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It appears he finally got through to his center.
Stallworth had 12 points, 12 rebounds and a school-record seven blocks as Kentucky held off No. 10 Texas A&M 70-66 on Monday night.
Mitchell said Stallworth had a different look in her eyes before the game, and he had a feeling she'd have a big night.
"Her toughness," Mitchell replied when asked what he liked about her performance. "She just came out real aggressive. ... That's what we need to be the kind of team we can be."
Texas A&M coach Gary Blair raved about Stallworth's play.
"Stallworth hurt us the whole night," Blair said. "She's quick on her feet. We couldn't control her."
Stallworth's previous high in blocks was four. She said her attitude was the key to her big night.
"Just being confident and believing in myself," she said. "I thought it was really important for me to step up. I felt confident. I was just hoping I did good."
Courtney Walker scored four quick points, the last two when she drove hard to the basket for a layup, to trim Texas A&M's deficit to 66-64 with about a minute remaining.
Kentucky (23-3, 11-2 SEC) missed a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired, but it bounced off the rim and Stallworth batted the rebound to Bria Goss for an easy layup that made it 68-64.
Mitchell was relieved to get a little cushion with that play.
"I didn't know if we could stop Courtney Walker again," he said. "It was a really impressive stretch she had there."
Walker was fouled on a made jump shot with 4 seconds left and purposely missed the ensuing free throw. But Goss grabbed the rebound and hit two free throws to seal it.
Walker's 20 points led Texas A&M (20-6, 10-2), which lost for the first time since a 65-62 defeat Jan. 10 at Kentucky in the first-ever meeting between the schools.
The Aggies reeled off eight straight wins after that, before Kentucky extended its winning streak to four games with Monday's victory.
Kentucky had just finished a big run when the Aggies went on one of their own, using a 16-6 spurt to cut the lead to 64-60 with about 4 1/2 minutes remaining. Kentucky's offense went cold during that stretch and the Wildcats didn't score for 3 minutes.
Walker had six points to power the run for the Aggies.
Texas A&M got within two early in the second half before Kentucky went on a 16-4 run to push the lead to 58-44 midway through the period. The Aggies went without scoring for more than 5 minutes and had four turnovers to help the Wildcats build the lead.
Texas A&M's Kelsey Bone, who won Southeastern Conference player of the week honors after scoring 31 points in the Aggies' last game, was held to nine points with 10 rebounds on Monday.
"We just tried to swarm her and get as many help defenders as we could," Kentucky's A'dia Mathies said.
Mathies added 13 points, all in the second half, for the Wildcats. Kastine Evans scored 12 and Samarie Walker had nine points and 11 rebounds.
The Aggies committed 18 turnovers that led to 29 points for Kentucky.
Kristi Bellock had 12 points and 15 rebounds for A&M, and Adrienne Pratcher scored 12.
Texas A&M jumped out to a 9-2 lead and was up by six points with about 14 minutes left in the first half. The Wildcats used a 19-6 run to overcome the deficit and take a 28-21 advantage with 6 minutes left before halftime. Walker and Janee Thompson scored six points apiece during that span, and the Aggies had three turnovers.
Kentucky led 40-34 at halftime.


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Jesse wrote: There are two kinds of science fiction. One is rare and one is ubiquitous.
The rare kind attempts to extrapolate a reasonable outcome from some imagined alternative circumstance, whether fantastic or likely. Stuff like 1984, Brave New World, Clockwork Orange, Close Encounters and 2001.
The ubiquitous kind consists of uninformed whoah-dude fire alarms regarding technological notions of which the author lacks the most fundamental understanding. Prime examples of this are found in the work of Gibson, Stephenson and yes, Crichton.
Don't confuse this stuff with information.
ImmortallyWounded wrote: Sure thing, we can all remain in the fucking dark ages by fearing and ultimately shunning science - OR - we can educate ourselves and make this world a better place.
God is dead. Good.
FoJaR wrote: i want to hear more about these "pulsing red lights" that fishermen can see. they sound really interesting and innovative.

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text: These changes will occur across two different fiscal years. Beginning July 1, 2011 the availability fees go into effect and the sewer cap will be lowered from 24 Ccf to 16 Ccf. Measurement for winter consumption is planned for the winter of 2011-2012 with changes to the bill occurring July 1, 2012. More information on this process will be available in the coming months. The irrigation meter incentives include waiving the capacity fee and allowing the connection fee to be paid over 12 installments. For more information on connection and capacity fees, visit the New Connections part of our website. For more information about the changes and their impacts on particular bill types, please view The Approved Rate Methodology Changes (PDF). Click here to see Details and Customer Bill Examples. The ProcessThe need for a comprehensive water and sewer rate study was identified in the spring of 2010 following years of evolving water and sewer rate structure changes, volatile weather patterns that affected water usage and revenues, public concerns about rate equity, and the consideration of environmental and economic sustainability associated with water and sewer rates. The first comprehensive rate and fee methodology study since Utilities was formed and the rates/fee schedule was established in the 1970s, the Rate Structure Study included public meetings, input and a stakeholder advisory group that helped develop the new structure. After several months of public input, City Council approved the changes in February 2011. The rate structure changes, along with new tier rates, go into effect July 1, 2011. More Information


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Former Tropical Storm Sonia dissipated over the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa on Monday, but not before causing some minor flooding in cities such as Culiacan, forcing about 1000 people to leave their homes.
The Sinaloa state civil defence official said the evacuations were largely preventative and people are expected to start returning to their homes.
Residents in Culiacan could be seen wading through flooded streets on Monday, using sticks to feel their way through the murky waters.
One woman from a nearby community said she was still unable to rescue belongings from her home as the floodwaters hadn't subsided.
According to local residents the rains started in the early hours of Monday morning and the floodwaters had reached up to around half-a-metre (20 inches) high.
There were no confirmed reports of injuries, but authorities reported that one fisherman was reported as missing at sea.
The US National Hurricane Centre said Sonia had been downgraded to a tropical depression and later dissipated after hitting land early on Monday, but it said moisture from the storm system would continue on into Texas.
The government of Sinaloa state said classes were cancelled for Monday in five municipalities affected by the storm.


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Blast From the Past: Could Stocks Melt Up?
Even after small declines last week, the major stock indexes remain near records. Money managers and analysts are beginning to talk about an idea that dates from the roaring '90s: a rapid stock gain known as a melt-up.
In the late '90s, people thought a melt-up, or a sudden double-digit percentage rise, was a fine thing. Set off by some exciting event, melt-ups feed on their own gains as people rush to avoid missing out. In late 1999 and early 2000, the Nasdaq Composite Index surged to 5000 from 3000 amid the Internet frenzy. It then collapsed.
Melt-ups, investors learned, can lead to meltdowns. This kind of concern helps explain last week's dip.
Now, Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is warning clients that the market could see "an unhealthy, speculative increase in asset prices," which would leave stocks and bonds both vulnerable to sharp declines.
"If you get a melt-up it is going to take the market into overvalued territory," Mr. Hartnett said. A negative surprise on economic growth, corporate earnings, Federal Reserve interest-rate policy or something else then could send stocks sharply down, he said.
Of course, such events rarely happen when people are worried about them. It is when people forget their concerns and go for broke that markets get in trouble.
Last week, the worriers were in charge, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both falling a little less than 1%.
That, however, marked their first weekly declines in almost a month. Both remain within 1% of their records. The Dow is up 9% since its 2014 low in February and the S&P is up 11% in the same period. At 16775.74, the Dow needs to rise just 1.3% to hit 17000. The S&P is 3.3% shy of 2000. Neither has ever been that high. The Dow Jones Transportation Average is up 14% from its February low.
