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Recipe: Fall Beet Juice
Posted By YOGANONYMOUS On September 13, 2013 @ 11:37 am In Detox, Green Living, Health & Wellness, Healthy Eating | 2 Comments
Whether you want to do a fall detox [2] or you're just hoping to take advantage of the abundance of seasonal produce autumn has to offer, this juice will give you the healthy nutrients you need to rock the season. This detoxifying beet juice recipe contains some of the fall season's superstars: celery, apples and of course, beets [3].
*For added sweetness, you can include more lemon and apple.
Put the apple, lemon, celery and spinach in your juicer. Cut the beet into small pieces, then add it to the juicer as well. Because beets are thick, it's best to juice them last so that you don't have to clean the pulp out of the juicer until you're finished. Pour into a glass and enjoy!
This article originally appeared on YOGANONYMOUS [4].
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Hotels add more gas perks, as gas prices rise
With gas prices at about $4 a gallon and rising, more Florida hotels are adding gas perks to lure travelers.
Here's one new offer: The Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spain Fort Myers is offering a $100 gas credit as part of its "Accelerated Travel" package that can be booked April 8 through July 1 for travel through Oct. 1.
The minimum two-night package includes room rates starting at $209 per night, plus a free car rental from Enterprise Rent-a-Car, $100 gas credit and free rentals of bikes, kayaks and fishing poles. Internet access also is free.
For information, visit sanibelmarriott.com and use booking code ZJL, or call 1-800-Marriott. Restrictions and black-out dates may apply.
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As we approach the holidays, the focus of many becomes the task of figuring out what gifts to buy for our loved ones. Retail establishments are more than willing to nudge us with ideas as they bombard the airwaves with commercials advertising the latest and the coolest and the most techno-savviest gifts to hit the market. So what's a shopper to do?
Well, anti-human trafficking activist Robin Rossmanith of Jacksonville has a few tips and suggestions for holiday shopping, or shopping at any time during the year for that matter, that we as consumers should heed.
Rossmanith said, "Many of the products purchased in the Western Hemisphere are produced by slaves or exploited groups of people. It's a shame that the items that bring joy to our children, friends and family members are created in a manner that brings suffering to others."
Compelled by her growing knowledge and expertise in the area of human trafficking, Rossmanith founded Shop to Stop Slavery in 2010. A new concept website, ShoptoStopSlavery.com is devoted to raising awareness about human trafficking and informing consumers about products that are made with forced labor.
To augment her endeavors and make holiday shopping easier, she has created the unique 2010 Ethical Christmas & Holiday Gift Guide.This free downloadable guide provides consumers with over 100 U.S.-based stores and links that offer slave-free alternative products, demonstrated by the "fair trade certified" label or shown to be made ethically. Socially conscious consumers can save hours in researching the right gift, can make the statement that products manufactured from the sweat of forced labor is unacceptable, and importantly, will support manufacturers and brands that are committed to not exploiting others.
Rossmanith said, "Even the seemingly little things like the Christmas gifts you buy can make a big impact toward ending the exploitation of those people worldwide who are at most risk."
To get a copy of the 2010 Ethical Christmas & Holiday Gift Guide, visit www.shoptostopslavery.com/gift-guide. Or if you would like more information, you can contact Robin Rossmanith at 904-838-5339or online at www.ShoptoStopSlavery.com.
Suggested Links
- Northeast Florida Human Trafficking Task Force: training the community to fight back
- Human trafficking survivors speak-up at University of North Florida
- Two human trafficking survivors to speak at UNF
- Shaniya Davis: the ultimate victim of child sex trafficking
- Foster Youth Day proclaimed in honor of young hero Jamie Garr


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im Grunde for fundamentally
Ben asked me to post to the general forum about specific words I'm fixing, and I don't know if this is what he meant, since most of what I'm seeing are not comments about individual words. im Grunde was listed as merely Grunde, and someone had left a note saying that it should be im Grunde. I checked it out, and that note was true, based on http://dict.cc and http://en.bab.la, so I changed it.
I changed this once before and it was changed back, however, I've found no evidence on the internet that IM can be omitted and have it mean fundamentally.
Sorry for not being clear Cougar - what I meant was that you should leave a discussion on the word that you change - each word has a discussion tab on it, and if you leave comments there then people who are looking at the word will be able to see the previous discussions are that word. Does that make sense? APologies for not being clear and thank you very much for all your great work!
Best wishes
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USRobotics Mini NAS provides easy backup and remote access for college office setting
State College Media Department
Type of User:
Media Department - Designers and Developers
Product Used:
USR8710 uShare™ Mini NAS Adapter
The Challenge: IT Department network file space limitations
Colleges are just like businesses - they have IT departments that are always trying to reduce the amount of data that needs to be supported and maintained. While these "clean your folders" requests are needed, some departments truly need more space and the marketing and media departments are usually the culprits that are Gigabit greedy. This media department supervisor was told to reduce the files on the network but still needed to share large files with coworkers on and off campus and needed a solution that could make everyone happy.
The Solution: Simple Network Attached Storage
A USRobotics Mini NAS Adapter was installed at the department office with an external hard drive from the office. Files were transferred from the temporary network location to the new NAS, reducing the files on the main network but still providing access to the department files. Media department employees and interns now can easily access a shared mapped drive.
When other employees or contractors need access to files, they each have specific secure logins allowing them access to only certain folders that the owner has specified. No more worries about other people gaining access to financial information or sensitive projects or clients.
The Benefits
The NAS adapter easily converted a previously used hard drive into network attached storage, without pricey additional drives or complicated configuration. While providing easy, quick access to files on the local network the Mini NAS also provided an easy way to share a printer and access the files while not at the main office. The NAS adapter allows flexibility needed for this small business.


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Sound Science's Services in Technology, Database Development, GIS, and the Internet
See also Sound Science's page on Resources for Action.
Sound Science has specific experience developing databases of searchable research information that relate to ecological assessment, monitoring, and land management.
Because we are scientists ourselves, we are particularly careful about designing technological products that are sensitive to the ways scientists think about and search for information. Our designs for searchable content consistently reflect the users' desires for search terms that reflect their thought processes, well annotated data entries, and clean and clear user interfaces.
A core phase of any database design project is one or more workshop or focus group style meetings with users and stakeholders to define key needs and uses for the database. Key products in this phase include:
Answers to these questions drive the design of the database structure, the search architecture, user interface, and decisions about the necessary platform.
Examples of recent database design projects include the following, all of which are searchable databases of bibliographic information and data.
(4) The Monitoring Project Assistant, a logic model-based tool for guiding scientists interesting in developing monitoring projects through a questionnaire that "frames" their project. Their specific answers to the framing questions lead to documents of specific suggestions for monitoring (developed by Sound Science) and a bibliography of further reference material.
(5) The Land Rehabilitation Cost Estimator was developed for the US Military Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance program (LRAM). It is a sophisticated Excel-based program that helps land managers estimate the components of cost in land rehab projects. Based on common Best Management Practices, the tool integrates material costs, labor, and equipment with user-supplied estimates of project size to create comprehensive cost estimates.
Contact Scott Santulli for more information on Sound Science's database, technology, and internet services.
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Billy Caldwell Golf Course (This Forest Preserve Golf course is at 6150 N. Caldwell Avenue in Chicago, Ill.) is the longest, par four hole on this course—401 yards average distance to the putting green from the rear, Blue teeing ground. This is a nine holes course that has eight, par four holes and one, par three hole.
For the White teeing ground, the average distance to the putting green is 389 yards. Three hundred forty-seven yards is the average distance to the putting green for the front, Red teeing ground. This hole has a #3, course hole handicap.
The teeing grounds have elevations of approximately one foot above the fairway's level. The teeing ground markers are colored, wooden posts. Chicago-land, golf course teeing grounds are rectangular and have two-club lengths of depth with two tee-markers indicating the outside limits. (This is likely the same measurements for all golf courses in the world.) Golfers, you should be certain that you play your drives from within the teeing grounds (Rule 11-4, Rules of Golf). In addition, golfers should not move or get someone else to move the tee markers (Rule 11-2).
Since this fairway is wide and straight, two, accurate shots will allow golfers to land their golf balls on the putting green. A 230 yards drive from the Blue teeing ground will leave golfers with approximately 171 yards to the putting green. A 220 yards drive from the front, Red teeing ground will leave golfers with approximately 127 yards to the putting green.
