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The Project was established to create a large scale integrated farm and processing precinct in the Gulf Savannah region of North Queensland. A Greenfield agricultural enterprise comprising 50,000 hectares of irrigated cropping land, co-located processing facilities and associated water, electricity and logistics infrastructure will be established.
Sugar cane - already widely grown in Queensland and guar bean - a leguminous crop suited to rotation with sugar cane - will be cropped and processed.
Guar bean is used to produce a natural colloid used in food manufacture and, more recently, coal seam fracking. Increasing demand for gluten free food which requires alternative food additives like guar gum and the very rapid growth in coal seam gas is leading to insufficient supply. The project is well positioned to meet local requirements for guar gum close to one of the world's hotspots for coal seam methane.
The integrated enterprise includes on-farm and off-farm water storage and water distribution, farm and cattle grazing operations, factories, power station and other infrastructure.
Integration enables all parts of the project to be optimized.
Sustainability and environmental management can be delivered as a central element of the enterprise. New farming technologies can be implemented to reduce impacts and increase productivity.
By-products from farming such as green tops and trash can be used as stock feed when blended with protein by-product from the guar gum plant.
Process water will be recycled as irrigation water returning nutrient back to the farm. The carbon footprint of the enterprise can be minimized. A co-located cattle back-grounding facility enables nutrient-rich manure to be collected and reused in farming operations thereby decreasing artificial fertilizer application. Farm run-off during heavy rain events can be managed across the entire farm to capture sediment and overland flows which will be recycled and used on-farm.
Liquid waste from the processing facilities will be treated in a biogas plant. Biogas will provide additional energy for the cogeneration plant to dry sugar and gum products.
Regional cattle producers bear substantial live cattle transport costs and carcass shrink losses resulting in significantly reduced net returns. In some cases, cattle are left to die on the property rather than transported at a loss for slaughter. Over one million cattle are exported from the region. Processing of marginal cattle from the region will exploit a wasted regional resource.
Climatic conditions in the Upper Gilbert River are amongst the best in the tropical world - few rain days, high solar radiation (25% greater than Thailand) and all year round growth.
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New Delhi: After releasing 1 million protest letters and 66 different manifestos in every unauthorized colony, the lumpen heroes of the Aam Aadmi Party have finally come out with a unified charter to spite the armchair critics who termed them as "chaotic" and "socialist".
Titled "Final war against corporate leeches" the unified declaration of policy and aims of the Aam Aadmi Party is sure to make the hopes of autorickshaw drivers and Bangladeshi migrants all over soar.
"If AAP comes to power" the charter promises "All the illegal, unauthorized colonies of Delhi will be regularized and all the required services* will be provided to their residents", on closer examination the required services are mentioned in the Appendix as "Jacuzzi bath, free electricity, valet parking and Delhi University quotas!!" It also promises "Hermes bags and La Sensa lingerie for all Dilli aunties!!"
Sample another gem amongst the million extravagant revolutions proposed by the Aam Aadmi Party "If we come to power, Aam-aadmi flats with 3-star facilities will be constructed for slum dwellers!!". When asked how the construction would be funded, a party worker who did not wish to be named revealed "A special 2% Khaas-aadmi CESS would be levied on tax-payers."
Under the section "Countering crony-capitalism" the charter promises radical change "One of the main thrust areas of the AAP has been countering the blood-sucking corporate-leeches who plunder this country by making PROFITS!!", ending on the note that "All the Tatas and Ambanis and Adanis will be driven out of this country!!"
When asked who then will provide employment to India's huge and ever-growing youthful population, Arvind Kejriwal, himself an ex Income-Tax official pointed us to the section which says "Private vehicles such as cars will be banned to stop people from commuting to work and making PROFITS!! instead the Indian Railways will be expanded to have a station in every nukkad and office complex, and will employ millions of displaced youth!!"
When questioned if changes of such scale would expose society to tremendous risk of corruption and embezzlement of public funds, Mr Kejriwal said "There will be a LOKPAL ARMY of one million repressed men and women (Lok Pals or friends of the people) who will police our autorikshaw and railway unions carrying brooms and wearing Khaadi underpants and check for people wearing sexy non-Khaadi lingerie or indulging in corruption or PROFITS!!"
When asked what would guarantee honesty and immaculate moral behavior from the Lok Pals Mr Kejriwal pointed to the section of the charter which says "Moral education", gems from which include compulsory singing of the AAM AADMI ANTHEM by Kailash Kher at Sunday morning Mohalla Sabhas.
Mohalla Sabhas are what will replace RWAs and gated communities. The Parliament will be open-air at Jantar Mantar or Ram lila grounds with Mr Kejriwal, attending a daily Darbaar seated on a blind White Elephant under a Chhatri. Exclusive Darbaars will be organized only for minorities who will also have quotas. Tier-2 cities will be turned into villages governed by Gram Sabhas in a process the charter defines as "DE-CENTRALIZATION". To motivate the cadre to attend compulsory gram-sabhas, Mujraas will be organized for "COMMUNITY BUILDING".
On security for women and checking cases of rape and harassment, the final unified manifesto promises a ban on sex. "Sex will only be allowed to please the Aam-aadmi" It says "Ostentatious displays of wealth creates resentment amongst Aam Aadmi, and so does ostentatious display of sexiness, which forces them to commit atrocities.
So in line with banning private vehicles, we will ban other men having hot girlfriends. At the core of our organization are angry single men who feel resentful at being marginalized by forces of the free market which are beyond their understanding, such as preference for women in service-sector employment. So we will ban the service-sector to effectively check cases of crime against women."
Some of the other outrageous promises made in the charter are
1. "Anna Hazare effigies will replace Ravana during Dussehra, and will be shot from the back with arrows by people wearing Aam Aadmi topis."
2. "END CORRUPSHUN by legalizing pilferage of electricity and replacing all electrical wiring with superconductors and distribute the gains in transmissions for FREE. To raise funds, we will issue "Aam Aadmi" junk bonds targeted at Chinese buyers"
3. "Inheritance Tax on good looks, because relative good looks lead to privilege and Samaajwaad is the enemy of beauty and privilege."
4. "Converting golf-courses into public parks, and Delhi airport build by corporate leech GMR into a skating rink"
5. "Replace corrupt advertising slogans like "Always Coca-Cola" with "Aap ka Zam Zam Cola"
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A teen satanist admitted to killing 22 people around the country -- at least. On Feb. 16, NBC News reported that Miranda Barbour, 19, admitted to the killings in a recent jailhouse interview. The teen has been charged in the murder of one man but said that she just wants to "be honest" and is coming clean about the other murders she is responsible for.
Barbour said that she was involved in various murders in Texas, North Carolina and California, but that most of the murders occurred in Alaska. The FBI is working to connect Barbour with these other murders.
The teen satanist said she stopped counting at 22 -- meaning that there could have been even more murders that she was behind. She and her 22-year-old husband, Elytte Barbour, have both pleaded not guilty in the Troy LaFerrara murder case. The incident occurred in Pennsylvania and Miranda has been accused to stabbing LaFerrara about 20 times while her husband strangled him with a cord.
"He said the wrong things and then things got out of control. I can tell you he was not supposed to be stabbed. My husband was just supposed to strangle him," Miranda Barbour said.
