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Edgewater Rotary Club lends hand in Terra Mar clean-up efforts
Published: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 4:57 p.m.
EDGEWATER - The Edgewater Rotary Club went out to the Terra Mar Village to lend a hand with the recovery from the tornado that struck the 200-home community Dec. 10.
The club provided food for about 200 residents for a lunchtime break from their clean-up work. Two of the club members purchased a new shed for a resident and installed it.
A tree-trimmer came into the park and worked for two days at no charge fixing the damaged trees.
Another group of three came in and just started cleaning things up for folks.
In addition, the Rotarians listened to the residents' stories of the early evening EF1 tornado that caused $1.7 million in damage. About 90 homes were damaged with five destroyed.
Many Edgewater residents and local charities also came to the aid of the small community to secure tarps over damaged structures and clean-up debris. Many of the local eateries and grocers also provided food and aid.
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A genuine Birkin handbag is a big investment and should be approached with care and knowledge - an accessory that can cost as much as $8,000.00 is not to be taken lightly!
Here are some signs that the Birkin bag you are interested in is real:
- Look at the logo very carefully. The makers of the Birkin bag (Hermes) owns the font and the typeface and it is not easy for forgers to copy. Go to the Hermes site or, if it is available, a store that you know carries genuine Birkins and study the logo.
- Feel the leather. The leather used in a Birkin is top quality and feels very rich and also has a distinctive leather smell.
- Look at the stitching. All Birkins have what is called a "saddle" stitch which is created when two needles crisscross each other to form an "X" pattern. The purpose of this special stitch is so that, even if one stitch breaks, the handbag will not unravel.
- Something that is much harder to see is that the thread used to sew the bag is coated in beeswax.
Birkin handbags are designed to last a lifetime and, if the bag you bought online as "genuine" falls apart, changes are it is not real.


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Height: 5-10 Weight: 223 lbs.
Born: September 21, 1985 in Nashville, TN
High School: Goodpasture Christian
College: Vanderbilt (school history) (Buggs college stats)
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (13070th overall since 1950)
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Jay Leno at the Terry Fator Theatre at the Mirage
Okay, there's a reason Jay Leno has been dubbed "The King of Late Night." It's because he reigns supreme. He's downright funny, not to mention extremely entertaining and charming. While commenting on the foibles of everyday life, celebrities and news stories, you never tire of his material because it's fresh and keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting more. His delivery is dead-on and what he has to say is relevant, and his material is fresh and hilarious. While other comics joke about the side effects of medications advertised on TV being worse than the afflictions themselves, nobody tells is like Leno. Drugs that sounds like Jerry Lewis would make them up? Of course! When the audience tried to get him to comment on Conan, he refused to badmouth O'Brian and wouldn't respond at all - blowing it off as a stupid news story, which it is. The guy's a class act.
As a comedian, he's never forgotten his roots and his stories about his family are easily relatable. You believe he's embarrassed by his parents and that he's still just their son despite his celebrity.
His opening act, Mosaic - an all-male a cappella group, are first-rate. They are the opening act for George Wallace at the Flamingo. Having them as Leno's opening act couldn't be luckier. They're sure to get your feet tapping.
Grab the gang and come on out to the Mirage. Feel free to bring the kids, if they're over five, as it's a family-friendly show.You won't be disappointed. Jay Leno, comic extraordinaire, will be back at the Terry Fator Theatre on the dates listed below. Showtimes are 10:00 p.m.
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However, if you can't make the show this time around, Jay Leno will be back throughout most of 2010 – with show dates practically monthly starting in February.
Show Times:
Fri, February 26, 2010 at 10:00PM
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Tom Corbett: Space CadetEpisode: The runaway rocket - Air Date: May 22, 1954. This was the final episode on DuMont. "Tom Corbett" would return in the fall on NBC.
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|Reflecting. Photo by Kyla
Many of us are finding ourselves being retrained - if you credit the view that our lives take place within a greater arena of Being. (Whether literally true or not, it is a useful point of view in these circumstances.) There is a sense that we are in unknown territory. For some, there is an exhileration in that. For some it feels like certain problems are simply getting worse and much seems impossible to handle. Some of us spend time in both of those states. Wherever you find yourself on that scale, for all of us this time is a real creativity soup. We're in a sort of chaos out of which anything might be coaxed into life. Or spring forth full-grown when its time arrives.
Maybe we are all falling apart together. Is that scary? Is that inspiring? What's falling apart? and what is being uncovered, in the process? How can we live from our creative spark?
I am aware that there are a number of well-developed theories, or descriptions, out there, about the nature of this time we are living through, and what it means for us individually. I have no interest in engaging at that level of theory. I am interested in what it's like right now, on the ground, for you and for me. What are we dealing with and how are we faring?
Regardless of what somebody outside has to say about it, what's it like inside? How does it feel? And, what do we really need in order to thrive here? These are exactly the right conditions for creativity to flourish. So how might we engage with that harmoniously and productively?
Over my life (64 years this coming summer) I've walked a lot of trails, made a lot of mistakes, failed at many things. The successes I've had have never come in any form I could have expected. I have trained hard for this time, as I know you have also (if you're still here, you've trained hard for it, trust me on this.) Many people doubt their own creativity. We have the idea that unless we paint pictures or write poems or novels, or act or make songs, we aren't creative.
I'm here to tell you that everyone is creative. You are a creative being and there's much you have to share with the rest of us once that creative spark finds its way to expression.
One of the things I've had lots of training in is listening. For example, once I trained to be a teacher in a particular spiritual school (a school of awakening called Waking Down, founded by Saniel Bonder) and during that training I clocked over one thousand volunteer hours on the phone, just listening to people talk through their process, and holding space for them. (I did become a teacher, but found I could not sustain the connection with the group for a number of practical reasons, so I left.)
At different times I've charged for the service of counseling over the phone, ranging from $50 to $150 an hour, depending on the circumstances. I have never built a practice because my life (training!) has repeatedly demanded other focuses from me.
I am not a psychic reader, nor am I a psychotherapist. But I can listen. Sometimes it really helps to be fully heard, unconditionally listened to.
