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The Katy Perry single "Dark Horse," taken from her latest (already platinum) album "Prism," had been performing like a thoroughbred before her appearance on this year's GRAMMY Awards show. But sales shot through the stratosphere after Perry performed the song on the show, pushing the record to the coveted #1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
Perry is no stranger to the lofty chart position; "Dark Horse" is the 9th single that she's managed to lodge at the top. Some of Katy's other #1 hit singles include "Firework," "Roar," "Teenage Dream," "E.T." with Kanye West and "California Gurls" with Snoop Dogg. Late last summer Katy's fans, known as the KatyCats, voted to have "Dark Horse" released as a single before "Prism" was released.
Perry is slated to begin rehearsals for her Prismatic World Tour soon. The tour begins in Europe in May, and the North American leg of the tour kicks off in June. Originally slated to be 46 shows, the North American portion of the Prismatic World Tour has now been expanded to 62 gigs.
Purchase "Dark Horse" and "Prism" at iTunes
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Wyoming FCA Members Traveling to Haiti for Third Consecutive Year This May
UW Student-Athletes From Football, Swimming and Diving and Wrestling Teams Will Make the Trip
Cowboys Conclude Third Week of Spring Drills, First Depth Chart of Spring Released on Friday
Competition at Positions Will Continue Throughout Spring Practice and on Into the Fall
Wyoming Running Game Put on Display in Wednesday Scrimmage
Defense Starts Fast and Forces Three Turnovers, But Offense Wins the Day in First Major Spring Scrimmage
Pokes Devote an Hour to Scrimmaging on Friday
Offense Enjoys Big Day, Winning 73 to 23, Sophomore Punter Tim Gleeson Leaves Team
Spring Practice to Open on Tuesday, March 26
Practices Will be in the Mornings and Open to the Public and Media, Spring Game Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.
2010 Woming Cowboy Football Fall Practice First Day - Photo Gallery
Images from the first day of fall practice for the 2010 Wyoming Cowboy Football team, Aug. 5.
UW This Season: Kankolongo enters the fall campaign as the No. 3 weakside linebacker and will fight for playing time.
2013: Kankolongo played in 10 games on special teams and made three tackles and forced a fumble versus Air Force.
2012: Kankolongo appeared in two games during the season on special teams, against Fresno State and New Mexico.
2011: Redshirted due to injury.
2010: Kankolongo played in five games as a running back for the Cowboys during the season. His season totals included 13 rushing attempts for 13 yards and one reception for five yards. His top performance was six rushes for eight yards against Boise State.
High School: Kankolongo led Centennial High School of Coquitlam, B.C., to a Vancouver provincial championship his senior season, while being named the "best back" in the championship game. It marked the first provincial championship for Centennial since 1966. Kankolongo rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns on 37 carries in the championship game. He was selected his team's Best Offensive Player for the season, leading his squad to a 10-1 record. Kankolongo rushed for more than 1,900 yards and scored 25 touchdowns as a senior. His junior campaign, he helped lead Centennial High to a 7-3 record and the semifinals of the provincial championships while rushing for more than 2,200 yards, scoring 30 TDs and earning team MVP honors. He was voted a team captain both his junior and senior seasons. He also rushed for more than 700 yards and four touchdowns as a sophomore and 400 yards and five TDs as a freshman. He played for head coach Kevin Phillips.
Personal: Born April 4, 1992, he is one of five children of Marie-Claire and Bukasa Kankolongo. He was also recruited by Idaho. He is pursuing a degree in communications at UW.

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I'm trying to fetch every record from a table in a MS SQL database with about 20 million entries via an entity data model. My initial idea was to retrieve the data in chunks, like so:
public IEnumerable<IEnumerable<device>> GetDevicesInChunks(int chunkSize)
using (var db = new AccountsEntities())
for (int i = 0; i < db.devices.Count(); i += chunkSize)
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OrderBy before I call
Skip, judging by the exception that is thrown when I employ the above method
The method 'Skip' is only supported for sorted input in LINQ to Entities. The method
'OrderBy' must be called before the method 'Skip'.
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OrderBy on every subset of records I retrieve will be costly since the devices are in no particular order - I feel like I'm walking down the wrong path here.
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Red Raiders Resume Fall Slate Friday Against Howard College
Brooke Scott and the Red Raiders host Howard College at 5 p.m. Friday afternoon.
Oct. 10, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech softball program resumes its fall slate Friday afternoon with a 5 p.m. first pitch against Howard College at Rocky Johnson Field.
The Red Raiders head into the game 4-0 already this fall with a doubleheader sweep of Odessa College and then victories over Abilene Christian and Weatherford College this past Saturday in Abilene.
It will be the fifth of eight allowed fall exhibition games for the Red Raiders, who, despite returning the bulk of their pitching rotation from a year ago, are working to mix a young roster composed mainly of freshmen and junior-college transfers.
Tech will also face crosstown Lubbock Christian twice to close the fall with 3 p.m. first pitches next Tuesday (Oct. 15) as well as Oct. 24. The Red Raiders will also face West Texas A&M at 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 as well.


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You build your dream house in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The views are spectacular. You have room, privacy, everything you could ever want. Then disaster strikes. After living in your home for 10 years—nature unleashes her wrath. Two years ago, Kristen and David lost everything to wildfire. David was away on business and Kristen had just minutes to decide which of her possessions to save. She packed her car with the things that mattered most at that moment and had to evacuate. This is where Tiny House Nation steps in. Episode five is all about coming home.
Kristen Moeller and David have spent the last two years in a rental home closer to town. They made a difficult decision to rebuild on their land in Conifer, Colorado. The home that was destroyed by fire was 1,200 square feet. Since the fire, Kristen does not want to own more possessions than she can fit in the back of her car. The new home will be just 500 square feet.
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Building the new home poses some challenges. To start, it is completely off-grid except for internet. A combination of propane gas and solar panels will provide all electricity and gas. Items most of us take for granted like electric coffee makers and toaster ovens are not included in the couple's plan.
Space is another issue. Both Kristen and David need office space to work from home. Guests need a place to sleep when they visit. A full-size kitchen and bathroom are mandatory. Co-host John Weisbarth seems to think that fitting full size appliances and fixtures into this small space might be unreasonable. Apparently, he never visited apartments in New York City. There are plenty of small spaces with full-size appliances and fixtures.
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Twenty-foot ceilings allow for a large loft. This space is the master bedroom. Offices for Kristen and David are on the main floor. Each has a whopping 50 square feet to use. The offices convert to bedrooms when needed. David's desk converts into a bed. He can keep his equipment on the desk as co-host Zack Giffin designed the desk to remain parallel to the floor.
Kristen is a writer and motivational speaker. She asked for desk space and a bed in her office. Her wish was granted and her office has a day bed and a desk. Both spaces have plenty of storage above the doors.
A full size kitchen opens in to a beautiful living area. The bathroom includes a corner shower, sink and toilet. Outdoors, a huge patio overlooks and amazing view of the Rockies. A fire pit and totem pole complete the outdoor area.