Widely-spaced, young trees are on both sides of this fairway. (Large gaps are between solitary trees and tree groups of two and three.) These tree lines extend from the Red teeing ground's front to the putting green's rear. This fairway lacks any sand bunkers or water hazards.
This putting green is medium size and has an oval shape. Its elevation appears to be the same as the teeing grounds' elevations. No sand bunkers are around this green.


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Twitter is truth serum for the New Orleans Saints' Junior Galette.
He admits when he's hungover: "SunGlasses and Advil...."
He admits when he's having a good day: "Life Is Great Even My Baby Momma Being Nice 2 Me God Is Great! #BLESSED."
He calls out friends when he thinks they're full of it: "'@Harp41: Can't wait to run out of this tunnel as a @panthers #KeepPounding'stop Lying."
He calls out media. Bleacher Report draft guru Matt Miller, who's eyes bleed from watching so much tape, ranked Galette as the 28th best 3-4 outside linebacker in the league. A Twitter follower brought the ranking to Galette's attention.
Galette responded by saying, "GTFOH (Get the expletive out of here)!!! Whoever wrote dat drunk AF (as expletive) get it off my TL (timeline)." Miller responded to Galette asking, "Where do you feel we got your evaluation wrong?" Galette responded, "#EveryWhere."
This is coming from a guy who exploded in 2013 with 12 sacks for the Saints and served as a driving force in the defense's drastic turnaround from 2012.
I asked the Saints defensive end/outside linebacker about his blunt honesty and passion on Twitter when it comes to detractors. Galette laughed and starting saying, "Oh no" when I brought up the subject. Then, in Twitter fashion, he answered with honesty.
"As an undrafted free agent, you as a competitor, you feel like, 'No, I don't think this guy is better than me,'" Galette said Tuesday. "And with the whole thing of being just undrafted, it's always going to follow me. I'm always going to have that passion. I don't really care what people say about me, but when you bring it out to the world, it's like, 'C'mon really? You don't know what you're talking about.'
"I'm always going to have a chip on my shoulder. It's not motivation. I'm motivated by pride and getting better at what I do. Nobody is going to motivate me."
I believe him. Why? He can't help but being honest.
So even when he's joking like when he said, "It's the biggest year of your life!" when I asked him about the 2014 season, he's telling the truth.
There's no more talk about "potential" with Galette after three seasons of increased promise dating back to his rookie season in 2010. His breakout season in 2013 has brought expectations rather than potential.
"If there was just one of us, I'm sure one of us could get a 16, 20 sack season. (But) You've got two nice defensive ends out there really getting after it," defensive end Cam Jordan said. "The sky is the limit. I'm really looking to push the envelope. I'd like there to be 30 sacks between the both of us."
I asked if that was just lip service.
"I said it, with purpose," Jordan said matter of fact.
It may sound insane with Galette's sack totals in 2013, but scaling back on Galette's snaps is actually something the Saints are taking a look at heading into this season. The thought is for Galette to be more fresh for when he comes in rather than having to play every down because of a lack of bodies.
"He's one of those guys that has gone strictly through the process," defensive line coach Bill Johnson said. "College free agent ... not dressing (with the Saints), all of those things. Then all of a sudden in one year's time he becomes the guy we have to play a lot of downs with. To be honest with you, we got caught up in a couple of situations where we were just short at the position. So he had to shoulder the load.
"Two things on that: 1. He's always had a little bit of a stamina issue. He's gotten better at it. 2. We've got to do a better job of getting him out of the game when we can."
After the gut-punching loss in Seattle in the NFC divisional game, improving his stamina was one of the first things Galette told me he need to improve upon. It's one thing for Galette to blast the naysayers who he feels doesn't know anything. It's another when it comes from the coaching staff he trusts. So Galette welcomes the constructive criticism.
The reason? "He's passionate about football. It's his life," Johnson said about Galette.
The game drives Galette. It's hard to deny his passion. But what are the goals this season?
"There is no number," Galette said. "I just want to be better than I did last year. That's the goal. I want to keep progressing. As long as I keep making progress, we're heading in the right direction."
Galette couldn't say that with a straight face either. The magic numbers are 12 and 60.
If Galette picks up 12 sacks or more and tallies 60 percent of the defensive snaps in 2015, he can opt out of his contract and go for the big bucks in free agency. The pass rusher bucks. He'd have to pay back $900,000 to the Saints, but that would be a drop in the bucket for Galette if he piles up consecutive seasons of 12 or more sacks.
The money matters to Galette. He knows how much other players make. He knows what players deserve it, and isn't shy to express when someone doesn't.
Galette remembered something I wrote via Twitter just before free agency commenced in mid-March: "Saints' good fortune in '13 FA: Fell short on Paul Kruger and used less money to nab Keenan Lewis. Kruger: 4.5 sacks. Junior Galette: 12."
Galette took to Twitter shortly after my tweet to say how much better he was than Kruger and knew his time would come. Galette said all the right things Tuesday when asked about his contract situation that wins will provide more "cheese" and "gravy" for everyone.
"I'm always going to have a chip on my shoulder because I always want to get better," Galette said. "I don't have as much leverage as the guy who came in Day 1 and (played). I don't have all of that leverage. I don't even want that. I feel like that's what makes me feel unique."
But Junior, if you hit those numbers in your contract you will have leverage.
His response: "I always have leverage."
He can't help himself, and what's not to like about that.**************
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Wore it on my wedding day, which was 4/17/2013. It is dry cleaned.
I also have the silky/mesh jacket that I bought to go with it. the colors of the dress and jacket match perfectly.
The Jacket is optional, just let me know.
as for the payment, I will sell through PayPAL, if you have an account with them. I do not really know the escrow.com thing.
NO cashier checks, personal checks. ALSO (postal and regular) money orders/grams are out of the question. Unless its through western union..
If you try to send me more then im asking for, to then then direct me to send the rest to someone else.. Do Not bother asking me about the dress. I know for a fact your scam artists.
- Label Size: 8
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- Color: Ivory
- Silhouette: Aline
- Material: Lace
- Neckline: Halter
- Style: Not white
- Condition: Used
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The present assignment concerns technical assistance to the public sector component of the Danish agricultural sector Programme for Economic Growth within the Agricultural Sector in Burkina Faso, financed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The component aims to improve framework conditions for the private agricultural sector and includes support to a) the development of the legal and regulatory conditions, and b) public infrastructure in selected value chains in 5 regions in Burkina Faso.The technical assistance will be provided to:-The Permanent Secretariat for the Coordination of Agricultural Sector Policies in Burkina Faso (Secrétariat permanent de la coordination des politiques sectorielles agricoles au Burkina Faso, SP-CPSA);-The Department of Studies and Planning in the Ministry of Agriculture and Water (Direction des Etudes et de la Planification du Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Hydraulique, DEP/MAH); and-The 5 Regional Councils supported by the programme.The TA shall assist the authorities and the private agricultural sector in achieving the following objectives:1. Development of the National Programme for Rural Development (PNSR) as the major planning, monitoring, and financing framework for agricultural development in Burkina Faso.2. Improvement of agricultural production, productivity, quality and commercialisation, and specifically within the selected five value chains by optimising the strategic and the legal & regulatory framework and by the construction of public infrastructure.Ther applicants should have substantial experience in supporting public administration in planning and monitoring within the agricultural sector and in supporting the implementation of rural infrastructure in Francophone Africa. The candidates should also have extensive experience in support to the development of the Private Sector. Knowledge of agricultural production, processing, marketing and sale would be an advantage.
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The Who Dat Nation held an online pep rally Friday afternoon to get everyone fired up for the New Orleans Saints showdown with the Seattle Seahawks Saturday afternoon.
The tweets covered a territory ranging from Who Dat chants to promises of a trip to this year's Super Bowl.
Have a look at what some folks were tweeting and take a look at the full timeline and jump in here.


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Miami Marlins: Toronto-bound players will take a huge tax hit; how Delgado avoided it
Give David Sloane credit. The Coral Springs-based agent had a healthy enough skepticism of the Marlins to shield client Carlos Delgado from the same situation Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes, John Buck and Emilio Bonifacio are facing as they prepare to become members of the Toronto Blue Jays.
