," says White.
Holland's Transportation Department will ask city council for an additional $35,000 for road salt. The amount would be higher, but the city still had some salt leftover from last year.


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When you have thick mucus come out your virgina does that mean you are fertile?February 8th, 2011
i have clear thick like mucus comeing out has no smell what is that and what does that mean?
i have clear thick like mucus comeing out has no smell what is that and what does that mean?
No. It means you have a problem.
It means it's time to go to the VIRGINA doctor. But seriously, see your school nurse. It can't be embarrassing, since she's not allowed to tell anyone.
From my knowledge (which may or may not be correct) the fertile mucus resembles egg whites – and it is stretchy (can stretch like 2 in with out breaking) … yeah, i know it sounds gross to pull apart your mucus but we're females and we have to stay in tune with our bodies!
Clear, thick mucus CAN be a sign of being in your fertile period, yes, and it's VAGINA not "virgina" so for God's sake PLEASE be careful and don't let any boys near you without protection right now, because the last thing you need at your obviously young age is to get pregnant and have a baby.
The only time you should REALLY worry about your vaginal discharge is if it smells bad or is a color other than whitish or clear. And if it gets an odd texture — discharge is usually pretty smooth, so if you start looking like you're collecting cottage cheese down there, GET TO A DOCTOR.
For now, I think you're just fine. Just stay away from your boyfriend for a few days, PLEASE.


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EAST GREENWICH — East Greenwich High School Principal Michael Podraza brought forth to the School Committee at Tuesday's meeting at Cole Middle School an overview of significant changes to the school's Program of Studies that affects a number of curriculums.
The changes are a reaction, Podraza said, of policies that are being done in terms of highschool reform, from initial guidance by the state in setting "multiple pathways" where students can receive credit.
For more on the story, check out the Dec. 22 edition of the East Greenwich Pendulum.
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The Overt Withdrawal and the Covert Surge
So there is talk of Obama ending the Iraq War? And planning to draw down in Afghanistan sometime soon? Well, yes and no, on a number of levels. As we know, the decision to not keep thousands of US troops in Iraq was forced upon the Obama administration by the Iraqis, after the administration spent years pressuring for a remaining force. And withdrawing, is not exactly withdrawing when you consider the thousands of private mercenaries that will remain, the expanded "diplomatic" mission there, and the bases throughout the country (not to mention the largest Embassy in the world, essentially a military fortress). And for Afghanistan, there is still almost 150,000 troops there, and US and NATO military officials have repeatedly confirmed a remaining occupation of that country for at least the foreseeable future, and perhaps into the 2020s.
But The Atlantic gave us yet another perspective on the so-called drawdown of troops and supposed ending of wars. It speaks to what Nick Turse has called the "Secret War in 120 Countries," namely the increasing use of covert elite forces like Joint Special Operations Command. This is a largely secret army that will again be another step back from those in power ever needing to declare war when they seek to wage it. As Obama supposedly "withdraws" from Iraq and Afghanistan, he is taking out the ordinary military we all know, and putting in his secret military:
The strain on the highly-trained forces will only increase as the Obama administration expands its shadow war against high-ranking militants in countries like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, all of which have been the scene of targeted raids by elite troops in recent months. Senior Pentagon officials have also made clear that Special Operations troops will be used to conduct counter-terror raids in Afghanistan even as overall U.S. troop levels there begin to decline.
Elite forces like the Navy SEALs and the Army's Delta Force don't deploy for as long as conventional Army and Marine units, which usually spend six to 15 months in the war zones per tour of duty. But they deploy far, far more often. Many conventional troops have done four or five deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. By contrast, Special Operations troops have done 10, 12, and even 14 tours.
"We're getting real close to double-digit deployments across a number of different formations," Lt. Col. Tom Bryant, a spokesman for the Army Special Operations Command, said in an interview. "Those numbers are becoming increasingly common and will be even more the norm down the road."
The Special Operations world is the most secretive and insular component of the military. The Pentagon maintains several units and taskforces whose work – typically hunter-killer missions designed to track and eliminate militants around the globe–is so secretive that Washington won't disclose their names or formally acknowledge their existence.
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Hey, congrats! This article made the top spot of Google News' "Joint Special Operations Command" topic. I don't how that works, but it's a good way to spread the message.
Fantastic site you have here but I was wondering if you knew of any message boards that cover the same topics talked about in this article? I'd really love to be a part of online community where I can get advice from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Many thanks!
I think the Defense Department wants to keep these operations ultra-secret because I'll bet there are too many embarrassing blunders to count. Seeing as how we have yet to figure out how to stop bombing Afghan weddings, I'd be willing to speculate that there are literally dozens if not hundreds of debacles where we snatched the wrong guy, killed the wrong guy, bombed the wrong house, etc. Giving impunity to the U.S. military is never a good idea.


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The RapcoHorizon Company Exhibits Series 8 Line of Home Theater CablesRapcoHorizon Company subsidiary Oculus Designs' Series 8 premium cables provide exceptional quality signal transfer and are available in multiple lengths to fill any home theater installation need 10/10/2007 4:00 AM Eastern
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Oculus Designs, a wholly owned subsidiary of The RapcoHorizon Company, featured its Series 8 line of premium cables at CEDIA 2007. Providing exceptional quality signal transfer expected from a high-end cable for digital and analog AV media delivery, Series 8 comes in a generous selection of cable types that are available in multiple lengths to fill any home theater installation need.