Key features to this tiny home project were the ability to use burned trees for part of the interior of the home and maintaining windows to capture the amazing views. The couple has to watch how they use electric appliances. Well water is 300 feet below ground and a pump is used to retrieve it. When the pump is in use, other electrical appliances cannot run. Zack and John followed up with Kristen and David after the couple had a chance to live in their home for a while. Overall, they are thrilled with their new home. Storage is still an issue, but they are working on it.


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With a decent amount of positive economic news of late and fewer and fewer layoffs being announced, buyers are regaining their conviction that they can get behind the wheel of something new—at least to them. Also, vehicles get old and break no matter what, so when consumers defer buying (as they did in 2008 and 2009) it creates huge pent-up demand that needs to be filled. The confluence of all these trends looks set to keep the prices of used cars, trucks, and SUVs up for at least the next few months.


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The Space
This is a beautiful, fully renovated apartment with modern, top-notch appliances. The apartment is light and airy. The ceilings are high, over 4 meters (13.1 ft) tall, so you will not feel constricted. The space is 63 square meters (678 sq. ft.), and includes a living room with a dining room, living area, and an entertainment center, and a separate bedroom. The living room offers panoramic views of the Danube across a balcony girded by a beautiful garden.
Apart from the queen-sized bed in the bedroom, there is a sofa bed in the living room.
Guest Access
Throughout your stay, you will have unrestricted and exclusive access to the entire apartment. For restless guests, the street immediately below is lined with cafes, restaurants, and bars.
Interaction with Guests
I am always available to offer you recommendations on clubs, pubs, restaurants, and tourist attractions in and around the inner city.
During your stay, I will be readily available by mobile telephone or e-mail.
It is my pleasure to help you in any way I can to make your stay as comfortable as possible, so please do not hesitate to ask!
The Neighborhood
The location of the apartment is difficult to match. The apartment is located by the Danube on the Belgrád Rakpart, in the heart of the Fifth District in Budapest. Major hotels and points of interest are just a brief stroll away. The city's main pedestrian shopping strip, Váci utca, is a mere two short blocks off river. You will not be at a loss of choice for restaurants, pubs, night life, or top-brand shopping venues.
Major points of interest are easily accessible, including the Rudas Baths, the Danube Promenade, the Dohany Street Synagogue, Gellért Spa, the Hungarian National Museum, the Aquincum Museum, the Buda Castle, and many others.
Getting Around
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Depending on where you are in the world, happy belated Hobbit Day! Warner Bros., MGM, New Line and Peter Jackson celebrated the end of "Hobbit Week" by debuting a new poster for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" this morning.
The new image finds our hero, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), holding the legendary sword Sting against his chest. According to Middle Earth lore, the ancient Elven blade was lost during the Fall of Gondolin, but Bilbo discovers it years later during his quest in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." It turns out Sting comes in quite handy because it will glow blue when any orcs or goblins are close by. Eventually, Bilbo passes Sting on to his nephew Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings."
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College Hockey:Bouchard Powers Dutchmen Past Pioneers
Hat Trick Keys Union Offense
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — It was a powerful night for Union junior forward Olivier Bouchard, and it helped the Dutchmen to their first win of the season.
Bouchard scored three goals, all on the power play, and finished with four points, leading the Dutchmen to a 5-2 nonconference win over Sacred Heart on Friday at Messa Rink.
It was Bouchard's first career hat trick. He became the 12th player in Union's Division I history to record a hat trick. Bouchard is the second player to have a hat trick against Sacred Heart. Jordan Webb did it in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Pioneers Jan. 23, 2004.
Bouchard was modest about his accomplishment, and happier about the way the Dutchmen (1-2) rebounded from last weekend's poor showings in the Ice Breaker Invitational, in which they were beaten by Colorado College, 6-1, and Air Force, 9-2.
"Honestly, it doesn't mean anything," Bouchard said. "We were very frustrated the whole week in practice. The whole point was to show that we could rebound as a team."
After Jonathan Poirier gave the Dutchmen a 1-0 lead 90 seconds into the game when he stole the puck from Pioneers defenseman Noel Henck and beat goalie Jason Smith, Bouchard went to work. Lane Caffaro sent the puck from the top of the slot to Bouchard down low to the right of the net during a four-on-three advantage. Bouchard's tip was stopped by Smith, but Bouchard put home the rebound midway through the first period.
Bouchard got lucky with his second power-play goal 2:23 into the second. He tried to pass the puck to Josh Coyle at the left of the net, but the puck hit a Sacred Heart stick and went in.
"Josh was all alone on the other side," Bouchard said. "[When] it's a good day, it's a good day."
Bouchard completed his hat trick at 6:14 of the third period. Again, he was to the right of the net when he sent the puck to Michael Beynon at the right point. Beynon's shot was wide, but the carom came right to Bouchard, who slipped it past Smith.
"[The key] was getting big bodies to the net like 'Bouch,'" said Beynon, who also assisted on Bouchard's second goal.
Bouchard had a chance to become the first Division I Dutchman to score four goals in a game when the Pioneers (0-1) pulled Smith for an extra skater with 1:23 left.
Bouchard chased after a loose puck in the Sacred Heart right circle, but was knocked off by two Pioneers defenders. Still, Bouchard got the puck to Scott Seney, who scored the empty-netter with 48.9 seconds left.
"I was seeing Seney behind me," Bouchard said. "I was trying to take on two guys on the open-net goal. I was hoping to beat them with my speed."
Overall, Union coach Nate Leaman was happy with the Dutchmen's performance.
"We didn't talk about winning or losing," Leaman said. "We talked about how we wanted to play the game, and how we wanted to work. I thought the guys had their feet moving all night. I thought they played really well."
Union hosts Connecticut at 7 p.m. Saturday. … Seney had two assists on Bouchard's last two goals. … Bernie Chmiel and Chris Connerty scored for the Pioneers. … Smith, a New Jersey Devils draft pick, made 33 saves. Union goalie Kris Mayotte stopped 24, including 13 in the third period.
Ken Schott covers college hockey for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady, N.Y.
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How to Create Privacy in a College Dorm
Three Methods:Talking to Your RoommatesHanging CurtainsBuilding BarriersCommunity Q&A
Everyone wants a little privacy especially when it's a college dorm where you have to compromise your privacy. This article will help you get your privacy back in a college dorm.
Method 1
Talking to Your Roommates
1Firstly talk with your college dorm mates about the issue and sort it out so that later there are no differences between you and your friends. (Make them realize that even they want privacy)
2Scan your college dorm and put it on paper and allocate different area to your mates in the room and accordingly reconfigure it. For example if there are four people in a square room then each one can take one corner.
3Now this was allocation of areas now comes the privacy part which can be accomplished in several ways.
Method 2
Hanging Curtains
1In this method the room is divided among roommates and then these are divided into equal parts among the roommates using imaginary lines.
2Using these imaginary lines and nails, curtain holders are installed on respective walls with these imaginary lines as reference. The nails and curtain holders are installed on sufficient heights so that no one has to compromise their height.