I am now offering the service of Creative Listening. Because I know our financial well being is challenged more than in many other times, I'm offering this for donations only. I do suggest a minimum donation of $33.00 for an hour. I may offer suggestions, or I may only be able to hold space for you, but if you feel the need to be heard, please email me for an appointment. I can be reached at kylaluaz at gmail dot com.
Please share the link to this blog with others.
I'll be posting articles Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for now. Working on some other projects, to be announced.
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Things to see and do - Kecskemét
Leaving for Hungary
Town hall :
Nearby tourist sites
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Apollo Hotel from29 €Book
Hotel Uno from26 €Book
Pálma Hotel from32 €Book
Town hall
Town hall : Michelin's recommendations
The attractive architecture of this pink building is an example of what Hungary calls Art Nouveau. Its construction, begun in 1893, is the work of architects Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos. Take the time to venture inside and climb the stairs to the Council Room. Guided tours are available to admire the historic scenes painted in a Romantic style by the artist Bertalan Székely.
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- Address : Kossuth Tér 1 H - Kecskemét 60006000Kecskemét
- Phone : (76) 481 065
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2012-2013: Started 12-of-24 games she played in and averaged 20.4 minutes per contest ... Led the team with 12 blocks ... Scored in double digits in five contests ... Scored a career-high 18 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the charity stripe, grabbing seven rebounds, dishing three assists and accounting for two steals at Bradley (Nov. 28) ... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds and scored 11 points in a win at Morehead State (Nov. 18) ... Blocked a shot in nine separate games ... Recorded a season-high four steals to go along with seven points and four rebounds in a win against Loyola (Nov. 30) ... Matched her career-high in minutes played (32) and shot 6-of-9 from the field with 12 points in a start against Miami (Ohio) (Feb. 3) ... Played 20-plus minutes in 13 games.
2011-12:Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules after transferring from Wisconsin.
Previous School: Played in 15 games for Wisconsin during the 2010-11 season, averaged nearly five minutes per game ... Due to NCAA transfer rules, will be eligible to play for NIU in the 2012-13 season ... Had career-high five points at Michigan (Jan. 16) ... Shot a perfect 2-of-2 from the field vs. the Wolverines ... Also added one rebound and one assist at Michigan ... Tallied first career point off a free throw at Saint Louis (Nov. 12) ... Also had two blocks and two rebounds against the Billikens ... Scored field goals vs. William & Mary (Nov. 14), vs. Marquette (Nov. 24) and vs. Butler (March 16).
High School: Second-team all-state as a senior ... Named to the all-state senior team by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association ... Indiana all-star, competing in the Indiana-Kentucky series ... Three-time All-Northern Lakes Conference selection ... Averaged 15.2 points per game and added 82 assists and 42 steals as a senior ... Four-year record of 85-18 ... Crimson Chargers won four sectional crowns under coach Larry Fielstra ... 2009-10 team co-captain and was named her team's co-most valuable player as a senior ... Played AAU basketball with Indiana Elite South Bend, coached by Andrew Woodrich and Doug Springer ... Ranked 74 nationally and 10th among small forwards by Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
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Tonight, Atletico Madrid beat visiting AC Milan at the Vicente Calderon Stadium by a deceiving 4-1 score. The deception was that the game was completely lopsided, it was not. Kaka, Robinho, and Mario Balotelli hit woodwork, forced formidable saves from an in form Thibaut Courtois, and almost overcame a homer referee to make a game out of a match that was not decided until the third Atletico score at the 71st minute (http://bit.ly/1cS7RUD).
Diego Costa's acrobatic opening score at the 3rd minute, completely losing his marker, Adil Rami, at the far post, on Koke's brilliant cross, made for a nightmarish start for Milan. But 24 minutes later a Kaka header had leveled the score if not control of the game. "I knew that Milan could complicate things," Atletico coach Diego Simeone said at the post game press conference. "We started better than them in the first half and it seemed we would go on and control the game after the first goal, but they got back into it."
Atletico played one of its best games of the year and were in the driver's seat with possession and inventive play but where being shut down by some last gasp Milan defending. The visitors were also attacking and making the hosts defend well to keep the aggregate score on their terms. Then, Arda Turan's 40th minute ricochet off the ever misplaced Rami left Christian Abbiati without a chance to react. Atletico 2, Milan 1. But the match did not feel done, Milan always looked dangerous.
In the second half, Milan used substitute Robinho to tremendous advantage as he had one of his best games of the year forcing Courtois into a one handed diving save and hitting the woodwork moments later. Kaka, still playing great football and having a fantastic year, had several great plays go begging and a couple of shots that barely missed the target. But the evenhanded game, the back-and-forth plays that made for great entertainment were simply too even for a team needing two scores. Ultimately Milan ran out of gas.
At the 71st minute, Raul Garcia's header at the far post, off a Gabi free kick, settled the match and moved Atletico onto the Champions League quarterfinals. But the game was not over. Costa, still smarting from a poor showing in a Spanish National Team role needed to show the national coach, Vicente del Bosque, why this striker is still a good bet for the Red Fury. Scoring the fourth and final goal on a brilliant angled shot, right to left and off the far post from inside the box, leaving Abbiati helpless again, Costa led his team emphatically with his brace and seventh goal in the 2014 Champions League.
Barcelona host Manchester City tomorrow with a 2-0 Catalan advantage, while Real Madrid host Schalke on the 18th with a 6-1 Merengues advantage. It would be fair to say, that aside from Germany's Bayern Munich and France's PSG, the three Spanish teams seem the cream of the competition so far.


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Film 'Evil Dead' in Multiplex Cinema Ekran in Zenica
From 2 May, citizens of Zenica are able to watch the film called 'Evil Dead' which will be shown in Multiplex Cinema 'Ekran'.
Evil Dead is a 2013 American horror film co-written and directed by Fede Alvarez. It is the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series. It is the first not to be directed by Sam Raimi.
The film talks about five friends who head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival.


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Barack Obama Releases New Dubstep Song "Sexy and I Know It" By LMFAO
Instead of doing something useful like fixing the economy or resigning for office, it's good to know Obama is living the high life of free vacations, lobster dinners and making dubstep music videos.
Here we see the incompetent 'president' releasing a new video on YouTube called "Sexy and I Know It". It's already bad enough that he's a Kenyanesian democrat but now we have him showing his true arrogance. Take a look at this filthy nonsense that's being shown on children's iPads nationwide.
