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Welcome Winnipeg, it's great to have you back in the NHL.
Especially when you deliver the stiff test needed to help the Vancouver Canucks bump a two-game losing streak.
The Canucks rallied from a 2-1 third period deficit to take down the Jets 3-2 Thursday night at Rogers Arena; this was Winnipeg's first game in Vancouver since February 13th, 1996.
With the win Vancouver avoided losing a third consecutive game at home for the first time since January 2011 and the Canucks have a reconfigured second line to thank for the well deserved two points.
Ryan Kesler, Chris Higgins and David Booth delivered one of their most dominant performances of the season with Kesler scoring the first goal of the game, shorthanded, 1:44 into the second period, and Higgins picking up the second assist on Alex Edler's game-tying goal 6:28 into the third.
The trio combined for 16 of Vancouver's season-high 45 shots, including 14 through two periods, and everything they bring to the Canucks as a line was on full display against
the Jets.
Every guy complimented the other as the on-ice chemistry continued post-game in the locker room.
"He's one of the most underrated players in the game," Kesler said of Higgins. "He plays with a lot of energy, has a great skill set and he's easy to play with. I love playing with
the guy and I can't say enough about him."
"I think we enjoy playing together," added Higgins. "It's three guys that skate well and are hard on the puck in puck battles. It's a brutal line to play against, especially in combination with how the Sedins play."
The Sedins were again held pointless, but Kesler entered beast mode early and Higgins and Booth followed suit. Then the Canucks followed suit producing one of their best
efforts in recent weeks.
Cory Schneider wasn't happy with the second Winnipeg goal, but overall he stood his ground stopping 30 shots for his 15th win of the season in his first home ice start since January 31st.
Schneider bent but didn't break with 11 saves on 12 shots in the third period allowing the Canucks to forge the third period comeback missing from their previous two games,
both losses.
It started with a good start.
"It was an important win for us, we wanted to get back in the W column and I thought we came out of the gate really strong and we continued it," said Kesler, the game's top
star, who rang two shots off the iron on the night.
"The puck was magnetized to the iron for me tonight," he laughed. "I got one there and had a lot of good looks and it's a game I have to focus on and improve on."
Sammy Pahlsson isn't having an offensive season to remember, but we'll remember his offensive production against the Jets.
Pahlsson teed up a drop pass from Kevin Bieksa 14:17 into the third period and blasted it past Ondrej Pavelec for his first goal as a member of the Canucks and third of the year.
The shy Swede, who said post-game it has been a disappointing year in terms of pint production, now has 13 points this season.
Pahlsson wants more, but he knows that's not his job.
"I would like to be the guy that scores all the time, but that's not the way it is, I'm trying to score but it's not my role," said Pahlsson, who took some weight off his shoulders after the game.
"It's fun to score a goal and it's better when it's a game-winner. It hasn't been going in for me at all this season, so it's nice to get the first one with the new team."
The forward's career-high for goals is eight, which he hit twice, and his tops for assists is 18. Despite the fact that Pahlsson likely won't come close to repeating those numbers, he's still feeling the pressure to produce more than he has.
"There's always pressure, pressure to do everything or to do other stuff and of course I want to score."
-The Canucks lead the all-time series against the Jets (Jets from Winnipeg, never Atlanta) 53-41-16.
-Pavel Bure recorded his first ever hat trick against the Jets on October 12, 1992, scoring four goals on Bob Essensa.
-Vancouver and Winnipeg met for the first time ever on November 24, 1979 as part of a back-to-back, home-and-home set of games with each team winning at home.
-Thomas Gradin was the first Canuck to ever score against the Jets.
-The Jets once held the record for fastest four goals against the Canucks scoring four times in a span of 2:16. That record was broken and remains held by the 2004 Colorado Avalanche.
-Vancouver and Winnipeg have met twice in the post-season (1992 Smyth Division Semi-Final & 1993 Smyth Division Semi-Final) with the Canucks winning both series with eight wins to five losses.
-The Canucks lit up the Jets for 29 goals in the 1992 Smyth Division Semi-Final, which remains the most goals scored in a series in franchise history.
-Prior to Ryan Kesler scoring in the second period Thursday, Alexander Mogilny recorded the last Canucks goal against the Jets.
#Canucks" -@CanucksGame. And yes, I'm tooting my own horn, but Pavelec crumbled after 9 p.m..
regulation by the Thrashers/Jets franchise going 5-0-1.
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A Quote by Josiah Quincy on ability, anecdotes, approval, argument, cities, conversation, day, determination, fame, good, journeys, justice, laws, lawyers, libraries, money, preparation, presidency, time, and work
Josiah Quincy, one-time mayor of Boston and president of Harvard University, recalled: "I will repeat an anecdote which I think Daniel Webster gave at a dinner, though, as I made no note of it, it is just possible that he told it in my presence at some later date. The conversation was running upon the importance of doing small things thoroughly and with the full measure of one's ability. This Webster illustrated by an account of some petty insurance case that was brought to him when a young lawyer in Portsmouth. Only a small amount was involved, and a twenty-dollar fee was all that was promised. "He saw that, to do his clients full justice, a journey to Boston, to consult the law library, would be desirable. He would be out of pocket by such an expedition, and for his time he would receive no adequate compensation. After a little hesitation he determined to do his very best, cost cost what it might. He accordingly went to Boston looked up the authorities, and gained the case. "Years after this, Webster, then famous, was passing through New York City. An important insurance case was to be tried the day after his arrival, and one of the counsel had been suddenly taken ill. Money was no object, and Webster was begged to name his terms and conduct the case. " 'I told them,' Mr. Webster, 'that it was preposterous to prepare a legal argument at a few hours' notice. They insisted, however, that I should look at the papers; and this after some demur, I consented to do. Well, it was my old twenty-dollar case over again, and as I never forget anything, I had all the authorities at my fingers' ends. The Court knew that I had no time to prepare, and was astonished at the range of my acquirements. So, you see, I was handsomely paid both in fame and money for that journey to Boston; and the moral is that good work is rewarded in the end, though, to be sure, one's self-approval should be enough.'"
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Possible to be thought of or believed: the most spectacular views imaginable
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Apollo completes deal to take Chuck E. Cheese's parent private
One month after announcing plans to take the parent of Chuck E. Cheese's private, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management said Friday the deal's been completed.
Apollo paid $54 a share for Irving-based CEC Entertainment Inc., plus the assumption of debt. Some investors complained that the per share price was too low. The merger agreement prompted at least three shareholder lawsuits.
Apollo and chain management lauded the deal, which was valued at $1.4 billion.
"We look forward to starting the next chapter in the long standing history of Chuck E. Cheese's in partnership with Apollo," Michael Magusiak, president and chief executive of CEC said in a prepared statement. "We believe this merger provides many opportunities for our team as we continue to evolve and grow our business around the world while continuing to provide our guests with an outstanding experience."
