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pnthrs replied to ladypanther's topic in Carolina Panthers4 of last 6 away with a back to back away on the west coast is going to be tough. We will need a fast start.
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pnthrs replied to Jeremy Igo's topic in Carolina PanthersHow many years has Bersin been a "starter" for us? I was under the impression last year was his rookie campaign. also amazing how many people can call a "ceiling" so quickly. Impressive.
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I never stated that espn was intelligent, just passing on what I heard. If you want my take: I bet a team like Den or Phi has a lot larger chance of a 2 pt conversion than other squads who keep the chance of a success below 50% therefor a team that has a 60 % success rate may be more inclined to give it a go vs a 91% chance of a pat (assuming espn was correct about that percentage.) Edit: If I had to guess kicks have a higher block/return rate than a 2 point attempt
Espn was dissecting and said a 32 yard FG % success rate was 91% The 2 point play was 47% So you technically have a higher percent chance of getting 2 points off 2 two point attempts than 2 32 yard PATs Therefore attempting 2 two point plays become vastly more appealing to many teams. Will it? probably not for many.
Ok, I will kick this off.. gameby game prediction thread, post schedule release.
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Ricky Dubs is back with the 4th and final single from his upcoming album, The Señor Dubs Ep. This time he enlists New York's Roc Marciano and his right hand man, Knowledge The Pirate, for "Shot A Man." Roc and Knowledge trade bars with that classic New York slick talk over a choppy blues guitar and muffled piano loops. Although their voices never seem to raise higher than a casual conversation, their point is clear. Respect the shooter. The Señor Dubs Ep releases next Wednesday, September 3rd.
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Britain will consider severing its intelligence-sharing agreement with Israel if Mossad members are proved to have stolen the identities of British passport holders, The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday. According to the reoprt, British ministers are furious that an alleged hit squad which murdered a senior Hamas military activist in Dubai last month cloned the passports of six unsuspecting Britons.
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Heuristics Considered Harmful or Using Mathematical Optimization for Resource Management in Distributed Systems
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Sirer, Emin Gun
Distributed systems often pose difficult to resolve resource management problems. These problems typically involve the partitioning of a critical resource, such as bandwidth, storage, or computational elements, between competing tasks. Traditionally, such problems are resolved using custom, domain-specific heuristics. Yet heuristics are neither robust to uctuations in load characteristics nor do they enable the system designer to reason definitively about the emergent properties of the system after deployment. In this paper, we argue for a more principled approach to resource management in distributed systems. Namely, we propose that resource allocation problems are ideally suited for mathematical optimization. We outline a gen- eral approach based on analytical modeling, optimization, and practical implementation. We describe how we have applied this technique to several diverse domains, to yield qualitative improvements in performance and achieve strong guarantees.
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Cornell University
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No Grapes of Wrath for French Vintners in China
BYLINE: Terril Yue Jones Beijing
In a few remote corners of China, two of France's top wine makers have more on their minds than a trade row with their most promising export market.
In three far-flung provinces, a world away from Beijing's allegations of European wine dumping, makers of such lofty French brands as Ch*teau Lafite Rothschild and Dom Perignon Champagne are investing millions of dollars to produce vintages they hope will put Chinese wine on the world map.
In a country where cheap plonk and overpriced mediocre wines define the domestic industry, the French are partnering with Chinese investors to make super-premium wines for increasingly discerning drinkers at the market's top end.
They will probably charge hundreds of dollars per bottle when the wines start appearing in a year or two, turning out deeply rich reds and elegant sparkling wines for the wealthy, who they hope will be proud to serve local vintages that are the equal of their imported collections.
"China deserves the production of great wines," said Christophe Salin, the president of Domaines Barons de Rothschild (DBR), which owns the vaunted Ch*teau Duhart-Milon, Ch*teau Lafite and Ch*teau l'Evangile, among other French labels. "Without wanting to copy Lafite, we wish to produce a great wine on Chinese soil."
DBR is investing 100 million yuan (R160m) with partner the China International Trust and Investment Corporation, a state investment firm, to develop 25ha of vineyards in eastern Shandong province to produce super-premium red wine for the domestic market.
Moet Hennessy, the wine and spirits arm of luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is also looking to make a top-end Chinese red and is planting 30ha of grapes in remote mountains of southern Yunnan province.
Moet Hennessy studied climate and soil conditions at hundreds of locations around China before settling on an area the government calls "Shangri La", abutting Tibet, to grow cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot grapes.
Moet Hennessy chief executive Christophe Navarre will not divulge the investment but says the group carries two-thirds and the other third comes from its Chinese partner, wine maker VATS.
"I dream one day to go back to France with a bottle of red wine produced in the region of Shangri La and I can say it's the best wine in the world," Navarre said in announcing the venture last year.
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Following an extended ambient introduction, the main body of the song is introduced, with a dance beat loop surrounded by jangling guitars unique to this track. It later features descending, echoing synth melodies also rarely used in NIN tracks. The verse vocals recall the delivery used atop the similarly-danceable electronics of "Vessel."
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; $10.6 Billion Seagram Deal For Polygram
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT
Published: May 22, 1998
The Seagram Company, accelerating its shift from a beverage and spirits giant into an entertainment powerhouse, said yesterday that it would acquire one of the world's largest music companies, Polygram N.V., for $10.6 billion in cash and stock.
The deal, which had been widely expected after weeks of negotiations, adds Polygram artists like Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti, U2, Hanson and Boyz II Men to Seagram's Universal stable, which includes Reba McEntire, George Strait and the Wallflowers.
