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ABC was full of contradictions on July 16. "Good Morning America" told viewers not to panic over the IndyMac bank failure, but listed a handful of banks its experts suspect are troubled.
The show criticized investors for buying into the "doom-and-gloom" reporting in between making its own doom-and-gloom predictions. The July 16 broadcast made three days in a row of IndyMac frenzy for the ABC morning show after hysterical reports July 14 and 15.
Correspondent Bianna Golodryga suggested the economy needs confidence considering optimism is at its lowest point in 27 years. "[I]f the investors can focus on these [earnings] reports instead of panicking about doom-and-gloom scenarios such as further bank losses, Chris and Deborah, today will be a relatively good day on Wall Street," she said.
But Golodryga herself predicted further bank losses two days before on July 14 when she quoted an unnamed analyst predicting that "as many as 300 banks could fail within the next three years."
ABC investigative correspondent Brian Ross then added his own litany of contradictions to the show. Ross acknowledged that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) list of 90 or so troubled banks is kept private to avoid scaring account holders.
"And the banking industry says such lists of troubled banks should not be shared with average Americans who may be unduly frightened," Ross reported just after listing 10 "troubled" banks.
A graphic listed five banks that have already been taken over, not mentioning how long ago the takeovers occurred. The show named five more banks it claimed are troubled, complete with city and state.
So much for avoiding undue concern that could spark another "run on the bank."
Edward Yingling, president of the American Bankers Association, even told "Good Morning America" it was a bad idea to single out "at-risk" banks. "Frankly, we do think it's irresponsible to be circulating these lists with names on them as though they really mean something," he said, adding that the ratios people have created to rate the health of the banks are "incredibly simplistic and misleading ratios."
Ross even hinted at the uselessness of the ratings by noting that IndyMac had a ratio of 50. He had earlier reported that banks considered in "trouble" had numbers more than twice that.
Host Chris Cuomo then spoke with contributor Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments. She appeared to be fed up with the panicking herself. "I think there's a great deal of speculation and innuendo going on here. The only list that matters is the list that's kept by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the FDIC."
She continued, "90 names on that list right now. But here's the thing to keep in perspective. A decade ago, back in 1994, there were 575 troubled banks. This is a normal part of the business cycle and the economic cycle in this country, and I feel that we are sparking some fears here that may lead people to do things that would then lead the banks to fail."
Hobson questioned lists produced by private groups. "I'm suspect about where the lists are coming from and the motives of some of the people putting the lists out here," she said.


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In English, my instinct is that it is more female. But in French, I have seen Camille has been used in both male and female names if I remember correctly. So is this true? Thanks!
Camille est un prénom épicène. Voir aussi une liste de tels prénoms.
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Omnis Health recently announced the launch of EmbraceEVO, a new blood-glucose meter.
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The lira strengthened for a third day after the central bank did not lend at its lowest interest rate for a second day, tightening liquidity to stem the currency's weakness.
The lira appreciated 0.4 percent to 1.8012 per dollar at 5:15 p.m. in Istanbul. Yields on the two-year benchmark bonds were unchanged at 9.67 percent after rising to as high as 9.78 percent in intraday trading. On the week, the lira is up 0.4 percent and yields have increased 35 basis points, or 0.35 percentage point.
The central bank withheld funding at the lower end of its so-called interest rate corridor yesterday for the first time in more than two months. Instead of the 5.75 percent funding, the bank lent today 5.55 billion liras ($3.1 billion) in overnight repurchase agreements at 11 percent annual interest. It also provided 3 billion liras in one-week repo at an average rate of 10.9 percent and 5 billion liras in one-month repo at 10.22 percent.
"The last time the central bank halted lending at the benchmark interest rate was between Dec. 29 and Jan. 9 and the Turkish lira gained 3 percent against the euro-dollar basket and bond yields climbed to 11.4 percent," Istanbul-based Tera Brokers said in an e-mailed report to clients today. "The central bank's actions would support the lira in the short term, however equities are poised to witness more profit-taking as yields rise and global risk appetite diminishes."
Turkey's benchmark ISE National 100 Stock Index fell for a fourth day, losing 0.6 percent to 61,417.44, bringing its weekly decline to 1.5 percent.
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The overnight repo funding rate on the interbank market, the rate at which lenders fund each other for overnight loans, rose to the highest since Feb. 8 to 9.91 percent.
