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With the rare exception you can rest assured the toys you buy for your kids today are safe, but that hasn't always been the case.
Safety standards were much lower a decade or two ago and almost nonexistent before then. Today recalls because of cadmium or toxic lead capture the headlines, but dangerous toys are nothing new.
Take the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab for instance. What sounds like a top-secret military project was in reality a short-lived toy from the early 1950s -- and an expensive toy at that ($50 at the time, or more than $300 in today's dollars).
The toy was the most elaborate atomic energy educational set ever produced, containing actual uranium ore. Say what you will about current safety standards, but you can be pretty sure not many of today's toys are radioactive.
But thanks to its time, that toy never faced recall. These five dangerous toys weren't quite as fortunate ...
No. 5: Aqua Dots
One of the hottest toys in the months before Christmas in 2007, Aqua Dots would prove to also be one of the most dangerous.
The toy consisted of small, colorful beads that could be arranged in multidimensional designs and then sprayed with water to fuse them in place. A great, fun craft for the whole family, right?
One problem: The beads in this Chinese-made craft set contained a chemical that, when ingested, metabolized into the notorious "date rape" drug gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB.) The Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that two children who had inadvertently swallowed the beads became comatose for hours and one child was hospitalized for five days.
Not exactly what you're looking for in the perfect Christmas gift.
The toy's manufacturer recalled 4.2 million units and suspended Aqua Dots from the market in November 2007.
Our next toy was literally too hot to handle ...
No. 4: Easy-Bake Oven
Even the classics can hit a rough patch. Consider the Easy-Bake Oven, more than 25 million of which have been sold since it was introduced in the 1960s.
The toy oven is such a go-to plaything that it was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2006. That same year, Hasbro introduced a front-loading version resembling a kitchen range.
The new version -- like many of the cakes cooked by the toy -- was apparently half-baked, as almost instantly reports of injuries started coming in. The model tended to trap children's hands and fingers in the oven's opening, inflicting second- and third-degree burns to unsuspecting would-be gourmet chefs.
In the end, 77 reports of burns were received, including one 5-year-old girl who required a partial finger amputation. Hasbro ended up recalling 985,000 of the front-loading ovens in February 2007.
At least the Easy-Bake Oven didn't have small pieces like our next toy ...
No. 3: Battlestar Galactica Missile Launcher
Despite lasting for less than a year, the original "Battlestar Galactica" wasted no time in selling out to the toy gods.
The sci-fi TV series debuted in September 1978, with Mattel soon after launching a line of toys inspired by the show. Faster than you can say merchandising, kids were begging their parents for the Viper, the Cylon Raider, the Scarab and the Stellar Probe.
But as quick as it began, the fun just as quickly came to an end. The ships came with tiny spring-loaded missiles and any parent can tell you that small children and small toy pieces just don't mix.


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Major in Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OT)
Offered by Saint Louis University's Doisy College of Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in occupational sciences (B.S.O.S.)
Download a fact sheet about SLU's undergraduate occupational science & occupational therapy degree.
Saint Louis University Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Degree OverviewSaint Louis University's undergraduate degree in occupational science and occupational therapy prepares you for a Master of Occupational Therapy, the minimum educational requirement to become a licensed occupational therapist. SLU's is one of only four pre-OT programs in the United States focused on occupational science (the foundation of the occupational therapy profession) as well as occupational therapy.
Pre-OT students at SLU who have successfully completed all the requirements of the undergraduate program are guaranteed entry into Doisy College of Health Science's Master of Occupational Therapy program. If you choose to major in occupational science at SLU, you will be studying the principles of occupational therapy and begin courses immediately from high school in your chosen major. Pre-OT students at SLU also work directly with a faculty mentor who supports their professional development.
In addition to many other resources available through Doisy College, Saint Louis University's occupational science students also participate in SLU's Student Occupational Therapy Association, which enhances their understanding of occupational therapy through professional, educational, community and social activities.
What You'll Learn in SLU's Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy ProgramSLU's occupational science and occupational therapy program's core curriculum has an interprofessional focus that emphasizes a team approach to health care. You will work with Saint Louis University faculty who are active in developing new and unique areas of OT practice such as:
- Working with homeless children and families
- Life skills training for children and youth with Asperger's syndrome & autism and sensory processing disorders
- Life skills for prisoners
- University students' mental and social health
- Displaced workers
- Transition planning for young adults with developmental disabilities
- OT in primary family care
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
What Can You Do With an Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Degree from SLU?Graduates from Saint Louis University with an undergraduate degree in occupational science and occupational therapy who meet all program requirements enter directly into SLU's Master of Occupational Therapy program. Following graduation, the majority of occupational therapists work in school systems, and medical and long-term care facilities. However, there are many other areas of practice such as:
- Ergonomics consulting
- Driver rehabilitation and training and transportation alternatives
- Design and accessibility consulting and home modification
- Low vision services
- Private practice community health services
- Technology and assistive devices development and consulting
- Health and wellness consulting
- Addressing the psychosocial needs of children and youth
Learn more about SLU's undergraduate admission requirements, scholarships and financial aid, or take our majors quiz to find other SLU undergraduate degrees that might interest you.

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Manchester Mini Maker Faire
By Ultan O'Broin Oracle UX-Oracle Paas4SaaS-Oracle on Jul 31, 2012
Attended the Manchester Mini Maker Faire last weekend (28 and 28-July-2012). It was fun! My first time in Manchester too, and what a great location for the event: the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). I will definitely be back. Soon.
I didn't present or demonstrate at the event this time, my justification for attendance being research into the maker community and how we could reach out to individual, younger, and more innovative makers, as well as understanding their needs and wants.
From the UX tech perspective, I see the Maker Faire crowd as a ripe resource for usability research into younger users and learners, and fitting in somewhere into the Oracle Applications User Experience simplification roadmap. We should look closely at three Maker Faire fave technologies in particular, and how they could be used in the enterprise space to solve real business problems:
- Arduino
- Raspberry Pi
- Game controllers
Even small devices and apps, as I was reminded by a MOSI exhibit, offer tremendous scope of use and lots of power to users of all sortd, depending on the context of use.
This is fast moving space, exploding with creativity, and we need to keep current. Stay tuned.
I encourage you to attend the next Manchester Mini Maker Faire and watch, learn, and make too with some very interesting, varied, and helpful people.
You can find more reporting and thoughts about the Manchester Mini Maker Faire, including pictures, in my Twitter stream.


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Downtown streets see construction
Published: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 7:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 7:42 p.m.
Beginning Monday, some downtown streets will be affected by construction as part of the Downtown Urban Renewal project:
Seventh Street between 21st and 22nd avenues.
21st Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets.
22nd Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets.
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John Stallworth a finalist for Black College Football Hall of Fame
Published: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 11:28 p.m.
Tuscaloosa native John Stallworth, a standout with the Pittsburgh Steelers who played collegiately at Alabama A&M, is a finalist for the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
Stallworth is one of 25 finalists chosen from more than 125 nominees. The induction class will be announced Oct. 23, with enshrinement set for March 1 in Atlanta.
Stallworth set numerous receiving marks at Alabama A&M in 1972 and '73, catching 103 passes, including 48 as a senior for 925 yards. He was a two-time All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference pick and made the Division II Football Team of the Quarter Century.
Stallworth was an All-Pro receiver with the Steelers in the NFL, catching 63 touchdown passes and holding a streak of 67 games with at least one catch. He was on the All-Time Steelers' team in 1982 and is in the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
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- Apr 24:
- Officials: Dead bomber name in terrorism database
- Apr 23:
- Boston bombing suspect's wife is 'nice,' 'sweet' American convert to Islam
- Boston bombing victim Martin Richard, 8, laid to rest privately
- Older Boston bombing suspect frequently visited jihadist websites, U.S. officials say
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Who Do We Think They Are?