As part of the transition, Seagram also said yesterday that it would sell its Tropicana Products Inc. juice business in a stock offering. It estimated that the sale would raise $3.5 billion to $4 billion, which would help pay for the Polygram purchase.
After the acquisition of Polygram and the sale of Tropicana, Seagram will derive more than two-thirds of its revenue from entertainment businesses, up from less than half its revenue now.
''We will manage two highly focused businesses of global scale and scope -- entertainment and spirits and wine,'' Edgar Bronfman Jr., the 42-year-old scion of the Bronfman family and the president and chief executive of Seagram, said at a news conference in New York yesterday.
The Polygram purchase, Mr. Bronfman maintained, would turn Seagram into ''a global entertainment leader, including the world's largest music company.'' Integrating Polygram with Universal, Mr. Bronfman predicted, would produce estimated cost savings of $275 million to $300 million annually, within a couple of years.
The acquisition would marry Polygram's large international presence with Universal's strong United States business. More than three-quarters of Polygram's sales are outside the United States, Seagram said.
''Clearly they're getting a very good company at what appears to be a quite attractive price,'' said David J. Londoner, an analyst who follows the entertainment industry for Schroders in New York. ''The music business is a huge cash-flow-contributing business that has attractive long-term growth prospects, and that's true of Polygram, which is a very well managed company.''
Other public companies in the entertainment industry sell for higher multiples than that being paid by Seagram, said Edward T. Hatch, a managing director who follows the entertainment industry for UBS Securities, so Seagram ''is not paying a premium to buy Polygram and become a leader in the music industry.''
Harold Vogel, who follows the entertainment industry for Cowen & Company, cautioned that a key to Seagram's success would be the rate of growth for the music industry.
Polygram also has a film business, which has produced hits like ''Four Weddings and a Funeral.'' There was speculation yesterday that Seagram was considering selling off Polygram's film production unit and its film library.
Interested buyers are said to include Canal Plus, the French film and television company, as well as Kirch, its German rival. People close to the discussions cautioned that any expectations about a sale were premature, but that a sale could fetch about $1 billion.
Goldman, Sachs & Company has already started working on the sale of the film operation, people close to the negotiations said.
Mr. Hatch, of UBS Securities, said, ''They would probably sell the film division because it is redundant to what they already have.'' Seagram also owns Universal Studios and a film library.
Seagram shares rose $3.75 yesterday, to $44.75. Although Seagram is based in Montreal, its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Polygram's American depository receipts rose $1.75, to $56.875.
To acquire Polygram, Seagram said it planned to make a tender offer for all of that company's issued shares, including the 75 percent of the company owned by Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, for 117 Dutch guilders a share, or about $59, in cash. Polygram's shareholders can choose to take a mix of cash and stock, and Seagram said it would issue up to 47.9 million shares, valued at about $2 billion. That would represent about 12 percent of its outstanding shares after the purchase.
In the negotiations, Seagram was represented by Morgan Stanley & Company and Polygram by Lazard Freres.
Seagram intends to raise the more than $8 billion in cash it needs to complete the acquisition of Polygram through the sale of Tropicana, borrowings and other asset sales, Mr. Bronfman said.
Seagram, industry analysts said, can readily add to its current debt. The company has also said that it intends to eventually sell its remaining stake in Time Warner. Its 11.8 million shares are currently worth about $975 million. Mr. Bronfman said yesterday that the Time Warner holding was ''no longer strategic.''
As part of the Polygram sale, Philips has agreed to acquire as many Seagram's shares as are available in the tender offer, and to hold those shares for at least two years.
Cornelis Boonstra, Philips's president and chief executive, will join Seagram's board. Mr. Boonstra said at yesterday's news conference in New York that Polygram was a superb company but that it did not enhance Philips's core consumer electronics business.
After the Polygram acquisition and the Tropicana sale, the Bronfman family would control about 29 percent of Seagram's stock, down from about 35 percent now.
It is still unclear, however, who would run the combined Universal and Polygram businesses, and in particular what role Alain M. Levy, Polygram's president, may fill.
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Chart: ''Forming a Duet'' Seagram, the giant entertainment and beverage company, agreed yesterday to buy 75 percent of Polygram, one of the world's largest music companies, from Royal Philips Electronics for $10.6 billion. Together, the companies' record labels will have the largest share of the United States market. SEAGRAM HEADQUARTERS: Montreal EMPLOYEES: 30,000 1997 SALES: $12.56 billion* 1997 NET INCOME: $502 million* RECORD LABELS: Geffen Records; Interscope; MCA RECORDING ARTISTS: The Wallflowers; George Strait; Reba McEntire SHARE OF U.S. MUSIC BUSINESS 1st quarter 1998: 10.5 percent POLYGRAM HEADQUARTERS: The Netherlands EMPLOYEES: 12,500 1997 SALES: $5.48 billion 1997 NET INCOME: $389 million RECORD LABELS: A&M; Decca; Island; Motown; Verve RECORDING ARTISTS: Elton John; Luciano Pavarotti; Boyz II Men; Hanson; Van Morrison SHARE OF U.S. MUSIC BUSINESS 1st quarter 1998: 11.9 percent (*Fiscal year ended June) (Sources: Seagram; Hoover's Handbook; Bloomberg Financial Markets; Soundscan) (pg. D17) Photos: Jakob Dylan and the Wallflowers were the top-selling act for Universal Music Group last year. The Hanson brothers had sales of 8.4 million records in 1997 for Polygram. (pg. D17)


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Is The ECB BTP Buying Spree Back?