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Groomers reported in this Saturday morning at 5am with moon shining brightly and 5 inches of new snow on the 24 hour stake. There are clouds high above and broken with the temperature at 20.8 degrees F and wind at 8mps from the south. Yesterday was a great day on the slopes, blustery on the top but not a problem on Blacktails north facing slopes, the snow was amazing. It had snowed heavily to begin the day and was snowing heavily again at closing, 2 inches accumulated in the early evening. Through the night it was clear and well lit by the beautiful moon. Groomers are layed out fressssh and soft with lots of powder to be found. Live music with God Fearing Women in Muley's this afternoon.
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Kaiser, T; Kellenberger, C J; Albisetti, M; Bergsträsser, E; Valsangiacomo Büchel, Emanuela R (2008). Normal values for aortic diameters in children and adolescents--assessment in vivo by contrast-enhanced CMR-angiography. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 10(1):56.
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BACKGROUND: Contrast-enhanced CMR angiography (CE-CMRA) is being increasingly used for diagnosing aortic arch anomalies, planning interventions and follow-up assessment. We sought to establish normal values for the diameters of the thoracic aorta and reference curves related to body growth in children using CE-CMRA. RESULTS: CE-CMRA was performed in 53 children without cardiovascular disease. The median age was 9 years (range 2 - 20 years), weight 30 kg (range 12 - 75 kg), height 131 cm (range 81 - 184 cm), body surface area (BSA) 1.05 m2 (range 0.52-1.9 m2). Aortic diameters were measured at nine standardized sites on oblique maximum-intensity projection (MIP) images. Regression analysis of diameters in relation to BSA demonstrated linear relationship between the cross-sectional aortic diameters and the square root of BSA (BSA0.5). Normative diameters were (0.57 + 19.37*BSA0.5) mm for the aortic sinus, (-3.52 + 18.66*BSA0.5) mm for the first segment of the aortic arch, (-3.37 + 16.52*BSA0.5) mm for the isthmic region and (-1.27 + 9.89*BSA0.5) mm for the descending aorta at the level of the diaphragm. Normative curves are presented. CONCLUSION: This study provides normative values for aortic diameters in children measured by CE-CMRA. These data may serve for making the diagnosis of pediatric arch anomalies, assessing the need for treatment and planning interventions.
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Since 1997, the Louisiana Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Louisiana PRAMS) has served as a source of vital information needed to improve the health status of mothers and infants in Louisiana. We are pleased to present the 2008 Louisiana PRAMS Surveillance Report, which is a compilation of Louisiana PRAMS results for selected indicators.
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Secure rights to property are vital for people to escape poverty. Such rights enable them, for example, to access and transfer land, borrow money using their house as collateral, graze their animals on common land, use water for irrigation, and collect fuelwood in forests. These rights are often formalised and guaranteed through state law.
But attempts to strengthen private- and common-property regimes have not always produced the expected results. Instead, local disputes often arise. This is because these rights are subject not only to government regulation, but also to customary norms and local power relations. Further, rights that are recognised by the government do not by themselves guarantee that people may use a piece of land in a productive way. Pro-poor property reforms must therefore be accompanied by efforts to strengthen legal security and local acceptance by considering customary practices as well. Support for land and labour productivity is also required, as the poor often lack the necessary means to benefit from land.
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Polish, Czech Firms Dominate Central and Eastern Europe
Of the 500 largest companies by revenue in central and eastern Europe, Polish and Czech firms form the majority, according to a ranking for 2010.
The ranking of the region's largest firms presented this week by Deloitte includes countries in the European Union's east, as well as its direct neighborhood in eastern Europe, excluding Russia. Deloitte presented this year's ranking at the Economic Forum in Krynica, southern Poland.
In 2010, companies across the region continued to recover from the 2008 economic slowdown, Deloitte said. Total combined revenue of the top 500 companies was at €612 billion last year, 16% more than in 2009 but still 4% less than in 2008. Almost 80% of the companies on the list increased their revenue last year by a median of 17% since the first quarter of 2010.
"Some countries have been more successful than others," Deloitte said.
Slovenia and Slovakia — the only countries listed who are members of the euro zone — saw total revenue rise by more than 30%. Only two countries — Croatia and Bulgaria — saw a decline in the total revenue of the companies on the list.
Poland-based firms comprised a dominant 35% of the ranking, while Czech firms accounted for 16%. The number of Polish firms fell to 173, by seven, while the same number of Czech companies entered the list versus the previous edition bringing the total to 80.
Oil, gas and power continue to dominate the top 10, many of them state-owned or state-controlled. The top 10 includes seven such companies. Central and eastern Europe's largest company by revenue is Polish state-controlled oil firm PKN Orlen SA, followed by Hungarian oil firm MOL Nyrt.
Volkswagen unit Skoda jumped to the third place due to its new strategy that boosted revenue by 22%. The car maker topped Deloitte's CE Top 500 Index of Success. Czech state-controlled power firm CEZ fell to the fifth place from third as its revenue growth underperformed.


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New LG Xpression C395 messaging phone launched by AT&T
Without much fanfare, today AT&T has released a new messaging phone made by LG. Called LG Xpression C395, the handset is available for $49.99 with a new 2-yr contract agreement, after a $50 mail-in rebate. The no-commitment price is $219.99.
The Xpression features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3 inch display with 400 x 200 pixels, 3G, Bluetooth, AT&T Social Net, 2MP rear camera, MicroSD card support (up to 32GB), and a 1000 mAh battery.
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In Baltimore, Wolf says, a recently passed ordinance gives block residents the option to gate and green their alleyways if they choose. It is being used by cohousing advocates to spread retrofitted communities.
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Retrofitting, says Wolf, removes the "huge financial burden and risk of development. When you tear your fences down and start sharing tools and lawn mowers, you save a lot of money and life is a lot richer."
Cost savings, says Okner, is an advantage in all cohousing communities.
"Because we do some of our own work and are self-managed," he says, "we have much lower homeowner association fees. And since sustainability is a goal, the homes are built to be energy-efficient. We compost; we recycle."
Insurance premiums may also be much lower than what a homeowner is used to, Okner says. "If you took all the cohousing communities in the country and tallied the number of burglaries and other crimes, you'd find they are significantly less than in the general population, and insurance companies are realizing that."
N Street Community's Wolf says homeowners in a retrofitted cohousing community don't have much trouble getting insurance.
"We had one insurance company say they couldn't insure us without fences between properties," he said. "We asked them to check with their branches in the Midwest, where many homes don't have fences. They came back and apologized for their mistake and gave the homeowner a new policy. We haven't seen any difference in prices, either."
The Common House is insured under a $1 million general liability policy, he said.
But cohousing communities are not for everyone. Someone considering the option needs to understand that they are not just buying a house, but a community.
While it can be argued that you always buy into a community, Rosalind Greenstein, senior fellow and chair of the Department of Economic and Community Development at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, Mass., says cohousing is a little different.
"It's a specialty product," says Greenstein. "There are people who love it, but for a lot of people, it's not the kind of thing they would want to do. For some people it's a plus, but for others it's like being at a party where someone stands too close for comfort. So you need to go and check it out."