CEC went public in 1989. It has about 17.6 million outstanding shares.
Chuck E. Cheese restaurants are known for their games, rides and play areas for children. Robotic characters including the Chuck E. Cheese mouse mascot and others provide musical entertainment.
The company and its franchisees run 577 Chuck. E. Cheese locations in 47 states and 10 foreign countries or territories. In the U.S. and Canada, 522 locations are owned and operated by the company.
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Bridge Social Marketing's social media marketing and management solution starts with a consultation with each dealership to develop a personalized plan. The company handles day-to-day postings, saying it will help "develop personal relationships between your dealership and customers while building your brand awareness and loyalty." Bridge offers the following services: social networking, email marketing, mobile applications, website development and e-commerce and social marketing, which is a collaboration among Bridge, Vantage Strategic Marketing and V-Next.
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It's been one year since the Boston Marathon bombings but that's not holding back runners from heading to the 118th year of the race.
"I'm going to feel sadness, happiness, elation, honor pride but I won't have fear," Erin Lawry, of Loveland, said.
This will be Lawry's fourth Boston Marathon. Running for Lawry is more than a passion.
"You push through it, you know what your goal is, you know who you're running for and a lot of people run for somebody and it's inspiring and that's what keeps us going," Lawry said.
It's part of her life and this year she'll be running for the Boston Marathon bombing victims and for her mother.
"My mom was diagnosed with cancer and almost a year to the day my sister passed away, so there's been a lot," Lawry said.
The day of the bombings Lawry said she finished the marathon 18 minutes before the bombs went off and was a block away.
"People were crying looking for their loved ones, it was just shock confusion, sirens, helicopters I mean, I will never forget it," Lawry said.
She credits her sister for keeping her safe.
"That day of the race I dedicated that run to her, and I believe she was my guardian angel that day," she said.
Lawry said it will certainly be another emotion year, but she can't wait to get back to Boston.
"I'm going to feel sadness, happiness, elation, honor pride but I won't have fear," she said.
Lawry will be joining another group of runners from Ohio this year in Boston.
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Chelsea playmaker Hazard was sent off by referee Chris Foy for kicking Charlie Morgan in the closing stages of Wednesday night's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg.
The Belgian lost patience when the 17-year-old ball boy refused to hand over the ball after it had gone out for a goal-kick. Morgan fell to the ground as Hazard attempted to get the ball from him, with the 22-year-old then trying to kick it from under him but appearing to instead make contact with the youngster.
While the teenager insists he has no intention of pressing charges, South Wales Police have been obliged to continue investigating the incident after receiving three complaints.
Jenkins, though, is incredulous and just wants to move forward after his club's achievement of reaching their first major cup final was overshadowed by the incident.
Jenkins told Sky Sports News: "On a personal note I find it remarkable that there is any thought of police action.
"Things are done in the heat of the moment and probably everybody looks back and wishes things had been done differently. We accept how things are and all move forward.
"I want everything to get back to normal as quickly as we can, move on and look forward to our next game against Sunderland."
Jenkins would like to see the investigation dropped and said: "That would be my personal feeling, but I can't control what others are going to do. Speaking on behalf of the club, it's something we'd quickly like to forget."
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The process of getting the Scion 10 Series cars ready for the New York International Auto Show was largely similar to what we covered for the 2014 Scion tC, save for the fact that we had five times the amount of cars to shoot. Consequently, with a much heavier workload scheduled for the Scion 10 Series, we began unloading the cars into the studio before we even had the chance to wrap up work on the 2014 tC.
Though the Scion iQ is the smallest car in the lineup, it was given an entire set to itself for our first Scion 10 Series photography session. Lighting and bounce boards were set up around the car to ensure its features would be properly captured from any angle.
Among the new features in the Scion 10 Series iQ is a set of alloy wheels with a graphite finish. For the full list, be sure to check out either our previous post on the Scion 10 Series cars, or head over to the Scion.com site.
Though the photography team made an effort to leave the area around the car as clean as possible, all the equipment that was scattered around made traversing the floor of the set a relatively difficult task.
Elsewhere in the studio, the team was busy preparing the Scion 10 Series xB, FR-S, iQ, and tC for their turns under the spotlight.
The Scion 10 Series FR-S was the first at bat, and the team immediately began capturing detailed shots of its unique LED daytime running lamps.
While work on the headlights was being completed, they also went ahead and flipped on the LED Scion indicator badges to get a few test shots in.
Photography of the FR-S continued at a feverish pace over the course of the next few hours. During that time, the Scion 10 Series xB, xD, and tC were waiting to the side for their turn in front of the lens.
That's not to say that any of the other cars were neglected, however, as the models were regularly cleaned and polished during the time between shots.
The Scion 10 Series xB was kept nearby, ready to be moved under the lighting so its shoot could begin as soon as work on the FR-S wrapped up.
Meanwhile, the Scion 10 Series tC was stored off the set, since it was the last car scheduled to be photographed.
Photography on the 2014 Scion tC had just wrapped up the previous day, after almost half a week of work on it. The car was immediately covered to ensure it wouldn't be seen until it made its debut in New York.
Some minor editing was completed on the spot, giving the photography team an idea of how the final images would turn out.
With all the work that went into photographing the cars, it's almost needless to say that we were delighted to see the results. For a look at the completed photos, check out the Scion 10 Series gallery at the Scion Pressroom site!


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To introduce ourselves before a talk we were giving at the Hair of the Dog photography conference, we created this spoof video.
It pokes fun at some of the wedding photography cliches and also the sometimes silly things that wedding photographers do.
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p.p.s The joke at the end was to do with Jasmine Star speaking before us ... kind of like putting U2 on before the band that practices in the garage across the street from your house :)


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Carbon Farming: It's a Nice Theory, but Don't Get Your Hopes Up
A 24-year-old conservation cropping experiment in rural Australia has become a test case for capturing carbon.
As the Blue Mountains burned last week, a grumble of local farmers gathered in Harden, on the south-west slopes of New South Wales. I met them in the middle of a wheat crop, hunched against the cold wind.
It had been snowing in the ski fields as the state's rural fire service chief, Shane Fitzsimmons, predicted catastrophic bushfire conditions in greater Sydney area.
While Tony Abbott and Christiana Figueres traded blows about the origins of the early bushfire season, I joined the farmers to hear about a 24-year-old conservation cropping experiment in a paddock not far from my home.
Every day, farmers deal with the pointy end of the climate debate. There is nothing like having some skin in the game to focus the mind on the facts behind climate science. Get it wrong and you will, eventually, starve.
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What is a 'Dividend'
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders. Dividends can be issued as cash payments, as shares of stock, or other property.
BREAKING DOWN 'Dividend'
The dividend rate may be quoted in terms of the dollar amount each share receives (dividends per share, or DPS), or It can also be quoted in terms of a percent of the current market price, which is referred to as the dividend yield.