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November 15, 2000
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (8-21,1-16 in MVC) will look to end a disappointing season on a positive note, when the Salukis host Evansville (17-14, 9-8 in MVC) on Thursday, November 16.
SIU played better in two losses last week, but Saluki head coach Sonya Locke isn't expecting something special in the final game of the season. She's simply looking for her team will play to its potential.
"I'm not looking for anything special in the last match. A win would be really good for the team, and I know they want to end on a really good note. I think that since they performed so well over the weekend, I don't think they will be able to accept anything less than a win. I think they really badly want to end on a winning note," said Sonya Locke, Saluki head coach.
"I'm going to sit back and watch and see what they're going to do. I know them well enough to know that they can win, but this is a challenge in itself. We're playing for quote, unquote nothing and they're playing for an opportunity to improve their spot in the tournament. The mentalities are different. One team wants to keep someone from attaining something and the other team wants to position themselves for the tournament. I just want to see our kids perform at the level we can perform at, and if we lose that means that Evansville was better than us that day. That's what I would prefer to see."
Locke added that the matches with Evansville are usually intense and a chance for the Purple Aces to improve their tournament seeding will just add to a great rivalry.
"It's going to be intense anyway, our rivalry is pretty good. Our kids respect each other and Mark Hardaway (Evansville's Coach) and I get along real well and we're travel partners. We all go through the same things every year traveling to the same places on the same weekend," Locke added. "Our rivalry has become big and it's a good one, it's not nasty. The kids don't yap through the net at each other, but they go at each other hard and it's good clean fun. It's fun to coach against Mark, we play a lot of chess games on the court. It'll be a dogfight."
In addition to the rivalry and a chance to be seeded from fourth to sixth, the Salukis will have to beat a good hitting and defensive Evansville team to earn a win.
"I think we're just going to have to block well. They've been hitting pretty well and they're a good defensive team. We've got to outwork them. That's the bottom line," stated Locke.
"Since the rivalry is such a good one, it's going to be a good fight. They won't come in here and roll over and die. They have something to lose, they really do. They want to get the highest seed at the tournament and they need to win to have a chance at the fourth seed. They'll come in and play good defense, I know they will."
The Salukis will host Evansville in the final match of the season on Thursday, November 16, at 7 p.m. in Davies Gym.
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Jonas Hellborg: Two Rivers
Two Rivers
Jonas Hellborg (bass)
The Word (Axiom 162 539 898-2)
Jonas Hellborg (bass), Tony Williams (drums),
Soldier String Quartet: Laura Seaton, David Soldier (violins), Ron Lawrence (viola), Mary Wooten (cello).
Composed by Jonas Hellborg.
Recorded: Brooklyn, NY, 1991
Rating: 93/100 (learn more)
Bassist Jonas Hellborg is an intense guy. Years ago, I saw him in a concert crowd. Being a fan, I thought about going over and introducing myself. But the look on his face indicated to me that I should not bother. Hellborg's music is also intense. Apart from his numerous recorded projects as leader, Hellborg made his name playing with John McLaughlin, Ginger Baker and the late fusion guitarist Shawn Lane. In many ways, his contributions to the bass vocabulary are undervalued. He's been putting out his own unique music since the early '80s. Much of it was released on his own label Day Eight and others he has created over the years. Doing such allowed him the artistic freedom he sought.
At one point during his McLaughlin run, it looked like he was going to rise to the popularity of Stanley Clarke. But it never happened. His projects took him farther and farther from the mainstream. It has become clear that his desire to serve his music trumps any commercial aspirations.
Arabic in nature, "Two Rivers" is an uncomplicated mantra. We have embarked on a plodding desert trek. Playing on a custom acoustic bass guitar, not an upright, Hellborg is more interested in dissecting the notes than in showing off his prodigious chops. He methodically turns each scalar run on its side, creating an air of strange inevitability. Williams's drumming is quasi-martial in nature. Short and sporadic drum rolls act as fills. The Soldier String Quartet doubles much of the melody and adds the needed flourishes to prod us on. As we approach the last dune, the main theme returns. The journey is at last over. We empty the sand out of our desert shoes and rinse our feet in the current.
Years after I'd been afraid to meet Hellborg, I was introduced to him. I told him of my earlier cowardice. He smiled wryly in a way that hinted he may have been pleased that I'd been frightened of him. I couldn't quite interpret it. But Jonas claimed it would have been fine to come up to him. Nobody should be scared of him, he said. But I am still not quite sure.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1990s jazz · bass
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The U Honors The Rock
The University of Miami has named their new football locker room after Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Click here for more coverage with a photo.
TNA Star on Austin Podcast
Steve Austin hosted TNA's Samoa Joe on his "Steve Austin Show" podcast on Friday. We'll post the link when it's available.
The JBL & Cole Show
This week's episode of The JBL & Cole Show is subtitled "Cody doesn't want to be a Cowboy" and is online at this link. You can also watch in the video embedded below:
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In our attractive low-rise building we have 48 Apartments. Spread over two stories with use of a swimming pool, deck chairs, and a small pool for younger children, surrounded by waving palm trees, exotic flowers and tropical plants. We offer wash- and dry facilities and free wire-less internet. We have a bar where you can enjoy your drinks and snacks and of course your welcome drink.
Our spacious apartments have two bedrooms ( each with two beds ) a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and a living. Each apartment has his own spacious balcony / terrace with table and chairs. All apartments are fully air conditioned. A safe box and cable TV is available in all apartments.
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May 2, 2013 10:15 AM
We wanted to bake up a batch of springtime sugar cookies the other day, but found that we were woefully unprepared. Our cookie cutter collection consists of a snowman, a warped heart (thanks to a garbage disposal mishap), and a set of unmentionable body parts courtesy of Spencer's. (What? We hosted a bachelorette last year!) So now we've got A Year of Cookie Cutters ($20, on sale) on our wish list. The jar houses a dozen cutters featuring seasonally appropriate shapes. Hopefully we'll be pulling sunshine and flower snickerdoodles out of the oven soon!
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Chromebooks, the low-end laptops that run on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Chrome OS, are taking over the world. Research firm Gartner expects global sales to surge 79%, year over year, to 5.2 million units this year, then nearly triple to 14.2 million units by 2017.
