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Definición de leisure en inglés:
sustantivo[mass noun]
1Time when one is not working or occupied; free time: people with too much enforced leisure
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- Little did he realize the magnitude of the issue which he raised, and that it would occupy his leisure for nearly twenty years.
- Rather than giving up work at the age of 65, they will 'cycle' between periods of work and leisure well into their golden years.
- Intelligent soldiers never waste the long periods of leisure that characterize peacetime service.
1.1Use of free time for enjoyment: increased opportunities for leisure [as modifier]: leisure activities
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- Making room for relaxation and enjoyment of leisure activities is vital for all of us.
- Campaigning youngsters are demanding more leisure activities and increased police patrols in the borough to clamp down on rowdy youths.
- I take enjoyment and satisfaction from my work, my family and leisure activities.
1.2 (leisure for/to do something) Opportunity afforded by free time to do something: writers with enough leisure to practise their art
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- It is not often I have the leisure to idle my time away here.
- For a few days he would have the leisure for tasks such as gathering food and organizing, before another round of observations began.
- Recycling materials for use later was one of those issues taken up by people who had the leisure to think about such matters.
at leisure
- Day three can be spent at leisure.
- Whether as a bedtime story, or as a novel to read at leisure, its pages will enthral any reader with a taste for adventure.
- The messages, which I could read at leisure, were mostly short but sweet, and comforting words were used that are not always easy to say face to face.
- Not least of these is the opportunity to cruise at leisure for miles and miles, reading a book on deck, taking charge at the helm or lazily watching the passing countryside.
at one's leisure
- At one's convenience: wander at your leisure through the wide selection of shopsMás ejemplos en oraciones
at your convenience, when it suits you, in your own (good) time, when you can fit it in, without need for haste, without haste, unhurriedly, without hurry, when you get round to it, when you want to;in due course
- This enabled people to wander through at their leisure and view the school as a whole.
- The site looks promising and we ask you to give it a try at your leisure.
- Buying something online is fun because you can browse and pick and choose at your leisure, then have it delivered to your door.
lady (or man or gentleman) of leisure
- A person who does not need to earn a living.Oraciones de ejemplo
- We are not, in this day and age a place for the polishing of young men of leisure into gentlemanly ways.
- They are men of leisure, going on a voyage down the Thames River from Kingston to Oxford.
- But although that is now on hold, she has no plans of becoming a lady of leisure.
1Not occupied; free: the rest of the day can be spent at leisure
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2In an unhurried manner: the poems were left for others to read at leisure
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Middle English: from Old French leisir, based on Latin licere 'be allowed'.
Leisure is from Old French leisir, based on Latin licere 'be allowed'. The phrase a lady of leisure defining a woman who has lots of free time, dates only from the 1940s.
Palabras que riman con leisuremade-to-measure, measure, pleasure, treasure
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A Timeless Inn on the Beautiful St. Croix River!
On the scenic shores of the St. Croix River in the quaint town of Afton holds the charming Historic Afton House Inn. Built in 1867, this inn is infamous for it's fine dining and traditional lodging. With twenty-five rooms to select from, guests enjoy all the comforts of being at home. Rooms vary in amenities from jacauzzi tubs, ipod docking systems, fireplaces, and high speed internet. The perfect location for a romantic getaway, business meeting, weddings and everything inbetween. The beautiful Minnesota/Wisconsin boarder makes for a scenic tour riverboat cruise that are a guest favorite when staying at the Inn. Get your Midwest vacation started today at the Historic Afton House Inn.
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The Historic Afton House Inn offers two different unique wedding venues. The Pennington Room offers historic appeal and can seat 60, while the Wheel Room offers a more contemporary experience with room for 130. Allow the experienced wedding coordinators to help plan every little last detail to make your big day as stress-free as possible! No matter what you're looking for, Afton House can make it happen!
Stay at The Historic Afton House Inn and enjoy the natural beauty of the surrounding area. Perhaps most enjoyable is the beautiful St. Croix River. Chock full of fun places for a hike or an afternoon picnic, this great area charms all who get a chance to explore it!
When you stay at The Historic Afton House Inn, you'll be right on the edge of the beautiful St Croix River, which is perfect for a lazy afternoon of fishing! Whether you want to cast a line from shore, or rent a boat, no trip to The Historic Afton House Inn would be complete without it! Cast a line today!
Surprise your sweetheart with a romantic getaway to the Historic Afton House Inn. Wake up each morning refreshed and step onto your balcony that looks out over the sweeping St. Croix River. Indulge in the area's fine dining and plenty of wine as you stay and enjoy your sweethearts company. Inquire today!