When the Marlins signed Delgado to a four-year, $52 million free agent contract before the 2005 season, Sloane wasn't thrilled that the offer was back-loaded and did not include any no-trade provisions. Unconvinced Delgado would be a Marlin for the duration of that contract, he insisted on a unique clause that would allow Delgado to recoup whatever money he lost as a result of being traded to a team whose players are subject to state income tax. The Marlins after one season traded Delgado to the Mets, but he didn't take a financial hit the way this current batch of soon-to-be ex-Marlins will.
Robert Raiola, the sports and entertainment group manager at Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel and LaPilusa, a New Jersey-based tax, accounting and advisory firm, told the Wall Street Journal Marlins players will lose a combined $8.4 million. According to the article, a tax rate hike for high income earners in Ontario is set to come online soon.
To the best of Sloane's knowledge, that Delgado contract was the first and only one to include protection from unforeseen state income taxes. Considering the club's history, wouldn't be surprised if representatives of future Marlins' free agent targets insist on similar provisions. Of the 11 players this Marlins ownership group has signed to contracts of three or more years, five were traded after the first season (Delgado, Paul Lo Duca, Reyes, Buehrle, Heath Bell). Three others — Buck, Mike Lowell, Luis Castillo — were traded after two seasons.


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SMOKER Alexander married Amelia CARNE 1874
Information & Research Journal.
Marriage details for Alexander and Amelia.
Groom: Alexander SMOKER.
Age: 20 years.
Status: Single.
Father: William SMOKER.
Bride: Amelia CARNE.
Age: 20 years.
Status: Single.
Father: James CARNE.
Date married: 01 January 1874.
Place: Residence of Mr. HUGHES, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Alexander died 07 November 1913, Stirling North, South Australia.
Age: 61 years.
Status: Married.
Amelia's death not located.
Nine children located South Australian records for Alexander and Amelia.
Louisa SMOKER.
Born: 29 September 1874, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: -
Married: William EDWARDS.
Date: 16 November 1892.
Place: St Augustine Church, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Alexander SMOKER.
Born: 04 November 1875, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: 26 June 1954, Springbank Hospital, South Australia.
Age: 78 years.
Residence: Mitcham, South Australia.
Status: Married.
Married: Mary JACOBS.
Date: 01 December 1903.
Place: Methodist Church, Wilmington, South Australia.
Henry SMOKER.
Born: 06 August 1880, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: 08 October 1945, Port Pirie West, South Australia.
Age: 65 years.
Status: Married.
Married: Eliza Mary Ruby ADDISON.
Date: 17 May 1916.
Place: Residence of Mr. ADDISON, Port Augusta West, South Australia.
Jane SMOKER.
Born: 23 September 1882, Stirling, South Australia.
Died: -
Married: Patric HURST.
Date: 02 August 1909.
Place: Residence of W SMOKER Jnr, Port Augusta, South Australia.
James SMOKER.
Born: 23 February 1886, Stirling, South Australia.
Died: 21 January 1946, Whyalla, South Australia.
Age: 59 years.
Status: Widower.
Married: Nellie Gertrude AUSTIN.
Date: 01 January 1908.
Place: Methodist Church, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Elizabeth Ellen SMOKER.
Born: 07 January 1888, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: -
Married: Thomas George MARTIN.
Date: 30 March 1910.
Place: Residence of Alexander SMOKER, Stirling North, South Australia.
William Carne SMOKER.
Born: 11 May 1890, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: 04 February 1971, Whyalla, South Australia.
Age: 80 years.
status: Married.
Wife named as Ellen Mary SMOKER.
Married: 1. Violet GARRETT.
Date: 31 July 1911.
Place: Residence of Mr. GARRETT, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Married: 2. Ellen Mary HART.
Date: 16 May 1936.
Place: Residence of Mrs, FRASER, North Walkerville, South Australia.
Sydney Charles SMOKER.
Born: 12 March 1892, Srirling North, South Australia.
Died: 01 May 1972, Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.
Age: 79 years.
Residence: Brookly Park, South Australia.
Status: Married.
Married: Mary Wheelhouse ROWLAND.
Date: 31 March 1920.
Place: Residence of F H LEHMANN, Port Augusta, South Australia.
Gilbert flinders SMOKER.
Born: 02 December 1896, Stirling North, South Australia.
Died: 21 December 1966, Glenunga, South Australia.
Age: 77 years.
Residence: Norwood, South Australia.
Status: Married.
Married: Mary Adelaine Millicent EDWARDS.
Date: 06 October 1921.
Place: Baptist Church, Semaphore, South Australia.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, South Australia.
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TONKIN lives in Victoria, Australia.
Please note.
Journals are intended to assist new researchers locate family lines in Australia and should only be used as a guide for follow up research and record searches as intended. Due to spelling and informant errors appearing in the records, typo errors and my misreading of the records mistakes must be expected. Errors will be corrected when detected.


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Even as a concept, This is the End sounds like a lot of fun: just about every young Hollywood comedy star appears in one a single film, playing themselves. And as soon as the party finds its groove, everything starts falling apart.
The film opens with Seth Rogen picking up his friend Jay Baruchal from the airport. They're both film actors, although one of them is a lot more famous than the other, living in an extended episode of Entourage while the other one commutes from Canada (far away from the showbiz bull***t, he says). Jay wants to stay in all weekend playing Xbox and smoking weed but Seth ends up dragging him along to a star-studded party at James Franco's house.
And then the apocalypse happens.
People on the street are raptured up into the sky by a blue light, helicopters fall from the sky, holes open up in the ground and celebrities star dying left, right and centre. A core group of guys end up barricade themselves inside the Hollywood mansion: Franco, Rogen, Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Hot Tub Time Machine's Craig Robinson. Armed with the plan of surviving until help arrives, their characters slowly come undone as their rations dwindle. Danny McBride also turns up, expanding on his self-obsessed Eastbound and Down persona and starts throwing spanners into the works.
(Trailer NSFW)
You get the impression that Rogen and Co. are pre-empting the standard complaint that they're always just playing themselves by, you know, playing themselves. There's a unique rhythm to the way these actors talk, and there are plenty of hilarious moments that feel as though they developed through improv. By playing versions of themselves, they get to take pot-shots at each other's movies and send themselves up as vain, privileged celebrities. There's even a nice meta bit where the characters start recording confessionals on Franco's handi-cam from 127 Hours.
With this, Rogen's first directorial effort with partner Evan Goldberg, they've taken what they've learned from their time under Judd Apatow's tutelage and created a raunchy flick with an emotional core. There are plenty of bawdy jokes, tonnes of celebrity cameos and a number of flashy special effects sequences, but they never lose sight of the things that makes the film funny, which are characters and the specific ways they get on each others' nerves.
And it needs to be stressed: this is actually laugh-out-loud funny. I know that should seem like a given when millions of dollars are spent making a comedy, but it's not always the case. There's a bit where Jonah Hill futzes around with a gun that may the funniest thing we've seen all year.
You'd think with the sheer volume of profanity and scatological jokes, this movie would be incredibly divisive, but it doesn't feel that way. Some people may say that your enjoyment of the film depends on whether you like Seth Rogen.
But who doesn't like Seth Rogen?
This is the End is in cinemas now


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According to a recent story on the Capital OTC website just hours ago on August 16, 2014, Google has just snapped up the photo analysis app Jetpac City Guides for an undisclosed amount. This is an application that scans images uploaded into social media sites, evaluates them, and rates the related cities in the pictures on any number of interesting criteria. Jetpac brags that their digital app can help users determine the "happiest" cities on earth, the cities with the "wildest college parties", or even those with the largest number of "dog lovers". But this is just the tip of the Jetpac iceberg.
Even though the Google website is keeping mum on the topic currently, the Jetpac site seems to be shouting from the rooftops about their new owner. "We're joining Google" is the very first thing that visitors will see when logging onto their homepage. It appears as if the Jetpac app has already been taken down from the Apple App Stores, and its services will be completely discontinued on September 15, 2014.
This is just one of many new Google buys in recent months. According to a Bloomberg report on the same story on August 16, 2014, the multi-media conglomerate has also recently acquired video-creation service Directr Inc. and a smartphone-messaging app called Emu, spending over $4 million dollars in new deals in just the first 6-months of 2014.
We also know that Google has already acquired Nest Labs Inc. earlier this year, a rather innovative company that designs and manufactures smart thermostats and smoke alarms. And Google spent $3.2 billion on this single company alone, their largest in history to date. So, it appears as if the search engine giant has great plans for the future, casting a rather wide net in its recent corporate acquisitions.