Samsung (NASDAQOTH:SSNLF) is the leading manufacturer of Chromebooks, with a 65% market share. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) should certainly be worried. Gartner expects global desktop and laptop sales -- Microsoft's bread and butter -- to fall from 296 million units in 2013 to 262 million units in 2015.
Why Chromebooks could put a hurt on Microsoft
Chromebooks are attractive for three simple reasons -- they're cheap, beefy enough for everyday tasks, and use a free OS loaded with free apps. Those apps tie into Google's cloud-based ecosystem, making it a seamless transition for Android handset or tablet users.
Back in 2006, Bill Gates mocked MIT's $100 laptop, which was backed by Google and designed for developing countries. Gates was particularly critical of the device's "tiny screen" and its lack of a hard disk, according to Reuters. Even though Gates was no longer Microsoft's CEO at the time, his distaste for lower-end devices reflects the tech giant's attitude.
Microsoft still believes that high productivity comes at a high price, as seen with the Surface Pro 3, which costs up to $2,000. Its hardware partners echoed that philosophy with Ultrabooks, most of which cost over $1,000. But the fatal flaw in Microsoft's plan is that it targets Apple's MacBooks -- which only account for 4% of the PC market -- instead of the lower-end market.
Under Steve Ballmer, Microsoft believed that it could always keep customers on a tight leash with Windows and Office. Yet Google cut that leash with the free Chrome OS, which hardware makers -- still burned by Windows 8 -- were eager to try out. Google also launched Google Docs as a free alternative to Office, which forced Microsoft to introduce Office Online, a free, cloud-based version of Office.
When push comes to shove, Google can afford to give away Chrome OS and apps for free. Microsoft can't. Google uses Chromebooks the same way it does Android devices -- to generate revenue from web searches and ads, and to keep users tethered to its ecosystem. Microsoft, on the other hand, relies on Windows and Office for 19% and 28% of its annual revenue, respectively.
Microsoft Office remains the leader in enterprise, with a 90% market share. But Gartner forecasts that usage of Google's cloud-based ecosystem could rise to 50% over the next decade, thanks to its popularity among students and small businesses. At least Microsoft is owning up to its mistakes -- COO Kevin Turner recently announced that Microsoft had partnered with Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to launch a $199 laptop to take on Chromebooks by the holidays.
Why Chromebooks could save Samsung
While the Chromebook has certainly become a thorn in Microsoft's side, it could be a blessing for Samsung.
Samsung was one of the first companies to launch Chromebooks in 2011. Sales were sluggish at first, with only 400,000 Chromebooks shipped in 2012. But in 2013, sales surged to 1.76 million units, according to NPD. If sales really hit 14.2 million by 2017 and Samsung retains its 65% share of the market, the company could ship 9.2 million Chromebooks to generate $200 million-$300 million in annual revenue.
That's a drop in the pond compared to the 314 million smartphones that IDC believes Samsung shipped last year, but there's a key difference -- Samsung's Chromebook sales are rising by the triple digits, while smartphone sales are peaking.
Samsung's smartphone shipments of 74 million units -- per IDC -- last quarter missed market expectations for 90 million units, despite the launch of its flagship Galaxy S5. The company's net profit also fell 20% over the prior-year period due to increased competition from low-cost Chinese competitors like Xiaomi. Chromebooks won't solve these problems overnight, but they could help Samsung become less dependent on its mobile division, the company's largest business segment, which generates half of its annual revenue.
The Foolish takeaway
The rise of Chromebooks proves two things -- that the laptop is far from dead, and customers love cheap laptops running free apps on a free OS.
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The scholarships were awarded to the students because of their service projects and a willingness to reach out to others in the church, school, and community.
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Toddlers who are delayed in speaking are not necessarily delayed in understanding the language, according to a press release on Feb. 3. The researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder found shy children will have problems speaking with others but they are fully capable of understanding what is being said to them.
Shy children with inhibited expression (delayed speech) are thought to be delayed in speech comprehension but that is a misconception. Parents may assume if the children cannot express their thoughts in a communication exchange, they cannot understand what is being said.
Shy kids are reluctant to speak and it is not a speech deficit.
Research has shown in the past that children with inhibited speech can have negative outcomes such as social problems later in life. For this reason, it is extremely important to understand the dynamics of delayed speech in a child to receive appropriate treatment or intervention, if needed.
It is suggested by the researchers for caregivers and parents to encourage shy children to be independent and to interact with other children to avoid social restrictions.
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2006 OUTDOOR TRACK UPDATE: At the New Hampshire Wildcat Invitational (4/8) placed 8th in the 5000-meter run (15:07.28) ... At the Southern Connecticut Invitational (4/1) placed 18th in the 1500-meter run (4:08.17) ...At the Brown Invitational (4/15) placed 25th in the mile run (4:35.14) and 11th in the 3000-meter run (9:00.37)...Took 12th place in the 1500-meter run (4:09.37) at the UConn Invitational (4/22)... At the New Hampshire Invitational (4/29) places sixth in the 5000-meters (15:41.70)...Placed 14th in the 5000-meters (15:21.00) at the A-10 Championships (5/7).
2006 INDOOR TRACK: Placed 66th in the 3,000-meter at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/18)
2004-05: Competed twice during the outdoor season after sitting out the indoor season ... finished 15th at the Atlantic 10 Championships running a season-best 4:18.51 in the 1,500 meters ... during the cross country season, competed in two races for UMass ... ran a 28:25.42 at the Syracuse Classic (9/25) to finish 12th overall ... followed that with his best time of the season, 27:25 at the New England Championships (10/8).
2003-04: Did not compete during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... competed in every cross country meet but one for UMass ... posted a time of 33:26 at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (11/17) ... highest finish of season was sixth at the UMass Invitational (9/13) ... ran at the New England Championships finishing in 26:28 ... finished 13th at the Syracuse Classic (9/27) completing the course in 29:00.46 ... competed in the Albany Invitational (10/20) finishing in 26:26.
Montclair Kimball HS: First-team All-Colonial Hills and first-team all-county honoree in cross country at Montclair Kimberley ... named MVP during cross country, indoor track and outdoor track seasons ... also named team captain during senior year ... ran personal-best times of 16:11 in the 5K and 4:23 in the 1,600 meters.
