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Guys are suckers for hearing about their sex skills. "Men can feel anxious about their performance, so they really want to hear it from you that you had a good time in bed," says Judy Kuriansky, PhD, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship. Your flattering feedback will keep him from dozinghe's definitely gonna stay awake for this performance assessmentand kick-start light conversation, which you may be in the mood for right about now.
Suggest a shower or bath for two. Any situation that has you hot, wet, nude, and invading his personal space is a winner. Start by taking turns slowly scrubbing each other's back, shoulders, and neck. Then press up against him for some sexy snuggling under the water, running your slippery, sudsy hands over his back and butt. The heat-soaked environment not only keeps your bods superclose, but it also actually prolongs the postorgasmic flush of your just-finished booty session. Here's how: "As the hot water hits your skin, it stimulates blood flow and circulation, which keeps your body feeling aroused," says Sandor Gardos, PhD, a sexologist in San Francisco.
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A Stockton tribute to Dave Brubeck scheduled for today has been canceled following the jazz pianist's death Wednesday.
"We just think it's a little too close to be celebrating a birthday when we'll just be a few days into mourning," said Simon Rowe, director of University of the Pacific's Brubeck Institute.
The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet, named for the 1942 Pacific graduate, and Patrick Langham Quintet, led by Pacific's jazz-studies director, had planned to play Brubeck's music at Stockton's Take 5 Jazz at the Brew club on what would have been Brubeck's 92nd birthday.
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SAN JOSE -- The Earthquakes plan to keep star striker Chris Wondolowski in San Jose for the bulk of his career.
Wondolowski, 30, signed a four-year deal making him the team's second "designated player" in history, the Quakes announced Tuesday.
The Danville native who was not recruited to play soccer at a Division 1 school doubled his salary to $600,000. The so-called designated player rule allows teams to sign up to three established players over the salary cap limit, which was $350,000 last year.
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else," said Wondolowski, who made $300,000 last season according to MLS Players Union figures. "I love the organization, I love where they're headed."
The Earthquakes are headed into the 2013 season Sunday night at Buck Shaw Stadium with the league's most prolific scorer. Wondolowski tied the Major League Soccer goal-scoring record of 27 last season when he was voted the most valuable player. His 61 regular-season goals from 2010-12 are the most for any player in MLS history over a three-year period.
"Hopefully one day there is a statute outside the stadium for him," coach Frank Yallop said of the Quakes' new facility expected to open in 2014.
Wondolowski negotiated the contract without using an agent for the third consecutive year. He wanted a multiyear contract instead of looking for a one-time big payday. Wondolowski said he was prepared to hire an agent if he wasn't sure about the negotiations.
The agreement also doomed a potential deal with English midfielder John Bostock, who returned to Tottenham Hotspur after a two-week audition.
"Signing Bostock would have taken all of our cap," Yallop said. "With the injuries we have right now, it was just too big of a gamble for us" to spend money on an unproven player.
Wondolowski, a De La Salle-Concord graduate who played at Chico State, hopes more homegrown players earn designated player status.
"These are the players who are making it and proving themselves," he said of American stars in MLS. "Sometimes they've been too quick giving foreign players DP money that aren't accustomed to the league and it doesn't quite work out."
Quakes forward Alan Gordon said Wondolowski deserved even more money than he will get but appreciates how the star is team-oriented.
"He's not chasing money," Gordon said. "He doesn't need too much, he doesn't want too much. It leaves room to pay some of our other guys."
Wondolowski, who trained with the U.S. national team last month, listed his primary goal this season as winning the MLS Cup. Despite a record-setting individual performance last year Wondolowski ended the season unhappy because San Jose fell to the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Western Conference semifinals.
"For me I want to be as versatile as I can and continue to grow as a player, whether it's up top to score goals, or get some assists or play defense," he said.
New striker Mike Fucito has been impressed by his teammate's attitude during the preseason.
"When seeing a Chris Wondolowski busting his butt and working hard, if not harder than you, it makes you want to play for each other even more," he said.
Contact Elliott Almond at 408-920-5865. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/elliottalmond.


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One month after the Alameda County grand jury scolded Oakland for shackling its political watchdog commission there are movements afoot to augment both its power and funding.
The Public Ethics Commission has scheduled a hearing this month to consider expanding its authority to penalize politicians for ethics-related violations. Any new powers for the commission would have to be approved by the City Council, which also controls its purse strings.
Councilman Dan Kalb is assembling a separate working group that also will look at strengthening the commission. "When there is a watchdog with teeth that actually takes action when appropriate that gives people a sense of confidence that their local government is working well," he said.
Kalb expected the group, which will include the commission's executive director, to begin work next month and bring suggestions to the council before the end of the year.
Oakland voters established the commission in 1996 to oversee open government and campaign finance laws, but left its powers up to the City Council, which has limited its authority and its funding.
Until this month, the commission only had one full-time staffer and a budget under $200,000. San Francisco's more powerful commission had the equivalent of 17 full-time employees and a $2.2 million budget.
In investigating Councilwoman Desley Brooks' actions with respect to a city teen center, the Alameda County grand jury last month cited the commission's weakness as a reason Brooks hadn't been disciplined.
"An ethics commission with appropriate resources and power to enforce ethical standards is of the utmost importance," the grand jury wrote.
The commission's meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 24 at City Hall.
Hayward civics lesson in aesthetics
The Hayward Rotary Club wants to donate a 45-foot clock tower to the city, an idea that the City Council praised Tuesday -- but it had questions about the design.
"The structure needs to be more beefy," said Councilman Marvin Peixoto as the council commented on drawings of the proposed tower. He said the sign's legs were too spindly. When he was building a deck at his house, he insisted on heavier support posts, which improved the look, he said.
The $130,000 tower would be in a city park at the corner where Jackson Boulevard, Foothill Boulevard and Mission Boulevard come together, with 10-foot-tall clocks facing Foothill and Mission. It would have electronic sign boards underneath the clocks where city events could be publicized.
Council members complimented the Rotarians for its many years of service to the community, and were fine with the club having its logo on the tower.
But Councilwoman Barbara Halliday thought the tower should be the same green as the signal bridges that now span Foothill, or gold.
It also was suggested that perhaps the sign should have the same gridwork pattern as the signal bridges.
"I would like a little more work on the aesthetics," Halliday said.
Mayor Michael Sweeney asked that some design alternatives be drawn up and brought back to the council.


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Four small fires continued to burn Sunday in the Tahoe National Forest, sparked by Saturday's lightning storm, forest spokeswoman Ann Westling said.
"The lightning activity (Saturday) evening was not as extensive as expected, with 34 strikes hitting the Tahoe National Forest," Westling wrote. "Additional smoke or fires may continue to pop up (Sunday) afternoon."
Weather was expected to become warmer and dryer by Monday, and no additional lightning was expected overnight Sunday. Nevertheless, "reconnaissance flights will take place throughout the day (Sunday), with expectations that additional fires will be spotted as the day warms up," Westling wrote.
In the Yuba River Ranger District:
• A fire 3 miles east of Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is 1.5 acres and contained. Three engines, one water tender and one hand crew from the Forest Service, North San Juan Fire Protection District and Cal Fire responded.
• A fire is burning 1.5 miles south of Downieville on Galloway Ridge and is 0.75 acre. Forest Service personnel including six smoke jumpers are responding.
• A new fire near Keystone Gap was reported Sunday afternoon approximately 4 miles southwest of Sierra City.
In the American River Ranger District:
• Fire near Snow Mountain in a remote area overlooking the North Fork American River has been contained at 0.1 acre. Four Forest Service smoke jumpers continue to strengthen the line and mop-up.


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My great grandfather, James Henry HINSON was born in April 1867 at Rocky River Springs, Tyson Township, Stanly County, North Carolina. He married on December 22, 1887 in Stanly County, North Carolina to Lucy Ann FLOYD born April 11, 1869 Stanly Co., NC and she died April 14, 1914 in Stanly County, NC. James Henry Hinson and family moved to supposedly "Woods, Texas", where he died of the "fever" while building a fence in January 1904. He sold his land in North Carolina in December of 1903. He was supposedly buried underneath a large oak tree, with no stone, at a Baptist Church. One side of the family that lives in Oklahoma stated that he died of a "gunshot wound" before leaving North Carolina and traveled to Teneha, Texas. Can anyone help me find my great grandfather's resting place? Could it be "Wood County, Texas"?