The luxurious rooms keep all guests pleased and coming back year after year. Enjoy a room with a fireplace or jacuzzi to add to the luxury. When you stay at The Historic Afton House Inn, you know that you'll have only the finest accommodations—as has been the standard since the beginning in 1867!
As the name suggests, The Historical Afton House Inn has roots deeps within the Minnesota history. Built in 1867, come and see the timeless beauty the inn sports as well as the fabulous rushing St. Croix River. Learn about the rich history of the area, as well as that of the House itself. This is the place for an unforgettable getaway!
Spend your honeymoon in a location that's unique, and unlike anything you've ever experienced before. Spend your honeymoon at The Historic Afton House Inn. With luxurious accommodations and fine dining, plus plenty of great area activities, your honeymoon will be a time you'll never forget! The Historic Afton House Inn is the perfect way to begin your lives together.
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Experience the charm of an historic country inn when you stay at the Historic Afton House Inn. This Minnesota getaway overlooks the beautiful St. Croix River and features comfortable accommodations with whirlpool tubs and balconies. Unwind at their Wheel Room and indulge in delicious meals, take a cruise down the river, and much more!
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How Zen.
In the West, "Zen" is often thought to mean chill. Relaxed. It's a word that, these days, is used in marketing for yuppie spas and medicinal mary jane blends.
Truth is, Zen Roshis have, through the ages, been a**holes. They hit their sleepy meditating students on the shoulder with a stick. They scream and rant.
Aggression is not "Dharma." In fact, it's one of the three root poisons, in Buddhism, along with ignorance and attachment/craving. But, transmuted, the three poisons become the three amritas, or skillful means…and this enlightened fury does have its fourth-resort uses.
Watching Gordon Ramsay, here, I was reminded of a Zen Roshi. Gordon's role here, as with a sergeant in the military, is to call out mindlessness. Like in the military, the kitchen is a place where folks come together under pressure to get something done very quickly and precisely. The smallest errors or lapses in mindfulness spell the difference.
Now, I've never watched the show. I've only seen Gordon in one video, ever. So I can't and am not implying that he's enlightened.
But what I got out of these scenes of anger, for the most part, was humor. He's right, in every instance. Minus a little temper tantrumming, I'd say he's right on: calling out mindlessness and focusing his students on mindfulness.
Of course, I could only make it through the first 10 minutes:
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I'll add another voice requesting an easy way to specify alternative thumbnail image sizes!
I'll add another voice requesting an easy way to specify alternative thumbnail image sizes!
"So what I'd like to see is the option to create a 266x200, 400x532, or any other size I may want that one time thumbnail, instead of a certain fixed size. (Or at least the option to set the one size easily for my blog-the default is way too small I think.)"
I second this; but I'd love to make the thumbnails even smaller -- 25x25 at default. I want to use WP to make my gallery site run a bit smoother, and other than that snafu, it'd be perfect.
"I'll add another voice requesting an easy way to specify alternative thumbnail image sizes!"
Definitely agree with this. If we could set our own defaults, that'd be lovely. Maybe even allow for a default setting, and then 'on the fly' settings that apply only to the image they're set to?
I'd like to vote for a NO THUMB option as well since right now my ediotr can't tell the difference. Ack!
well, the thumbnail size selection is a feature i'd like to have, too.
Has anyone found a solution for this? The thumb-splint.diff fix is for a different problem altogether...
I would think most people would like to be able to select how big (or small) the thumnails WP creates will be.
I agree, the thumb size is too limitating. Is necessary an easy setting in some place.
I don't understand... how was it that they removed the 'specify your thumbnail' size feature from WordPress?
It was back in the upload section in WP 1.5. Also, how about putting back in the option to specify the file extensions I will allow uploading? I remember I was able to upload PDFs, and other stuff...
This is bugging me too. I want to be able to specify the true thumb size, not just HTML resize the thumbnail/main image. I am dabbling with PixGallery which claims to resize thumbs on the fly but it does not seem to be working.
This is ridiculus. I keep clicking on the use original option and it still it only sends a thumbnail to the editor. There has got to be a better way. How can I get a larger image to my postings? I can successfully link to original but I want a larger pic than a thumbnail in the post. I can stretch the image, but it distorts the picture. Can someone give me a better way. I am using 2.01.
I'm really surprised that in an otherwise well-put together piece of code there are such ridiculous things hard-coded into it, like thumbnail size and the rather pointless limitation on what size images it will create thumbnails for... this should be really, really easy to do.
http://trac.wordpress.org -- The developers always welcome code submissions!