- Crowd funding for Boston's Dave Henneberry and his shot-up boat goes through the roof
- Apr 22:
- Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev charged with using WMD, could face death penalty
- Boston bombings edge into immigration debate
- Feds ask to interview wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber
- Apr 21:
- Top cop says Boston bomb suspects likely planning more attacks
- Governor: Video shows Boston bomb suspect placing backpack
- Police: Boston bomber may have been killed by his own brother
- Apr 20:
- Doctor: Boston suspect had so many wounds he couldn't tell which was fatal
- Authorities arrest two in town where Boston bombing suspect may have lived
- Boston bombing suspect hospitalized following arrest
- Apr 19:
- Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's mother-in-law sickened by attack
- Mercury News editorial: Marathon bombers raise important questions for American society
- Boston Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt
- Boston bombing suspect's U-Mass Dartmouth classmates: He was 'calm,' 'cool,' 'laid back'
- Boston bombing suspects' sister says she doesn't know what got into them
- Boston bombings: TV networks plan prime-time coverage
- Media chasing Boston images, information in massive manhunt
- Chechnya: What its militants are fighting for
- Boston bombing suspects' uncle, 'ashamed,' asks nephew to turn himself in
- Boston bombing suspects spent night in Honda before carjacking a Mercedes
- Boston manhunt: MIT police chief says slain officer Sean Collier was dedicated, well-liked
- Boston manhunt: Chronology of chaotic search for suspects in marathon bombing
- Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev captured alive, police say
- Boston bombing suspects: Who are the two brothers?
- Police: Suspect who killed MIT cop is dead; second suspect tied to Boston bombing
- Apr 18:
- Boston bombing suspects shown in photos, video released by FBI
Eerie scenes of a city on lockdown. Streets choked off by police barricades. Blackhawk helicopters swooping through the sky. A raging uncle spewing venom about his nephews.
These were disturbing images that millions of Americans woke up to on Friday as television delivered wall-to-wall coverage of the massive manhunt for the Boston Marathon bomber.
Friday's network morning shows, normally teeming with fun and frivolity, were forced to shift gears and follow a chilling, complex story.
The search, we learned, came on the heels of a violent night in which a second suspect died in a firefight with police, and one officer was killed "in cold blood" and another was seriously wounded.
Through it all, TV journalists in studio and on the ground tried to piece together a profile of the suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, a native of southern Russia, near war-torn Chechnya, who allegedly planned the bombings with his brother. Family members and former classmates were sought out, along with anyone who might have had contact with them.
In this desperate attempt to glean even the most trivial piece of information, some of the testimony was helpful and some wasn't. Did the brothers love America? Maybe. Maybe not. They apparently were "quiet" and "normal," but what does that mean? At one point, a local boxer was even called upon for his input because he once sparred with one of the brothers.
"I ended up roughing him up and we never sparred again," he told ABC News.
OK, that was helpful.
The most extraordinary bit of morning footage was an impromptu, street-side interview with the brothers' uncle, Rusian Tsarni, who, in an agitated state, expressed concerns that the alleged actions of his nephews would reflect on his homeland, his family and his religion.
Tsarni described them as "losers" who were never "able to settle themselves," and called for the suspect to surrender.
Meanwhile, ABC seemed to score an exclusive when the suspect's father spoke several times -- off camera -- to a network reporter. Apparently, the FBI had yet to make contact with the man, raising the question: Had the media done a better job of finding him?
Out on the streets, it looked like ominous scenes from a crime thriller we'd see on television or at the cineplex. But fictional drama, unlike real life, provides the viewer with swift resolution. As the coverage dragged on past 11 a.m. (PST), the suspect was still at large and networks filled time with repetitive interviews and time lines and even more replays of Monday's awful images.
It's during lulls like these when speculation runs rampant and things get dicey. At one point, CNN's Wolf Blitzer said, "Apparently a lot of explosives are in the area," without citing a source. There was also unsubstantiated talk of possible other accomplices on the loose in the area.
Through it all, it was difficult not to think about those fearful residents, locked in their homes, and trying their best to glean information from television and social media.
All we could do, insisted ABC's Diane Sawyer, is "hurry up and wait."


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We know that more than 55 percent of new Americans use the public library at least once a week. They find a trusted environment, resources and community connections that can ease the way to full participation in American society. For many people, new to the U.S., libraries serve as a gateway to citizenship, English language learning, and civic engagement. Libraries offer educational materials and training resources on immigration and citizenship.
Museums also address the needs of new arrivals with cross cultural programming and inclusive community outreach. Museum exhibitions and events help deepen understanding of diverse cultures and strengthen community connections.
On June 30, 2013, IMLS Director Susan H. Hildreth and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to help libraries provide accurate and useful information about immigration and citizenship benefits, promote an awareness and understanding of citizenship, and ensure the integrity of the immigration system.
For more information see the memorandum of understanding.
See resources for libraries on the USCIS website.
Webinars -- Upcoming
Webinars -- Archives
Overview of the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
USCIS representatives and library grantees will discuss the USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. Past recipients of these grants include public libraries, public school systems, community colleges, and literacy organizations, among others.
Overview of Citizenship and Integration Grant Program - USCIS Presentation, January 19, 2016 (PDF, 890KB)
Overview of Citizenship and Integration Grant Program - Library Presentation, January 19, 2016 (PDF, 824KB)
Overview of Employee Rights and myE-Verify Updates
Wednesday, December 09, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST
IMLS and USCIS present a webinar for librarians on employee rights and free tools available within myE-Verify. Read more.
White House Task Force on New Americans
Tuesday, October 27, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT
The next IMLS-USCIS webinar will provide an overview about the White House Task Force on New Americans, an interagency effort to develop a federal strategy to better integrate immigrants into communities. Read more.
White House Task Force on New Americans Presentation, October 27, 2015 (PDF; 990KB)
Bridges to Citizenship: Connecting Classrooms and Libraries to Expand and Enhance Services for Adult Immigrant Learners
Tuesday, August 11, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT
The webinar will focus on resources available to immigrant-serving organizations and adult education programs. Representatives from the USCIS Office of Citizenship will provide an overview of how libraries can expand and enhance adult citizenship education services and obtain free materials to display. Read more.
Human Trafficking Prevention 101: An Overview for Public Libraries
Monday, February 23, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT
As part of their partnership to provide resources for public librarians, IMLS and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will present a webinar on Human Trafficking Prevention and the Blue Campaign. Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign and USCIS will discuss the resources and tools available to help combat human trafficking that librarians can help distribute in their communities.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (PDF, 3.4MB)
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
On June 15, 2012, the Secretary of Homeland Security announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet several guidelines may request consideration of "deferred action" for a period of two years, subject to renewal. The webinar, presented by USCIS and hosted by IMLS, will provide librarians with a basic understanding of deferred action, specifics on who may qualify, and identify how to file.
E-Verify: Employment Eligibility Verification Webinar for Public Librarians (PDF, 1.9MB)
Monday, June 2, 2014
This webinar will explore E-Verify, the federal government's no-cost web-based service that enables employers to verify new hires' employment eligibility. The presentation will also include an overview of Form I-9, the Employee Rights Toolkit, Self Check, and other USCIS resources. Familiarity with these resources can be vital for public librarians to assist library customers with employment eligibility verification information.
USCIS Citizenship Education and Initiatives (PDF, 2.2MB)
Thursday, March 6, 2014
This presentation will build on many of the topics discussed in the first USCIS-IMLS webinar held on February 4, 2014. Specifically, this webinar will highlight USCIS educational resources related to citizenship and the naturalization process, as well as information on how libraries can actively engage in citizenship-related activities and events.
