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The Portland Trail Blazers weren't underdogs to start the NBA playoffs against the Houston Rockets. While the Blazers were facing a Rockets team with the likes of Dwight Howard and James Harden, their surprise 54-win regular season suggested they could do something in these playoffs. Yet that has been easier said than done for the Blazers in the last 14 years, although it can now finally be done on April 30.
With a 3-1 series lead, Portland can win its first NBA playoff series since 2000 by winning a third straight game at Houston. But given how close the series has actually been due to three overtime games -- which still isn't the most in this postseason thanks to Memphis and Oklahoma City -- there may still be some drama left in this match-up.
The Rockets will need more clutch play than they've gotten from Howard and Harden, while needing some way to stop LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. These Blazers stars have raised hopes that they could have a Western Conference contender for years to come, but they need to take one big baby step first.
Portland has been cursed ever since Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference finals, when it was 10 minutes away from completing a 3-1 comeback over the Los Angeles Lakers. But instead, the Blazers blew a 15-point lead, allowed the Lakers to begin their dynasty and haven't gotten past the first round since.
The Blazers haven't had a team capable of doing as much as the 1999-2000 squad, at least perhaps until right now. With the chance to put the Rockets away early and with the No. 1 seeded San Antonio Spurs struggling against the Dallas Mavericks, there's a chance the Blazers could be fully rested with home court in the next round.
Since the NBA playoffs have been chaotic and top heavy in the West, Portland may have as much of a shot at the finals as any. This is technically a pipe dream for a team that has the longest postseason drought in the league today. But with one more win in these next three games, the Blazers will finally be allowed to dream bigger.
The accompanying list details all the NBA playoff demons of the last 14 years that Portland can erase very soon.
Blazers' Game 7 meltdown
2000 Western Conference Finals: Los Angeles Lakers 4, Trail Blazers 3
The Blazers' playoff jinx started with a game that changed the course of NBA history. If they had held a 15-point lead in the final quarter of Game 7, the Lakers wouldn't have won the first of three straight championships, the Shaq and Kobe dynasty wouldn't have started, and things would have been different for years to come. Instead, Portland let Los Angeles take over the game and the league for the next several years.
Blazers fall to Lakers again
2001 first round: Lakers 3, Blazers 0
The Blazers paid the price in the playoffs against the Lakers again a year later, only two rounds earlier. By then, Los Angeles was in full on dynasty mode, as it swept Portland to start a postseason where it wouldn't lose a single game in regulation.
Lakers sweep one more time
2002 first round: Lakers 3, Blazers 0
For the third straight year, the Lakers beat the Blazers en route to a championship. For the second straight year, it started with a first round sweep, although the Blazers and Scottie Pippen played these games a little closer -- but with no luck.
Blazers fall shy of history
2003 first round: Dallas Mavericks 4, Blazers 3
When the Blazers lost the first three games of this series, their losing streak in the NBA playoffs stretched to 10. However, once Portland won the next three games after that, it had a chance to erase the first 3-0 deficit in NBA history. But in their first Game 7 since the 2000 conference finals, the Blazers couldn't complete the comeback -- and this Game 7 loss would poison the franchise too.
Blazers lose in return to playoffs
2009 first round: Houston Rockets 4, Blazers 2
It took six years for Portland to go back to the postseason, and only six games to get knocked out by Yao Ming and Houston. Yet the Blazers can now get revenge in five games five years later.
Suns take Blazers out
2010 first round: Phoenix Suns 4, Blazers 2
This time, it was Steve Nash and the Suns who ended the Blazers' season early with a Game 6 victory in Portland.
Mavericks start title run over Blazers
2011 first round: Mavericks 4, Blazers 2
The Mavericks once again eliminated the Blazers in a first round match-up, but this time it didn't require blowing a 3-0 lead first. In addition, Jason Terry and the Mavs would ride this early momentum to a long awaited championship, while the Blazers would wait three years for another playoff shot.


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Jul 29, 2011 11:26 AM
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"Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans announced last year that she was expecting her second child. She had just met Nathan Griffith before she got pregnant, and she had been dealing with her failed marriage to Courtland Rogers. Many people though that she was moving on too fast and she was highly criticized. According to a new tweet released on Feb. 23, "Teen Mom" star Jenelle Evans is now revealing that she is dedicated to making her new life work with Nathan Griffith and her schooling.
"Lol I've been doing my Medical Term. work in the car while Nathan is at football practice #Dedicated," she tweeted over the weekend. She is expecting her second child with Nathan and her pregnancy has been accepted with mixed opinions. While some people hope that this pregnancy will make her a better person, others are expecting that she will fail as a mother as she did with Jace.
She has been attending school and working on Sulia to get some money for herself, but it sounds like she is focused on her schooling and creating a career for herself. One has to wonder if people are taking her seriously.
What do you think of Jenelle's schooling?


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I have scoured the net for some advice on a recent issue with my MacBook. It was for several years fast and silent but now the browser (fx 18.0.2) is perceptibly slower and there is a hum where I touch the keyboard which is not the fan - so I'm guessing hard-disk.
Core-2 duo 2GB ram
I have repaired permissions (which btw broke iPhoto and Preview so I had to reinstall them) AND verified the hard-disk.
- Is it advisable to ignore the hum as a suspension issue from dried out rubber and add a folded napkin between the HD and the battery as some suggested?
- is it worth it to add some RAM (I think I know the answer ;)
- The real question: is it worth getting a new SSD and get rid of any moving parts?
My biggest fear is getting a new mac for some 1500 usd to find that it is NOT as silent as this used to be


text: Hi Ian, this is the gold standard for the deployment process at an abstract level: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/BlueGreenDeployment.html we use puppet for doing our deployments these days. we have a couple of home grown scripts for mostly automated deployments but this looks real interesting: http://www.example42.com/?q=Puppi_A_Puppet_module_for_Deployment_Automation you will still have to figure out the app server details though .. unless you're lucky enough to find a puppet module for OAS. cheers, -- Nimret Sandhu http://www.nimret.org On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Ian Downard <iandownard at ieee.org> wrote: > I'm trying to learn how to manage J2EE apps on Oracle Application Server > 10g and 11g. Can anyone recommend a good blog or other reference which > walks through the deploy process for a fairly sophisticated J2EE sample > application (such as the Petclinic<http://static.springsource.org/docs/petclinic.html> > )? > > Thanks in advance. > --Ian > > _______________________________________________ > Web Site - http://www.pjug.org/ > Javamail mailing list > Javamail at pjug.org > http://www.pjug.org/mailman/listinfo/javamail > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://javac.com/pipermail/javamail/attachments/20120227/a5ea47ea/attachment-0002.html>


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College Hockey:After Atkinson's Offensive Surge, Boston College Holds Off Yale for Frozen Four Spot
Bulldogs' Arcobello Nets Three Goals, Six Points in Loss
WORCESTER, Mass. — Conviction always beats convention. Just ask the Boston College Eagles.