"There are a number of us that are on the verge of pulling money from stocks if it gets too far to the upside," said Bruce McCain, who helps oversee more than $20 billion as chief investment strategist at Cleveland's Key Private Bank.
Right now, Mr. McCain's firm still holds lots of big U.S. stocks. Accounts that normally would have 60% stocks and 40% bonds might be at 65% stocks, he said.
If the market were to surge, "it could be due to an irrational fear you are going to be left behind, so everyone jumps at once," he said. He might then decide to pull back, he said, although he doesn't see that happening yet.
Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research Inc., also is worrying about a melt-up. "Investors might just conclude that there is nothing out there to take the market down," he said. The risk of missing out could pull in skeptical investors, pushing stocks higher, he said.
Surveys show that nervous money managers have boosted cash holdings to an average of 5%, Mr. Hartnett of Merrill said.
Some have significantly more. If stocks keep rising, they will feel pressure to keep up with competitors.
In addition, central banks' easy-money policies still are pumping billions of dollars into the financial system, Mr. Hartnett noted. Because banks have trouble lending it all to corporations, much ends up in stocks and bonds.
Corporations with excess cash also are buying large amounts of their own stock, further fueling market gains, Mr. Yardeni pointed out. And they are boosting dividend payments, which often are reinvested in stock.
The S&P 500 trades today at 15.5 times forecast earnings for the coming year, he said, which he said he considers fair. If it rose to as much as 18 or 19 times forecast earnings, that would be dangerous, he said.
The most favorable scenario, said Mr. McCain of Key Private Bank, would be a stock consolidation or even a mild decline, allowing stock prices to cool down. Prices then would appear more reasonable as a multiple of rising corporate earnings, which could fuel future gains.
The negative scenario would be the opposite, with stocks surging higher and then sagging.
Even in that scenario, most analysts think stocks could avoid a serious bear market, meaning a prolonged decline of 20% or more, as long as the economy stayed out of recession.
With the Fed determined to support the economy, few people consider recession likely. So in most people's minds, the Fed's support means stocks can't fall too far. That kind of confidence is good for stock prices, but it also removes some of the fear that normally keeps prices within reasonable bounds.
And that is why some people worry about a melt-up.


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the mango song is a nice rare/odd ball opener, and the chalk dust that follows rips too. the new tune middle of the road does alright before a pretty solid tweezer. mike finds some nice grooves, but this is certainly a first set tweezer. driver and twenty years later give another nice breather before yamar and a particularly strong ice pick things up. page and fishman rip the middle section of ice. then there is wolfman's. they were throwing around a lot of good first set wolfman's action this summer, but this one might take the cake. trey and page find some nice funky realms while fishman and gordon hold down the rhythm oh so well. eventually this one pops into one of my pet-peave songs, especially as a closer- character zero. this one is average, but in my opinion, the song is cheesey... but this time, it does not close. they drop a really nice antelope, complete with trey prodding mike along. very good playing with trey pushing mike to the forefront. the whole band nailed this one.
after playing a huge rock and roll at red rocks, i think they actually were able to step it up a notch on this one. very explorative with trey driving the ship on this jam. after a long exploration, they finally dip into a nice makisupa policeman. probably my favorite "breather" songs. alaska, one of my favorite new songs, really fits in well after the policeman. keeping with the really good flow, the wedge works really well after alaska. while this run, makisupa-alaska is not very explorative, it is played oh so well. you enjoy myself picks back up on the 2nd set exploration. it is well played, especially fishman and gordon, but it is not anything you haven't heard out of a yem before. i'm not a huge bdtl fan, but i do really like the piper that follows. this was another great jam tune all summer. this wasnt my favorite of the summer, i prefer alpine valley's, but this one is good none the less. trey navigates in a similar manner to the rock and roll jam earlier in the set before this one comes to a close. the accapella grind closes this one down really well. before encoring with the 'ol zeppelin/tweeprise encore.
while this show is not as good as the first night, it is not one to miss. this show has some good jams, tight playing, and good flow, but it is just tough to beath that sneaking sally and the gin>hood combo from the first night.
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mango song, it's ice, wolfman's brother, antelope
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rock and roll>makisupa, the wedge, yem, piper


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Rebuilding a Just Haiti
Throughout the constancy of Haiti's oppression and suffering runs a lesser-known and awe-inspiring constant. That is of a highly organized grassroots movement continuing the battle its enslaved ancestors began more than 200 years ago, when they revolted to create the first independent Black republic in the world. The movement is composed of organized women, peasants, clergy and laity, workers, and others. Organizing, protests, and advocacy have brought down dictators, blocked transnational companies from exploiting the land, and staved off some of the worst economic policies.


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Texas Turn2 '01 Looking For One More! Open Practice - Wed, Sept 4th - 6:30PM (Spring, TX)
Texas Turn2 01 team had a very successful 2012 -2013 season. And throughout the season, the team continued to focus on developing skills and learning how to compete against very good teams.
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Forget TV! iPhones and iPads dazzle babies
by Kelly Wallace (CNN) — When I had my first daughter more than seven years ago, I was adamant: no TV until she was 2 years old and limited exposure after that. As a reporter, I had done enough stories on children and screen time, and knew full well that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for babies under 2.


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Carhartt Journeyman Belt for Men
The clean, modern Carhartt® Journeyman Belt for Men features top-grain, cowhide leather. Double snap fasteners on the back allow buckle changes. The Carhartt name is heat-stamped on the loop. A nickel-finish buckle is featured on the black belt while the brown belt is accented with a brass-finish buckle. To ensure the best fit, please order one size larger than your waist size. Imported.
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STOCKTON - The Stockton Convention & Visitors Bureau seeks nominations for the leading professional in the area's hospitality, tourism, travel or community services industry.
Candidates will be considered for the 2013 Industry Professional Celebrate! Award.
The deadline for submission is Friday. An awards presentation will be at the bureau's annual tourism luncheon will be April 3 in Stockton. Nomination forms and more information are available online at CelebrateAwards.com or by calling (209) 938-1555.
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In the summertime, blackberries are sweet treats. Blackberry jam, ice cream and pie are all wonders that I adore. A tart - a baked dish with a filling over a pastry without a top covered with pastry - is not uncommon in Europe, a place I've never been. But I have traveled across America many times and once landed in Eugene, Ore., a place touted for its blackberries.
It was a time of socializing, hiking and picking wild berries in the wilderness. While I love the outdoors amid trees and nature, I don't like walking along cliffs. I recall one afternoon a fearless ex-boyfriend noted my hiking skills - or lack thereof. "Can't you get up here to a higher place?" I looked down at the ravine and shook my head, and our relationship soured. Once back home with wild berries and on flat land, I baked a deep dish blackberry cobbler. My non-soul mate turned his nose up at the dessert with flair but wolfed down a cheeseburger from a fast-food spot. No love match, but I have memories of tart berries that were heavenly, like a country in Europe.
These days, I am fantasizing about going on a solo trip to Italy, a place where fruit tarts and real whipped cream are appreciated. It seems like every time I begin planning this journey, the trek is put on the back burner due to a myriad of reasons. This time I can blame it on one pooch that refused to eat his dog kibble and, after we fixed the mystery, my Europe funds were scarfed like a canine eating a good meal.
So, instead of ordering a fresh fruit tart (and sandwich with a Greek twist) at an Italian bistro, I'm making both myself this week in the land of Lake Tahoe. Fresh berries and bagels found at our local grocery store help make this rustic-looking tart and bagelwich healthful, bursting with flavor and its presentation together will make a human's tail wag.