"The Series 8 line of cables is designed for the discerning end-user who desires the very best performance match for high-end home theater components," says Drew Balsman, home theater design coordinator for Oculus Designs. "Series 8 accomplishes its home theater mission by offering a wide variety of cable types that encompass traditional component interconnects such as S-Video and audio RCA to RCA stereo pairs, as well as addressing the needs of interfacing digital transfer protocols such as Firewire and USB."
Created for integrating various components of a modern home theater system with the very highest quality cable, Series 8 features a complete line of standard analog audio and video interconnects, as well as cutting-edge digital interconnects from computer-based components and HD screens. Specific flavors include composite, component and S-Video cables, digital coaxial and F cables, audio RCA-RCA stereo pairs, optical (Toslink), single-channel mono subwoofer cables and speaker cables, HDMI, USB, and FireWire.
Series 8 Composite, Component, S-video, Digital Coaxial, F and HDMI cables are made with silver-plated solid copper conductors with wire weights optimized for specific format needs. This group meets RG6 specifications and offers true 75-ohm cable construction where applicable. The quality build of this Series 8 group offers double shielding for the best noise isolation (HDMI cables offer three separate shields). The group includes high-quality, abrasion-resistant PVC jackets, precision molded and machined 24K gold-plated connectors and low-loss nitrogen-injected foamed polyethylene dielectric construction.
The Series 8 Audio RCA-RCA, and Subwoofer cables offer 99.99 percent purity oxygen-free copper conductors in solid conductor, stranded and twisted pair versions with wire weights optimized for specific format needs. Each cable in this group offers double shielding for best noise isolation (FireWire employs three shields), high-quality abrasion-resistant PVC jackets, precision-molded and machined 24K gold-plated connectors and low-loss nitrogen-injected foamed polyethylene dielectric construction. The Series 8 Optical cable (Toslink) consists of precision grade POF construction for low-loss and low-distortion performance, fluorinated polymer clad optical fiber, optical fiber loss rated at 0.17db/meter, precision machined/molded connectors and the same abrasion-resistant PVC jacket.
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Dried roots of Rumex hymenosepalus (Figure S1). 1H NMR spectra of Rh in DMSO-d6 referenced to TMS (Figure S2). Section of the 1H NMR spectra of the Rh extract (Figure S3). Following section of the 1H NMR spectra of the Rh extract (Figure S4). 1H NMR chemical shifts for the Rh extract (first column) as compared to those reported in the literature (Table S1). Molecular structure of the catechin compounds found in the Rh extract (Figure S5). Molecular structure of stilbene glycoside found in the Rh extract (Figure S6). Composition of samples without Rh extract (Table S2). UV-Vis spectrum of solutions without Rh extract (Figure S7). Sterility test of (A) aerobic mesophilic bacteria and (B) mold and yeast (Figure S8). EDS spectra for a silver nanoparticle (Figure S9). Chemical analysis of the EDS results for a silver nanoparticle (Table S3).
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POSTED: 8:22 p.m. HST, Oct 30, 2012
A Coast Guard crew dropped medical supplies Monday to a 26-year-old woman suffering from a medical condition on Laysan Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
An HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Barbers Point was launched at noon Monday, reached the drop site at 3 p.m. and delivered the medication by parachute.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife contracted a ship from Honolulu to possibly medevac the woman.
Laysan Island is about 880 miles northwest of Honolulu without a runway for planes to land.


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NBC recently turned down an advertisment PETA wanted to run during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade because it "does not meet NBC Universal standards". The ad is devoid of any offensive visuals (this is PETA after all — they're fond of using offensive visuals) but does describe some of the darker aspects of modern factory turkey farming pretty spot on — that turkeys are often abused and experience horrifying, painful deaths at the hands of slaughterhouse workers being pushed by corporate managers to maximize speed at the cost of health and safety (of both the birds and the workers).
Before turning down the ad, NBC asked for more information about the ad's claims, so PETA sent them a link to a New York Times article all about the dark side of turkey farming.
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What kind of turkey are you eating this week?
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Bye-Bye, Babette
In response to Tara Murtha's exit interview with outgoing state legislator Babette Josephs:
While it's a shame to lose such a fierce progressive voice and one of the few women on the floor, Josephs' tone-deafness on the transphobia of her "men with breasts" remark clearly illustrates her as being a bit behind the times—an ugly place for a progressive to be. She'll be missed nonetheless, and I'm holding my opinion on her replacement until I see him in action... but perhaps it was just time for her to go.
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Lay Off the Food Stamps
In response to Randy LoBasso's week-long "food stamp challenge," exploring the difficulty of bootstrapping out of poverty while only eating $5 worth of food a day:
Welfare should be a temporary basis. It should only be helping you on a short time period until you try hard to get on your two feet without any more petty excuses. The children are the only victim here. As a grown adult, you should plan, save and be ready to take responsibility before you bring any child into this world. What happened to all the immigrants who came here before the welfare system started? The welfare system is good—it's the people that broke the system and took advantage of it that prevent the resources to reach to the people who really need them.
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"Sean Burns' proclamation of digital projection being inferior to 35mm projection feels more like a sentimental attachment to a bygone era rather than statement of fact. Digital projection defeats issues such as scratches, dust, shaky pictures and fluctuating focus issues, and opens the door for pristine viewings of classic films on the big screen. Filmmakers will likely never go away from shooting on film completely, but projecting it the old fashinoned way...good luck arguing that one."
"im pretty anti-social and honestly i hate about 95% of the human race.But what i want an opinion on is.Why is tolerance being forced, when acceptance should be earned and taught.with what im seeing america is on the brink of social collapse.this last election proved that we are more divided,then what we have been in decades.personally im waiting for a crumble, then ill get to watch these people who call them self humans fight each other to an end"
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One of the most anticipated events of the year; A Story of Fashion is in its sixth year and showcases some of the best fashion design talent! On May 10th, Fashion will make its presence known in Stockton!