For the second straight week, the Eagles used an out-of-the-ordinary performance to capture a championship, defeating Yale, 9-7, in a wild and wooly Northeast Regional championship game to advance to the Frozen Four for the ninth time in 13 years and 22nd time in school history.
A week ago, BC captured the Hockey East championship in a 13-goal affair, defeating Maine, 7-6 in overtime. If you thought there weren't more goals to be scored, you were wrong.
"Our objective is to win and advance," said BC coach Jerry York. "The game is always different. Would I like a 1-0 game over a 9-7 game? To me, it doesn't matter. I just want to win games."
Win games the Eagles have, and with Sunday's victory, BC stretches its unbeaten streak to 11 games (10-0-1) and the BC senior class has posted a 20-1 record in postseason play in the month of March.
Sunday's victory was as unconventional as you could imagine. The Eagles chased two Yale goaltenders from the game while their own netminder, John Muse (32 saves) allowed a career-high seven goals.
BC opened up leads of two, four and five goals, but Yale, the top-ranked offense in the nation, never said die and continued to claw back.
"There were numerous times when [the team] could've thrown in the towel and they never did," said Yale coach Keith Allain.
"We were battling all night long," said Yale senior defenseman Tom Dignard. "I give my teammates a lot of credit. We were down, 9-4, and we battled our way back."
Not surprising, the offensive outburst by both teams featured some record-setting performances. BC tied the regional record for goals in a game, while Yale scored the most goals ever in a loss in a regional game and the 16 total goals combined also set a regional mark. Both BC's Cam Atkinson, the regional's most outstanding player, and Yale's Mark Arcobello, registered three goals in the game. Arcobello one-upped everyone, though, tying a regional record with six points, though done in a losing effort.
BC countered Arcobello's effort with an explosive offensive display from its top scoring line. In addition to Atkinson's three goals, he added an assist for a four-point game matched by Joe Whitney's two goals and two assists. The third member of the trio, Brian Gibbons, had a seemingly parochial two points (1 goal, 1 assist) but the trio finished the game a combined plus-14.
From the get-go, most knew this wouldn't be a typical game. After Gibbons opened the scoring at 5:21, burying a hard slap shot far post on Yale starting goaltender Ryan Rondeau (18 saves), it appeared Yale evened things at 9:20 when Broc Little slapped a puck out of the air and on net. The puck glanced off of Muse and appeared to go in the net to the naked eye, but view of replays showed it instead struck the post and never crossed the goal line.
The Bulldogs did pull even when Brian O'Neill buried the rebound of a Arcobello shot at 13:32, but the BC retook the lead thanks to the ultimate bounce.
Shorthanded, Eagles defenseman Carl Sneep blasted a clearing attempt from just above the faceoff dot in the defensive zone. The puck landed about 4 feet short of Rondeau's crease and short-hopped up the shaft of his stick and over Rondeau's left shoulder. The 150-foot shot at 16:34 gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead through one.
The craziness, though, was just beginning.
BC opened a two-goal lead on a Joe Whitney goal at 2:23 of the second, but Yale answered on the power play when Arcobello one-timed a pass from the slot at 4:46. Just 11 seconds later, though, Yale's Ryan Donald turned the puck over the defensive zone and Atkinson scored his first of the night.
That goal got the Eagles offense going and at 10:29, Atkinson lit the lamp again, this time from the slot on a one-timer. That goal spelled the end of the night for Rondeau, who was replaced by Billy Blase (eight saves), but Yale's goaltender woes weren't over.
Joe Whitney gave BC a 6-2 lead, catching Blase too deep in his crease at 14:46.
Then Yale made its first attempt at a comeback. Arcobello scored his second of the game, firing a shot off a BC defender's stick over Muse right shoulder at 17:10. And then just 1:17 later, Saturday's hero Denny Kearney redirected a shot on the power play through Muse's legs to give Yale life, down just 6-4 heading to the third.
The Eagles, though, hoped they put things away early in the final frame. After Atkinson completed the hat trick at 4:16, finishing off a breakaway and knocking Blase from the net in favor of Jeff Malcolm (four saves), Jimmy Hayes scored twice in 23 seconds at 6:53 and 7:16, respectively, to open up a five-goal cushion.
Arcobello completed the hat trick for the Bulldogs with 6:28 remaining, Yale's third power-play goal of the day. After O'Neill scored his second of the game with 4:05 remaining, Yale pulled its goaltender and Little redirected a shot out of midair with 1:22 left to get the Eli back within two.
Hope, though, ran out as the BC defense made its final stand, sending the club to Ford Field, where it will meet either Michigan or Miami in the second semifinal game on April 9.
"We had a lot of good and a lot of bad [tonight], but the good thing is we came out on the right side of it," said BC senior Ben Smith. "It was one of those nights where [you wonder] who can score the most goals. And tonight we did that."
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Monday saw the start of early voting across Georgia. With a start date of April 28, early voting is starting much earlier than in previous years, due to a much earlier primary for Georgia voters. The primary date is May 20, compared to past years when the primary was held in July.
Early voting can be done at selected locations in certain counties right now. In most cases, these locations are at the local or county elections office. Early voting will be taking place Monday through Saturday from now until May 16th at such offices.
Turnout was mixed in the first couple of days of early voting, with some counties counting a couple dozen voters coming out and others counting a few hundred voters. Primary races for all of Georgia's 180 House districts and 56 state Senate districts, as well as races for all of Georgia's statewide offices, 14 U.S. congressman, and one U.S. senator which has gotten an incredible share of attention.
Indeed, the senate primary bids to replace Saxby Chambliss has indirectly caused at least four hotly contested House GOP primaries, in the 1st, 10th, 11th, and 12th districts. Candidates for the Senate have vacated their House seats and caused a mad dash, while one Senate candidate (Eugene Yu) decided to drop his bid for Senate and run to displace John Barrow from the 12th District.
Some candidates, such as Karen Handel, noted the beginning of early voting with renewed campaign pushes. Handel began a bus tour in Canton with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that continued through Macon today in a push to get into the top two of the Senate primary, and force a spot in the expected July 22 runoff.


