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There's a distinct charm in antique browsing and buying in a building that is itself an antique. Built in 1926, the neo-classical revival-style American Trust Company building, now Vintage Bank Antiques, dates to the time when banks were the most important buildings in town – and looked the part. It occupies one of the most prestigious corners in town, Main Street (as Petaluma Boulevard was then known) and Western Avenue. In earlier days, this side of Main Street was the… Read More »

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Awwwwwwwwwwww xDDDD That is SUCH A SWEET AND WONDERFUL story :] Literally, a real life superhero :)
Not even ol JJJ could put a negative spin on this xDDD (well he prolly could but.. fwah on him xD)
In a disturbing diatribe on KNUS radio on March 14, host Trevor Carey engaged in a conversation with a caller in which both men condoned violence against transgender people, blaming slain Greeley, Colo. resident Angie Zapata, an 18-year-old transgender woman, for her own brutal murder.
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CAREY: And what the transgender segment of our society needs to be telling their type is, you don't commit fraud because –
CALLER: No, that's exactly what it was.
CAREY: A), you're at least gonna get your teeth kicked in, and B) – [caller laughs] – here's a story from Greeley that turned out very tragic, and you should pay attention to this, because –
CALLER: You know, when I was growin' up in Greeley, I grew up in Greeley, that kind of stuff didn't ever, you know, surface in this town. And it's just sad, you know; my heart just weeps for all, everybody that's concerned. But, you know, we gotta go back to basics. You're a man or you're a woman, and, like you said, if you're fraudin' somebody, then you deserve to have your teeth kicked in. Not necessarily hung or you're killed, but it just – they shoulda known better, you know?
The closer you get to your goal weight, the tougher it can be to keep the scale moving. It can be very frustrating and marks a point where many get discouraged and give up.
#4. Cut the carbs: The verdict has been in for at least a century – when it comes to fat loss you will drop 75-100% more fat on a low-carb diet vs. a low-fat diet. What's more is that most people will have more energy and less hunger with a low carb diet. The food pyramid is based on tradition, not results.


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Does anyone happen to have a (signed) update.zip package that when installed via recovery mode, copies the contents of SYSTEM:, DATA: etc to the SD card?
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Borrell Associates, which has a good reputation for its market projections for newspapers, has just released some much anticipated news for American newspapers: "We expect a 2.4 percent rebound in newspaper advertising in 2010, and continued single-digit increases over the next several years." So, after a long economic slump, U.S. publishers now have something to look forward to.
On 7 August, Gordon Borrell, founder and CEO of Borrell Associates, released some projections for newspaper advertising for the next four years (see graphic below). "By 2014, newspaper ad revenues will be up about 8.7 percent over 2009 levels. While national newspaper advertising will do just fine, we foresee the greatest growth in local print – going from US$ 8.9 billion this year to US$ 10.1 billion, a 13.4 percent increase," Borrell writes.
Newspaper advertising could reach US$ 30 billion by 2014, but is unlikely to return to the US$ 55 billion level that it saw earlier this decade. "The latest mediamorphosis of newspapers is almost complete. This once-fat, gray caterpillar that we knew as the 'major daily newspaper' is turning into a smaller, more delicate, colorful local magazine, with fair prospects for growth. The smaller newspapers are firmly entrenched in their niche of providing rich local content that people seem to prefer in print – rather than screen – format. Our local newspaper, the Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg, is actually growing circulation and is thick with advertising supplements," says Borrell.


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First Look at Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in 'The Lone Ranger'
Here's an image that will stick with you for a bit. It's Tonto (Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary) and The Lone Ranger, John Reid (Armie Hammer, Mirror Mirror) in what is the first image released of Disney and Bruckheimer Films' The Lone Ranger to be directed by Gore Verbinski. Yes, the team that brought you Pirates of the Caribbean. The description of the lead characters are as follows: Tonto is a spirit warrior on a personal quest, joins forces in a fight for justice with John Reid, a lawman who has become a masked avenger.
If there's some hesitation as to the angle this remake is going to go, the first Pirates was a lot of fun. Also John Carter is a good film, made especially for those aware of the romantic science fiction and space exploration when the stories were originally conceived by Edgar Rice Burroughs. When the film was announced, Depp's attachment to the project brought out this funny quote from an interview he did in May 2011 with EW.
"I remember watching it as a kid, with Jay Silverheels and Clayton Moore, and going: 'Why is the f—ing Lone Ranger telling Tonto what to do?'" Depp recalled while watching the 1949-1957 TV show. "I liked Tonto, even at that tender age, and knew Tonto was getting the unpleasant end of the stick here. That's stuck with me. And when the idea came up [for the movie], I started thinking about Tonto and what could be done in my own small way try to — 'eliminate' isn't possible — but reinvent the relationship, to attempt to take some of the ugliness thrown on the Native Americans, not only in The Lone Ranger, but the way Indians were treated throughout history of cinema, and turn it on its head."
This reminds me of the Green Hornet television show, when people could get a rat's ass about Van Williams as the Hornet. Audiences watched to see Bruce Lee in action as Kato, Britt Reid's "bodyguard." In China, it was called The Kato Show. I think we can expect Depp to drive this bus too, and make it The Tonto film, which would be fine by me. Depp is of Cherokee and Navajo, Irish and German descent. As for Hammer, geek circles will remember him in CW TV shows, Gossip Girl and Reaper. But he is best remembered as playing both Winklevoss twins in The Social Network. Look for The Lone Ranger in May 2013.
Based on this picture, does it pique your interest? Does it make your Must See Films of 2013? Share your thoughts below.
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Why can't kids start snowboarding in a group lesson before age 6?
Snowboarding takes more fine motor skills than skiing to be successful and most kids under six simply haven't physically matured enough.
Snowboarding also is harder to first learn. It takes longer to become mobile. Younger children need to keep moving. They can lose interest fast and get very frustrated
Kids that are not ready to learn and attempt snowboarding not only spoil the small group dynamic for others, but also become frustrated with snow sports in general. No one wants that to happen--especially families who love the slopes.
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The history of Skiff (Part I)
The history of medical care in the Newton area begins long before that of our hospital. The first medical practice in Jasper County was established in 1847 when Dr. Henry Rodgers relocated to our city from his home in Pendleton, Ind. Additional physicians came to the Jasper County area during the ensuing decade and the first county medical society was formed in 1858, with five founding members. These early physicians were truly extraordinary, practicing much of the time as "saddle-bag" doctors, braving the elements to reach the home of the sick and injured. Though medicine in those days was much more art than science, they carried out with their best efforts what they believed to be best for their patients.
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Response from Morrissey's rep:
'The Smiths will NEVER get back together,' says rep, despite new rumors - HitFix
This is what was just said on Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC6Music. The claim is that the next Coachella festival is to be meat free and 3 of the 4 Smiths will be playing there together.
The 1 missing was not named. You can listen to it online on BBc I-player, after 4 0 clock today when the show ends.
I hope it's true.
Other rumors at Holy Moly! (link posted by ToDieByYourSide):
The Smiths will reform in 2013 - confirmed by several sources with rumour of Glastonbury - Holy Moly!