USCIS Customer Service Tools and Resources: An Overview for Libraries
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
IMLS and USCIS are partnering to ensure that librarians have the necessary tools and knowledge to refer their patrons to accurate and reliable sources of information on immigration-related topics. The webinar highlights the agency's work with libraries, ways in which libraries can find immigration and citizenship information online, and practical activities libraries can implement to engage the immigrant community. Read transcript (PDF, 87 KB)
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Hey Islanders Fans!
Well the last blog I wrote was very deep. I meant every word I said. Now our cross country season is coming to an end, we have regionals in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend. We are going to bring our Islanders pride and we are going to run as fast as our bodies will let us. I still believe that my team is the best team out there. All of the guys and girls have such a huge heart filled with passion for running and even though things don't always turn out to be the way we want them to, we are still thankful that we get to learn from our experiences.
We had some up's and down's at the Southland Conference Championships, but we are using this race to change the down's. Some of the guys and girls fell apart but together we can rise again. Coach Flanagan has said, "the hay is in the barn," now we just need to mentally focus and give it what we worked for all season.
Last week was also "early voting" and a lot of us went out there and voted. Even though we see different views when it comes to politics, we still have the same view when it comes to running in races, which is RUN YOUR HEART OUT. Most of you that read my blogs may know that 95 percent of running is mental and five percent is physical. Running is a wonderful sport but depending on what kind of person you are it can be very tricky!!!! You can be perfect at practice, but when it comes to races, well you choke. I guess the question is why? I struggled with this and I believe that there is always a stage in a runner's life that everyone struggles with it. How can we possibly get out of that negative bubble and just run like we do at practice? Well I'll let you know how I busted that bubble.
Last year I had a rocky year. Cross Country went okay, indoor track was horrible and outdoor track was great. Outdoor track is my absolute favorite season. I always feel fast, positive, light, and I mean all of the above of feeling great! I was doing pretty well in the Steeplechase and coach saw something in me and told me I could make it to regionals one day. I really had never felt like someone actually told me the truth like the time I heard it from him. Out of all of the coaches I've had and out of all the races I've ran, I believed he was right. From then on I tried really hard and tried to focus on that. Well I didn't end up making it to regionals but I ran the best time I did all year, and I came in several overall at the conference meet. I was proud of myself and I realized that the reason I did that good was because I believed in myself and I did what I could control.
At the Southland Conference Cross Country Championships, we had a meeting the night before the race. We were all anxious and nervous and coach told us something that I will always remember. He said three things to us. First he asked us a question, "Do you believe in yourself?" Second, he said, "Do what you can control, remove everything that is distracting you and just go do what you can do." Third, he said, "You have worked so hard for this all season, what are you going to give tomorrow? You're ready to give it your all."
He left us thinking those three things to ourselves. It reminded me of outdoor conference because I thought of those things on my own. Everything he said was right and it really left us thinking. Now I just hope that we can all apply this to our race this Friday and race fast. We are ready and the boys are ready. We want to prove ourselves and other teams that may have doubted us. We want to be the RISING ISLANDERS! (Maybe that sounds lame and corny but it's true).
Let me leave you with a final message … I want you to apply these three things to your brain when it comes to racing. I want us to do well Islanders! I want our fans to be proud and I want all of us to feel proud. So Islander fans please cheer us on!!!! Keep us in your prayers and in mind as we fly to Arkansas this weekend! Finally, "Keep your Islander pride, and don't forget to stride," with yours truly!
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First Wind-Integrated High-Rise Under Construction in Bahrain
April 11, 2007
The world's first integration of utility-scale wind turbines into a building has been completed in Bahrain. Atkins, a leading provider of technology-based consultancy and support services, announced in late March that it has installed large wind turbines onto three 50-ton bridges that span the two towers of the Bahrain World Trade Center. The 50-story structure, under construction in Manama, Bahrain, is designed to channel the wind between the two towers and past the blades of the three wind turbines, which are 29 meters in diameter. According to Atkins, the wind turbines will supply up to 15 percent of the energy needs for the two towers. See the Atkins press release, and for an illustration of the completed building, see the Bahrain World Trade Center Web site.
A European study published in 2005 examined the potential for such building-integrated wind turbines in the United Kingdom. The study recommended further research on the wind regime in urban areas and around isolated buildings; the structural and noise implications of mounting wind turbines onto a building; and the optimal design for building-integrated wind turbines. The report also reviewed the experience with building-integrated wind turbines. At the time of that report, the largest such project involved the installation of three 5-meter wind turbines on the roof of a building. In contrast, the wind turbines in the Bahrain World Trade Center are fully integrated into the design of the buildings. See the 118-page U.K. report (PDF 4 MB). Download Adobe Reader.


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In this photo taken Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013, Australia Maj. Gen. Richard Burr, a new U.S. Army Pacific deputy commander, poses for a photo at U.S. Army Pacific headquarters at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Burr's unprecedented appointment to be deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Pacific is the first time a non-American has served in such a high-ranking position at a command like this. The move symbolizes the Army's push to connect more with allies and friendly nations in the Pacific as the Obama administration rebalances national defense strategy toward the region. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)


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What's up with LDoms: Part 7 - Layered Virtual Networking
By Stefan Hinker-Oracle on Jul 04, 2013
Back for another article about LDoms - today we'll cover some tricky networking options that come up if you want to run Solaris 11 zones in LDom guest systems. So what's the problem?
Let's look at what happens with MAC addresses when you create a guest system with a single vnet network device. By default, the LDoms Manager selects a MAC address for the new vnet device. This MAC address is managed in the vswitch, and ethernet packets from and to that MAC address can flow between the vnet device, the vswitch and the outside world. The ethernet switch on the outside will learn about this new MAC address, too. Of course, if you assign a MAC address manually, this works the same way. This situation is shown in the diagram at the right. The important thing to note here is that the vnet device in the guest system will have exactly one MAC address, and no "spare slots" with additional addresses.
Add zones into the picture. With Solaris 10, the situation is simple. The default behaviour will be a "shared IP" zone, where traffic from the non-global zone will use the IP (and thus ethernet) stack from the global zone. No additional MAC addresses required. Since you don't have further "physical" interfaces, there's no temptation to use "exclusive IP" for that zone, except if you'd use a tagged VLAN interface. But again, this wouldn't need another MAC address.
With Solaris 11, this changes fundamentally. Solaris 11, by default, will create a so called "anet" device for any new zone. This device is created using the new Solaris 11 network stack, and is simply a virtual NIC. As such, it will have a MAC address. The default behaviour is to generate a random MAC address. However, this random MAC address will not be known to the vswitch in the IO domain and to the vnet device in the global zone, and starting such a zone will fail.
The solution is to allow the vnet device of the LDoms guest to provide more than one MAC address, similar to typical physical NICs which have support for numerous MAC addresses in "slots" that they manage. This feature has been added to Oracle VM Server for SPARC in version 126.96.36.199. Jeff Savit wrote about it in his blog, showing a nice example of how things fail without this feature, and how they work with it. Of course, the same solution will also work if your global zone uses vnics for purposes other than zones.
To make this work, you need to do two things:
- Configure the vnet device to have more than one MAC address. This is done using the new option "alt-mac-addrs" with either ldm add-vnet or ldm set-vnet. You can either provide manually selected MAC addresses here, or rely on LDoms Manager to use it's MAC address selection algorithm to provide one.
- Configure the zone to use the "auto" option instead of "random" for selecting a MAC address. This will cause the zone to query the NIC for available MAC addresses instead of coming up with one and making the NIC accept it.
I will not go into the details of how this is configured, as this is very nicely covered by Jeff's blog entry already. I do want to add that you might see similar issues with layered virtual networking in other virtualization solutions: Running Solaris 11 vnics or zones with exclusive IP in VirtualBox, OVM x86 or VMware will show the very same behaviour. I don't know if/when these thechnologies will provide a solution similar to what we now have with LDoms.