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Peanuts Charlie Brown Tree with Music for $9.99
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Good grief. Learn the true meaning of Christmas with Charlie Brown's classic pathetic Christmas tree. Leave it bare or dress it up. All it really needs is you! This tree is a replica of the tree from the famous cartoon, and 1 red Christmas ball ornament and Linus' blanket are included to complete the nostalgic look.
This darling little tree is perfect as a centerpiece or table decoration. If you have a small space to decorate, make the Charlie Brown Tree the place for Santa to be, and use it as your main Christmas conifer. The sweet fir is made of bendable wire branches that fold flat for easy storage during the non-yuletide times of the year.
This would go great on a cluttered desk.
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I just bought one at Aldi for $7.99 last weekend.
Flying in the face of the anti-mass-produced-manufacturing-of-trees message in the original cartoon!
This is the best price for the tree with Linus' blanket and that play music. Thanks for posting this.
I've been waiting five weeks for this price to show up again (yeah, I'm talkin' about you, late-October-Target-sale). In for two. Thanks, Meijer!
Thank you!!! This is perfect for my brother and sister-in-law, and the price is just right.
this is perfect
Just picked up 2.
I went outside and got one for free.
Dad is a HUGE Peanuts fan, so he will love this!
My kids will LOVE this...husband will too. :)
I've been wanting one of these forever! Just got mine finally!
what song does it play?
I am still trying to figure out how to give this person rep for posting this. Either I am unable to, or I am blind. Help!
Just put mine up again for the third year (it was a present from k-mart). Never fails to get rave reviews from everyone who sees it. One of the better presents.
@divinemercy: I was having problems adding woots to deals myself - Log out then log back in, worked for me.
Went to site & price is $12.99.
What happened?
Also went to site and it was 12.99 plus shipping...
They have lots these at Walgreens stpres for $9.99
I also show a $12.99 price plus shipping
how do we get the deal
The price was only good until noon on 11/30. According to the Meijer rep it was a 24-hr special. Bummer.


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The New Orleans Saints have had the 32nd pick in the draft just twice in their history, and so far they're batting .500. Running back Tony Galbreath was a hit in 1976, and center Lee Gross was a miss in 1975.
But the Saints, who will own the 32nd pick again when the draft kicks off Thursday night, know better than any team in the league that it's quite possible to knock one out of the park from that spot.
Exactly nine years ago today, the San Diego Chargers used the 32nd pick to land an undersized quarterback out of Purdue by the name of Drew Brees. He was the first pick in Round 2 that year, when there were still only 31 teams in the NFL.
"Absolutely, there's some talent available there," Saints Coach Sean Payton said when reminded of the irony that the player most responsible for landing them in the 32nd pick this year was once drafted in that same position.
General Manager Mickey Loomis said the Saints have gone back and looked at the No. 32 pick in each of the last 10 drafts - something they do with all of their draft spots every year.
And there are a handful of impressive names on the list, though only one has been a Super Bowl MVP.
Guard Logan Mankins (Patriots in 2005) is a two-time Pro Bowl selection. Defensive ends Mathias Kiwanuka (Giants in '06) and Tyler Brayton (Raiders in '03) have been solid starters. Receiver Dennis Northcutt (Browns in '00) and tight end Benjamin Watson (Patriots in '04) have been decent contributors.
Former Tulane quarterback Patrick Ramsey (Redskins in '02) didn't quite pan out, but he's still in the league and actually visited with the Saints about a possible job as a backup earlier this month.
Recent picks at No. 32
2009 - PIT - Evander "Ziggy" Hood, DT, Missouri
2008 - MIA - Phillip Merling, DE, Clemson
2007 - IND - Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Ohio State
2006 - NYG - Mathias Kiwanuka, DE, Boston Col.
2005 - NE - Logan Mankins, G, Fresno State
2004 - NE - Benjamin Watson, TE, Georgia
2003 - OAK - Tyler Brayton, DE, Colorado
2002 - WAS - Patrick Ramsey, QB, Tulane
2001 - SD - Drew Brees, QB, Purdue
2000 - CLE - Dennis Northcutt, WR, Arizona
1999 - CLE - Kevin Johnson, WR, Syracuse
1998 - IND - Jerome Pathon, WR, Washington
1997 - ATL - Nathan Davis, DE, Indiana
1996 - ARI - Leeland McElroy, RB, Texas A&M
1995 - GB - Craig Newsome, CB, Arizona State
The jury is still out on the last three No. 32 picks (defensive tackle Ziggy Hood to Pittsburgh last year, defensive end Phillip Merling to Miami in '08 and receiver Anthony Gonzalez to Indianapolis in '07).
But if you widen the net just a little more, you can see that some supremely talented NFL players have been unearthed near the 32nd pick, including cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha (31st in '03), linebackers DeMeco Ryans (33rd in '06) and Karlos Dansby (33rd in '04), defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch (34th in '01) and guard Chris Snee (34th in '04), among others.
Loomis said the conventional wisdom in the NFL is that there are truly only about 20 prospects in each draft that you deem worthy of being first-round selections. And chances are they'll all be gone by the time the Saints draft.
But that's just a general guideline. Last year the Saints coveted tailback Beanie Wells, and he fell to 31st in the draft while the Saints attempted to trade up and get him. Standout safety Louis Delmas, who could easily have been deemed worthy of a first-round pick, went 33rd.
The talent is there. It's just a greater burden for the scouting staff to find the right guy.
"For our staff, the challenge is, 'OK, who are the guys that are going to be available?' And that circle of guys is so much bigger at pick 32," Loomis said. "Last year for example, we picked 14th, and we had that narrowed down pretty closely to four guys. Now, there were a couple of guys we kind of hoped would be there, but we had a pretty good hunch on four guys and we spent a lot of time on those four guys, and one of them was there. And this year, that's gonna be (more like) 15 guys."
Loomis said the possibility of trading up or trading down doesn't really change at No. 32. In any case, it's about who's available and whom you covet.
"Hey, when you're at 15, you want that guy you think is going at 10. When you're at 20, you want that guy you think is going to go at 15. When you're at 32, you want that guy that you think is going at 27," Loomis said. "Yet, if there's not somebody there that you want, and as you get closer to your pick and there's 10 guys that you think, 'Hey, I'd take any one of these 10 guys,' that's when you reel back."
That's exactly what the Saints did in 2006, when they had the 34th pick in the draft.
They traded back nine spots with the Cleveland Browns, acquiring veteran center Jeff Faine in the process. Then with the 43rd pick they landed safety Roman Harper. Both Faine and Harper became huge contributors.