Weve now heard from several credible sources that The Smiths have agreed to reform in 2013 for four UK shows. And despite such rumours turning out to be total balls in the past, this one has enough weight to it that were prepared to call it confirmed, and hang the consequences.
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- "The Crusader is a military-grade SUV popular with US armed forces in the Middle East and lesbians in the Pacific North West. Perfect for navigating hostile terrain like bombed-out villages and vegan craft fairs. Its four-cylinder diesel engine comes nowhere near to meeting US emission standards, but we're guessing that carbon footprint isn't top of your priority list."
- ―Warstock Cache & Carry webpage
The Canis Crusader is an off-road vehicle that is in Grand Theft Auto V. The vehicle is military version of the Mesa Grande. It is an armored vehicle, making it useful for getaways. The automatic wanted level you acquire when entering Fort Zancudo can make this vehicle difficult to acquire.
The SUV resembles a 2007–2009 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon for the sides and rear, with the front face being inspired by the UAZ 469.
- Can be bought for $225,000 from Warstock Cache & Carry.
- Found at Fort Zancudo.
- It can also be found driving outside Fort Zancudo if the player first approaches the fort before turning back to the highway.
- The default radio station for the Crusader is:
- GTA V: Rebel Radio.
- There is currently a bug that prevents the Crusader from appearing in your hangar after purchasing it from Warstock Cache & Carry. If your character owns any aircraft the Crusader will not appear in the vehicle roster.
- The Crusader is the first military SUV in the 3D-HD universe that isn't the Patriot
- In the beta version of the game, the Cruader was the only vehicle in the Cargo Plane in the mission Minor Turbulence (as it was seen in the second trailer), but was replaced with a Mesa Grande.
- Due to the Crusader being classified as a Government/Emergency vehicle, it can't be modified at a garage.
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My son has SEVERE colic!!! PLEASE HELP !
Since my son was 2 weeks old he has had really bad colic .. he screams practically EVERY SECOND that he is awake .. i have tried EVERYTHING .. various brands of gripe water .. mylicon gas drops .. changing my diet (he is breastfed) .. warm wash cloths on the belly .. feeding him upright and burping him frequently .. laying him across my knees belly first .. and anything else i can find online and on here .. NOTHING HELPS .. i dont think i have ever seen a more un happy baby in my life :( .. not even when i have been around other colicky babies .. i feel soooo helpless .. i love my son so much and i just wish i could take every ounce of his pain away .. i dont know what else i can do .. i just break down and cry with him sometime .. does anybody have any advice at all? anybody who tried everything and it just didnt work? what did you do? and how long did the colic last? my son is 15 weeks old now so it has been goin on for about 3 months straight
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How have you tried the diet change and for how long? Cow's milk is the most common cause and dairy is hidden in *everything.* It can take up to a month to get it out of your system and his, so if you didn't try that long, try again. My son was like yours and was found to have reflux along with allergies to dairy, soy, egg, corn, and peas. I had to keep a food journal, cut things out one by one, and add them back in a month later to see if the symptoms returned. The only other things I can advise are to nurse very frequently and never withhold the breast, as breastmilk can be an antacid and a general calming technique; wear him upright as the pp suggested; and try baby massage, particularly abdominal. Try lying him down with his feet towards you and making a stroke down the left side of his abdomen, then a stroke across from left to right and then down the right side (like an upside down L), then an upside down U shape from bottom left to bottom right -- "I love you."posted 11/12/2011 by emmara
Okay, first off, keep your head up and if you need to cry, cry. But don't lose yourself. DD was colicy and I had a horrible experience until I did the following: Diet- I cut out all dairy (cheese, milk, anything with dairy or even traces of dairy), cut out eggs, cut out tomatoes, cut out citrus fruits, cut out spicy foods and all legumes or foods that could be gassy. I did this for three months, then slowly reintroduced some of the eliminated foods a week at a time. Reflux- DD was not diagnosed with severe reflux but she did have silent reflux so I gave her zantac. It started working after a week and she was much MUCH better. I would say 85% Belly massage- rubbing in counter clockwise motion under and around her belly button worked to bring bubbles out. Sugar water- about 2 oz a day to help her. oh well, it helped for a while but I stopped it as soon as the zantac kicked in. And also have you had the pedi check your baby for UTI?? Good luckposted 11/23/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
Most babies outgrow colic around this age so hopefully there is an end in sight. In the meantime, you can try babywearing. My 2nd had colic and the only thing that soothed her was wearing her in a sling and vacuuming. I think the rythmic motion and white noise helped. Have you consulted your pediatrician? Colic has been linked to acid reflux and some babies are prescribed an antacid. I have also heard success stories with chiropractic care -- although this scare me. If you decide to go this route, do your research and find one who specializes in pediatrics. GL!posted 11/12/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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I am a parent volunteer at the boys first ever summer camp at a local nature sanctuary. Unless you're suffocating or helicoper-ing, parent involvement equals more success for our children. Lend your strengths to your children's classrooms any chance you get. On the last day of camp, Big K and I team up to create a lesson plan about the forest.
Big K brings in a giant tree cookie, explaining the science of tree rings: how you can tell the age of a tree and how you can tell what years were good growing years for the tree and how bark serves as a protector for the vulnerable growing part of the tree.
Big K introduces himself as a forester and explains what that means, scientist of the forest. He reads a great children's book given to us by a great forester friend of ours.
Forestry by Jane Drake, Anne Love and Pat Cupples, explores an important and controversial American industry, looking at everything from the methods used to cut trees to the planting of new seedlings. While reading this book, the reader travels with the logs to the mills and sees what happens inside a sawmill and a pulp and paper mill.
He takes the kids outside to his work truck and shows them his forestry tools: chain saw, tree corer, stray paint for marking trees, hard helmet, measuring tools etc.
We also read The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward and illustrated by Lisa Falkenstern, describes the amazing activities that go on in a tree from its roots to its branches, "breathing out air for all to breathe in."
We take a walk through the conserved forests around the sanctuary where the kids pick up leaves and Big K identifies the type of tree it came from. We find oak, maple and birch leaves, witch hazel, indian cucumber, acorns and pine cones. We also find lots of mosquitoes.
Leaf Jumpers by Carole Gerber, Illustrated by Leslie Evans. "The green leaves of spring and summer make food for the tree from water, air and sunshine. The tree food made in the leaves is a kind of sugar that keeps the leaves alive and helps the tree to grow.
"I send roots down deep into the earth. I am focused and stable. I reach high to the sky. I am a beautiful tree.
What kind of tree are you? Feel yourself growing. Bend with the wind. You are supple enough to weather any storm."
When we get back to the classroom, we practice some nature yoga: the river pose, the rock, the turtle, and the tree pose. We also make a list of "things that happen in nature." I call out the natural phenomena kids add to the list, like clouds, cattails, water, birds, fish, etc, and we act them out with our bodies.


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The purpose of life is to grow and expand. Sometimes the prospects of growth, with their attendant trials and tribulations, are uncomfortable and at times painful. The thing about life though is - you cannot get from the start to the end without going through the middle. So if you aspire to grow, if you aspire to learn, if you aspire to be and become - aspire to life. Beliefs are what you live by. Believe in life and you will act accordingly.