A company's net profits can be allocated to shareholders via a dividend, or kept within the company as retained earnings. A company may also choose to use net profits to repurchase their own shares in the open markets in a share buyback. Dividends and share buy-backs do not change the fundamental value of a company's shares. Dividend payments must be approved by the shareholders and may be structured as a one-time special dividend, or as an ongoing cash flow to owners and investors.
Mutual fund and ETF shareholders are often entitled to receive accrued dividends as well. Mutual funds pay out interest and dividend income received from their portfolio holdings as dividends to fund shareholders. In addition, realized capital gains from the portfolio's trading activities are generally paid out (capital gains distribution) as a year-end dividend.
The dividend discount model, or Gordon growth model, relies on anticipated future dividend streams to value shares.
Companies That Issue Dividends
Start-ups and other high-growth companies such as those in the technology or biotechnology sectors rarely offer dividends because all of their profits are reinvested to help sustain higher-than-average growth and expansion. Larger, established companies tend to issue regular dividends as they seek to maximize shareholder wealth in ways aside from supernormal growth.
Companies in the following sectors and industries have among the highest historical dividend yields: basic materials, oil and gas, banks and financial, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, utilities, and REITS.
Arguments for Issuing Dividends
The bird-in-hand argument for dividend policy claims that investors are less certain of receiving future growth and capital gains from the reinvested retained earnings than they are of receiving current (and therefore certain) dividend payments. The main argument is that investors place a higher value on a dollar of current dividends that they are certain to receive than on a dollar of expected capital gains, even if they are theoretically equivalent.
In many countries, the income from dividends is treated at a more favorable tax rate than ordinary income. Investors seeking tax-advantaged cash flows may look to dividend-paying stocks in order to take advantage of potentially favorable taxation. The clientele effect suggests especially those investors and owners in high marginal tax brackets will choose dividend-paying stocks.
If a company has a long history of past dividend payments, reducing or eliminating the dividend amount may signal to investors that the company could be in trouble. An unexpected increase in the dividend rate might be a positive signal to the market.
Dividend Payout Policies
A company that issues dividends may choose the amount to pay out using a number of methods.
- Stable dividend policy: Even if corporate earnings are in flux, stable dividend policy focuses on maintaining a steady dividend payout.
- Target payout ratio: A stable dividend policy could target a long-run dividend-to-earnings ratio. The goal is to pay a stated percentage of earnings, but the share payout is given in a nominal dollar amount that adjusts to its target at the earnings baseline changes.
- Constant payout ratio: A company pays out a specific percentage of its earnings each year as dividends, and the amount of those dividends therefore vary directly with earnings.
- Residual dividend model: Dividends are based on earnings less funds the firm retains to finance the equity portion of its capital budget and any residual profits are then paid out to shareholders.
Dividend Irrelevance
Economists Merton Miller and Franco Modigliani argued that a company's dividend policy is irrelevant, and it has no effect on the price of a firm's stock or its cost of capital. Assume, for example, that you are a stockholder of a firm and you don't like its dividend policy. If the firm's cash dividend is too big, you can just take the excess cash received and use it to buy more of the firm's stock. If the cash dividend you received was too small, you can just sell a little bit of your existing stock in the firm to get the cash flow you want. In either case, the combination of the value of your investment in the firm and your cash in hand will be exactly the same. When they conclude that dividends are irrelevant, they mean that investors don't care about the firm's dividend policy since they can create their own synthetically.
It should be noted that the dividend irrelevance theory holds only in a perfect world with no taxes, no brokerage costs, and infinitely divisible shares.
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EU funded Trust and Security Research in FP7This presentation will provide an overview of the Trust and Security research that is funded by the EU in FP7 (the ICT theme (Information and Communication Technologies)). The project portfolio contains security research on network infrastructure level as well as on application/services level, and some research projects are relevant in the context of mobile networks and the Future Internet. In particular the research that is relevant for mobile networks will be presented in more detail. The Trust and Security research area will be open in the next call for proposals (call 5) of the ICT programme in FP7 and the talk will also elaborate on this research objective in the next call.
Short BiographyBart Van-Caenegem received his Master's degree in Engineering in 1995 and his Doctoral degree in 2001 both from the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Gent University, Belgium. He is currently Project Officer with the European Commission, Directorate-General Information Society and Media, where he is involved in European Research Programme Management in the Unit 'Trust and Security'. Before joining the European Commission in 2005 he has occupied several engineering and managerial positions in the mobile operator sector in the area of network engineering and security


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Top-A-Top Plus is a simple and fast-playing party game in which players take turns placing their cards in the middle of the table and reacting appropriately to the funny pictures on the cards played, e.g., by making special gestures or saying something.
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Located at 755 Culver Rd., the Habitat ReStore is a retail home improvement outlet accepting donations of good-condition building, remodeling and related materials, supplies and tools. We sell/ recycle these items through resale to the public, at a discount, and then use the proceeds for Flower City Habitat for Humanity's mission of building homes, communities, and hope.
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Midfielder Larson Bennett of Lincoln School and Barrington goalkeeper Kate Clancy had a successful experience as members of the New England squad that competed at the Underclass Tournament, held at the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, last weekend at Towson University in Baltimore, Md.
The newly-named All-Staters helped their squad to a 2-2 finish in its pool, as New England lost to New Jersey, 11-8, in its first game, but came back to post wins over the South (12-7) and Upstate New York (11-10), before dropping a 12-4 decision to Baltimore. New England finished tied for second in the pool with New Jersey, but missed out on advancing to the semifinals because of its head-to-head loss to N.J.
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Press Round-Up: MAY.07.08
Number cruncher courts CanucksWhile Mike Gillis hired Laurence Gilman to be a number cruncher, who is primarily focused on player contracts and the intricacies of the salary cap, Iain Macintyre examines a different type of number crunching that Gillis is targeting.
"The idea of analytics is so unorthodox and intimidating for the staid old hockey world, Mike Smith says there are general managers who will never "dip their toe in the water." But don't be surprised if new Vancouver Canuck boss Mike Gillis dives into the deep end."
"Analytics -- the sophisticated analysis of data -- revolutionized baseball when its most famous proponent, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, relied on statistics over gut instincts to build a perennial contender."
"Smith and partner Richard Coleman, who holds a Ph.D in psychology and lectures at Harvard, have been quietly operating a consulting firm for three years to provide NHL clients with a new level of statistical analysis that could change hockey the way Beane's "Moneyball" did baseball."
"'You're creating a new level of intelligence,' Smith told The Vancouver Sun this week. 'We've come up with methodology to create a new statistical base. I really think what we have is good and the teams [that are clients] are doing really well with it.'
But what does this new way of thinking really provide to a hockey club trying to win games and eventually the Stanley Cup?