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I will make a nicer banner in the near future :P
What is this thread for?
It is for posting your screenshots of cool things you made/done on Mutilate a Doll , Talk about the game and Suggest new items, options, ect.
The developer of Mutilate a Ragdoll has stated that he is always glad to hear suggestions on what you would like to see in the game. So if you have any at all be sure to mention them here.
Yes, there are a few guidelines for designing items and weapons for the game.


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As sure as night follows day, when George W. Bush backs a "regime change" invasion of a country, you will see headlines like this: "Corpses Rotting in the Streets." We see it every day in Afghanistan and Iraq, and we are seeing it again in Somalia – the third nation-breaking operation launched under the rubric of Bush's "War on Terror."
On Saturday at least 73 people were killed in Mogadishu as vicious fighting continued between the American-backed Ethiopian invaders (along with their Somali warlord allies) and the inevitable "insurgents" produced by the Bushist overthrow. The day's death toll was just part of a week-long violent frenzy in the capital as the army of the Ethiopian dictatorship – armed and trained by American forces, and supported by American bombing raids on refugees and by U.S. "Special Ops" troops coverting around the country – shelled residential areas. Meanwhile, the insurgents – made up of hard-core remnants of t he overthrown Islamist government, some tribal groups excluded by rivals in the U.S.-backed warlord faction, and the usual mix of Somali nationalists who object to having their country invaded and people taking up arms to revenge the "collateral damage" murders of family members – lashed back with increasing ferocity.
It is thought that when the final death count is in, up a thousand people will have been killed in the week's fighting, while tens of thousands of new refugees have joined the more than 100,000 people fleeing the Bush-backed destruction. Reports from Agence France Presse ("Corpses 'rotting in Mogadishu streets'") and Reuters ("Scores Killed in Fighting in Mogadishu") paint a grim scene of despair and devastation:
AFP: "Ethiopian forces are bombing down civilian sites, places where there are no insurgents," Hussein Said Korgab, the spokesman for Mogadishu's dominant Hawiye clan, said. "This morning, they have shelled places some 15km away (from the city), and people are fleeing again."Why has Somalia been blessed by this inclusion in Bush's Terror War? Why else? Oil. One of our astute commenters, "b real," picked up on this little-noticed story from Dow Jones a couple of weeks ago. (It's a cliché, but true: if you want to know what's really going on in the world, ignore the Beltway blather and head to the business pages; the moneyspinners need to deal with reality, not spin, if they want to keep their coffers full.) Dow Jones noted that Somalia's new, Bush-installed prime minister, Ali Mohamed Gedi, is now pushing an Iraqi-style "oil law" that will give the Bushist oil barons and their global cronies control of Somalia's unexploited oil fields, through the usual "production sharing agreement" that guarantees decades of fat profits for foreign companies while starving the natives of their patrimony:
...More Ethiopian troops moved into Mogadishu to reinforce their colleagues a day after a suspected suicide bomber attacked their base south of the capital. The worsening situation in Mogadishu has led UN humanitarian officials to warn of a looming disaster...The UN said Somali government forces were blocking relief supplies and that UN aircraft were being shot at. In Mogadishu, bodies were left lying in the streets, while a cholera or diarrhea epidemic was taking hold and new flooding was likely soon, it added.
Reuters: Shells pounded Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 73 people to swell a death-toll already in the hundreds from this week's battles pitting militias and Islamists against Somali and Ethiopian troops.
The escalating war has also sent more than 321,000 residents fleeing in the biggest refugee movement in Somalia since the 1991 fall of a dictator ushered in 16 years of anarchy.
Even by Somali standards, Saturday's carnage was shocking. "I counted 20 dead in the street and the sidewalk. Some were missing heads, others were so mutilated you couldn't tell if they were men or women,'' resident Suleman Mohammed said from the Al Barakah market area where more than seven mortars landed. Residents and medical staff interviewed by Reuters confirmed a minimum of 73 casualties from the incessant shelling and gunfire across the city on Saturday, adding to an estimated 131 others from the previous three days' violence.
The week's final death-toll is expected to soar and may come close to the estimated 1,000 casualties from a similar four-day flare-up at the end of March. Most of the victims are civilians...
"We are in a state of shock, I see no end to this,'' said Ali Haji, 50, a resident who took his family out of Mogadishu last month but came back to protect his house and belongings. "I've had enough. I'm abandoning the house. I am caught between two groups -- Ethiopians trying to kill me because I am Somali, and insurgents not happy because I am not picking up a gun and fighting with them. I have lost all hope.''
...The only operating hospital, Madina, was packed with wounded, screams echoing through the corridors. Tents were set up in the hospital garden to deal with the influx, with many people nursing injuries unattended under trees in the heat. "Unless we get massive international help, we cannot cope,'' a doctor said."Our beds and tents are full.''
Somalian Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi hopes big oil companies will return to the country and said parliament is set to vote on a petroleum law to encourage this by providing a legal framework. Gedi told Dow Jones Newswires last week: "The parliament will approve the law within two months." Large oil companies were awarded acreage before the country's government collapsed in 1991 but have yet to return owing to years of political instability and violence.Bush's war aims in Somalia are the same as elsewhere in his Terror War: securing the control (or dominating influence) over the world's oil supplies and its distribution networks, with the concomitant political and financial dominance this guarantees on a wider scale. We've touched lightly on some of this context for the Somalia take-down in previous pieces (such as here), but b real has provided copious documentation of just what the Bushists are up to, not only in Somalia itself but throughout the Horn of Africa, in this series at Moon of Alabama: "Understanding AFRICOM" (the latter being the new proconsular command that Bush has established to extend American military sway over Africa).
In one passage of the series, b real notes the early and extensive involvement of the Bush Regime with the Ethiopian dictatorship, and again notes the oil connection which is being made explicitly by Somalia's new leaders:
Investigative reporter Keith Harmon Snow, in an article from 2004, wrote of training camps in Ethiopia:The draconian, torture-inflicting Ethiopian dictatorship has been plied with weapons, money, training, intelligence and diplomatic support by George W. Bush -- in much the same way that his father serviced Saddam Hussein 20 years ago. Bush has even gone so far as to allow Ethiopia to receive vast quantities of arms from North Korea -- thus providing that regime with desperately needed hard currency to prop up its own dictatorship and advance its nuclear proliferation programs; again, a precise echo of Bush I's dealings with Saddam. Although in Somalia, unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, Bush has opted to work largely through these proxies, committing no overt U.S. ground troops to the invasion, the plain fact is that it is his green light that has made this happen. It simply beggars belief to think that his pet dictator in Ethiopia would have launched this invasion if Bush had told him not to. But of course, as b real noted, Americans were an integral part of the invasion planning -- and as we've often noted here, Americans have taken a leading role in some of the most sinister elements of invasion aftermath: the killing of civilian refugees fleeing the fighting, and the "rendering" of civilians into the torture chambers of Ethiopian prisons.
In 2003, the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division (Special Operations Forces) completed a three-month program to train an Ethiopian army division in counter-terrorism tactics. Operations are coordinated through the Combined Joint Task Forces-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) base in Djibouti. In January 2004, Special Operations soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment replaced the 10th Mountain Division forces at a new Hurso Training Camp, northwest of Dire Dawa near the border with Somalia, to be used for launching local joint missions in "counter-terrorism" with the Ethiopian military. Soldiers will continue to operate missions out of Hurso for several months from a new forward base names "Camp United." From April 12-25, 2003, under the U.S. State Department-sponsored Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program, CJTF-HOA provided instruction to nearly 900 Ethiopian soldiers at a base in Legedadi. CJTF-HOA forces from the U.S. Army's 478th Civil Affairs Battalion also operated in Ethiopia in 2003 in and around Dire Dawa, Galadi, and Dolo Odo, among other areas.The December 2006 invasion of Somalia was coordinated using these and other bases throughout the region. While efforts to replace the popular Islamic Courts Union in Somalia with the warlord-led Transitional Federal Government (TFG) appear to be failing, the arrival of AFRICOM may bring more boots on the ground into that unstable, geostrategic nation. Especially now that TFG spokesman Abdirahman Dinari has dangled a carrot before foreign investors: "Somalia has a lot of oil, and our ministers have just approved a key exploration law to regulate how concessions are given out.... But what we need now is international support to restore security and build our nation, and we will be noting who helps us and who doesn't when these decisions are taken."