2 cups blackberries, sliced
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons European-style butter
A dash of cinnamon and sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 store-bought pie crust
Whipped cream (optional)
In a mixing bowl, combine cornstarch, sugar and melted butter. Pour mixture over berries, cut in another bowl. Mix well. Place into an uncooked pie shell placed into a 9 1/2-inch tart dish. Sprinkle with sugar and spice mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Drizzle honey on top. Bake till berries are bubbly and crust is golden brown. Cool. Put in fridge for about three hours to guarantee a nice cut. Top with whipped cream. Serves eight.
1 container feta cheese with basil and tomato
4 bagels, whole grain, cut horizontally (lightly toasted)
1 small red onion, sliced
1/2 cup black olives, sliced (optional)
12 spinach leaves, chopped, washed
4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
Extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar
Layer cheese, onion, olives, spinach and tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar. Top with bagel halves and slice diagonally. Serves four.
The other morning, when I awoke in my cabin, my Brittany, Seth, licked my arm, gave it a bear hug, and looked into my eyes as if to say, "Is breakfast ready?" I got up and fixed him his meal (no hand-feeding needed any longer), brewed a cup of Italian roast and cut a slice of the blackberry tart. It was a good morning. No daring hike or bistro abroad required. I was content with my pooch. Our tummies were full. The bagelwich and another small slice of tart will suffice in the afternoon. "Europe isn't going anywhere," I told Seth. Buon appetito!
Motto: Traveling is exciting, but sometimes home is where the heart is. Eating solo at a faraway bistro without your canine isn't as comforting as sharing breakfast with a bird dog who has stolen your heart.
- Cal Orey, M.A. is an author and journalist. Her books include "The Healing Powers" series (Vinegar, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Honey, and Coffee) published by Kensington. "The Healing Powers of Coffee" and "Animal Attraction: A Collection of Tales & Tails" will be released this summer. Her website is www.calorey.com.


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WALNUT CREEK -- People who saw Sheng Hahn in the moments after a pickup truck driver veered onto the sidewalk and slammed into her cannot believe her recovery over the past month.
Nor can her husband of four months, who is documenting it in an online journal.
Casey Hahn, who in an instant lost his mother and almost also lost his college sweetheart, put it this way in a recent post:
"She had her first words spoken since the accident after they placed a valve on her throat tube. The doctors and I were ecstatic and it was great to hear her voice for the first time in weeks."
Casey Hahn hasn't spent much time away from his wife's John Muir Medical Center hospital bed since the Sept. 8 crash that killed his mother, 52-year-old Sherry Hicks, and left his wife with injuries severe enough it was first feared there may have been significant brain damage.
In a remarkable turnaround, the 23-year-old moved from intensive and progressive care units to rehab this past week, can enjoy her favorite milk tea and is writing and speaking, even translating for her parents and grandmother, who traveled from their native China with emergency visas. The progress is documented in a series of online entries titled "Sheng Hahn's Journal" at caringbridge.org.
On Thursday, Julie Scheibner saw Hahn for the first time since she sat with her on North Main Street until medics arrived.
"It's like seeing a rag doll turn into a human being, if that even makes sense, with a million-dollar smile," said Scheibner, who washed Hahn's hair during her visit to the hospital. "She was a broken doll. She was broken everywhere."
Scheibner, a bartender at the Marriott Hotel, was getting off her shift on Sept. 8 when people ran inside the hotel lobby yelling frantically for help. Moments earlier, a driver had struck Sheng Hahn and Hicks as they walked with Casey Hahn and Hicks' husband on the sidewalk in front of the hotel.
Police identified the driver as 53-year-old Hossein Tabrizi, of Walnut Creek. He was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter but was released from jail after police did not submit charges to prosecutors within 72 hours after the arrest, as required by law.
Authorities say the investigation continues; police can submit a case to prosecutors at a later date.
Sheng Hahn entered the hospital with what was considered significant brain trauma, a weak left side and no memory of the accident, her 23-year-old husband wrote in the online journal.
Within weeks, he said her brain strengthened, she remembered the accident and was alert enough to write notes to nurses and family. On Oct. 7, he wrote about her first days in rehab, learning to walk again.
"Her mom gets worried and runs to Sheng to hold her, but this angers Sheng and she will tell her mom to give her space," he wrote. "She stood with the support of a walker yesterday and was allowed to bear limited weight on her right leg for the first time."
She tore two ligaments in her right knee, he added.
The young couple married this past summer after graduating from the UC Santa Barbara, and moved to an apartment on North Main Street after he got a job in San Francisco.
"To get to where she has gotten thus far speaks a lot to her strength," said brother-in-law Justin Etherton. "She was not in good shape coming into there. You can only imagine. She's made a remarkable recovery thus far. She still has a very, very long road to go."
Etherton has set up a fundraising account to help pay for the couple's mounting medical bills, which have reached $1 million, according to Etherton. Anyone wishing to donate can visit www.youcaring.com and search for "shenghahn."
Scheibner, too, is throwing a fundraiser on Sunday at 7 p.m. at The Office Lounge, 1796 Willow Pass Road in Concord. The event costs $15 per person.
"It's just a terrible thing to move to a new community and not have support," said Scheibner. "So that's why I stepped forward."
Contact David DeBolt at 925-943-8048. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.
What: Fundraiser for Sheng Hahn
When: Sunday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Where: The Office Lounge, 1796 Willow Pass Road, Concord
Cost: $15 per person


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Bounty Hunter
|Oct 09, 2013
|A distributed computing Bounty list for a server. World PvP will never be the same Popup window when you get ganked asking if you want to put a bounty on them. A persistent list of bounties. A leader board to view how well you compare to other bounty hunters. Points based on first kill and are reduced the more times the player is killed. (greifing protection)
Batch Craft Chat Filter
|Aug 10, 2016
|Filters and consolidates loot messages while batch crafting of profession recipes to eliminate loot and skill-up message spam in the chat frame. alpha r6 is for 6.2.x. New version soon will fix issues with skill-up filter
|Sep 09, 2015
|This addon is assisting you in the blackhand encounter (mostly mythic). Current Features: Version check: To make sure everyone installed it ;) Mortar warnings for Phase 2 Says for Bombs and Marks (left/middle/right for Marks and middle/back for Bombs) API BlackhandAssist:MarkPosition() Returns your Position if you are Marked for Death. BlackhandAssist:BombPosition() Returns your Position if you have a Siege Bomb attached. You can use both as a custom text function in a Weak Aura. function()...
|Sep 18, 2013
|Sick and tired with ALL CAPS CHAT? So am I! Therefore, I wrote this addon. BottleCap is a minimalistic addon which checks for those who accidentally leave their caps lock on, and converts the text into all lower-case chat for you. It also includes a "Verbose Mode", which will indiscriminately converts all chat into lower-case text, regardless of original case. Compatible with Prat, Chatter and Phanx Chat. Join the Caps Lock Prevention Society today! KNOWN ISSUES: - BottleCap cannot alter text...
|Aug 28, 2016
|Type /bcm to configure BasicChatMods, a basic and modular approach to chat customization. By default BCM will allow you to drag your chat frames to the very edge of the screen, the remaining customization is done in BCM's modules which can be enabled or disabled at will. A few of the current modules include: Button Hiding Channel Name Customization Chat Copy Font Customization Chat Frame Justification Player Name Customization Real Id Class Coloring Sticky Customization Tell Target Timestamp...
BadBoy: Spam Blocker & Reporter
|Aug 05, 2016
|BadBoy Highlights: Blocking & reporting spam: gold, hack, phishing, account trading, runescape gold trading, casino, illegal item selling, etc... A 20 line chat buffer/throttle to prevent people spamming the same message one after another. Configuration screen by typing /badboy The following are not scanned and cannot be reported/blocked by this addon: Friends, Real ID friends, Guild, Party, Raid, GM's. The following channels are monitored: Trade, General, Yell, Whispers. Please post missed...