3Now hang long curtains in the room to create mini cabins. You can zip in chains in the curtains to create doors for each cabin. Just zip in and your cabin is closed.
4As you create this cabins make sure the curtains have excellent air perforation and sound absorbing capacity to ensure proper ventilation and sound proofing.
5Now comes the light part wherein you need to install a powerful bulbs to the ceiling of the wall in such a way that it provides equal brightness to everyone.
Method 3
Building Barriers
1In this method only difference is creation of cabins where in you need not use curtain holders.Also this method has additional wardrobe type facilities which are absent in method-1.
2In this method after scanning and deciding places for everyone you need to decide on privacy building barriers which can be customized depending upon the allotted space to everyone.
3Dorm privacy building barriers are not permanent and can be customized according to the user. One can put paintings on these barriers keep things and so on. After deciding your customized barriers you can buy them and put them in your room to add a third dimension to your college dorm.
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- Notify the person before you enter into their cabin.
- For method-1 you can apply zips to the curtains using your knitting and cutting skills.
- Make sure that you room is properly ventilated and everyone gets sufficient amount of air.
- Do have a similar working hours so that privacy is not compromised especially in night while sleeping or else if someone wants to read in night than he or she can use a table lamp to study and switch off the room lights.
- If your friends play loud music make them here it through microphones.
- Be careful while installing holders for curtain. And try not lean on curtains otherwise catastrophe might happen.
- While installing dorm privacy barriers make sure you get used to them to avoid any awkward situations and accidents.
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An animal who starred in a popular family film - and was last seen on earth 10,000 years ago - has re-emerged at a Seattle construction site. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, KOMO 4 News reported that an ancient mammoth tusk was discovered yesterday at a South Lake Union construction site.
According to Seattle's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, the construction workers uncovered a mammoth tusk that appears to be from the Ice Age.
Transit Plumbing employee Joe Wells was one of the first people to see the tusk pushing out of the earth.
"We were like, 'So, what do we do here?' You don't want to damage it or just continue on and tear it out of the ground," he stated.
It remains to be seen what the property owner will do with the mammoth tusk.
"Because the fossil is on private property and does not seem to be associated with an archaeological site, it is up to the landowner to decide what they would like to do with the tusk," stated Dr. Christian Sidor of the Burke Museum Tuesday news release issued on Tuesday.
According to Sidor, the discovery offers a "rare opportunity to directly study Seattle's ancient natural history."
"Mammoth" refers to any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, animals which had long, curved tusks. Mammoths lived from the Pliocene epoch (around 5 million years ago) into the Holocene at about 4,500 years ago in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America.
Mammoths were members of the family Elephantidae, which includes two genera of modern elephants and their ancestors.
According to the Burke Museum, mammoths became extinct as glaciers receded at the end of the Ice Ages between 10,000 and 11,000 years ago.
The Burke Museum, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2010, has vast collections of artifacts and has garnered worldwide recognition as a museum of natural history and culture. Learn more about the museum here.
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Vince Guaraldi: Linus and Lucy
Linus and Lucy
Vince Guaraldi (piano)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy FCD-8431-2)
Vince Guaraldi (piano), Fred Marshall (bass), Jerry Granelli (drums).
Composed by Vince Guaraldi.
Recorded: Berkeley, CA, 1964
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"Twelve drummers drumming?" suggested Linus. "Don't be ridiculous," snapped Lucy, his older sister. They were choosing a gift for her unrequiting sweetheart, Schroeder the toy pianist. "I've got it!" exclaimed Linus, passing Lucy an LP from the stash in Charlie Brown's garage. "Vince Guaraldi?" she hesitated. "Is that classical?" Linus, anxious to finish before Charlie Brown returned from the fool's errand upon which Lucy had sent him, replied, "The classiest!" And that's how Schroeder came to supplement his devotion to Beethoven with a love of jazz. Alas, he still ignored Lucy—one more thing for which she'd never forgive Linus.
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A glance at the list of events this weekend made me scream a little, and when I took a closer look I was screaming for sure. Apologies to my cats and neighbors but this weekend will be EPIC! With Art Basel Miami and Holidays in December, we haven't seen too many art openings lately. Well, cry no more! Friday will be a big night for art, so have an extra cup of coffee before you go out! After you're done with all the openings, we suggest some dancing to keep you warm! And not just any dancing, but some proper Bushwick wilderness… Are you ready? Let's go!
The legends about the butt/vaginas sculptures made of foam, bungee rope and donuts have been circulating far beyond Bushwick for the longest time after Bushwick Basel during BOS 2012. The craze about Adam Parker Smith, an artist whose medium is everything, is rightfully hysterical. The butts are not the only type of art Adam makes; in fact the only thing his pieces have in common is that grin you will surely find on your face. Guys, this Friday, whether you love or hate art, Adam Parker Smith is a must see!
At NURTUREart they are reflecting on recent apocalyptic predictions and the way they shifted the universe. A group of artists (Lisha Bai, Leah Beeferman, Ethan Greenbaum, Elisa Lendvay, Demetrius Oliver, Allyson Vieira, and Joe Winter) address cosmological hierarchy through their experimental studio practice.
Yesterday, we wrote about Outlet Fine Art and how much we love this easy-flow Bushwick gallery. Their current show, On the Grid is closing this Friday, and you should not miss the chance to see some really good sampling of urban and street art (A City of Children, Jilly Ballistic, El Sol 25, Jason Eppink, John Redmann, Jowy Romano, Matthew Silver, Enrico Miguel Thomas) Also they have a raffle!
Similarly to Outlet Fine Art, also Jen Hitchings and her gallery Weeknights belongs to the young and awesome generation of Bushwick gallerists. On Friday night, go check out a big group show of hilarious art. We can't wait!
Brooklyn Wayfarers is an artists studio building and a gallery space. Their tradition is to do openings on Sunday nights, which works pretty well with the always art-crowded Bushwick Fridays. Go check out the solo show of David (scout) McQueen who will present a series of re-imagined works of Vincenzo Gamba (Galilei), the illegitimate son of Galileo Galilei.
Albeit not during the weekend, and that is not during the weekend even with my loose European interpretation of it, Microscope Gallery has a very interesting event on Monday. "now what," is a night of screening and moving image performance curated from an international open call. The three programs include: a wide-range of mostly new and recent works from established to emerging artists working with Super 8mm or 16mm film, digital video, video games, appropriated footage (from Youtube, Google & other sources), music video, performance and more. Look also forward to five live projection performances, live sound, multiple projectors, and dance. The event is taking place at Running Rebel Studios, neighbors to Microscope Gallery.
After a TON of expectations, it is here. Missed for a long time, Silent Barn has finally opened its gates! Tonight they are inviting us all to the first apartment show with bands, bday party and maybe-bacon.
Bossa Nova Civic Club is a brand new unique night and dance club right on Myrtle Ave. Co-owned by a veteran of the rave scene, John Barclay, Bossa Nova won't bring anything else the a full night out experience with vinyls, DJs and dancing.