The Saints have nailed a handful of picks in that specific range - Galbreath in '76, tailback Dalton Hillard (31st pick in '86) and defensive end Darren Howard (33rd pick in '00).
And their recent history in the late-first and early-second rounds has included more hits than misses: cornerback Tracy Porter (40th in '08), receiver Robert Meachem (27th in '07), safety Josh Bullocks (40th in '05), offensive tackle Jon Stinchcomb (37th in '03) and defensive end Charles Grant (25th in '02).
The Saints are hoping to continue that run of success on Thursday night.
But if they don't, well, they've still got Brees to fall back on.
Mike Triplett can be reached at email@example.com or 504.826.3405.


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When one hears "literary scene," one imagines poet laureates and Jonathan Franzen-types hustling around bookstores, reading their work with the hippest readers (a.k.a. literati if one wants to get punny). The California outsider would easily name San Francisco and Los Angeles as having a stronger literary scene than San Diego; however, one needs to simply know where to sniff the literati out of hiding. In fact, San Diego has some of the best literary journals around. Here is a guide on where to find your new favorite writer from some of the best San Diego publications:
1) 1913 is both a press and a journal committed to publishing the baddest in poetry, prose, hybrid, and book-as-art-object. Readers will not only be entranced by their gorgeous cover art that could easily be displayed on the walls of both a chic coffee shop or a dim dive bar, but the surprise and risk that some of the pieces take on as they sprawl from page to page.
2) Poetry International takes readers on a sprawling adventure through the landscape of contemporary poetry and translations. Each issue features a portfolio on a specific region, with recent issues touring poetry from Burma, the Caribbean, and Sweden, alongside chapbooks from Jericho Brown, San Diego's own Steve Kowit, and Valzhyna Mort. It also boasts one of the best literary blogs out there.
3) For those looking outside of poetry, Fiction International prides itself on its formal innovation and social activism. FI has published some of the wildest writers, like Kathy Acker and Allen Ginsburg, alongside some well-respected writers like J.M. Coetzee, Fanny Howe, and Joyce Carol Oates.
4) And for those who are looking for something away from the page, welcome Spit Journal to the San Diego scene. Spit Journal celebrates the culture of performance poetry (commonly known as spoken word) across the globe. Not only does the online journal offer book reviews and an interview with poetry-giant Douglas Kearney, they also have a section in conjunction with Sociopoetix, whose mission is to bring performance poetry to the classroom.
These journals are just a small sampling of some of San Diego's finest editorial minds, and this list definitely shows how some of these local editors make strides to showcase an array of voices from around the globe.


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Should the U.S. beef up its missile defense system in response to recent threats from North Korea?
Obvious answer: "No", adding that there isn't a need to add anything more to America's defences. The current system in place could easily destroy China, North Korea besides. And at any rate, the whole hullabaloo over their testing is that they cannot get a warhead small enough to fit into a nosecone.
And as a brief aside, minreader, the Iraq war lies squarely upon Messrs. Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld, but also the media in general and Americans such as yourself, who were doubtless foaming at the mouth as they filled their shorts. Ten years couldn't have affected your memory that much...
If we should learn anything from the Iraq War, it's that mass hysteria oughtn't mix with foreign policy. I think that lesson applies here admirably to North Korea today.
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I agree D. Many times this type of thing is diversionary until people actually think it is reality. Over and over again.
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Quite a few years ago I was involved with a study of how people come to their beliefs, we believe what we hear first then next we believe what we hear most. It is that simple.
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Reading these posts proves one thing. 3 out of 4 people are idiots, and nothing we do can change that!!
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Absolutely animal and without you that wouldn't be true...lol!!!
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We have a missile defense system...that works?
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Let's see, we had the "bomber gap" in the 50's, the "missile gap" in the 60, and the "missile defense gap" in the 90's. Now, the Koreans don't have a missile that can reach us and they don't have a bomb that would fit on the missile that they don't have, so absolutely we should be scared stiff and let some more contract to "missile defense" contractors for missiles that don't work. The Koreans have left us no choice...
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A few words about deployment of ADF production domain on Oracle Linux
By Emin Askerov on Apr 01, 2014
Recently I have configured ADF 184.108.40.206 production domain on Oracle Linux 6 OS. One of the stages of this process is installation and configuration of Application Development Runtime (ADR) which is necessary to perform after WebLogic Server binaries installation. During this process ADR installation wizard makes prerequisite check of recommended operating system packages:
In some cases this process could fail due some packages are not installed in the system. It is recommended to install all missed packages. You can find the full list of them below:• binutils-184.108.40.206.2-5.11.el6-x86_64;
• compat-libcap1-1.10-1-x86_64;
• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6-x86_64;
• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6-i686;
• libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6-i686;
• libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6-x86_64;
• libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6-x86_64;
• libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6-i686;
• libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6-x86_64;
• sysstat-9.0.4-11.el6-x86_64;
• gcc-4.4.4-13.el6-x86_64;
• gcc-c++-4.4.4-13.el6-x86_64;
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6-i686;
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6-x86_64;
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6-x86_64;
• glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6;
• libaio-0.3.107-10.el6-x86_64;
• libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6-x86_64;
It is possible to install these packages using rpm or yum utilities. The rpm utility does not resolve any software dependencies and is not the recommended tool to install software. You can use the yum utility instead, which automatically resolves package dependencies. If you do not specify the platform architecture, yum will select the appropriate package for the current platform. Since software libraries are usually backward compatible, you should not specify a particular version, unless it is absolutely necessary.
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Loaded plugins: security
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Resolving Dependencies
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On July 25, a small dog named "Pina," was walked into the Los Angeles County Animal Control in Baldwin Park, Calif., and handed over to the busy facility's employees.
Pina's owner let the staff know that it "cost too much to own a dog."
Nearly a month's time has passed and Pina is still waiting to be noticed by someone who is willing to take a chance on her. The volunteer, non-profit organization, United Hope for Animals, wrote the following information about this sweet girl:
Weighing only 7 lbs, Pina is a social butterfly who loves everyone she meets, human and canine. She walks perfectly on leash, likes other dogs, and may be housebroken. A plug-and-play pet, Pina would be a great choice for a first-time dog owner. Because she is gentle and playful, we think she would be an especially good playmate for children, too.
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Because she is gentle and playful, we think she would be an especially good playmate for children, too. Pina is bound to be an amiable indoor pet and companion for an individual or a family (with children who will respect her small size) in any living situation.
On Friday, the organization expressed dismay that Pina was still waiting for an adopter, especially given her gentle nature.