I want to reiterate a point that I have made over and over here: This war in Somalia, this carnage, this mass death, this brutality, this vast suffering is the direct result of the Bush Administration's "War on Terror." For all you Americans out there, this is our war, just as much as Afghanistan and Iraq are. It's being done in our name, with our money, at the instigation of our leaders. The American Establishment and the American media are almost totally ignoring this on-going horror story -- and downplaying the Bush gang's central role in it whenever it does get a mention -- but be assured: just because American citizens have been left in the usual amnesiac fog by their leaders, the victims of the invasion, and those watching it from outside the American media bubble -- especially in the Muslim world -- know full well whose war it really is. Once again, the brutal policies of loot and domination are preparing a terrible blowback for us; even now, you can see the thunderclouds gathering on the horizon.
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The hidden shame
Thank you for reporting on the terrible tradegy, that is occuring in Somalia, right now. I doubt, if this is all being done for OIl. Because, Somalia has no confirmed reserves of it. This still after long of searching for it. But the country has never had peace and a proper effort.
This is being done, because Bush is willing to sacriface, tens of thousands of people and the future of a whole country, rather than having Somalis select who rules them. The Ethiopians are co-consipirators, they get money and arms, as long as the killings go on. None of this can happen, without their political cover and financial support that America gives it.
How can this man, justify that he is a christian and allow thousands of people to lose to die like this.
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The role the Americans are playing in the "mass death" of Somalis will be never forgotten by any Somali. And it will be hundreds of years before any American walks in the Streets of mogadishu peacefully. A lot of people want revenge. Revenge, Revenge, Revenge
Hyder, Somalia
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These people are dajjals (anti-christ). They are the enemy of humanity.
a guest said:
Disheartening and Frightining Policy in the Name of Americans
It is disheartening to see America getting wrong every time it gets involve Somali affairs.
In 1992, the United States led close to 30,000 UN force. The effort ended with 18 U.S Special Forces killed and thousands of Somalis either killed or wounded. The effort failed because it was ill-advised thus ill-managed. The United States ignored Somalia since then.
In 2006, the United States got involved again in Somalia. This time state department and intelligent people outsourced everything to unpopular warlords. This deeply flawed approach played into the hands of U.S adversaries. The warlords were chassed out of Mogadishu.
These missteps could have been all corrected with single stroke of pen prior to the start of the conflagration that led thousands of deaths.
Ethiopia and the Arab League are the two major trouble-makers in Somalia. The United States enjoys huge leverage over both entities. The United States could have used that leverage to influence both entities to exit Somalia's internal affair.
If the United States would have convinced Ethiopia and the Arab League leave Somalia alone, two things would have been inventible: First, Somalis would have entered real negotiations and mediocre relationship like of AbdullahiYusuf would have been eliminated. Second, extreme interoperation of Islam like of the Hassan Dahir Aweys would have been rejected.
Unfortunately, no Somali will consent the arrest of Aweys while Ethiopian troops control various Somali villages and towns at the border and MiG 23s are bombing Mogadishu. Meanwhile, Aweys and his Arab League backers will continue drifting Somalia back to the 7th century and so the misery of Somalis is perpetuated.
One alternative approach is to put Somali-Americans at the center of the issue. There are legitimate, genuine and thoughtful Somali-Americans with both nations interest at forefront. These Somalis-American immigrated to America after Somalia collapsed in 1991 or prior wile Somalia was still nation under a military leadership. They have deep appreciation and affection for America. They consider America's success their success and its failure their failure. America is not only a guest nation or temporary place for them but a home in every sense of the word. Most of them have accomplished some considerable success. Some of them are professionals in many different fields. Some of them teach fine American institutions. These Somalis have incredible emotional attachment to Somalia. They still have extended family members. They would love to go back one day or at least would like go back for a visit. It would be all perfectly fitting to see these people the forefront of America's involvement in Somali affairs. Unfortunately, the U.S. specifically the State Department adopts contrary approach. The current U.S. Department approach towards Somalia is through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. American interests in Somalia will never be protected through Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia is currently managed by regime that is complete opposite to every imaginable ideal that America stands for. The current regime is led by Melez Zewani, former rebel who used to hide in Mogadishu, Somalia in the 70's and 80's. Zewani came to power in Ethiopia after Mengistu Haile Mariam was forced out of power in 1990. Zewani has been in power since. Zewani is no different than the dictator he replaced in many aspects. Ethiopia is essentially autocratic state. Despite being the largest U.S food aid recipient in the Black Africa, there is famine in every decade.
a guest said:
A matter of timing
Let's see now. December, 2006. Somalia is invaded. Bush announces the big Baghdad surge. The Iraq Study Group's report goes in the ash can. Eight US attorneys are sacked, some for allegedly going too slow on Justice Department priorities to go after voter registration fraud, others perhaps for going to diligently after public corruption charges involving major GOP Congressional figures.
This was the White House response to the November, 2006 election returns in which voters turned control of both the House and the Senate over to the Democrats. Clearly, these are people who (like after the 2004 election) spend their political capital aggressively when they have it, and spend it just as aggressively when they've lost it.
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Last Sunday, one of our runners slid into B2, while F2 threw a straight one to F6. Our runner was lying on the ground, in contact with B2. F6 was kneeling down, with his back to the (only) umpire at the plate. Blue signalled and called Out! Our runner saw the ball lying on the ground, out of sight of the umpire. F6 did not show possession of the ball. Our runner took the ball, and tossed it just one foot in the direction of the umpire, in order to show that F6 had no possession.
The umpire altered his call and changed it to Safe.
Discussion followed, but Blue stayed with his last call: Safe.
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What would have been the correct call? Where is it in the OBR?
What did he interfere with? Nothing. So no interference.
An umpire can change his call if he knows it needs changing.
And maybe ejected for showing up the umpire.
Agreed Rich.
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Isn't it interference if a runner or a just-put-out runner picks up a live ball?
What if there had been a runner at third?
It's a different situation. Recognize that.
To interfere with a play there must be a play to interfere with. There was none in the OP. Therefore no interference.
If there was one, then it could be interference. But there wasn't one in the OP.
If there had been a runner on third, then the umpire would have to be convinced that the other runner prevented the defense from making a play on him.
For example, if R3 tried to advance home on the loose ball, and the other runner's picking up of the live ball prevented a fielder from making a play on that runner, then you would have interference and would call R3 out. But if R3 is standing on third base wiping dirt off his uniform, then all you would have is "weak" interference on the other runner, and the appropriate call would simply be Time, along with a not-so-subtle warning to the runner to leave the ball alone.
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"The primary goal of the project is to improve the drainage issues along the street as well as, since we have to do that, upgrade or modernize some of the aesthetics along the street," said community development director Jocelyn Mills.
Work will be done to re-pave Main Street with the view of resolving drainage issues. Additionally, the sidewalks on the north side of the street will have added curbs and will be widened by 2 feet, with a new brick paver design. Improved lighting is another goal.
"We want to do it right," said Frisco Mayor Gary Wilkinson.
He said that the necessity of re-paving Main Street presented an opportunity for the town to make other improvements as well. The council has planned a $3.5 million budget for the project.
"Sure we want to improve it, but people like Main Street the way it is now," he added. "It's not a big beautification project, it's more of a let's fix it project."