Personal: Full name is Michael Patrick Dulong ... son of Mark and Maureen Dulong ... has one brother, James ... born on Oct. 4, 1984 in Atlantic City, N.J. ... his uncle, Art Dulong, ran cross country at Holy Cross ... well-round athlete in high school where he was a member of the Environmental Awareness club and sang in the Chorus ... says his career aspiration is to become a writer.
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Don't depend on comprehensive health care reform to significantly cut the cost of the health insurance benefits you provide to employees. Many of America's best companies have found that a few best practices do a remarkably good job of improving employee health and controlling health care expenses. Here are some of the best practices in health benefits used by America's best employers.
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Thomas Defay swam the fastest time in the 200 IM at SIU since 1999.
March 7, 2013
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CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois men's swimming and diving team wrapped up the preliminary session of the first day of the Mid-American Conference Championship. In three swimming prelims, Southern placed two swimmers and one diver in tonight's A Finals and four swimmers in B Finals.
The signature swim of the preliminaries for Southern came from Thomas Defay. In the 200-yard individual medley, Defay swam 1:49.99, the fastest time for a Saluki swimmer since 1999. Defay already held the fifth-fastest time in school history in the event, and his time in the preliminaries bettered his career best but kept him in fifth in SIU history.
While Defay will swim in the A Final in the 200 IM, Calvin Kolar (1:51.05) will swim in the B Final. Kolar will head into the B Final with the third-fastest time in the heat.
In the opening event of the prelims, Till Pallmann posted the fourth-fastest time in the 500-yard freestyle. Pallmann entered the event with the fastest time in the MAC and cruised to a spot in the A Final with a time of 4:26.07. Csaba Gercsak (4:34.29) will swim in the B Final of the event.
In the final swimming event of the prelims, Shaun Wolfe and Esteavo Andrade swam their way into the B Final. Wolfe narrowly missed the A Final in the event, swimming the 50 free in 20.86. The seventh and eighth spot in the A Final went to swimmers who swam 20.85, just .01 seconds faster than Wolfe.
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Have scientists verified Joshua's long or missing day?
Have scientists verified Joshua's 'long day'? Or is the story a hoax?
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People have been circulating a rumor since the late 1800s that scientists have confirmed the "long day" recorded in the Bible's Book of Joshua. (Joshua 10:13)
Bible-believing Christians, of course, believe the miracle of the long day because God's Word says it. They don't need anyone to tell them it is true.
But for some reason, a story infiltrated Christian circles that scientists at NASA had been calculating back in time and found that a day in history was missing. Then one of the scientists allegedly remembered the Bible's account in Joshua that "the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day."
Impossible to find missing day
Had science confirmed Scripture? No, the story is a hoax. We will explain why it is impossible to find a missing day 3500 years ago.
First, as Christians, we want to make it clear that we believe the Bible's account of the long day. It is a wonderful miracle, and is no more difficult for God than any other miracle (such as creating the universe in the first place).
Second, whether the story about scientists' confirming it is true or not has no bearing on the truth of the Bible's historical account. There are legends from the other side of the world about a "long night" that are more reliable than the story that scientists have found a missing day.
Third, we must point out that no day was "missing" in the Joshua account. The Book of Joshua describes a long day, not a missing day. The daylight lasted about twice as long as usual so that Joshua's army would have victory over the Amorites, and so God's promise to Israel about entering the Promised Land would be fulfilled.
God, therefore, had ample reason to intervene so that Joshua's army would have victory over the Amorites. The reason He chose to use the sun in such a unique way was probably because the Amorites were sun-worshippers. To see the object of their worship used to defeat them would show the Amorites and others they had tormented that the God of Israel was the one true God — a God mightier than what the Amorites worshiped.
Reasons to disbelieve
Why do we think the story that NASA scientists have found a missing day is a hoax?
One reason is that the story was around long before NASA and the modern space program. Creationist Harry Rimmer, in a 1936 book titled The Harmony of Science and Scripture, mentions that Professor Totten from Yale wrote a book in 1890 about scientists corroborating the "lost day". Although Rimmer believed it, the story is untrue.
It seems that as the years have passed, this story entered the space age. NASA found itself labelled as the group that discovered the lost day. NASA has repeatedly denied the story.
Proof the story is wrong
How could anyone know that a day was missing in the past?
Let's say Wednesday last week was missing. For some reason we just went from Tuesday to Thursday. Astronomers know Wednesday was missing because they can check the relative positions of the moon, sun, and planets for the whole week and for years before and after.
The major heavenly bodies are always in predictable places. God is the Master of large-scale organization. He gave us the seven-day week to follow His pattern of six days' work and a day of rest. The phases of the moon are highly predictable. Computer charts based on planetary orbits and rotation speed show us where the heavenly bodies were last Monday and Tuesday, and where they should have been last Wednesday and Thursday.
If we check Tuesday's chart with Thursday's chart and find that the planets, sun and moon on Thursday were only 24 hours further advanced than they were on Tuesday, we could say Wednesday was missing. (But it's more likely that Thursday was Wednesday anyway, because notice that nothing was missing.)
Missing day is a hoax
The main thing you'll notice from this is that to show a day is missing you need to know where the planets, sun, and moon were before the missing day and after the missing day. If you don't know where they were before and after you won't know whether anything unusual took place.
And that is the big problem with finding a missing day during Joshua's time around 1500 BC. We don't have daily planetary records from then. Sure, we can use a computer to show where they should have been, but we have nothing to check them against to show if anything is out of place.
The account in the Bible is genuine. But the story that scientists have found a missing day is a hoax.
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Electrical Load Distribution and its Impact on Annual Fuel Consumption
To facilitate the development of technologies for improving the fuel efficiency ships, a study was performed to quantify the annual fuel consumption associated with each of the major electrical loads. For a test system, a 100 m class passenger vessel was selected. While different ships may have somewhat different distributions, this particular choice has the richness of applications to make it an interesting example for analysis.
As a first step in the analysis, power distributions associated with various vessel operating modes were compiled. By combining these load distributions with an assumed annual percentage of time spent in each mode, a relative account of the fuel consumption for key electrical loads was produced. The figure shows the results of this analysis. While this was done for a hypothetical ship, a similar assessment can be made for an operating ship for which operational data are available.