As Coco Chanel once said, "Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."
A Story of Fashion has showcased the design talent of the students in the Fashion Program at San Joaquin Delta College. This year, it showcases 10 complete designer collections and 3 alumni collections, as well as a Red Dress Design in association with the American Heart Association.
The Fashion Program's unique partnership with the American Heart Association has fostered a competition for students in the Fashion Program to be inspired by survivors and families of survivors to design a dress that promotes heart disease awareness, especially among women. The red dress fashion show will be a unique part of the opening of the show!
The fashion show has moved from place to place year after year, creating a completely different vibe, ambiance and experience each year. What started out a small show at the Haggin Museum six years ago, grew to a sold-out crowd of nearly 800 in its first year. Moving each year, it went from the Haggin to the brick courtyard at Delta College attracting over 1000 in the audience. The following year it moved to Lincoln Center in the former Sundance Sports location with an urban vibe then to a different location in Lincoln Center for an elegant club atmosphere.
This year it returns to Delta College holding an amazing runway spectacular in the hidden gem that is the Atherton Theater. The show will feature 3 segments on a runway that will jet into the theater 30 feet on top of the seats, giving everyone a great view of the fashion shown. 90 models styled professionally by local hair and makeup artists will present the collections in an elegant, high-energy and upbeat show! The event is anticipated to attract a crowd of over 1000.
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DATE & TIME: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8 pm
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The Julian Center, at 2011 N. Meridian St., began in the 1970s as a counseling center; the overnight shelter was added in 1982. Two counselors will be shifted to the shelter, and therapy will continue for residents there as well as for women and children in transitional housing after staying at the shelter.
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Two weeks after the public learned the Julian Center will close its public counseling center on domestic abuse on Oct. 1, it said it has no plans to reconsider that decision - and clients are in the process of transferring to new therapists.
At least, that's the hope.
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Earlier this month, Hot House Market in Lafayette opened a new space dedicated solely to men's clothing, accessories and furniture. The new room, dubbed simply The Man's Room, has the feel of a 1970s study, laid back and casual but eclectic and studied.
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NVIDIA GT300 in far stages, taped out
Personally I have to admit that I was a little reluctant to post news two days ago already as the source is Theo Valich (= ex-inquirer). However, what the heck ...
As you guys know NVIDIA's upcoming next-generation graphics processor will carry codenamed GT300 (GeForc Tesla) and is on a stampede course to be released later this year. (GT200 is GTX 200 series BTW).
Accoring to good old Theo, NVIDIA has already taped out some of the first engineering samples of the GPU, tagged under revision A1. This means, NVIDIA is likely already receiving it's first batches of the chip for a while.
It's pretty big news if it is the case as NVIDIA is then delaying the release of this product in order to go really big with it's launch. It will be the first GPU on the 40 nm silicon process for NVIDIA.
The GT300 comes in three line-ups, a consumer graphics, GeForce series, a high-performance computing product for Tesla, and G200GL for professional/enterprise graphics, Quadro series.
Also the rumor that the GPU will have 512 Shader processors, and that's a big step up from the current 240 Shader processors, is substanciated.
Next to that, NVIDIA supposedly is moving from SIMD to MIMD architecture. Long story short: SIMD always has the advantage in raw peak operations per second. After all, it mainly consists of as many adders, floating-point units, shaders.
The new GPU will have 16 clusters of 32 shaders. Though it is unknown how fast they will be clocked, rumors state that if they can be clocked at 2 GHz, we'd be nearing a cool 3 teraflops of compute performance (right now we are hovering around one teraflop) per GPU. GT300 would give direct hardware access [HAL] for CUDA 3.0, DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.1 and OpenCL.
Also it is now rumored that the GPUs will get a 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface to spew out around 256 GB/s of memory bandwidth.
There is no actual release date on GT300 but we do know it'll be somewhere this year, likely closer to Christmas and the Windows 7 release.
Windows 7 Boosts Hyper-Threading Support
It is incredible how big the Windows 7 marketing spin doctors are at work lately. Every couple of days you see a new 'positive' effect if Windows 7 being leaked and all websites are posting about it.
Microsoft has clearly setup a very big spin-doctor campaign. So the latest one would be this InformationWeek has an interesting article on Hyper-Threading enhancements in Windows 7. Here's a bit:
"The work that we've done in Windows 7 in the scheduler and the core of the system to take full advantage of those capabilities, ultimately we think we can deliver a great and better experience for you," said Veghte, speaking earlier this week at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Los Angeles.
Windows 7's improved hyper-threading support could be good news for users of processor-intensive applications, such as 3-D games and graphics programs. The catch is that the applications themselves must be written in such a way as to take advantage of hyper-threading. To date, only a small percentage of apps include that capability.
Damnation Villain Trailer
Hmm, check out this new trailer of focuses on Damnation Villain, especially the evil characters in the game - the PSI. Check it out for some really cool character design.
Damnation will be released for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 late this month if memory serves me right.
Download: SiSoft Sandra updated to 15.99 SP3a
Mind you guys that SiSoft issued a new update of Sandra today, in order to fix various issues reported by SP3 users. We are now at build 15.99 SP3c.
SiSoft Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. SANDRA will provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
The new build is 15.99 SP3c and mirrored here at Guru3D.com
Download: click here.
CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 CPU cooler review
We test the new CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 CPU cooler. Though the cooler will not be high-end performance wise, it can still manage the latest Core 2 Duo and Quad processors really well, and sure, overclocked as well. This new TX3 also supports the upcoming Core i5 processors from Intel based on Socket LGA 1156.