The Jetpac program focuses on three different areas, an app for city guides, an app that analyzes photos, and an image detection tool. However, after September 15, 2014, customers will no longer be provided support from either Jetpac or Google.
Instead, the expectation is that Google will now incorporate these apps into their day-to-day search engine analytics to help its users to obtain more accurate search engine results. For example, if a Google customer is visiting the city of New Orleans and is looking for the "best bar in town to find women in their 30's", the Jetpac enhanced Google analytics will now be able to scan millions of images on social media and the net, evaluate the pictures based on the request, and spit out an instantaneous and more accurate list of potential links.
Google is not yet available for comment on the Jetpac acquisition, but look for a press release within the next 24 hours.


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Update on the Viequenses of Puerto Rico
Update on the Viquenses of Puerto Rico
May 2003
By Sonia Ivette Dueño*
The story of David and Goliath is frequently used to exemplify the struggle of the Vieques people over the last sixty years.
David the Shepard was anointed to be king by Samuel yet the anointment was not sufficient for David to become king. He underwent numerous trials to prove he was worthy. King Saul even tried to have him killed a few times but at the end David is given the kingdom.
David conquered Goliath not dressed in armor as Goliath was or the armies were or even as King Saul wanted him to be dressed as but dressed with the love of God. As David told King Saul, "The Lord has rescued me from the claws of the lions and bears, and he will keep me safe from the hands of this Philistine." David knew the best means are always the simple direct ones. In this story, we see how the heart as the center through which Spirit rules embodied in David conquers Goliath (material) who represents aggressive domineering ideas that brag about their power and through fear and might try to keep us in a submissive state of acceptance and compliance. The story of David and Goliath is the story of the mastery of the Spiritual over the material.
In the case of Vieques, the people of Vieques have an apparent hard fought victory because the United States Navy certified it was ceasing military training and left May 1st . Many claim this the final victory and think the battle has ended. For 60 years the Viequenses were subjected to bombing with live ammunition. They were and are squeezed into living in 1/3 of their island because the other 2/3 was occupied by the US Navy and rented out at the tune of $80 million dollars a year to foreign armies to come on over and practice bombing there, too. Now the Navy leaves stating an "unfriendly atmosphere" in Vieques. It was the civil disobedience that brought this first class naval force to its knees. It wasn't the Viequenses dressed in armor, it was the Viequenses sheer force of will and belief that God was with them and they, in an active nonviolent way went forth courageously, with confidence, with international and national support and stopped the Navy.
Is the battle over? This one, yes, but the war has not been won. As we see today, the Viequenses are still living in only one third of their land. The Navy has left but those lands are now occupied by a sister federal agency, the Department of the Interior thereby still limiting the Viequenses use and access to their lands. Yes, Goliath was conquered and the Navy left. Now we must work to win the battles of the contamination, cleanup, restoration and return of the lands, the battle for the health of the Viequenses, which has been devastated by the toxic chemicals used on the island, depleted uranium, napalm, heavy metals and the battle for the development of a sustainable livelihood. The consequences of the bombing won't end just because the Navy left.
We seek peace, the Viequenses seek peace. The Viequenses have inspired many to maintain faith in themselves and in their struggles. They did not succumb to intimidation and instead fought back fear with action.
Despite our governments desire to keep us frightened into submission to its unrighteous reign, we as a people want peace. Let us gain strength and renew our faith as millions of people throughout the world in almost every single country have shown in their pursuit of peace. Nations will not be at peace until the individual consciousness in each country is at peace, a lesson well taught by the community of Vieques, Puerto Rico but still to be learned by our governments.
(* Sonia Ivette Dueño is the Coordinator of the Fellowship of Reconciliation Washington, DC Office on Vieques.)


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"The Magic Flute" will be a semi-staged production presented by the Light Opera of New Jersey in collaboration with Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra on:
• Saturday March 1, 2014 8PM at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 140 So.Finley Ave in Basking Ridge, NJ
• Saturday March 8, 2014 8PM at the United Reformed Church, 100 West Main Street Somerville, NJ
Tickets are priced at $25 and $35 and are available on line at: http://www.seatyourself.biz/lightoperaofnewjersey or by calling 913-961-4659. Additional information can be found at www.cjso.org or www.lightoperaofnewjersey.org.
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The Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra (CJSO) joins forces with The Light Opera of New Jersey (LONJ) this coming March, presenting one of Mozart's most famous operas, The Magic Flute. Mozart's incomparable music portrays Prince Tamino fighting wild animals and the elements to win Pamina's hand,, while the silly bird-catcher Papageno seeks a wife, and the Queen of the Night and High Priest Sarastro battle for moral supremacy.
CJSO was founded in 1970 with a mission of enriching the community by inspiring a love of music through exciting performances and educational outreach. The orchestra presents a rich repertoire of classical music, including contemporary works and works of lesser-known composers. CJSO is committed to presenting the works of New Jersey composers and regularly features New Jersey soloists.
LONJ, (formerly Ridge Light Opera of New Jersey) performs a wide variety music ranging from Mozart operas and Gilbert & Sullivan operettas to musical theater classics like My Fair Lady and Carousel. The company includes professional singers as well as highly skilled amateur performers and is based in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
This production will feature a complete cast of professional singers alongside the renowned sound of the Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
Tamino……….……..Cameron Smith of North Caldwell, NJ
Papageno…………...Mark Wilson of South Orange, NJ
Queen of the Night…. Carrie-Anne Winter of Huntingtown, MD
Pamina……………….Elise Brancheau of Bergenfield, NJ
Sarastro………………Robin Lee of Lawrenceville, NJ
Monostatos…………..Alex Corson of Basking Ridge, NJ
First Lady………….. Samantha Dango of Cranford, NJ
Second Lady………..Joanna Hoty Russell of Murray Hill, NJ
Third Lady…………..Hanne Ladefoged-Dollase of Rockaway, NJ
Papagena……………Laura Zupa D'Avella of Essex Fells, NJ
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Armed robbery: The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is seeking a suspect in connection with an armed robbery of CVS Pharmacy, 1920 State Road A1A, on May 12. According to the report, a clerk said a man came into the store at 3:20 a.m. He was holding a gun and demanded all of the money from the cash register. He was given an undetermined amount of money and then fled the store.
He is described as a white or Hispanic male in his early-to-mid 20s, five feet, three inches tall, 120 pounds, with black hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing long, dark blue jean shorts, a plain black T-shirt and a black ball caps with white and black designs on it. He was also wearing a white and black bandana over his face.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kevin Roberts at the Sheriff's Office at 824-8304. Callers may also remain anonymous and possibly be eligible for a cash reward by calling CrimeStoppers of North Florida at 1 (888) 277-TIPS (8477).
The following was compiled from police reports collected from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office (SJCSO), St. Augustine Police Department (SAPD) and St. Augustine Beach Police Department (SABPD):
* Who: Anderson, Casey William, 23, Palm Coast. Charge: Battery. (SJCS))
* Who: Beaulieu, Paul Gilbert, 37, St. Augustine. Charge: Battery by strangulation. (Putnam County Sheriff's Office)
* Who: Brinson, Michael Shawn, 28, Hastings. Charge: Damage to property, criminal mischief; battery, aggravated battery, escape, resisting officer without violence.(SJCSO)
* Who: Conn, Russell Thomas, 56, Swickley, Pa. Charge: Disorderly intoxication (SJCSO)
* Who: DiMaio, Ronald Anthony, 24, St. Augustine. Charge: Aggravated battery. (SJCSO)
* Who: Felker, Marlowe Ray, 41, St. Augustine. Charge: Two counts of battery. (SJCSO)
* Who: Harper, Kathleen Lynn, 47, St. Johns. Charge: Failure to appear. (SJCSO)
* Who: Lane, Joseph Ervin, 53, homeless. Charge: Five counts of failure to appear. (SJCSO)
* Who: Leahy, Patrick Kevin, 41, St. Augustine. Charge: Disorderly intoxication.(SABPD)
* Who: Martin, Christopher Michael, 36, Palatka. Charge: Operating vehicle while driver's license suspended/cancelled/revoked. (SJCSO)
* Who: Parkhurst, Richard George, 57, Unknown. Charge: Shoplifting. (SJCSO)
* Who: Reynolds, Sidney Varil. 38, St. George, Ga. Charge: Violation of probation. (SJCSO)
* Who: Thompson, Angela Danielle, 33, St. Augustine. Charge: Battery. (SABPD)
* What: Tools, auto parts. Value: $2,460. Where, when: 100 block Katnack Road, May 9-15. (SJCSO)
* What: Cash, medicine, digital camera, clothing accessories, eye glasses, perfume. Value: $1,172. Where, when: Motor vehicle in 500 block 14th Street, May 15. (SJCSO)
* What: 10K gold, 2009 class ring, St. Augustine High School. Value: $450. Where, when: School locker, Varela Avenue, May 8. (SJCSO
* What: 10K gold oval-shaped diamond ring. Value: $400. Where, when: 4000 block Second Avenue, May 16. (SJCSO)
* What: Money slot collector vending machine. Value: $470. Where, when: 2700 block State Road 16, May 17. (SJCSO)
* What: Garmin Street Pilot GPS. Value: $300. Where, when: Motor vehicle, 3900 block State Road A1A South, May 17. (SJCSO)
* What: Microphones; Blues Blaster hand mic, speaker mic. Value: $289. Where, when: Motor vehicle, 40 block of East Watson Road, May 14 (SJCSO)
* What: Husqvarna 245 chain saw. Value: $250. Where, when: 10000 block, U.S. 1 South, May 18. (SJCSO)
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Android 4.4 KitKat update for Verizon's LG G2 now available
Following in the footsteps of the models sold by T-Mobile and Sprint, the LG G2 for Verizon now has the update to Android 4.4 KitKat available. There's a catch, however. It doesn't look like the update has been pushed through to the over-the-air system, at least not yet. That means you shouldn't expect your phone to notify you that the update is out – it simply won't know.