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Synergy (utility)
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display.
synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all. Learn more about how it works.
Synergy is open source and released under the GNU Public License (GPL).
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I rely on this to use my MBP, iMac and PC all using the PC's mouse and keyboard. Really really helpful app.
oh snap! rino i just noticed this wasn't the preference pane. I'm with him, the preferencepane all the way, SynergyKM
The best utility for the sourceforge synergy project! Less RAM == A Good Thing.
Actually I do not use this! I use instead the PrefPane you can find here:
Why use the PrefPane instead of the GUI application? Memory. The application here, Synergy2 uses ~28mb of RAM, and the synergy libraries use ~10mb. The PrefPane uses only ~2mb.
Less RAM usage is great for these little utilities. Not to knock this effort -- it's just too large for my tastes.
I absolutly love this app. It takes my computing experience to the next level.
Essentitally I have two 19'' monitors side-by-side. One connected to a Mac Box and the other to a PC. And yet even with two different computer I can scroll my mouse across the edge of one screen onto another!!! It even saves your Copy-&-Paste across computer!!!!
That is to say, you can control a PC from your mac using this. Not so with teleport.
Marcus, Synergy2 is a mac GUI for Synergy, Synergy is available for Linux, Windows and OS X. I believe teleport only works between two macs.
This one seems a lot similar to teleport except it's free. Which one is better? :)
Awesome app. I can use my iMac even when I'm on my iBook. Sweet.
This, combined with SSH Tunnel Manager is the best you can get :)
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OAKLAND -- Twenty years into a career constantly skirting the seams of true celebrity, a musical collective invited its entire city -- which had rarely hosted it or officially acknowledged its contributions -- to a street party.
A community holiday was born.
Hiero Day was a gift to Oakland from its native namesakes, and thousands of people accepted the invitation last year to experience a peaceful, joyous celebration of Bay Area hip-hop. The surprise success gave innovative, independent Hieroglyphics an avalanche of overdue respect, and could replace canceled Oakland festivals of the past remembered fondly by the group.
"The end goal is to create something that is sustainable and that is a lot bigger than the group Hieroglyphics," explains rapper Tajai, one of the group's founding members and a member of the quartet Souls of Mischief. "There was a reason why the festival is free, and why it's all ages: Its not just about hip-hop, its about the best that Oakland has to offer, and us being proud that we're just part of this, more so than something to honor us."
Hieroglyphics drew together in the early '90s when most of the group members were preparing to graduate from Skyline High School. The core group began much younger, as boys trading video games in Oakland, when Del the Funky Homosapien says he and his friends "were just computer nerds, basically, game nerds, comic nerds."
Del was the prodigy who convinced his friends that fame was possible at an early age -- he received a recording contract while finishing high school, with his solo debut executive produced by his cousin, Ice Cube. But the group's second album made the biggest splash, and is still Hieroglyphics' only foray into the top 100 of Billboard's charts: Souls of Mischief's "93 Till Infinity," which the quartet ¿will perform in full at Hiero Day on Monday to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Within two years of the release of the classic album, however, the major record labels had severed all ties with the Hieroglyphics collective, which includes Souls Of Mischief emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto and Tajai; rappers Casual, Del and Pep Love; producer Domino; and deejays Jaybiz and Toure. In response, the group tapped two Bay Area traditions, independent hustling and technological innovation.
"The thing that really made everybody proud of Hiero from the very beginning was that they always embodied the best that the bay has to represent to the world," said Jeff Chang, who moved from founding a contemporary indie label that turned into Quannum Projects to writing "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation."
In 1994, Hieroglyphics established its Web presence, years before Napster and iPods would lead to a digital revolution in the music industry. The move nurtured an international audience, as Hieroglyphics sold merchandise featuring its now-iconic logo and tapes of unreleased material "to places like Iran and Afghanistan," says Tajai, who helped develop the original site while studying at Stanford.
"We were certainly one of the first groups that kind of maximized the Internet presence. I won't say we were the first, cause I don't know that, but we probably were one of the first hip-hop groups, if not the first hip-hop group," Domino says.
Early Web and merchandising success spurred Hieroglyphics to form an independent label, Hieroglyphics Imperium, in 1997. It has remained an international force in the indie hip-hop world for more than 15 years, touring nonstop to roaring crowds.
Back home in Oakland, though, the group found -- silence. Oakland's hip-hop scene throughout the '90s and into the 2000s was nonexistent, with longtime chronicler of the Bay Area hip-hop scene Davey D noting there was actually a moratorium on rap shows for a time. Hiero estimates they may have played three shows in Oakland through the years, with most of their Bay Area performances coming in San Francisco.
"We hailing from East Oakland, California, and sometimes it gets a little hectic out there, but right now, we gonna up you on how we just chill."
- Tajai Massey,
on "93 Till Infinity"
"For all the fantastic talent that Oakland has, it was not till very, very, very, very recently that there has been a place for us to perform."
- Opio,
Souls of Mischief
"This has far exceeded the dreams that we had in mind when we put this together. This is
f---ing amazing! We from Oakland! .. We love y'all!"
- A-Plus,
to Hiero Day crowd
Promoters "didn't think that people would come," Casual explains. "We sell out the Fillmore, but they were just like 'Fillmore people ain't coming to Oakland to see y'all because of the neighborhood, and the people who live in those 'hoods, they see y'all walking down the street, so they might not pack the venue.'"
As the group established offices in downtown Oakland and purchased a warehouse in the Fruitvale District they developed into the Hiero Compound -- complete with a mural painted by Oakland youths -- the city did little to partner with or celebrate them.
"You have a city that has these de facto ambassadors that have gone all around the world, and there's never been an effort to sit down and talk to these guys and see how we can raise the profile of the city," Davey D complains.
Still, Oakland has warmed to hip-hop and street festivals in the past few years, as Art Murmur celebrations on the first Friday of every month draw thousands and such venues as The New Parish, Fox Theater, Uptown and Legionnaire book varying degrees of national and local acts.
While celebrating the arrival of hip-hop in Oakland, members of Hieroglyphics still lament the loss of summer street festivals, including Festival at the Lake and Carijama, both canceled following violent aftermaths.
"Oakland is kind of traditionally a festive city, and all of that stuff got shut down in the mid-90s for a long time," Pep Love notes.
Prompted by one of its legions of online fans, Hieroglyphics put decades of entrepreneurial experience into a replacement: Hiero Day.
It started as a Facebook comment, with a fan telling the group that on 9/3, he would introduce as many people as possible to Hieroglyphics music, in honor of "93 Till Infinity." The group ran with it, building an event that would place a large, outdoor stage on the corner of 19th and San Pablo, with a second stage inside the nearby New Parish.
Hiero Day coincided with Labor Day, which freed people up to come listen to a day of free music. The crowd was much too large and excited for a pure holiday coincidence: Thousands of people soon started to file in to hear a lineup of Bay Area hip-hop greats, including Blackalicious, Planet Asia and Zion I. Unofficial counts pegged the total at 5,000-7,000, and video and photos from the event could easily put the total above that, as Casual does.
"I estimate by clubs, and a club's capacity a lot of the time is 600 to 1,000, and it was like 20 clubs out there," says the rapper, who had a prime view from the stage for the group's closing set and estimates the total was closer to 10,000.
No matter the total, it was the type of animated, dense crowd that marks a memorable event that will likely grow in congregants' minds, with all ages, races and backgrounds milling together peacefully.
Lynette McElhaney, the Oakland City Council member whose district encompasses the sites of last year's Hiero Day and Monday's event, took her son, niece and nephew to the 2012 event while campaigning and says "the vibe was incredible."
"It was an awesome, intergenerational crowd," McElhaney says. adding that Hiero Day "celebrates the best of who we are."
The electric, joyful vibe was noted by many members of the group, all wary of potential problems that killed their city's previous festivals.