Typically this would not be a massively interesting release of course, however... with a sales price of only 14.95 EUR/USD let's face it... the dynamic certainly changes for the better.
Check out this Guru3D review here.
Windows Mobile 6.5 Finished
Using the popular free social networking and micro-blogging web site Twitter, the Microsoft Developer Experience Team announced the completion of Windows Mobile 6.5: "For the record, Windows Mobile 6.5 is DONE... complete... looks really good IOHO and every bit functional."
Formally introduced to the world at the Mobile World Congress in February by Steve Ballmer, an official release date for the new OS was not mentioned so far, though. Emerging details seem to confirm that Windows Mobile 6.5 is optimized for touch screens, offers "a richer browsing experience", and introduces new features like "Windows Marketplace for Mobile, a new marketplace that will provide direct-to-phone mobile applications and can be accessed from both the phone and the Web."
IntelBurnTest v2.0 released
IntelBurnTest is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most powerful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95.
A program that simplifies the usage of Intel(R) Linpack. Linpack by Intel(R) is an extremely stressful program that will put even the most pow- -erful X86/X64 CPU in the world at its knees. Load temp under Linpack will be up to 22*C higher than the competing software Prime95. This program will make usage of Linpack easier and more practical.
Keep in mind, use this program at your own risk. By using this program, you agree that neither I nor Intel shall be responsible for including, but not limited to: burned up CPU, fried motherboard, spontaneous room temperature increase, hair loss, or mental stress.
Download: click here.
DFI Blood Iron P45-T2(R)S Elite
DFI is showing their most 'affordable' overclocking motherboard, the BI P45-T2(R)S Elite family is the first wave of the
Sony A230, A330, A380 details leak
Sony's upcoming entry DSLR camera Alphas have received full details through a product leak that briefly appeared on Sony's German page. The trio appears to be a minor optimization of the A200, A300 and A350. The 14-megapixel A380 headlines the efforts and promises a quicker autofocus in the live view on the swiveling LCD, dynamic range optimization to prevent lost detail in highlights or shadows and HDMI video output.
It also has an anti-dust system, 9-point autofocus, built-in image stabilization and an optical viewfinder with 95 percent coverage. It should sell for 750 Euros ($1,018) and will likely ship for $999 in the US. The A330 at 600 Euros ($814) appears to have all the features of the A380 but with a 10-megapixel sensor.
At the low end, the A230 would bring dynamic range optimization but otherwise has the same 10-megapixel camera and fixed, non-live LCD as the A200. It would trim the price to 550 Euros ($746) through these changes.
All three cameras are reportedly tipped for a May 19th unveiling [via Photo Rumors].
Core 2 Duo E8700 arrives fashionably late
We talked about it a while ago already yet finally, the Core 2 Duo E8700 arrives fashionably late in the shops. Well at least one Asian e-tailer is apparently selling this processor. The E8700 will of course be the fastest clocked dual-core processor to date from Intel.
With a multiplier of 10,5 and an FSB at 1333 MHz the chip achieves a clock frequency of 3.5 GHz. The processor has 6MB L2-cache on board with a TDP of 65W. The E8700 is for sell here at this Chinese website for 1750 Yuan, roughly 199 USD.
That sales price however does not seem to be realistic with the E8600 selling for $269.99 USD, but we'll see.
ATI Catalyst 9.5 XP|Vista and 7 WHQL drivers out for download
Though these drivers are not yet added to the AMD/ATI download pages, they are serving from their servers already. This catalyst 9.5 driver is WHQL and for the sake of it we label beta until the final release.
However, make no mistake .. this is the final release due on Monday. Go ahead and give them a try already we say :)
We setup a discussion thread over here where you can share your experiences on these drivers.
As such we mirrored these drivers onto our file-servers, you can download them here:
ATI Catalyst 9.5 Windows 7 | Vista WHQL 64-bit
ATI Catalyst 9.5 Windows 7 | Vista WHQL 32-bit
ATI Catalyst 9.5 Windows XP WHQL 32-bit
Daily deals May 15 2009 - Full HD LCD monitors
The weekend is near, time for an update of daily deals. Today I wanted to show you some good deals on LCD monitors. Prices of monitors have dropped recently and for little money you can get yourself a very beefy screen already.
Let's walk through some of the deals I spotted, and since you are a guru3d reader, I really wanted to stick at 1900x1080 and roughly 22 to 24" alright ?
- Samsung T240HD Black 24" Widescreen LCD - Samsungs screens are hard to beat. And though this is not the cheapest one, it it the newest one and the most popular one. The T240HD is a 24" screen has a 1920x1080 native resolution for incredibly detailed pictures. The panel has a 300cd/m2 brightness rating and an impressive 10000:1 dynamic contrast ratio it can be purchased for $329.99
- Samsung 2433BW Black 24" Widescreen LCD - Of course the monitor above is the more high-end range, Samsung has a 24" monitor that is wahaaay cheaper. Check out this one, 1920x1200 at the lovely price of $269.99
- Asus VH242H Black 23.6" Widescreen LCD - Now if you want to go a little cheaper, here's a the next best thing. ASUS offer this LCD at 1920 x 1080 and a 20.000:1 contrast ratio. It's just a really good monitor, practically 24" and it costs only $199.99
- Acer X233H Black 23" Widescreen LCD - You can even go cheaper though. Get this 23" at 1920x1080. It's the cheapest price I found for a monitor in this category. It still comes with DVI-D connector and is HDCP compatible. The price is $189.99
And since not everybody requires a 24" screen at 1920x1080, we just wanted to add a nice budget monitor as well:
- Dell S2009W Black 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Check it out, 1600 x 900 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio and the price ... only $129.00
ASUS Introduces Xonar DS 7.1 Channel Sound Card
ASUS today launched the Xonar DS 7.1 channel audio card which is equipped with design features found only on high-end audio equipment, fully catering to audiophiles seeking to enjoy high fidelity audio on their PCs
Corsair readies 16GB DDR2 memory kit
If you really want to get your freak on with this, check your motherboard for compatibility first. It seems Corsair is going to be launching a 16GB DDR2 800 MHz memory kit.