The only way to get your hands on the new software, at least for now, is to use Verizon's Software Upgrade Assistant, a piece of desktop software that only works on Windows. As you might expect, you need to use that to download and install the update to your phone, so a Windows PC with your G2 connected to it is a must. When you connect your G2 to a PC, the Software Upgrade Assistant should be one of the options that pop-up automatically. If that doesn't happen, then you need to go into the Verizon/LG drive that should appear and locate a file called SWUpgradeLauncher. Launch that, and you should be on your way to a tasty KitKat treat.
The update comes in at 2 GB, which may be why it isn't available over-the-air. Verizon may decide to roll it out over-the-air at some point in the future, so if you don't want to go through the procedure described above to update immediately, you can always wait and see what happens.
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MSNBC.com said it has acquired Newsvine Inc., a Seattle based Web firm that operates Newsvine.com, a community-based news aggregator.
Newsvine is one of a growing number of social news sites, such as the popular Digg.com, where gatherings of passionate news junkies post stories and vote in some fashion to determine which stories receive the most coverage and links. According to the Newsvine homepage, the site aims to be "an instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment."
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Providence Bruins
Coaching Staff
Bruce Cassidy
Head Coach
Bruce Cassidy is in his fourth season with the Providence Bruins and entering his first as the team's head coach. Known to many as "Butch", the 46-year-old Cassidy has 15 years of career coaching experience, highlighted by a stint as head coach of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals from 2002-04. Cassidy's coaching resume is a lengthy one, having served as a head or assistant coach at a variety of levels from the NHL to the Ontario Hockey League.
An Ottawa, Ontario, native, Cassidy began his junior-level playing days in the OHL for his hometown team, the Ottawa 67's, during the 1982-83 season. The former defenseman's best season was his very first as he paced the 67's with 86 assists in 70 games and finished second for the club's overall scoring lead with 111 points. The next season, after being selected 18th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Cassidy made his NHL debut as an 18-year-old, appearing in one game for Chicago and spending the rest of the year with Ottawa. He once again finished second on the 67's in scoring but the regular season later proved to be an afterthought as Ottawa went on to win a Memorial Cup championship in 1984 over the Kitchener Rangers with Cassidy notching an impressive 22 points (6g, 16a) in just 13 playoff games. His final junior season with Ottawa was in 1984-85 when he appeared in only 38 games in what was the first of three straight years cut short by knee surgeries.
From 1985 to 1990, Cassidy played mainly in Chicago's system, seeing time with the Hawks and their affiliates, the Nova Scotia Oilers of the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League's Saginaw Generals, Saginaw Hawks and Indianapolis Ice. Over those years, Cassidy appeared in 36 NHL games for Chicago, scoring four goals while adding 13 assists. His best years were in 1988-89, when he tallied 80 points for Saginaw, and 1989-90, a season highlighted by a Turner Cup championship for Indianapolis. The following three years, he played in the Italian Ice Hockey League and German Hockey League, suiting up for Alleghe HC in Italy and Kaufbeuren. In 1994-95, Cassidy returned to Indianapolis, enjoying the final three of his 12 playing seasons before retiring 10 games into the 1996-97 campaign to accept a head coaching job with the Jacksonville Lizard Kings of the ECHL. Cassidy led Jacksonville to a 15-25-10 record after it began the year 6-12-2.
Cassidy's second season as a coach and first full year was much improved for Jacksonville as it finished 35-39-6. The following year, 1998-99, Cassidy was promoted to head coach of the team in Indianapolis for which he had played parts of four seasons. The club went 33-37-12 but advanced to the second round of the playoffs. The Ice folded after that season, leading Cassidy to take the head coaching position with the expansion Trenton Titans of the ECHL. The Titans advanced to the fourth round of the playoffs, earning Cassidy a move to the Ottawa Senators organization as head coach of the IHL's Grand Rapids Griffins. They led the league at 53-22-7 in 2000-01 and again won a division title the next year with a 42-27-11 record, earning Cassidy the AHL's Louis A.R. Piere Memorial Award as Coach of the Year.
The Washington Capitals took notice of Cassidy's work in the minors and made him their head coach in 2002-03, where he led the Caps to the postseason and a regular season record of 39-29-8-6. Washington fell, however, to the eventual Stanley Cup champion, Tampa Bay, in the first round. His tenure with the Capitals ended with a record of 47-45-9-6 over parts of two seasons. Cassidy signed with Chicago in June 2004 as an assistant coach, working with the AHL's Norfolk Admirals during the 2004-05 NHL lockout season and then the Blackhawks in 2005-06. He again became a head coach in 2006-07, guiding the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs to a 31-30-7 mark and a trip to the playoffs. His time in Kingston concluded with a two-year record of 33-39-8, bringing his overall head coaching record to 295-253-36-37 (W-L-T/SOL-OTL) in 621 games.
Cassidy resides in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Julie, their daughter Shannon and son Cole.
Kevin Dean
Assistant Coach
Kevin Dean is in his first season as the assistant coach of the Providence Bruins, after spending five years as a member of the New Jersey Devils organization's coaching staff. The 42-year-old Dean has five years coaching experience, including four seasons as an assistant coach of the Lowell Devils (AHL) and one year as head coach of the Trenton Devils (ECHL). Before he took a position behind the bench, Dean played 12 years professionally, highlighted by winning both the Calder Cup and Stanley Cup during the 1995 season.
A Madison, Wisconsin native, Dean was the New Jersey Devil's fourth choice and the 86th overall selection in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. Following the draft, Dean took his talents to perennial Hockey East powerhouse, the University of New Hampshire. In four years on the blue line for the Wildcats, the defenseman recorded 50 points in 131 games. Following his senior season in Durham, Dean made his professional debut with the Devil's AHL affiliate, the Utica Devils.
After spending time between Utica, Cincinnati (ECHL) and Albany (AHL) from 1990-1994, Dean's career took a dramatic upwards turn. The River Rats captain tallied a career-high 37 assists for 42 and was named a first-team AHL All-Star when the River Rats won the Calder Cup in 1994-95. The blueliner also received his first NHL call-up, playing in 17 regular season games for New Jersey. However, it was the three playoff games he suited up for that got his name inscribed on the Stanley Cup. The only player in the organization to be a part of both the Stanley Cup and the Calder Cup, Dean also became one of only four players to win both coveted trophies in the same season.
Dean remained in the Devils' organization for four more seasons until he was picked up by Atlanta in the 1999 NHL Expansion Draft. He split the 1999-00 season between Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago, recording 11 points in 64 regular season games. A veteran of 12 professional seasons, Dean retired following 2000-01 season with the Milwaukee Admirals (AHL). Dean finished his professional career with 34 goals and 177 assists for 1 point.