At the end of January, the town hosted an open house, inviting the public to come view and comment on the plans, as well as vote on preferred paver and light fixture designs. Approximately 35 people attended, representing a mixture of Frisco residents and local business owners.
Those who voted showed overwhelming support for one of the four proposed brick color schemes, with elements of red, brown and tan. The opinions about the light fixture designs produced two favorites - Avalon, which is more modern with a flat lantern shape, and Copenhagen, which is rounded and harks back to mining-style lights.
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At the work session before the council meeting Tuesday, Frisco Town Council approved the brick design and asked for more information regarding the two lighting styles. It also approved the planning project to move on to the next phase, proceeding from 60 percent complete to 90 percent. This entails a lot of work on the technical aspects of the project, said Mills. The engineers will start drawing the plans in more detail, which will also provide a more clear idea about the final cost of the project.
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I grew up in Baltimore in a Jewish family that valued giving according to one's means. We weren't a moneyed family but my grandmother used to say, If someone needs to ask you for money, you must give it. That lesson has remained with me through all these years and deepened as time has passed.
Right out of college I married my husband, Eric. He graduated from business school and joined an investment banking firm. Before long we owned a house, had two children, a dog and a station wagon, symbols of our upwardly mobile trajectory.
As Eric's career progressed, the Jewish fundraisers found him. He was viewed as a source of money, and I as a source of volunteer labor. I was, in fact, growing increasingly involved in a variety of causes. In addition to projects within the Jewish community, I worked tirelessly for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, volunteered in a domestic violence shelter, ran a women's center.
In time Eric and I moved to suburban New York, and UJA Federation found me. Could they have a community dinner at our home? Sure, I said. What I didn't realize at the time was that I was expected to pay for the event. So I wrote my first really big check and that sparked more significant giving. By now it was the 1980s.
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Neither Eric nor I understood how foundations traditionally worked--growing the corpus and giving only the 5 percent required by law--so I gave away everything he put in. And my checks grew in scale; from $1,000, to $10,000, to $25,000.
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I founded Ma'yan, the Jewish Women's Project that, among other things, spawned community-wide feminist seders, first in New York, and then internationally.
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Definition of handicap in English:
- The lack of capacity and facilities is also a handicap to success in the lower divisions.
- Losing over half-a-team in a year has proved too difficult a handicap for Fenagh to overcome and they shipped a heavy defeat from the champions last week.
- Although there are many higher levels on which rebirth can be achieved, they are potentially a handicap to spiritual progress.
- Believed to be a handicap, this mental condition is often misunderstood and it is hoped that mainstream films like this one will draw public attention to it.
- Students requiring additional financial support may have severe behaviour and emotional difficulties, hearing or visual disabilities, autism or have multiple handicaps.
- Still, she suffers from severe mental and physical handicaps.
- Battling against painful odds to remain in the game the little genius still plays off a scratch handicap hoping to comeback to competitive golf.
- He plays off a golf handicap of 14, and is an avid GAA, soccer and rugby follower.
- We are also affiliated to the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs so handicaps can be obtained.
- Having broken his maiden tag at Ripon on his second outing, Guto was then beaten narrowly at Musselburgh before returning to Ripon to gain a gritty success in a nursery handicap.
- The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week.
- She followed a cantering success in a Roscommon handicap with a smooth victory in a conditions event at Leopardstown ten days ago.
- I am starting this exercise program with a handicap - I am carrying 80 extra pounds.
- He had an unbeatable combination of jumping ability, stamina and pace, as well as the courage to carry crushing burdens in handicaps, in which he usually conceded the full weight range to his rivals.
- If a horse is given a high handicap, his chances of winning can be destroyed.
- Golfers of various handicaps were asked to putt on the greens and choose the faster green.
- Under the U.S. Golf Association's ESC system, players with course handicaps of 9 or less can post no more than a double bogey on any hole.
- John Preddy was also in the frame when he again shot 38 points, maintaining his steady progress off his 32 handicap.
verb (handicaps, handicapping, handicapped)[with object]
- But its development is being handicapped by bureaucracy.
- This is clearly a measure of last resort and its application is handicapped by the postoperative development of bronchiolitis obliterans.
- Cannabis use in young people remains a controversial area, and absence of good data has handicapped the development of rational public health policies.
- And I think those people handicapped by the lack of a diploma can easily bypass this hurdle so long as the stress is placed more on a certificate than on real abilities.
- In essence, his players were handicapped by their inexperience and a lack of awareness what was required to succeed at the highest level.
- People don't realise how much tendinitis can handicap you throughout your time in the game.
See handicapped (usage).
Mid 17th century: from the phrase hand in cap; originally a pastime in which one person claimed an article belonging to another and offered something in exchange, any difference in value being decided by an umpire. All three deposited forfeit money in a cap; the two opponents showed their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by bringing out their hands either full or empty. If both were the same, the umpire took the forfeit money; if not, it went to the person who accepted the valuation. The term handicap race was applied (late 18th century) to a horse race in which an umpire decided the weight to be carried by each horse, the owners showing acceptance or dissent in a similar way: hence in the late 19th century handicap came to mean the extra weight given to the superior horse.
This word derives from a old pastime that involved one person claiming an article belonging to another and offering something in exchange. The participants then appointed an umpire to adjudicate the difference in value, and then all three deposited forfeit money in a cap, the two opponents showing their agreement or disagreement with the valuation by putting in their hands and then bringing them out either full or empty. This sport was called hand in cap, later reduced to handicap. The word is first recorded in the mid 17th century, but the practice appears in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman, and is known elsewhere in continental Europe from an early date. The handicap race (originally handicap match), in which an umpire determines what weight each horse carries in order to equalize their chances, dates from the mid 18th century.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) -- The Carowinds theme park on the South Carolina-North Carolina state line has opened for 2013.
The amusement park opened for the year late Friday morning.
Dinosaurs Alive! Is the big new attraction. It includes 32 life-sized dinosaurs in a five-acre section that use to house the picnic area.
Some of the dinosaurs roar and move on command.
The attraction includes a 3-D movie that is included in park admission and the dinosaur display that carries a $5 per person charge.
There is a new picnic and catering center that can feed up to 15,000 people a day.
The park has also refurbished its classic wooden roller coaster, Thunder Road, to make it smoother.
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So, does anybody have anything to say about this course? Positives, Neg's, (aside from the Ivy).
After spending alot of time out there last week I realized that the setup for this course is almost genius, it just needs constant grooming and upkeep. If the fairways were actually cut back to be fairways and a few key points of the course opened up by some strategic tree removal I have no doubt Big Creek would be a course people actually want to play.
I also know of some stuff that can be easily sprayed out there should parks and rec let us that drastically reduces Ivy, Oak, and Sumac.


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These are my choices for the best five James Bond movies over the past 50 years:
1) "Goldfinger" (1964): The, ahem, gold standard that provided the template for decades of fun, outlandish Bond adventures to follow -- Shirley Bassey's iconic title song, Ken Adam's outlandish sets, derby-tossing henchman Oddjob and the gadget-laden Aston Martin DB5.
2) "From Russia With Love" (1963): Fans of Ian Fleming's novels consider this fast-paced thriller to be the best, and its seduction scene between Bond and Daniela Bianchi's Tatiana Romanova is still used to screen test potential 007s.
3) "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977): After the poor performance of 1974's "The Man With The Golden Gun," Roger Moore's third film brought back all the essential Bond ingredients: huge action set-pieces, cool gadgets, a hit theme song and an amazing opening stunt with Bond skiing off a mountain.
4) "Casino Royale" (2006): Borrowing more from Bourne than Brosnan, Daniel Craig's first outing rebooted the series and reset audiences' expectations for what a serious Bond film could be.