The Kit will have four 4GB modules and is tagged under SKU code QUAD2X16GB-6400 already. You might want to save up some hard core cash though, according to kokatu the price is going to be 83.000 Yen ... roughly 850 USD.
Well, it is high density 16 GB of memory of course.
HDMI 1.4 to include Ethernet, two-way audio
The technology also brings a reverse-direction path for sound known as the Audio Return Channel (ARC) that can handle compressed surround sound through an intermediary device, such as a home theater receiver, without requiring a separate optical audio cable. Future video support is also built in with the ability to handle resolutions up to 4K (4096x2160), 3D and the same color spaces as digital still cameras.
A recently proposed micro HDMI connector will be part of the 1.4 format and allow up to 1080p video from very small devices, including portable media players and compact cameras.
The combined technology is expected to significantly overhaul the approach to home media serving, particularly for networked media devices, and may also help future computers that could use the extra networking and audio features. Samples of HDMI 1.4-equipped chipsets ship before the end of the spring and should result in finished products sometime within 2010.
Intel Larrabee to have 32-cores, ships in 2010
Intel at the opening of Saarland University's Visual Computing Institute on Wednesday gave clues as to its plans for its many-core Larrabee graphics processor. In a presentation to guests, the semiconductor firm showed that the design uses 32 processor cores and mates each of these with its own vector math unit, allowing each core to process very specialized tasks very efficiently. They also have a pool of cache memory and a memory interface on their edges.
Larrabee will combine a large array of Intel Architecture (i.e. x86) cores with a brand-new cache architecture, a new vector instruction set, and a new vector processing unit. Gelsinger specified that Larrabee's programmable architecture will allow it to accelerate anything from high-definition video and audio processing to physics, artificial intelligence, and global illumination. it's confirmed that Larrabee will be compatible with DirectX and OpenGL application programming interfaces, so Larrabee should be able to run existing games.
Additionally, Intel's Joseph Schultz mentioned at the event that it has moved back the launch of Larrabee from its original late-2009 target to the first half of 2010. The reasons for the delay weren't mentioned.
Larrabee is Intel's first relatively high-performance graphics design and is intended to overcome the flexibility problems of dedicated video chipsets. By using many x86-based cores, the company hopes to give developers a heavily programmable architecture that lets them handle custom visual effects as well as running many tasks at once.
Creative Labs charges maintenance fee for rebate
Creative Labs has found a great new way to minimize the risk that a customer will actually benefit from a rebate offer. In Rick's case, they sent him the rebate in the form of a $10 debit card that was supposed to be good until July 2009, but when he went to a Best Buy to use it last month, it was denied. The reason? He'd been charged a $3 "maintenance fee" every month since January.
He writes, "Come on, why print on the card that it expires in July 2009 when it couldn't possibly last beyond April 2009? I guess I'm lucky, at least I haven't gotten a bill for ongoing card maintenance. Anyway, that's the last item I ever buy from Creative Labs, I hope the rebate tactic was worth losing a customer."
If you take advantage of a Creative Labs rebate, use it immediately. Or better yet, don't take the bait the next time Creative dangles a rebate offer in front of you. They're not kidding about it being a "Creative rebate." [via consumerist].
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Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?ChestSplittah Dec 8, 2012 12:44 PM (in response to tensor32)
From what I can tell, it doesnt really help any group other than what this game is setup for. The League crowd.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?derkaderka69 Dec 8, 2012 2:05 PM (in response to tensor32)
They "fixed everything" that didn't make the game completely unplayable, the issues we are having apparently not everyone is having them, so we are not important. I wish there was more we could do to get this lag fixed, but really every other post on this forum is ******** about lag, and it's still unmentioned. Pre 1.04 they mentioned adjusting matchmaking ( I thought well at least they are addressing lag ) then patch came out and it was the one thing they left out, awesome !!
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?bagsta69 Dec 8, 2012 2:44 PM (in response to tensor32)
Actually they have made changes that have helped some players. They have made more people lag than before to try and even it up a bit. Oh and made host lag even worse to.
The game post patch is nearly unplayable. Hijacked, die spawn infront of enemy die rinse and repeat several times before spawning at the enemy spawn infront of 4 of em:) cheers treyarch just like blops,
Maybe ill trade my fibre connection for a piece of string and two plastic cups and try to see if I can get a decent game then!!!!
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Mattatouille716 Dec 8, 2012 5:04 PM (in response to bagsta69)
LOL but if you do that then the game won't be a challenge anymore you'll be invincible!!
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Goresh14 Dec 8, 2012 2:49 PM (in response to tensor32)
I am nolonger getting a freeze so I'm happy. As for lag, I can live with it.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?xxXGEIGERXxx Dec 8, 2012 2:56 PM (in response to Goresh14)
They got billions of dollars and they make video games worse then a retarded blind monkey would!!!