Macintyre writes, "The idea is this information helps evaluate each player's real worth in relation to all others, an imperative determination under the NHL's salary-cap system."
"'We can help evaluate the dollars better,' Smith said. 'We break the game down differently. We can track how you play with me and how you play without me. Do you make me better or worse? You can understand who plays good when the game is on the line.'"
"'When the game gets harder, you want your good players to rise. But there are a lot of highly paid players whose performance goes down -- a lot of significant players who are really poor when the game is on the line. There are pretty good ones, too.'"
Tee time"Vancouver Canucks president and chief executive officer Chris Zimmerman spent several years working for Nike, where he managed the company's U.S. golf operations before becoming president and CEO of Nike Bauer Hockey. He chatted recently with The Sun's Brad Ziemer about his golf experiences, which include teeing it up with Tiger Woods.
Q: How well did you get to know Tiger Woods during your time with Nike's golf division?
A: I worked with Tiger quite a bit. I actually worked with him even before that. I was director of advertising before I moved over to the golf business, so I was at Pumpkin Ridge when Tiger won his third U.S. Amateur in 1996 and he signed the following week with Nike.
Q: And you got to play some golf with him. What was that experience like?
A: I had a few different opportunities to play with him, mainly with clients. I can say he has helped me out on the range a few times. I never played a full 18 holes with Tiger, but what we would do is we'd use him to play several holes with a client and then he'd move on to another group. I also spent a fair bit of time with him when he first started testing products for us, including when he switched to the Nike golf ball, which was the first big moment for Nike Golf.
Q: What's it like standing on the tee knowing Tiger is there watching you?
A: I have such low expectations for my golf that it really doesn't matter if it's Tiger or anyone else watching me.
Q: What kind of a player are you?
A: I am sort of a mid-teen handicap. If I am playing a lot, I can get it down to the 82-83 range, and when I'm not playing I am the high-80s to 93."
Gillis: Canucks still not 'close'Mike Gillis has said that the Canucks are still not close to being a Cup contender but that doesn't mean he doesn't think that they can be.
"'Right now, when you look at the teams in the playoffs I don't see the team from last season being competitive with those teams,' Gillis told Taylor & Pratt, a local sports talk radio program. 'We have far too much reliance on Roberto (Luongo) to carry the team, and over time it wears thin.'"
"The Canucks finished with 88 points last season, missing out on the playoffs for the second time in three years. The lack of scoring was responsible for the 11th place finish, with the 213 goals bettering only St. Louis and Columbus in the conference. Daniel Sedin led all scorers with 29 goals in 82 games."
"I see a team that is more balanced, more scoring, and giving ourselves an opportunity to play tougher hockey,' Gillis said of his plans to fix the offensive woes. "I don't see a team moving on to the Stanley Cup finals that does not have those ingredients.'"
Sportsnet notes an area of focus concerning the team's leading scorers.
"Gillis must also address the future of the Sedin twins in Vancouver. Drafted together in the first round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, the Sedins have just one year left on their current contract. While Gillis understands the scoring presence of the duo, he refuses to label them -- or any player -- as top liners."
"'They have a unique style of play, and they are averaging about 150 points per season between them,' Gillis said. "That is pretty difficult to replace."
"'If they can do that in the top six forward group and have complimentary forwards with them, I think you have something special. But again, you can't have all the pressure on those guys.'"


text: Christine Suzanne Getz, Professor of Musicology, Associate Director for Graduate Studies, Dean's Scholar, and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Administrative Fellow, received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas. Her research interests include music, culture, and sacred music in early modern Milan. Professor Getz has been the recipient of a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1988-1989), an NEH Summer Stipend (1993), an NEH Summer Seminar Fellowship (1994), a Fulbright (1998), and an Outstanding Teaching Award from Baylor University (1999). Her articles have appeared in BACH (Journal of the Riemenscheider-Bach Institute), Explorations in Renaissance Culture, Musica Disciplina, Arte Lombarda, Early Music History, Studi musicali, the Journal of the Royal Music Association, The Strauss Companion (Praeger Press, 2003), Barocco padano 3-7, the MGG, Barocco padano e musici francescani: l'apporto dei Maestri Conventuali (Centro Studi Antoniani, 2014), and A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Milan: The Distinctive Features of an Italian State (Brill, 2014). Professor Getz is the author of Music in the Collective Experience in Sixteenth-Century Milan (Ashgate, 2006) and the editor of Hermann Matthias Werrecore: Cantuum quinque vocum quos motetta vocant…liber primus (1559), an edition of motets with introduction and critical commentary published by A-R Editions in 2008. Her recent book Mary, Music and Meditation: Sacred Conversations in Post-Tridentine Milan (Indiana University Press, 2013) received a subvention from the Hibberd Endowment of the American Musicological Society.


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Lawyers In Love, Part I
Happy Valentine's Day, Law Blog readers! We can't get the song out of our heads today, so here are the lyrics to Jackson Browne's 1983 hit Lawyers in Love:
I can't keep up with what's been going on
I think my heart must just be slowing down
Among the human beings in their designer jeans
Am I the only one who hears the screams
And the strangled cries of lawyers in love
God sends his spaceships to America, the beautiful
They land at six o'clock and there we are, the dutiful
Eating from TV trays, tuned into to Happy Days
Waiting for World War III while Jesus slaves
To the mating calls of lawyers in love
Last night I watched the news from Washington, the capitol
The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them, like Russians will
Now we've got all this room, we've even got the moon
And I hear the U.S.S.R. will be open soon
As vacation land for lawyers in love
Like love itself, these lyrics are one big mystery to the Law Blog. We have no idea what they mean. Anyone care to break the lyrics down for us?


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Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God's law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude, by preferring an inferior good to him....
Mortal sin is a radical possibility of human freedom, as is love itself. It results in the loss of charity and the privation of sanctifying grace, that is, of the state of grace. If it is not redeemed by repentance and God's forgiveness, it causes exclusion from Christ's kingdom and the eternal death of hell, for our freedom has the power to make choices for ever, with no turning back.
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The way of Christ "leads to life"; a contrary way "leads to destruction." The Gospel parable of the two ways remains ever present in the catechesis of the Church; it shows the importance of moral decisions for our salvation: "There are two ways, the one of life, the other of death; but between the two, there is a great difference."
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We are in the realm of Siam which once upon a time was heaven on earth, a vast country where elephants and rhinoceroses had been living in peace for centuries. Once, the earth started to shake and Siam was reduced to three regions surrounded by gigantic mountains. Since then, elephants and rhinoceroses don't have enough space to live. These two incredibly strong species shall now struggle mercilessly to rule over two territories.
To win the game, be the first player to push a rock out of the board. An animal can push a rock -- but beware, if you want to push out an animal which faces you, you have to be superior in numbers, e.g. you will need 2 animals to push 1 out, 3 to push 2 out, etc.