Pina has a beautiful, symmetrical face! We can't believe she is still here! She's tiny, she's probably housebroken, and she loves all dogs and people. She'll make the perfect family dog!
Busy, high-intake animal control facilities are not a safe place for dogs to reside for long periods of time...at some point, space constraints result in the death of homeless pets who did not find somewhere to go in time.
Please take a moment to network on Pina's behalf:
- Pina's Petharbor link here
- Age 5 years
- Los Angeles County Animal Control - Baldwin Park at (626) 962-3577
- Please direct ALL inquiries about this dog to the facility where she is being held; ask for information about animal ID number A4737940
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M-A Bags Heads of Attractive Students for Distraction-Free Learning
Source: Annalise Deal
April 10, 2014
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Menlo-Atherton High School recently added a section to their dress code mandating that all students deemed distractingly attractive wear bags over their heads during school hours. "We saw a big improvement in test scores after we cracked down on shorts length," says Mrs. PetBoarding, "and we figured, why not try to eliminate all possible classroom distractions."
The administration finally realized the problems created by the beauty and facial symmetry of its students. Some students are more attractive than other acne-ridden teens, and M-A has finally developed a fair and effective method for keeping students' eyes on their papers.
One of the largest problems with this system is deciding which students must wear these bags on their heads. Due to a lack of funding, the school had to give up on its Rating Students Physical Attractiveness Application, or RSPAA. Instead, they have decided to form a panel of campus security members to rate each student on a scale of one to ten. All nines and tens will be required to wear bags.
Parent complaints have led Menlo-Atherton to consider making the ones and twos wear bags as well. "Ugliness can be just as distracting as a hot guy," explains a nine student, "especially if it's within thirty inches of me, or pimplier than I am."
The administration tells us, "We are taking attention away from students' bodies and appearances by making them wear large bags over their heads. We believe that will help students focus in the classroom and create a more comfortable environment."
The rate of student approval of dress code regulations has also seemed to rise as a result of this policy. "I love the new bag rules," gushes an anonymous ugly student. "When you take all the attractive kids out of the mix, I look significantly more alluring!"


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WWE taped this week's episode of WWE Superstars Monday night from the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. Below are full results:
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* Wade Barrett b. Zack Ryder
* Natalya b. Naomi
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by Christian from Broward County, Florida
I got the final hearing notice from an uncontested divorce in Broward County, Florida.
I am an American citizen and the court is asking me to bring some forms as the Marital Settlement Agreement.
My spouse (or future ex) lives in another country, do I have to make her sign for the Marital Settlement Agreement?
Who needs to sign that? And I am the only party that will attend the final hearing. Can I still get divorced?
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Richard D. Lyons
Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 191 lbs.
Born: August 11, 1947 in Louisville, KY
High School: St. Xavier
College: Kentucky (school history) (Lyons college stats)
Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 4th round (103rd overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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Story by Felipe Leon
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The day has finally dawned for the man known as "El Veneno" (The Poison).
Since climbing up to the middleweight division nearly three years ago, Marco Antonio Rubio (43-4-1, 37 KOs) has been chasing the dream of fighting for the middleweight title. On Saturday night, he will do just that as he challenges Youngstown, Ohio's Kelly Pavlik in the champion's hometown for not only the WBC 160-pound title but also the WBO strap, on PPV distributed by Top Rank.
Rubio gained the right to battle the recently defeated Pavlik after beating fellow top notch contender Enrique Ornelas, with a hard earned split decision in a WBC title eliminator last October.
"I knew it was going to be a tough fight," says Rubio. "Enrique Ornelas is a fighter with a lot of experience—he has sparred with some of the best like Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins, among others, so I knew he was going to give me some trouble.
"It was a pretty even and tough fight. We both gave it our all but, thank God, I was victorious."
Training in the mountains of central Mexico, Rubio is pleased with the work that he and well known trainer Tiburcio Garcia have accomplished in the thin air of Temeoya.
"This is my third time in the mountains with Tiburcio Garcia," adds the Torreon fighter. "I feel stronger and in better condition with a lot of energy for the fight."
Having captured the WBC Intercontinental light middleweight title back in '03, defending it three times, Rubio also wore the WBO Intercontinental belt around his waist in mid-2004. But his next bout in the Pavlik's backyard will be for what every fighter who laces up a pair of gloves strives for: a recognized full-fledged title.
"I do feel a bit nervous but mostly because I am going for the world title more than fighting in his hometown," says Rubio. "That is secondary.
"We are going for the win and the fight could have been in Las Vegas or in any other venue. I have to go for the knock out. I am in his town, with his judges, and I think both of us are going to go for the knock out. I think to try to win by decision would be a mistake."
But stopping Pavlik before the scheduled 12 rounds is easier said than done. Pavlik, who is coming off his first professional defeat at the hands of Bernard Hopkins, is still undefeated at the 160-pound mark since his one-sided loss to Hopkins was at a catchweight of 170.
"I think like any other fighter, the loss affected him. But I think it can also help him in showing him what he needs to improve. I am thinking of myself, in my mental state and what I have to do to win. I am not really thinking on his loss but on the fact that I have to win."
The 28 year old Rubio is sure that he has the strategy to beat the undisputed middleweight king.
"I need to attack him," states Rubio. "Obviously not let him hit me with his right hand which is his strongest weapon. Basically, hit without getting hit.
"I think standing in front of him and exchanging punches is the biggest mistake you can do. I think that is what Zertuche and Miranda did, and that is why I have to try to get inside and attack and not let him connect. I am not the quickest middleweight, but I think I am faster than Kelly Pavlik and that is going to be in my favor."
"The time has come for Marco and he is motivated, both, physically and mentally," says Rubio's co-manager, Julio Gudino.
"We hope that all of Mexico supports us since, once Marco wins, he will be the first Mexican middleweight champion of the world. Rubio has dedicated this fight to the Governor of his home state of Coahuila for all his support."
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Introduction | Synopsis | Program Notes | Biographies | Cast List | Workshop | Colloquium | Photos
Program Notes
Contrabando y Traición / Smuggling and Betrayal
¡Unicamente la Verdad! /Only the Truth!
Smuggling and betrayal? Myth, fiction, and reality?
A famous corrido story, Contrabando y Traición (Smuggling and Betrayal) goes as follows:A woman and a man, one Camelia "la Tejana" (a woman from Texas) and Emilio Varela head north from San Isidro, Mexico, with a load of marijuana in their tires. Though the immigration authorities stop them, they manage to pass through the border and deliver their goods. As the story goes, they meet again to split their money, at which point Emilio tells Camelia that he intends to leave her for another woman "who owns my life." Camelia takes a pistol and shoots seven bullets, killing Emilio and disappearing forever with the money.