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Believe in Yourself
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One of the most important areas anyone should look at is their belief in themselves. Why you may well ask? Just stop and think for a moment and I am sure you will quickly understand why it is so important to believe in yourself. After all, if you have absolutely no belief in yourself, how can you expect others to believe in you?
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Believe in yourself
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Self-acceptance and listening to that inner voice is what sums up believe in oneself. The question is "how do you go about believing in yourself to the degree of allowing creative success?" I confiden
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Believe in Your Employees
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According to a recent study of 150 small- to medium-sized businesses that was conducted by Success Profiles, a diagnostic firm in Bozeman, Montana, whether or not employees really believe in their bosses clearly affects company growth. Specifically, organizations whose workers had low to average scores in confidence and trust in their leaders showed moderate growth in revenues, around 30 percent over two years.
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Do We Dare to Dream?
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Do we dare to dream? Have we allocated any time during our day to think about, mull over, fantasize or envision a future that we aspire to realize? If we overlook this opportunity to see past any current situation, we may not be doing ourselves any favors. The fact is that all of us need to see beyond the here and now, if for no other reason than to broaden our horizons and to give us a motivation
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To Believe or Not to Believe
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A ship was sailing on the vast sea. A black boy who worked at end of the ship fell into the sea and the boy shouted for help. But the wind was too huge, so the people in the boat could not hear the sound. He only could see the ship sailed further and further.
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Dare to Dream - The Audacity of Scotland's Susan Boyle
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In a cynical world, Susan Boyle captured the world's heart with her talent and genuineness. Dare To Dream delves into what we can learn from Susan about dreaming big dreams and seizing the day. This article is for everyone who has the audacity to believe in themselves.
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Believe in Yourself and the Future is not a Dream
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In fact, everyone is gold, but in the world, they have been gray and cannot shine. Just as in the rain, people without umbrella must strive to run, like wandering around in the road of life, if not, they will be drowning in the rolling sand. Maybe this road is long and difficult. But believe in you, no matter how far and how rough the road is, it is at our feet.
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You Better Believe It
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One of the key ingredients in achieving the body of your dreams and getting ripped six pack abs is belief in yourself. If you're eating right and exercising and you're still not getting the results you want, take a closer look at what you believe.
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It's Easy to Believe in God
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There's two choices that you can make as a Christian, one is to believe in God and never questioned anything that was written in the Bible or you can choose to believe in God, while you're doing your research, to prove that God is actually a part of Christianity. For those of you who believe that God wrote the Bible and everything in the Bible is true and there aren't any mistakes in the Bible, I would suggest that you start to do some research on early Christianity and the origins of the Holy Bible.
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Believe You Can!
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Trying to achieve life-long ambitions can be a long, challenging and very rewarding occupation. Success can only be achieved by adopting a positive attitude. Believing you can succeed will empower you to give your very best to accomplishing your goals. Always remember, whether you think you can or can't, you are right.
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Do You Believe in the Meaning of Dreams?
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When we observe that there are similarities and repetitions in the reality we observe, we have to research this phenomenon further, because we have many indications that there is a purpose for the appearance of the same aspects many times. Repetitions and coincidences have an aim, and we can discover it, analyzing the symbolism of reality, the same way we analyze the symbolism of dreams. If you tend to despise the translation of the meaning of your dreams, you had better change your attitude, because many proofs were already found, because the symbolic language gives us precious information.
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Believe in the Beauty of Your Own Dreams
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Have you ever wondered how Graham Bell thought of a machine like the telephone? Or how did Ben Franklin discover electricity? How did these people come up with such inventions and discoveries? Did they just stumble upon them by chance? Highly unlikely, right? Chances are, one thing led to another, they envisioned something, dreamt big, thought the impossible, experimented with various ideas and th
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Check the "Real" Truth You Believe
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Do you definitely believe the truth? Do you surely trust in the truth you know by reading, seeing, or hearing now? No, you can't. We can't sure what really is said when people talk today. And one more point, we just hear only what they want us to hear and then we think that as the real truth. But in fact, it's not.
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Do People Believe In Voodoo Spells
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We might have come across these types of questions that do we really believe in the voodoo spells? The answer to this simple question is that until and unless any person believes in this stuff.
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ARLINGTON, Va., (Army News Service, May 18, 2009) -- President Barack Obama's nominee for assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs said May 12, at his confirmation hearing, that he is aware of the concerns about dwell time, which directly affects families.
"We've seen it with our reserve component," said Thomas R. Lamont, who has served for 25 years as a judge advocate in the Illinois Army National Guard. "These are serious concerns. They all tie together. And I will certainly take your comments to heart in our policy discussions."
Lamont testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee saying that if confirmed, "it would be my distinct honor to help ... accomplish the complex and challenging missions our nation asks the Army to perform."
He was confirmed May 18.
"When a Soldier deploys, his family goes to war [too]," Lamont said. "They are confronted with many of the same concerns - housing and education or financial issues that mirror society, but yet it's exacerbated with the loss of a loved one."
As a result, Lamont said he will make family support a priority.
"I think it behooves us to do everything in our power to ensure the strength of our family support program," he said. "Because if we are able to sustain the volunteer Army, we need to sustain that family support group."
Lamont told the senators that he is not "totally familiar" with all the resources currently available to families and won't say that the Army needs more or less. "Clearly, I think we're always open to doing whatever we can to support our families," he said.
"All families share in the sacrifices that their loved ones are going through."
One way to sustain the Army family, he said, was to provide a good education to the approximately 700,000 children that are Army dependents.
"Beyond housing, there is nothing more important than education in the minds of the family support groups at home,' Lamont said. "We must do whatever we can to provide them with ... not just an adequate education, but a good education."
Lamont said end strength is another important issue in the Army, and he bristled at any potential recommendation to reduce the recruiting budget. "I would suggest that was not done without full and deliberate consultation with our senior Defense leaders. And I look forward to determining - in realizing - what those discussions were."
Finally, Lamont lamented the increase in suicides in the Army. "This is a terrible tragedy," he said. "It somewhat mirrors society and again, exacerbated by the long deployment and the lack of a family support group."
Lamont said much more needs be done to recognize behavioral and risk factors, and added that he is aware the Army has initiated "a great deal of new training regimens ... to try to recognize those risk factors among our troubled Soldiers."
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This Tiger Woods thing is having an effect on a lot of people. In fact, earlier today, Elizabeth Edwards went out and bought a new set of golf clubs. I didn't even know that she played.
The Washington Post suggested today that this party crashing couple may have a long history of deceiving people. Well no wonder they fit in at the White House.
In more serious news, President Obama last night ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan, to fight the Taliban, but on an 18-month timetable. In a related story, the Taliban announced they're on a 19-month timetable.
President Obama gave a speech, last night, at Westpoint. He was going to give it at the White House, but he wanted someplace with better security.
Last night, Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly said that President Obama's speech was "no Gettysburg Address." When he heard this, Larry King said, "How would you know, I don't remember seeing you there."
"Time" magazine plans to announce its Person of the Year next week and top contenders include President Obama and Steve Jobs. The other top contender: The one guy who still reads "Time" Magazine.