Following a 12-year professional career, Dean hung up his skates and took a position behind the bench with the Lowell Devils in 2006 as an assistant coach under Kurt Kleinendorst. The Devils struggled for three seasons falling short of the playoffs from 2006 to 2009. In the organization's final season before moving to Albany, head coach John MacLean and Dean led the Devils to their first winning record since the 2006-07 season.
The New Jersey offices took notice of Dean's efforts and following the 2009-10 season, Dean was named the head coach of the Trenton Devils, the ECHL affiliate of the Albany Devils. He led the struggling team to a 27-37-0 record, falling short of the playoffs for the second consecutive year. Following the 2010-11 season, the New Jersey Devils, the owner and NHL affiliate of the Trenton club, suspended Trenton's operations.


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Fuxin Travel Guide
Last updated by fabiowzgogo at 2016/6/5
Fuxin Overview
Fuxin is a time-honored city and one of China's important energy bases. In Fuxin, there are 24 ethnic minorities including Mongolia, Hui and Xibe. The unearthed Chahai cultural relics of the ancient human being prove that there were human footprints about 8 thousand years ago in Fuxin. Fuxin is home to agates, and it has the world's largest agate, longest agate abacus and longest agate necklace.
Fuxin is also the oriental dissemination center of Tibetan Buddhism. Its temple culture and bas-reliefs on precipices can be reputed as the treasure of Chinese Buddhist culture. For instance, the famous Ruiying Temple features Tibetan temple architectural style, grand scale and magnificent appearance, and it's also listed as the provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit. The bas-reliefs on precipices of Mount Haitang are the only preserved national treasures of oriental Tibetan Buddhism.
At present, there are 267 well-preserved Buddha statues in different shapes, which integrate history, art and appreciation. Besides, Fuxin also boasts natural beauty, such as the famous Haitangshan National Forest Park and Daqinggou scenic area famous for its sand hill, blue water and verdant forests.
The night of Fuxin
Fuxin is located in the northwest of Liaoning Province, which borders on Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north and borders on Chaoyang City to the west and Jinzhou City to the south respectively. It borders on Shenyang City in the east and it's about 147.5 kilometers from Shenyang.
Weather Condition
Fuxin enjoys the North Temperate Zone continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons and adequate sunshine. Winter is the longest season of the year which lasts from November to mid-March. The early winter is from early November to late November with the average temperature of 3℃ to -5℃. Midwinter is from December to the following late February with the average temperature of -5℃. The average temperature from winter solstice to the Beginning of Spring is lower than -10℃, which is the coldest period of the year. The late winter is from late February to late March with the average temperature of -5℃ to 3℃. Spring lasts from April to mid-June.
The average temperature is over 3℃ in early April and over 10℃ in late April and early May. Summer lasts from mid-June to early September. The midsummer is from mid-July to mid-August with abundant rainfall and scorching weather. Autumn lasts from early September to early November. The average temperature is about 20℃ in early September and it becomes windy and cool in October.
Xihe River
Famous Tourist Attractions
Shengjing Temple
It's a Mongolian Lamaism temple which can date back to late Qing Dynasty. It has three-storey pavilions with 78 glorious rooms.
Ruiying Temple
It's also called lamasery, which is located in Fumeng County, 22 kilometers southwest of Fuxin City. Ruiying Temple was built during Emperor Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it boasts the great Buddha hall and Living Buddha Hall. It's the largest Lama temple in Northeast China.
Chahai Sites
Located in Fuxin Mongolia Autonomous County, Chahai Sites can date back to about 7,600 years ago. It's the oldest site of the Neolithic Age discovered in Northeast China. There were over 30 house ruins, about 200 potteries, stone implements, jade wares, deer bones and dragon-design pottery pieces.
Tour of Revolution Scenic Area
In Fuxin, there is a "pit of ten thousand corpses" hall in memory of departed miners, which is a patriotic education base and provincial tour of revolution scenic area. It was built in 1968, consisting of 11 osseous remains halls, 1 large-scale picture exhibition hall and 1 memorial tablet. The memorial hall is the only large-scale and well-preserved group burial ruins of departed miners in China.
Shijiazi Agate Scenic Area
Fuxin is known as home to agates in China, and its agate production accounts for over 70% in China. With a history of over 1 thousand years, Fuxin agate carving is the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Shijiazi Agate Scenic Area is the gathering, distributing and cultural center of agates, including 7 categories, over 200 varieties and thousands of styles of agate products. China Fuxin Agate Festival held every two years attracts over 300 thousand businessmen, agate masters and tourists who come to appreciate and purchase agate crafts.
Guanshan Scenic Area
Located in Daba Town of Fumeng County, it integrates sightseeing, relaxation, entertainment and scientific research. Besides gorgeous mountain landscape, Guanshan Scenic Area has a few historical and cultural sites, such as the ancestral temple of Genghis khan of the Yuan Dynasty and the royal tombs group of the Liao Dynasty.
Zongheng Hot Spring Ski Resort
Zongheng Hot Spring Ski Resort is the only large-scale ski resort in western Liaoning Province, located in Sunjiawan International Tourist Area in Taiping District of Fuxin City, 8 kilometers from the downtown area. Covering an area of over 400 mu, it has a comprehensive skiing trail with the length of 500 meters and width of 140 meters. There are also a variety of ice-snow activities.
Fuxin People's Park
Fuxin People's Park is located in the downtown area, which is the largest comprehensive park in Fuxin. It consists of Flowers Viewing Area, Animals Viewing Area, Water Sports Area, Leisure and Entertainment Area and Parkview Sightseeing Area.
Best Time to Visit
The best period to visit Fuxin is from April to mid-June and from early September to early November, when it's neither too hot nor too cold.


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Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are having trouble distancing themselves from the most conservative platform in GOP party history, which includes a Human Life Amendment that bans abortions in all cases. The DNC is out with a new web video: "The Romney-Ryan-Akin Platform for Women"
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As I continue to travel around South County on my listening tour, I have been hungry for news on the election front. As it stands today, unless one looked at the actual signs, you wonder if an election actually existed. There is news, though: Giuliani is coming to OC to campaign for Van Tran and Carly Fiorina. But, there is also a bigger start coming to town too: Bill Clinton!!!
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I am running on a mac. The game decided to quit, and i am wondering why it has done this?!?
I am running on a mac. The game decided to quit, and i am wondering why it has done this?!?
I don't know mate you need to put some more detail up example: leagues loaded, has is happened before?, are you running any unusual apps?, type of mac (probably not the problem as all macs are great)
Mine was the same... Mac OSX Imac got all the spec you need works fine untill the crash, I was Bristol city in my 3rd month in charge and it crashed first time! any ideas also cant install the patch either would this help? and if so can some one tell me step by step how to do it?
I have this problem as well on mac. I have installed the latest patch and then after a few months it crashes during a match.
I've got this problem too, only happens during the match though. Quits to desktop and gives you the option of reporting to Apple, ignore or relaunch.
Used to happen every now and then (every 6th match or something) but now I've got chelsea in the League Cup and it happens every time I try to play this game, which is weird.
Macbook - 2.1GHz, 4GB Ram on Leopard 10.5.8 and the latest Mac patch.
Probably a compatibility issue between FM and Macs, could be a Mac problem though.
Could be to do with the Operating System you are using, evryone should post what Operating Systems they are using and say if their game's are crashing too? (like Snow, Lepord, OSX)
Sorry I don't know much about Apple Mac's, just trying to help.
Well if there is more than one of you I think someone should go to the bugs forum I have a mac but don't yet have the game otherwise i would do it my self
Version 10.5.8
2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
What were you doing when the game quit? Were you in a match, changing tactics, processing etc? Please let us know, thanks.
Its mostly as the match is playing but recently it could be anytime. Its only started happening since the patch.
i've had this issue as well but i'm not even a mac
it was just after a game had finished and it just crashed and turned off
i've ended up losing 14 league games worth of data so i'm gunna have to turn my autosave on!
happened during a game, crystal palace player was through on goal, about to score, then it crashed. I wasn't on the new patch though, just original, how the game comes.
It's only ever happened to me when I was in game, runs fine when I'm going through the menus etc.
It also only ever seems to happen when a player is through on goal, just after the ball is played. It will freeze for a few seconds then quit back to the desktop.
Those of you who are getting crashes during matches on Macs, can you try disabling your sounds in the game's preference screen, this could help. Thanks
Thanks Mike
Not had any joy with this. I've had it crash 3 times, each at different places. First was at half time in a match, second was making a substitution and third was going to a news item.