Having been on a two-week vacation from their Europe-wide buying spree of everything that is red for the day, it would appear that the ECB is back. As Italian bonds started to accelerate to the downside today, and the 10Y bond touched EUR99, suddenly the yield-rising trend reversed and nine (count them nine) gappy surges later, BTPs are in the green with their yields heading back towards the safety of 5% very rapidly. Perhaps reflecting on the points we have raised before on the CDS markets being a cleaner 'market-reflective' indication of risk is increasingly important as we note...drum roll please...10Y Italy CDS are +21bps at 382bps, near the wides of the day as 10Y bond spreads are now tighter by 2bps and 20bps off their worst levels of the day!
The 5Y CDS-Cash basis has risen 10bps today from its lows this morning and perhaps that helkps explain some of the move but as we have pointed out before this is 'hedged' risk taking and not reflective of real-money risk appetite - keep watching CDS!
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"All your debt is belong to us!"
isn't it fun?
What's the point? Reminds me of the woody allen movie, Annie Hall when he goes back to his childhood and thinks the universe will break apart.
At the end of the day, the EUROSIS will end when the ECB has ALL the Eurotrash debt:)
Can we say Soviet Union:)))))
why would anyone other than a central bank buy this sovereign debt?
Exactly. You isolated exactly who is doing all the buying. If they don't, hyper event up next.
This farce of a bad comedy is all too hilarious to watch in real time. I get enjoyment from it, but the CB's manipulating this pig must be exhausted at the end of each day trying to keep the boat made of mesh afloat.
When does the sale start? Never buy anything anymore unless it has a 30% off sale.
And TVIX, how is this allowed to happen in regulated markets. So glad I got out yesterday with only a 28% loss.
Repeat after me: TVIX is designed to go to zero.
If it wasn't in CSs own prospectus, i wouldn't even bother posting this. My boss laughed when we received a special invite for a cc hosted by CS to explain the advantage of holding a vol based ETN. If smart (?) institutions don't even bother with xyz levered products (market making excluded), why the fuck would it be fit for retail? Retail gets hosed, thats why.
The CB's are getting bold beyond reason.They have pumped a shit load into the markets to hold these sovereigns up and they think it is working. Low velocity is is eating the effect of the mind boggling level of injections and keeping inflation just bareable. How can you justify "playing" with the economy in totally untested levels of monetary stimulus. This is a Frankenstein economy and they have no idea what's going to happen when it gets up off the table and starts walking.
This is like a whole bunch of kids playing with remote controlled cars. All of a sudden one car just starts driving all by itself. All the kids look at each other and none of them are touching a controller. They all start blaming each other saying, "Cut it out man, you're freaking me out". Then they throw the controllers down and say, I'm out.
I guess the only other buyers were already fully saturated after patriottic Italian households bought for over 7 billion euro into the last auction of 4-year inflation protected ponzi bonds this week. It reminded me of the recent story covered by ZH recently on a Greek businessman who bought into Greek sovereign debt few years ago only to notice this year 80 % of his investment vaporized.
Since no private investor with a maximum of 2 grams of brain will buy any kind of euro sovereign bonds, ECB will be the only buyer until something breaks:
- Food riots
- Gas riots
Take a pick.
I am giving you my life experience from communism in eastern europe for free.
Broken "market" chronicles continue... Let's all shout it together: Zee price stabeeleeteeeeeeeee!!!
Exchanging paper money or electronic money for another paper money or electronic money does not make for any trading of real goods.
Riots are coming. Riots happened in Greece, now it's Spain, Portugal, Italy.
Saw some glimpses of them in England and France last year. Very soon, very soon. No gas and no food for youngsters...................................................................
Guys, think.
These are politicians. They don't know anything at all beyond smiling and being charming. They are told by their advisors that these things must happen or the ATM machines will stop and people will become angry and gasp, vote for the other guy.
So they give them the go ahead to do what they must. The ECB knows that their own careers and pensions depend on "holding it all together". They have no reason NOT to take these actions. Why would you be surprised when they do?
Now THAT's a V-shaped recovery! [/sarc]
please don t tell me that no one, no insders are FRONT RUNNING the market when the BCE starts to lift all offers in BTPs................


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Sarah Carrasco
March 24, 2013
San Luis Obispo, Calif. -- The 49er softball team (20-14) dropped the final game of the opening series of conference play on Sunday, falling to Cal Poly 2-0. Long Beach won both games on Saturday to win the series.
The 49ers started the game with a bases loaded first inning, but they could not get a run to score. After a solid outing in the second game on Saturday, Christian Carbajal got the start in the circle on Sunday, but had a rough start to her day. She walked the first batter, and then gave up a single. Another single brought in a Mustang run, which was followed by a double, scoring a second run for Cal Poly as it lead 2-0 early. LBSU then brought Amanda Hansen in to pitch where she got the final two outs of the inning.
Sarah Carrasco started the second inning off with a single, but three straight outs put the 49ers back on defense. With Hansen now pitching, she was able to get through the top of the order to end the inning with a strikeout, ground out and pop up.
LBSU opened up the third inning with two straight singles, one by Brianna Stephan and the other by Hannah De Gaetano, but the 49ers couldn't get any runs to score and left two runners on base. Hansen again did a solid job in the bottom of the inning, allowing just one hit through four batters.