"The one good thing we have going for us is that Hieroglyphics is inherently positive, and Hieroglyphics is homegrown," Opio says, noting that the group "worked so hard to maintain that nonviolent pride."
"I think the way that people carried themselves, the way people acted that day, is a reflection of who we are, as a group. That was a beautiful thing, it just made me feel ... I can't even describe it. It was definitely one of the proudest moments of my life," he added.
Girded by their success, members say they want to build the festival into an annual community event, and Mayor Jean Quan has officially named Sept. 3 "Hiero Day" in the city of Oakland, with a proclamation that deems Hieroglyphics "a steadfast cultural and musical force, a pioneering entity in technology and innovation and shining example of local, homegrown business with worldwide appeal and recognition."
However, the group is still accomplishing the feat as a private enterprise separate from civic involvement: "We're not a nonprofit, but there's no profit from Hiero Day," Casual notes.
Profits aren't the point, though.
"Hiero Day is for Oakland, it's for the city," the rapper continues. "We represent the community, born and raised in Oakland, and we're doing it for the people to celebrate ... so when I'm old, too old to perform, I can still be at HieroDay."
Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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Sod House Museum4628 State Highway 8
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Sod House Museum
The Sod House Museum seeks to preserve Oklahoma's only sod house and interpret the early-day lifestyles of a pioneer, from the establishment of the Cherokee Outlet of 1893 to 1920. The museum encloses the original sod house which is the key exhibit. Visitors can enjoy the experience of walking through the "soddy" and view exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and the homesteader's root cellar in the museum area. The artifacts and exhibits portray the daily lifestyles of the pioneers.
When visiting the museum there is an additional building displaying horse-drawn equipment and period farm implements. The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, and events.
Marshal McCully and the Sod House
At one time thousands of sod houses dotted the plains of North America. This two-room "soddy," built by Marshal McCully in 1894, is the only one still standing in Oklahoma that was built by a homesteader. McCully took part in the largest of Oklahoma's land runs when the Cherokee Outlet opened for settlement at noon on September 16, 1893. McCully first lived in a one-room dugout, hollowed out of a ravine bank. He built the two-room sod house in August 1894 using blocks of the thick buffalo grass blanketing Oklahoma's prairies.
McCully hitched his team to an 18-inch sod plow and split the grass into long rows. Using a flat shovel, he chopped the rows into 18-inch lengths. He then laid the sod blocks like bricks to form the walls. To make the roof, McCully split poles from the few trees growing in the area and laid them across the top of the walls for rafters. Twelve inches of sod laid on the rafters completed the roof. Unlike many sod houses, McCully plastered the interior walls with alkali clay.
The McCully family lived in the sod house from 1894 until 1909, when they built a large, two-story frame house. They continued to use the soddy for storage until 1963. On December 31, 1963, exactly sixty years after McCully received patent to the land, the Oklahoma Historical Society acquired the sod home.
Although the soddy remains in its original location a cover structure now protects it from the elements. Visitors can experience the unique experience of walking through the furnished sod house to imagine what life was like for Oklahoma's early settlers.
Farming in Early-Day Oklahoma
A "Steel Beam Rod Breaking Plow" is on display in the museum. This plowed a 12 inch wide strip of sod four inches thick and the sod strips were then cut into sod blocks. It took one half-acre of sod to build the two-room sod house, a total of 96 tons. It has been estimated that in the United States and Canada there were some 1,000,000 sod buildings in use from 1903-1913.
Oklahoma farmers produced a wide variety of crops including corn, cotton, winter wheat, oats, milo, maize, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, broomcorn, cowpeas, alfalfa, wild hay, and others. They also produced and sold poultry, eggs, cheese, butter, and garden/orchard products. The main crops by acreage and value, however, were corn, cotton, and winter wheat. An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day. Traditional acres were long and narrow due to the difficulty in turning the plough. One acre measures 40 rods long and 3 rods wide.
In the 1890s it would have taken Marshal McCully 40-50 labor-hours to produce 100 bushels (5 acres) of wheat with a gang plow, seeder, harrow, binder, thresher, wagons, and horses. By 1987, it took only 3 hours of labor to produce 100 bushels (3 acres) of wheat with a tractor, 35-foot sweep disk, 30-foot drill, 25-foot self-propelled combine, and trucks; farming has come a long way.


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Monday's letters: Self-reliance
Published: Monday, October 15, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 5:34 p.m.
To the editor: Lets talk about Eva Ritcheys letter of Sept. 17. She claims, You didnt build that. That no one can make it without government. Does this sound like Americas republic to you?
Government used to be controlled by we the people, whose tax money hired contractors to build what people wanted. Perhaps she means that government is now this monster, no longer controlled by citizens, and therefore builds things without their control. Or maybe she means that teachers are no longer just we the people, who want to teach objectively, but government workers who indoctrinate our kids, like many liberal college professors who fail to teach Americas greatness.
When exposed to the same roads, teachers and civic workers as entrepreneurs, most of us didnt become such. Was she just insulting entrepreneurs who she thinks were just lucky to achieve when the rest of us didnt? And if others just had programs that transferred money from entrepreneurs to those who dont work, they, too, would be successful? Sounds like tax-the-rich Barack Obama.
All conservatives want is for government to encourage self-reliance by only helping those who cant help themselves. We want efficiency of government.
We dont understand why everyone doesnt want that.
Stephen Jones
Dont count on me
To the editor: Candidate Mitt Romney said in his Boca Raton, Fla., speech to wealthy supporters that 53 percent of the American people paid income taxes, and he implied they were the ones who might be expected to vote Republican. As one who is numbered among that group, I would like to tell him and all other Republican operatives that they cannot count on my vote.
Although I retired more than a decade ago, I pay income taxes on my pension and Social Security income and am proud to do so. Governments at all levels provide valuable services to me and my fellow citizens, and I show my appreciation by contributing to the costs of these benefits.
Unlike Mr. Romney, I have no investments in the Cayman Islands or accounts in Swiss banks to shelter my income from the obligations of citizenship. There are many of us in the 53 percent category who are in the same situation as I, and we want him and other well-to-do Republicans to pay their fair share.
Think about it why should we support a party whose record over the past decade has been opposition to all progress and assisting the well-to-do to avoid paying their fair share of taxes?
Richard Pierard
Broken record
To the editor: When Mike Tower started writing his column a few years back, I thought we might finally get a local column that dealt with large political issues in a rational way. What the column has become is more like a broken record played at the wrong speed.
Tower talks about the big issues but seems unable to take a specific position on any of them. Like many of the politicians he rails against, he seems to want every reader on his side. About his only firm position is the goofy idea that we should get rid of all those corrupt politicians and start over
Not sure why he thinks the American voter would do better next time. Maybe a better idea would be to get rid of Mike Quixote and the other columnists and start fresh. Call it Times-News sunset legislation for columnists!
Bruce Beaudin
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Problem; A couple of days ago a mate of mine introduced this imba software for me and showed it on TV that it could stream .mkv (720p files/1080p files) which i loved, since i've been waiting for some rocksolid stuff like this, and i hurried home to install it. Right of the bat i tried with wireless connection which i feared would be causing problem 'due to the crap actually being wireless. Yea, it did some staggering and a bit to much to be liveable so i went to bed and went to the shop today to pick up a 15m TP-cable. Now my baby is plugged into my router(which i suspect is a huge piece of crap.)
What's new? It didn't stagger in the beginnning, as a matter of fact it took decent time before it staggered ~6min into the movie instead of the very first big colored scene, did some random changing to like transcode buffer max size 600/"Enhanced multicore support for H264 HD content".. and some other stuff, didn't get much better and did some other random stuff and then i eventually changed it back when i've spoken to my friend who said he had not changed anything at all.
did some forumsearching and found some sweet changes to apply like putting a cap on "Maximum bandwith in Mbit/s" to 30 (deafault :0) and putting the AC3 Audio bitrate to 384 and also audio channels to 2channels stereo since alot of threads implied that the posters of those threads ROUTER might be giving them hard time when it's set to "0".
What happened? It worked for alot longer time !.. seem'ed to be fixed and i was wheeling back and forth in my apartment of happiness when it once again staggered at random places in my 'good will hunting' movie... MEH!!!!! (altho it made it pass all the other scenes that have been causing problem before..)