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level
|Jul 20, 2016
|This is a plugin for BadBoy: http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bad-boy Main features: Hides whispers from players below a specific level. Only certain people are allowed to whisper you: People on your friends list. People that are part of your guild. People above the level you choose. People you've whispered since you logged on. Simply, if a "bad" person whispers you, the whisper is blocked (hidden), then you automatically send them a whisper (also hidden) of what level they must be for you to...
|Jul 20, 2016
|This is a plugin for BadBoy: http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bad-boy Main features: Logs all chat removed by BadBoy and the BadBoy plugins.
BadBoy_CCleaner: Filter Crap From Chat
|Jul 20, 2016
|This is a plugin for BadBoy: http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bad-boy Main features: Removes chat lines that contain certain words. Optional features: Add/remove your own words to/from the list. Remove raid icons from public chat. Type /badboy to configure. Note: BadBoy_CCleaner will only scan official public channels (gen/trade/etc) and Yells. The name BadBoy_CCleaner is inspired from the much loved freeware Windows program CCleaner which is used by millions of people to remove crap from...
BadBoy_Guilded: Block Guild Advertising
|Jul 20, 2016
|This is a plugin for BadBoy: http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bad-boy Main features: Remove guild adverts from General/Trade/LFG Optional features: Remove guild invite whispers Block guild invites
Better Social Tooltip
|Jul 31, 2016
|This is a simple addon that adds a list of your friends that are currently online to the tooltip of the Friends Micro Button.
|Aug 08, 2010
|A simple broker display that displays in-game and RealID friends in a tooltip when hovered over. Features: Displays class-colored name, level, area and note/real name for your friends Click on a character name on your realm/faction to whisper that character Click on the real name of your RealID friends to send a RealID tell Click on the icon to show/hide friends list Todo before release: Make it less ugly Test various combinations of RealID friends playing other/multiple games Test various...
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Join the "Between the Lines" Book Group to discuss "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" by Katherine Howe:
Howe's debut novel explores the Salem witch trials from the perspective of Connie Goodwin, a Ph.D. candidate in history at Harvard. While cleaning out her grandmother's house near Salem in the summer of 1991, Connie discovers an old key along with a fragment of paper bearing only the words Deliverance Dane. At the urging of her adviser, Connie embarks upon a frenzy of research in local archives. Evidence mounts that Deliverance was a local herbalist and wise woman who became a victim of the witch trials. Finding Deliverance's "physick book" of recipes becomes a priority for Connie, particularly when she realizes that it may hold the key to curing her new boyfriend of his mysterious ailment. Howe inserts short interludes featuring Deliverance and her descendants, adding depth to the story. Howe's own connection to Salem (two of her ancestors were accused of witchcraft) adds a welcome personal touch. This enjoyable novel is too slow-paced to be considered a thriller, but it's a solid selection that may appeal to readers who enjoyed recent novels about Salem's witches (i.e., Brunonia Barry's The Lace Reader and Kathleen Kent's The Heretic's Daughter).Laura Bliss, San Diego State Univ. Lib. Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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Dave Grohl, former Nirvana drummer and now frontman of the Foo Fighters, had just purchased the custom Neve 8028 Console from Studio A of Sound City Studios, planning to install it at his private recording studio.
About two years ago, Grohl's friend James Rota, of the band Fireball Ministry, helped Grohl move the massive board. The pair, both music geeks, rested and drank a few beers after the difficult transport. That's when they began recalling all of the famous albums that had been recorded at Sound City Studios, which closed in 2011.
Grohl became more and more animated as they talked, Rota said. In honor of the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's "Nevermind," perhaps it would be fun to make a short film about the place where "Nevermind" - one of the most influential and important rock records ever - was recorded.
"He said, 'Hey, you know how to make a movie,' " Rota recalled. It was true. To supplement his income, Rota was a production supervisor for films ranging from the "Chronicles of Narnia" franchise to the more recent movies "Parental Guidance" and "Chasing Mavericks."
Over time, that small film grew and grew.
First-time director Grohl, now 43, calls the 106-minute documentary the most important thing he has ever done. "I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for that board," Grohl said. "It's a huge part of my life and history.
The film tells two stories tied with a common thread. The first story chronicles the story of Sound City Studios, the Van Nuys, Calif., recording studio that was the gestational partner for some of modern music's most popular and critically acclaimed albums, ranging from Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" to Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut.
Opened in 1970, the old-fashioned analog studio closed in 2011 as high-tech, computer-assisted digital recording became the industry standard. "The studio has a Ripley's Believe It or Not [story]," Grohl said. "People who casually listen to music never think about the room or the mixing console."
The second story in the film focuses on Sound City's analog console, which represents a dying ethic: people working with other people in a live setting, making music. It's the antithesis to the contemporary music scene, where people make music in front of a computer. "Four people playing together - it's hair-raising," Grohl said."That's what makes magic."
It's the human element - not ProTools or digital recording - "that gives you the chills," Grohl said.
Grohl contacted as many musicians as he could think of who shared his sentiment. Many legendary names ended up in the documentary: Trent Reznor, Mick Fleetwood, John Fogerty, Lindsey Buckingham, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins, Nirvana's Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic, Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme and Alain Johannes, Ratt's Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini, Heaven and Hell's Vinny Appice, Fear's Lee Ving, The Pixies' Frank Black, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Robert Levon Been, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, Pat Benatar's guitarist Neil Giraldo, Rick Springfield, Garbage man Butch Vig (producer of "Nevermind"), producer Rick Rubin and even Barry Manilow.
"The conversation got bigger and bigger," Grohl said.
Slipknot and Stone Sour's Corey Taylor was a willing interview subject, as Slipknot recorded its first album, "Iowa," at Sound City. "It was really cool seeing [the console] again," he said. "It was a hell of an experience."
Taylor said he regularly gets into fights with people who insist that recording digitally is superior to analog recording - much as vinyl lovers fight with CD enthusiasts. "I've had vicious arguments with people about how infuriating Auto-tuning and pitch correction [affects] the sound," Taylor said. "All that crap sucks the humanity out of it. The worst thing that ever happened was that anyone and their dog [can make a record]."
As passionate as Grohl became, he realized his limitations as a high-school dropout. So he enlisted Rota as a producer, who contacted his high-school buddy John Ramsay, an L.A.-based producer, who agreed to help with the project once he met Grohl.
"From day one, Dave was very clear about what he wanted to say about Sound City," Ramsay said. 'The place was very special for him. It was clear from the first meeting how big a deal it was, and how special this film would be."
Just by looking at Foo Fighters' body of work, Ramsay could tell that Grohl put his music where his mouth was, said the producer (whose father-in-law is Utah TV reporter Rod Decker). Foo Fighters' most recent album, 2011's "Wasting Light" (which won five Grammys and debuted at No. 1 in 11 countries), was recorded in Grohl's garage with only analog equipment.
Mark Monroe was enlisted as the film's writer, helping to structure the scenes and build a narrative arc. He's written the award-winning documentaries "The Cove" and "The Pat Tillman Story" and has two other documentaries screening at this year's Sundance Film Festival: "The Summit" and "Who is Dayani Cristal?" He, too, was impressed by Grohl's fire.
"One thing about directing is that you have to communicate with others," Monroe said. "Dave has that in spades. You're talking about a premier storyteller. In the first five minutes [of their meeting], he wanted to inspire people to play instruments and play them together."
Here's how Monroe summed up Grohl: "First-time filmmaker, longtime storyteller."