The central bank will do whatever necessary to reduce inflation and it will not hurt the banking industry while doing this, Basci said in a speech at a conference in Istanbul March 21.
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2nd nominative singular personal pronoun, Old English þu, from Proto-Germanic *thu (cf. Old Frisian thu, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German du, Old High German and German du, Old Norse þu, Gothic þu), from PIE *tu-, second person singular pronoun (cf. Latin tu, Irish tu, Welsh ti, Greek su, Lithuanian tu, Old Church Slavonic ty, Sanskrit twa-m).
Superseded in Middle English by plural form you (from a different root), but retained in certain dialects (e.g. Philadelphia Quakers). The plural at first was used in addressing superior individuals, later also (to err on the side of propriety) strangers, and ultimately all equals. By c.1450 the use of thou to address inferiors gave it a tinge of insult unless addressed by parents to children, or intimates to one another. Hence the verb meaning "to use 'thou' to a person" (mid-15c.).
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Didn't your mom call you up from the basement for lunch yet?
She looks incredibly average without makeup. She doesn't even have that post-fucking glow.
In regard to the glow, maybe she doesn't enjoy fucking Ashton Kutcher as much as you do.
I'm surprised you're surprised. 90% of Hollywood looks like shit without makeup, lighting and photoshop. Like everyone else.
I'm a female college student and I see girls with asses at least as good as this all the time. Most of them don't have Mila's face though to be fair.
Agreed. I'm not wound up by this chick at all anymore. Ashton, Mila, have fun you kids
You know what I noticed about this picture? The backpack. She makes millions of dollars and can't find a decent bag to carry her workout gear in?
Simple explanation for Kutcher. After all the Culkin in her, she needed a serious douche.
One day? Today is as good a day as any for murder.
The minute I found out MIla and Ashton were an item, she went from hot to gross. For real.
Perhaps the blogger should harness that seething rage and baffled sexual frustration, rise up, climb the stairs, and go make himself a sandwich.
Damn Doc, this midol week or something?
If you defuse the barely repressed psycho-sexual rage that drives this blog, what would its readers, including me, have to do all day? Look for a job while waiting for our Moms to bring us our grilled cheese sandwiches?
Actually Confusus, your mom makes shitty grill cheese… But the woman can suck a cock… I am sure you know that tho…
to be honest i would still do her and most of the people here would also. At worst she is average to cute.
It's not good when a Demi Moore is considered too good for a certified class one asshole scumbag asston doucher.
Now see if I said that the FBI would be at my door.
Over Ashton? Doubtful. Unless they wanted to bring you some guns. Maybe.
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I loved this book! Young and cheek humor of the legal system at its finest! Action, adventure and Aliens all wrapped up in a quick moving storyline. This is the second book I have read (listened to)by this author and both have been really enjoyable. I am going to read (listen to) another after taking a break from science fiction for a bit.
The Android's Dream is written in true Scalzian style. Beginning with an… unusual murder during human trade negotiations with the Nidu, events begin to spiral downward for Earth as different government departments try to stop/escalate problems with the alien race. In order to preserve relations, the Nidu require a sacrificial sheep for the coronation ceremony in a week, part of the genetically engineered Android's Dream species. Unfortunately, someone is systematically killing all of the candidates. As Harry Creek, a (by choice) underemployed war hero and computer genius works to track down the sheep, he becomes involved in scandals and scams that have been in progress for decades. Also arriving on the scene is the Church of the Enlightened Lamb, the only religion to openly admit its founding was a scam. They represent one of the largest corporations on Earth and have been working behind the scenes in science, politics, and economics in an attempt to bring their prophecies to fulfillment through the appearance of the Enlightened Lamb. In an attempt to complete his task Harry brings his childhood friend Brian back to life as a true Artificial Intelligence, and Brian discovers a secret that could affect galactic politics.
Ah-hahahaha. John Scalzi kicks ass. This book? Think Carl Hiaasen meets Robert Heinlein.
This is standard Scalzi humor writing. Good stuff.
I was a little disappointed by this novel. Scalzi has some very apparent moments of hilarious plot brilliance (the first chapter really had me). The magic sort of dies a third of the way in.
There are so many characters that you never feel very attached to any one. I would have preferred more focus on Harry Creek and Robin Baker. Work on their relationship, develop their adventures, etc. The overall effect is shallow, sugary, nutritionless text.