I'm out of ideas so im asking you guys if you got any good ideas... I still think it is my router, but i hope there was a godly setting i could use that don't force me to buy a new one... like putting Mbit to 69,7508 and 384 with enhanced multicore support or something....
Quick introduction on my system;
Intel Quad 660(2,4ghz) running at 2,7 ghz (300x9).. stable
4 gig memory, ~3,25 physical avaible after gfx card steals away some
GFX is ASUS 8800 GTS yadayada card
im running this on a win XP professional with service pack 2 (yea im lazy)
Router is a Netgear "WGR614v6".
Overall my PC is healthy, with low cpu temps and such since i got a monstrous schyte mounted on it and I hardly feel that it can be my PC that is to slow to transcode 720p when P4's almost can do 1080p's.
My playstation 3 is updated with the latest online firmware and i haven't been pounding on it with a jackhammer so can't be that either imo.
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Women Diets: Healthy Lunchbox Makeovers
Think what's in your brown bag would pass muster with a professional nutritionist? You might be surprised to learn how poor your diet really is
Kimberly Snyder's assessment: "I think it's great that Tracy starts with the organic fruit, and I would encourage her to make sure she is waiting at least 20 to 25 minutes before eating the other foods, or having the fruit as a late morning snack for optimal digestion of the fruit.
There are some good items in this lunch, but there are also a lot of different food groups jumbled together -- starch (whole grain bread), protein (peanut butter), protein and starch together (hummus, which contains chickpeas, has both). There is also an absence of dark leafy green vegetables, which are among our most important foods. We should ideally strive to incorporate them into every meal in some form."
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Helpful, and I love celery!
by EricaF123 Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 11:44AM Report as inappropriate
I must say, I am glad not to be a guest at Kimberly's table. Most of these "victims" are making a concerted effort to be healthy while enjoying their lunches. Enjoying is the part that will be lacking in Kimberly's lunches. Nice to look good and live a long time, but not if it is without joy.
by Robin_C Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 11:14AM Report as inappropriate
I really enjoy this article, but I find it discouraging that even the tofu eater was picked apart. First of all what is LEFT for us too eat these days??? Unless I go to the store and spend literally my entire food budget on organic fruits and veggies, then I'm out of options. Especially with a nut allergy things are increasingly harder to eat, and I mean coconut as well. Also some people are stuck working an all day job with no refrigerator so what are we suppose to do? It's getting so hard just to find something that wasn't made in a lab and it makes me sick but our FDA is setting us up to fail. They are allowing all these nasty fake things to be fed to us I feel like a Turkey being fattened up, which makes a lot of sense if you eat margarine btw because that stuff was invented to make our food fat... and now it's made us fat.
by Bon_Bon Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 09:40PM Report as inappropriate
this is very helpful, but also a little impractical. It's difficult and a little expensive to get and pack some of these foods for lunch at work.
by tulipsarebetter Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 08:05PM Report as inappropriate
Eat more raw! I feel great am 85 to 95 percent raw. A slow process but well worth it.
by Ydabney Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 11:08AM Report as inappropriate
This article is very informative but this kind of dieting only works on some people. You need protein in your diet to help maintain muscle strength.
by kimihavens Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 01:10PM Report as inappropriate
I would revamp each and every one of these meals to the hilt. The suggested substitutions might be better, but these meals need to be completely redone. Nice try for the short run. Not good for the long term.
by robyne00 Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 02:48PM Report as inappropriate
this article is confusing.
by lilas Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 03:43PM Report as inappropriate
How do you eat fresh brown rice out of a lunch box??? The suggestions are healthy but not practical for someone truly eating from a lunch box. I do pack an iced cooler daily, but I can't grill or steam anything from my car. Also some of these are much more time consuming. Can you offer practical solutions?
by Rck Monday, September 3, 2012 at 08:36PM Report as inappropriate
I agree with her on the diet sodas but most of these lunches seem a LOT healthier than many people eat and I do not know anyone who would want to stay on her diet for any length of time. I know I wouldn't..
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CASCADE — The One Mountain Foundation will be hosting the second annual children's fishing rodeo at Lake Royer, located on the former Fort Ritchie Army Base.
The educational and fun-filled fishing event for children ages 5 to 12 will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, May 19. Check in will begin at 8 a.m. in the pavilion adjacent to Lakeside Hall on Lake Royer.
Advanced registration will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays, May 4, 11, and 18, at the small pavilion on the southeast corner of Lake Royer.
The registration fee is $5. Registration forms will be available at the advanced registration or online at:
Only a total of 100 children will be allowed to enter the rodeo so advanced registration is highly encouraged.
The children will be divided into three age divisions: ages 5 and 6; 7 to 9; and 10 to 12. Prizes will be awarded for the top three children who catch the biggest/heaviest fish in each of the age divisions.
A parent or guardian must stay with the child during the rodeo. Parents or guardians may help small children fish, but adults will not fish for the child. All children must bring their own fishing rod.
The rodeo will consist of three stations. The first one will be an educational presentation from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources on fish habitat, identification and proper catch and release techniques.
The second is a hands-on session on casting and third is actual fishing on the lake.
The rodeo creel limits are 10 bass (14 inches or shorter); a combination of 10 blue gill, sunfish or crappie and five catfish.
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Alyson Harrold's front yard is filled with green, but it's not a picture-perfect lawn that catches the eyes of neighbors and passersby.
Rather, it's the half-dozen or so raised garden beds filled with vegetables and herbs that give her access to fresh produce right outside her door. And for Harrold, the aesthetics of a traditional plush green lawn are greatly outweighed by the benefits of reconnecting with her food and eating healthier.
"We tried for several years to grow heirloom tomatoes in our back yard. Sadly, they never did very well despite our best efforts. Last year, we decided to plant them in the front, where we get a lot of afternoon sun. They did marvelously. As a result, it inspired us to remove our water-hungry lawn, making room for a vegetable garden," the Campbell resident said, adding that her main concern with a front yard garden was "curb appeal."
Harrold is one of several area residents who decided to install an organic garden using StartOrganic, a service that provides residential and commercial garden installation and organic gardening education and counseling. The business was started by Saratoga residents Josh Levine and Troy Smothermon after they quit their jobs in 2010 and looked to do something where they could have more of an impact on people and their health. After a five-month stint in Lake Tahoe formulating a business plan, they moved back to the Bay Area in spring 2011 and began StartOrganic.
"We both played soccer our entire lives competitively and valued health as a priority," said Levine, 31, who played soccer alongside Smothermon at UC-Santa Barbara. "Within the last five years, we ate predominantly organic food and tried to exercise as much as possible. We both value health, definitely; it's one of main reasons for doing" StartOrganic.
But convincing others to do the same proved to be a challenge, Levine said. While Start-Organic's services--which include garden installations, consultations and educational components--are somewhat clear-cut, the bigger obstacle was showing people a different way of eating and why it is worth the investment.
The trick was to get others to buy into a fundamental shift in the way they thought about food, where they get it from and how to lead a healthier lifestyle. For Levine and Smothermon, it meant not only building a business that provided certain services, but creating a movement that would, they say, eventually lead to a community of local gardeners who can connect to share produce and tips on gardening.
Growing StartOrganic, then, became (no pun intended) an organic process. Based on their goals, the two friends knew they couldn't approach StartOrganic like a regular business, and opted for farmers markets, Earth Day festivals and gardening seminars to reach their audience instead of a paid advertisement. They essentially wanted a forum where they can connect with people and talk about StartOrganic.
"We really just kind of outlined the benefits of eating organic, not consuming pesticides and herbicides, and talked about super weeds and soil depletion, outlining why you should eat organic." Levine said. "Even though you're spending a little bit more, it's really a vote with your dollar.
"They're getting the food and the education. We're teaching someone to fish without just giving them the fish."
The "vote" Levine refers to is the push to get back to a healthier lifestyle, one that focuses on farm fresh local and organic produce. The shift would represent a push away from food products that travel thousands of miles before they reach the supermarket, highly processed food that is also filled with preservatives and additives.