Grohl was in a unique position to tell the story of the legendary studio, but he was grateful to find other voices. "I didn't expect everyone to be as in love with Sound City as I did," he said.
But the studio, tucked away behind train tracks and crumbling warehouses in the surface-of-the-sun-hot San Fernando Valley, represented what makes the heart of rock beat, a sound that continues on. "It's not dead," Grohl said.


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ODI 11g - Changing the Work Repository Connection
By David Allan-Oracle on Dec 24, 2012
To change the work repository connection information, there is a button in the editor. I have heard a few folk have problems finding it. In 10g it was much more obvious, it had large text and was easily identifiable. Users search for this generally after cloning or upgrade when they need to connect the new master to the new cloned work repository.
In ODI 11g there is a small solitary button in the toolbar of the editor, doesn't exactly jump out saying 'press me, press me', the tooltip says 'Connection', pressing this button brings up the repository connection information editor.
Clicking this button opens the work repository connection information where you can change the URL, connection credentials and so forth.


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Definition of weight in English:
1 [mass noun] A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing: he was at least fifteen stone in weight she misjudged the weight of the book and dropped it [count noun]: mastiffs can reach a weight of 8st 2lb (52 kg)
More example sentences
- A specific body weight was not strived for.
- I thought I'd translate my weight from stones to pounds.
- His weight has risen massively and his body has ballooned.
heaviness, mass, load, burden, pressure, force;
poundage, tonnage
informal avoirdupois
1.1 Physics The force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field.
Example sentences
- The interaction of the acceleration of gravity on the mass of our body produces the force which is called weight.
- Assuming you're doing this in a gravity environment, more mass means more weight.
- Our weight is defined as the force that we exert due to our mass.
1.2The quality of being heavy: as he came upstairs the boards creaked under his weight
More example sentences
- I crept around my apartment, the floor under my warm beige carpet creaking under my weight with each step that I took.
- She stopped, noticing that the wooden planks were giving in to her weight, creaking dangerously.
- He took a step on the platform, his weight causing a loud creak, and froze.
1.3 [count noun] A unit or system of units used for expressing how much an object or quantity of matter weighs: weights and measures
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- It is very important that farmers selling livestock and other products start to think in terms of the metric system of weights and measures such as kilos and litres.
- Elaborated between 1790 and 1799, the decimal metric system of weights and measures was zealously promoted under Napoleon.
- Equally of interest at the exhibition are the charts listing the different quantities and units used for weights and measures in this land.
2A piece of metal known to weigh a definite amount and used on scales to determine how heavy an object or quantity of a substance is: the herbalist spooned the powder on to scales with tiny brass weights
More example sentences
- Abu Ammar pondered this a moment as he put the bags on the old brass scale and adjusted the weights.
- There is a set of scales with weights, a rolling pin, a round spice tin, a wooden potato masher, and a butter cooler.
- People had to carry the scales, accompanying weights, and sometimes even tools to cut the metal, just to be able to transact.
2.1A heavy object, especially one being lifted or carried: be careful when lifting a heavy weight
More example sentences
- The sections were forced to march distances of up to 8km over night to reach stand locations carrying weights in excess of 35 kg.
- Press under kitchen weights and let sit overnight at room temperature.
2.2A heavy object used to give an impulse or act as a counterpoise in a mechanism.
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- We come across bright ideas in books, like over-length lines passed through pulleys under floats and the excess taken up by counter-balancing weights.
- Basically it's a series of counterbalanced weights which moves the camera's centre of gravity away from the operator whilst still allowing them to perform camera moves.
- 'Um, he and Robbie went to the mall with Tommy,' I replied, stacking the weights on the counter.
2.4 (weights) Blocks or discs of metal or other heavy material used in weightlifting or weight training.
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- I favor lighter weights and dumbbells to develop balance, control and coordination.
- We also worked out with weights and used treadmills and stationary bicycles.
- It doesn't matter how many weights or fitness regimes I do.
2.5 [mass noun] The amount that a jockey is expected or required to weigh, or the amount that a horse can easily carry.
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- Such was his class that when running in handicaps, he was forced to give away huge amounts of weight - yet still managed to come home in front.
- When the handicapper allots a weight to a horse for the Grand National, he will look at its previous form.
- Look at the weight carried by the horses that finished in the frame.
3 [mass noun] The ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions: a recommendation by the committee will carry great weight
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- They had no weight or influence in society to convince them of any falsehood that it would replace what was true.
- How does a majority in one case get the power to imbue its decision with extra weight?
- First, future costs may not have the same weight in our decisions as present costs.
influence, force, leverage, sway, muscle, teeth, importance, significance, consequence, value, substance, power, authority, prestige
informal clout, beef, pull
3.1The importance attributed to something: individuals differ in the weight they attach to various aspects of a job
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- Any extended treatment of the subject of empire that does not give full weight to the fact that human beings do not want to be ruled by foreigners is worth very little.
- Above all, it is necessary to give full weight to the provisions of Article 5 as a whole.
- Shakespeare's biographers now give full weight to material sidelined by earlier scholars.
4The surface density of cloth, used as a measure of its quality.
Example sentences
- Keep two weights of press cloths on hand and use them appropriately.
- Customers often accused scrap dealers of selling false weights or qualities of goods.
- Rayon is strong, extremely absorbent, comes in a variety of qualities and weights, and can be made to resemble natural fabrics.
verb[with object]
1Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it: a mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers
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- The main disadvantage is that they are a bit fragile in heavy weather even if they are weighted down.
- Her body was limp and lifeless and her heavy dress was weighted down by the water.
- They are not weighted down by the need for power.
1.1Attach a heavy object to (something), especially so as to make it stay in place: the jugs were covered with muslin veils weighted with coloured beads
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- Her neck is hung with crucifixes and beads, while her wrists are weighted with bands of stainless steel.
- Billy's hammock had been weighted with shot and his body was thrown into the sea.
- To make sure that the roots stay submerged, tie them gently with a piece of string that has been weighted with a stone.
2Attribute importance or value to: speaking, reading, and writing should be weighted equally in the assessment
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- Important economic indicators that are weighted so heavily in public and private decision-making are not impacted by changes to the environment.
- I think it's important to recognize the cost of war and to weight that cost against our raison d'être.
- Thus, two countries with vastly different populations, like Ghana and China, for example, are weighted equally.
2.1 (be weighted) Be planned or arranged so as to put a specified person, group, or factor in a position of advantage or disadvantage: the balance of power is weighted in favour of the government
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- In most times and places, the scales have been heavily weighted towards the great men.
- Some accept the judgments reluctantly but, increasingly, men are showing their frustration at what they believe is a system that is weighted too heavily in favour of mothers.
- I don't believe that the system should be weighted in favour of developers, but everyone should work together to produce end results that suit both the city and the developer.
2.2 Statistics Multiply the components of (an average) by factors to take account of their importance.
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- These factors are statistically weighted as to importance, and relative values are assigned.
- However, note that values should be weighted by their probabilities given the data.
- Data were transformed into presence/absence counts for all comparisons allowing species to be equally weighted.
3Assign a handicap weight to (a horse).
Example sentences
- A total of 267 entries have been weighted for the Melbourne Cup, and 279 for the Caulfield Cup.
- The 58 entries weighted for the Summer Handicap are shown below in order of horse, trainer, weight and merit rating.
- Quoted at 5-1, this is the horse weighted to win the race.
put on (or lose) weight
- Become fatter (or thinner): you shouldn't be eating that burger—you've put on weight lately she had lost weight and her features seemed almost angularMore example sentences
- The thing is, racehorses can lose weight and put on weight very quickly.
- Most people who have weight problems can lose weight, indeed have already done so.