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Jaggajatt187 Dec 8, 2012 3:16 PM (in response to tensor32)
For everyone being on the bad side of Lag there are just as many, if not more, on the good side. Seeing as how most people have an averageto poor connection or setup I'd say there are more people on the good side of lag at the moment...so we aren't the priority right now. They didn't even acknowledge lag a week ago, they wanted video evidence like we were making it up, but at least they're recognizing it's a real issue. As far as a fix I'm pretty sure it will come in January/February 2013, which sucks cause that's gonna be 3 months post release.
Some of the nerf's/buffs I guess were necessary but I never got to experience any OP guns cause they were all pellet guns for me, except for the FAL w/ select fire. Lag just destroyed this game so far, I've had decent connections in <20% of games played. The rest of the time I have to long range head glitch people because if I move I lose because of the lag, and that play style is so boring. Even head glitching I get Insta-killed as if I didn't realize someone was shooting me from distance.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Jackal235 Dec 8, 2012 4:32 PM (in response to tensor32)
Lag compansation has been increased again to benefit higher ping players.
It's not a surprise, it seems to be a trend in COD games for sometime already.
You can easy notice it now at the end of every game, when 2 & 3 bar players are the top winers.
This is a busniess decission to please average Joes with their 100 ms dsl as the most valuable customers.
So, if you have a good fast cable or fibre isp, be prepared to be host for those kind of players and ass kicked as this is COD way.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Raketti Dec 8, 2012 4:06 PM (in response to tensor32)
tensor32 wrote:
I still see lag compensation like a b!tch.
I still get killed from across the map with one bullet from someone who just sees me and instantly gets his sights directly on me and fires one bullet and they're not using a sniper rifle. Whenever I try that sh!t I have to correct the sight, then fire and when i do my bullets go all around the guy. So that is complete and utter bull sh!t that shouldnt happen.
I still get killed by people who i see are running, so i start to shoot them but miraculously they stop and kill me first. Bull sh!t.
I'm still spawning in front of enemies too. Bull sh!t.
How do people somehow know exactly when I'm approaching them and kill me even though i have all the perks setup so they can't know i'm coming and there isn't any stupid scorestreak active on there team either? So what the hell is going on with this sh!t?
If I could beat the sh!t out of you people at Treyarch and not get charged for assault I would because you guys made a piece of sh!t game and now I can't even get the the full amount of money back that I paid for it.
The patch didn't do a damn thing to issues that were and still are game breaking. We still have freezes, poor matchmaking and severe lag issues.
I got 1 good game tonight in terms of connection, and so far that's the only one whole week. 99,9% of lobbies is a lag fest where i have to adapt (camp and / or play extra causios and always aim to flank people) and stay away from running and gunning and all kinds of short range gun fights because they are impossible to win.
Luckily i already grinded diamond camo for SMG's and shotties so i can leave those be since they are unusable thanks to the lag, and i already took a huge enough load of unnecessary deaths while getting the guns there because i decided to do so.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Harv72 Dec 8, 2012 4:15 PM (in response to tensor32)
tensor32 wrote:
If I could beat the sh!t out of you people at Treyarch and not get charged for assault I would because you guys made a piece of sh!t game and now I can't even get the the full amount of money back that I paid for it.
"I don't like your product so I'll beat you up." Clearly they will now fear you and tack a printout of your post on the bulletin board, so that everyone can understand the gravity of the situation. Because as we all know, throwing a temper tantrum and threatening violence is the best way to get your complaints addressed.
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?hyper72 Dec 8, 2012 4:29 PM (in response to tensor32)
I know its only a game but all the things that happened in black ops 1 are repeating themselfs ffs...ln black ops 1 it was utter crap at the start with loads of problems... But hell blops2 is even worse how how have they learn't nothing....... I now set my ps3 mtu to 1300 limit my upload on router to 9% and play wireless just to give me a **** connection so i dont host and helps a little with the lag compensation crap..... But it lags like hell but im hard to kill haha
Re: What did your update do to benefit the players?Raketti Dec 8, 2012 5:10 PM (in response to hyper72)
I've tried this in BO, MW3 and BO2, it did not help in any of those games other than the fact that it might be slightly less laggy if you don't get host. Certainly it did no put me in "god mode" or even level the playing field in any way. I think 1308 was the lowest MTU i got the game still searcing matches for me.
I tried this today for BO2 after being lagged behind 1s the rest of the players in every match i got, it actually made the experience even worse and for some reason i found myself 3 barring. Then put everyting back to the optimal settings, reboot my gear, went back to getting instakilled and until finally got a lucky break and found a lobby with a good connection which lasted 1 whole match.... Naturally after the game almost half of the lobby left and the replaments made it a horrible experience once again.


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Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin
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Sally Dalton-Brown. Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin. Critical Studies in Russian Literature. Series Editor: Neil Cornwell. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press, 1997. 145 pp. Bibliography. Appendix. Index. E6.95, paper.
The subject of this book is the best-known work of the best-known Russian writer. As the primus inter pares in Russian literature, Alexander Sergeievich Pushkin, has been the source of inspiration for generations of renowned Russian literary scholarship. Thus, one of the challenges facing any critic is the question: will his or her work advance anything of interest, or will it merely add to the incredibly vast amount of existing criticism on the subject.