A controversial new play called "The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever" has opened in New York. And yet somehow, it's still only the tenth gayest show on Broadway.
A company has developed a new iPhone app that can order a pizza for you. The new iPhone app is called, "iAmTooHighToOperateATelephone."
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The city of Durango has ordered the Durango Gun Club to abandon a requirement that its 700 members join the National Rifle Association or leave.
The nonprofit group has leased free from the city since 1963.
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Kurt Angle not retiring
While he is no longer wrestling for TNA, Kurt Angle is not done in the ring. The former world heavyweight champion has signed on to wrestle Rey Mysterio at a show in Phoenix, Arizona on March 20. Interestingly enough, former WWE stars Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn are booked to do an MMA fight that night as well. In addition to those two genres, there will also be a boxing match featuring Roy Jones Jr fighting a fan.
February 12, 2016
Rey Mysterio losing matches
During a recent interview, Rey Mysterio was asked how he felt about constantly being booked to lose matches when he was the world heavyweight champion in WWE. He stated that it definitely bothered him, but he did not let it prevent him from going out there and putting on a performance for his fans. He stated that he wished things had turned out a bit differently during his reign, but he was satisfied overall.
July 30, 2015
Rey Mysterio in Bane mask
A post on Instagram of Rey Mysterio wearing a Bane mask at the Comic Con event in London. For those that are not aware, Bane is the super villain that once broke the back of Batman in the comic books and in the movie. Mysterio has long been known to be a fan of superheroes.
July 20, 2015
Rey Mysterio continues
With rumors of his retirement hovering over the industry, Rey Mysterio decided to address the audience while making an appearance at Walemania. He confirmed that he will continue as an in ring performer. Mysterio also stated that Perro Aguayo would not have wanted him to retire because of the tragic accident. No word yet on when he will be stepping back into the ring, but Mysterio does have plenty of dates booked.
March 28, 2015
Rey Mysterio manager
Since he is the hottest free agent in professional wrestling right now, there was a bit of competition from promoters around the world that wanted to manage Rey Mysterio and his business affairs. The recently released WWE star decided to go with someone that he views as a brother. Konnan is reportedly the person in charge of managing the booking for Mysterio. He is the one setting him up at shows across the globe.
March 4, 2015
Rey Mysterio booking
When word spread earlier this week that Rey Mysterio was asking for $20,000 to make an appearance at various events, a lot of fans were skeptical about him being booked. It looks like the price seems fair to a couple of promoters overseas already. On July 18, the former WWE star will be appearing at the London Film and Comic Con event. The following night, Mysterio will be making an appearance at an 4FW event in England.
March 1, 2015
Rey Mysterio appearance
If you're a wrestling promoter and you want Rey Mysterio to make an appearance on your show, then you should be prepared to open up the checkbook. He is asking for $20,000 per appearance. While that may seem astounding to a lot of fans, it is a actually a price that some are willing to spend to bring attention to their companies. The recently released WWE star is said to have already secured one booking in England during the month of July.
February 28, 2015
Rey Mysterio appearances
There are rumors floating around right now that Rey Mysterio has booked himself some appearances outside of WWE. However, that is not true. The popular masked superstar has been thrown a bunch of offers from independent wrestling promoters, enough money for him to make a living off of. He, of course, is unable to accept any of those deals as long as he is contractually obligated to is current company. A release is being negotiated.
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A Pessimist in Flower
The love songs of Thomas Hardy.
In 1912, when he was 72, Thomas Hardy began to write a series of love poems about his wife, Emma. The poems were unlikely for several reasons. First, for years he and Emma had been estranged, and she had retreated to sleep alone in the attic, where she wrote letters to friends about his unkindness. By this point, Hardy was a literary celebrity, and had maintained flirtations with more than one woman. His reputation was based largely on his fiction; his controversial later novels, among them Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, had cemented his stature as a portraitist of country life and thwarted small-town aspirations. Second, Hardy was famous for his indictment of marriage—a bishop publicly burned his copy of Jude, and a Victorian newspaper, shocked by it, labeled it "Jude the Obscene." What no one, including Hardy himself, would have guessed was that Emma would prove to be, as Claire Tomalin claims in her brisk new biography of the author, "his best inspiration." That fall, Emma suddenly fell ill, and she died before Hardy got a chance to say goodbye to her. In the months after her death, numerous poems in her memory poured out of him—love lyrics of acute regret in which one of his recurrent themes was distilled in its most distinctive form. That theme could be said to be our failure to perceive the shadowy outlines of our own experience; life, in Hardy's view, was nothing but a strangely prismed window onto the peculiar workings of time.
In many ways, Hardy must have seemed, when he published these poems, to be a relic. At a time when Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and other Modernists were breaking open the conventions available to poets, Hardy deployed traditional English ballad forms and archaic, sometimes awkward, inversions. He saw celebrating the "old ways" of England as one of his missions. Yet the best of the poems about Emmafit no category, and his traditionalism obscures a kind of radical modernity, an outlook that pierced through Victorian pieties to see the bedrock truth of an actual marriage. This may be why Virginia Woolf, alive to what made his work fresh, said that Satires of Circumstance, the 1914 collection in which the poems about Emma appeared, was "the most remarkable book to appear in my lifetime." He followed no Modernist doctrine, yet could be said to be more forward-looking than many of those who did.
The son of a mason, Hardy was an enterprising social climber at a time when a rigid class hierarchy was still in place. And he attained the success he sought—a trajectory, unlike beleaguered Jude's, that might well seem the embodiment of an optimistic faith in social justice. In 1870, he met Emma Gifford on an architectural business trip to Cornwall. Taken with her wildness and her fresh, rosy skin, he courted her despite the objections of her family—she was of a higher class than he—and they married in 1874. He had spent years writing at night and working for an architect by day, and it paid off when his novel Desperate Remedies was accepted by a publishing house. (His first novel, an attack on the upper classes, was rejected for its radical politics; thereafter, many of his novels were written and revised to fit the demands of the marketplace.) For a period, the marriage was a happy one. But over the years, Hardy's world expanded while Emma's shrank, and she lost the looks that had caught his eye. Soon he was conducting dalliances with well-born women; refining his satirical take on the hypocrisies of Victorianism; and further exploring atheism. All this alienated Emma, who was more religious than he; by some accounts, she grew "half-cracked" and "defensive." When she moved to the attic late in the marriage, she was embittered and irrevocably distanced from Hardy.
What is so remarkable about the Emma poems? In the 80 or so he wrote before he died—many of which are gathered in "Poems of 1912-13" from Satires of Circumstance—the profound paradoxes of Hardy's work are evident. As Michael Millgate, his most painstaking biographer, has pointed out in Thomas Hardy: A Biography Revisited, Hardy was profoundly nostalgic for the customs of preindustrial England and yet deeply skeptical about the pillars of Victorian morality and religion. The remorse expressed in his poems about Emma is double-edged and hard-headed, capturing the games time plays on us by holding us captive to impossible desires. (No wonder Proust liked his work.) Hardy does not exactly chastise himself for his indifference to Emma. Instead, he invokes his longing for the period when the couple met in North Cornwall, for when "our day was fair." What Hardy misses is not his wife, per se,but the woman she once was, and the promise she briefly embodied ("You were she who abode/ By those red-veined rocks far West …/ While life unrolled us its very best.")