- I will not in any way encourage anyone to lose weight or put on weight.
throw one's weight about (or around)
- informal Be unpleasantly self-assertive: he didn't swagger or throw his weight aroundMore example sentences
- Officials tended to throw their weight around, whilst deferring to those above them on the bureaucratic ladder, to scramble for petty privilege, and to defend their narrow departmental turf.
- Problem is, you tend to get young blokes coming in groups of two or three, and just throwing their weight around.
- He is the typical office bully who throws his weight around because he is the boss's man.
throw one's weight behind
- informal Use one's influence to help support: the council is to throw its weight behind a campaign to save one of the borough's best-loved beauty spotsMore example sentences
- Foreign Affairs Minister Brian Cowen also threw his weight behind the Treaty.
- He threw his weight behind three candidates in last year's City Council elections.
- Gilbert is the latest business figure to throw his weight behind Scotland's bid to host the 2008 European football championships.
the weight of the world
- Used in reference to a very heavy burden of worry or responsibility: he continues to carry the weight of the world on his shouldersMore example sentences
- So when I saw him yesterday he looked down and beat, like he was bearing the weight of the world.
- I sobbed silently; I felt heavy, as if the weight of the world was on my shoulders.
- You'd swear they had the weight of the world on their shoulders, rather, in many cases the relatively trivial trials of a town council.
be a weight off one's mind
- Come as a great relief after one has been worried: there's nothing seriously wrong with you—is that a weight off your mind?More example sentences
- Retired miner Cope said the deal was a weight off his mind.
- It is a weight off your mind,' he said.
be worth one's weight in gold
- Be extremely useful or helpful: someone who can understand and collate medical notes is worth their weight in goldMore example sentences
- All the cast were worth their weight in gold.
- When special agents are brought in, they are treated as if they were worth their weight in gold.
- As I mentioned previously, great care needs to be taken when moving in to areas where you have no local knowledge and this is where a reliable local property consultant is worth their weight in gold.
Old English (ge)wiht, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wicht and German Gewicht. The form of the word has been influenced by weigh1.
Words that rhyme with weightabate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - When the Daytona 500 starts this weekend with Danica Patrick in the pole position driving her Chevrolet SS, General Motors will be seeking something more than a winner's trophy: adding a greater sense of urgency to GM.
Mark Reuss, GM's North America president since December 2009, is seeding the automaker's racing operations with engineers who spend time helping Chevy and Cadillac racing teams, eventually rotating back into product development. Race on Sunday, engineer better cars on Monday.
"Every week you've got to go put what you did on the track and try to win," Reuss said in an interview last weekend at Florida's Daytona International Speedway, where GM revealed the production version of the new rear-wheel-drive Chevy SS. "That's an urgency that we need in this company."
The SS is one of about 20 vehicles GM is introducing in the United States this year as it seeks to freshen showrooms that have grown stale since the company's 2009 bankruptcy reorganization. GM's U.S. market share fell to an 88-year-low in 2012 as Toyota rebounded from 2011 production problems with 19 new or refreshed vehicles.
GM needs personnel who aren't wedded to traditional long- term product development cycles, Dave Sullivan, an analyst with AutoPacific Inc., said in a telephone interview.
"They need people who can address issues in more rapid fashion than they have in the past," he said. "Vehicles like the Malibu could benefit from that kind of mentality."
GM isn't alone in looking to racing to better its product development staff. Honda, Ford and other automakers have long been active in racing. Ford traces its motor sports roots to a 1901 race won by Henry Ford. Honda founder Soichiro Honda would say, "If Honda does not race, there is no Honda."
GM founder Billy Durant used his association with a racecar driver named Louis-Joseph Chevrolet to create the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. in 1911, which eventually became part of General Motors.
What's new is the interest by Reuss, an engineer by training and a longtime racing enthusiast, in making sure GM executives see the experience as a career boost and rotating potential high-performers in and out of the racing teams for leadership development.
GM's racing effort has traditionally been under the company's marketing operations and separated from product development. GM used its ties to popular drivers such as Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Patrick, a former IndyCar star, to promote product.
"It didn't used to be an incentive because once people went there, they never came back," Reuss said. "They couldn't leave because they were the 'race person.' So it had a bad stigma to it."
Reuss said he wanted to change that and, within the past year or so, has started an effort to rotate people through the program.
Twenty-four-year GM veteran Chris Berube was assigned to the automaker's IndyCar racing effort last March after working as the lead development engineer on the Cadillac CTS-V and ATS cars.
"The CTS-V program, the ATS program, those are three years, four years long," he said. "That's like four seasons wrapped in one. You tend to need to make decisions probably with less information in racing and more on gut feeling and experience, but you also get the answer right away whether it was the right decision or not. I'd like to take that back to the production side."
Honda, among the most active manufacturers in auto and motorcycle racing, doesn't compete in Nascar, instead focusing on IndyCar and American Le Mans circuits in the U.S., said T.E. McHale, a spokesman for Honda's motor sports group.
"For most companies, racing is largely a marketing exercise," he said. "For Honda, it's a way to develop our people and to learn how to make better products."
GM provides program management for the racing programs, Mark Kent, director of racing for Chevrolet and Cadillac, said.
"A lot of these engineers we're bringing in for the most part are managing the racing programs; they're broadening their management skills," he said. "Through all of that, it's a great proving ground to train young engineers because they get that sense of urgency."
The GM engineering rotation is in place in some series where the company participates while not yet extended to Nascar, where racecars are based on GM, Ford and Toyota production models. GM says it probably will add Nascar to the program.
At Daytona Beach, Reuss revealed the new SS that he intends to sell in U.S. showrooms as a so-called halo car to attract people to the Chevrolet brand.
The SS, which is based upon a platform from GM's Holden unit, will be built in Australia and is expected to have 415 horsepower and get 415 pound-feet of torque, accelerating from zero to 60 miles per hour in about 5 seconds, the company said.
The SS will join a redesigned Corvette in showrooms this year along a new Silverado pickup and Impala sedan.
GM's U.S. sales of cars and light trucks rose 3.7 percent last year, less than the industrywide gain of 13 percent. As a result, GM's share of the U.S. market slid to 17.9 percent, the lowest since 1924.
Reuss's racing enthusiasm includes being licensed for Grand American Road Racing and showing video he has taken at the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany with the Cadillac ATS.
Last weekend, he climbed down onto the Daytona speedway as racecars prepared to start the Sprint Unlimited race, part of the buildup to the Feb. 24 Daytona 500. Wearing a Corvette racing jacket, Reuss walked through the crowd and under the rope line to greet the drivers. He paused for a photo with Chevy driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and shook hands with Richard Childress, one of the Nascar team owners who races Chevys. Before the race, Reuss talked about how he looked forward to watching the race trackside and feeling the exhilaration of the start.
"We're going to take everything out of this that I can possibly get out of it -- branding, engineers, people," Reuss said in an interview.
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Definition of fulminate in English:
verb[no object]
1Express vehement protest: all fulminated against the new curriculum
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- The monks opposed Abelard and convinced the Church to condemn him - twice - and the papacy periodically fulminated against the rationalist discourse carried out in [his university] classrooms.
- His early, all-male Hamlet, complete with semi-naked gravediggers, had the newspapers, both tabloid and broadsheet, fulminating at his audacity.
- So the Senate rule that liberals fulminated against for decades has become sacrosanct.
informal mouth off about, kick up a fuss/stink about, go on about
rare animadvert, excoriate, vociferate about, vituperate
2 literary Explode violently or flash like lightning: thunder fulminated around the house
explode, flash, crack, detonate, blow up, go off;
3 (usually as adjective fulminating) Medicine (Of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly and severely: fulminating appendicitis
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- The course of the anemia ranges from mild with gradually developing symptoms to acute with fulminating symptoms.