Though a fictional account and unlike other corridos where the woman suffers deceit and betrayal in silence, this tale of Camelia sparked the 'border imagination' as a strong woman who speaks and acts for herself. Bandit, outlaw, and outcast, she disappears into the social fabric and then surprisingly begins to take on new forms.
That this kind of outlaw or wild 'cowboy' power could become embodied in a female character was something relatively new. Angel Gonzáles composed the lyrics and music of corrido Contrabando y Traición around 1970. Members of the corrido band Los Tigres del Norte were in their twenties when they produced this song several years later. It became wildly popular as one of their signature songs, made them instantly famous, and spawned at least two sequels and a new sub-genre of the narco-corrido. Movie dramatizations and parodies soon followed. As this and other narcocorridos grew in popularity and influence, newspapers, both tabloid and serious, claimed to document various 'sightings' of 'the' Camelia la Tejana. In various guises and situations, different actual women professed to be, perhaps because of the character's fictional notoriety, the 'real' Camelia.
Though inspired by the corrido of Camelia la Tejana, the videopera's libretto, as conceptualized by Rubén Ortiz-Torres, sets events that take place sometime after the recording of Contrabando y traición. Starting from a real-life story, the libretto is a compilation of texts from several news pieces about the return of the real Camelia "la Tejana", such as, for example, the border-crossing story first posted in the Mexican tabloid El Alarma (claiming to publish "Only the Truth!"). Other accounts are drawn from the respected Mexican newspaper La Jornada, from two interviews on TV Azteca, and related sources. Many of these accounts claim to reconstruct Camelia's "true" or "real-life" story of trafficking marijuana and becoming a murderer for love, each with different outcomes and varying ties to one Emilio Varela.
Fact and fiction get mixed up and fuel popular participation and revisions. Can fiction be truer than fact, or reach a layer of truth that the usual facts don't make accessible? Most of all, how can narratives of fact and fiction, expressed in artistic forms such as corrido and opera, carry, organize, interact with, and transform values of the popular consciousness? In its processes of documenting, inventing, and mixing, the videopera also explores different ways that individuals (Camelia and Emilio) are seen by others – the readers of El Alarma or other news accounts, the onlookers of a suicide, a television audience, or social groups over time. Camelia becomes both public and personal.
The Ortiz dramatic concept weds opera, music video, tabloid journalism, analytical documentary, and popular Mexican music, in a new expressive musical and visual language. In Gabriela Ortiz's compositional imagination, and as it filters through the layers of collaboration with the other artists leading to tonight's premiere by the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, Camelia's story becomes richer and more complex. In Gabriela Ortiz's musical voice, the story unfolds in both individual and collective dimensions.
¡Unicamente la Verdad! weaves together these truths and legends, their facts and fictions, ever seeking and transforming "Only the Truth!".
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Official Mechanic/Carpenter/Electrician Thread
Boy oh boy, does it feel good to improve ya house.
Just got off from renovating an apartment.. and by golly it's been a delightful pleasure. The paint stains, the odors, the blood, the sweat, the beers, the deafening sounds of classic drill. It was worthwhileeee
So let's talk about any past projects you fellows have done. Any that are upcoming. Ways to spice up our dens, burrows, and shelters to affirm that we are truly, valuable folk, with valuable cribs. This extends to our vehicles as well.
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Great thread J$!
I just got my camaro me and my buddies bought running with a few new perf parts. And I also picked up a 74 Dart Sport 360. It is a sick car, have some big plans for it.
Yah there is nothing like the feeling of seeing what you have done after days and days of work, and the finished project being the way you thought.
I actually got back a couple hours ago from doing some framing for some houses.
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Why, young Hayden, I am delighted for your participation. You're just the fellow I'm looking for.
They say.. some folks.. lead lives.... without any purposes. But here you are, sacrificing a fine night out with your friends, refraining from b!tching about your life on FML, intent on fulfilling your destiny in constructing a vehicle or abode worthy of being inhabited by your fellow Alaskans. That. Is. Badass.
Give us the deets on the tools you be using! The planning involved in framing them houses. We are most eager to hear your youthful voice on your arduous, but rewarding journey!
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When I got my Atari 5200 it had no controllers. The controllers for that system are one of the most notoriously shitty, they break all the time, and because of that, they are pretty damn hard to find.
I picked 3 up on ebay for like 35 dollars, not knowing if they worked. Shocker, they didn't. So I opened them up and went to town on the circuit, cleaning contacts over and over for many hours. Now one totally works, and the other 2 work well enough to play with as well.
I fixed my xbox360 for free with a dab of super glue, when Microsoft wanted $100 bucks to do it.
I'll probably paint my room when I get back for winter break. Plus I really need to switch out seats and work on upholstery in my car.
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That's hood. Why go to f*cking GameStop and waste a few bucks and hand over your precious gems to some greasy fellow, when you can do it at home?
I mean like for real. That's the self-sufficiency that is the pride of the U.S. AND A!
BTW, when did u guys learn that blowing into your Sega games cartridges was the key to starting those lugnuts up?
You must have really delicate fingers, ProfessorMurder. Say, I'm feeling a little... itchy down there. Why don't you vigorously describe how you would finger that girl in Zombieland if she's about to die, and all she wanted was a hand to give her maximum pleasure.
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The framing was done for Habitat for Humanity. I started going a while back because my aunt was getting one of there homes and a condition was her and any family/friends had to do 500 hours for them. She asked me and I did, I liked it alot, got to learn, and eventually I just started going on my own now and then.
I was doing framing in the basement today, so I got to use the cement nailers and shit, which is fun. They use .22 shells.
for the car I have had to use alot of different shit. I am in the middle of making a new engine hoist/frame type of deal. Just need to get a bit more steel for it and it should be good.
But I gotta split, I will check in on this thread tommorow.
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I welded a crack in my exhaust yesterday to pass inspection.
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I recently installed ass hoses in all my bathrooms next to the toilet. Cut toilet paper use by 75%, and increased the likelihood of a chick giving me a rimmer 500%!
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The Circle Jerk Krew telling secrets and stuff to each other. How cute.
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Mechanic/Carpentry/Electrician Thread.....now this is a thread I can sink my teeth into......am I right?
Wait....wait, I'm Jewish......forgot for a second.....whistling walking away..........
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yep, people talking about shit on a messageboard. :roll: LULZ!!! LAWLZ!!! that is so f*cking lame!!!
on second though, to a useless spamming troll like yourself that behavior might actually be foreign.