The poem is sentimental, to be sure, but it is sentiment of a brutally realistic sort: The poem briskly discards such longing to note, "Well, well! All's past amend,/ Unchangeable. It must go./ I seem but a dead man held on end/ To sink down soon … O you could not know/ That such swift fleeing/ … would undo me so!" Unlike the Modernists, Hardy places little value on individual experience; the speaker's loss is rendered as an immense foreground only to be dismissed with the matter-of-factness that earned Hardy the label "pessimist" (but that he might himself have merely called "realist"). In his view, bleakness is not fatalism, but an accurate portrayal of the mechanics of life. That he insists so while appearing to inhabit forgotten emotions all over again is the more extraordinary—and one of the reasons these poems, with their condensed bursts of insight, are the equal of his best novels.


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Supernatural Season 7 Finale Expectations: Ultimate Fate of Bobby & the Leviathans
The Supernatural Season 7 finale is almost here, and their is one big question on everyone's mind (especially mine).
What will be the ultimate fate of Bobby?
When Castiel vanished early on in the season, most fans agreed that Castiel would come back. After all, he's an angel – despite being a fallen one. However, when Bobby died, there were only two things that could happen: Bobby would stay dead or through some supernatural story arc Bobby would return.
Sadly, Bobby returned as a ghost. Personally, I was hoping for a return similar to that of Sam when he returned from hell. At first, Bobby was just around to help Sam and Dean, while his spirit was bound to his old drinking flask. Now, Bobby is quickly becoming a vengeful spirit – seeking out Dick Roman's death at all costs. He injured Charlie (Felicia Day) when going after Dick and now he's causing Poltergeist-level chaos whenever the Winchesters don't obey his orders.
Sam may be ready to put Bobby's spirit to rest, but Dean is still hoping that Bobby can be saved. After all, Bobby is helping the Winchesters in their Leviathan hunt in his own angry-ghost sort of way. At the least, Dean doesn't want to be the one to wipe Bobby from the WInchesters' lives forever.
There's going to be a major showdown in the Supernatural Season 7 finale, and potentially the Leviathans may finally be destroyed or sent back to some eternal prison. Of course, first Sam and Dean will have to get Crowley's blood from Dick. Unfortunately, Dick has imprisoned Crowley. When Bobby does show up in the finale, he could be used as the diversion the Winchesters need to get Crowley's blood. However, if they do manage to chop off the head of the Leviathans, they'll then need to decide what to do with Bobby.
Remember, whenever Bobby gets closer to Dick his rage only increases. And, then he loses control. He's already engaging in body possession, something I never imagined Bobby would do. The final showdown will no doubt push Bobby over the edge. Once the Leviathans are gone, it will be Sam and Dean vs Bobby. Sadly, the Winchesters won't simply be able to burn Bobby's flask since it's now in the angry spirit's possession.
Perhaps, this would be a good time for Castiel to step in and come up with a solution. Too bad, he's turned into a hippie of sorts similar to the flash forward episode two seasons back of Sam dressed in white as a Lucifer who had won the war.
While the future may not be clear for the Winchesters or Bobby going into Supernatural Season 8, one thing is imminent. The Alpha will return.
In Episode 7.22, "There Will be Blood", the Alpha says, "See you next season." Dean replies, "Looking forward to it." Needless to say, Dean may regret those words.
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It's time for us to begin our yarn planning for 2009. We set aside a day or two to focus on all of Tina's numbers analysis, customer suggestions and any other new, exciting ideas we have for improving our yarn lines.
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....my Affirmation Marker is larger than the beginning of my Jolly Green Socks for Socks for Soldiers. This time I am going to use Tina's pattern for Two At A Time Toe Up Socks. I love her garter stitch heel that extends under the heel. I'm going to add a special touch - double strand the garter stitch section for extra… Continue
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Oh, I am so close to finishing my Aran Sweater from The Knitter's Almanac. I made a lot of progress this week thanks to Craft Night and a staff meeting. After the weekend I needed to change to just one sleeve at a time. You can see that one sleeve is longer than the other! One more repeat of the cable pattern and then I will move to the second… Continue
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Grandson #2! I would have had photos up earlier this week but we have been getting the catalog ready to go to the printer so things have been crazy!
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Parker's Baby Blanket is finished! And, I used my Flip Mino to record a little lesson on applied I-cord borders.
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Dr. Donlin M. Long, MD, PhD is an experienced neurosurgeon who has been involved in all aspects of neurosurgery practice. He is best known as a skull base surgeon (acoustic tumors), and for his expertise in spine and pain. Dr. Long retired from Johns Hopkins and Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2010. He no longer does major surgery, but in July 2010 opened a private clinical practice with emphasis upon diagnosing spinal problems and treating them with non-operative measures. He also consults on issues of legal liability, product development and liability, medical education issues, neuroscience centers, and operating room design.
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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- The Atlanta Falcons have acquired reserve quarterback T.J. Yates in a trade that sends linebacker Akeem Dent to the Houston Texans.
Yates, a fifth-round pick in 2011, will have a chance to compete with Dominique Davis, Sean Renfree and Jeff Mathews for the No. 2 job behind Matt Ryan.
Yates, who graduated from Pope High School in nearby Marietta, has a 71.5 passer rating in 13 games, including five starts in 2011.
Dent, a third-round draft pick in 2011, lost his job as a starter last year and was listed behind rookies Prince Shembo and Marquis Spruill on Atlanta's depth chart at inside linebacker. Dent has started 20 of 47 career games.
Atlanta also signed free agent linebacker Tim Dobbins to a one-year contract.
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The main focus of our research is the development of new methods for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and the application this technique to a variety of chemical and biological problems.
NMR spectroscopy is a highly informative technique that is one of the main analytical tools in the sciences. Over the past thirty years, the development of Fourier transform and multidimensional methods has led to the application of NMR spectroscopy to a wide range of problems, including chemical analysis, screening drug targets, the determination of protein structures, understanding fluid dynamics, and medicine (where it is known as MRI: magnetic resonance imaging).
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By Amy Kolb Noyes
The Monkton Selectboard will be looking to voters on Town Meeting Day for support in standing up against a natural gas pipeline proposed in Addison County. Vermont Gas is seeking regulatory approval for its Addison Natural Gas Project. The project consists of approximately 43 miles of new transmission pipeline, five miles of distribution mainlines, and three new gate stations to extend the company's natural gas service from Colchester into Middlebury.
Vermont Gas petitioned the Vermont Public Service Board in December for a Certificate of Public Good on the project. In its filing the company said the project would bring natural gas service to about 3,000 Addison County homes and businesses. However, the select boards in Monkton and Hinesburg both raised concerns regarding the proposed route of the pipeline, suggesting the project be located entirely within the existing VELCO right-of-way, rather than occasionally straying from the VELCO lines, onto town road right-of-ways.
Late last month Vermont Gas responded to those concerns in a press release stating it would change the proposed pipeline route to stay within the permitted VELCO corridor.