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America did what it does best today having blasted a convoy of ISIL (Islamic State) assets from the road near Erbil, Iraq. As reported earlier, President Obama authorized airstrikes in support of Kurds combating insurgents in Northern Iraq. The purpose includes providing supplies for and protecting defenseless Yezidi Kurds who are stranded in mountains without food and water.
Who is providing financial support to the Islamic State?
Russian Television says that U.S. allies fund the Islamic State.
Longwarjournal.org reports some additional organizations and names added to the list of Islamic State supporters.
"US adds Nusrah, Islamic State financiers to list of global terrorists
By BILL ROGGIO August 6, 2014 11:07 AM
The US Treasury Department today added three "key terrorist financiers" to its list of Specially Global Terrorists; two of them support the Al Nusrah Front and the other is an Islamic State financier/facilitator. All three terrorists are linked to Kuwait.
The two Al Nusrah Front financiers/facilitators, Shafi Sultan Mohammed al-Ajmi and Hajjaj Fahd Hajjaj Muhammad Sahib al-'Ajmi, "are Kuwait-based," Treasury stated. The Islamic State financier/facilitator, 'Abd al-Rahman Khalaf 'Ubayd Juday' al-'Anizi, has been involved with al Qaeda since 2008, transfers funds from Kuwait to Syria, has helped move fighters from Kuwait to Afghanistan, and has worked with "Iran-based al Qaeda facilitators.""
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/08/us_adds_nusrah_islamic_state_f.php#ixzz39q3dQzNb
That corroborates the Russian story that people from American allied nations are supporting the Islamic State. It is a web of conflicting interests that parallels conflicting factions throughout the Middle East that begins with conflict within the Islamic community and expands to include various ethnic and tribal groups.
"US allies cultivated Islamic State. Now IS plans to 'raise flag of Allah in White House'
Published time: August 08, 2014 16:03
As the Islamic State tears through minority communities in northern Iraq, the extremist terror group, that owes its ascendance to funding from US allies in the Middle East, sent a message to the White House: We're coming for you.
"I say to America that the Islamic Caliphate has been established," Abu Mosa, a spokesman for the Islamic State (IS), formerly know as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), told VICE Media. "Don't be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq.""
So what is the point? The circumstances underscore why America needs a comprehensive foreign policy for the Middle East for all to understand. It is not something that should be developed on the fly in a sandbox in Egypt as Secretary of State Kerry seems to suggest by trying to expand the Gaza-Israel negotiations into something "broad and grand". President Obama and Secretary Kerry and the Senior Congressional Representatives need to convene an emergency foreign policy summit at the White House to work this out. Now, it is all over the place, disjointed and extremely dangerous. It is why the Russians are sniping on the sidelines through their media voice.
"Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby:
The U.S. military continued to attack ISIL targets near Erbil today conducting two additional air strikes to help defend the city where U.S. personnel are assisting the Government of Iraq.
Shortly after 10 a.m. EDT, remotely piloted aircraft struck a terrorist mortar position. When ISIL fighters returned to the site moments later, the terrorists were attacked again and successfully eliminated.
At approximately 11:20 a.m. EDT, four F/A-18 aircraft successfully struck a stationary ISIL convoy of seven vehicles and a mortar position near Erbil. The aircraft executed two planned passes. On both runs, each aircraft dropped one laser guided bomb making a total of eight bombs dropped on target neutralizing the mortar and convoy."


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Birthday Parties
Victorian Gardens will open May 28, 2016
Make a Wish
Hassle free for the parents and loads of fun for the kids, our all-inclusive birthday parties are the perfect way to celebrate any child's special day. With various food and entertainment options, see why a birthday party at Victorian Gardens Amusement Park is like none other in New York City!
|Standard Package: Seating in Picnic Area
|$43.00 per child
|$50.00 per child
|VIP Package: Seating in Air-Conditioned VIP Tent
|$51.00 per child
|$56.00 per child
8.875% tax & 15% gratuity will be added to both packages. Minimum number of children: 15
Both Packages Include
- Unlimited rides all day for the children
- One FREE accompanying adult per child (admission only)*
- One hour of private seating
- Chicken Tenders, Turkey Sandwich or Hot Dog, cookies, fruit & soda or juice boxes (kids only)
- Party favor for each child
- Host to set up, serve food, cut cake and clean up
- Paper goods (tablecloths, plates, napkins, cups & utensils)
- Online invitation
* Children under 36" tall or those unable to go on the rides by themselves will be paired with an adult, who will receive a wristband and be entitled to unlimited rides all day.
Additional Info
- Birthday cake is NOT included.
- Additional menus for adults can be provided**
- Additional Adults are admitted for $8.00 on weekdays, $9.00 on weekends
- Additional time in private seating area is $165.00 per 1/2 hour
- Adults wanting unlimited rides may pay $15 on weekdays, $17 on weekends
** To learn more about our Adult Menu and additional food and beverage options for your child's birthday party, please contact Relish at (212) 228-1672.
Entertainment Options
Clowns, balloon sculptors, magicians, face painters, storytelling, karaoke, musical performers. For more info about entertainment for your child's party please see: Merry Makers & More, Monday Night Magic,Sammie & Tudie
Birthday Cakes
Custom made birthday cakes can be delivered directly to our facility for your child's party. To view samples, please visit the websites of our preferred bakery by clicking here: Snooky's, Butterfly Bake Shop
How to Reserve Your Child's Birthday Party at Victorian Gardens
To Hold a Date: a non-refundable deposit of $200.00 is required. Please call (212) 982-2229. We will place the deposit directly on your credit card over the phone. The balance of payment is due on the date of your child's party


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Tulane Athletics kicks off the bowl season on Thursday night with the Curtis Johnson Radio Show and the Wave Bowl Stroll.
Dec. 17, 2013
New Orleans - Tulane Athletics will open bowl season in style with its Bowl Weekend Kickoff Party this Thursday, Dec. 19 at New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood (4141 St. Charles Ave.) with the Curtis Johnson Radio Show presented by Cajun Injector, and will follow with the Wave Bowl Stroll. The radio show will be live from 6-7 p.m. on the flagship station for Tulane football, WMTI FM 106.1 "The Ticket."
The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a special edition radio call-in show with Johnson, who will be on from 6-6:30 p.m. and R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Executive Director Billy Ferrante from 6:30-7 p.m.
The show is free for fans, and those wearing green will get a special discount off their entire meal.
Following the radio show, fans can join the "Wave Bowl Stroll" along with the Tulane Marching Band and cheerleaders through the French Quarter on double-decker buses. The buses will leave at approximately 7:30 p.m. from the restaurant, and will return at 10:30 p.m. Wristbands will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 5:45 at the restaurant for the bus ride. Only those with wristbands are guaranteed a seat on the buses.
The radio show will feature a call-in format for fans. Fans will also be able to ask questions via email and Twitter. Send questions to Coach Johnson via a form on the football home page of the official athletics website of Tulane Athletics: TulaneGreenWave.com or @GreenWaveFB on Twitter. Tulane's second-year head coach will answer selected questions.
The Green Wave will conclude its season against the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in the 2013 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. CST. The game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN and will also be aired around the country on ESPN Radio and locally on WMTI FM 106.1 "The Ticket."