Have the sound disabled and am running the newest patch.
any news why my game would have crashed?
was more than annoying and i don't remember it happening with previous versions
my laptop is brand new, windows 7, fully updated, fully patched
no logical explanation
Yeah saw that suggestion and tried that too, no joy.
Here you go;
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Mac user here. The issue is exactly the same as I have experienced - game crashes during a match when a team is about to score a goal in 'key' highlights. The save game is not very old, and the issue is doesn't happen too frequently (I tend to save before matches anyway).
FM 10 v10.1
Mac Snow Leopard (up-to-date)
2.0ghz Core 2 Duo, 4gb RAM, Nvidia 9400M
Does it create a crash report anywhere that we can upload?
Have you tried disabling sounds in the preference screen luke?
Last edited by Ant Farley; 02-11-2009 at 17:21.
It happened to me four times in an hour the other day but after disabling the sound in the preferences, I haven't had it happen again.


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Next Thursday, Glee returns, and one of the Sadie Hawkins Day-themed episode's songs is a cover of "Baby Got Back." Sir Mix-A-Lot's much-beloved ode to large posteriors will be performed by Oliver Kieran-Jones, who plays a new love interest for Chris Colfer's Kurt and who is the head of a group called Adam And The Apples. (Yes, he's Adam.) Apparently, AATAs are heavily influenced by the singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton, who has been covering "Baby Got Back" since 2005. Coulton's version is the sort of self-satisfied retrofitting of a hip-hop hit that people who fancy themselves geeks eat up like it's chocolate ice creamand so is the Glee cover! Really, the two are extremely similar, with the exception of Glee's version being substantially shorter. Listen for yourself:
The Coulton version:
The Glee version:
If you want to drive yourself really mad, you can listen to both songs at once, although don't say you weren't warned.
While "white guy remakes rap song in a kinda self-deprecatingly dorky manner" is a trope that's been played out since Dynamite Hack dropped their "Boyz N The Hood" cover 13 years ago, the wholesale lifting of Coulton's approach to the songright down to the buried-in-the-mix sound effects and lyrical reference to "Johnny C"is pretty breathtaking, especially since Coulton has enough clout to inspire a sizeable chunk of the Internet to act on his behalf; he's seen as a bit of a folk hero by the Reddit set because he peppers his lyrics with references to programming and other aspects of geek culture, and he makes most of his music available for free download under a Creative Commons license.
Today, he started his campaign by firing off a bunch of tweets registering his displeasure: "Hey look, @GLEEonFOX ripped off my cover of Baby Got Back. Never even contacted me. Classy. After listening, I think that @GLEEonFOX may have even used parts of my recording. Do I hear a duck quack?… It sounds to me like they even used my recording, not just my arrangement. Which is nuts." (The Glee account called out in the tweets, for its part, has not responded, although it has asked other Twitter folks about their choice of apparel for today.) He followed that up with a blog post noting that he'd registered his arrangement of the song with the music-publishing agency Harry Fox, and his fans responded… with a hashtag. Watch out, Fox, it's a slippery slope from hashtags to people sending you guitar strings en masse!
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The newest The Great Gatsby movie adaptation fails to capture the brilliant subtlety of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, though it's a pretty accurate representation of his famous '20s-era novel. While it's true to the basic story and characters, it fails to capture the intricacies and art of Fitzgerald's writing.
Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet) wrote and directed The Great Gatsby, and those familiar with his work will expect something outside the box. Strange as it sounds, this The Great Gatsby film version might have been better with the typical "Luhrmann" in-your-face treatment. Unfortunately, his movie loses the subtleties of character that make the book so compelling and so ends up being on the boring side. Plus, there's not enough of his trademake craziness to make up for the characters' lack of life, and the result is a rather pendantic film that misses the mark on two counts.
I don't have much too criticize about the acting, as Leonardo DiCaprio does a solid job as Gatsby and supporting actors Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, and Carey Mulligan all pulled their weight. My complaint is with the casting.
Maguire's Nick Carraway (narrator and sort of main character) is almost a non-entity. Isla Fisher seemed strangely cast as the obnoxiously cheap Myrtle, and as much as I like Carey Mulligan (Never Let Me Go) she was no Daisy. Her characterization seemed much too sensitive and overt to match Fitgerald's Daisy (a creature of many layers, many of them unnatractive).
Fitzgerald's book is a tantalizing peek into the hedonistic world of the roaring '20s, while it is also a sensitive and subtle character study. The latter part of this magic formula (and one which has made The Great Gatsby an enduring neo classic) is sadly lost in Luhrmann's version. And while there is an opportunity for some effective Moulin Rouge-esque musical choas, Luhrmann seems to have pulled his punches in favor or a more meditative (read slow, at least comparatively) story telling process.
It wasn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but it didn't make the characters come alive and thus presented a rather lifeless version of this iconic story. The musical aspects of the film were compelling, and of course some of the visuals had the high stylization we expect from Luhrmann, but overall The Great Gatsby failed to even overtake the very solid Robert Redford-starring 1974 version. So I guess my advice is, if you're going to watch a movie version of this story (instead of reading the novel), check out the 1974 version!


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College Hockey:Bemidji Gets Five PPG To Top Ferris
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Bemidji State scored goals on five of eight power-play opportunities as the Beavers avenged Friday night's 7-0 shutout and posted their first-ever win over the Ferris State Bulldogs, 7-5, at Ewigleben Ice Arena. The teams combined to commit 19 penalties for 57 minutes in the game; in total, seven power-play goals were scored on 14 opportunities.
The five power-play goals by BSU are a season high, and the most by a Beaver team since Nov. 25, 2000, when BSU converted on five of 10 chances in an 8-1 win over Wayne State.
Ten different Beaver players scored at least one point in the win, including three with three points each. Freshman Andrew Murray tied his career high with three points, scoring two power-play goals and an assist. Marty Goulet also had two goals and an assist for BSU; he scored a power-play goal in the first period and an empty-net goal at 19:25 of the third period. Bryce Methven scored a career-high three points, recording a power-play goal and two assists.
Murray got BSU on the board first, scoring his 12th goal, unassisted, on a power-play opportunity just 1:44 in. Ferris State responded to tie the score just 45 seconds later, sparking a run of three unanswered goals to put the Bulldogs ahead 3-1 at the 11:55 mark of the first period. From that point on, however, BSU dominated.
Goulet scored on a power-play opportunity at 12:57 of the first period, just 1:02 after Ferris State had scored its third goal, and Murray tied the score at 3-3 with his second power-play goal of the period, assisted by Clay Simmons and Riley Riddell at 19:45.
The Beavers grabbed their first lead of the game at 4-3 when Simmons chipped in his sixth goal of the season just 1:07 into the second. Trevor Large knotted the score at 4-4 with a power-play goal at 4:43 of the second, but the Beavers scored the game's next two goals — including the eventual game-winner off the stick of Says Phrakonkham at the 18:26 mark of the second — to take a 6-4 lead into the second intermission.
The teams traded goals in the third, including Goulet's empty-netter with 35 seconds to play, as BSU escaped with the 7-5 win.
Grady Hunt went the distance in goal for BSU, recording 32 saves and improving his record to 8-7-2 overall this year. He saved 18 of 20 shots he faced after the wild first period.
For Ferris State, John DeCaro started in net but played only the first period. He allowed three goals and faced just nine shots. Mike Brown came on in relief after the first intermission and allowed four goals in 39:23 to take the loss.
With the win, BSU finished the nonconference portion of its 2001-02 campaign with a 4-10-1 record. The four regular-season nonconference wins are tied for the most in a single season since BSU joined the Division I ranks in 1999-2000. The Beavers won four nonconference regular-season games during the 1999-2000 season, sweeping Princeton and Wayne State.
Bemidji State improved to 9-12-3 overall, while Ferris State saw its mark fall to 11-12-1.
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Homosexuals in the middle ages – Alexander The Great.
We all heard about history. We have been taught a lot of things about the middle ages. What we don't know is the secret truth.
I have done some research about "gay" and "middle ages". I have found by research that most of the legends from the middle ages we're satanists which performed sick, sick ways of pleasure.
I decided to make different articles about different gay stars in the past.
Today, we will start with "Alexander the great"
I found some info about his so called "sexual life".