The simplicity of Siam's rules and the profoundness of its gameplay will please the players of all strengths and ages.
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Year: 2005
Players: 2
Time: 15 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Weight: 1,311 grams
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This game is very very good. It is quite simple and yet it retains a remarkable depth of strategy, which not only makes it a quick game to explain to a new player but the game is so easy to observe and analyze that players can think several moves ahead without getting a headache. Unlike Chess for example, players can play this game at an expert level without practicing memory skills and studying gambits. In Chess you have several pieces that do different things, in this game you have one type of piece that you can do several different things with and these several different things are so intuitive it's uncommon for a player to forget what he can do with his pieces. I don't mean to imply that this is a casual gamers game that doesn't require a lot of thought, but rather, the thought required to win is less encumbered by things irrelevant to the actual game play itself.
The game time is also quite ideal for two players with games typically lasting half an hour to an hour depending on the experience of the players and the amount of thinking time they afford one another. Also, player's rarely end up in long drawn out end-games where there is a clear winner slowly crushing his/her opponent. Very often a player in what appears to be a losing position can shift the balance with a single well-placed move. The board and pieces are high quality and look good when the game is left out. The only shortcoming of this game is the directions were not translated very well and so there is some potential for confusion unless you take a good look at the diagrams which illustrate the moves you can make.
Small Board, Big Fun
The first thing you'll notice about the "Siam" game, are the pieces... They look like they were plucked directly from some type of fancy Far Eastern Chess Set. You'll find five (5) sculpted looking Elephants in an ivory color and (5) sculpted looking Rhinos in a brown color, along with (3) equally attractive Mountain pieces that make up the game components. Each piece has felt on the bottom and feels good in the hand and are quite beautiful. In addition, the game comes with a nice thick wooden board made up of squares, in a 5x5 arrangement. The often heard comment, about leaving a game on display on your coffee table, really does apply to this one. Mine sits on a shelf with the pieces on the board, ready at any moment for a quick game. On the downside, these pieces are very delicate, so there's always the concern about dropping one and having it chip or break. It's almost makes me wish they were made out of wood instead of resin. Surprisingly, the publisher decided not to include any special insert for the box where the pieces might sit securely and safely, but instead opted to include just a few loose separate Styrofoam strips with small bubble bags taped to them for the pieces, which is another reason I leave my set out. With that said, it's truly the only flaw I could find with the game.
The goal of Siam is easy: Be the first player to push a Mountain piece off the board. However, when a Mountain is pushed off, two other criteria must be met:
- You must have a piece in the same line, that's closest to the Mountain.
- This piece must be facing in the same direction as the Mountain.
The board starts with the 3 mountain pieces aligned in the center with all the other pieces off the board. The Mountains, are neutral pieces in the game and belong to no one. The only way they can be moved on the board, is when they're pushed by another piece or pieces. On your turn, you can choose between one of the following options:
- Place a piece on any outer square of the board and have the piece face in any of four directions.
- Remove a piece from any outer square of the board.
- Move a piece already on the board 1 square vertically or horizontally. If you wish, you may also change the direction the piece faces.
- Change the direction a piece faces that's already on the board..
- Use a piece on the board to push one or more pieces 1 square.
Where Siam really shines, is in the possibilities of pushing one or more pieces on the board. This is far more then "2 pieces can push one" or "3 pieces can push 2", as seen in other pushing games. In Siam, both sides pieces, can help or hinder in the pushing process, depending on which direction each piece faces.
Even though one or more pieces may be pushed in an up, down, left or right direction, for the purposes of this description, you can assume the pushing is done from left to right, with the players piece who's on turn, at the very left and facing right, which is the only direction it could face to be able to push to the right.
You can also push with a piece that's just being brought into play, by pushing from the outer edge of the board. Thus as many as five other pieces/mountains, may be pushed at the same time, causing whatever piece is on the end to leave the board, including one of your own. The Mountain pieces don't face in any particular direction and exert no influence/force in the pushing process. Thus you can push a Mountain with just one single piece of your own or with two pieces facing right will push two Mountains, etc. The Rhinos and Elephants on the other hand, can each exert an influence/force of "1", provided they face either left or right. Pieces facing in the opposite direction of a pushing movement, are also pushing back, and that includes pieces of your own, so in order for a push to be legal, there must be more influence/force on the side doing the pushing. In addition, If your pushing from left to right, any pieces that face up or down, exert no influence/force at all, and thus it's as if they aren't even there. It gets a little more complicated, when you have both pieces and Mountains in the same line, but after a few games you'll get the hang of it.
While playing, I was very surprised at how much thought can go into choosing which option to take on your turn. In spite of the small number of pieces and the size of the board, I got the sense I was playing a game on a board twice the size. Like chess, it's a battle between two equal sides trying to be the first to accomplish the same thing. Unlike chess however, there's no capturing and so one must try and find the best spots for their pieces, at just the right time, to pull off a victory. This is certainly a game worthy of any collection. It's definitely clever, beautiful and big fun.
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After building a 5-0 lead, the Wesco South team held on for a 5-4 victory over the Wesco North team June 22 in the first-ever Wesco Alumni Softball Game at Lincoln Field in Everett.
Jackson alum Carly McEachron (South) made a spectacular catch to end the game, reaching over the fence in left-center field and preventing what would have been a game-winning, two-run home run by Everett alum Liz Reed (North). The event raised $2,575 for the Ashley K. Aven Foundation.
Aven is a former Meadowdale softball player who suffers from terminal cancer (acute myeloid leukemia). She would have been a Class of 2010 Meadowdale graduate but left school because of her illness. Learn more about Aven at: http://tinyurl.com/28xgts.
Bothell golfer headed to PGA Championship
Despite a disappointing final round, Ryan Benzel of Bothell still finished tied for 11th at the PGA Professional National Championship on June 30 to earn a spot in the upcoming PGA Championship.
The 31-year-old Benzel, a teaching pro at Marysville's Battle Creek Golf Course, shot a 6-over-par 78 on Wednesday for a four-day total of 2-over 288 at the French Lick Resort. The top 20 finishers qualify for the PGA Championship, Aug. 12-15 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis. First place went to defending champion Mike Small, the golf coach at the University of Illinois.


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As part of the "Week of the Young Child" April 14-20, celebrations were held in elementary schools around Stroudsburg and the Poconos, and prominent members of the community accepted invitations to be guest readers at the Head Start program to foster a love of reading to pre-schoolers.
State Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-189, participated in a reading program for the children at the Head Start classroom in Middle Smithfield Elementary School.
The Head Start program promotes school readiness for ages 3-5 in low-income families by offering education, nutritional, health, social and other services.
Sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the annual observance intends to focus attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize early childhood programs and services that meet those needs.