Tickets for the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl are $40 and $60 each and will be located on the west side of the Superdome behind the Tulane bench. The first 1,000 fans to purchase their tickets will receive a commemorative bowl T-shirt and a ticket to the men's basketball game on Dec. 21 and Dec. 22.
Please contact the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office, which is located on the first floor of the Wilson Center on Ben Weiner Drive, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., over the phone at 504-861-WAVE (9283) or via the Internet at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.


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T-STEM Center
The Texas Tech University T-STEM Center is an alliance between Engineering Outreach, the Center for the Integration of Science Education and Research (CISER) and the Outdoor School at Junction. The mission of the TTU T-STEM Center is to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) educators through professional development, classroom resources, and student opportunities that provide relevance and prepare students for college readiness and careers.
For more information on the Texas Tech T-STEM Center, the Texas Tech T-STEM FRAME model for teaching engineering design and opportunities for teachers, go to the department's website.


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Oleander at Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island, GA 31527
Considered the local favorite among Jekyll Island's four golf courses, the Oleander Course follows the Island's inland lakes and pine forest on the grounds that once was the 34th oldest registered golf course in the United States. The 1964, Dick Wilson-designed course challenges golfers with numerous dog legs, par 4's, 5's and situated only 300 yards from the ocean, trade winds will often affect your play. Jekyll Island, Georgia's largest public golf resort, offers 63 holes of golf on three 18-hole courses - Oleander, Pine Lakes, Indian Mound, and the historic Great Dunes 9-hole course.
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Sunday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Monday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Wednesday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Thursday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Friday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
Saturday: 7:30AM - 6:00PM
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Number of Holes: 18
Par: 72
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Back Tees: Slope: 126
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BOJ Beat: Yen's Fall a Boon for BOJ's Bid for Inflation Target
By Tatsuo Ito and Takashi Nakamichi
The yen's weakening over the past month is helping the Bank of Japan efforts to achieve its ambitious inflation target, diminishing the case for imminent extra easing, people familiar with the BOJ's thinking say.
Although the central bank had made it clear that the unprecedented monetary easing rolled out in April isn't meant to guide the yen lower to shore up growth, the BOJ sees a lower domestic currency as a boon for the economy to overcome years of declining prices. A continued rise in consumer prices next year is especially crucial for BOJ Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda, who remains committed to reaching the inflation target in about two years.
The yen's recent weakening is "a welcome move," one of the people said.
While April's easing has helped reverse years of relentless yen strength and lifted share prices, a halt in such improvements prior to mid-November prompted some BOJ policy board members to worry that the upward effects on prices would dissipate next year. That raised doubts whether rises in the consumer-price index would reach the 2.0% target in around two years.
The BOJ doesn't disclose its assumed currency rates for its forecast of growth and prices. But private economists say the central bank is probably using rates consistent with those traded in the market. When the central bank released its semi-annual outlook report on Oct. 31, the dollar was around Y98 and the euro was at Y135.
Since then, the dollar climbed by 5.5% to Y103.40 as of Tuesday, the highest since May 23, while the euro rose 5.3% to Y142.19, the highest since October 2008. At 0710 GMT, the dollar was at Y102.66, while the euro was at Y141.32.
Takehiro Noguchi, senior economist at Mizuho Research Institute said a weaker yen is an "important factor" in raising prices, and a 10% fall in the yen could lift prices by estimated 0.2 percentage point.
With the divergence between Japan and the U.S. over monetary policy expected to become clearer next year, major financial houses are expecting the U.S. currency to continue its upward march against the yen. Nomura Securities predicts the dollar will climb to Y110 by the end of 2014, and Deutsche Securities expects a rise to Y115.
The chance is "high" that the consumer-price index will top the 1.0% threshold soon after rising to 0.9% in October, another of the people said. It may gain further in the first quarter of next year if the dollar firms to Y105, he added.
While private economists tend to highlight the negative effects of the weaker yen on prices, such as higher import bills, the person argues that the yen's slide has various effects on prices and the economy for an extended period.
A drop in the yen's value first lifts imported energy costs and then ripples through to other imported goods, such as luxuries. Then it leads to an increase in corporate earnings, with some profits being passed on to employees, he said. A further fall in the yen would keep such a cycle in place next year, the person added.
The yen's broad weakness has also lifted Tokyo share prices, which could buoy consumer spending, a key driver behind the strong growth among advanced countries in the first half of this year.
A continued rise in consumer prices could lend support to labor unions in their spring negotiations when they seek higher wages, including base salaries that have been frozen for many years.
Meanwhile, the yen's fall — stemming partly from speculation the BOJ will take additional steps early next year to cushion the adverse effects of a planned sales-tax increase in April — has puzzled central bank officials.
They see little need for additional action for now, as inflation is on track to meet their projection and the risks surrounding overseas economies have been dormant.
The central bank is expected to keep its key monetary policy on hold at its policy meeting next week, sticking with its previous assessment that the economy has recovered moderately.


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Release Date: 2008-11-07 (LA)
Genre: Drama,
Rating: NR
Duration: 1hr 31min
A man who calls himself P.J. has witnessed a horrific accident and subsequently retreats within himself. He barely talks, and doesn't even know who he is. He is brought to a hospital where the resident doctor tries to get through to him with the help of his assistant and P.J.'s bitter ex-girlfriend. All the while, the doctor is fighting his own life's demons, and an out-of-touch supervisor who wants P.J. permanently committed. Relevant questions of God and faith are tackled in this dramatic, yet inspiring film.
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John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Patricia Rae, Robert Picardo, Howard Nash
- Directed by Russ Emanuel
- Produced by Russ Emanuel
- Written by Emilio Iasiello, Mark McQuown
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Anonymous Twitter Account Hacked by Rustle League
Anonymous got hacked by Rustle League members that managed to hijack one of the hacktivist group's Twitter accounts. With more than 160,000 followers, Anon_CentralINF was controlled by the anti-Anonymous hacking group for several hours, and it recently became unavailable.
"Can't believe you both are fighting against each other instead of sharing powers for more important goals," users commented.
The micro-blogging platform was recently targeted by several cyber-attacks. Victims included Burger King, Jeep, and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson.
Burger King's Twitter hacking made headlines this week after the attackers altered the account to show a bogus merger with rival fast-food chain McDonalds. The most controversial message in the prank was: "We just got sold to McDonalds!," a tweet that produced confusion among thousands of followers.
According to Softpedia, hacking Twitter accounts is becoming a trend exploited even for marketing purposes. Television channel MTV has even "hacked" its own account as a prank to promote its sister network BET.
In the first day of February, Twitter itself got hacked, and 250,000 users had their passwords, usernames, emails and other personal details stolen.
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Wedding photographs are a unique and valuable record of the big day. Photography is an area where money is usually well spent. There are many professional wedding photographers, so personal recommendations are often best.
The couple should do their research and work out what style of photography suits their tastes. Contemporary wedding photography usually comprises a mix of both formal portraits and reportage.
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Do you have a lot of clothes in good condition that you cannot see yourself giving away for free? Are you looking to make more room in your closet and make some money at the same time? If so, it is time to sell some of your clothing and here are four ways to do so.