"We heard from the Monkton and Hinesburg Selectboards that they wanted the pipeline routed in the VELCO corridor instead of the road shoulder," Stephen Wark, Director of the Addison Natural Gas Project, stated in the press release. "After meetings with both communities, Vermont Gas will propose route refinements primarily into or adjacent to the VELCO corridor. We believe the proposed route refinements will address the Monkton and Hinesburg Town Selectboards' requests."
The press release went on to state, "This proposed route refinement will form the basis for a supplemental filing that Vermont Gas will submit, by the end of February 2013, to the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB). The PSB has the ultimate authority over the project and provides for community input in their review process."
However, the Monkton select board is looking to boost its voice by way of two town meeting votes. Article 9 on Monkton's town meeting warning asks voters to appropriate up to $50,000 "…to form a legal fund to represent the Town's interests in the PSB proceedings for the Addison Natural Gas Project, especially an issue that would have an adverse impact on the health, safety or aesthetics of the town…"
And Article 10 asks if the voters will "…advise the Selectboard not to issue any road permits for any transmission pipeline route that follows any town road right-of-way under any circumstance, and not to issue any permits for transmission pipelines to cross any town roads until town residents' concerns about safe setbacks are addressed."
The Addison Natural Gas Project is not addressed in the Hinesburg town meeting warning. However Hinesburg voters will be weighing in on other energy issues, including declaring the town a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) District, and adopting a nonbinding resolution opposing transporting tar sands oil through Vermont.


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Is Jenelle Evans's Estranged Husband Courtland Rogers Going After Her Money?
Remember back in the day when Jenelle Evans was homeless and trolling around North Carolina with nothing but a couple Ed Hardy seat covers? Times have changed, y'all. Now that Jenelle isn't addicted to drugs, she's become much more responsible with the hefty paychecks she gets from MTV, and girlfriend is finally saving up a "nest egg."
Not only that, but Jenelle is a working woman, so you better believe her bank account is pretty flush. The problem? Two words: Courtland Rogers.
Jenelle accidentally-on-purpose got married to a Confederate flag loving super-hunk a while back, and unfortunately it looks like he might be coming after her Benjamins. Courtland and Jenelle's divorce is set to be finalized in April, but will girlfriend be able to protect her ample assets, or will Courty find a way to stake a claim? After all, it isn't exactly unheard of for the wealthier of two exes to pay alimony…
While we don't know if Courtland's lawyer is planning to take Jenelle to court for cash, it looks like girlfriend is certainly worried about the possibility, and even tweeted Courtland about it!
"Just talked to my divorce attorney .........HAPPYF—INGFACE lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooo," Courtland tweeted on March 13, to which Jenelle responded, "yr not getting a dime out of me if that's what yr thinking, already talked to my lawyer idiot, lmfao."
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April 9, 2009
Deputy Minister Azimov,
Ambassador Ureche.
Friends and colleagues.
I congratulate my Romanian friends for organizing today's event. And I would like to thank you for inviting me to join you in marking the first 60 years of the NATO Alliance.
Born from the ashes of Europe following World War II, NATO has evolved into the most formidable alliance in history, an alliance that has changed with the times, adapting to meet new threats, facing new challenges.
What began with 12 nations signing the Washington Treaty 60 years ago this week still had just 16 members when the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago. The NATO of the Cold War was single-minded. It focused on checking the Soviet Union. For most of its history, NATO did just that, without ever performing a military mission.
Today, 28 nations are joined in the alliance. And partners -- partners like Azerbaijan, which agreed to its Individual Partnership Action Plan 15 years ago, one of thefirst countries to do so -- literally stretch around the globe. From Bosnia and Kosovo to our great challenge today in Afghanistan, NATO and its partners do the work that needs to be done.
The old NATO -- the Cold War NATO -- is gone, part of history. Today's NATO faces new threats: terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, bio-threats, all threats that require international cooperation and common will. September 11 drove home the lesson that problems festering in a remote corner of the world can -- and do -- threaten us all. Nations cannot live in isolation in the 21st century; they must face dangers through international cooperation and common will.
President Obama came to Europe last week to renew our NATO partnership, to issue a new call for forging common solutions to our common problems.
For we are here today to recall that NATO is far more than a defensive alliance. It is an alliance in defense of common values, democratic values. In the complex international environment in which we live today, it is the principles and values that underpin the alliance's structure that make NATO truly relevant and strong.
NATO members share core values. Despite our different cultures, different realities and different policies, members of the NATO family share certain values that bind us together.
As President Obama put it, we share the aspirations of free people around the world: a longing to live life free from fear, free from want. We seek a life marked by dignity and respect and simple justice. These are the dreams, the values, of democratic peoples. And they are values worth fighting for.
Whether intervening in the Balkans to stop ethnic cleansing or building schools for millions of Afghan girls who were never before able to attend school, NATO pursued for its values. And the world is a better place because of it.
NATO policy towards membership in the alliance is clear: nations that share these values, that fulfill the obligations of membership and contribute to the collective security are welcome. If they decide they want to join, the door is open.
NATO, today, is proud to count Azerbaijan as a partner. Azerbaijan's contributions to security missions -- from Kosovo to Iraq and Afghanistan, have been steadfast and professional.
Azerbaijan's strategic decision to pursue integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions may be the most significant in its history as an independent state. Clearly, Azerbaijan's ties to NATO enhance security, strengthen democratic values and support the processes of political and military modernization and reform.
Euro-Atlantic integration encompasses a variety of principles. The most important of these is that democratic government protects not only the territory of the state but also the personal freedom of every citizen. That is the shared belief, the common value, of our alliance.
Through its NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan, Azerbaijan has taken on commitments to modernize its armed forces and national security structures. These reforms will enable Azerbaijan's forces to integrate themselves into the operational side of NATO. They will enable them to play the constructive role, responsive to civilian political direction, that these structures play in established democratic states. A prime example of Azerbaijan's progress in this area is the elaboration of the National Security Concept and the government's work on its military doctrine.
As I have said before, it is important that civil society -- concerned citizens -- play an active role in debating these doctrines and their role in Azerbaijan's future. Security policy belongs not just to the specialists, those in uniform, but to the society.
As Azerbaijan charts its sovereign future, you may be sure that the United States and your other NATO partners will support you.
I would like to wish all conference participants success in their work.
Thank you for your attention.


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Applegate Approves Of Samantha's Move to Thursdays
by Joseph Goldman | February 16, 2009 at 5:30 PM | General, TV News, Watching TV, What We're Watching
Next month, Samantha Who? moves to Thursday nights, and the change is okey-doke with the show's star, Christina Applegate. "I'm hoping that it's going to be a great move," she told Fancast at a special event for the show presented by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "Being on after Dancing with the Stars has it's ups because you're kind of in a higher profile place. But Dancing with the Stars is a small section of the season so it's very hard to be a show that has consistency behind something that kind of goes away a lot. So I think we're going to try to find a home there at 8:30 on Thursdays. And I think that we have a similar audience and they will hopefully kind of melt into the other easily and effortlessly."


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1 Hotel Aurora
Viale Vittorio Emanuele 25 I - 27100 Pavia
Prix from : 76.30 EUR
The Aurora is a cosy hotel near Pavia Train Station and the bus terminus, just 100 meters from the historic centre. All rooms have a private bathroom, air conditioning, and free Wi-Fi. Hotel Aurora's bar serves hot and cold drinks, and breakfast is ..