Scalzi is very obviously a talented writer. Yet this novel could have benefited from a few more rounds of editing (my internal OCD-ometer disliked all the blatent mistakes) as well as some shuffling of the plot.
Anyway, enjoyable. Might check out some of his other stuff after he's had a few years to hone the craft.
From the title I was expecting some Bladerunneresque cyberpunk noir and instead what I got was a tense political thriller written by a futurist with ADHD.
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A human diplomat creates an interstellar incident when he kills an alien diplomat in a most…unusual…way. To avoid war, Earth's government must find an equally unusual object: A type of sheep ("The Android's Dream"), used in the alien race's coronation ceremony.
To find the sheep, the government turns to Harry Creek, ex-cop, war hero and hacker extraordinaire, who with the help of Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned artificial intelligence, scours the earth looking for the rare creature. And they find it, in the unknowing form of Robin Baker, pet store owner, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA.
But there are others with plans for the sheep as well: Mercenaries employed by the military. Adherents of a secret religion based on the writings of a 21st century science fiction author. And alien races, eager to start a revolution on their home world and a war on Earth.
To keep our planet from being enslaved, Harry will have to pull off the greatest diplomatic coup in history, a grand gambit that will take him from the halls of power to the lava-strewn battlefields of alien worlds. There's only one chance to get it right, to save the life of Robin Baker -- and to protect the future of humanity.
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In a heartbreaking turn of events, skippers Vincent Riou and Sébastien Josse aboard PRB are almost certainly out of the Barcelona World Race. This morning, the team which has been alternating the race lead with Paprec-Virbac 2 over the past three weeks, lost the top three metres of its mast, making it impossible to continue racing. Both skippers are safe and the boat is now sailing towards Cape Town.
Day 28 - PRBs broken mast - Barcelona World Race
'What happened is quite simple to explain,' said skipper Vincent Riou by video-conference with race headquarters in Barcelona. 'We were sailing at about 20 knots under the big gennaker (and with a reef in the mainsail) and Sébastien and I were down below with the auto-pilot on looking at the weather conditions, when we hit a wave and heard a crack. We thought we had broken a halyard or something At no time did we imagine we'd lost the top of the mast. We went on deck and we saw the main sail still in place but the top part of the mast hanging down. It's finished for us.'
The crew called its shore team at 09:45 GMT to inform them of the incident. PRB is now making its way towards Cape Town, trying to get north before the arrival of the next weather system. They have not requested any assistance.
'We've managed to drop the mainsail and make everything as safe as we can. Now we have one piece of mast up and we're trying to escape before the next weather system arrives which could bring 40 knots,' said Sébastien Josse. 'We've made sure the boat is safe and the mast is safe and that we can move the boat quickly enough as we sail towards Cape Town. If our speed is good we can arrive in three or four days.'
Paprec-Virbac 2, who had moved into the lead yesterday, retains its first place position, and is now 76 miles ahead of second placed Veolia Environnement. The record breaking Hugo Boss is now just 100 miles off the lead.
'We can't let it (the damage to PRB) change the way we're sailing,' said Jean-Pierre Dick, skipper of Paprec-Virbac 2. 'We're feeling the stress of two very fast boats coming up behind us.'
Commiserations for PRB have come in from the rest of the fleet, with each of the skippers sad to see such a strong competitor fall victim to the fates and equally relieved to hear there have been no injuries.
Day 28 - December 8, 14:00 GMT - Position report with distance to leader
1. Paprec-Virbac 2 - Jean Pierre Dick / Damian Foxall - 0
2. Veolia Environnement - Roland Jourdain / Jean Luc Nelias - 76
3. PRB - Vincent Riou / Sebastien Josse - 84
4. Hugo Boss - Alex Thomson / Andrew Cape - 100
5. Delta Dore - Jérémie Beyou / Sidney Gavignet - 266
6. Temenos 2 - Dominique Wavre / Michele Paret- 594
7. Estrella Damm - Guillermo Altadill / Jonathan Mckee - 846
8. Mutua Madrilena - Javier Sanso / Pachi Rivero - 911
9. Educacion Sin Fronteras - Servane Escoffier / Albert Bargues - 1595
In Quotes - Sébastien Josse, PRB: 'It's not a happy feeling. We're very disappointed. We haven't pushed the boat or the crew too much so far. We haven't tried to match the other boats - like last night we didn't push as hard as Paprec-Virbac 2 - so we are really disappointed.'