Yard/Garage Sale
Yard sales and garage sales are fast ways to make cash. You can have them at your convenience and are able to set your own prices. You may be holding the clothing item that someone in your neighborhood has been looking for at the right price.
EBay is one of the most popular online auctioning and retail sites. With multiple visitors looking for bargains, you come across the exact customers who want your used apparel.
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Their are many stores in today's world who specialize in buying used clothing to resell them. Therefore, do your research for you may be coming home with a check today if you can find a clothing reseller near you.
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Finally, there was some good news for the Saints' banged-up linebackers Wednesday when they returned to practice to continue preparing for Sunday's season opener with the Atlanta Falcons.
Outside linebackers Junior Galette and Martez Wilson had full participation after missing most of training camp and all four preseason games because of injuries.
Galette had a left hamstring injury that sidelined him since Aug. 7 after an impressive opening week of training camp and Wilson dislocated his left elbow near the end of the team's fourth practice on July 29.
Their return to health is good news for the Saints because Galette and Wilson could be in the starting lineup Sunday after losing their projected starters on the outside — Victor Butler and Will Smith — to knee injuries.
Smith is out for the season and Butler is on the reserve/physically unable to perform list with the hope that he can return late this season.
MAKING SENSE: Saints coach Sean Payton said the decision to put inside linebacker Jonathan Vilma on injured reserve/designated to return made sense because it'll give him a chance to rehab his injured knee while not taking up a roster spot.
In the past, Vilma, who had an arthroscopic procedure on Aug. 15, would have had to remain on the 53-man roster or be put on season-ending IR. But he can begin practicing in six weeks although he has to wait eight weeks to play in a game, which means he'll be eligible to play on Nov. 3 against his old team — the New York Jets.
"This designation allows us to hold on to a player, not lose him for a season, and I think with where he is in regards to his rehab, it gives us a good chance to look at him," Payton said. "It gives us a little bit of roster space and the ability to get him back."
INJURY REPORT: Only two players on the Saints' 53-man active roster did not participate in Wednesday's practice — S Isa Abdul-Quddus (ankle) and DE Glenn Foster (ankle).
Besides Galette and Wilson, several players who were injured in the preseason — WR Marques Colston (foot), G Jahri Evans (back) and WR Nick Toon (chest) — participated fully.
For the Falcons, WR Roddy White (ankle), CB Asante Samuel (thigh) and LB Stephen Nicholas (thigh) were limited, while K Matt Bryant (back) had full participation.
TOUGH STARTS: The Saints will be trying to snap a disturbing trend when they open the season against the Falcons.
The Saints have started the regular season against the Falcons six times and are 0-6 in those matchups with their long-time division rivals. Five of the six losses have come in New Orleans with the most recent being a 31-10 setback in Jim Mora's debut as an NFL head coach on Sept. 7, 1986.
ROAF REPRESENTS: Former Saints tackle William Roaf, a 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, will represent the franchise in the countdown to the 2013 NFL Kickoff Game on Thursday night.
Roaf and a representative from each of the other 31 teams will take part in the countdown from 32 to 1 before the Baltimore Ravens face the Denver Broncos.
Roaf is one of 21 Hall of Famers who'll participate in the event.


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Delta extends fully-flat transatlantic seating
Published: 18/11/2013 - Filed under: News »
Delta Air Lines now offers a fully-flat seat in the Business Elite cabin on all its aircraft that fly between Germany and the US.
The carrier has just implemented its new fully-flat seats on flights between Dusseldorf and Atlanta, the last Delta route between Germany and the US to have the seating fitted.
The move means Delta now offers over 3,000 fully-flat seats per week between the two countries.
Perry Cantarutti, Delta's senior vice president Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: "Germany is an important part of our transatlantic network and I am delighted that we can now offer our frequent business travellers full flat-bed seats on all our services from Germany, including Dusseldorf.
"The design of Delta's new Business Elite seats optimises each passenger's space, giving them privacy to work or relax in order to arrive at their destination ready for a day's business."
The airline's Business Elite cabin has forward-facing seats that convert to a 180-degree fully flat-bed with direct aisle access in a 1-2-1 configuration. Each features a 10.6-inch screen, a 110v AC power source and USB port.
Last month, Delta redesigned its Business Elite meal service to give passengers more sleep time, particularly on eastbound transatlantic services (see news, October 16).
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If you're looking at Washington medical assistant schools then you should think about studying the Medical Assisting (MA) program at our Carrington College Spokane, WA campus because:
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Monday, June 18, 2012
I can't let the day go by without wishing a happy 70th birthday to my almost-husband Paul McCartney. I totally would have married the guy, but I have a thing for younger men and MrB doesn't turn 70 till August. Call me shallow!
But, seriously, I like what McCartney had to say about age in an interview that ran in the March 1, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone:
"Twenty years ago, when McCartney turned 50, he remembers his then-manager pushing the idea of retirement. 'It's only right,' he was told. 'You really don't want to go beyond 50, it's going to get embarrassing.' In June, McCartney will be 70 ('I'm never going to believe I'm 70, I don't care what you say,' he says. 'There's a little cell in my brain that's never going to believe that'), and he still has no plans to stop touring or recording. 'You get the argument "Make way for the young kids,"' he says. 'And you think, "Fuck that, let them make way for themselves. If they're better than me, they'll beat me." Foo Fighters don't have a problem, they're good. They'll do their thing.
"'If you're enjoying it, why do something else? And what would you do? Well, a good answer is "Take more holidays," which is definitely on the cards, but I don't seem to do that. I love what I do so much that I don't really want to stop. I'm just kind of casually keeping an eye on how I feel, and onstage, it feels like it's always felt. So for the time being, the band's hot, I'm really enjoying myself, still singing like I sang, not experiencing, touch wood, any sort of problems to speak of. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'"
Macca's right: You Only Live Once. Have as much fun as possible. Morrissey, take note!
4 Responses to "My Almost-Husband Paul McCartney Is 70"
Yay for turning 70!
I love his attitude.
But, I like your Paul way better!
OMG, my anti-spam is FitzRoy!
"The band's hot"…he. is. so. cool.
I LOVE that attitude. A guy friend once wrote to me that when men look in the mirror they see the reflection of how they looked when they were 18, unlike women who see what they are like now.


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A total of 10 artists conjured up the Monkey Forest tourist attraction in Ubud into a more attractive destination. Previously, travelers could only watch the cuteness of local monkey, perceive the coolness of forest and positive aura of the holy place, but now travelers can watch the exhibition of the innovative arts.
The exhibition entitled 'Journey' was held during the whole month from July 26 to August 26, 2014. Each artist displayed at least five of their best works. They presented two-dimensional work of arts where most of them introduced the aesthetical symptoms of the contemporary art in this era. With the touch of imagination of well-experienced artists, their works looked very creative because each work showed amazing interpretation about various phenomena having taken place lately. They included the matter of nature, culture, social and others.
Evidently, all the works of art presented were fascinating so they could draw travelers to come. It happened because they were carefully packed and all the ideas were expressed onto the canvas. Some of their works of art entitled Smile is Beautiful, Worries, Stylish Lover, Me and My Legacy Series, Harmony of Movement and Target Operation.