Discussion of Results
Since the energy and power for the entire ship's electrical load is produced from diesel generator sets, each electrical load has a direct impact on the fuel economy of the overall system. As shown in the figure above, these electrical loads can be broken down into the following categories: propulsion loads, winch loads, thruster loads, HVAC, clean power M-G set, cooling plant loads, 230V and 120V feeder, distribution board, and other miscellaneous loads.


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I'm transitioning from Xen 3.4 to KVM on CentOS 5.5. I need to assign CPU priorities to VMs, to ensure that one VM (vmA) always receives priority over another VM (vmB).
In Xen I could assign a high credit scheduler weight to vmA, but in KVM the only thing I can think of is nicing the process associated with vmB very high.
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Abigail Sailors, 18, received a phenomenal tip while working at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska, according to Yahoo! News on Monday.
Click here to read: Waitress Aurora Kephart gets $17,500 tip
As the story goes, two men walked in the restaurant for lunch and asked to sit in the section of the restaurant that had the server in the worst mood because they wanted to charm a person into being happy. The two were told by the hostess that the restaurant chain doesn't have an employee like that. Instead, the hostess put the two in the section of the restaurant's happiest waitress.
The two diners asked Sailors her about why she was so happy. As the meal progressed, Sailors told the diners about her life in the past. She said she was the youngest of five kids in her family and was jostled through foster care as a child. Her past included being abused and being separated time and time again from her siblings. She said that about five years ago, John and Susi Sailors gave them a home some five years ago.
Recently, however, Sailors is attending Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, North Dakota, but she had to take the next semester off until she could save her pay and tips for tuition bills in the future – as she is paying her own way. As a freshman at Trinity Bible College, she plays basketball and is being educated in psychology and youth ministry.
At the end of the meal, the two men left a $100 tip that Sailors split with another server. But that's not all. One of the two diners informed her that he was an alumnus of Trinity and proceeded to write Sailors two checks. One was for $5,000 for school and another was for $1,000 for whatever else she needs.
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It seemed like a practical joke when southern, self-published author D.B. Henson received an email the day after Christmas from one of the leading literary agents in the business. Hensen couldn't wrap her mind around it. Why would the agent who represents the likes of His Holiness The Dali Lama, The estate of Jules Verne, and celebrity Gene Hackman want to talk to D.B. Henson, a newcomer author?
"I was already aware of Noah's stellar reputation, and I knew he didn't take submissions. An agent of his caliber would never contact me," Henson reasoned, as she saw Noah Lukeman's email staring back at her on the computer. Henson, a middle Tennessean long on talent and determination, had written a Nashville-based mystery and self-published it on Kindle in the spring of 2010. "I wasn't convinced the book was good enough to send out to agents," she recalled. "So I self-published on Kindle to test the waters." The end result was a 2010 Amazon Kindle Bestseller with DEED TO DEATH, selling more than 100,000 copies and making Amazon's Customer Favorites of the Year.
"Debbie's success was hard to miss," Lukeman, who presides over Lukeman Literary Management, said. "She achieved an incredible feat—launching herself into the Amazon Top 100, and staying there for hundreds of consecutive days. And she managed to do it in a crowded genre. Just as impressive, the reviews of her work were terrific, and she was chosen one of the Amazon Customer Favorites of the year. Achieving sales success is one thing—but achieving sales and critical success is another. It is rare. And in her case, it was well-deserved."
Henson signed with Lukeman, who then sold DEED TO DEATH to Simon & Schuster.
"I've been approached by hundreds of authors who have achieved success online whose work I decided not to represent. It all must boil down to the writing, to the writer's skill and ability," said Lukeman. "In Debbie's case, she had it. Her writing is terrific, and sings off the page from the very first words. This was why I made a rare exception in her case. I truly believe she has the talent to become one of the great bestselling authors of all time."
Henson gives Lukeman credit for helping to fine tune that talent. Before he contacted her, she had read his self-improvement writer's book The First Five Pages.
"Noah's book was extremely helpful," said Henson. "It explains the techniques agents and editors use to evaluate manuscripts, and teaches you how to avoid common mistakes in your writing that can lead to an automatic rejection."
Henson took the reverse route from traditional publishing. Most authors get the print book deal and then the eBook. Henson didn't know it, but she helped blaze a trail that more often may be walked.
"I never looked at it that way," she said. "In the beginning, I was just looking for a way to get honest feedback on my writing. I never really expected the book to sell more than a few dozen copies. I was shocked that it did so well. And I know I would never have landed Noah as an agent if I had taken the traditional publishing route."
"Self-publishing online has definitely become a trend," added Lukeman. "Debbie was out there on the forefront, way before most others. And she was one of the very first self-published authors to achieve such a success. Debbie helped make the trend. And she was on the forefront of a trend once again, when she was one of the first to decide to go from a self-published success to accepting an offer with a traditional publisher."
Henson is busy writing a multi-book mystery series, also based in Nashville. With this series Lukeman is confident D.B. Henson will increase her brand awareness in the crowded mystery genre.
"Keep your eyes on her, because she is always on the cutting edge of trends, said Lukeman, "and I feel certain that she will create more in the future, and that other authors will follow."
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Cyron43 wrote:Well it sure is a matter of taste. I didn't do any customization because I think everything fits perfect, also the Sims as their appearance mirror their stories perfectly.
The only things I changed are the grocery. The one from town life stuff fits better to the style. I tried the supermarket from Starlight Shores as this would fit even better but I had no luck with the lot size.
Other changes/additions are the Showtime venues. They are a must in Bridgeport because this city is all about stardom.
BTW rsedorothy mentioned your thread in a page comment. Otherwise I woudln't even know of it's existance.
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AbbyMcTabby wrote:The showtime venues look good, but somehow I just don't see Bridgeport with palm trees
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What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Our civil liberties are worthless if we are dead! If you are dead and pushing up daisies, if you're sucking dirt inside a casket, do you know what your civil liberties are worth? Zilch, zero, nada. You aren't even here!
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When the girls are celebrating Valentines Day or just having a night of fun together, it is nice to have a playful wine that expresses the youth in all of us and at the same time has a little heart. Recently I tried a wine that fits the bill. The 2010 Divalicious Red by Little Black Dress Wines is definitely for ladies.