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Fridaywas officially Chris McGowan's last day as ChiefOperating Officer of AEG and with only two days into his newposition as Portland Trail Blazers' President and CEO, he hascompiled a laundry list of localbusinesses to target for naming rights of the Rose Garden, the firststep in securing an agreement which could net the franchise 2-3million annually in additional revenue.
McGowansaid he expects to complete a naming rights deal with a local companyby late 2013, calling the task one of his top priorities.
I'malways optimistic. I think it can be done in 12 months, McGowantold CSNNW.com. There's a lot of potential partners out there.This is a good market, with a great fan base, and a first-classbuilding. It's an attractive property for someone to put their nameon. It's one of my top priorities.
Sellingthe naming rights to the arena, McGowan said, could omit the nameRose Garden. Though, McGowan said it is soley contingent on thebuyer on whether they choose to include it or not.
TheRose Garden is one of the few NBA arenas without a naming rightsdeal. The team has tried repeatedly in the past to secure one, butalways hit a snag for any number of reasons. McGowan considers theRose Garden an elite facility and thinks he will have no problemselling that vision to potential suitors.
"It'san attractive property for someone to put their name on, McGowansaid. I know thereare still businesses out there in this market that would be a greatfit for us. I have a list already and we'll go from there.
TheTrail Blazers' sellout streak at the Rose Garden ended at 195 gameson Monday when the Trail Blazers lost to the Atlanta Hawks 95-87 ironically, it was McGowan's first day on the job.
Thoughthe streak ended, McGowan was still impressed with the turnout.
Iwas surprised, I expected it to be a little less full than it was,"he said. "We'll probably have a couple more nights like that,but you move on and try to make improvements so there aren't manynights like that.
BeforeMcGowan's arrival, in an effort to keep the seats filled, the TrailBlazers offered a Groupon deal. For40 (300 level) and 80 (100 level), fans could have purchased twotickets, two hot dogs and two 32-ounce soft drinks at the followinggames:
Nov. 8(L.A. Clippers)
Nov.10 (San Antonio)
Nov.12 (Atlanta)
Nov.16 (Houston)
Dec.13 (San Antonio)
Dec.20 (Denver)
McGowansays he's not opposed to going the Groupon route in the future, butadds that he's reluctant to abuse it.
Wewant to be promotion-friendly to get our product out and we're opento Groupon, but we don't want to over do it, McGowan said. Wemust have selectivity if some of our inventory becomes available. Wealso want to insure that our season ticket holders are being takencare of.
Withoutan offseason to strategize and come up with a marketing plan, McGowanis forced to complete this task during the season and some entailmodernizing the arena and attracting more outside events.
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It'sa large organization. It's been a tough day and a half. I want togenerate a little more, provide value to ticket season holders, getmore events in the Rose Garden. I basically want to take all areas ofbusiness and improve on it. It's not in bad shape, I just want tomake it better.


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Levitation, telekinesis, the ability to control nature and even predict the future… Since she was 2 years old, Bo (Johnny Sequoyah) has had gifts she could neither fully understand, nor control. Raised by a small group known as the "True Believers," the orphaned girl has been safeguarded from harmful outsiders who would use her forces for personal gain. But now that she is 10, her powers have become stronger and the threat has grown more dangerous. With her life and future now in jeopardy, the "Believers" turn to the only person they see fit to be her full-time protector. That is, once they break him out of jail. Tate (Jake McLaughlin), a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate who's lost his will, is initially reluctant until he witnesses one of her extraordinary abilities. Bo sees people for who they truly are… and who they may become. Tate and Bo begin their journey, one in which trust must be earned. Traveling from city to city, every place they stop and everyone they meet will be changed forever. But they'll have to keep going to stay one step ahead of the sinister forces after Bo's power… because it will take a miracle to keep them safe forever. "Believe" also stars Delroy Lindo and Kyle MacLachlan. Writer, director Alfonso Cuaron ("Children of Men," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"), Mark Friedman ("The Forgotten"), J.J. Abrams ("Revolution," "Star Trek: Into Darkness") and Bryan Burk ("Lost," "Fringe") serve as executive producers. "Believe" is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Bad Robot Productions.
Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("The Tudors") stars in this provocative new drama as one of the world's most iconic characters. It's the late 19th century and the mysterious Dracula (Rhys Meyers) has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology of electricity, which promises to brighten the night — useful for someone who avoids the sun. But he has another reason for his travels: He hopes to take revenge on those who cursed him with immortality centuries earlier. Everything seems to be going according to plan… until he becomes infatuated with a woman who appears to be a reincarnation of his dead wife. Victoria Smurfit ("About a Boy"), Thomas Kretschmann ("King Kong"), Jessica De Gouw ("Arrow"), Oliver Jackson-Cohen ("Mr. Selfridge"), Nonso Anozie ("Game of Thrones") and Katie McGrath ("Merlin") also star. Writer Daniel Knauf ("Carnival"), Tony Krantz, ("24," "Sports Night"), Colin Callender and Gareth Neame ("Downton Abbey") serve as executive producers. "Dracula" is a production of Flame Ventures, Sky Living, Playground Entertainment, Universal Television, NBCUniversal International Television Production and Carnival Film & Television.
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11:00 PM, Mar 31, 1996 • By DAVID HOROWITZ
Invading armies can be resisted, Victor Hugo once wrote, but nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. Hugo's famous sentiment captures the arrogant historicism of the Left, which is convinced that its agendas are " progressive" and that its progress is the destiny of mankind. But what about a false idea whose time has come? And not through any synchronicity with historic process but because it speaks directly to human weakness: resentment; envy; or merely a wish to believe that ordinary mortals can create heaven on earth? What if such impulses are so strong that large numbers of human beings are destined to believe bad ideas -- despite their destructive consequences -- to the end of time?
A case in point is Eric Hobsbawm's recent book, The Age of Extremes, which indicates just how full of life the bad ideas of the socialist Left remain, even after the close of the Soviet nightmare. The Age of Extremes is a history of the world from the outbreak of the First World War to the fall of communism, the conclusion to Hobsbawm's accolade-laden tetralogy on Western capitalism, which one American reviewer called a "Summa historiae of the modern age." Daldd Horowitz is presklent of the Cetter tier tile Stud), of Popldar Culture, in Los Attodes. His .teanob; Radical Son, will be published shonl), b), Free" Press. This final volume has been generally treated as a fitting crown and was awarded Canada's most coveted literary prize. A major assessment by Harvard's Stanley Hoffmann in the New York Times Book Review hailed it as magisterial. Even so astute a historian as Eugene Genovese was smitten: "We shall soon be flooded with books that seek to explain this blood- drenched century," he wrote in the New Republic, "but I doubt that we shall get a more penetrating and politically valuable one than Eric Hobsbawm's The Age of Extremes."
For most of his adult life, Eric Hobsbawm was a member of the British Communist party, and even though he is no longer the Stalinist he once was, he remains an unrepentant, if inevitably chastened, Marxist -- still a passionate reviler of democratic capitalism and still an acolyte of the socialist faith. The Age of Extremes, which has been published to such praise, is in fact a 600-page apologia for the discredited Left, a brief in defense of the very ideas that produced the world of misery under review. For all its attention to industrial and cultural developments, Hobsbawm's treatise is first and last an ideological argument: that the practical disasters of socialist societies do not refute the utopian hopes of the socialist premise; nor are they reasons to abandon the struggle against capitalism in behalf of a society based on a "social plan." "The failure of Soviet socialism," Hobsbawm sums up, "does not reflect on the possibility of other kinds of socialism."
Hobsbawm's defense of "real socialism" against the evidence of the " actually existing" kind is not original, but relies (without acknowledgment) on arguments developed first by Leon Trotsky and Isaac Deutscher. They attempted to explain away the failure of Marxism in Russia by its introduction into an inhospitable environment. (In his Times review, Stanley Hoffmann repeats this error: "Marx was right ... Socialism could only work in developed countries." But then why didn't it work in East Germany, the industrial heart of the Reich until Marxists took charge and proceeded to ruin what the Prussians had built?) Hobsbawm treats the Soviet revolution as a forced experiment under unfavorable conditions and, consequently, no test of the socialist ideas that guided it. The idea that the Soviet system was a competitor to the capitalist West was only plausible, he contends, because of capitalism's weakness during the era of the First World War and the Great Depression, a period he calls the "Age of Catastrophe." Ever protective of his radical constituency, Hobsbawm fails to mention the role that party intellectuals like himself played in fostering this destructive illusion.


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Johannesburg - The acting chief executive officer of South Africa's Cipla Medpro said on Monday the generic drug firm has not received any communication from its Indian suitor, Cipla, that an acquisition deal has been put on hold.