If you have a maximum height and width you'd like, and want WP to ALWAYS make a thumbnail no matter how huge your image is, this code for inline-uploading.php seems to work:
add_post_meta($id, '_wp_attachment_metadata', $imagedata);
$maxthumbheight = 450;
$maxthumbwidth = 450;
if(($imagedata['width']>$maxthumbwidth) OR ($imagedata['height']>$maxthumbheight)) {
if($imagedata['width']>$imagedata['height']) {
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, $maxthumbwidth);
} else {
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, $maxthumbheight);
if ( $imagedata['width'] * $imagedata['height'] < 3 * 1024 * 1024 ) {
if ( $imagedata['width'] > 128 && $imagedata['width'] >= $imagedata['height'] * 4 / 3 )
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, 128);
elseif ( $imagedata['height'] > 96 )
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, 96);
if ( @file_exists($thumb) ) {
$newdata = $imagedata;
$newdata['thumb'] = basename($thumb);
update_post_meta($id, '_wp_attachment_metadata', $newdata, $imagedata);
} else {
$error = $thumb;
Basically you can set a maximum thumbnail size for both the height and the width, and it should figure out which of those is the longer edge in your image and constrain it to that. The only time it won't make a thumbnail is if the image is already smaller than the max thumbnail size itself.
It still isn't ideal (it is still hardcoded, but at least it is easier to change than it was before), but for me it seems to have done what I want in the short term... if I had any idea how the WP interface worked I'd try to make up something with some options, but I haven't develed into that level of things yet.
Any chance someone could copy and paste the whole code after these edits have been made
I can't get it to work, my thumbs remain the same size following these instructions.
Must be missing something or reading the instructions wrong. Grr :)
I kept getting a parse error when I tried to do the code like fastfission posted, but I was able to copy over the old code and it mostly works for me, although the max doesn't seem to work right... i set maxheight to 200, max width to 400, and it made a 400x265 thumbnail, which is obviously over the max height... maybe I'm missing something though... but it definitely better than those tiny things it was making...
Fastfissions solution worked for me, thanks.
I would just like to display the original and not a thumbnail - that seems to be the urgent question. I have tried the various mods to the file but to no avail. Is there any progress on this issue yet?
+1 for an image management plugin :)
Fast fission's suggestion worked for me too.
If you are just looking to hard code a max height/width for your thumbs, you can edit the portion that is meant to be commented out.
if ( $imagedata['width'] * $imagedata['height'] < 3 * 1024 * 1024 ) {
if ( $imagedata['width'] > 128 && $imagedata['width'] >= $imagedata['height'] * 4 / 3 )
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, 128);
elseif ( $imagedata['height'] > 96 )
$thumb = wp_create_thumbnail($file, 96);
Replacing the 128 (max width) or 96 (max height) with your personal preferences.
Saves the extra fiddling if you want standard sizes across your site. :)
Great support forums BTW
I just installed the plugin post_image and I realized that yes, indeed, the thumbnails are way too small. Is there any way to make an option on what size the thumbnail should be sized? It would be ever-so helpful to have this feature added.
How would you get inline-uploading.php to ALSO RESIZE the original/uploaded file when it is save? (not just the thumbnail)
Figured out how to resize the big imag after upload here: http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=1588&replies=8#post-9026
a plugin for this would be nice :)
Try ImageManager from http://soderlind.no.
Or if feeling adventurous, the beta of WindowsLiveWriter. http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!D85741BB5E0BE8AA!174.entry - download linked from there.
Note that the "raw" entry of graphics or maps will NOT VALIDATE unless you use the html option in the input window before uploading to whack the stuff MS seems to think is necessary....
Also note that WindowsLiveWriter is the single simplest option for any of this I have EVER used.
vkaryl, thanks for those links. ImageManager is just the kind of image plugin I was looking for. And I tried out WindowsLiveWriter, and it's so easy to use it's scary.
I also support to add the feature to change the default thumbnail size...
fastfission's code worked for me as well. thanks a million...seriously i had been trying to figure that out on my own for about an hour. excellent support forums here.
Please excuse my technical limitations, but I'm dying to change my thumbnail images to be normal size. I would like to try inserting the code Fast Fission recommended, but how do I go about editing the php file? Thanks!
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Economists React: September Tapering 'Still a Good Bet'
Economists and others weigh in on Wednesday's Federal Reserve statement.