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I went around a tightened the screws in all my doorknobs a few weeks ago. Very satisfied with the results.
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Please, dont get mad you little *******.
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did I sound mad? I can assure you that is not the case.
question: can you link me to a useful post from your username anywhere in the OTC?
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damn j, you got a rebuttal in 6 minutes
these red-negged archetypes are serious, guns blazing
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Dustin Richardson Makes MLB Debut With Boston
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Sept. 29, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas - Former Red Raider pitcher Dustin Richardson made his Major League Baseball debut last night at Fenway Park with the Boston Red Sox, just hours after getting called up from Triple-A Pawtucket.
Richardson, who lettered at Tech in 2005 and 2006, saw action immediately with the Red Sox as he entered last night's game against Toronto with two outs in the fifth and logged 1 1/3 shutout innings in an 11-5 loss to the Blue Jays. Richardson will be on hand tonight in what could be a big day in Red Sox Nation as Boston needs either a win over the Blue Jays or a loss by Texas to clinch the American League Wild Card over the Rangers.
Red Raider fans will most remember Richardson from his appearance on the ESPN reality show "Knight School" back in 2006 when he ended up as finalist for the grand prize of a walk-on role on the men's basketball team.
On the diamond, he compiled a 5-3 career record and a 4.81 earned run average for the Red Raiders over the course of 35 appearances. He made a total of 12 starts over the span of two years and racked up 89 strikeouts over 91 2/3 innings pitched.
Richardson becomes the 20th former Red Raider to play in Major League Baseball and joins Josh Bard (Nationals), Jeff Karstens (Pirates) and Josh Braden (A's) as one of four active players on MLB rosters.
The Red Sox will take on Toronto tonight at 6:10 p.m. (CT) on MLB TV.


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To do so, we get our fresh brew in a disposable cup, of which there are many kinds. Some work better for the intended purpose than others, so the question is about what kind of requirements we have for these cups.
First of all, the consumer should be able to hold the cup, despite the hot liquid inside, which may be very close to boiling temperature. This is not an easy task for the disposable cup, yet the Styrofoam cup fulfills this requirement quite well. On the other hand, the cup needs to sustain the content's temperature for a long time, especially when we get our coffee in the morning at the drive-thru and enjoy it once we arrive at our workplace.
As coffee shops are growing world wide, competition is often tough, and the disposable cup is often used as an advertisement tool, as well. In order to be effective, it is important to have a high quality print, which happens to be easier done on paper. This is due to the different printing processes: on paper it is done prior to the cup forming process whereas in the case of Styrofoam and plastic cups, printing is down after the forming process.
An additional requirement is that the cup be environmental friendly. This means the cup should be made out of natural materials and be recyclable. Paper products are known to be environmentally friendly as long as they are disposed in the proper way (well, I'm sure we all agree that no disposable product looks good along the highway or the railroad track).
So requirements for the disposable cups can be summarized by the following:
Now let us take a closer look at the paper cups. There are many different options when choosing paper cups. Following are descriptions of several paper cups, although the market is by no means limited to this:
Handle cups:
These are single layer paper cups with an integrated paper handle. These handle cups are still very common in the Scandinavian countries as well as Arabian countries. Due to the structure these cups are limited to an approximately 9 oz fill capacity.
Single Wall cups:
To get a certain insulation effect, many converters increased the calliper of the raw material. But the thicker paper also gives the cup a better stability, especially when we get to the larger cup sizes such as 16 oz. and 22 oz. (in the U.S,. 22 oz. cup sizes are very popular where in Europe the 16 oz. cup is most likely the maximum hot cup size; in Asia the most popular hot cup sizes are in the 10/12 oz range). Due to the single layer paper the cup itself has a limited insulation effect.
Sleeves/Jackets (for single wall paper cups)
Often a corrugated sleeve/jacket is being used for insulation purposes, but the downside is that the print on the cup gets covered. So why do we print on the cup when we cover it later on?
"Multi layer cups"
Some paper cups offer additional layer(s) of paper, which is wrapped directly around the cup. Most likely the outer layer material is embossed, which might disturb the look of the print.
But, as stated, there are more choices than the above. For instance, the German machine manufacturing company, Michael Hörauf, has offered, for many decades, machines for the production of paper cups and containers. The company offers a system to produce a true insulation cup, made out of paper. The systems consists of two machines: a paper cup forming machine and an outer sleeve machine, both connected to each other and operating as a fully integrated manufacturing line.
The unique feature of this air-insulated paper cup is a special design of the cup, which offers a groove on top. The outer-sleeve is attached to this groove and also offers an in-curl on the lower edge. This in-curl along with the cup's groove creates an air gap between the two layers of materials.
A test of filling coffee in different types of disposable cups (air-insulated paper cup, multi-layer paper cup, single wall paper cup, Styrofoam cup and plastic cup) shows that the air-insulated paper cup keeps the coffee hot the longest, where at the same time the outer surface stays the coolest (see chart). As the outer sleeve is a straight surface (no embossing), it offers extremely high quality graphic capabilities.
Michael Hörauf has recognized the market's needs for a more advanced coffee cup - the air-insulated paper cup.
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The Independent on Friday published news of seven Royal marines being arrested for the suspected murder of an Afghan insurgent.
From the paper:
"Seven Royal Marines have been arrested on suspicion of murder while serving in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence revealed last night.
"They are to be questioned about a suspected breach of the military's Rules of Engagement during contact with an insurgent.
"The arrests were made by the Royal Military Police and the investigation will be carried out under the terms of the Service Justice System which regulates how British standards of law are applied to military personnel serving abroad. It is the first time servicemen have been arrested on suspicion of such offences during the conflict.
"An internal review by the military will also be carried out, as is normal practice for when "any serious incident of this nature" takes place. The review will try to identify what went wrong and how such problems can be avoided. A MoD spokesman said: "The Royal Military Police have today arrested seven Royal Marines on suspicion of murder. The arrests relate to an incident in Afghanistan in 2011. The incident followed an engagement with an insurgent; there were no civilians involved.
"The investigation will now be taken forward and dealt with by the Service Justice system. These arrests demonstrate the Department and the Armed Forces' determination to ensure UK personnel act in accordance with their Rules of Engagement and our standards. It would be inappropriate to make any further comment while the investigation is under way."
The Royal Military Police were called on to investigate allegations against two British soldiers for sexually abusing Afghan minors earlier this year.
UPDATE: The Telegraph reports that a total of nine Marines have now been arrested, five of them charged
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Mean Street: Summer Rally Makes A Fool of Wall Street
You may not love the stock market, but you have to love how it can make a fool out of just about anyone.