5) "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969): It doesn't compare to the spectacle of "Thunderball" or "You Only Live Twice," but George Lazenby's only stint as 007 takes a mostly successful gamble as presenting Bond as a vulnerable, romantic hero -- helped immensely by co-star Diana Rigg and John Barry's amazing score.


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It's the time of year when people are looking for that last minute gift for family and friends. In that search don't overlook the gift shop at Biggs-Gridley Memorial Hospital. Members of the local auxiliary have just returned from a shopping trip and the shop is filled with new articles for everyone on your list.
Not only that but the prices are amazingly low – often less than half what such articles would cost at a retail store. The gift shop is just inside the front door of the hospital and every cent that is spent there goes toward the support of your local hospital. You will not only be buying an attractive gift for a family member, you will also be giving a gift to the whole community.
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Hand-in-hand with the news that his "T&A" cohort has been made Marvel Editor-in-Chief, longtime staffer Tom Brevoort has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Publishing for the company.
Ten-year veteran of Marvel and long-standing overseer of the X-Men line, Axel Alonso has been tapped to fill the shoes of Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada who will continue on in his role as the company's Chief Creative Officer.
From the "Watchmen" movie you didn't get a chance to see to the crossover conversations of the industries biggest talents, CBR News presents our own picks for the biggest, brightest and bestest features we published across 2010.
Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, CBR News remained on the job speaking with Kevin Smith, Grant Morrison and Mark Bagley among others, as well as seeing the return of Joe Quesada with a new CUP O' JOE.
Marvel Comics E-i-C and CCO Joe Quesada returns to CBR for a special holiday Cup O' Joe featuring his responses to comics hype and cancellations, TV production rumors, the future of Marvel Animation and more!
In advance of the 2010 NBA season, Marvel's top artists iclusing Joe Quesada and John Romita, Sr. teamed with "ESPN The Magazine" to give all 30 teams the superhero treatment. We spoke with the project editors for the full scoop.
During Kid's Day at New York Comic Con, Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb showed episodes and talked about the new seasons of "The Super Hero Squad Show" and "Iron Man: Armored Adventures."
Joe Quesada spoke with CBR TV on his career changes since Disney bought Marvel, the third Spidey story he'd still like to tell, his thoughts on message boards, comic book pricing cuts and much, much more.
The Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief hosts his signature panel as accompanied by Marvel's biggest executives, Brian Bendis and Jeph Loeb, revealing news of a new "Moon Knight" series, an NBA tie-in comic, CrossGen and more.
In the finale of CBR's debate-spurring series on the controversial "One Moment In Time" story, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada closes the book on the continuity changes to Spider-Man from secret identities to "One More Day."
In part four of CBR's commentary on the controversial Spider-Man saga "One Moment In Time," Marvel E-i-C Joe Quesada fast forwards to modern day to explain how Peter Parker's choices affected he and Mary Jane beyond "Civil War" and more.
In part three of CBR's week-long look at the controversial "One Moment In Time," Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada explores the untold side of Mary Jane "Former Mrs. Spider-Man" Watson's story from baby queries to personal trauma.
In part two of our week-long look at the controversial "One Moment In Time" storyline, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada offers his commentary on the story's first chapter which incorporated pages of Spider-Man's classic Wedding Annual.
In the first part of a week-long Cup O' Joe special, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada takes fans inside the history re-writing "One Moment In Time" storyline and everything it did to Spider-Man's life.
ROBOT 6's Carla Hoffman looks back at the recent - and controversial - Spider-Man storyline "One Moment in Time" and declares "Joe Quesada was right."
In the first of three videos, Marvel Comics EiC Joe Quesada answers fan questions about possible plans for "Runaways" comic projects, plans for the mystic corners of the Marvel U and the possibility of a thrice-monthly Avengers title.
Marvel Comics has released a new advance look at "Thor" #615 by the incoming creative team of Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry with covers by Ferry and Joe Quesada. The God of Thunder strikes on September 22.
Stan "The Man" Lee returns to his letter column duties for "Amazing Spider-Man" #641 in order to right a terrible wrong committed over three decades ago. CBR has an exclusive look at the momentous event.
Courtesy of Marvel Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Amazing Spider-Man" #640, the final chapter of Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera's "One Moment In Time," in stores next Wednesday, August 18.
Marvel Comics has released a new "Amazing Spider-Man" teaser image by story artist Paolo Rivera featuring the headline "One Moment In Time Changes Everything." The next chapter hits stores September 1.
Marvel Comics has released Joe Quesada's variant cover for "Amazing Spider-Man" #640, the third chapter of Quesada and artist Paolo Rivera's "One Moment In Time" storyline. The issue hits stores August 10.
Marvel Comics has released an advance preview of "Thor" #615 featuring the debut of the highly anticipated creative team of Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry. The issue thunders into stores on September 22.
Joe Quesada drops by for a special CBR TV edition of Cup O' Joe, discussing Marvel's big CrossGen related announcement, teasing the company's plans and revealing a very different side of himself...
Marvel Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada brings his signature panel to San Diego along with news including the return of CrossGen, the new "Hulk" creative team and Jeph Loeb's "Avengers 3."
Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quesada lead a tour through the entire "Avengers" franchise, and CBR News was on hand to bring you first word on the new member of the Avengers, the next Man Without Fear, a spy crossover and more.
Courtesy of Marvel Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Amazing Spider-Man" #638, the first chapter of One Moment In Time by Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera. The previously untold story begins July 21.
Hero Initiative has released their SDCC signing schedule, announced an exclusive hardcover Conan edition of the Overstreet Guide and launched an auction to have cocktails with Joe Quesada & others during the show.
Marvel Comics has released Joe Quesada's Mary Jane-themed variant cover for "Amazing Spider-Man" #639, the second chapter in the Quesada written "One Moment In Time" storyline. The issue hits stores August 4.
Marvel Comics has released an advance preview for "Namor: The First Mutant" #1, written by Stuart Moore and illustrated by Ariel Olivetti with covers by Jae Lee and Joe Quesada. The first issue rises on August 25.
Marvel Comics has unveiled Joe Quesada's cover for "Amazing Spider-Man" #638, the first chapter of Quesada and Paolo Manuel Rivera's "One Moment In Time" story arc. The issue hits stores July 21.
Marvel has released a second preview of "Amazing Spider-Man" #638, the first chapter of "One Moment In Time" by Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera, featuring the untold tale of Peter Parker and MJ's wedding day.
Marvel has released an advance preview of "Amazing Spider-Man" #638, the first chapter of "One Moment In Time" by Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera, featuring the untold tale of the wedding of Peter Parker and MJ.
The new title of Chief Creative Officer is added on as new responsibilities task the Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief with officially overseeing creative decisions for every aspect of Disney's Marvel Entertainment empire.
What's up with "Runaways?" How about Iron Fist and Norman Osborn? Marvel's philosophy about digital distribution? Joe Quesada answers your questions and more in CBR TV's exclusive CUP O' VIDEO Q&A!
What's up with "Runaways?" How about Iron Fist and Norman Osborn? Marvel's philosophy about digital distribution? Joe Quesada answers your questions and more in CBR TV's exclusive CUP O' VIDEO Q&A!
Joe Quesada and others spoke to fans at C2E2 about Marvel's upcoming animated plans including the new "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" and a second season of "The Superhero Squad Show."
The Marvel Editor-in-Chief unveiled the meaning of the internet teasers attached to him and Paolo Rivera, explaining how "One Moment In Time" is his long-awaited sequel to the most controversial Spider-Man story in a decade.
An A-List lineup of Marvel talent, from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada to Jeph Loeb, hit the stage at C2E2, to bring all the news on new Ultimate series, official word on "Shadowland" and what makes "Avengers" unique.
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DARTMOUTH — Twenty-seven students at Bishop Stang High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Program Exams. Students took AP Exams in May 2012 after completing rigorous college-level courses at Bishop Stang.