2 Hotel Moderno
Viale Vittorio Emanuele 41 I - 27100 Pavia
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Stay in this elegant, 4-star hotel set in an historic building in the centre of Pavia, near the main railway and coach stations, and just off Piazza della Minerva. At Hotel Moderno you can enjoy free use of the internet hotspot and free bicycles to ..
3 Hotel Excelsior Pavia
Piazza Stazione 25 I - 27100 Pavia
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Hotel Excelsior is a few steps from Pavia Train Station and the city centre. It features elegant rooms with parquet floors and LCD TV. A buffet breakfast that includes fresh fruit and biscuits is served every morning. Guests have discounts in many p..
4 Hotel Rosengarten
Via Lombroso 23 I - 27100 Pavia
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Offering air-conditioned rooms, an Italian restaurant and free bike rental, Hotel Rosengarten is next to San Matteo-Pavia Hospital. It is 10 minutes' walk or 3 bus stops from Pavia centre. Rooms have a classic design with carpeted or tiled floors. T..
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Just a 10 minute walk from Pavia Station, Dipendenza Rosengarten has a restaurant serving classic Italian cuisine. It offers free lobby WiFi and air-conditioned rooms with a private bathroom. Rooms at the Rosengarten come with a bathrobe. Guests can..
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Via Vallone 18 I - 27100 Pavia
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No food! which is why No coolers makes alot of sense. Also No backpacks, bags, cans, bottles, liquids...sheesh.
And the stadium is pretty dreary. No wonder they're building a new one. The single-A Augusta Greenjackets have a nicer stadium than these 2A Rockies. More about that later, and more about the Tulsa Drillers too. I don't want to knock them because their front office staff is so nice, and we at Scoreboard Gourmet value nice.


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Coconut Oil is one of those products that you might often keep in your cabinet but only reach for it on occasion. Truth is, coconut oil is amazing and can be used in a TON of different ways!
Did you know that coconut oil is anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral? Coconut Oil can be consumed in proper dosages, used for cooking, baking and more!
Let's highlight my TOP 5 Favorite Uses for Coconut Oil!
Cloth Diaper Safe Rash Solution! In moderation only, I must warn. You're not going to slather this on baby's bottom. Get some of the oil on your hands, I recommend rubbing your hand/fingers together and lightly applying to baby. If it's dripping down baby's skin then you're using way way too much! You'll want baby's bottom to feel moisturized, as if you'd just rubbed in some lotion. Proper application is essential for making it cloth diaper safe.
Massage Oil! Ok, so who has time for massages when you have kids? I used to. Now I only get a massage from my husband when my back is so sore that I can't stand it. It's an awesome moisturizer, basically unscented, and works great.
Sun burns! Being a Florida family, we're constantly battling sunburned skin. we've found the mositurizing and anti-inflammatory properties to be the best sunburn remedy.
Nipple Cream! Perfect for nursing mothers who'd like a treatment for sore and chapped nipples that will also be safe for baby. It's anti-fungal properties is great for preventing yeast/thrush, a common problem for lactating moms and their babes.
Cradle Cap! Cradle Cap is essentially dry and flaky skin, specifically in and around baby's hairline. Just a little coconut oil massaged in the the affected areas will moisturize and treat the condition.
Other awesome uses to note: Makeup Remover, Hair Conditioning Treatment, First Aid (apply to scrapes and cuts), Eczema, Toenail Fungus Treatment and more!
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Half-Life 2: Garry\'s Mod Bowling Map
This is a great gmod map by JackHoper. It is based in a small bowling complex with multiple lanes (Sadly in this version you can only use one, but hey take turns!) the lane is the perfect length
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and there is a \"ball dispenser\" right beside you when you spawn, press the red button to start the game. This is one of the interesting \"machines\" that this map has is the little \"cleaner\" that will sweep away the pins that you have knocked over, which is pretty cool the author recommends you use the \"Ice on Ice\" phys props on your bowling ball before you start a game. This map is well made and the custom textures (especially on the lane) make it look like a real bowling alley, so what are you waiting for? grab a bowling ball and beat your friends today!
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May 5, 2016
The K-Tribe bats busted out early, as Kinston beat Potomac 6-4 in a noon start in Woodbridge, Virginia. The Indians got to Potomac starter Joe Norrito in the first inning with five consecutive singles. Jared Goedert, Carlos Rivero and Niuman Romero each had RBI hits to put Kinston up 3-0. The K-Tribe added on in the third inning when Nick Weglarz walked and Goedert drove him in with an RBI double. Romero drove in Goedert with an RBI sacrifice fly to put Kinston up 5-0. Johnny Drennen added a solo home run in the fourth inning, his first homer of the season, to finish the scoring for Kinston.
The K-Tribe belted 12 hits in the game. Goedert and Rivero each had three hits for Kinston. Niuman Romero, a day after his 21 game consecutive hit streak came to an end, went 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Beau Mills went 1-for-5 on the day, extending his hit streak to 15 games.
Kinston starter Kelvin De La Cruz (1-0) made an impressive Carolina League debut, going 5 1/3 innings and giving up just three earned runs. The 20-year-old De La Cruz gave up five hits and struck out six, getting called up from Low A Lake County just one day ago.
Kinston will end their four game series with Potomac Thursday night in Virginia. Carlton Smith takes the mound for Kinston, game time 7:05pm.
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Sixers-Pacers: 5 things you need to know
Sixers on Hawes' clutch three-pointer in final seconds Friday
Following last night's dramatics in a 115-107 overtime win over the Bucks (see story), the Sixers (6-8) are back on the hardwood tonight for what promises to be their toughest test in this young season.
Tipoff against the Pacers (11-1) at Indianapolis' Bankers Life Fieldhouse is set for 7 p.m. The game will air on CSN.
Here are five things you'll want to know:
1. The NBA's best
At 11-1, the Pacers own the best record in the Eastern Conference and are tied with the Spurs for the best in the league. Their only loss came on Nov. 16 in Chicago in the second game of a back-to-back.
Fourth-year pro Paul George leads the Pacers and sits fifth in the NBA in scoring at 24.6 points per game. Roy Hibbert has been a monster at center, topping the league in blocks (4.2 per game) and leading Indiana in rebounding (8.8 per game). Sixth-man Luis Scola is averaging 8.6 points at a clip of 57.5 percent from the floor, fifth in the league.
At home, the Pacers have yet to lose. Tonight, they'll go for their first 7-0 start at home since 2002-03.
2. Spencer can't stop
Spencer Hawes' game-tying corner three last night didn't come out of nowhere. The 7-foot-1 big man has been making nearly two three-pointers per game and has hit at least one trey in every game this season while shooting at a crazy good 49.1 percent clip from deep.
Friday's 25-point, 12-rebound performance also marked his third straight double-double and ninth overall this year. Hawes didn't turn in double-double No. 9 until the 59th game last season.
3. Must pounce early
Indiana is the NBA's worst first-half scoring team, averaging just 41.2 points before halftime this year.