The wine is an exotic red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Tannat, Mouvedre, Garnacha and Malbec. Produced in California, the wine has a feminine quality being very fruit forward with notes of cherry. There is sweetness to the wine that one notices on the finish. I felt Divalicious Red is best savored with food especially heavier meat dishes or spicy foods. The wine complimented pork ribs at our table.
The winemaker of Little Black Dress is Zidanelia Arcidiacono, known a Z, was born in Texas but moved to Mendoza, Argentina as a young girl. Studying enology at the university in Mendoza, Zidanelia worked at Bodega Cruz de Piedra after which she did an internship at Les Vignerons du Pays d"enserune in France's Languedoc Roussillon. Zidanelia's entrance into the California wine industry was at Sonoma Cutrer. Later Dennis Martin of Fetzer wooed her because of her knowledge of micro-oxygenation, a winemaking process that can mature and soften red varietals if done properly. Little Black Dress Wines is part of the Fetzer family of wines and when Concha y Toro acquired the company in 2011, it was only natural to make Zidanelia the winemaker putting the feminine touch on wines that cater to women.
Having just visited Argentina recently, I can see the South American influence from the Mendoza wine regions of Lujan de Cuyo, Maipo, and Uco Valley in the Divalicious Red.
Will this Little Black Dress wine bring out the diva in you? That is up to you and your palate to decide.
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Causes and Solutions for Climate Change: The Point of Return
Abstract from a talk by Satish Kumar at the Gaia Foundation in November 2009. Written by Stephen Frank.
Satish Kumar is the current editor of Resurgence and founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College. He also founded The Small School which is part of the Movement for Education on a Human Scale. Satish Kumar has been a Jain monk and a nuclear disarmament advocate. His most notable accomplishment was the 'peace walk' of over 8,000 miles he untertook with a companion in 1962 to visit the four main capitals of the nuclear-armed countries - Washington, London, Paris and Moscow. Along their way to Moscow they met two women outside a tea factory. After explaining what they were doing one of the women gave them four tea bags and a message to deliver to each of the leaders of the four nuclear powers, "When you think you need to press the button, stop for a minute and have a fresh cup of tea." This further inspired their journey and became, in part, its goal: as chronicled in one of Satish's many books, Path Without Destination, they eventually delivered a 'peace tea' to each of the leaders of four of the nuclear powers. Satish Kumar insists that reverence for nature should be at the heart of every political and social debate.
Global warming is not really the problem, says Satish Kumar, but a symptom of the problem. The purpose of all government, all business, all trading systems - everywhere - is to manage the economy. However, the system of economics we have created is disconnected from ecology and precisely because it has no connection to the natural world, it has become a destructive force. We consider the world out there, nature out there, all for our use and our benefit. We think we are separate from nature, a superior species that owns and is in charge of nature. We own the land, the animals, the forest, the rainforest, the rivers, the oceans and because we consider it all our property, we think we can do what we like with it. We can take all the fish we want from the sea, we can dump anything we want in the rivers. As 'rulers of the world' we think everything can be sacrificed to the benefit and for the benefit of human beings.
But are we not born? And if we are born, do we not die? And isn't this what happens to everything in nature? So how can we say we are not nature? Like everything else in nature we are made from air, earth, fire and water. All the elements that make nature make us. There is no difference. We are therefore all connected, all related, we are all nature.
If we were to change our world view from this separation, this dualism, this disconnection that nature is out there and we are separate, here, and make it an holistic perspective and say we are all nature, we are human animals, then we can further say that because we are nature, what we do to nature we do to ourselves. Then, if we pollute the rivers and the oceans and cut down the rainforest and put animals in factory farms, we are actually doing these horrible things to ourselves. We are part and parcel of it. This, Satish believes, is the fundamental shift we need to make. He asks: if the rain was not there, or the sunshine or the soil or the air, would we be here? We exist as a result of all the elements of the earth. The earth is; nature is; the environment is; the ecology is; therefore I am. This is the fundamental shift we need to make from the Cartesian ego-centred philosophy - I think, therefore I am - which is still running whole western world and which leads to our separational, dualistic point of view. The moment we move away from this separational world view, this ego-centric world view to a relational world view, then we change the paradigm from being ego-centric to being eco-centric. Shifting from an ego-centric to an eco-centric point of view would be the equivalent of making a quantum leap because we would no longer say, my interest or the national interest or the American, British or Chinese interest, but our interest. We would say, we are in this altogether, we are all related, we are one. Not I think, therefore I am - but the earth is, therefore I am; you are, therefore I am.
A lot of our environmental movement, Satish feels, is driven by fear. But fear is not going to lead us anywhere. The shift has to be from fear to love - love of the rivers, love of nature, love of beautiful flowers, love of birds singing - if we love the songs of the birds, we will have no Silent Spring. In an eco-centred world, loving our neighbour as ourselves is the equivalent of loving nature as ourselves. Satish believes that nature will reciprocate this love and will provide us with everything we need. Because nature is abundant. We are all neighbours. The rainforests that we cut down, the rivers we pollute - they are our neighbours. Love nature as thyself - that is the message.
It is estimated that there are 84 million species in nature - of which the human species is just one. All the other species upon this earth - 84 million minus one - are fed, watered, sheltered and looked after. They get born, they die, they live in harmony without any president, without any Tesco or Monsanto, without any parliament and without any man-made laws. Instead they follow the laws of nature and the patterns of the universe. How are all those species fed and watered and sheltered and looked after? Nature is abundant. The fear of doom and gloom and scarcity - that we will have nothing to eat and the lights will go out and we will be cold, and all that - is a creation of the economists. In nature there is no scarcity. The sun gives us more energy in one single day than all the reserves of fossil fuel upon this earth. And still we worry about warmth. If you planted a single small brown apple pip, the relationship between the soil, the water, the earthworms, the sunshine and the gardener would produce a tree and hundreds of apples within a few years. The economy of nature is greater than all the economies of all the chancellors who have got us into so many billions of pounds of debt.