Carrasco hit her second single of the game in the top of the fourth, which was followed by a fielder's choice by Ashley Holmes. Carrasco was thrown out at second on the play for the first out of the inning. After a fly out by Darian Tautalafua, Shayna Kimbrough hit a single to get on base, but again the 49ers on base were left stranded as the inning ending on a ground out by Stephan. Like the third inning, Hansen gave up just one hit through four batters, moving the game to the fifth inning with Cal Poly still leading 2-0.
De Gaetano hit another single to start the fifth and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nalani St. Germain. Tautalafua then reached base on an error, but again, the two runners were left on base as the 49ers grounded out twice to end the top of the inning. Hansen then knocked off the top of the order, moving the game to the sixth inning.
The 49ers got two singles in the top of the sixth, one by Kimbrough and one by Stephan, but no runs were scored by LBSU. In the bottom of the sixth, Hansen got the first batter to pop up, but gave up a single to the second. A fly out and pop up ended the inning with one Mustang runner left on base.
In the top of the seventh, the first two 49er batters went for outs, but Karli Sandoval hit a double to keep the game going. The game ended as Carrasco popped up for the final out as Cal Poly got the win, 2-0. Carbajal was credited with the loss and falls to 5-3 on the season.
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After a long day at work the last thing you want to do is to spend hours in the kitchen cooking dinner. As much as I love cooking, there are some days that I get home from work and the last thing I want to do is spend time in the kitchen cooking up a storm. That's something I save for the weekend when I have time to flick through cookbooks for inspiration and can savour the time I spend in the kitchen. So, on the weekend, one of the things I like to do is to cook a few things that make weekday meals easier.
One of the things I like to make is a large pot of tomato pasta sauce or marinara sauce for my American readers. If you mention the words marinara sauce in Australia and people will immediately think of a tomato based seafood pasta sauce. A good tomato pasta sauce is a kitchen staple. It can be used to whip up a weekday meal and simply served with pasta or used as a base for a whole variety of dishes from lasagna, soup, as a pizza sauce, or used in a casserole.
After cooking up a huge pot of sauce I divide it up into zip lock bags and freeze it. I can then pull it out on nights I'm too tired to cook up a storm.
One of the things I like to do with the sauce is to fry up some mushrooms in olive oil and garlic, add the sauce, cook the sauce for a few minutes and allow the mushrooms to absorb the flavour of the sauce before adding some white wine, cream and parmesan.
What are your tricks to make weekday meals easier? Do you cook in advance? If so, what do you cook?
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Recipe adapted from Ina Garten's Marinara Sauce
2 hoursCook Time
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 small onions, diced
- 3 stalks of celery, chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 x 400g tins of Italian diced tomatoes
- 1/3 cup of basil, chopped
- 3/4 cup of red wine
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of freshly cracked pepper
- Heat a large pot over a medium heat and add the olive oil, onions, celery and garlic and cook until the onion becomes translucent.
- Add the wine and turn the heat up and cook until the wine almost evaporates.
- Add the tomatoes,salt, pepper and basil and cover and cook on a low heat for 2 hours. I find cooking the sauce longer results in a sauce that almost melts in your mouth.
- Set the sauce aside to cool and portion into zip lock bags. I portion the sauce into 2 large servings, which equates to 4 bags.
Creamy Tomato Pasta Sauce with Mushrooms, Cream and Parmesan
Serves 2
1 portion of sauce
1 clove of garlic
5 mushrooms
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of cream
1/4 cup of parmesan
1. Heat a pan over a medium heat and add the garlic and mushrooms and cook the mushroom for 4 to 5 minutes.
2. Add the frozen sauce and defrost in the pan. Once defrosted cook for 5 minutes to allow the mushrooms to absorb the flavours of the sauce.
3. Add the cream and parmesan and cook for a few minutes. Add to some cooked pasta (I prefer wholemeal penne) and toss to combine.


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Mme vend des galettes et des noix de kola depuis 03ans. Elle s'approvisionne au marché de son quartier. Ses clients sont les femmes, hommes.
Mme veut s'acheter 01sac de petit mil pour préparer ses galettes et 01 calebasse de noix de kola.
Avec ses bénéfices, elle veut améliorer son activité. Mme ambitionne épargner et aider son mari pour les charges de la famille.
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About Micro Start/AFDThis loan is administered by Micro Start/AFD, Kiva's first Field Partner in Burkina Faso. Micro Start/AFD's mission is to improve families' living conditions in general, and those of women in particular, by facilitating access to financial and non-financial services.
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We had a little guest staying with us for the past month. Her name is Rosa, a smooth coated Chihuahua mix. Bronwyn and Rosa are best friends, lying out on the deck all day sunbathing, letting their sugar cookie color fur get all warm and toasty. Ralph likes to cuddle up in Rosa's bed, even though he is much too big for it. The bed disappears under his masses of black fur. Rosa is good to have around. She livens up the place. The dogs seem to want to play more, they stay outside longer, begrudgingly coming in for dinner when called.
Last week, Rosa's mom came back home, and even though Rosa was very glad to see her, we were all sad to see her go. We decided we needed a Chihuahua in our lives on a more permanent basis. Looking at animal shelter websites, we came across several and decided to go down to the shelter nearest us to investigate. I'm a regular at many Southern California animal shelters. I have helped friends look for lost pets and adopted Ralph at one. Bronwyn was found downtown, so she never really got to see the inside of a shelter, I think, but we'll never know. She's as good as any other shelter rescue dog though, and as grateful.