India's Economic Times, citing the chairman of Cipla, reported on Monday that Cipla's $215 million bid for control of the South African company is on hold.
"I am aware of the that report but I have not been able to verify it and we have not received any communication from Cipla about its withdrawal from the talks," Johan du Preez, Cipla Medpro's acting CEO, told Reuters.
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To all my haters...and my lovers too
So, when my SO and I had sex this morning, he wasn't fucking a married woman for once!
I can now say we are engaged and mean it.
Woohoo for being legally divorced!
This is so sad for the kids. Their family was torn apart and before the divorce is even final their mom is making a new family. What are they going to grow up and think of when they try and find a wife? That families are disposable and as soon as one goes bad just start another one?
Congratulations! Celebration is in order I suppose.
Biblically speaking that isn't true. But Hell, I am a married women several times over....
So WTH. Congrats on your legal engagement!


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Boneman's B-C picks...
By Robert Przybylo
Alrighty, so just how exactly are Dewar and Covington-Douglas going to come out with state championships? Umm, here ya go?
Class B
First round: Cherokee over Central Marlow; Depew over Caddo; Dewar over Summit Christian; Fox over PCHunter; Davenport over Seiling; Wetumka over Welch; Kiefer over Gans; Laverne over Alex.
Quarterfinals: Cherokee over Depew; Dewar over Fox; Wetumka over Davenport; Laverne over Kiefer.
Oh, those last two games could be the death of me. Hunch on both despite how great the Kiefer defense has been and how Davenport has been stellar in its nine-game winning streak.
Semifinals: Dewar over Cherokee; Laverne over Wetumka.
Championship: Dewar over Laverne.
Class C
First round: Forgan over Corn Bible; Timberlake over Midway; DC-Lamont over Arkoma; Temple over Sharon-Mutual; Tipton over Waynoka; Cov.-Doug. over Webbers Falls; Medford over Maud; Shattuck over Ryan.
Quarterfinals: Timberlake over Forgan; DC-Lamont over Temple; Cov-Doug over Tipton; Shattuck over Medford.
Again, call it a hunch on Timberlake. And think DC-Lamont is going to get a real stern test from Temple.
Semifinals: DC-Lamont over Timberlake; Cov-Doug. over Shattuck.
Championship: Covington-Douglas over Deer Creek-Lamont.


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I am helping someone with a visa run need to be back in bangkok very quickly but cheaply. Is it faster to go back through Poi Pet via Siem Reap or is it shorter and faster (perhaps nice scenery too) to go through Pailin and on Chantaburi?
Bus services? Length of trip?
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The bus from PP to Poipet doesn't go through SR, is this important? It goes through Battambang and on to the border taking about 7 to 8 hours.At the border you get a tuk-tuk to the bus station.buses to Bkk run every hour and take around 4+ hours so this way you are looking at about 13 hours on the road.You may be able to cut this down by getting a through ticket from PP to BKK this will shave half hour or so off the journey time if you are lucky and the minibus is waiting-it usually doesn't get going straight off though.Going via Pailin is indeed scenic but more complicated and longer.Say 6+ hours to Battambang, moto to the taxi stand, either pay for a whole taxi or wait for it to fill, then a couple of hours to Pailin.At Pailin negotiate a moto to the border, half hour to get there.Cross,another moto to the main road then minibus to Chantaburi,another moto to the bus station and perhaps 4+ hours to BKK.Got to be about 14 hours in total.
My advise would be get the bus to Poipet and find your own tour bus to BKK as it is more comfortable than the minibus and both journeys take about the same time,i.e. 13 hours+
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And my advice would be to break up this trip. 13 hours in a bus is going to suck a lot. Stop somewhere for the night after the first leg to the Thai border. Enjoy a meal, a beer and a good night sleep.
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Looking at this again I presume the visa run is BKK-PP-BKK not PP-BKK-PP as you can renew your Cambodian visa at the border.
He's probably working so needs to get back fast.Saying that I've done this trip a couple of times and it certainly sucks.The bus from PP-Poipet is old and ricketty and is pretty exhausting.You can get a quick break at the border.Best do that on the Thai side where you can buy a drink and food that doesn't send you running to the toilet.The reason I recommend the tour bus over the minibus is for comfort as by that time you feel knackered and it is a relief to board a civilised modern Thai bus not an overcrowded minibus driven by a surly KhaoSan Rd driver.