"We must make sure that we are always reading," said Brown as she encouraged her young listeners to read with members of their families. One child complained that no one in his family seems to have time at home, and Brown, a mother of three children, answered, "Even if they are a little busy, you can still ask them to read by giving them a little push. It's really important to read."
As she read the book titled "The Bus for Us," by Suzanne Bloom, the children listened and interacted with stories of their own. The book told the story of a little girl, Tess, who was excited about her first day at school and her ride on the school bus for the first time. As she waits for the bus with her friend, she points to the variety of vehicles that pass by and learns about them.
After her reading, Brown quizzed the children about the state they live in. "Does anybody know what the state beverage of Pennsylvania is?" asked Brown. She was treated to a variety of answers such as water and juice, when finally, Mikayla Thomas, 5, correctly answered, that it is milk. Brown also asked them about the state dog, state insect and state flower. She encouraged the children to test their families on this when they got home.
Each child received a package with coloring books and activity books on road safety, fire safety and the Pledge of Allegiance from their guest speaker.
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Based on Tennessee Illusions' strong showing in Triple Crown Colorado Firework 16u Tournament and other recent national exposure tournaments the Tennessee Illusions' organization is forming an 12u softball team to prepare the next group of young ladies to represent the organization in national exposure tournaments. This team will play a highly competitive schedule to make sure the girls will have the skills needed to play at the next level. The team will be based in the Nashville/Mt. Juliet area.
The head coach has 20 years of experience developing girls to play at the next level. Many of his former player are playing for D1 schools. He DOES NOT HAVE A CHILD ON THE TEAM so all players will be evaluated fairly and each position will be taken by a player with the best ability. We will practice as a team but we also expect the players to be committed and to work on their skills independently. Illusions 02 will work with their sister team so the girls good role models and will receive individual work with an experienced player in their position.
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The 26-year-old France international was carried from the pitch at St James' Park on a stretcher with his left leg in a brace during Sunday's 2-0 Premier League victory over the Magpies, with manager Manuel Pellegrini later revealing he had damaged his medial ligament.
Nasri, who was due to undergo a scan on Monday, tweeted the news.
Nasri was hurt in a 75th-minute challenge by compatriot Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, which earned the Newcastle man a yellow card.
However, Pellegrini later claimed Yanga-Mbiwa should have been sent off for the tackle.
He said: "It's very serious. It was a very unfair kick and the player of Newcastle, it was directly a red card. I don't understand why he was not sent off."
Magpies boss Alan Pardew defended his player and wished Nasri a speedy recovery.
He said: "He made a point in his mind that he didn't want him to get away, and he was a bit rash in that challenge. He is not like that, though, and I hope Nasri is okay."
Nasri's injury marred a good day for City on Tyneside as they left St James' with a 2-0 victory which took them back to the top of the table.
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What Do Autism and a Mullet Have in Common?
This morning's riddle – what do autism and a mullet have in common?
Adrien and Aaron are eight-year-old twins; Adrien is nonverbal and has autism. Since age four, Aaron has donated "every penny he has received" to Autism Speaks, starting with change he found on the ground. He is now taking his fundraising capabilities to a new level. He is going to shave his head the second week of October and is accepting donations. He hopes to raise $200.
(Here's where a great story becomes even better.)
Their Uncle Virgil (pictured here) has offered to cut off his beloved 16-year-old mullet, IF Aaron is able to reach $5,000 in donations for Autism Speaks. And, he will donate his lovely locks to a worthy organization like Locks of Love.
In my opinion, everyone wins. Donate to Hairs To Adrien For Autism, benefiting Autism Speaks. Even one dollar will help. Check out his Facebook page and be sure to share it. And be sure to thank Aaron and Uncle Virgil for their efforts!
August 16, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Our autism foundation is having a contest to publish a book. The Blessings of Autism. We are seeking people to submit their one to two page testimonies of how having a family member with this condition enhanced your life. The purpose of the book is to inspire and families that are struggling to believe that it does get… better. Please submit story to email@example.com More
August 16, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Hi my name is Amanda I have twin son that are 5 and two little girls that are 4 and 2. One of my twin sons has autism and I would not trade him for any thing. We learn from one anther. I've learn that some of the most special things in live that you can learn is from a child with autism. People in the world today judge to much about how people look how much money you have were you're from ect. But a child with autism look at life in a whole new way they love you no matter what. You can go to a store and act like a child your self and they love it. Some of my favor it times in live is when I'm with him. He don't need to say a word his face say a million. Weather it something funny are sad. And I love to hear him talk. He didn't talk in till he was almost 4. But when he started he picked up on it fast. And when we go for car rids we have a thing were we look for county car washes and he loves it. And the best way to get a child with autism to talk is to go to there world look at thing like them and talk about what they love and love to do that has o ways got my son to talk.
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Obama on Bergdahl: "a unanimous decision among my principals in my government" « Hot Air
But given the context, the former seems far more likely. In either event, what was even more striking was the use of my government which caught my eye. It seems to reinforce the idea that – laws be damned – this is his show and he'll run it as he sees fit.
That's the sort of thing a European Prime MInister would say. Of course, you can get rid of a Euro PM by a simple no-confidence vote at any time during his term in office.
The same is not true of Prime Minister Obama.


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It is the start of the traveling season for the MySQL Community
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Description from the youtube video:
" (Slightly delayed) Dear friends
Yesterday I found the news in
media about high terror alert in Belgium over the movie "The Innocent
Prophet" which I planned to release on 14th December 2012.
making this movie my soul objective was to reveal the other side of
reality of Muhammad and Islam, which I think, is a noble cause for the
humanity and is also my right of freedom of expression. But I never had
intentions to incite violence or offend religious sentiments
deliberately. I don't want people to have fear in their hearts or
governments to apply high terror alert in their countries because of me.
I don´t want to be remembered as a man who is responsible for loss of
lives and properties.
That is why I have decided to postpone
temporarily the release of movie until I show it first to the
authorities and get the assurance that there is nothing in this movie
which doesn´t fall under the right of freedom of expression and that my
movie will not cause any kind of loss to humanity. The necessary
modification will be also made if requested by the authorities.
the delay doesn´t mean that I am afraid of Islamic violence, neither
have I lost my right of freedom of expression. It´s all about the
respect which I have in my heart towards Europe which is my family, and
my deep love for Spain which is my home. I apologize to the Belgian
people for the inconvenience they are facing because of my movie plan. I
assure them that I will never do anything which hurt them. But on the
other hand they should also understand that if we lose our right of
freedom of expression, we lose our democracy and western values.
will always stand firmly with my opinion that Islam is an extreme
danger to the society and we should make aware people about its whole
reality, but of course not on the price of human lives. I will be back
to you soon with the new release date after consulting with the
authorities. Please keep in touch with me on:
Thank you very much
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- Conference date: 8–11 September 2008
- Location: Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)
In this work we have studied gluon field distributions around a static qq̄ pair at high temperature by means of lattice simulations of Quantum Chromodynamics in the quenched approximation. Measuring the electric and magnetic components of the gluon field at temperatures close to the critical temperature of the phase transition from the confined to the deconfined phase of QCD , we were able to see how longitudinal and transverse profiles of the flux tube between the static qq̄ pair change with temperature. The parallel electric field component turned out to be larger than the other three field components, which are approximately equal, at all a fixed constant qq̄ separation and temperatures. This tells us that, as at zero temperature, the force that comes from the field strength that is oriented along the axis connecting the qq̄ pair and trying to bind a quark and an antiquark together is chromo‐electric. By exploring the temperature dependence of the longitudinal profiles we were able to show that the field strength distribution approaches the one of a single isolated quark when the rising temperature approaches the critical temperature. From the transverse profiles at various temperatures we further have found that the physical width of the flux tube decreases when the temperature increases.