Animal shelters are sad places. You pass by dog after dog pent up in cages, a little sheet of paper stuck onto the bars, with the name of the dog, breed, age, where they were found or why they were given up.. That is the worst. when you read why they were given up.
I saw a pair of beautiful shepherd mixes, tan and black, with big root beer eyes. They were together in one cage and curled up against each other. I called them Husband and Wife dogs. When they saw me, they both got up, as if to introduce themselves. Their eyes were wide and hopeful. I looked onto their little sheet. Underneath their stats was a hastily written – "no longer wanted." I burst into tears. I wanted them, but we didn't have room for two more big dogs, even lovely husband and wife dogs like this. They were well mannered, very polite, not jumping at the bars or barking for attention like the other dogs in the kennel, desperate for someone to notice them and love them and maybe take them home. The Husband and Wife dogs sat quietly, paws underneath them. If they had hands, they'd be folded. "No longer wanted." I turned around to leave and the Husband dog stood up because a gentleman always stands up when a lady is about to leave him. I felt their eyes follow me as I walked out through the steel door and just before it shut, I saw him curl up against his wife dog, warming her on the concrete floor, nuzzling her, as if to say, "Don't worry dear, maybe the next person to come through that door will want us."
I hate this. I am sickened by the sight of so many animals who are abandoned and wind up in shelters, hoping to be rescued. There is a scary corridor at the shelter, like a dog death row, where the dogs who have bit people or are dangerous to other dogs are kept. There is a high turnover rate because dogs like that are never adopted and the shelters cannot keep up with their numbers. You walk by them and the dogs are angry! Mad at you, mad at their irresponsible owners, mad at themselves, mad because they know they will soon be killed. I want to talk to them even though they might be dangerous. I want to pick up a telephone and talk to them on the other side of a glass partition. I want to hold my hand up to the glass and have them put their paw on it. I wish I had the space and the money and the time to take them all home.
We did find a little one. There are way too many of those too. Because Chihuahuas are so 'chic', and girls wanting to emulate Paris Hilton or Britney Spears get them thinking they are fashion accessories or 'toys' discard them as soon as they realize that these fragile creatures are not toys at all but living beings that they don't want to deal with. The shelters are full of tiny ones needing a real home, not a fashion shoot. They are not models! They are dogs!
We need to go back next week to pick up our new addition.* She's just a baby, and she needs to be there for a while longer, but thankfully, not too much longer. I wish I could take them all home. For now, I can only fit them all in my heart, where they will stay. Stay! Good dog.


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9 year old pays as agrees personal loan still reporting.[ Edited ]
11-04-2012 10:48 PM - edited 11-04-2012 11:29 PM
Ok so I posted earlier about how I was starting to use credit. I had completely forgot about my parents taking out a personal loan for me almost a decade ago.
Instead of starting out. I actually have a 9.5 ( from start date) year old account, a 4.5 year AAoA ( because i just started 2 secured cards to build revolving ) and an already established FICO score of 728.
Seriously? How can this even be?
Am I just extremely lucky or is there something gone awry here? Should I be worried about this falling off at any moment? Is there any way to keep that from happening?
The last date of activity was 4/04 for reference.
The loan had zero lates on it over 18 months btw. Nothing else is reporting. Not even the bank of america card inq from when I started it. The capitol one card is though.
The 728 FICO is the EQ score given right here on this very website via my scorewatch subscription.
This is my other post btw which I can't edit for some reason.
Edit : Granted I still have the super thin file to worry about but this is fabulous news.
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The mascara that delivers it all -- volume, length, curl and precise separation -- in a long-wearing, waterproof formula that won't flake or smudge. Pro-Vitamin B5 hydrates and conditions lash to keep them supple and healthy-looking. A unique brush design provides perfect definition of lashes, even the finest.
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This is definitely a nice volumizing mascara and it makes my lashes look amazing. However, it does not hold my curl whatsoever. My lashes are quite light so I generally need a dryer mascara to hold my curl and every single waterproof mascara has done the trick - with the exception of this one (even with a primer or waterproof mascara as a base). I would only recommend it if you do not have any curl-hold issues.


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Lidia's Italy In America "California: Pesto Pronto!" On her trip to the Golden State, Lidia meets with Brady Whitlow, president of Corto Olive, to talk about their methods of producing Italian-style olive oil in California. Next, Lidia visits one of the longest-standing wine making families in Sonoma County, the Seghesio family, at their vineyards. Joe joins Lidia in the kitchen to give his take on how to use pesto in two easy recipes: Pesto Salmon BLT and Pesto Chicken Salad. D
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Kvitova to play in Fed Cup final
Petra Kvitova has declared herself fit and will lead the Czech Republic into this weekend's Fed Cup final.
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The former Wimbledon champion was forced to withdraw from last week's WTA Championships in Istanbul due to a viral illness, putting her place in the Czech team to face Serbia in doubt.
However, Kvitova's name was put forward and she will play Saturday's second rubber against Jelena Jankovic.
That match will follow Lucie Safarova's battle with Ana Ivanovic at Prague's O2 Arena.
Ivanovic, the world number 12, carries fond memories of the Serbian men's team's victory in the Davis Cup two years ago, with the image of Novak Djokovic tearing his shirt off in celebration still fresh in the mind.
The 24-year-old will take that on court with her, hoping for a similar outcome on Sunday night.