Here at Bushwick Daily nothing makes us happier than to discover a new DIY venue. Blackhole on 53 Wilson seems to be one of them. Go check it out on Saturday for "NEW TECHNO HOUSE WAVE FUNK MACHINE DIGITAL VIDEO WAX."
Fitness Gallery is a new storefront gallery on Myrtle Ave across the street from Little Skips. On Saturday they have an interesting durational music performance going on. They will bring to life Richard Kamerman's epic composition "MODULAR SYSTEM FOR 1 to 6 MUSICIANS." During the 13 hours of performance, they expect many interesting occasional guests to show up. So show up too and dance in the street with them.
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I stumbled across this while searching for some other stats, and I couldn't stay there much longer. Their jumps to conclusions, combined with the fact that they allow NO comments of feedback whatsoever, makes it obvious what they're really about.
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European oil giant BP (NYSE:BP) has a lot to lose from the escalating conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Due to hefty investments made in Russia over the past few years, BP has a lot riding on what happens in Eastern Europe. Now that geopolitical risk has reared its ugly head, you should know that BP appears to be on some shaky ground.
While it's important to not get too carried away with what might happen in the Ukraine, you should know that BP has an enhanced risk profile, above other integrated oil and gas majors. For better or worse, BP has an entrenched footprint in Russia that has the potential to significantly affect the company's results. This is what places BP in unique territory when compared to its European peers like Statoil (NYSE:STO), and is a reason why BP investors should be concerned.
BP's reliance on Russia
BP has allocated significant financial resources into Russia through an equity investment in oil giant Rosneft. At the time, this looked like a savvy management strategy to give the country a solid entry into emerging-market energy production. After all, Russia is a premier emerging economy and a major oil and gas producer. Remember that Russia is included in the BRIC nations, along with Brazil, India, and China.
BP now owns 20% of Rosneft through its equity investment. This represents a significant percentage of BP's operations, particularly since BP has severely cut back its operations in other areas. In the years since the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP has sold off billions of assets to raise cash. To be exact, BP has unloaded $38 billion worth of assets since 2011 as part of its divestment program. This means that BP is a much smaller and streamlined company than it's been in the past, making its Rosneft position a large slice of its overall pie.
A unique position in Russia
That's how BP described its exposure to Russia when it published its 2014 Investor Update presentation. BP generated $1.1 billion in profit from its shareholding in Rosneft in the fourth quarter alone. BP's equity position in Rosneft accounts for approximately 28% of its 3.2 million barrels per day of production and 37% of its 18 billion barrels of oil reserves.
BP's position in Russia is significant not just in absolute terms, but also when stacked up against Statoil's. Statoil produced just 6,000 barrels per day in Russia last year. In comparison, BP produced an average of 961,000 barrels per day in Russia last year. And, Statoil holds only about 30 million barrels of oil equivalents in net Russian reserves, whereas BP's reserves stand at about 14.3 billion barrels.
In BP's fourth-quarter earnings presentation, management described its relationship with Rosneft as a growing partnership, one that will have "significant long-term benefits for both Rosneft and BP." With the dark clouds of political risk hanging over BP because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the future is uncertain.
Keep tabs on Russia going forward
The stock market is looking increasingly shaky as strife between Ukraine and Russia escalates. The S&P 500 sold off on Friday, April 25 after it was revealed the Obama administration and four European allies would impose new sanctions on Russia. Russian stocks obviously lost value and have a lot to lose from the conflict, but so do some U.S. and European companies with exposure to Russia.
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How many times a day should a 6 week old breastfed baby poop?
She eats every 1-3 hours for about 10-20 minutes at a time. For the first few weeks it seemed like she had pooped everytime I changed her diaper. For the past week or so she has only been pooping 2 or 3 times a day and it seems like its usually in the morning when she does it and its always a lot.
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Yup, that's normal at this point, as her digestive system is becoming more colonized with the good bacteria. You really don't want it to be less than 2 times a day at this point.posted 08/29/2010 by Shleen
thats all normal, she come down to once a day or every other dayposted 08/28/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
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What is your personal soundtrack? How do you hear it? Is it in your head, or in your headphones? How do you share it? Do you hum a tune or sing above the snickering of your friends? One way to hear or share it is by using one of those fancy Bluetooth speakers you've read about so many times in this column. They tend to be small enough to carry around, surprisingly loud, and some of them can even be used as a speakerphone when paired to a mobile phone. The Portable Bluetooth NFC Brick Speaker (#10949 for black & #10950 for red) from Monoprice fits that bill, and it does so at a price that should have its competitors a little nervous.
For a mere 34 bucks and some change, the feature-rich Brick is easily a hundred dollars, or more, cheaper than comparable speakers from Jawbone and Beats without sacrificing much, if anything, at all. Making products that provide the most bang for the buck is what Monoprice does and, based on the first impression made by the Brick, they do it well. Here's the specs:
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Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Paddling Overview
Apache and Sitgreaves National Forests Paddling Highlights
- Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, aspen, and oak surround 52-acre Woods Canyon Lake near the Mogollon Rim. Campgrounds offer places to stay, and there's a marina. It's off Forest Road 300, five miles north of AZ 260 between Heber and Payson.
- Rainbow Lake has 80 acres stocked with trout just west of AZ 260 on the north edge of Pinetop-Lakeside. Rainbow Lake Campground is nearby. You can rent boats at a marina.
- Luna Lake offers 75 acres amidst meadows and ponderosa pines west of Alpine near the New Mexico border. Trout swim in the waters. Other attractions include a campground, mountain bike trail, and birding opportunities.
- Big Lake lives up its name with 575 acres surrounded by meadows and forests northwest of Alpine. There's lots of hiking and mountain biking along with four campgrounds, a marina, and a visitor center.
Running rivers in the Alpine district is a matter of opportunity. Even the largest streams on the district are small, and unless they are swollen well beyond their banks with a raging flood, they are suited only for small rafts, kayaks, or one- or two-person inflatables. The two district streams that do flow at levels large enough to float a boat, on a seasonal basis, are the Black River on the west side of the district and the Blue River at the bottom of Blue River Canyon. You've no doubt already made the connectionBlack and Bluebut actually these rivers are more likely to leave you smiling than bruised. That is, if you have the expertise to run them, and if you like doing something that not a whole lot of other people have done.
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About the only time you can be reasonably sure of having adequate water for boating these two streams is during the spring snow melt. March and April are the best bets, although the season almost never lasts for that entire time period. Both streams, especially the Blue, sometimes reach boatable levels during the summer monsoons, but the problem with this highly unpredictable event is that, even if you do happen to be in the right place at the right time, the streams are usually too high to run until they're too low. In other words, they come up very fast and they also go back down very fast.
Whitewater A to Z
With all that in mind, if you choose to come in the spring, and if it's been a good year for snow, you could very well be rewarded with a unique and enjoyable boating experience. Both streams are very picturesque in quite difference ways, and both offer their own unique challenges to the whitewater boater. You shouldn't sell either of them short. They are bona fide whitewater streams and deserve all the respect that comes with the title. Bring sturdy equipment and the skills necessary for negotiating free-flowing streams. You'll see the whole gamut of whitewater challenges here, including tight passages, frothy drops, strainers, hydraulics, barbed wire, and undercuts. If you don't recognize chose names, the Alpine District may not be the place for a first lesson. Rapids on these runs range all the way to Class IV and V. In some cases portages are the only wise course. The Black River is by far the more technical of the two, although the Blue River has some challenging spots as well.