Operations Manager of the Monkey Forest Ubud, Nyoman Buana, said that since the exhibition was opened it could draw the appreciation of travelers. They did not only see them, but some were interested so they made a purchase. "Two days after the exhibition was opened, some travelers purchased the painting. At that time, they chose two paintings considered to look unique," said Buana proudly.
Buana added that such exhibition was very good to attract travelers to Monkey Forest. During peak season, the number of tourist arrival could reach 1,500 to 2,000 people each day. "This exhibition poses our effort to create a gracious attraction," he added. (BTN/015)
Presents Local Culture and Potential Lake Beratan and Bedugul region in general pose the tourism…
The beautiful Pompei city with a high culture disappeared due to the extremely terrible eruption…


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By Damen Esper, Contributing Writer
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Jonathan Goodwin was there at the Superdome on August 12.
Playing his first game for his new team in an old haunt, Goodwin lined up at center for the San Francisco 49ers in their preseason opener at New Orleans.
It was not a pretty night. The Saints abused the San Francisco offensive line, sacking quarterbacks Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick six times. When Smith and Kaepernick weren't being thrown to the turf, they were running for their lives. The result was a combined 11 completions in 26 attempts with no touchdowns and two interceptions in a 24-3 loss that convinced much of the 49ers' fan base that nothing was going to change under new coach Jim Harbaugh.
"One thing about this league is you have to learn from your mistakes," Goodwin said. "Fortunately for us, at that time it was a preseason game, a game that didn't count against us. Hopefully we've learned from some of those mistakes and can apply them in the future."
Apparently, San Francisco learned a lot. The 49ers stormed through the regular season with a 13-3 record and will host New Orleans on Saturday in the NFC divisional playoffs.
Goodwin had signed with San Francisco just nine days before the preseason opener, thanks to the owners' lockout, after spending the previous five seasons with New Orleans. The Saints decided not to compete with the 49ers' three-year offer for a reported $10.9 million. That doesn't mean Goodwin was unwanted.
"He was a huge contributor for us," Coach Sean Payton said. "He's a great individual, he's extremely smart. One of the things I would say about him is he was as consistent and steady a performer, and a practice player and a game-day player; you just knew what you were getting. He'd fight through injury, and he gave you that performance on a daily basis.
"We were fortunate to sign him from the Jets, and I think San Francisco is enjoying the same things that we had with him during our Super Bowl season, leading up to that season and even the year after. He's one of the special guys in our league."
The offensive line had been a problem in San Francisco for years. Although the 49ers had devoted several high draft choices to linemen, the problem persisted. Smith's right shoulder was destroyed early in the 2008 season when then-Seattle defensive lineman Rocky Bernard came straight up the middle unblocked and buried Smith in the Candlestick Park turf.
However, the addition of Goodwin this season, along with several of the players who had struggled in past years, has provided Smith with the protection he has needed. Although Smith was sacked 44 times this season - the same number the team gave up in 2010 - 18 came during a three-game stretch when right guard Adam Snyder and left tackle Joe Staley had to leave games with injuries.
The proof comes in Smith's stat line for the season: his first 3,000-yard passing season in the NFL, his first passer rating above 90 as a pro, 17 touchdowns and five just interceptions. That despite a receiving corps that wasn't deep and now has been hampered by injuries.
Tight end Delanie Walker said Goodwin's arrival has been the key.
"He's a terrific guy and one of the best centers we've had," Walker said. "(He's) very smart. To have a guy like him, Pro Bowl-caliber center and played on a Super Bowl team, that's probably what is making a difference for our O-line."
Smith said he's impressed how Goodwin has fit in without an offseason to work with his linemates.
"Those guys have had a tough job obviously with coming together in such a short amount of time in the offseason, obviously adding Goodie into the mix," Smith said. "But they've jelled quick. Especially with all the different things we do, they've just come together. Run and pass. They really set the tone for us in both of those areas and really set the tone for us on offense."
Goodwin, who turned 33 in December, said the progress has been natural.
"I think we're more experienced," he said. "We've seen a lot more stuff. That's valuable. Experience is the main thing. You can't just walk in to the season as an O-line and not have any experience together and expect to be the best in the league. It takes time. Offensive line is a tough position, especially with the way some of these D-linemen are. They're big, fast, strong. It's tough."
And getting to play the Saints again in Saturday's NFC divisional playoffs?
"Should be pretty fun," Goodwin said. "Hopefully my experiences seeing that defense a lot during training camp and sometimes during the season, hopefully that will be valuable."


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Oct. 11, 2011
By Rachel Blaj
SEATTLE - The energy in Dempsey Stadium was high last week, as it marked the first of many official team trainings for the UW track team after a summer off. Many athletes went through the usual season warm-up routine this past week on their climb towards top fitness for the upcoming 2012 year, but one athlete in particular seemed content on relaxing for the day, and not many people had an unenthusiastic word to say about it.
James Alaka, sprinting specialist and 2011 Pac-10 champion at both the 100-meter and 200-meter distances, did anything but take the summer off. Alaka's successes through the spring of this year were exceptional, yet this summer held accomplishments that Alaka himself admits "blew [his] mind."
Listen to Alaka's interview after he became the first Husky since Ja'Warren Hooker to sweep the Pac-10 sprint titles, and you can hear the rasp in his voice. Winning the conference titles meant a huge deal, and he went to the well to win despite the illness. Unfortunately, the repercussions were felt in the coming weeks, as NCAA Prelims rolled around. It was admittedly enough to "stop my progress, so to speak."
Alaka's NCAA season, therefore, did not end in the perfect fashion, although he made the 200-meter semifinals and earned All-America Second Team honors with the 4x100-meter relay.
But for James, a born and bred runner, regaining self confidence on the track was not as hard as one might suppose it to be after nationals. Alaka goes into each race with a simple mentality: "Win." He held strong to his belief that, "Whether I perform well or perform badly, it's history. History is there for us to learn from, not dwell on."
Winning didn't seem to be too difficult for James as he made history himself this summer. James began in London at the British Under-23 Championships, the trials for the European U23 Championships. "It was one of those mornings where you wake up and feel like whoever is racing me this morning has no chance." He won the British U23 100-meter title in a new wind-legal PR of 10.23 seconds, which simultaneously moved him to second place on UW's Top-10 list. That convinced Alaka that he was going to have an unforgettable summer off the starting line.
James then made his trip to the Czech Republic for the European Under-23 Championships in the middle of July where the winning trend continued. Alaka won his first international championship at 100-meters, clocking 10.45 seconds into a headwind in the final. He also took the silver in the 200-meter final running 20.60 seconds into a headwind after a PR of 20.59 in the semi-finals. Alaka explains, "I knew it was going to be tough, and that a lot of fast people were going to be there, but I was just excited to be running fast again."
He then ended his summer at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China in August, where he placed fourth in the 200 meter final with a time of 20.67 seconds, and fifth in the 100-meters with a time of 10.29 seconds.
Considering the overwhelming volume of accomplishments James has to show for himself from his worldwide performances this summer, it comes to no surprise to learn that James now has his eyes on bigger goals. As a London native, Alaka plans to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics next year; "After this summer I am trying to go for the individual 200-meter race," says James who was originally toying with the idea of making the relay sprint team at the Olympic games.