"When food is grown more than 1,000 miles away, as so much of ours is, it loses so much of its nutrient content by the time it reaches my plate that it's almost not worth eating," Smothermon, 32, adds. "As far as I'm concerned, eating locally is the only way to ensure the food we eat is healthy at all, not to mention the economic/sustainability factors involved with shipping food over increased distances. Also, organic food does not contain pesticides."
While most people know this, Smothermon admits, there are still certain challenges holding them back. And locally, that includes the fast-paced world of Silicon Valley, where most professionals don't have time to start and maintain their own gardens. Smothermon also says there is a bit of trepidation from those who fear failure and do not want to take the risk.
As seen in the case with Harrold's organic garden, giving up the front lawn is also no easy task. Seeing all that greenery laid down at the front of a home is a picture most homeowners covet. The key, according to StartOrganic, is showing them the benefits of removing the lawn and installing an organic garden.
A 400-square-foot lawn requires about 6 gallons of water per minute to maintain, compared to a 100-square-foot vegetable garden requiring about 2 gallons of water per minute, according to StartOrganic. The difference is especially crucial during the current drought.
"In most cases, the area that homeowners have lawn is their best place to grow vegetables," Smothermon says. "Lawn is an American institution. Somehow over the years it has become a sought-after landscaping solution when it really never should have been planted at all."
Marla Myint decided to grow her own vegetables after finding out about all the chemicals in her food. She wanted to find a better alternative for her and her 13-month-old baby, and found StartOrganic on Yelp this past fall. It took about a day and a half to install the garden at her Willow Glen home.
"I feel really good and am eating more vegetables. I feel really confident that I'm giving my son the cleanest, most nutritious vegetables that I can give him," she said.
Although there are still challenges such as insects and weather, Myint added that she feels "empowered" after working in her garden.
"I'm not afraid of trying new vegetables. If there are vegetables I'm not in love with, I can go and trade it. I'm not afraid to experiment, either; it's really a blessing," she said.
Margaret Muench of Santa Clara shares her vegetables with family and friends. She also swaps gardening stories with her daughter, who recently bought a house.
Muench said she is a big fan of StartOrganic's education component, which helps her keep her garden on track and running smoothly. The service allows her to troubleshoot problems and have questions answered. For Muench, gardening is much about the therapeutic effects as it is about the health benefits.
"Does it save money? No. The big agricultural businesses can grow vegetables much more cheaply than I can. But for me, the cost is worth it, and I think the cost will go down as I get better at managing the garden," she said.
"And clearly it takes more time to grow, pick, prepare and store my own vegetables than it does to go the store and pick up a bag of something. But for me, tending the garden and preparing what it produces is an interesting and satisfying way to spend time, so that is not a sacrifice."
Levine and Smothermon understand the challenge they are undertaking. It is something they know won't happen overnight, but they clearly see something growing.
They are reaching more people all over the South Bay, and have even installed a garden at Mulberry School in Los Gatos. StartOrganic also has the Burrows Community FarmShare in Campbell, a "hyper-local" CSA (community-supported agriculture) that currently provides for about 20 families who drop by to harvest about once a week, Levine said.
In the next 20 years, there will be an opportunity to localize the food system, Smothermon adds. He says he sees his lo- cal community producing about 50 percent of their produce in their front and back yards in as soon as 10 years.
"It takes time to reconnect people with their food and empower them to plant their own seeds."
For more information about StartOrganic, visit startorganic.org or call 408.508.GROW.


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Need a break far from the tourist hordes? Then try one of our Perranwell holiday cottages located in a sleepy hamlet, a short drive from Cornwall's north coast.
For everyday holiday essentials, the neighbouring village of Goonhavern has a greengrocer, general stores/PO, garden centre with restaurant and a pub with children's play area, beer garden and extensive food menu.
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The magnificent coast of northern Cornwall is well-known for its sweeping beaches, cliff-top paths and amazing swell - surfers flock here in season and it's a fantastic place to learn the ropes of this exciting sport. Perranporth is the closest resort and boasts a three-mile beach, as well as souvenir shops, restaurants, weekly country market and Atlantic-view golf course. Or continue north to Holywell Bay, Crantock and Newquay, plus lots of lovely places in between.
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Good Hope Baptist Church will have revival services beginning Sunday, Sept. 27.
Dr. Ray Hayes, pastor of Maple Grove Baptist Church in south Louisville for 10 years, will be the evangelist.
Hayes serves as a chaplain for the VA Medical Center and does pastoral counseling in Louisville and Leitchfield. He has served for 11 years as a National Guard chaplain and was business manager of the Western Recorder, the state Baptist paper, for 14 years.
A new tradition was born at Campbellsville University recently with a service of dedication featuring the Lamp of Learning being passed to the freshmen of the class of 2013.
The service took place in Ransdell Chapel to officially welcome and bless the students who began their first semester of college Monday, Aug. 24.
Reverence for Christ Community Church will host a free all-day gospel singing on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Refreshments will be served from noon to 1:30 p.m., when several gospel groups will begin performing. Featured performers will be Steadfast, New Life Voices, Jasmine Thompson, Joe Milby, True Gospel, Mark and Tina Meece and Solomon's Songs.
The church is located at 109 Crescent Hill Drive in Campbellsville. Guests should bring a lawn chair.
For more information, call 849-7726.
New Life for the Nations will host a "Virtuous Woman's Conference" on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 8:30 a.m. until after lunch.
Conference speakers will be Kim McAfee of Campbellsville and Geri Coulter of Missouri.
The program's theme will be "Let us Grow up" and "Embrace the Truth," based on Ephesians 4:11-16.
The New Life Praise Team will lead praise and worship.
Ladies and youth are invited. A $10 registration fee includes lunch.
What does the Kingdom of God look like here on earth? What are the laws and behaviors the King expects of his people? Can Christians really live up to the expectations Jesus describes for the disciples in the gospel of Matthew?
Find the answers to these questions and much more by attending the eight-week Precept Upon Precept course titled "Matthew Part 1: The King and the Kingdom of Heaven."
From the Heart will present a concert at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Campbellsville Christian Church. From the Heart has presented concerts in area churches since 1989 and has produced a number of recordings. Members are Linda Mings, Krisinda Jeffries, Darlene Netherland, Gail Godsey and Debbie Lawson. There is no admission fee. Donations will be accepted.
Lowell Avenue Baptist Church will host Omega Force on Sunday, Sept. 20.
The outdoor event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will feature amazing feats of strength as well as God's word.
Guests should bring lawn chairs. In case of inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled.
For more information, call youth leader Boo Cowherd at 789-1169.
The Rock Community Worship Center will host an open house as well as a bake sale, yard sale and cookout to celebrate its new ministry on Saturday, Sept. 12.
The cookout will feature homemade breads, desserts, pulled pork barbecue, polish sausage, hamburgers and hot dogs.
Pastored by Jeff Newton, the new church is located at 1850 Old Columbia Road in Campbellsville. For more information, call Cathy Newton at 403-2725.
Palestine Baptist Church will host a singing, cookout and auction fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 13 beginning at 4 p.m.
Basketball and corn hole tournaments are also planned to begin at about 5 p.m. followed by a potluck meal.
The Back Row Boys and others will perform followed by a dessert and basket auction.
All proceeds benefit the church's pavilion building fund. For more information, call 789-7469.
Mannsville United Methodist Church will have a church-wide yard sale on Monday, Sept. 7 beginning at 8 a.m.
Items will include toys, houseware, jeans, clothing for all ages, fabric, books and numerous other items. Refreshments will also be available.
All proceeds from the sale will go to the church building fund.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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SANFORD — Two men were transported to hospitals following an 11:19 p.m. accident on Rushton Street on Tuesday.
Sanford Deputy Police Chief Timothy Strout said a reconstructionist was called to the scene of the single vehicle, and the accident was still under investigation at press time. Strout said the vehicle left the roadway and struck boulders along the side of the street. It appears speed was a factor, Strout said.
The operator of the vehicle was seriously injured and was transported by LifeFlight to a hospital, but there was no further information on where he was taken, Strout said.
The passenger was transported to Goodall Hospital by Sanford Rescue for a possible injury, Strout said.
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SANTA CLARA -- Alex Smith can't be traded until March 12, but a deal is "effectively complete" with an unidentified team, according to a CBS Sports report.