Black River
Features: Very remote mountain stream
Facilities: Three campgrounds nearby; bodacious rapids; watchable wildlife, especially bighorn sheep.
Season: March or April (during snowmelt)
Elevation: 7,500-7,100 feet
Access: Drive south from Alpine 14.5 miles on U.S. 666 to FR 26. Follow FR 26 about 9.5 miles to FR 24. Turn right (northeast) 3 miles to FR 25 and the put-in at the bridge below Buffalo Crossing. Drive 12.5 miles west on FR 25 to the take-out at Wildcat Bridge.
This tree-lined mountain stream flows out of Big Lake and off of Mt. Baldy on the Springerville District of the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest. Along with the White River, which flows from these same highlands, it forms one of the major headwater streams of the Salt River. The Salt is one of Arizona's most renowned and most challenging whitewater streams. That portion of the Black River on the Alpine District, which is sometimes big enough to be run during peak seasonal flows, stretches between Buffalo Crossing Bridge on FR 25 and Wildcat Bridge also on FR 25. Along this 13-mile segment the Black drops 400 feet and provides a pleasant pool and drop run with ample gradient and complexity to challenge experienced boaters. Rapids here range to Class IV and V, and in some places a portage is the wisest way to proceed. Hazards include drops, strainers, and undercut rocks. Between March and April, flows can range as high as 400 cfs, but are more typically in the 200 cfs range. At these levels the run is suitable for kayaks, small rafts, and one- to two-person inflatables.
The river is quite remote along this stretch and access other than at the put-in and take-out is limited to two points, both of which require a half-mile hike from the river to a forest road. The shuttle to the takeout is a 13-mile drive over a well maintained forest road, which leads right to the river. The area of the Alpine District along the Black River has a number of developed campgrounds that officially open in mid-May but are accessible as early as April. If you come earlier than mid-May, you may still camp here without the conveniences such as drinking water and garbage pick-up. Also take note that the district is moving to pull camping back from the streamside because of its impact on riparian areas.
Water flows are not recorded on this river, just as they have not been for the past 15 years. Call the Alpine district for the best information on water levels and road and boating conditions. (The Wilderness Ranger is the best source.) The Phelps Dodge pumping station on the San Carlos Apache reservation may have current flow information. Contact the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
In addition to whitewater, this run offers great scenery and notable wildlife. The Black River (especially the stretch that flows across the Alpine District) has long been recognized as one of the most beautiful in the southwest. At the time this account was being written the Black River was being considered for designation by Congress as a Wild and Scenic River. While you're enjoying all that scenery, keep an eye out for equally picturesque wildlife residents such as black bear, elk, bighorn sheep, and osprey.
Black River is runnable below Wildcat Bridge, but a half-mile hike up a steep canyon slope is required to get to the nearest shuttle point at the boundary of the San Carlos Apache Reservation. A permit from the Apache Tribe is required to cross that boundary. Little information is available concerning the Black River on the Apache Reservation. This portion has been successfully run by experienced kayakers. Fishing on national forest waters requires that you follow all appropriate rules and regulations established by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. A valid Arizona fishing license is necessary.
Blue River
Features: Sweeping curves and spreading cottonwoods. Watchable wildlife, great birdwatching. Riverside road on the upper screech; remote setting on the lower.
Season: March or April (during snowmelt)
Elevation: 6,400 to 4,000 feet
Notes: There is a lot of private property in this area. Please be considerate of these forest neighbors.
Fishing: Rules and regulations established by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. A valid Arizona fishing license is necessary.
Access: Blue River flows alongside FR 281. A number of access points are available from this road. Some people put in as far upstream as the confluence of the Campbell Blue and Dry Blue. FR 281 ends 21 miles below this confluence. From this point the Blue has no roads leading to it for approximately 20 miles. For access to the downstream end of the remote Blue River run, drive 65 miles south of Alpine on U.S. 666 to Juan Miller Campground. Turn easy here on FR 475. It's 12.5 miles to the river.
Facilities: Two campgrounds along the Blue River. Bait, cackle, and supplies in Alpine.
As with running any small desert stream, you've got to be flexible enough to catch this river when it's up. That usually happens during the best part of the snowmelt, which may vary and frequently makes the river boatable for only a few days. Some years have no season at all. Rare summer opportunities to run this river after monsoon thunderstorms come only once in a blue moon.
In spite of all this (or maybe because of it), those who have been lucky enough to catch the Blue when it's up and running say it's an experience everyone should try at lease once. Rapids here are not big or technical. They actually rate no higher than a Class I or II (unless you run the Blue Box with its low water bridge, landslide, e-curve, and bottleneck, which may be beyond classification). If you walk around the box (as you should), you'll still have to stay on your toes and watch out for hazards that give the Blue its own unique character. Undercut rocks loom along the big sweeping curves this stream has cut at the base of the high cliffs that border it. And you'll have to keep an eye out for man-made hazards such as fences and pieces of old farm machinery that have found their way into the streambed. Log jams and strainers present a more serious hazard at very high water. The good news is that the stream isn't extremely pushy, and boaters with moderate experience should have no trouble avoiding these hazards, especially if they've been forewarned.
While you're not watching the river for submerged horse-drawn hay-mowers, you'll want to keep your eye out for the interesting animals that make their home here. Watch the skies for everything from ospreys to hummingbirds and if you're lucky you might get to see a bighorn sheep come down to the stream for a drink. If you've brought along your fishing pole, upper stretches of the river yield an occasional trout, while downstream reaches are good for channel cats and smallmouth bass.
Another interesting aspect of this river is that where it's accessible, it's very accessible (a road runs alongside it) and where it's remote, it does that in rare fashion, too. That part of the river that doesn't have a road along it is just about enough for a good long day-run.
You can put your boat on the river just about anywhere downstream of its origin at the confluence of the Campbell Blue and Dry Blue rivers. The riverside road ends just below the confluence with KP Creek. With the exception of the Blue Box, the river is runnable all the way down to and beyond FR 475, which leads to the river from the Juan Miller Campground near U.S. 666. The 25-mile run between FR 475 and Clifton, which includes a stretch of the San Francisco River, is well worth the effort, too.
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Boats are designed to take a beating. A boat's engine is not. A well-designed hull can last for decades, well past when most engines begin to fade out. When you have a boat you love, but an engine that is nearing the end of its life cycle, repowering your engine may be the perfect, affordably option to get you back on the water and extend the years of use you get out of your boat.
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Snail shell terminology 2
On the bottom (dorsal) side of a shell is its umbilicus. The shape and the diameter of the umbilicus is usually a species-specific character.
The umbilicus may be completely open (below, left), or partially covered by the lip (below, center), in which case it is referred to as rimate, or completely covered by the lip (below, right).