In fact, the Pacers have trailed at the half in nine games. In their only loss to the Bulls, they fell behind by 25 points at intermission and couldn't overcome the deficit, ultimately losing by 16.
But they've more than made up for it in the second half of games, when they score 54.1 points on average. Overall, Indiana's scoring offense (96.4 ppg) is just 20th in the league, well behind the seventh-ranked Sixers (104.1 ppg).
The Pacers' scoring defense, however, is tops in the NBA (86.8 ppg), compared to the last-place Sixers (109.6 ppg). For the Sixers to have any chance Friday, they'll need to jump out to a big lead, quiet the crowd and hope to hold off a second-half surge that's sure to come at some point.
4. Injuries
Tony Wroten, who left last night's game with a lower back strain, is listed as a game-time decision. Thaddeus Young (personal reasons) is not with the team and will not play.
Nerlens Noel (knee), Arnett Moultrie (ankle) and Jason Richardson are all out.
For the Pacers, Danny Granger (strained left calf) is out, and C.J. Watson (upper respiratory infection) is listed as a game-time decision.
5. This and that
• The two teams split the season series last year, 2-2, including a 105-95 Sixers win in Indianapolis on the final day of the season.
• The Sixers are 1-2 in the second games of back-to-backs this year. The Pacers are 3-1.
• Indiana's 11-1 record after 12 games is its best in franchise history.
• Despite a 5-4 home record, the Sixers are just 1-4 on the road, their only victory coming in the second game of the season in Washington.


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No surprise. In 50 years, gay marriage will be what interracial marriage is now: a complete non-issue except in a few choice parts of the country. The same parts of the country that still hvae issue with interracial marriage - which is another non-surprise.


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This attention-getting infographic summarizes the key findings from the Girls in IT report. Use this piece to raise awareness about ways to increase girls' participation in computing.
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Sexism has measurably harmful effects, but sexist behavior can be minimized. Instructors and supervisors can practice zero tolerance and facilitate positive peer interactions, and they can provide highly visible leadership, policies, and procedures that go beyond legalities to explicitly denounce sexism.
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Changing the culture of an organization to one that promotes women's participation in computing requires that members reach new understandings and act in new ways. Enlisting allies in this process requires persuasive communication. This resource provides guidance on the four distinct and necessary steps for the long-term process of effective persuasion.
Increasing your visibility is important for advancing your career. This list includes ten things that highly successful women say they do in order to increase their visibility throughout the company, industry, and technical community.
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The recent upsurge in enrollments in computing means that student attrition has a substantial opportunity cost. Admitting a student who leaves both reduces graduation yield and prevents another equally qualified student from enrolling. Professors cannot change the background of students, but they can control many aspects of student experience in the computing major. This paper presents the results of a study to understand strongest predictors of retention in undergraduate computing based on a large-scale survey administered in 14 U.S.
Managers and others can use this guide to find NCWIT resources that will help them create highly-productive, diverse technical teams. Resources are catalogued by the key "change areas" identified in the NCWIT Change Model for Industry: 1) Top Leadership Support, 2) Supervisory Relationships, 3) Recruitment and Selection, 4) Talent Development and Mentoring, 5) Performance Evaluation and Promotion, 6) Support for Competing Responsibilities, 7) Reduction of Subtle Biases, and 8) Ongoing Evaluation. Space also exists for adding company-specific resources into the guide.
Part of Counselors for Computing, this card connect students' interests with IT and computing career paths that can be achieved through enrollment in a community college. Degrees are linked to job titles, projected growth, and wages. Counselors for Computing (C4C) is a project of the NCWIT K-12 Alliance, made possible by the Merck Company Foundation.
Entrepreneurial Series Report #5 summarizes research literature on women's entrepreneurship in the information technology field with a focus on social science research.
The February 2011 National Girls Collaborative Project Webinar, NCWIT Resources: Inspiring Girls to Pursue Careers in Information Technology, is archived at the NGCP website. This webcast highlights free materials and information for attracting more girls and underrepresented groups to computing and information technology and shares how formal and informal educators are using these resources to strengthen programming for girls. An archive of the webinar and the final powerpoint slides are available for viewing:
The décor of physical spaces conveys messages about the kinds of people who belong there and the kinds of activities that should be done there. Understanding this influence allows us to actively craft an environment that makes a broad range of people feel welcome in computing.
Change agents must understand and consider their organization's complex and interlocking systems. Plans for change must ensure that subsystems work in harmony with each other to reinforce the envisioned change. This resource outlines the prerequisites to transforming for diversity in undergraduate computing and explains NCWIT's Extension Services for Undergraduate Programs (ES-UP). Members of the Academic Alliance are entitled to free services from the NCWIT ES-UP in support of their organizational change.
Research shows that even individuals committed to equality harbor unconscious biases that impact everyday decisions and interactions. In the IT workplace, unconscious gender bias can mislead employers, both male and female, to make inaccurate judgments in hiring, performance reviews, and promotion.
The socio-educational system a student experiences shapes participation in the major. Altering one element of that system is often not enough to create enduring change. When faculty members are ready to implement organizational innovation, success is more likely if they receive support from institutional leaders, have access to adequate resources, and are able to participate in decision-making about the change.
This workbook presents guidelines for strategic planning to reach gender parity in technology companies or departments. Key components include: A Blueprint for Sustained Increases in Women's Participation; Create Your Strategic Plan Using the NCWIT IT Industry Reform Model; Lay the Foundation with Top Leadership Support, Institutional Accountability, and Supervisory Relationships; Build the Ecosystem; Evaluation.


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Hello and welcome to the new issue of Mobify Weekly! Below are some cool links that we've run across during the week.
Half of Web-enabled phone owners have shopped from their handset: study Consumers are getting much more friendly with shopping on their mobile devices. Are e-Commerce sites prepared for what the upcoming Holiday Season has in store?
A look at Blackberry's numbers (apps, devices, Web usage, etc.) With the new BlackBerry devices around the corner it's interesting to see some stats on how the previous line up has performed. Fun metrics like "29% of BlackBerry users are considering switching to Apple smartphones" inside!
Mozilla Proposes Open Web App System Mozilla is considering rolling out its own answer to Google's Chrome Web Store. This news, coupled with its last week's announcement, is making us wonder what they are up to.
What jQuery Mobile Means for Developers We are super excited about this announcement and are happy to welcome jQuery to the mobile space. While still very early stage, jQuery Mobile has a tremendous amount of potential.
Opera CEO Lars Boilesen predicts the future of the web A couple of optimistic points about the future of mobile all pointing to the idea that the move to the mobile web will make other factors such as OS or proprietary technologies irrelevant in the near future.
Mobile Web browsing to outstrip desktop A good overview of the current state of mobile web, including comments from Windows Phone team. "Over e-mail, Wong explained that the WP7 Web browser is designed so that it can be independently upgraded from the rest of the Windows Phone 7 firmware. He added that this "opens up the possibility of rapid frequent updates of the Web browser in Windows Phone 7".
Mobile Web Performance Matters More Than Ever, According to New Research at 4G World 2010 Recently announced report ranks the top 48 mobile websites and gives an in-depth analysis of each. The results of the "Best of the Anywhere Web 2010" study will be unveiled at a live conference this week.
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