This slim book, altogether not exceeding one and a half hundred pages, has a three-partite organization: Part One: Criticism; Part Two: The Text; Part Three: Interpretations. Yet this ingenuous and artless arrangement of the subject hides rare ingenuity in approaching an apparently so much "overtalked" work as Pushkin's "novel in verse." The first part, which is approximately thirty pages in length, provides us with a quick survey of both Russian and Western criticism on the Onegin. In spite of its brevity, it offers the reader not only a fair and general view of the greater part of scholarly research into this "encyclopaedia of Russian life." What originally was launched as a sketch, at times ceases to be "sketchy" and informatively illuminates what positions Russian literary scholars have been taking in the course of their research and, also, what makes for the specific "Russian" character of their work. This systematic guide through the history of interpretation of the Onegin offers the reader "live" insight into how a particular literary theory actually "functions," and how this literary theory inspires and generates new theories and interpretations. It also prepares the reader for the author's own subsequent interpretation. Dalton-Brown has thus aptly provided herself with an opportunity of putting her findings and ideas against the proof of literary criticism on the same subject.
Dalton-Brown's book offers a new, "upgraded," reading of the Onegin. Her book in its entirety, if in an implicit form, demonstrates that good literary scholarship is always in correlation with philosophical thinking inasmuch both ask questions without actually finding the final-and-only answer. …


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Your incision may be sore for several days. You should be able to walk farther now without needing to rest. Full recovery from surgery may take 6 to 8 weeks.
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- Do not put any lotion, cream, or herbal remedy on your wound without asking your doctor first if that is okay.
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Creager MA and Libby P. Peripheral arterial disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Libby: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Saunders; 2007:chap 57.
Eisenhauer AC, White CJ. Endovascular treatment of noncoronary obstructive vascular disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 59.
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DMC 41-42: Three, Two, or One?
Nine of the DMC's fifty-five sections detail the proclamation and preaching of the Word. Rome considers this important for children, clearly. 41. Since readings taken from holy Scripture "form the main part of the liturgy of the word," [GIRM 33.] … Continue reading
DMC 40: Introductory Rites
The introductory rites: one of the battlegrounds of the liturgy tussles. DMC weighs in on the side of directness and simplicity. The important factor is to allow these rites to do their job and not distract children. 40. The introductory … Continue reading
DMC 38-39: Parts of the Mass, a Beginning
Chapter III, Part 8 of the DMC takes a look at the parts of the Mass. In fact, these sections and the fifteen that follow will detail some specifics on various Mass parts and how they could and should be … Continue reading
DMC 37: Silence
It's really an urban legend that Vatican II and its emphasis on participation neglects the interior. Also in the status of "legend" or "myth" is the notion that progressive liturgists demur on the issue of silence. 37. Even in Masses … Continue reading
DMC 35-36: Visual Elements
Even before the modern video culture took root, DMC recognized the value of what a child sees at Mass: 35. The liturgy of the Mass contains many visual elements and these should be given great prominence with children. This is … Continue reading
DMC 33-34: Gestures
Music down, gesture to go: 33. In view of the nature of the liturgy as an activity of the entire person and in view of the psychology of children, participation by means of gestures and posture should be strongly encouraged … Continue reading
DMC 30-32: Music
Hold on to your hats for a few surprises in DMC on music: 30. Singing must be given great importance in all celebrations, but it is to be especially encouraged in every way for Masses celebrated with children, in view … Continue reading


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Batman's Best Friend Reveals Villain Of Third Bat-Movie
What Bat-menace will grace the big screen in the next Batman movie to come after Dark Knight? Gary Oldman, who plays good cop Jim Gordon, and director Christopher Nolan spilled the beans in an interview. But Nolan also hinted he may not be around to complete his Bat-trilogy. Also, they addressed the tricky issue of… »


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Cost To Build A Pole Barn
How much does it cost to build a pole barn is a common question on the lips of anyone looking for some inexpensive space to store their tractor, dogs, firewood, lawnmower or anything else for that matter.
The cost to build a pole barn will obviously depend on the size and finish of your pole barn and this will depend on what you need to use if for.
How Much Does It Cost To Build A Pole Barn
If you take a barn of around 30 feet by 40 feet by 14 feet you will have to part with around $20,000. This will include the likes of site preparation, lumber, concrete floor, around 3 ovehead doors and labor. This figure will not include electrical work but if you are on a budget and can build the pole barn yourself then that size of barn will set you back around $6-8,000 but this will only include materials and lumber.
Site preparation, pouring a concrete floor and labour, wiring etc. will run up your cost considerably.One thing you need to watch out for is the need to get a building permit and many municipalities will not require one if you keep the size under 200 square feet.
If you can build it yourself and shop around for lumber and maybe get some help from friends I have a friend who built a basic enough shed of around 12 feet by 18 feet for less than $2,500 but he did all the work himself and used OSB for the walls with a vinyl siding.
Generally if you are doing the site preparation yourself and sorting out the floor, either concrete or gravel, then expect to pay around $6-10,000 for a 30 x 40 x 10 pole barn.
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You can pick up a 10 x 20 shed from Costco made from tarps on a steel pole frame for around $200 and this might be a good temporary solution before you decide what type of pole barn you need and how much you want to spend.
Pole Barn Plans And Detailed Drawings
Regardless of how big a pole barn or shed you want to build you can really keep the cost of building your barn down by getting a good set of plans with step by step instructions. With the cost of building a nice barn you would be penny wise and pound foolish to ignore the benefits of a good set of plans as they will only be a drop in the ocean in terms of cost and will save you a lot of money in the long run and wasted lumber and time.
You can check out Teds plans here which offer a wide range of woodworking projects and plans.
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Departments had their say Tuesday regarding needs to be included in the upcoming Wilson County budget.
The Wilson County Budget Committee heard from department head during two meetings to ask for a needs assessment. The first round of requests was Thursday.
Human Resources Director Christina Woodward put in a request for an additional $20,000 to conduct background checks. Currently, prospective county employees are given the basic check "validating their degrees and where they worked," said Woodward.