The shells of Haplotrema concavum (left), Mesodon thyroidus (center) and Neohelix albolabris (right). (Shells are not to scale.)
The umbilici of juvenile shells are always open. In N. albolabris the umbilicus is gradually covered by the edge of the lip as the snail matures.
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I'm exhausted after spending the day doing... just doing. It's 3 am and I still have to shower before going to sleep and getting to an appointment at 2 pm to work on my advance directive again. But...
I got a letter from SSDI today. The judge gave me a fully favorable decision (the judge agrees I'm fully disabled) going back to the day I stopped working, Jan 11, 2012. I'm absolutely shocked I didn't have to go through another hearing and 6 more months of waiting. But since they ignored my most serious and incurable conditions and instead focused on my mental health conditions, I have to go through a review in a year. So I need to keep going to doctors, gathering information and records, and getting that sent into SSDI to prove the conditions they ignored in this determination so I don't have to waste time every year in the reviews.
This is just the decision. I have to wait 2-3 months to get my back pay and my monthly payments processed. I have no idea what the payments will be, but I know it won't be enough long-term. So much is still up in the air, but this is a GIANT step forward. My LTD lawyer is going to work on my appeal over the rest of the week and the weekend, so hopefully that'll finally get done and sent in; then I have to wait 3-6 months for their decision and possibily litigation or mediation after that.
But hey, gotta take a win, right? At least I got a lot done today. I have more to do tomorrow, but it's far less and I plan on resting as much as I can because today took a lot out of me.
Still don't know where I'm going to be living. The county workers are apparently having a big problem finding anywhere to put me. I'm supposed to be out of my house (which was sold by sheriff's sale on Jan 14th) within 2 weeks and they can't find anywhere for me to live and get the services that I was approved for in mid Nov (and should have been set up already).
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I'm so glad you won! It was a hard fought battle, one that went on for way too long, and I'm so glad you got the decision in your favor finally, no matter how it came about.
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College Hockey:UMass Splits With Northeastern
Huskies' Futility In Amherst Continues
AMHERST, Mass. — The UMass Minutemen (11-11-6, 6-10-5) came out on a mission in the second half of a home-and-home series between with the No. 15 Northeastern Huskies (14-11-3, 11-8-2). UMass never relented against the Huskies, who are still looking for their first win in Amherst since the 1999-00 season.
UMass got the first two goals from junior Alex Berry early in the first, a lead they would never lose as the Huskies played a sloppy game through out.
"Just happy to get through the evening and come out with two points, give us a chance to continue to move forward hopefully right the ship," UMass coach Don "Toot" Cahoon said. "It wasn't a perfect performance by any means, but it was a good start. We came out of the gates pretty good, we executed in a couple of situations and in the third period things got a little tough for us but at least we weathered the storm and made it though the night, and again [Paul] Dainton was very good tonight."
Berry took a hard slap-shot from Brad Thiessen's left right along the boards. The shot went screaming over the glove of Thiessen before finding the top far corner. The goal was reminiscent of the Marc Concannon goal from the previous night.
Berry struck again when UMass was on the power-play. UMass was moving the puck to all sides of the ice, keeping the NU penalty-killers in constant motion. While UMass was cycling, Berry fed the puck down low to Chris Davis, who hit James Marcou. As Berry streaked towards the net, Marcou sent the puck back to the slot, where Berry slid it past Thiessen.
"Things are going well for me, been in a bit of a slump lately scoring goals but I got a couple of opportunities tonight to finish and I did, a good night; hopefully it's momentum to finish out the season strong." Berry said.
UMass added the dagger when they scored their third goal, their second power-play goal of the night when Marcou made a brilliant move to get around one Northeastern defender, then fed P.J. Fenton, who was on the far side. Fenton fired it home.
During the second period, Huskies' center Jimmy Russo skated off the ice with an injury. The Huskies were already without freshmen center Steve Silva.
"We have been in this thing for a few weeks with Silva out," Northeastern coach Greg Cronin said. "We just rolled the three centers and try and clip some wings on them is what we did. This rink is a big rink so in the second period you got long changes so it can tire you out, but I thought we had pretty good energy through out the game. Despite Jimmy's absence, cause he's on the power-play too, so it kind of messes your power-play up, but despite his absence I thought we were able to sustain some offensive pressure; we just couldn't score."
In the third period, the Huskies turned up the pressure, but still struggled to get many quality offensive opportunities. Their best chance came on a penalty shot awarded to Tyler McNeely after he was hooked by Justin Braun. McNeely came in towards the right side and snapped a shot that sailed to the back boards, missing the net.
However, the Huskies maintained the pressure and it finally paid off for them when Kyle Kraemer shot one past Dainton. For Kraemer, it was his second goal in as many games.
A penalty shot is rare; two is even rarer. yet that is what the 4,921 at the Mullins Center were presented with when Cory Quirk was awarded a penalty shot after being tripped by Drew Muench late in the third. Qurik came in and tried to deke Thiessen, but was unable to slide the puck past the pad of the NU netminder.
"Given the fact that he called the one he did against us, I thought the plays were pretty similar," Cahoon said. "If [Benedetto] didn't call the first, I don't think he would have called the second one."
The Huskies have a home-and-home with crosstown rival Boston University starting Friday night at home; UMass travels north to Maine for a two game set.
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Have you ever used Kosher salt in a recipe and found the end result to be like a salt lick and you couldn't imagine how on earth a recipe tester could have not noticed how horribly, horribly oversalted the dish would end up? Let me guess: you were using Morton Kosher Salt. Guess what the recipe tester was probably using? Diamond Kosher Salt. And I know what you're thinking: Now you tell me!
Believe it or not, I only learned about this disparity weeks ago but I had suspected something was wonky for a while. I use Diamond Kosher Salt so I hadn't run into the issue but I've often received comments that people found even a lightly-salted dish way over the top. In short, Morton and Diamond are made differently; Morton salt presses salt granules into large flakes with rollers; Diamond, through a patented process, stacks salt pyramids to form a large crystal — one is dense, the other is like a snowflake. One is intensely salty for its volume, the other has an expected level of saltiness.


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"Many companies, like Coca-Cola, have commonly rebranded their image through the years," said Kristi Lee, Vice Chair of Marketing of the organization formerly known as NAAAP, at an open house on April 11, 2014. Business leaders from throughout the Valley gathered at Henkel's Consumer Products Headquarters in Scottsdale to hear what the newly-crowned Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders (ACEL) had planned for the future.
ACEL Founder and Chair of the Board Jason Wong welcomed the crowd and described the history of the organization, which he founded in 2005 to inspire Asian leaders to make a difference in government, non-profits, business and society. His organization is one of most active business associations in the Valley, hosting 50 events per year.
Lee described various reasons for selecting the new name: to avoid confusion with the similar acronym NAACP; to generate new interest and excitement, especially among younger members, to select something "hip and cool;" to demonstrate it is inclusive of all Asian groups; and to give the impression of "acceleration," an organization that is quickly moving into the future.