This year James hopes to stay strong and maintain his level of fitness. He knows he must focus on tweaking little things here and there in order to enhance his race as much as possible, but feels completely confident that he will be able to attack the goals he has set out for himself for this year's season and beyond.
"It's doable and the prospect is so exciting to me... I can't wait to start training for the Olympics."
Other than his personal ambition, James stresses the importance of his teammates, family, and coaches that have surrounded him in the most positive light that has helped him to chase down his goals.
Alaka brings to mind the motto "don't limit your challenges; challenge your limits," with his continued success. Teammates and supporters look ahead with great anticipation to the accomplishments that he will have under his belt after the 2012 track season, and if all goes as planned this next summer will prove to be an even greater success than his last.


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Rejecting calls by some gay activists for a boycott of the Sundance Film Festival, the gay-friendly Queer Lounge intends to return to Park City during January's festival.
The decision by the Queer Lounge, which is an established hotspot for gays and heterosexuals, comes amid tensions spurred by Proposition 8, the ballot measure California voters passed against gay marriage.
There has been talk about a boycott of Sundance by people who link the Proposition 8 results to the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It has been difficult, however, to gauge how deep the boycott groundswell is.
The Queer Lounge's decision to press forward with its plans in Park City for 2009 provides an inkling that the boycott could not be as widespread as the supporters want. An executive with the Queer Lounge said gays and lesbians in the film industry support the lounge's decision to return to Park City in 2009.
Ellen Huang, who is the founder and the program director of the Queer Lounge, said in an interview the not-for-profit organization is "galvanized" as Sundance approaches.
"It's more important for us to be in Utah. It's more important for us because of the passage of Prop 8 in California," she said, adding, "There were actually a number of organizations looking to us to take the lead."
The Queer Lounge plans its 2009 edition in rented space at 608 Main St. It is scheduled to be open Jan. 15-21.
In a prepared statement issued in November, Neil Giuliano, the president of GLAAD, explained the decision to open the Queer Lounge in 2009, saying attending Sundance is important for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.
"To not do so would render the LGBT community invisible at this critical entertainment industry gathering, and nothing would make our adversaries happier than if we were to render ourselves invisible," he said in the statement, calling Sundance "their single most important opportunity to ensure their stories about our community reach a broad audience."
The Queer Lounge started as a place for gays and heterosexuals to gather during the festival, and it quickly became a well-known spot during the festival. It has been situated in several different places since its founding. The Queer Lounge puts on panel discussions and parties, and Huang wants to arrange a panel to address gay rights and Proposition 8 during Sundance.
Huang expects gays and lesbians will attend the film festival, depending on the economy. She said the boycott call does not appear to be gaining traction. Filmmakers she talks to about Sundance, Huang said, plan to attend the festival.
"They don't see Sundance, in any way, as an enemy," she said.
Huang, though, said she cannot predict whether people will boycott the Sundance movies shown at the Holiday Village 4 movie theater. There have been calls for people to not go to movies there based on Proposition 8 donations linked to theater owner Cinemark.
"I definitely think the air will be electric," she said. "It will be an undercurrent, of course."


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In 2008, the Township completed a master plan for a new 1.056 acre neighborhood park to be built at Linwood and Athens Avenue in the Ardmore section of Lower Merion. The property was purchased in 2007 with Montgomery County Open Space funds.
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This "Cape Cod Travel Essentials" app is a way of saying thanks to all those who visit, live and work on our beloved Cape Cod.
Kim has published the most interactive and informative smartphone travel app to Cape Cod – and distributes it free to hundreds of thousands of visitors. Download it on iTunes and Google Play.
Using Sutro's mobile technology, she has combined her expertise and passion for Cape Cod with app-creation wizardry. It's a way of saying thanks to the (quarter million) readers who've bought her best-selling Cape Cod: An Explorer's Guide and joining the 21st Century.
The app offers tailor-made and customizable information in a gorgeous format – with more than 2,000 photos – that also encourages readers' in-app comments. It follows the design of her best-selling "Boston Travel Essentials" app – on iTunes and GooglePlay.
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Photos from various locations around the world of the "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The moon came within about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average. That proximity makes the moon appear about 14 percent bigger than it would if the moon were at its farthest distance, said Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The difference in appearance is so small that "you'd be very hard-pressed to detect that with the unaided eye," he said.
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Anyone who talks about writing, or writes about talking, makes a point of condemning dead phrases. These denunciations, while effective and sometimes eloquent, change nothing. The enemies of cliches come and go, but cliches persist.
Everyone seems to agree that cliches stifle writing and thinking. In politics they're downright dangerous. Vaclav Havel, hero of the Czech struggle against the Soviets, claims that cliches, by supporting accepted ways of thinking, encourage dictatorships: "The cliche organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defence lawyer, judge and the law."
Thirty-five years ago Walter Ong, a great student of language, described the anti-cliche campaign in Rhetoric, Romance, and Technology: "Cliches have for many years now been hunted down mercilessly with a view to total extermination." More recently, Martin Amis expanded that metaphor in his book of essays, The War Against Cliche. Ideally, he claimed all writing opposes cliche, including cliches of the mind and heart. "When I dispraise, I am usually quoting cliches. When I praise, I am usually quoting the opposed qualities of freshness, energy and reverberation of voice."
But if you open a newspaper, or watch the TV news, you're likely to be told that wolves are appearing in sheep's clothing, someone is killing someone else with kindness, fools aren't suffered gladly, X is a poster child for Y, and today's fast-paced society is causing widespread stress.
Meanwhile, some helpful soul will explain (as if it had been discovered recently) that most of an iceberg lies below the water, out of sight, like certain problems. Expressions like these fill the air around us. Just the other night on TV I heard it said that some commentator was a boy crying wolf.
Not that cliches are altogether intolerable. They can produce pleasure. Mixed and mangled, the cliche has a way of enriching dialogue. Watching Corner Gas, the prairie sitcom, I was delighted to hear Hank (a character with limited powers of expression) describe some task as easy because "It's not rocket surgery."
Observant readers can take innocent pleasure in the appearance of attachment-cliches, in which one word serves as the inevitable accessory of another. In newspapers we write about only one kind of hoax, the elaborate hoax. In book reviews (as Tom Payne noted in the London Telegraph) epics are all sprawling, quibbles minor, insights penetrating and roller coasters emotional. Scholarship, if worn, is worn lightly.
I know people whose faces register delight when some fool says we have to think outside the box. There's fascination, too, in watching the growth of cliches that pointlessly lengthen sentences. People love saying "on a daily basis," for instance, using four words where one will do fine, giving their speech an official, memo-like sound. Those who care about language may not like it, but in some ears it sounds appropriate. The late Alistair Cooke's doctor asked him, "Do you have a bowel movement on a daily basis?" Cooke said no, but he had one daily.
Writers everywhere, following the advice of their teachers and mentors, strain to express themselves freshly. Unfortunately, in the process they create more cliches.
The New Yorker used to carry pieces by Frank Sullivan about a certain Mr. Arbuthnot, who had a cliche to answer every question. Ben Yagoda, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, revived Mr. Arbuthnot and asked him if he still follows cliches. Mr. Arbuthnot replied that he was "all over it, 24/7":
Q Have you noticed any new cliches recently?