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Oh, how beauty pageants continue to surprise us.
We thought we'd seen it all thanks to popular shows like Dance Moms and Toddlers and Tiaras.
But now, another mom is being put in the hot seat after she decided to dress her 4-year-old daughter in a homemade Hooters waitress outfit.
In the U.K. documentary Blinging Up Baby, viewers meet Liane, an unemployed 33-year-old mom who has high hopes for her two daughters, Bessie-Sue and Scarlett.
"They are very talented little girls," she tells the crew. "'You do try and be original, so something you have not seen before."
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In addition to making a Hooters outfit for Scarlett, Liane also teaches her youngest daughter a dance routine that reportedly features the splits and pelvic thrusts.
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the Oxford english dictionary is one of the best known english dictionaries all over the world. so we japanese think that the Oxford dictionary has prepared its chinese edition and realise that it is a very desirable meaning on China market. China is becoming the world's most influential contry. we japanese also think this aritcle has many meanings to proceed the Chinese future market more huge and more infulential. the coming future will be made from Chinese. i think so.
An interesting and useful post. I'll check out this dictionary, as I need one. But, why were the only faulty translations mentioned those from "beautiful" Chinese to supposedly clunky English? The English language has evocative and melodious turns of phrase, too - why not include one and how it was rendered into Chinese? Why just the old man from Sai and not the boy who cried wolf? This post was not meant to be comprehensive, I understand, but it nonetheless leaves a skewed impression of the compilation process.
PS- is the English perspective British only? (Eg, Guy Fawkes Night is just another day in the United States.)
Why the characters "ying han/han ying"? I know what they mean, but where is "wen" for "language"?
I believe traditionally dual language dictionaries do not include the word "language" as part of their title. Such as "French/Chinese, Chinese/French", "Fa Ying/Ying Fa", etc... Sadly, the mainland chinese has bastardized the word "han". Can hardly tell it from the traditional form of the word that evolved through out the centuries. The traditional form of the han language are so much more elegant. Traditional Chinese is one of the few world languages that is both a language and an art form....
I know it's not right to comment on a book before it's out... But looking in Amazon, this book will have 1013 pages, how can this be true ? Seems to little to be a comprehensive dictionary. I possess the two volumes printed by commercial press the new age Chinese English and a separate volume for English Chinese. These are both excellent dictionaries, each 2200 - 2600 pages long, and I would guess more comprehensive than this one. It's true they probably don't contain the very latest in Internet chat language, but as this changes so fast this new dictionary in this respect will be obsolete very quickly as well. For this I use online dictionaries. A question, is this dictionary China centered, or does it bring Taiwanese usages as well ? I will definitely have a look at it when it comes out, but unless I see a very good reason to replace it with my current and excellent New Age dictionaries, I don't see why I should buy it, new slang is not enough. For example the New Age translates 塞翁失马 as: "The old man on the frontier who lost his mare, a blessing in disguise, a misfortune may be an actual blessing". So what's new or better with this Oxford then other than just being the latest and being able to include newer words ???
I agree with EW, and would add that although I love dictionaries and have a cherished copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, I have never included an Oxford among the dozen-or-so Chinese-English dictionaries I own. I've always found previous versions to be lacking in breadth. But I'll certainly take a look at it when I find it on a bookshelf and might buy if it seems worthwhile.
Like the Japanese, Chinese language has been Latin-zied since the late 19th century. Partly thanks to the Japanese Meiji period, and the long inventive of Chinese characters. The last 2 periods were the sanskrit from india and arabic from mongol. Many words and ideas are imported and reinvent to a new form of sinizied element like 氫(Hydrogen) and 氮 (Nitrogen). From science to mathematic, logic to romantic, Greek to cheese. Today western books and ideas can be easily translated into Japanese and Chinese without literally translation. Sadly the wealth of the east are still left untouched by their west counter part yet.
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I'm a dictionary aficionado myself, and although I haven't succumbed to the temptation of buying the ODE, I have the Shorter ODE - the two volume set that is also excellent. I have the 3 volumes version of Hanyu dacidian, the Taiwanese printed Far East Chinese English, and the comprehensive 3 volume Chinese English by Dalian university - the biggest Chinese English to be found anywhere - I love it (although it has some drawbacks - mainly you can;t look up traditional characters, just simplified, the traditional appear at the definition). With all these dictionaries I feel enough well covered not to justify the purchase of another dictionary. But as said, will definitely look at it.