CBS Sports' Jason LaConfora tweeted Sunday that the 49ers "have expressed to others" that a trade is virtually in place to deal Smith. General manager Trent Baalke and coach Jim Harbaugh both said last week the 49ers would likely trade or keep Smith rather than release the quarterback they drafted first overall in 2005.
Where Smith will end up remains a mystery, although a few teams are considered logical candidates. That includes the Kansas City Chiefs, who aren't expected to use the No. 1 overall draft pick on a quarterback. New Chiefs coach Andy Reid reportedly was interested in acquiring Smith a year ago when Reid was with the Eagles. Other quarterback-needy teams are the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets.
Smith has compiled a 38-36-1 regular-season record as a 49ers starter, including a 19-5-1 mark in coach Jim Harbaugh's two seasons. After sustaining a Nov. 11 concussion, Smith lost his starting job to Colin Kaepernick, who helped guide the 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII.


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Crowder women's basketball coach Tina Robbins has been demanding to see improvement from her team not only defensively, but in the rebounding department as well. On Saturday, she saw obvious signs that her team is heeding that advice.
Facing the 16-1 Mineral Area Lady Cardinals — winners of 11-straight entering Saturday's contest — the Lady 'Riders were in control from the get-go and cruised to a 67-55 victory in the NJCAA Region 16 opener.
It was a big win for the Lady 'Riders, who improved to 14-4 overall.
"I thought our kids played really well today," Robbins said Saturday. "I've been harping on them a little about defense and rebounding lately, and I thought we did a really good job of both today. Holding Mineral Area to 55 (points) is a real task."
Credit the Lady 'Riders for the improvement they've shown over the past week. They out-rebounded the Lady Cardinals 37-27 in the game and built a commanding 38-23 lead at halftime. Terai Sadler and Chloe Nichols each pulled down eight boards apiece to lead Crowder in that category.
It was a nice win for the Lady 'Riders' program.
"It was good to get a region win under our belt," Robbins said. "I thought we really played hard today and we played well."
Sadler and Dorian Briggs led Crowder with 15 points apiece while Nichols added five, Sarah Sagely 10, Caprese Marshall five, Camila Lacerda 11, Megan Ritter none and Seleena Neal six. Lacerda chipped in nine assists while Sadler added three steals. Nichols, Marshall and Lacerda each turned in a pair of steals.
Ashleigh Bow and Janelle Travis both scored 15 for the Lady Cardinals while Courtney Knuckles had zero, Chelsea Roberts 10, Chelsea Pannier three, Tayla Corrigan two, Riley Owens zero, Katelyn Sager two, Riley Huff three, Courtney Fisher three and Joelle Daniel two.
The Lady 'Riders are back at home on Tuesday where they'll face North Arkansas at 6 p.m.
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Benjamin Frankiln's Bastard by Sally Cabot is an absorbing and compelling work of literary historical fiction that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution — the story of Benjamin Franklin and his bastard son, and the women who loved them both.
William Franklin, the son of Benjamin and his favorite mistress, Anne, is raised by Deborah, Benjamin's wife. A steadfast loyalist, he and his father cannot reconcile their wildly disparate views, causing a rift in the bond both thought unbreakable.
Fascinating and heartbreaking, Benjamin Franklin's Bastard is a gripping tale of family, love, and war, set against one of America's most fascinating periods of history.
An absorbing and compelling work of literary historical fiction, set in colonial Philadelphia, that brings to life a little-known chapter of the American Revolution—the story of Benjamin Franklin and his bastard son, and the women who loved them
Sixteen-year-old Anne is an uneducated serving girl at the Penny Pot tavern when she first meets the commanding Benjamin Franklin. The time she spends with the brilliant young printer teases her curious mind, and the money he provides keeps her family from starving. But the ambitious Franklin is committed to someone else, a proper but infatuated woman named Deborah Read who becomes his common-law wife. At least Anne has William, her cherished infant son, to remind her of his father and to soften some of life's bleakness.
But growing up a bastard amid the squalor of Eades Alley isn't the life Anne wants for her only son. Acutely aware of the challenges facing them, she makes a heartbreaking sacrifice. She will give up William forever, allowing Benjamin and Deborah Franklin to raise him as their own.
Though she cannot be with him, Anne secretly watches out for her beloved child, daring to be close to him without revealing the truth about herself or his birth, and standing guard as Deborah Franklin struggles to accept her husband's bastard son as her own.
As the years pass, the bustling colonies grow and prosper, offering opportunities for wealth and power for a talented man like William's father. Benjamin's growing fame and connections as a scientist, writer, philosopher, businessman, and political genius open doors for the astute William as well, and eventually King George III appoints Benjamin's bastard son to the new position of Royal Governor of New Jersey. Anne's fortunes also rise. A shrewd woman of many talents, she builds a comfortable life of her own—yet nothing fills her with more joy or pride than her son's success and happiness.
But all that her accomplished son has achieved is threatened when the colonies—led by influential men, including his own father—begin the fight for independence. A steadfast, loyal subject of the British Crown, William cannot accept his father's passionate defense of the patriots' cause, and the enduring bond they share fractures, a heart-wrenching break that will forever haunt them and those they love.
A poignant tale of passion, family, love, and war, Benjamin Franklin's Bastard skillfully brings into focus a cast of remarkable characters drawn from real life, and vividly re-creates one of the most remarkable and thrilling periods of history—the birth of the American nation.
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Critical Praise
"This is a superb novel. Don't miss it." — William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Cape Cod and The Lincoln Letter
"Cabot laces her assured novel with Shakespearan overtones as the characters continually misconstrue one another's motives. From Franklin's intense intellectual curiosity to Anne's stubborn insistence on leading an independent life, this memorable cast makes for spellbinding reading." — Booklist
"[A] poignant take of love, survival, loyalty, and the meaning of family." 4.5 stars–Fantastic — RT Book Reviews
"An enticing read for history buffs...genuinely heart-wrenching." — Publishers Weekly
"Unforgettable." — Shelf Awareness
"[F]or all Franklin's genius, fortune, and increasing stature, he is not spared the trials of women, concerns for children, or the struggles between a father and son with political differences…. [Cabot is] a gifted writer." — Providence Journal
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- On Sale: 05/07/2013
- Pages: 384
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The Daily Startup: Qualcomm Invests in Macheen to Enable More Internet Devices
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Macheen has raised funding from Qualcomm, its second strategic investor, to continue working on how to solve the Internet access problem for e-readers, gaming devices, cameras and numerous other emerging portable devices. The Austin, Texas, startup has developed a mobile cloud that enables customers to sign up for individual apps and services, such as email, on numerous devices without having to buy a comprehensive data plan.
CardiAQ Valve Technologies has raised a $37.3 million Series B round led by new investor OrbiMed Advisors as it ramps up human clinical trials of its heart-valve replacement in Europe. CardiAQ is working in the area of interventional cardiology, where specialists frequently replace or repair damaged valves in the hearts of patients with heart disease, and makes a replacement for the mitral valve of the heart.
Also in today's VentureWire, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, which is in registration to go public, has raised $18.7 million toward a $67.5 million private financing designed to fund the first of two Phase III clinical trials of an antibiotic that could treat skin and skin-structure infections…Nick Beim has joined Venrock, after moving to New York two years ago to lead Matrix Partners' outpost there. Venrock has added Beim as a partner on its website but declined to say more at this time. He concentrates on Internet, mobile, software-as-a-service, ad-tech and big-data investments, according to his bio…and Matrix Capital Management and Valar Ventures (a fund backed by Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel) placed another $49 million into Xero, a New Zealand-based vendor of cloud-based accounting software, betting on the growth of small businesses and their need for that software.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving startups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
The problem for venture-backed deals company LivingSocial, as for competitor Groupon, is that they grew too fast, says The Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Street, which explains that ZocDoc and Yelp took a more measured approach as startups.
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures and former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, is still a believer in clean-tech investing, although his firm has suffered setbacks in the sector, says New York Times blog DealBook.