Mr. Arbuthnot Bottom line: Arguably, this is the cliche's 15 minutes. I'm talking boomers, Gen X, twentysomethings, foodies, techies, netizens, fashionistas, suits, the flyover people, bean-counters, the punditocracy, eye candy ?"
Some of these are quite recent, but a cliche usually takes a long time to show its true nature. Consider "Achilles' heel," meaning a fatal weakness in something otherwise strong. In 1810, when Samuel Taylor Coleridge called Ireland "that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!" (the earliest use of it in the Oxford Dictionary), it may well have been fresh. In 1864, when Thomas Carlyle identified Hanover as "the Achilles' heel to invulnerable England," it wasn't necessarily outworn. And when George Bernard Shaw used it lightheartedly in 1897 ("Divorce is the Achilles' heel of marriage") it still had life.
But when Tom Zeller Jr. applied it to John McCain on Jan. 29, 2007, in The New York Times, and Maureen Dowd used it about Hillary Clinton in the same paper two days later, they were exhibiting serious authorial exhaustion.
Some phrases become cliches at birth. This category includes The Headline That Can't Be Stopped. When Argentina fell into a financial crisis, editors simply couldn't keep themselves from announcing this fact by paraphrasing Don't Cry for Me, Argentina. An editor at the Economist put together a list of 23 headlines, all of them written at roughly the same moment, perhaps in response to some eerie inner command heard only by copy editors. They ranged from compassionate ("Do Cry for Them, the Argentine People," from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) through scornful ("Don't Cry for Free Lunch, Argentina" from the Tampa Tribune) and skeptical ("Time to Cry for Argentina?" from Time magazine) to accusatory ("Don't Cry for Argentina: The Country's Catastrophic Economic Woes Were Largely Self-Inflicted" from the Halifax Daily News). All they have in common is the song and the conviction of every single editor (I?m guessing) that this usage was clever.
Perhaps cliches hang on because they tend to sound right. We may not know how a fiddle can be fit, or for that matter unfit, but "fit as a fiddle" has a pleasant, sprightly sound.
A defence of cliches is rare but the other day I came across one and it made sense. Back in 1994, R.R. Goldfine and G.M. King, noted in ETC.: A Review of General Semantics: "We scoff at them, ridicule those who use them and try to avoid them in our writing." Yet they thrive. How do they do that?
Because, Goldfine and King argued, they perform their assigned tasks. Often a cliche is the most direct way to express a thought. W.H. Auden said that many books are unjustly forgotten but no books are unjustly remembered. Possibly that rule applies also to words, terms, phrases, even comparisons to icebergs. Longevity confirms their value. Like loyal old servants in Chekhov, they show only minimal competence but are always there when needed.


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I'm trying to figure out, how coefficients of Discrete Fourier Transform in complex form are converted into coefficients of Trigonometric Polynomials Interpolation:
Say, I have a function vector with 7 coordinates:
I can try to decompose it into Trigonometric Polynomials like this: $$f(x) = \frac{a_0}{2}+\sum_{l=1}^3 a_l \cos(l x) + b_l \sin(lx)$$
At the same time I can decompose it into DFT like this:
What bothers me is that 6-dimensional DFT vectors correspond to 7-dimensional Trigonometric Polynomials harmonics. I don't get, how I can establish a correspondence between trigonometric coefficients $$a_l, b_l$$ and DFT coefficients as there are 7 of first kind and 6 of the second, cause I can't use full f(x) 7-vector for DFT - I'll have to drop one coordinate. Or there's no correspondence in discrete case and it works only for seria?


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The Buy American provision in section 1605 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is not as clear-cut as it seems.Although it requires that Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund recipients use domestic iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States, non-domestic products may be used under a variety of circumstances.
Stimulus funding is not available for state and local projects that use goods produced anywhere but the United States, including those produced in Canada and Mexico-nations covered by the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Yet the provision offers some exemptions, and state and local agencies may receive a project-specific waiver to the provision if one of three conditions is met:
To apply for a project-specific waiver, SRF recipients must prove that they have included the Buy American terms in all requests for proposals and bid solicitations. An agency may apply for a waiver at any point during the bid process.
Dougherty expects that most waivers will be approved during one of two situations: Through the design process, the agency determines that the required materials and goods are not produced in sufficient quantity in the United States; or through the bidding process, the bidder and supplier determines that those materials and goods are not produced in sufficient quantity.
The EPA does allow agencies to request a waiver after construction begins, but the recipient will have some explaining to do: Requests for a waiver must include a letter justifying the late application submission. The regional EPA office then reviews the application. The waiver is issued if "expeditious construction under ARRA ... does not outweigh the need for full, timely, and good faith compliance with the Buy American provision," according to a memorandum issued by the U.S. EPA's Office of Water.
To apply for a project-specific waiver, an agency must e-mail the request in the form of a Word document to the regional EPA office, which has two weeks to determine whether to approve the request. When a waiver is issued, a notification is published in the Federal Register as well as on the federal Recovery.gov Web site.
The U.S. EPA also has issued three categorical, or nationwide, waivers that do not require individual applications and apply across the board if one of the following conditions is met:
No application is necessary for the categorical waivers. Rather, applicants must maintain relevant documents in their project files that address the conditions for the waiver to be granted.
Penalties for not complying with the Buy American provision range from the removal of unauthorized foreign goods to a reduction in the amount of the award.
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In January, the US Court of Appeals ruled that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) no longer had to adhere to fairness rules, known as Net Neutrality, when it came to how people connected to websites. The decision has stirred controversy on how it could lead to widespread internet censorship.
As NetworkWorld noted:
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ruled that the FCC does not have the authority to implement the rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web traffic. The FCC passed the net neutrality rules, also called open Internet rules, in December 2010, but Verizon Communications challenged them, saying Congress did not give the agency the authority to regulate broadband providers.
Under the new deregulated environment, ISPs become the gatekeepers on internet access and could charge extra fees for access to certain websites, or even block them completely if their owners refused to pay for more bandwidth. ISPs could also slow or block access to their competitors, or political sites that did not express views they agreed with. Regardless of whether internet traffic is influenced by additional fees or political ideology, it still equates to a form of censorship and discrimination against those who can't afford to pay higher fees to access their favorite websites.
Lawmakers in Washington are divided on what the end of Net Neutrality could mean for the future without a fair and open internet, so on Monday, House Democrats introduced legislation called the Open Internet Preservation Act.
However, the bill has little chance of passing since Republicans support ending Net Neutrality rules.
In the end, the consumer will be on the losing end of pay-for-play internet access speed. Big companies willing to pay more for faster download speeds are likely to pass those costs along to their customers, while smaller start-ups could be relegated to obscurity.
The internet was working and was indeed an information superhighway that connected the globe in a free and open environment.
If Republicans have their way and successfully block the Open Internet Preservation Act, the internet will be restricted to those with enough money to buy what used to be free.
Republicans say they believe in smaller government, but their actions say otherwise. Ending Net Neutrality is about as Big Brother as you can get.
Author's note: The opinions and commentary included in this report are based on the author's original reporting and independent analysis of official documents and public information.