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I am unable to choose any of the "Shortnoble" newbie quest armor to my character's profile. I have the entire set plus the "Shortnoble Walking Staff". (Fashion pic to come!)
Sry to clog the 1st few posts here. This question may be better directed at a different Admin. Thanks Illia
UPDATE - My bad, I discovered that I could not choose those items because I have made my char on here a Pally. I remade him and sure 'nuff. I can add those items to my equipment. Good deal Illia!
<sigh> Another post to ***** my Karma.
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The Holmes County Sheriff's Office announces the arrest of two men on burglary and drug charges. On Monday, December 16 deputies responded to a residential burglary in the Dogwood Lakes community. During the investigation, deputies learned that a boat trailer, among many other items had also been taken.
The victims informed the deputies that the trailers wheels were seized up. Deputies then located the drag marks from the trailer and tracked them to some property in the Gritney Community. Deputies were then able to obtain a vehicle description from a witness. When deputies located the suspect vehicle, the suspects threw a bag out the passenger side window. The vehicle was then stopped and the driver, Jonathan Lee Shelton and the passenger, Victor Gillis. Deputies then located methamphetamine, paraphernalia, scales and baggies. Deputies then recovered a large amount of the stolen property from Shelton's property.
Both remain in the Holmes County Jail awaiting first appearance. Sheriff Tim Brown would like to recognize the hard work of Deputy Willie Maples, Deputy Tim Howard, Deputy Bill Pate and Sgt. Tyler Harrison for their hard work in quickly solving this case.
Arrested and charged were, 26-year-old Jonathan Lee Shelton of Bonifay, Florida for methamphetamine possession of drug paraphernalia. Also arrested was 23-year-old Victor Dewayne Gillis of Milton, Florida for burglary of a structure, grand theft, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.


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A day in the life of chef Kent Rathbun
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Chef Kent Rathbun mixes a new fried green tomato dish at Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen in Dallas.
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YORK — Robert Shetterly's portraits will be exhibited at the York Public Library with a concurrent exhibit at York Middle School. This is a special opportunity to view an artistic and cultural expression by an artist who gives honor and remembrance to Americans that dared to speak the truth, often in the face of nay-sayers and worse, to bring justice and dignity to generations of people. This exhibit is in commemoration of Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. biography will be hung with each portrait. "Americans Who Tell The Truth" will be on exhibit from Jan. 7 through Feb. 28. Shetterly will be at the library for a reception and talk at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7. He will meet with seventh- and eighth-grade social studies students on Jan. 8 and 9.
This portrait artist has dedicated himself to remembering many of these activists with his portrait series "Americans Who Tell The Truth." While there are the more familiar social change icons, Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez and Howard Zinn, Shetterly invites us to acknowledge the many men and women who have been no less dedicated to change, but worked under the radar in efforts to improve the lives of millions.
Art as expression has the power to engage the viewer on many levels. When a painter chooses to fuse his skill with his vantage point of the political and cultural landscape, art becomes activist commentary, documentation and a statement of honor of people who made a difference in the world, often at great risk.
For more than 10 years Robert Shetterly has been painting the series of portraits "Americans Who Tell the Truth." The exhibit has been traveling around the country since 2003. Venues have included everything from university museums and grade school libraries to sandwich shops, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, and the Superior Court in San Francisco. To date, the exhibit has visited 26 states. In 2005, Dutton published a book of the portraits by the same name. In 2006, the book won the top award of the International Reading Association for Intermediate non-fiction.
Born in 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Shetterly graduated in 1969 from Harvard College with a degree in English Literature. After moving to Maine in 1970, he taught himself drawing, printmaking, and painting. While trying to become proficient in printmaking and painting, he illustrated widely. For twelve years he did the editorial page drawings for The Maine Times newspaper, illustrated National Audubon's children's newspaper Audubon Adventures, and illustrated approximately 30 books. Robert´s paintings and prints are in collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. Shetterly has also engaged in a wide variety of political and humanitarian work with many of the people whose portraits he has painted. In the spring of 2007, he traveled to Rwanda with Lily Yeh and Terry Tempest Williams to work in a village of survivors of the 1994 genocide. Much of his current work focuses on the activism to bring an end to the practice of mountaintop removal by coal companies in Appalachia, on climate change, and on the continuation of systemic racism in the US particularly in relation to the school to prison pipeline.
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This is a discussion on Re: handling pdfs? - FreeBSD ; Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:05:18 -0500 > Bill Moran wrote: > >> In response to Giorgos Keramidas : >> >>> On 2007-11-27 21:27, Chuck Robey wrote: >>>> I need to read about 4 tons of ...
Gary Jennejohn wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:05:18 -0500
> Bill Moran
>> In response to Giorgos Keramidas
>>> On 2007-11-27 21:27, Chuck Robey
>>>> I need to read about 4 tons of some really sparse pdf specs. I also
>>>> have a rather inconvenient throwback: I feel hugely more at
>>>> home-reading documents in paper. What I'd kind of like to do would
>>>> be able to perform cut'n'paste among different pdfs, 5 pages here, 10
>>>> pages there, until I put together maybe 100-200 pages, and sit back
>>>> and read it. What I can't do is print just a few pages out of several
>>>> 800-plus page specs, and perform paper cut'n'pasting.
>>> If you find a way to 'save' only parts of a PDF document, i.e. pages
>>> 5-10, 17 and 25 in a separate file, then the ``pdfjam'' port includes
>>> a utility called ``pdfjoin''
>> You could print the desired pages to .ps files, use ps2pdf to convert
>> them and then pdfjam to combine them.
>> It's enough of a roundabout that I don't know if it's worth it or not.
> xpdf allows printing of page ranges. I use it all the time.
I'm not sure why, maybe I have too poor a font selection here, but the
fonts, I mean, the onscreen fonts that xpdf seems to choose, always
seems to run characters together, so it gets hard to read them. So,
xpdf wouldn't be my first choice. I use kpdf to view pdfs for that
particular reason, and onthe same document, kpdf does a distinctly
better job, If kpdf uses xpdf's engine, then it must find some way to
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Beihai is a friendly, tree-lined community 229 kilometres south of
Nanning in the Guangxi region. Over 2,000 years old, the city was once a major
hub on the ancient Marine Silk Route.