"Right now, we do some background checks out of our budget. The WEMA employees and Sheriff's Department, they require additional background checks that we don't generally do for county employees," she said.
This drew questions from several committee members.
"We don't perform background checks on everybody we hire?" asked Chairman Mike Justice. "I can't believe we're not doing this already."
Committee member Sara Patton said, "I don't know why we don't do background checks on everybody we hire."
Sheriff Robert Bryan put in a request for additional personnel Thursday.
"With the increase of narcotics traffic, prescription pills and meth, you name it, those types of investigations have gone up over the years. I'm asking for an additional narcotics detective."
He said his department has need for three additional patrol officers, as well as two school resource officers.
"I am requesting an additional SRO for the new Watertown High School, as well as an SRO for the new Watertown Middle School."
Previously, a single SRO covered Watertown Elementary School, which was a kindergarten through eighth-grade school.
On Tuesday, Wilson Emergency Management Agency Director Joey Cooper asked for additional funds for in-service training for employees. The rate of compensation requested would be $9.50 per hour. The department requires 40 hours of in-service training per year.
"What you have here is conferences, different things like that. This is payroll required," Cooper said.
Justice said he had no problem with the training, but disagreed on the amount.
"I don't disagree with this, but at $9.50 per hour, I'm just going to tell you. If I've worked 40 hours and you call me in for training, you're going to pay me overtime. I don't disagree with what you're doing; I disagree with the amount of money."
Other departments brought forth requests, including equipment needs, maintenance funds and line-item transfers to cover personnel changes.
The Tuesday session concluded with a request from Larry Tomlinson at the Ward Agricultural Center for a "ballpark figure" of $100,000 for paving of parking lots near the East/West Building on the grounds.
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Debs invites her friend over for a little spanko get together. Although the spanking was hard as you can see it was still a fun playful time. Enjoy the clip. Special thanks to Debs and Kim.Ã
that was playful? I would not want to get on the wrong side of you! haha
This looks like it was fun! (but some of these comments were ridiculous)
Damn bro I'm loving this girls ass! I have a white girl with an ass like that bent over a knee, huge and round. Hopefully I'll be able to share a video soon. I'm trying to get her to let me film Me spanking her.
EXACTLY!!! NONE of your business!!! If any of this stuff offends u then y r u watching it?!?! The fact that u r even ON fucking spanking tube & have an account on here means that you can't say FUCKING SHIT about anybody else! How can u b judging somebody else when YOU r on an ADULT website?!?! If you're so apalled then close your account & stay off fucking adult websites & go live your perfect little life and LEAVE US ALONE!!! UGH! There I'm done now. (Woke up pissed this morning can u tell?) lolzzz @virgin ur welcome girl, I got ur back! Hugs
Well since the other person isn't Woman enough to apologize I'll say this, Deb's & Niko's personal lives are none of ours or your business.
Thank you Cheeto! All you said made so much sense. Thanks for the added support. My life of hell continues, but your support helps and you know you have mine! hugs to you x
OMG how did I miss out on all this?! Haha\r\nI know Niko doesn't need defending but I always like to add my two cents anyway since I'm the nosy type lol.\r\nThe first thing I'm gonna say is I believe everything on this website is consentual between two or more parties. That means that you don't need to attack anyone's vids or put people down. Nobody on here needs saving. Niko doesn't do anything to people against their will and whatever seems harsh to you probably isn't to the people involved. First of all, name calling is childish and serves no purpose. I mean if you are intelligent you should be able to disagree with someone without calling them a neanderthal or a psycho. And secondly, it's ridiculous when you don't even KNOW the person! It's easy to take something out of context and judge 2 minutes of something that you have not seen in it's entirety. You people have NO idea what goes on during a session and never will. Niko is neither manipulative nor abusive. The thing you haters really need to remember is that nobody is forced into these sessions!!!!!! If anybody is being spanked by Niko it is because they CHOSE to be there. DUH!!! He doesn't drive around the country and pull helpless people off the street into his truck and beat them up against their will, I mean cmon really. Lastly, these comments are not directed at any one person but at all the haters on this site that insist on judging people they DO NOT KNOW. Criticizing a video is one thing but how the fuck does anyone feel like they can judge anyone they haven't met??? Ahhhhhh, it felt fuckin good to get that out!\r\n\r\nHUGS NIKO & VIRGIN\r\n


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One Hour in Wonderland
Walt was carefully watching the newly developing world of television. Other moviemakers regarded the little glowing boxes as the enemy -- the monster that was set on devouring their customers. Walt, as he often did, saw something different.
"Instead of considering TV a rival, when I saw it, I said, 'I can use that,' you know?" he recalled. "I want to be a part of it. And I think I've done a good job using it. People listen to me when I talk with them on the screen if I want them to."
His first venture was to be a kind of a test case to see if he wanted to expand his work in television. Called One Hour in Wonderland, it was broadcast on Christmas Day 1950. Walt returned to the fairy tale as his source of story when it came to the theme of the show: He focused it on the animated film Alice in Wonderland, which was in the works by then.
One of the key ingredients to the show's success was the selection of Bill Walsh, a press agent at the studio. Walsh hadn't expected this at all. "I kept bumping into him in the hall, which is not a bad place, or in the parking lot," Walsh recalled. "So Walt, in his strange way, said, "You'll be the producer."
Walsh protested, "I don't know how to be a producer."
Walt responded, "Who does?"
The show starred ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and featured cameo appearances by both Diane and Sharon. Of course, Walt was featured as the master of ceremonies and seemed to relish the opportunity to ham it up on the small screen.
The show was a success, and 90 percent of the available television audience at the time tuned in. Walt had tamed the monster.


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