"I remember a couple of years ago I was there when the men were winning and it was epic," she told the Fed Cup website.
"We will try our best and to match what the guys did would be amazing."
Sunday will see the reverse singles with Kvitova, who played a key role in the Czechs winning the trophy last year, up first against Ivanovic.
If necessary, the tie will be decided by the doubles rubber.
Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka have been named to play doubles by the Czechs, with Bojana Jovanovski and Aleksandra Krunic picked by the Serbs.
Czech captain Petr Pala fully expects that the overall outcome could go down to the last game, stressing how tight he believes the affair will be.
"We can expect every match to be a close one and decided by only a few points," he said.
"I hope the crowd and surface will help us get three points, but Serbia have two former world number-one players.
"They can play big matches and they are used to playing big matches. I think in this tie, anyone can beat anyone."
The final is taking place on an indoor hardcourt.
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If you've ever wanted to try needle-felting, these cookie-cutter hearts are the perfect project for a beginning felter. They are very simple to make and do not require a lot of wool or many tools.
All you need is some wool roving, a felting needle and a heart-shaped cookie cutter {use a sponge or foam block underneath your work so you don't end up poking yourself or breaking the needle}
Once you start making these, you'll quickly have a handful. You can create a pretty Valentine's Day garland by stringing a few together with baker's twine, make hanging ornaments for your Valentine Tree, turn them into hair clips, brooches or magnets or use them to add a pretty touch to a gift package.
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DEERFIELD, Ill -- Jimmy Butler knew what was coming.
After spending so much time talking about his beloved Marquette basketball team over the past few weeks, the proud alum knew what he was in for after the Golden Eagles' lost to Joakim Noah's Florida Gators in the NCAA Tournament Friday night.
"I knew I was going to hear it this morning," Butler said after Friday's practice. "I didn't know as soon as I walked into the door everybody was going to give it to me this morning."
The easy-going rookie tried to take it in stride, though. He actually spent Thursday night watching the game at Noah's house with teammates Ronnie Brewer and John Lucas III. The trash talk was, needless to say, abundant.
"It was tough," Butler said. "They play hard, they were making their shots ... it didn't help that I had Jo in my ear, in my face, doing his pistols when he didn't make any shots. But I guess that's what we got here."
For Noah, the loquacious Florida alum loved the fact that his old team was able to pull out the win.
"It's great, man," Noah said. "Really proud of the Gators. It was a great team effort, [Thursday]. I watched the game with Jimmy. I've never seen a guy with such an emotional ... his ups and downs [Thursday] were unbelievable. I was trying to stay steady, focused on the game. He was distraught after the game and I let him know about it ... We're family, but it was definitely tough for Little Jimmy [Thursday]."
Noah acknowledged that there was some kind of wager on the game, but he wasn't spilling on what was won, or in Butler's case, lost.
"It's more than just the wagers," Noah said. "Especially for Jimmy. He played with those guys so not being able to be there, in the fire, I'm sure that's tough. But being an old Gator boy, I just want to say I'm very proud of those young guys. They played their hearts out and made an old Gator very proud."


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Polling evolution in Louisiana
"Just in time for the bicentennial observance of Charles Darwin's birth, a new survey of Louisiana residents shows 40 percent of the respondents believe evolution is not well-supported by evidence or generally accepted within the scientific community," the Baton Rouge Advocate (April 14, 2009) reports.
Polling creationism in Canada
Among Canadians, 58 percent accept evolution, while 22 percent think that God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years, and 20 percent are unsure, according to a new poll from Angus Reid Strategies. The poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 1007 Canadian adults interviewed on-line on July 29 and 30, 2008, and its margin of error is +/- 3.1%.
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A poll recently conducted for Newsweek by Princeton Survey Research Associates International contained two questions relevant to the creationism/evolution controversy. The results [Link broken] were broadly consistent with those of previous polls using similar questions. The poll was conducted March 28-29, 2007, with 1004 adults aged 18 and over participating; the margin of error was +/- 4%.
"Public Acceptance of Evolution" in Science
The August 11, 2006, issue of Science features a brief article (PDF; subscription required) on "Public Acceptance of Evolution," written by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University, Eugenie C. Scott of NCSE, and Shinji Okamoto of Kobe University. Reviewing the past twenty years of polling in the United States, Miller, Scott, and Okamoto observe, "After 20 years of public debate, the percentage of U.S.
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This is a report on an epidemiological inquiry. The morbid condition — so to speak — under study could be variously characterized as a deficit of knowledge or a disease of the intellect, one that involves accepting a theological answer to a historical question. Present means of identifying those afflicted do not provide a clear distinction between these two disabilities or mixtures of them. But of the two most useful bodies of data now available — the Gallup Poll and the General Social Survey (GSS) — one puts the emphasis on theology, the other on knowledge of science.
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Question: Proportion equivalent to real height
As the title says, i'm quite interested in knowing how the proportion system equate to real length or height. I tried searching for this, but haven't found anything close to what i want.
Specifically i want to use it to determine the height of characters i'm creating. I can think of a way to determine it by precisely drawing over and measuring reference pictures but if you guys have a better way of doing this, i appreciate it. Thanks.
I'm also fine with being told "go measure it" lol, but let me know how you guys tackle with it.
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Loomis spends some pages of Figure drawing - for all its worth on various standards (normal, idealized, fashion, heroic) and ages (adult, 15, 12, 10, 5, 3, 1) with respect to proportions.Grinnikend door het leven...