We have created an economic system based on continuous, unlimited growth. But because the planet is finite, limited, this unlimited growth is gobbling up the planet. Nature is cyclical but we have a linear economy - we extract resources from nature, use them for our human purposes, then throw them away in landfills. Extract, use, throw away. Extract, use, throw away. Continuously! But now the landfills are full. However, if we don't have growth, the belief is that the economy will fall apart and we will have unemployment. The government cannot bear the idea of recession or 'no growth', because then we will not only have unemployment, but no taxation and the government in debt. So we have a double bind: with growth, the climate and the planet are in jeopardy; without growth, people are in jeopardy. What kind of economy have we designed! If we have no growth, we believe we will go backwards. No! The economy should be a dance. When we dance we go neither forward, nor backward, but around, enjoying ourselves. So, we should have an economy which is enjoyable like a dance and which is completely energetic, but going neither forwards nor backwards. Nature is cyclical and we now need new economists who will design a cyclical economy.
The economic system which is producing the catastrophic global warming and climate change that we are beginning to experience is not God given. It is only 200 years old. We designed it and now that we have found that it is not perfect, let's change it. At the moment the world view is that technology will solve our problems and that nature is stupid. Economy is good. Economy is wise. Ecology is useless. Unless we change that, we will not take the right decisions. If we have courage, then we don't need to suffer. Suffering will only occur if we are cowards, if we are blind, if we close our head and our heart and our eyes and we don't face the situation boldly. But if we can just shift this fossil fuel based economy to a renewable energy economy there will be no need for suffering on this level. What was designed by humans can be redesigned by humans. We have a responsibility to take care of the earth and take care of our resources - they are not simply resources, they are our real wealth.
Big, big changes have taken place. Nelson Mandela was in jail for 27 years. Then, apartheid came to an end and he became president of South Africa. When Satish went to America in 1964 he met Martin Luther King. After that he went to a restaurant. But it was a segregated restaurant and he was thrown out at gunpoint. In 1964 black people in America had no vote. Today we have a black man and his family in the White House. When Satish walked through Russia, the iron curtain, the communist party and the red army were symbols of enormous power. Today all that has disappeared. The Berlin Wall has disappeared. Things have changed, can change - changes can take place. So let's not be disempowered or feel discouraged. Let's be inspired, let's be optimistic, let's have hope. Yet hope is not quite enough: with hope, with courage and with action, we can change the world.
In nature there is no debt. You could multiply the one example of the apple pip turning into an apple tree and producing an abundance of fruit with the countless gifts of nature. Yet we have become so narrow-minded, so mean spirited in the way we run our economy that we are scared - scared to death. We are afraid that there may not be food on the shelves of Tesco or Sainsbury. But it is not Tesco or Sainsbury that provides the food. We need to remember the key. We need the land, the soil - those vital two, three inches of topsoil. If that soil was not there, there would be no Tesco, no Sainsbury, no Monsanto, no economy, no economics anyway. Nothing would be there. So, stop being afraid. Just love nature. And relate to nature. Enjoy nature and we will have everything we need.


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$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{\cos(x)-1}{x^2}\,dx $$
Ok, so, I've used the upper semi circular contour with the function
$$f(z) = \frac{e^{iz}-1}{z^2}$$
Now the residue I get is $i$ which when used with the residue theorem gives me the answer of $-2\pi$ as the answer to the integral of the $f(z)$ and through this I get my answer to the original integral as $-2\pi$. However in the answers to this question the answer states that the solution is $-\pi$. I've double checked with Wolfram Alpha and Wolfram Alpha also gives this as an answer. Can anyone please correct me where I'm going wrong? Thanks.


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Samsung S3100 now official – another entry-level slider
Remember the Samsung S3100, appeared in a tiny picture back in July?
The phone is now official, and thus we can take a better looks at it, as well as at its specs.
As previously reported, the S3100 is just a basic phone, targeted at those who don't want to spend too much on a handset.
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Two comedies and a children's film joined the Box Office this Mother's Day weekend, "Neighbors," "Moms Night Out," and "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return." On Monday, the Box Office updated their charts to feature the top 10 movies of the weekend.
Summer is here, movie fanatics will soon begin to crowd the theaters. Spidey kicked off the summer in movies with "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," but did one of the above debuts crash its party? Find out below. Also, thanks to Box Office Mojo, below are the worldwide totals for each film.
'Neighbors' #1
The raunchy R-rated comedy starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, "Neighbors," hit theaters this weekend, taking all of the attention from Spidey. "Neighbors" collected $51 million, the largest opening ever for an R comedy. Adding its international sum, the worldwide total so far is $85.4 million.
'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' #2
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" had to settle for second place, dropping 60% percent with $37.2 million. If it wasn't for the international push, Spidey wouldn't even be at the $150 million mark. The worldwide total for it is $550.9 million. This installment is on track to be the lowest grossing Spidey film (of both old and new franchises) so far.
'The Other Woman' #3
Cameron Diaz's "The Other Woman" is in third place with $9.2 million, for a worldwide total of $127.7 million. The hit comedy also co-stars Leslie Mann, Nicki Minaj and Kate Upton.
'Heaven is for Real' #4
Sony's "Heaven is for Real" sits back in fourth place, adding $7 million to its sum. Worldwide, the Christian film has scored $77 million. Certainly no one saw this coming, "Heaven is for Real" attracting so much attention.
'The Winter Soldier' #5
Another hero finds himself on the top 10, "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." The Avenger collects $5.6 million this weekend, for a worldwide total of $695.6 million. The hero film stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson.
'Rio 2' #6
The animated feature, "Rio 2," flies down to number six with $5 million. Featuring voices of Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, and Jesse Eisenberg, "Rio 2," has a worldwide total of $422.6 million.
'Moms Night Out' #7
New debut "Moms Night Out," didn't expect to do as bad as it did, considering the Mother's day weekend. The comedy collected just $4.2 million. With no international release, this is their worldwide total. The film stars Sarah Drew, Sean Astin, and Patricia Heaton.
'Dorothy's Return' #8
The weekend's final debut, "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return," also failed to impress. The animated movie brought in $3.7 million, no international release. Voicing the cartoon are Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, and James Belushi.
'Divergent' #9
"Divergent" continues to hold on to the top 10, this weekend adding $1.7 million to its now $252.6 million worldwide sum. The young adult movie stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney.
'Brick Mansions' #10
Finally, "Brick Mansions" comes in last place in the top 10 with $1.4 million. This is one of Paul Walker's last projects. It also costars David Belle. Worldwide total for the action movie is $26.6 million.