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A boy who ends up as a recruit for the Night's Watch, Pypar is small and wiry, with prominent ears. He used to be part of a troupe of mummers that travelled the Seven Kingdoms, and knows nothing of fighting with the sword when he arrives. He's commonly known as Pyp, though Ser Alliser Thorne dubs him "Mummer's Monkey", or "Monkey", for his appearance and background.
The actor cast is a great deal older than the character, being 28 years old, though doubtless he can play younger.
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AppFresh (latest version as of June 2011) downloads an older version of MusicBrainz (0.11 from 2009!!) and therefore cannot upgrade to 0.14 which is the latest. This looks like a "bug" (probably just wrong location of file 0.14 to download by appfresh? )
This is great for the moments where you need more tagging power than iTunes and want to get specific, trusted data from the internet.
In reply to the previous comment, you're definitely too harsh on this free piece of software. Its interface might not be very good, but the backbone is solid, and works as advertised. The fact it uses a cross-platform GUI library, WxWidgets, doesn't help its looks, but simplifies the devs' jobs. There's simply not much mac-like glamour to be found in this app, and that's alright with me.
Musicbrainz is a great database but why oh why is the Picard interface so horrible? While the layout itself looks clean on a first look its usage patterns relate to nothing the average (or any) user is used to, and i found no situation where its usability comes even close to what is tried and true, plus it's slow. Fail.
Best served as a tech demo (and its been in this state for years).
This application and MusicBrainz in general has made organizing my massive music collection easy as pie. With 0.9 Picard takes a giant leap forward in terms of usability and is now available on OS-X for the first time! Check out this app and http://www.musicbrainz.org if you want an organized digital music library with correct tags!


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A glorious variant on the famed Eiffel Tower, it is a sexual act in which two girls are down on all fours, or doggy style if you prefer, and each has an end of a double-sided dildo inserted in each of their vaginas. Simultaneously, each of the girls is performing felatio on a man. The two touch hands over the girls' backs to complete the bridge.
Julia and Malen had sore vaginas and marshmallow mouth the day after forming the Golden Gate Bridge with the two homeless gentlemen they entertained last night.
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A sexual position for one male and two females, in which the male lies flat while giving oral sex to one female and vaginal sex to the other, and then the two females give high fives with both hands. The female equivalent of the Eiffel Tower.
"Women think it's condescending when guys Eiffel Tower them, but I still love it when chicks give me a Golden Gate Bridge."
by E-Dubs October 25, 2006
Where 2 males are standing across from each other while they have a femal suspended between them, legs wraped around one arms wraped around the other one male in her mouth other in 1 of 2 holes
i was in san fransico the other day and these 2 guys showed me the golden gate bridge ( they were huge)
by the golden brothers February 24, 2010
Same as the Eiffel Tower sexual posistion, but instead of the two guys high fiving, they play with toy cars on her back, and with a plastic boat and shark beheath her. Best if used with honking sound effects.
We decided to kick it up a notch and give her the Golden Gate bridge instead of the Eiffel Tower
by OxySnake April 18, 2007
The Golden Gate Bridge is a sexual position that involves two men and two women. It requires that the men are both having intercourse with the women in the "doggie style" position, while the women face each other and procede to make out. The key to this position, however, is the element of suprise. At some point during the act, one of the men (who was predetermined before the sexual engagement) gives the signal to the other man. This sign can be a code word, a wink, or something as simple as a head nod. After the signal is given, both males pull out in unison and urinate over the girls backs, while simultaniously thrusting their arms skyward with a great sense of achievement and wonder. The stream of urine arching over the backs of the women is the key to forming the "Golden Gate Bridge." If one or more of the party is not able to achieve a full stream, then the position is compromised.
Last night Mark and I almost pulled off a Golden Gate Bridge with Rebecca and Sarah, but he didn't pull off the stream! What a dick!
Michelle, I can't believe Steve and Robbie Golden Gate Bridged us!!!! Uhhh rude!!
Michelle, I can't believe Steve and Robbie Golden Gate Bridged us!!!! Uhhh rude!!
by B.T.B. August 21, 2010
Spanning at 1.2 miles long in the San Fransisco bay,it is one of the most elegant bridges ever built. Construction started around 1933 and finish in 1937. "The bridge that couldn't be built," was finished in May of 1937.
The Golden Gate Bridge is crossed by millions of vehicles and people every day.
by blah959595959595 March 19, 2010
the act of urinating between the legs of someone having a dump on the toliet
Did u hear about austin giving jordan a suprise goldengate bridge at mollys party.
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Streaming to Sony Bravia EX720 with render profile Sony Bravia EX.
My local network setup is a gigabit LAN, connected through router plus 2 switch). PC > Linksys gigabyte switch > Linksys RVS4000 Router > Zyxel GS105B gigabyte switch > BraviaEX.
I don't really know which engine I am using. I only know that MEncoder is in first position, then tsMuxeR and last FFmpeg. Option "Choose tsMuxer if video H264 is compatible with PS3" is enabled.
Simply the screen is black. If I see at the options, I can see that time is running but it's always black. SD video plays ok.
If I deselect the option "Choose tsMuxer if video H264 is compatible with PS3", video starts well, but sometimes it hangs or stops.
I can play HD video without any problem to my PS3, that is connected after Linksys router and just before Zyxel switch.
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The classic polo shirt is an American staple, but Puma has found a way to take the iconic top you love and make it better. The Puma Ferrari Polo Shirt is a cut above the rest, with Ferrari detailing, a slim cut and a subtle sateen placket. It's just enough to take your favorite style of shirt to the next level.
The great magicians, er designers, at Puma managed to turn the sometimes not so flattering shape of a polo shirt and made it a magical, figure-enhancing garment. Using dual seams that run down the back and a cotton/LYCRA blend, this polo has been transformed from ho-hum to va-va-voom! The Ferrari shield logo at left chest and back neck adds a moto-inspired feel, while the green, white and red dots printed on the right sleeve are reminiscent of the Italian flag. The PUMA Cat logo at the left front hem also adds a touchy of sporty, iconic flair.


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Advocacy with specific focus on the tobacco industry as vector of the tobacco-related epidemic.
Tobacco Free Nurses is the first national program created with the objectives of helping nurses quit, providing resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and to promote tobacco control in the agenda of nursing organizations.
Resources on hospital-based smoking cessation.
Advocacy targeting the tobacco industry as the vector of the tobacco-related epidemic.
Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations to promote the implementation of the WHO FCTC.
Advocacy and resources to address issues related to women and tobacco.
International level policy and resources.
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Part of Nike's USA Centennial line, this new official USA jersey celebrates 100 years of American soccer. This is the jersey the team will wear during 2014 qualifying.
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If this is the case, opportunities still exist that may allow someone to borrow and get a loan. The first step a fiscal management professional will advise to immediately get as credit debt free as possible. This will cause an increase in credit score, however doing this is always not something people are capable of doing over a short period of time. For many people, credit debt is something they might not get out of by the time they pass away.
Options in bad credit loansOne might have an emergency that requires him to get a loan as soon as possible. If this is what one needs, there are plenty of loan lenders set up that feed directly to those with bad and poor credit. These credit lenders can generally provide people with two different options when examining the choices of loans one can take out. These loan types include a secured and an unsecured bad credit loan.
Secured loansA secured loan is considered as a financially better choice for those with bad credit. When applying for a secured loan, one must give up something of equal value to the loan. People are basically giving the loan provider a piece of collateral in case they default or go bankrupt while on the loan. Almost any type of loan one can take out is considered a form of credit. With this one can just open a positive source of credit. This shows on the credit report, and as long as one keeps making his payments on time, it will show, as well. This in turn will increase the credit score. That will enable him to get larger loans from more mainstream lenders with lower interest rates.
Unsecured loansUnsecured loan is another option open to those with bad credit from bad credit loan lenders. In case of defaulting on the loan, an unsecured loan is a better option for those with no type of money or assets available to give the lender as collateral; though the fees and interest rates are stiff. With some interest rates reaching more that 30%, if one can not afford to pay much more than the minimum monthly amounts due, paying off the principle on the loan could take many years. So unless a person is in some dire financial situation, taking out an unsecured bad credit loan can be an extremely poor financial decision.