Take investment guru Barton Biggs who apparently dumped half of his $1.4 billion Traxis Fund's "bullish bets" between June 29 and July 3, the very worst time to be selling stocks so far this year.
"I can change my mind very quickly," said Biggs in an interview with Bloomberg. With the S&P500 now up about 8% since hitting its lows on July 1st, Biggs must rue his fickle temperament.
No one, especially Biggs who's been in the game for decades, should be surprised. The stock market seems to have a remarkable talent for persuading investors to change their minds at precisely the wrong time.
Of course, the stock market doesn't actually cajole, coax or convince anyone. It's only a mirror. Nervous investors end up doing the wrong things all by themselves.
Consider a July 6th research piece authored by UBS equity strategists Jonathan Golub and Chip Miller. In it, UBS lowered its year-end price target for the S&P500 from 1350 to 1150.
That's a big downgrade as these things go. (The Wall Street consensus remains closer to 1300.) And even though plenty of investors ignore price targets, they're a pretty big deal for the Wall Street banks. The targets inform the "view" of the bank, driving the advice it gives and products it sells.
In the report, UBS laid out its logic: U.S. corporate earnings would remain good. But investors were scared – and would stay that way the rest of 2010. So instead of valuing the market with a "normal" price/earnings multiple of say 14 or 15, investors would only pay up 11 or 12 those earnings.
Of course, I'm grossly simplifying the UBS argument. Like any good Wall Street strategists, Golub and Miller have their own detailed theories and analytical frameworks. The case for the downgrade is actually drawn from a theory on "all or nothing" market behavior. (We're in a "nothing" phase, as you might guess.)
But in a way, the downgrade was a classic "gut" or "feel" call, based less on numbers than on Golub's and Miller's perceptions of investor perceptions.
As Miller put it to me, "Are investors going to be less scared about macro risks going forward? Our best guess is the level of fear is overdone. But volatility will most likely remain high for the rest of the year."
That UBS came to the downgrade over the long Independence Day weekend is no coincidence. On Friday, the S&P500 had fallen to its year-to-date closing low of 1022. Recent U.S. economic data stunk. Europe was still a mess. Investor sentiment was lousy. Earnings season was coming up.
To stick with an S&P500 target of 1350 meant a 32% uptick over the next six months, over 60% on an annualized basis. It must have seemed pretty unlikely. So on Tuesday, the first trading day following the weekend, UBS issued its downgrade.
Since then, of course, the market has marched remorselessly higher. Another 5% gain and the S&P500 will hit 1150, the revised UBS target. The market's certainly behaving as if it will get there sooner rather than later.
And what then? If you're UBS, do you dare revise your target upward so soon after revising it downward? If your Barton Biggs, do you pile back into all those tech stocks you sold just before Intel announced its best quarter ever?
The answer is – yes. That's exactly what you do. And then you nervously watch the tape and pray that you were only fooled the first time around.


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Don't you miss anniversaries? We celebrate our anniversary as the day we met, so we still have hoopla. We give each other cards and do nice things because we want to commemorate the moment that we first laid eyes on each other. The first thing he gave me was a peanut butter cookie, at the conference where we met. If we have a spat, he gives me a peanut butter cookie.
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Samantha Aulick, 41, and Alexa Lemley, 38
Columbus, Indiana
They fell in love as teenagers, when Samantha—Sam—took a job at the catering company owned by Alexa's parents. Both went off to college and on to other female partners, though they remained friends. Sam lived in Maryland, Alexa in Kentucky. In 2000, Alexa returned to the catering company to be its executive chef; Sam went back in 2005 to handle sales. Working together, they rekindled their relationship, and have been together seven years. "We'll get married as soon as it's legal in Indiana," says Sam.
Nine states and the District of Columbia now recognize gay marriage, and 50 percent of Americans support it, according to recent national surveys. The latest census shows 646,464 same-sex households in the U.S., a number that has nearly doubled since 2000. Among that group, 131,729 couples identified themselves as married. Many gay-rights advocates believe both figures to be low. Sam reflects:
On Small-town life We've found acceptance. We're an out couple in a very conservative rural community; we've had people tell us that until they met us, they didn't believe gays and lesbians deserved rights. We love each other very much, and it's obvious.
Why not a civil partnership? Marriage legitimizes the relationship in the eyes of other people. We want the respect and legal protection a marriage provides, especially if we have children. A civil partnership doesn't offer that.
Wedding dreams We have about 10 different scenarios: taking friends and family to Europe or to a lovely place in Maine. We've also thought about having a big to-do, because marriage is a celebration of unity and community. ("We want to have kids," adds Alexa, "but I'm a good Catholic girl; I'd like to be married first.")
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Cozy Meyer, 49, and Joe Newman, 48
Las Vegas
Cozy and Joe met at their California junior high; then her family moved to another district. When she was 17 and he was 19, a friend fixed them up, and they married a few months later, in 1983. Joe was in the Navy and often away. When he was assigned to another base, Cozy decided not to move with him, but the divorce was amicable. She later remarried and had two sons, now grown.
For nearly a decade, the former couple had no contact until Joe, who hadn't remarried but did have two sons, phoned Cozy to talk over what had gone wrong between them; he wanted closure, and he wanted to learn about himself. Cozy, separated from her second husband at the time, realized she still had feelings for Joe. "But I'd made a commitment to try to reconcile with my sons' father," she says. She and Joe lost touch for another decade until Cozy, by then divorced and living in Las Vegas, trained to be a massage therapist and was required to provide contact information for her first husband as part of a background check during the licensing process. "I had to find him," she says. "When I did, I went to Los Angeles in 2003 and we had lunch, which turned into dinner and then breakfast—and the rest is history." Joe, a tech-support agent for the video game company PlayStation, moved toLas Vegas. They remarried two years ago.


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Thanks Dave! So if your box matches the last 2 numbers of the score for each conference you win? I clicked the "contest rules" tab to try and find out but nothing came up. Just curious what the rules are...
Lawrence (and others) - the basic rules are numbers 0-9 are placed on the grid randomly for 'afc' (Broncos) and 'nfc' (Seahawks) - if the score at the end of the quarter ends in that digit, you win.
A score of 10-7 at the end of one in favor of the Broncos would read as 0 ' afc' and 7 'nfc'
Its just another way to entertain yourself during the game...I know many people who do this fors out $10 a box (!) and so it pay $250 per quarter. But....the money is too hard to work out and this isn't a gambling site (LOL) so its just for honor AND fun.
Haha. I got plenty of those. What I wish I had were the patriots 19-0 shirts!
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