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Thanks just looked it up, i think i kinda missed it on my first look at the book. I haven't read much about it but i looked it up again and it seems to just show it, not talk much about it though. Just a page or two, mentioned and is mostly just illustrated. I guess theres no real guidelines to it. Just have to measure it manually.
To what i see, he has a standard of 9 inches for the head on a 8 heads ideal proportion (and that the ideal height is 6 foot tall), not much info was given on how the size of the head might differ on height (or will it even change), it is also shown that change in head size is on age differences. So does that mean that an asian man with the same 8 head proportion be the same as a westerner with the same 8 head proportion, or will there be difference? Or will the size of the head be same or different on a same age guy with different heights? I don't know maybe i'm just being to detailed on this.
I have more questions sprouting (got a little excited) but this is on a indirect side, what height is considered short or tall on a race, gender or place of origin? Ideal proportion could be different to other countries. I can't help but think that there are a lot of consideration to proportion. Don't mind this question though lol
Kinda throwing a lot of question, sorry i'm a little bit confused on it, might need to research on it, but as i've said maybe the way to this is just manual measuring.
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I don't say this to encourage you. Representational art is about life, which envelopes much more than just art. Eventually, you will find yourself studying history, architecture, literature, folklore, costume design and mechanics, to name but a few. Enjoy the ride!Grinnikend door het leven...
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I also don't think it's too healthy for me to study too much on one particular thing, balancing research and the actual art itself is i guess the end goal to it. I actually give a limited time for me to research just so i don't waste to much time on it. I just can't help it sometimes that when i research something, questions pop up and makes me wonder and excited what the changes will be when i incorporate them. Again, thank you so much for your reply, and yes i'll enjoy it ahaha.
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The Score "Andrew Hammond will remain on the shelf for the Ottawa Senators. The goaltender was hurt in practice on Nov. 15 after taking a puck to the mask, and has remained on injured reserve since then. On Monday, head coach Dave Cameron said that Hammond's "stalled" in his recovery, according to TSN..." November 24
NHL.com "Ottawa Senators goaltender Andrew Hammond sustained an undisclosed injury during practice Sunday and goalie Matthew O'Connor has been recalled on an emergency basis. Hammond is 2-0-2 with a 2.42 goals-against average and .930 save percentage in four games." November 16
Ottawa Citizen "With all due respect to Michael J. Fox and Marty McFly and Hollywood time travel trivia, Hamburglar-mania memories are also in the air as Hammond prepares for his first start of the season Thursday against the New Jersey Devils. On Tuesday night, local McDonald's franchises presented Hammond..." October 21
TSN "Ottawa Senators goaltender Andrew Hammond will miss the start of the NHL season due to a groin injury. Hammond is out two weeks due to the 'tweak' sustained in practice earlier this week. The Senators signed the goaltender to a three-year, $4.05 million contract during the..." October 02
Ottawa Citizen "Fans of the Ottawa Senators have three good reasons to tune into the 2015 NHL Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Erik Karlsson. Mark Stone. Andrew Hammond. All three are nominated for major player awards. Karlsson, of course, is looking for his second Norris Trophy as the NHL's outstanding..." June 24
Sporting News "Andrew Hammond's emergence during the Ottawa Senators' legendary playoff drive had an unexpected consequence: It put the team in the market to peddle a goaltender. So as the NHL gathered for the Stanley Cup Final series, rumors began to fly about which netminder might be dealt. Immediate..." June 04
Sportsnet "The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Andrew Hammond to a three-year contract extension, the club announced on its official Twitter account. "The Hamburglar" helped the Senators make an improbable run to the post-season after taking over No. 1 duties after injuries felled Craig Anderson..." May 20
Sportsnet "The Ottawa Senators' push for the post-season and the play of goaltender Andrew "The Hamburglar" Hammond down the stretch made for one of the best stories in hockey this past season. General manager Bryan Murray said he would work to sign Hammond to a new contract following his club's exit from..." May 05
NHL.com "Goaltenders Devan Dubnyk of the Minnesota Wild and Andrew Hammond of the Ottawa Senators and defenseman Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins are the three finalists for the 2014-15 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which is awarded "to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance,..." May 01
Pro Hockey Talk "With the Ottawa Senators' unexpected playoff run now in the past, Andrew Hammond is waiting to see what's next for him. The 27-year-old posted an incredible 1.79 GAA and .941 save percentage in 24 games to lead the team into the postseason. Once they got there though, Hammond struggled somewhat..." April 29
NHL.com "Ottawa Senators goaltender Andrew Hammond, Calgary Flames center Jiri Hudler and Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk have been named the NHL's "Three Stars" for the month of March. FIRST STAR – ANDREW HAMMOND, G, OTTAWA SENATORS Hammond went 10-1-1 with a 2.09 goals-against average and..." April 01
#Sens head coach Dave Cameron has confirmed that @andrewhammond30 will start in goal tonight in Detroit. No changes from yesterday's avail.