- The sudden, aggressive and fulminating impact of the carcinoma had rendered him incapable of continuing his responsibilities as father to his daughters.
- In some cases, there may not be any symptoms, while in others it may produce mild to moderate dysentery or even fulminating dysentery with fever, severe abdominal cramps and rectal pain.
A salt or ester of fulminic acid.
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- In the short span of years between 1807 and 1820, metallic fulminates proved an efficient method for igniting powder charges and developed into the familiar and practical percussion cap.
- It took the detonation from his mercury fulminate blasting cap to initiate the explosion.
Late Middle English: from Latin fulminat- 'struck by lightning', from fulmen, fulmin- 'lightning'. The earliest sense (derived from medieval Latin fulminare) was 'denounce formally', later 'issue formal censures' (originally said of the Pope). A sense 'emit thunder and lightning', based on the original Latin meaning, arose in the early 17th century, and hence 'explode violently' (late 17th century).
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San Jose State's Travis Johnson became the school's first football player in 30 years to earn Academic All-America honors.
Johnson, who carries a 3.35 grade-point average as a kinesiology major, was selected as a second-team defensive lineman.
"It was nice to get recognition for something in school after all the hours studying," Johnson said.
He's the first San Jose State player since quarterback Steve Clarkson in 1982 to earn the Academic All-America status.
Johnson, a senior defensive end, leads the No. 24 Spartans with 12 sacks and 19 tackles for loss heading into their Dec. 27 Military Bowl matchup with Bowling Green.
Johnson is the career leader in both categories with 31.0 sacks and 46.5 tackles for loss. He was also named the Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year on Monday.
"That one was my biggest accomplishment," Johnson said. "That's what I've strived for and to get it, it's a nice thing to have."
Johnson was equally happy to see his three fellow starting defensive linemen earn All-WAC honors. Sophomore defensive tackle Travis Raciti was a first-team All-WAC pick while senior defensive end David Tuitupou and junior defensive tackle Anthony Larceval were second-team picks.
"That was awesome," Johnson said. "We led the WAC in sacks. Our whole thing was being tougher than anyone else and being able to get to the quarterback, and we were able to do that all year long. It was an awesome thing to have the whole D-line make All-WAC and be able to celebrate together."
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Messing with MP3 files is, for some people, a synonym for illegal use of copyrighted music. Well, actually it's not.
When I bought my car last year, I bought an MP3-enabled car stereo with it. I can use it to play standard music CDs, as well as MP3 CDs that I can master myself. Therefore I started to convert my CDs to MP3s so that I could play them both at home and in the car, and I don't have to carry dozens of disks with me.
Unfortunately, my car stereo proved itself to be a bit fussy about how CDs are mastered and how MP3s are encoded. So when I burnt a CD with some Toto albums I have, it turned out that it didn't like the way I encoded them (320kbits, variable bitrate). And I couldn't stand hearing their songs playing for a second, then stopping for another second, then playing again for another one and so on.
Now you would say that it was not a big problem: I could simply put my CDs into my laptop and encode the files differently; the problem is that I lent the CDs to a friend that lives in Rome, and now all I had were those MP3s... oops! My only chance was to find a way to re-encode them.
Encoding them would be quite easy if I had .wav files: I'd just pass them to lame; but since I had MP3s, I had to find a way to get a plain wav from them. The way was mp3-decoder, a tool from the mpg123 suite.
Now that I had all the tools it was time to go through the files and do the job. I fired up a shell window, created a directory under /tmp and put the "corrupted" files in it. Then I typed these:
for DIR in /tmp/corrupted/* do echo "$DIR" DEST="$HOME/mp3/toto/$DIR" mkdir -p "$DEST" ( cd "$DIR" && \ for FILE in *.mp3 ; do echo " > $FILE" ; \ mp3-decoder -w - "$FILE" | lame -b 256 - "$DEST/$FILE" ;\ done ) done
Here I am cycling over the two directories I copied into
/tmp/corrupted, each one of them containing the MP3s of a single album. I have echo telling me what directory we are processing, then set the destination directory into the variable DEST and creating it; if the whole path is not there, the "
-p" option of mkdir allows me to make the whole path at once. After that I get into a subshell (using the left parenthesis), get into the directory and process each file, one by one. Again, echo tells me which file we are processing, then mp3-decoder will read the MP3 file we are processing, and output it to the standard output (the "
-" in the command line) in WAV format (option "
-w"). The standard output of mp3-decoder is then piped into the standard input of lame (in this case the "
-" in the lame's command line means the standard input), which will encode it at 256 kilobit, fixed, to the file "$DEST/$FILE". Once both the cycles are over, I had my CDs correctly encoded and sitting in the my home's mp3/toto subdirectory.
Neat, huh?
Seems the world needs a change in its attitudeIt doesn't seem like there's much that a man can doThey try to sell the earth on a wild crusadeThen complain about not bein' paid -- "Never Enough", in "Kingdom of Desire", Toto ©1992
Fair use?
> Messing with MP3 files is, for some people, a synonym for illegal use of copyrighted music. Well, actually it's not.
>the problem is that I lent the CDs to a friend that lives in Rome, and now all I had were those MP3s... oops!
Well, actually it is.
Not fair use
If you can play it at your car and your friend at his then it is illegal.
Messing with MP3 files is,
Messing with MP3 files is, for some people, a synonym for illegal use of copyrighted music. Well, actually it's not. and ...the problem is that I lent the CDs to a friend that lives in Rome...
I don't know Italian copyright law but don't you think there's a big moral difference between copying a CD for use in your car when you have the original at home and copying a CD then lending the original out? Depends on how permanent the loan is, whether the loanee makes a copy and all sorts of other things but still...
I'm not sure what the first
I'm not sure what the first paragraph has to do with the rest of the article, actually.
I understand your perplexity, so all this is worth an explaination. With the help of a friend of mine I'll try to clarify the subject in my forthcoming blog entries.
He will write in Italian but don't worry: I'll translate for him!
PS1: His website is in Italian, as well, but I can't do anything about it :)
PS2: why everybody's playing Anonymous Coward here?
>PS2: why everybody's playing Anonymous Coward here?
Because we can
how is that NOT piracy?
If you keep copies if the music that you loaned to a friend, how is that not piracy?
Your friend should legally buy his/her own music or else you can transfer the music to him/her without keeping any copies.
let's look at this
let's look at this backwards, is his friend held accountable for piracy too?


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Select Texans score invites to Africa Summit dinner at White House
WASHINGTON — With dozens of African heads of state in town for a three-day U.S.-Africa summit, the White House is rolling out the red carpet. The guest list for tonight's official dinner, just released, includes a handful of Texas VIPs.
The three Texans in the Congressional Black Caucus all scored invitations: Reps. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas and Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston, all Democrats.
Johnson is bringing state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, as her guest.
Two Dallas clerics made the cut.
Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potters House is coming with Regina Renee Freeman-Lewis.
Bishop Vashti McKenzie of the 10th Episcopal District of the AME Church — the first woman elected bishop in that denomination — also is on the list, with her husband, former NBA player Stanley McKenzie.
Margaret Spellings also is on the guest list. She served as Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush and now serves as president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. On Wednesday, she will take part in a symposium for first spouses hosted by first lady Michelle Obama and her predecessor, Laura Bush.
At dinner, in a huge tent on the South Lawn of the White House, guests will rub elbows with the presidents of Cameroon, Gabon, Rwanda, Mozambique, Madascar and the tiny Republic of Togo, to name but a few, to say nothing of the presidents of Coca Cola, IBM, MasterCard and the World Bank. And former President Jimmy Carter and actor Robert DeNiro.