ACEL Vice President Steve Erickson described an exciting array of programs, including community events involving high school students, a new ASU ACEL Collegiate Chapter; and the continuing Toastmasters and mentorship programs. Hannellie Mendoza, the Vice President for events and operations discussed some of the many events that focus on performance, culture, professional development and community service. On the agenda are Linsanity movie screening in May, the Women's Business Etiquette Series April 30, and Asian American Pacesetters Awards Ceremony on July 11.
ACEL is very appealing to sponsoring businesses, like Henkel, Crescent Crown, APS and others, who are seeking new minority workers, managers, contractors and vendors. Wong's nine-year-old vision of Asian Americans becoming more visible and influential in all aspects of business, politics and the community, continues to morph and grow, and will play an increasingly major role in the future prosperity of the Phoenix metropolitan area.


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ok.. why i have got white areas around my pictures.. what is teh max size i can have on here now.
Hi everyone.. some lovely pictures.. here are some of my garden this week.
The woodland garden will be loosing all the turf this autumn and we are having bark instead.. as the grass disapers over winter adn it is muddy to wlk on.
busy lizzie.. i went to sissinghurst back at easter.. as was dissapointed.. most of the gardens were fenced off.. the spring garden.. the only one in flower was closed.. and the only things up were heelebores and primroses.. thou it was cold.. it was not happy paying full price for the gardens when we couldnt go round have of them.
i am happy now spring is here.. my fav time of the year in the garden.. have sown lots of summer annuals and veg in last few weeks and they are all shooting up with this warmth.. and i love it. only problem now is i have to prick them all out and pout up.. i use the paper pots i make with the wooden pot maker i got for xmas last year from my little lad.. they are great pots.. as thye break down so you can transplant without breaking any roots.
the tuplips are now opening up and the wood pigeons are nesting in my large verbnium bush right my office window.. so can check them out from inside wihtout bothering them.
the gardens i just coming alive with the warm sunshine of late.
lovely pics.. my little tulips are not yeat in bud.. but wont be long.
yes a naming competition for the hellebore.. i think so.. i think "dark wonders" or "magic moments"
what will the winner get
mummy.. she has a great fear of dogs now.. but is getting better.. doesnt like ones that bark at her or jump up at her.. she is getting there thank god..as i love dogs.. and woul dhave some if my boy wasnt ellergic to them.. i think i am doomed never to have a dog for at lest the next 10 years.. shame
thanks for the useful info on how to tell if a dog is happy or feels threatened.. that is good to tell her.
as for winning the TV well done... i win nothing never have.. i have negative energy i think as i have lot of static and our electrical items break all the time.. drives me mad... i dunno how to revert it to postive energy thou..
GG.. thanks for the warning.. i never do anything with my pay-pal without loggin into them first.. but my bro in law got caught out with it last year.. they told him they never send emails to the email addi about account details or asking for info about the account.. they always do it through their own webiste.. so always log in and check first.
Fairy.. nightmare council tac it.. they dont know wht one hand is doing from the other most of the time.
also.. my daughter was attacked my one of those little barking dogs.. she was practising her cycling with hand signals round the park.. outside our house..and it came at her.. the owners didnt say anything.. didnt even bring her home..when i caught up with them they just said well he doesnt like bikes or children.. so i said shouldnt be off the lead in the park where chiildren are playing on their bikes and scooters and football etc..then should he.. and that they should havve had control of their dog instead of being up the other end of park at the time. took their detials and informed them i would contacting the police as it had bitten her leg..
witnesses (other dog oweners) said they saw her kicking at it and it was her fault.. informed them that she was trying to get off her leg.. and that it had bitten right through to the skin and torn her trousers also.. they didnt care.. typical
worse thing is she had been afraid of dogs for some time and she was just getting used to not crossing over everytime one was coming towards her..and this put her right back.
the police did contact the owners and managed to make them pay for replacement trousers etc.. and fined them for lack of control of their dog.. WOW!!! didnt help my daughter thou really did it.
mummy.. LOL.. not at your theft form your property.. but the horn.. it is terrible that your things can be taken and yet the police dont really care.. they go through the motions and that is it really.. lik ewhen we had a brick through the office window.. missed my daughter then 7 my inches.. and the came round took brick away for finger printing..ha ha.. hopefully you are right on their demise when trying to use it. duno what this country is coming too.. got worse over last 5 years.
i will get him a horn.. thought about air horn you can get also. they are so rude.. it is a cycle path and the signs say that walkers must make way for cyclists.. and respect each other on the track.. do they ever.. the dog owners where i lice think the rule the roost.. the parks the pathways.. the roads everywhere.. and they think they dont have to pick up after their dogs also.. lovely coastal path splatterd with mess.. disgusting.
Mummy.. it is a nightmre.. they dont understand that 1 week out of every 4 we NEED choc!!!.. dunno why but it is the only time i need it and i dont have them anymore! but its still there. and it is the only time i buy chocolate and we have it in the house.. so weird..
but my O/H has learnt not to touch it.. ever!!!! some years ago when i flipped my lid and threw all his fishing maggots out of the garge fridge for the birds.. never done it since. ha ha
and to you who came back from cornwall.. cant remember who.. and cant find way to go back when i am writing in the box to check on who said what, is there a way.. if so please tell me.. yes i did feel good about it.. after the guilt had worn off.. which didn't take long
rant today is about the blerdy extendable dog leads.. wish owners would real them in when a cyclist goes past.,. one took out my little lad last night.. didnt i ahve a go at them.. he rang his bell several times coming up behind them from some distance as i tell him to.. to give people time to move etc... they turned and were aware of us.. so no excuse.. but did nothing about it.. and i couldnt get him to stop in time.. as yelling at him.. STOP! now. but ya know how they are. dont listen to ya.
i just love tulips full stop... mine have just started to open in the last few days.. with the warmth we have had last week.. may it long continue!
lovely george... i agree.. i love spring time the most in the gardening calendar.. as you say lighter mornings and evening to potter out in the garden.. and the sense of new life as we plant our summer bedding plants.. and pot up our cuttings from the winter as they start to grow.. the smell of cut grass to me signifies the start of spring.. it is the time when everyone is happy so true.. the first days of warm sunshine and the sound of birds singing.. and the spring flowering plants bringing such bright and colourful colour into our lives after the dark, damp, cold winter.
i suffer hayfever but it doesnt stop me being in the garden.. i just plant more plants that are bee pollinated nad not wind
this last week has been glorious weather and today it was very warm by 8.30am.. so be off in while to do some more.. sod the housework.. now is the time to be out in the fresh air and the calm and tranquility of the garden
enjoy yourselves everyone.