Alexander was inloved with a hardcore homophile. Here is a quote from the documents which will prove further satanism-
"At the age of thirteen Alexander was still Hephaestion's lover although most young Greeks would have grown out of the fashion by then and an older man would have given up or turned to a younger attraction. Their affair was a strong one. In other words, Alexander "the great" was Hephaestion's sexual slave."
"A more immediate project was the marriage of Alexander and Hephaestion, his closest friend and lover, to two of the daughters of Darius [the recently conquered Persian emperor], while another 80 Macedonian officers married sons of Persian nobles."
"The question of Alexander's sexuality–his predominant sexual orientation–has enlivened,or bedevilled, much Alexander scholarship. That he loved at least two men there can be little doubt. The first was the Macedonian noble Hephaestion, a friend from boyhood, They we're the people which got homosexuallity started in Greece."
"The other non-female beloved of Alexander's was named Bagoas. He was not just a 'barbarian', but a sperm thirsty transsexual."
"The great Alexander was sworn to kill straight people."
Apparently, Alexander the great was a player. He made underground arenas which would feature orgy's. The arena was also know as "The gang bang bay".
Alexander was also a drug addict. There is prove in writen documents saying that his favorite activities are breathing glue, ecstasy abuse, alcohol abuse and LSD abuse.
As you can see in the picture above, there are transsexual faggots which are dressed into women clothes. These pathetic people were Alexander's employees.
Yes, Alexander the great started prostitution in Greece and in other countries as well.
Okay, so Alexander,this gay fag killed cities, killed straight people, and sold people into gay slavary.
What do you think about this monster?
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Parkour is a movement activity that involves running and navigating obstacles in an effective and efficient manner. Freerunning is a similar activity, that not only involves the navigation of the terrain, but also adds the participant's artistic vision to the movement so that it becomes a form of self expression in addition to the movement. Parkour finds its roots in military obstacle courses, but has grown from the confines of military practice and is now enjoyed worldwide.
I was interested if Parkour could be classified as a martial practice, largely because the Use of Force spectrum includes avoidance and escape as a highly effective option to prevent harm. I contacted the Phoenix Freerunning group, a metro Detroit Parkour and Freerunning club, to see if they had some insight. As it turns out, the club leader, Eric "Silver Surfer" Zimmerman knew a fellow member was a practicing martial artist as well. Jesse "Jazz" Harrison also lent his perspective with his martial background.
From my initial research, Parkour is the skill set involving moving from point A to point B, with effective and proficient navigation of any obstacles in the way. Freerunning is similar, but focuses on the 'how' these obstacles are navigated, making it as much a physical artistic expression of the participant as it is a means of effectively traversing the terrain. Is that an accurate distinction between the two? How are the terms used within the community doing this activity?
Eric: In general, I would say yes, that is an accurate distinction. Despite this, the terms "parkour" and "freerunning" are still often used synonymously and most traceurs (practioners of parkour/freerunning) understand the implied distinction. One of the most common distinctions that people tend to point out is that freerunning often includes more flips whereas parkour rarely uses any (one example of a flip being acceptable in parkour would be doing a "dive-front" or a diving-front-flip to add a bit of distance to an initial jump). Going off of your "point A to point B" reference, parkour would find the most direct route between these two points, again navigating any obstacles in the way, whereas with freerunning, you might go a bit out of your way to add in some extra "moves" or "tricks" that wouldn't be necessary but that would look stylish/impressive.
Jesse: Yes that is completely accurate. In the community parkour is sometimes used as a general term to describe both parkour and freerunning, although it is inaccurate. Freerunning is like you said "how" one moves through obstacles which allows for a lot more artistic expression and creativity. Martial arts tricking has become a large part of freerunning; taking moves from extreme martial arts and chaining them with parkour vaults and various parkour movements. Gymnastics is also a huge part of freerunning, and some parkour movements have been inspired by gymnastics. I love the creative side of freerunning that allows me to create combos of movement that flow together well that I have never seen someone else do before.
I've heard a few points of view on if Parkour can be defined as a 'martial art style', or if it is something else entirely. Certainly the act of evading a potential attacker has martial implication, but the martial artists I have polled seem to think Parkour is something else entirely. Many liken it more to an act such skateboarding or skiing, rather than martial, because it involves the physical 'artistic expression' mentioned above. Without breaking out Webster's dictionary definitions, I'm thinking any skill set that has martial application, such as moving like this, can be considered a martial art, or at least practiced with a martial intent. Have you looked at it from this viewpoint?
Eric: Up until this interview, no, I have not really considered parkour as a potential martial art. In my mindset, martial arts are most often directed at being able to combat/compete against an opponent. In fact, from my understanding, this is often how martial artists test and advance their skill level. Although competitions are beginning to emerge with parkour and freerunning, they are more similar to skateboarding/skiing in that most often only one person performs at a time and that you practice mostly to be able to perform new and creative moves that look smooth and flow from one movement to the next. It is definitely an artist expression. It is not a contact sport (with other humans at least). I would say that within the community, the sport is not often practiced with martial intent, however, one could easily apply the parkour/freerunning skill sets with martial intent of either capturing or evading another opponent.
Jesse: I have looked at it from this viewpoint and I have often thought of parkour as the martial art of running away. In fact, parkour started in the French military as an efficient way for soldiers to retreat. Most people who have seen parkour don't realize the intense training, conditioning, and mental discipline that is involved with parkour. Likening parkour to skateboarding is similar to liking martial arts to dancing just because all you have ever seen of martial arts is kata. As much as retreating has martial implication, so does parkour. We don't often get to see parkour used in a situation that calls for its original purpose.
Specifically to Jesse, have you integrated your martial training with your parkour practice?
Jesse: The fusion of parkour and martial arts sorta happens whether you want it to or not. In both parkour and martial arts you gain extreme body awareness, which makes you more skillful in both of the arts. It is just like a symbiotic relationship. I have used moves from my Freerunning arsenal to spice up some of my creative forms, and I have used moves from my martial arts to spice up my freerunning (I do tae kwon do chung do kwon by the way).
Regarding the skill of Parkour, is there a repertoire of tricks that are standard 'curriculum'? In other words, are there specific moves with names that are generated and considered standard fare for Parkour practitioners?
Eric: There is absolutely a general set of moves that all of us practice and teach. Unfortunately, the list is too long to enumerate in full, but some of the most common elements include: parkour roll (different than a somersault or a gymnastics roll, i.e. shoulder-to-hip versus along the spine), vaults (including safety vault, speed vault, kong vault, lazy vault, dash vault, reverse vault, etc.), wall-runs (typically vertically up a wall), tic-tacs (horizontal off of a wall), cat grabs (position of holding oneself up from a ledge), precisions (landing on a specific area such as a rail), and the list goes on, with new concepts being invented/added almost every day.
Jesse: There are skills that all traceurs usually have even at the beginner levels. These skills include the following basic vaults, the kong, the safety, the speed, the lazy, and the monkey. The parkour roll also comes standard and is one of the most important movements a traceur ever learns. The wall run, climb up, and lache are also very basic and important movements that all traceurs have or at least should have.
What are some basic moves that you think would aid a martial practitioner or other person in evasion? For instance, some common obstacles require jumping over, sliding under, or sidestepping. Are there basic techniques that would aid a person's ability to negotiate these obstacles?
Eric: Any move that increases muscle control and spatial awareness (which is almost all moves) are absolutely beneficial for learning either sport. The flexibility offered by MA actually helps with the jumping motions used in PK. Both require confidence, control, discipline and preparation and they each help with everything from balance to strength. Although you can be
good at one sport and not the other (I myself specialize in parkour and am not very good at martial arts or even flexibility, while I have met master martial artists that struggle with learning parkour), being able to master both absolutely helps one progress within each discipline.
Jesse: I think it is important to be able to do wall runs/climb ups, in order to scale large walls. Also, knowing as many vaults as possible will make it so that there isn't an obstacle that you can't get around over or under. There is a vault or movement created for efficiently traversing every type and size of obstacle. One can start with the basic movements I talked about earlier.
In the interview it was clear that a non-practitioner of martial arts viewed Parkour as a certain thing while a martial practitioner saw it as applicable to both. Is Parkour a martial art? With its roots in military troop movement training, as well as its proficiency building in escape and avoidance techniques, it seems Parkour can be considered martial activity if trained with that mindset.
Phoenix Freerunning can be found on Facebook HERE.
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