Singer Lionel Richie is the entertainer. And here's the menu:


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News 12 First at Five / Monday, May 27, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The flags are at half staff and the wreaths are on display all in an effort to never forget.
"Memorial Day is for our fallen veterans, men and women who gave their lives in defense of our country," said Army veteran Russell Brown.
Dozens gathered on 4th and Broad streets in honor of those soldiers who are missing and have died fighting for democracy.
Brown spent more than 20 years in the Army and has seen that sacrifice up close and personal.
"At the time, I thought it was a needless waste of life. Now, I know they wanted to be their and serve the country," he said.
"The Navy recruiter said, 'We can send you to sunny California.' I said, 'Yes, I'd like that,'" said Navy veteran Mathew Fusch.
Fusch was on a fleet outside the Iranian hostage situation in 1979. He says remembering those who fought beside him is the American way.
"We were always independent. We have the attitude of never surrendering," Fusch said.
"Military is one of the most honorable professions in the United States. I think military service will teach the young how to become adults," Brown said.
The search is on to find someone to organize the Augusta Memorial and Veterans Day ceremonies.
Maj. Luther Price is calling it quits after more than 20 years of service.
"I have a few issues that I need to take care of. It's hard for me now to just stand here," he said.
Price served 22 years in the Army. He taught in two area schools and took great pleasure in putting on great celebrations for his comrades.
"It's an opportunity for me to give back to the veterans and their families," Price said.
Price spends 10 months out the year preparing. It takes a lot of organizing, writing and planning to make Memorial Day and Veterans Day services special. Now, he's calling it quits.
"I've got some medical things that I need to take care of. I feel like it's time for me to say I'm done," Price said.
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Materials from the Scientific Consultation in December 2015 now online!
|June 2016 - In December 2015, the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section of UNODC organized an event that was a unique by its scale and scope, the Scientific Consultation on Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders. Thirty (30) leading researchers from around the world presented the state-of-the-art science in front of over two hundred (200) policy makers from eighty five (85) countries and discussed the latest findings in drug prevention and drug dependence treatment. The Book of Abstracts of the Consultation is now available online. Read more!
New toolkits to use the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards
|September 2015 - As Associated Partner, UNODC is proud to announce that the new set of toolkits to use the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards is available! The toolkits help readers to use the Standards in various practical ways, for example to review and develop the quality of one's own drug prevention activities or to design funding mechanisms that promote quality in drug prevention. Read more on their website!!!
World Drug Report 2015 highlights evidence-based drug prevention and treatment
|June 2015 - The World Drug Report 2015 includes two chapters devoted to evidence-based drug prevention and treatment. The first summarizes and expands on the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, whilst the latter discusses the nature of drug use disorders and its implications for the delivery and evaluation of evidence-based treatment, care and rehabilitation services. Read the World Drug Report!
New tool for finding resources to help young people lead healthy lives and avoid substance abuse
May 2015 - Mentor International's new International Resource Finder is for anyone working with young people to easily and quickly find materials to help them in their work. This interactive tool features more than 100 evidence-informed resources from a variety of leading organisations across the world committed to drug prevention. We hope that this tool will help parents, families, teachers, practitioners, community leaders and policy makers globally to find relevant materials to support their work with young people and ultimately empower young people to lead happy and healthy lives and avoid drug abuse.
Better drug prevention for the healthy and safe development of children and youth in Central Asia
1-3 October 2013 - UNODC conducted the third regional training seminar for the policy makers, responsible for planning and implementing the national drug use prevention response, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 1-3 October, 2013 under the Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries. This Regional Seminar aimed to technically promote and support the improvement of the coverage and quality of national systems for drug use prevention in the participating countries, based on the UNODC International Standards on Drug Use Prevention published earlier this year, and building on the substantial expertise and activities already existing in the participating countries. Read more.
Better drug prevention for the healthy and safe development of children and youth in Central America
1-3 July 2013 - UNODC has initiated a dialogue with the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic on how to improve their drug prevention interventions and policies to make them real long-term investment in the healthy and safe development of children and youth. Read more.
Standing for the right to life: overdose prevention
10 June 2013 - The discussion paper "Opioid overdose: preventing and reducing opioid overdose mortality" was launched by UNODC and WHO during a session of the Harm Reduction International Conference 2013 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The discussion paper outlines the facts about opioid overdose, the actions that can be taken to prevent and treat (reverse) opioid overdose and areas requiring further investigation, whilst promoting the dissemination of best practices on the prevention and treatment of opioid overdose. Read the discussion paper.
Youth address delegations
14 March 2013 - Youth participating in activities of the UNODC Youth Initiative and of theNational Youth Leadership Initiative of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) shared their experiences and vision in mobilization for drug prevention with the delegations to the 56th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). Read more.
International Standards on Drug Use Prevention launched during CND
11 March 2013 - UNODC has launched the Standards during the 56th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. See the programme and the presentations of the side event or read the Standards.
Cannabis: A Short Review
April 2012 - A short review of what the evidence says about the effects of cannabis, as well as about what can be done to prevent and treat its use and dependence. This is a slightly amended version of the paper that was distributed during the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March 2012.
Draft questionnaire on access to pain medication
March 2012 - In 2011, UNODC distributed a Conference Room Paper to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on "Ensuring availability of controlled medications for the relief of pain and preventing diversion and abuse". Building on the paper, UNODC has drafted a questionnaire with a view to enhance reporting on the impediments to ensuring the availability of pain medications whilst preventing diversion and abuse. UNODC welcomes comments on the draft questionnaire. Read more.
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Peek-a-boo—it's one of the first games you can explore with your baby, a simple, joyous playtime activity that can bring hours of entertainment and laughter. The delight a child finds in this "surprise" game was also the inspiration behind our new "Peek-a- Boo" Baby & Toddler toys!
Crafted from select hardwood and accented with bright, child-safe dyes, these charming toys have parts that open, shut, snap, and clack! These features benefit your baby and young toddler by helping them develop important skills such as:
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Here's a quick overview of three new Peek-a-Boo toys, which have recently been added to the Melissa & Doug website:
Little turtles love to hide, so our new Peek-a-Boo Turtle wooden toy has four polka-dot legs and smiling face that flap open, then snap back to their hiding place with a clack! Young toddlers and babies can develop concepts of object permanence as well as hand-eye coordination as they click the pieces in and out, learning naturally through play.
Knock knock…who's inside? With this Peek-a-Boo House, kids can flip open three doors to reveal Mama, Papa and Baby Bear! With the bright pictures behind every flap, there are plenty of ideas to discuss and stories to tell as baby explores this charming toy.
For farm fun, our Peek-a-Boo Barn toy features four friendly animals, hiding behind barn doors that flap open and click-clack back into place. With lots of visual detail and a peek-through window in the hayloft, it will also keep older toddlers busy developing vocabulary and counting skills, playing memory games, and more.
Bonus Extended-Play Activities!
For more ways to play and learn with your Peek-a-Boo toys, try the following extension activities with your child:
- With the Peek-a-Boo Barn or House, talk to your child about what you see. Describe colors, shapes, and the different parts of the toy, pointing to each feature as you say its name. Pause between sentences to let the child point to a part of the toy or mimic your speech.
- Flip open one of the big doors to reveal what's hiding behind it. Then open all the doors and ask the child to close them. Ask the child to try to open them too.
- Create a story about the animals you see, like what makes the little turtle hide, or what the barn animals are doing today.
We hope you enjoyed learning about these new toys and extended play activities! To discover more about these and all our baby and toddler toys, click here to visit our website.