The harbour area retains some lovely buildings from this era. Later, Beihai
would become known for its subtropics weather, white sand beaches and vast supply
of natural pearls.
international travellers require visas although Brunei, Japan, and Singapore
passport holders are able to enjoy visa-free access to China for up to 15 days.
30-day, single-entry visas can be issued in three to five working days from
most Chinese embassies, and must be used within three months of the date of
issue. Longer visas are often more difficult to obtain.
further details, consult with your travel agent, China International Travel
Service, China Travel Service, or any Chinese embassy or consulate.
View visa requirements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
The Chinese currency is known as renminbi (RMB). Credit cards are accepted in major hotels as well as shopping malls.
Taux de change les plus récents pour devises courantes
In compliance with regulations, with effect 1 May 2016, all room, food and beverage and hotel services will be subject to Value Added Tax at the prevailing rates. At the same time, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts will reduce service charge from 15% to 10%.
Many mid-range and top-end restaurants
include their own service charge that varies between establishments.
Officially, tipping is considered
inappropriate and is discouraged.
Bank Hours
8am - 12noon / 2.30pm - 5.30pm, Monday through Friday
Office Hours
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Shop Hours
9.30am - 10pm, Monday through Sunday
Visitors entering China are required to
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vaccination requirements.
Shangri-La recommends you drink only boiled
or bottled water during your stay in Beihai. Complimentary bottled drinking
water is available in every room.
The dress code in Beihai is usually informal, except
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May, September and October are the most popular
months for visiting Beihai. The city has a mostly subtropics weather climate,
with temperatures ranging from 23°C (74°F) to 37°C (97°F) during the summer and
2°C (35°F) during the January and February winter months.
Much of the annual 150-200 cm of rainfall occurs
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Dolly Parton Wants to Adopt "Dolly" the Dog
LONDON (AP) — Dolly Parton wants to take an unlikely fan home.
"Dolly" the dog was abandoned after the country music legend's performance at the Glastonbury festival last month.
The lurcher, which has fluffy white hair, was seemingly left behind after the 150,000 decamped the site in the southwest of England.
Parton has pledged to adopt the dog, which animal shelter workers named in her honor.
Dolly is being treated for an ear infection at the Happy Landings animal shelter, which is near the festival site and is appealing for donations.
The shelter says in a statement that Dolly — the dog that is — is a "sweet-natured older lady" and that it is waiting for her owner to come forward.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. � �City Year Rhode Island, an education-based, non-profit organization, will honor school Supt. �Susan F. Lusi,�and Richard L. Bready,� chairman of the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams University and former CEO of Nortek, Inc., at its Starry Starry Night annual dinner.
Bready has been selected to receive the organization�s Education Philanthropist Award and Lusi has been chosen for the organization�s first Excellence in Education Leadership Award.
The event will be held at the Omni Providence Hotel on Thursday.
Approximately 350 guests and City Year Rhode Island�s 40 corps members, who serve as tutors, mentors and role models for students in several Providence public schools, are expected to join in a celebration of City Year�s impact on the schools.
City Year Rhode Island�s 20th anniversary comes as its founding organization, City Year Inc., celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
Long time supporter and partner, Bain Capital, will be recognized at the event�as City Year�s 25th Anniversary sponsor. In addition to a multi-million dollar gift to City Year Inc., Bain Capital is the presenting sponsor of City Year events in 25 cities across the country with a donation of $50,000 to each site, including City Year Rhode Island.
Classical High School graduate, Providence native and Bain Capital�executive�Jonathan Lavine will speak on behalf of Bain Capital�s commitment to City Year and his personal commitment to helping Providence students succeed, the organization said. City Year�s co-founder and CEO, Michael Brown will also speak at the event.
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A Quote by Daniel Pinchbeck on daniel pinchbeck, 2012, jose arguelles, positives, and solutions
At this juncture, there exist a plethora of reform movements and pragmatic initiatives aimed at different aspects of social, political, and biosperic crises that plague our world. There are ecological designers and environmental scientists who have developed organic techniques to repair and regenerate damaged ecosystems. There are economists who have invented alternative currencies that would institute different systems of value, creating a more equitable economic order. There are extragovernmental commissions that bring the victims of human rights violations and officially sanctioned torture face-to-face with their perpetrators to resolve abuses according to a global standard of ethics. There exist a vast network of nongovernmental organizations striving for environmental goals, women's rights, conflict resolution, and civil reform, against the resistance of corrupt business and compromised institutions. There are efforts to use the internet to develop social networks supporting sustainable development. There is alternative healthcare integrating indigenous wisdom-traditions with modern knowledge. There are myriad methods for producing forms of energy that do not ruin the environment while encouraging local industries and initiatives. There is the long-suppressed therapeutic use of psychedelics to heal mental disorders, as well as the sacramental use of traditional medicines for elevating the spirit. All of these efforts are important. However, no treatment of symptoms can hope to succeed as long as the underlying cause goes unacknowledged and unaddressed.
[Pinchbeck says we may need to adopt anew moon based calendar such as the one proposed by José Argüelles. In any case our understanding and relationship to time needs to change.]
Source: 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Pages: 376
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Follows the topsy turvy life of Eugene and his friends, Maia and Joseph, at a high-tech robotic school.
Eugene, a robotic genius, built his own robot called C.H.I.P. Put together with meticulous care and devotion from various salvaged parts, C.H.I.P., though a robot, shows human traits such as resourcefulness, curiosity and humour.


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Admissions Decisions
Although qualified students of all ages are welcomed to apply and will be eligible for admissions, priority is given to students transferring from other Montessori schools, to toddlers, and to 3-year olds because experience has shown that children already familiar with Montessori classrooms or just beginning their schooling adapt most readily to the classic Montessori curriculum at LMS.
Statement of Non-Discrimination
The Litchfield Montessori School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religious creed, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, and employment.


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The Plague
by Albert Camus
The Plague Language and Communication Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph). We used Stuart Gilbert's translation.
Quote #13
And lastly—this was the real trouble—Joseph Grand couldn't find his words.
This peculiarity, as Rieux had noticed, was really the key to the personality of our worthy fellow citizen. And this it was which always prevented him from writing the mildly protesting letter he had in mind, or taking the steps the situation called for. (1.6.22-3)
The narrator identifies Grand's inability to communicate as the source of all his troubles in life – his poverty, his stagnant lifestyle, his wife having left him, and his general passivity.
Quote #14
"The question," old Castel cut in almost rudely, "is to know whether it's plague or not." (1.7.11)
Castel thinks that knowing the word will make things different. Silly rabbit.