The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student's performance on AP exams. At Bishop Stang nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of three or higher on five or more of these exams.
These students are Kathryn Carreira (Westport-UMASS Amherst), Katharine Ellis (Middletown-Duke University), Troy Ferreira (Westport-Emmanuel College), Maxwell Kearns (Marion- Northeastern University), Marissa Kellogg (East Falmouth-Boston College), Danielle Olney (Bristol-Georgetown University), John O'Toole (Little Compton-Boston University), Eric Rice (Westport-UMASS Amherst) and Catarina Teves (Acushnet-College of the Holy Cross).
Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at lease 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of three or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Lorene Chace (Tiverton-Boston University), Julia Lavalley (Westport-Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Sean McGuire (South Dartmouth-Villanova University) and Elizabeth Silvia (Fall River-Providence College).
Fourteen students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more examinations, with grades of three or higher. The AP Scholars are Dana Ammann (Westport-UMASS Amherst), Michael Dombrowski (Marstons Mills-current student), Anna Goulart (Mattapoisett-Providence College), Madeleine Hunt (New Bedford-University of Vermont), Ryan Leung (New Bedford-Tufts University), Kendall Morin (New Bedford-Lasell College), Courtney Nerbonne (Fairhaven-Clarkson University), Jonathan Noonan (North Dartmouth-current student), Tatiana Oberkoetter (South Dartmouth-Kings College of London), Colleen Packard (Marion-current student), Andrew Paquette (Berkley-current student), Kirby Roberts (Plymouth-The College of Idaho), Heidi Schneider (Mattapoisett-Norwich University) and Zachary Torres (New Bedford-current student).
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The Wednesday workday will be at Ewing at 530pm
We have 2 tee signs that need to be replaced.
1 tree branch on hole 7
And a bunch of mulch that needs to go out.
We still have pickard, walnut, and big creek to get to before the challenge and we only have 5 Wednesday workdays remaining. I need everyones help that has time. Thanks.
Also want to thank the following people for helping out so far this year.
Steve Adkisson
Shane Stewart
Jay Greenwood
Joe Wiley
Tyler Sarg
Jeremy Reiher
Greg Schnoor
Jamie Neuwerth
Jason Beery
Nate Michelson
Bryon Little
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on Tuesday night, Samana Lounge in Vail hosts a benefit for the Christie family, followed by a performance by Jerry Joseph.
Longtime locals Ben Christie, aka "Milky," a Samana Lounge doorman, and his wife, Michaela, recently experienced a medical tragedy.
"With everything that happened, medical bills are going to be high," said Scott McDonald, one of the event oganizers. "So, please come and help support them."
The benefit takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. and includes free food and drink specials. There will be a raffle drawing for great prizes, including food and wine/chef's table for six people at Larkspur, food from Up the Creek, free condo rentals from the Racquet Club and various gift certificates from bars located in Vail.
"We would like to thank the people who donated their time and effort to help out two individuals that are truly loved here in the valley," said McDonald, who is known as Mac. "Also, we would like to thank Up the Creek, Crossfit in Avon, the East Vail Racquet Club and Larkspur for their donations."
For people who are unable to attend the benefit, but want to contribute, the Christie's address is: 4145 Bighorn Road, Vail, CO, 81657.
Following the early evening benefit, Jerry Joseph will perform. For more than 30 years, Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with his music. He is best know for his performances with Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons who this past summer played at State Bridge or for one his side projects, including The Stockholm Syndrome. However this performance at Samana Lounge will be an unplugged acoustic set with fellow musician and drummer, Steve Drizos.


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Meryl Streep really likes Emma Thompson. Walt Disney? Not so much.
Streep spoke at Tuesday night's National Board of Review gala in New York City, honoring her friend Thompson for her critically-acclaimed role as Mary Poppins' creator PL Travers in the Disney film "Saving Mr. Banks." During her speech, she let it be known she didn't care for some of Disney's alleged character traits, according to Entertainmentwise.com.
Streep called Disney a "hideous anti-Semite" who "formed and supported an anti-Semitic industry lobby. And he was certainly, on the evidence of his company's policies, a gender bigot."
Reading a letter that was supposedly written to a budding female animator looking for a job with Disney, Streep said, "Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that task is performed entirely by young men."
She also said, "Some of his associates reported that Walt Disney didn't really like women. He didn't trust women or cats."
I guess he really had it in for female cats, then.
Her tone was considerably brighter when it came to Thompson. According to Variety, Streep said, "Not only is she not irascible, she's practically a saint. There's something so consoling about that old trope, but Emma makes you want to kill yourself, because she's a beautiful artist, she's a writer, she's a thinker, she's a living, acting conscience."
She probably likes cats, too.
Streep read a poem for Thompson, saying, "We think the Brits are brittle, They think that we are mush. They are more sentimental, though we do tend to gush. Volcanoes of emotion, concealed beneath that lip, Where we are prone to guzzle, they tip the cup and sip.
"But when eruption rumbles from nowhere, near the brain, it's seismic, Granite crumbles. The heart more flows like rain, Like lava all that feeling melts down Like Oscar gold, And Emma leaves us reeling, a knock-out, truth be told."
Sounds like a song from a Disney movie.
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- A Physician's Reference Guide
- Hardcover with embossed dust jacket
- in-color 450 pages
- 1000 references and related studies
For thousands of years raw colostrum has been consumed to help with all sorts of health challenges. In recent years with the use of modern manufacturing techniques, the benefits of consuming raw colostrum have been preserved in powdered colostrum. In the last ten years more advanced fractionation technologies have allowed the large-scale production of liquid colostrum supplements. Now we are observing a revival in the use of colostrum liquids and powders.
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Dr. Andrew Keech was born and raised on a dairy farm in New Zealand. Growing up on a New Zealand dairy farm, Dr. Keech learned about the immune factors in bovine colostrum and their ability to impart health to newborn calves. Early on he made a commitment to study the giving power of this natural immune defense system.
He received a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Mathematics and Chemistry in 1990 and a Bachelors degree with honors in Chemical and Process Engineering in 1992. He then earned a studentship to study at Oxford in England and received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical and Process Engineering in 1995 from the University of Canterbury. He was also awarded a Diploma in Process Control Systems in 1996 and became a Certified Plant Engineer (CPE) in 2002. He is a member of the Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand and the Institute of Chemical Engineers in London, England. He is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Keech has been working in the area of Protein Biochemistry since 1997.
He has developed hundreds of products from natural raw materials to help people with many health conditions. He pioneered the concept of an easy to use spray rich in proline-rich polypeptides (PRPs), a powerful immune modulator derived from colostrum. Dr. Keech promotes the power of PRPs through clinical studies around the world as part of his personal mission to save lives.
"Dr. Andrew Keech is to be highly praised for detailing this little understood 'almost magical' material that has been a lifesaver for various human societies over millennia. Dr. Keech's very readable book unfolds a fascinating story if why that has occurred in the past and why, with this new compendium of information, it will be even more so in the future!"
— William A. Tiller, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
"It is a great work, scientifically remarkable. The book is useful for experts and on the other hand provides useful data for everyday people, mainly if they want to increase their familiarity with colostrum. Now days there are a lot of them, who meet up with colostrum as food supplement."
— Tadej Malovrh, Professor of immunology, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty, Slovenia
"This is THE definitive work on the biochemistry and clinical application of mammalian colostrum. Dr. Keech thoroughly details the scientific basis for the use of colostrum in a variety of pathological conditions in a comprehensive, yet very readable style. Colostrum spray is one of the most valuable tools I have in my healing armamentarium. I highly recommend this stellar work for anyone interested in understanding the miracles possible with colostrum!"
— Kathleen K. Fry, MD, ABOG, CTHHom.