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Russia has reportedly successfully test-flown its first fifth generation fighter jet prototype. Formally known as the Prospective Aircraft Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAK-FA), the craft made its 47 minute maiden voyage on 29th January. Manufactured by the Russian state owned Sukhoi Aircraft Corporation, the development of this tactical frontline stealth fighter jet is being seen as a significant milestone in the efforts of the country to modernize its post Soviet–era military technology. Read More
The first aircraft in history to combine stealth with short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) capability and supersonic speed has been delivered to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where it will conduct its first hovers and vertical landings. The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II STOVL stealth fighter will replace U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B STOVL fighters, F/A-18 strike fighters and EA-6B electronic attack aircraft, and will also be used by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy and the Italian Air Force and Navy.Read More
The US Navy is a step closer to taking possession of its first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II. The 5th generation supersonic fighter plane was displayed at the company's Fort Worth plant in front of top navy personnel this week and will undergo a wide-ranging series of ground tests before its first flight, scheduled for late 2009. Read More
Lockheed Martin has promised that its fifth gen F-35 fighter will allow pilots to "do things that were previously considered impossible, and to think things that were previously unthinkable." Almost two years after its maiden flight, the F-35 Lightning II has reached another development milestone – supersonic flight. Test pilot Jon Beesley accelerated the F-35 AA-1 to Mach 1.05, with a full internal load of dummy weapons.Read More
December 17, 2006 The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II lifted into the skies for the first time on Friday, completing a successful inaugural flight and initiating the most comprehensive flight test program in military aviation history. The stealthy, multi-service F-35 is the most powerful single-engine fighter in history, and is designed to replace the F-16, F/A-18 Hornet, the Harrier and the A-10. The Lightning's Pratt & Whitney F135 engine is the most powerful engine ever used in a jet fighter, producing 40,000 pounds of thrust.Read More
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February 24, 2005 The future of military aviation, the potent Joint Strike Fighter, will be featured at to the Australian International Airshow in March where a full scale and technically detailed replica of this massive and imposing warplane will be on static display for close inspection by military decision makers, aeronautical engineers and the general public to inspect the aircraft. It will be equipped with the latest computerised control and combat systems.Read More
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The National Arts Centre's Institute for Orchestral Studies (IOS) will begin its eighth year in September 2014. Established under the guidance of National Arts Centre Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, the IOS is an apprenticeship program designed to prepare highly talented young musicians for successful orchestral careers, and is funded by the National Arts Centre Foundation through the National Youth and Education Trust.
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I installed Windows 7 a couple months ago on one 500GB hard drive, just 30 minutes ago I chose to install Ubuntu 11 and Dual Boot it with Windows 7, but now, when I turn on my computer my screen says "Input Not Supported", I wait a few minutes and it goes straight to Ubuntu. I don't even get the boot option screen or anything.
I need a fix and need as much help as possible. Will be willing to pay for someone to help me quick. I own a business and all of my documents, etc. are on my Windows 7 Operating System.


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HTC Accord will be sold as the Windows Phone 8X by HTC
The HTC Accord Windows Phone that we first showed you on Friday will be sold as the HTC 8X. Or rather, the Windows Phone 8X by HTC – that seems to be its officially official name. That's according to the device's manual that got leaked. And unless someone went to great lengths to forge a manual, this is real.
8X in a way fits right into HTC's newfound love for the letter X – let's just think about the One X and the Desire X. That said, those are two wildly different devices in terms of specs. And the HTC 8X has been rumored to be in the middle of HTC's upcoming WP lineup. So the X doesn't necessarily stand for 'flagship' anymore, like it did when the One X was launched. It's just a letter that HTC really likes, apparently.
Oh, and 8 obviously stands for Windows Phone 8. The HTC 8X should come with a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, a 4.3-inch 720p HD touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and 1080p Full HD video recording, 8 or 16 GB of built-in storage, microSD slot, and NFC support.
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Back in the mid-1990s, in an author talk at Washington University in St. Louis, writer E. Shaskan Bumas shrewdly remarked that graduate writing programs had contributed more to the homogenization of American literature than to its diversity. This comment, made somewhat in passing (and to the chagrin of that university's Creative Writing department), has in hindsight turned out to be predictive not only of the state of literature, but the arts collectively. When the arts reach a point where even the avant garde is prescriptive, innovation sputters and dies.
More recently, St. Louis-based writer Sarah Kendzior observed that the over-gentrification of those iconic cities formerly known as creative meccas has had much the same effect as the homogenization of which Bumas spoke two decades ago. In "Expensive cities are killing creativity," Kendzior substantiates the idea that the commodification of originality and innovation leads to one conclusion: Creativity is not marketable merchandise. When art is commoditized, every installation begins to resemble the next and the hype is as formulaic as the product being hyped.
Kendzior's straightforward antidote to this sanctioned stifling of creative diversity rings clear to artists. "Reject the places where you cannot speak out, and create, and think, and fail. Open your eyes to where you are, and see where you can go." If January fruits are any indication, St. Louis holds a rich and varied artistic harvest in store this year, beginning with the fresh new exhibit at Julie Malone's SOHA Studio and Gallery. "TOOLSHED: Sculpture by Howard Jones" is the sort of installation we might have seen at a pre-Reagan-era East Village gallery, before the property values skyrocketed and the trust fund babies moved in. Jones's work is new, it's visionary, and it's incongruous; in short, it's not going to appeal to every taste.
That said, the reception of Howard Jones's work at Friday's opening was both enthusiastic and engaged. Jones's sculptures, 61 in total, are singular items seamlessly conjoined from everyday objects, sometimes related ("Heel," for example, joins a pair of chic ladies' pumps into a single awkwardly elegant construction) and other times seemingly accidental (as in "Stone Hearth Chair," the juxtaposition of a carved parlor chair and stacked hearthstones). To see the potential in such commonplace objects as hacksaws and pine cones takes a very special vision, but Jones's "hybridization" of the components in his sculptures also requires no small amount of skill.
Each piece, in fact, looks as though it was manufactured originally to be precisely what it is and nothing else. No cobbled together amalgam in Howard Jones's toolshed! Every sculpture somehow exudes the right to occupy the space around it, each possessing the strange beauty and presence of a Hieronymus Bosch painting rather than the surreal relativity of, say, Dali's melting clocks. In his artist's statement for the show, Jones affirms that his interest lies in "objects common in their description only because they have been refined over time and served so nobly. I know these objects well, and have used many of them as first intended. I imagine a use for them in keeping with their original purpose, yet more specific." So specific, in fact, that each piece is unique. While one of Jones's sculptures may, occasionally, resemble another (the series of brushes, "Thorn Brush," "Grass Brush," "Root Brush," and "Catalpa Brush," for example), no two constructions are ever alike, nor could they be.
The very nature of Jones's work defies commodification. Though the sculptures in Jones's Toolshed resist homogenization, they embody the concept of reinvention. As the artistic breeding grounds of the 20th century transform themselves into what Sarah Kendzior terms "gated citadels" for those "priced out into irrelevance," the 21st century sees unexpected cities like Detroit, St. Louis, and Chattanooga; Jaipur, Bruges, and Porto, reimagining themselves as fertile landscapes for emerging artists. And all the while, in Howard Jones's microcosm, a blade of grass can reinvent itself as anything the artist can imagine.
"TOOLSHED" will remain on display at SOHA Studio and Gallery until January 25, 2014. The show will culminate in a Gallery talk by Howard Jones from 7–8 P.M. on January 22.
Located at 4915 Macklind Ave. in the Southhampton neighborhood of St. Louis, SOHA is open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment.
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