There is a lot of fluffing, padding and dressing up in these Chinese dictionaries and language books, when in fact most things could be elegantly distilled.
All these "untranslatable" phrases and concepts are in fact mere idioms, which you can find in any language. Idioms are not directly translatable word for word, but you can certainly convey the proper meaning of them.
Idioms also evolve fast with the culture, so by the time they finish a dictionary edition they may be already outdated. The best thing is to just go for a specialized dictionary of idioms.
Will the new Oxford Chinese-English/English-Chinese Dictionary also be available in 繁體字?
Hi there! Could You tell me where to buy this books? Pls contact me firstname.lastname@example.com
This is the most comprehensive English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionary in one book form up to now. It is a very good dictionary that helps nearly all concepts or meanings in both languages to be delivered and translated into each other. Certainly languages are dynamically changing and developing like computers, to catch up with the development and change, close trace of languages is so important. Oxford has implemented the trace strategy, China is also working on the trace. The dictionary will help culture exchanges. I have purchased this dictionary and would like to recommend it to all who want to be bi-linguist.
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Gwyneth is promoting Mortdecai, which opens January 23, therefore, in the last few days, she's been on Good Morning America, Jimmy Fallon and Howard Stern (to listen the full interview, check the previous post). Check the gallery!
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Gwyneth Paltrow said it herself during her interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday: "Just get me to shut the fuck up!"
Well, Gwyneth didn't take her own advice. In fact, it appears she couldn't help but talk about every aspect of her life on Stern's Sirius XM show, including past loves, famous friends and her thoughts on estranged husband Chris Martin's rumored new girlfriend, Jennifer Lawrence.
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1. In her opinion, Gwyn's most-famous "famous" friends are Jay Z and Beyonce.
2. Coldplay's song "Fix You" was written about her.
3. Paltrow swears she did not steal her Oscar-winning "Shakespeare In Love" role from Winona Ryder.
4. Her late father, Bruce Paltrow, was the real love of her life.
5. Gwyneth's real philosophy behind "conscious uncoupling" is simpler than you think.
6. Apple Martin really likes her name, according to her mom.
7. If Chris Martin is into Jennifer Lawrence, his estranged wife is cool with it.
8. She turned down a role in "Boogie Nights" because of her conservative grandfather.
9. She thought Brad Pitt was "too good" for her, and their breakup devastated her father.
10. She says her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck "wasn't in a good place in his life to have a girlfriend."
11. But Gwyneth, Ben and his wife Jennifer Garner are all close friends.
Listen to the full interview here:
Source: Huffington Post
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Yes, I have tried, but its nearly impossible. Look around you, there are so many people doing some many things that aren't quite normal. I teach my kids that this is a bad word, we try really hard not to label people.
But come on, its really hard not to call a spade a spade sometimes.. LOL
So what do we do to help these people or better yet, what can we do to help these people help others???? ……… !!!!!!!! %%%%%%% …………
I got Nothin….
Really, these people do need help, they need us to figure out how we can get them to help others. Help them make this a better place to live, exist and thrive. Maybe they are here to help us see humor??
But seriously people, there are those out there that need our help and guidance, so please have some compassion and don't duct tape, hit or punch these "special" people, either help them or leave them alone:D
Linden P..


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With Solden in the books and the Levi, Finland slalom events cancelled due to warm weather, the alpine World Cup season shifts to North America
"Today was all about fighting your way down," said Mielzynski. "It was pretty rough track, but a fun hill and you had to fight top to bottom.
Fenninger making it a great day for the Austrians as she held off Maze to win the women's giant slalom, also defending that title in the process.
Exceeding expectations in her comeback season, Lindsey Vonn now heads to her hometown world championships injury-free and winning races in style.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin continued her recent resurgence in slalom. Reigning women's world champion Hannah Kearney of the U.S., claimed gold in women's moguls. S Media
Struggling to overcome jet lag after making the trip from Canada to Europe, Tina Maze surprised herself on Friday.
Having waited nearly four years for a World Cup win, Maria Pietilae-Holmner was lost for words when it finally came.
Canada's Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, showed strength, aggression and speed in another exciting World Cup race on Sunday claiming 8th position (1:46.28).
Her right knee finally free of pain, Lindsey Vonn is actually considering moving up her return to racing.
In pain because of a bulging disk in his back