Convince the lendersGetting a bad credit loan is not always as difficult as it seems. There are a number of lenders willing to lend money for people with bad credit; however, one should make sure he has read the fine print while giving a signature. Some of the interest rates can be outstanding, making taking out a bad credit loan not the smartest of choices one could make financially.
To get a proper loan, one will want to see what he can do to increase his poor credit score before anything else. People should look at his current accounts of credit and ask themselves what they can do to start paying off those loans that are making their credit score so low. One must control and slow down his shopping habits; putting this extra cash towards his credit accounts and start paying off the debts. This will look very good to the creditors and show them are becoming more responsible with their credit. This can cause an increase in the credit score, and in turn make one more accountable to take out loans with better interest rates.


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He earned his 100th cap for England in 2008, what does this season hold? This is the women's version of England's 09/11 new away jersey with Beckham's name and number at back.
Female cut version of the jersey England's national team wears when they're on the road.
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available in the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website—highlights Museum connections to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the fifth in a series, we explore the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the family's early ties to the Museum.
True-to-Life Snow in the Lynx Diorama
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A multi-video series about the restoration of the dioramas in the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals, now on amnh.tv and on the Museum's YouTube channel, documents their renovation. In this post, the third in a series, we share one of the videos, which explains how Museum artists re-created snow for several dioramas, including the Canada Lynx and Varying Hare's.
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Six exquisite miniature dioramas in the new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture illuminate diverse methods of farming around the world—including in cities. Learn more about the diorama set in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Human languages first appeared between 30,000 and 100,000 years ago, but the question of how languages spread and evolve is still under investigation. In this podcast from a recent SciCafe, join Museum curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler as they discuss how techniques used in genetic analysis are being applied to anthropology, language shifts, and key patterns in social evolution.
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Meteorites that fell from an asteroid impact that lit up the skies over California and Nevada in April are showing scientists just how complex an asteroid surface can be. A new study published in Science this week by an international research team, including scientists from the Museum, reports that this space rock is an unusual example from a rare group known as carbonaceous chondrites, which contain some of the oldest material in the solar system.


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A physicist by training, Clark joined IBM 30 years ago as a programmer, just as IBM began to develop its software business in earnest. He eventually moved to marketing and brand management, serving as IBM's "search czar," and at the height of the dot-com boom, co-founded IBM's Venture Capital Group -- which, interestingly, has no fund. Instead, IBM works with VCs to take promising startups to market and increase the odds of their success.
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Whether it's from co-workers, kids or spouses, everyone needs some "me time" now and then.
But when Marny (Tempestt Beldsoe) takes some time for herself and goes to the gym on Wednesday's new episode of Guys with Kids (8:30/7:30c on NBC), Gary (Anthony Anderson) is none too pleased.
"But I did it because, you know, because I want to look good for my husband," Marny tells Gary in this exclusive sneak peek. Uh yeah, sorry, Marny, he's not buying what you're selling.
Will Marny convince Gary to loosen up and let her blow off some steam? Watch the exclusive video below. Guys with Kids airs Wednesdays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.
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Up until recently, I've been running PMS 1.5 successfully in Linux Mint 11. No problems - everything worked, and speed was great.
Then I had to reinstall my machine, and I installed Mint 13 - the latest Ubuntu - and things started working very poorly indeed:
1.5: Here, MPEG4 - and problably lost of other file types - don't work at all. Corrupted file or unrecognized on the PS3. I've installed ffmpeg from the latest ubuntu repositories, but no help. Not sure what else to try. It worked on my old installation, but not here, so I guess there are some libs I need to install. But I cannot figure out which ones.
1.7: Here, MPE4 files actually worked (since support has been added in PMS itself). However, the connectivity is so slow that fast-forwarding or rewinding when playing a 150mb movie file on the ps3 results in everything freezing, then after several seconds jumping forward/backwards one frame, and then resulting in a network error reported by the ps3. The playback doesn't stop though, but it's so slow as to be completely useless.
So - I need to either get 1.5 to work with MPEG4 files, and all other relevant formats. OR I need to find out what wrong with the transfer speed in 1.7. I noticed it reporting a speed of 85MB/s when starting, which I didn't think was that slow. At least fast enough for playback, but maybe that's why fast-forward or rewind doesn't use, and hence the network error?
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January 13, 2006
Maybe you've heard of it, maybe not. But Augusta is becoming a big deal in independent filmmaking circles. It's called the Southern Fried Flicks Film Festival and News 12 has more on what's on tap tonight.
Get ready to hold back your lunch, film festival fans. Friday night is packed with horror flicks and some gross-out moments at the 2nd Annual Southern Fried Flicks Festival.
"It's kind of a hodge podge of old hammer horror film ideas," said Chris Forbes.
Augusta native Chris Forbes is premiering his film Basketweave tonight. He just finished it last week.
"It's about a mad doctor who runs an asylum and forces his patients to take huge doses of hallucinogenic drugs," Forbes said.
Also playing tonight is the 21-minute short film Voodoo Doll by Roberto Minervini.
"Pain can actually make your physical life insignificant, especially thinking about abused kids," Minervini said.
And for both filmmakers, the festival grants more exposure. Forbes is hoping for home video release.
"It's a rabbit festival. Put rabbits in a cage and they multiply. Over the course of a year, it's grown five-fold. There's submissions went from 30 to 200," Forbes said.
"I specifically like startups, up and coming festivals. My film is really cutting edge and it's not for everybody," Minervini said.
Eighty-three screened over five days, all hoping to stand out from the pack.
Both films featured mentioned above run Friday night. If you have kids, tonight is not the night for them, since many of the films are pretty scary. But Saturday starting at eleven, there are some documentaries and animated films that are ok for the entire family. Click here for a complete schedule.


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Aase syndrome is a rare disorder that involves anemia and certain joint and skeletal deformities.
Aase-Smith syndrome; Hypoplastic anemia/Triphalangeal thumb syndrome
Most cases of Aase syndrome occur without a known reason and are not passed down through families (inherited). However, some cases have been shown to be inherited.
This condition is similar to Diamond-Blackfan anemia, and the two conditions should not be separated. A missing piece on chromosome 19 is found in some people with Diamond-Blackfan anemia.
The anemia in Aase syndrome is caused by poor development of the bone marrow, which is where blood cells are formed.
The doctor will perform a physical exam. Tests that may be done include:
Treatment may involve blood transfusions in the first year of life to treat anemia.
A steroid medication called prednisone has also been used to treat anemia associated with Aase syndrome. However, it should only be used after reviewing the benefits and risks with a doctor who has experience treating anemias.
A bone marrow transplant may be necessary if other treatment fails.
The anemia tends to improve with age.
Complications related to anemia include:
Heart problems can lead to a variety of complications, depending on the specific defect.
Severe cases of Aase syndrome have been associated with stillbirth or early death.
Genetic counseling is recommended if you have a family history of this syndrome and wish to become pregnant.
Jones KL, ed. Aase syndrome. In: Smith's Recognizable Patterns Of Human Malformation. 6th ed. Saunders. 2005.
Clinton C, Gazda HT. Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. 2009 Jun 25 [Updated 2013 Jul 25]. In: Pagon RA, Adam MP, Bird TD, et al., editors. GeneReviews™ [Internet]. Seattle, Wa: University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2013. Accessed Sept. 8, 2013.
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A Tri-State school remembered a classmate who died in an interstate crash.
Sammy Reagan was a sixth-grader at Columbia Elementary in Kings Mills when she died during a 100-vehicle crash on Interstate 275 last month.
On Thursday, classmates joined Reagan's mother and siblings to release balloons in her memory.
"I thought it would be great for every student and teacher in this school. Her twin brother and little brother go here, and this is kind of her second home," Jill Reagan said.
A Valentine message from the students was attached to each balloon.
"She thrived on stuff like this," Reagan said. "She definitely is very happy right now."


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A Victor woman was charged Monday by Ontario County sheriff's deputies with third-degree assault.
Deputies allege Yelena Golubkov, 53, of 6 Cheshire Ridge, grabbed another person by the neck, causing scratches and bleeding.
Golubkov was taken to the Ontario County Jail and held on pre-arraignment detention. She is scheduled to appear in Victor Town Court.
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