CBS Sports "The Ottawa Senators' fans' recent tradition of throwing hamburgers onto the ice in praise of improbable star goalie Andrew Hammond has been charming, if messy. The Hamburglar's story has been amazing, as has how quickly he has been embraced and lionized by the Ottawa fanbase. The light-hearted..." March 26
NHL.com "The transaction line came and went Jan. 29, like so many others do during the course of an 82-game NHL season. The Ottawa Senators summoned a goaltender from the Binghamton Senators, their American Hockey League team, to hold down the backup spot behind Robin Lehner while starter Craig Anderson..." March 18
Ottawa Sun "Andrew Hammond joked that he didn't eat the hamburger thrown to the ice at Canadian Tire Centre following Sunday's victory because it was "cold." Fact of the matter is, The Hamburglar can now get all he wants, straight off the grill. Thanks to John Bergeron, the Senators goalie will be..." March 17
Ottawa Citizen "Ottawa Senators' No. 1 goaltender Craig Anderson has been sidelined with what coach Dave Cameron describes as a "day-to-day" ailment. Andrew Hammond has been recalled from the AHL's Binghamton Senators as a backup to Robin Lehner , who will be in net for Thursday's game between Ottawa and the..." January 29
Ottawa Sun "Andrew Hammond distinguished himself Thursday as the sixth player in Senators' history to wear No. 30 and owner of the best nickname for an Ottawa goalie since The Dominator. It was the design on his mask that prompted reporters to ask after the morning skate how he became "Hamburglar". "It..." February 28


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Federal authorities say the mother and son who owned and operated a now-defunct medical transport company in Gates County face prison sentences for conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Raleigh said Thursday that Phyllis Stallings Harrell, former owner of Harrell Medical Transport, was sentenced to six years in prison. Her son, Paul Lynn Trueblood, was sentenced to nearly 4½ years. Paul Trueblood is the company's former operator.
The two pleaded guilty last November, and were each ordered to serve three years of supervised release and reimburse the federal government more than $1.5 million.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Ollie Being Ollie | Hugh
A Baby Sea Otter's Unique Way Of Doing Things
Most of the Aquarium of the Pacific's sea otters either lay on their backs or their bellies when eating on deck. That is all except Ollie. If there is one thing I've learned about Ollie the Otter it is that she does many thing in her own style. Ollie does so many things in her own unique way that the mammalogists and volunteers that work with the sea otters have come to refer to these random moments as "Ollie being Ollie".
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Aquarium's Critters Seen from a Different Angle | Hugh
When you take a look at the Aquarium's critters from a slightly different view point you may see things you didn't notice before. Seen from ground level a seal happily "skips" along with her trainer. Seen from his point-of-view, a sea lion makes an exciting high-speed head-on pass with one of his exhibit mates. These are just two unique views of the critters at the Aquarium of the Pacific that you'll see in this week's blog in the video "The Aquarium's Critters from a Different Angle"!
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Who's Who? | Hugh
Recognizing the Aquarium's Pinnipeds
To a wet-side volunteer like myself that spends a lot of time around them, the seals and sea lions of the Aquarium of the Pacific are as individual and recognizable as any of my close friends and relatives. However I've been reminded by a dry-side staffer that perhaps to guests and non marine mammal staff the pinnipeds may not be quite as recognizable to them. So this week's blog is about how to tell our pinnipeds apart and, as a bit of an insight to them, how I tell them apart by their looks and personality.
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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Sea Lion-Cam with Milo…and Harpo | Hugh
Milo the sea lion received a new toy last weekend. His old low resolution video camera on his "sea lion-cam" rig has now been replaced with a new high definition video camera. Our aquatic photographer took it out for a test dive last Saturday. This week's blog features the video shot by Milo while he and I tried out the camera for the first time.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
CHECK OUT OLLIE THE OTTER PUP THIS SUMMER! | Hugh
Need a cute fix this summer? Come on out to the Aquarium of the Pacific and check out Ollie the sea otter pup! The adorable ball of fur is now part of the Sea Otter Exhibit!
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
OLLIE THE SEA OTTER MEETS THE FURBALL | Hugh
It was the moment that I had been looking forward to for months. Little Orphan Ollie would finally meet the first sea otter that I'd ever help raise as a pup. The anticipation of the meeting stirred a bit of exultation and a little bit of anxiousness. What would happen when Ollie would finally meet the critter that I nicknamed the Furball?
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
SEA OTTER AND SEA LION RETRIEVAL BEHAVIORS | Hugh
What does a trainer do if they accidentally drop something into the otter exhibit? Or if it's the end of the day and time to put the sea lion toys away? Does he or she don a wetsuit to retrieve the items personally from the water or find a long pole net to try to scoop them up? Well fortunately they don't have to do either. One of the more practical behaviors that we train our sea lions and otters to do at the Aquarium of the Pacific is to retrieve objects from their exhibit.
Conservation | Volunteering | Turtles
Thursday, May 12, 2011
THE URBAN SEA TURTLES OF LONG BEACH | Hugh
About 6 miles away from the Aquarium of the Pacific on the east side of Long Beach runs an urban river with a very surprising wildlife colony. You'd expect to see them while on an exotic journey to Mexican or Hawaiian waters. Yet right under the noses of Southern Californian recreational cyclists riding the San Gabriel River bike path lives a colony of endangered green sea turtles!
Conservation | Volunteering | Mammals
Thursday, April 28, 2011
BABY OTTERS DON'T EAT HOT DOGS! | Hugh
Observations of a Mother Otter and Her Pup in Monterey Harbor
A heartwarming story of a wild sea otter mom and her possibly adopted pup as she teaches it what it should and shouldn't eat in Monterey Harbor.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Helping Wayward Magellanic Penguins | Hugh
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to meet five non-releasable Magellanic Penguins that had washed ashore in Brazil distressed and had found both a home and medical help at the Aquarium of the Pacific.