–The FOMC statement is unchanged in terms of policy compared to the June 19 statement, but it addresses, briefly, two recent developments which have exercised investors and commentators. First, housing is now said to have "been strengthening", compared to the June view that it has "strengthened further", and the Fed notes that "mortgage rates have risen somewhat". This is not evidence of panic but rather a marker that developments in the market will now be watched even more closely than usual. Second, the FOMC acknowledges that "inflation persistently below its 2% objective could pose risks" to economic growth, though for now the base case is that it rebounds. In short, the data matter, but [September] tapering is still a good bet. –Ian Shepherdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics
–Watch and Wait: The post-meeting policy statement contained a few constructive aspects but they will go largely ignored by the growth bulls. First, moderate was replaced by modest in the description of the economy and inflation was highlighted as a risk to the Committee's forecast. [...]Our call remains that they should not taper until next year and if they do it will be reversed early next year. –Steven Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities
–The wording of today's FOMC announcement was consistent with Chairman Bernanke's semi-annual testimony delivered earlier in the month that underscored the data-dependent nature of the decision regarding the timing and speed of tapering QE. There also remained a word-for-word reiteration of policies already in place. –Joshua Shapiro, MFR Inc.
–Some subtle changes in the format of the ensuing policy statement and on balance it appears that the central bank has edged ever so slightly away from reducing bond purchases. However, when the FOMC last issued its statement it was what [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke said in the press conference that mattered. Today, there is no press conference and the sense that easy money is here to stay will likely permeate investor sentiment. –Andrew Wilkinson, Miller Tabak & Co.
–In today's statement, the Fed said: "To support continued progress toward maximum employment and price stability, the Committee expects today reaffirmed its view that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends and the economic recovery strengthens." The change from "expects" to "today reaffirmed its view" implies that the view will be changing. Today it reaffirmed its view, yes, but what about tomorrow? That's a concrete step (for the Fed) in the direction of changing its view. –Dan Greenhaus, BTIG
–There is nothing in the latest FOMC statement released today to suggest that Fed officials have changed their minds about starting to taper the monthly asset purchases in September. The new statement describes economic growth in the first half of this year as only "modest" whereas the previous statement in June described it as "moderate". Nevertheless, the new statement also explains that officials expect growth "will pick-up from its recent pace", presumably as the current fiscal squeeze begins to fade. –Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics
–On balance, a dovish statement that affirms consensus expectations for tapering in September while emhasizing a low for longer theme should be good for bonds, keep stocks holding around record highs, and be a modest negative for the USD. The statement may be a disappointment to those expecting the Fed to lay out an explicit timetable to tapering, and to those expecting the Fed to lay out explicit guidance on the rules of rate hikes. These were never reasonable expectations at this point. –Eric Green, TD Securities


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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:49 am
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we used it and it was fab - although my little wriggler never actually stayed completely swaddled, he wore himself out wriggling his arms out of the blanket lol, then fell asleep knackered!
Actually tho, definitely improved the duration of his sleeping, as he didn't startle himself awake hardly at all in the swaddler. Mind you, I think you need a degree in engineering to work out how to use the things!!
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:39 pm
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The miracle blanket really worked for my kids and even still my eldest who is 4 likes to be really tucked up at night.
There is some info on the eb site below on themiracle blanket and the benefits of swaddling.
Hope if you use it that you find it useful.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:09 am
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i think its great
cos my son was prem they use this in the hospital so we got taught how to do it so when he came home at 6 weeks old he was already use to it but he loved it


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College of Charleston (16-6, 7-1) hit .600 in the first set and .365 for the match as the Cougars rolled past the Bulldogs (6-11, 2-4) for yet another sweep at TD Arena, the third in a row for CofC. Charleston defense outdug S.C. State 36-26 and held the Bulldogs to just .195 hitting. Freshman Kari Fidelholtz set a new career high with 11 kills and a .625 hitting percentage. She also made two digs and two blocks. Classmate Grace Rebarchak also set new career highs in kills (7), attacks (16) and blocks (2). Sophomore Catey Warren recorded a career-high seven kills and two block assists.
Sophomore Lizzie Theesfeld paced CofC with 12 kills and six digs, while Kelly Kolich picked up eight kills and set a new career high with five aces, leading CofC to a new season-high nine team aces.
Sophomore Andi Zbojniewicz made the start at libero and dug 13 balls, tying her season-best performance. Starting setter Taeler Davis tallied 38 assists, her most for a three-set match this season.
S.C. State was led by Desire Waller and her 12 kills on 35 attempts. Waller also made four digs and two blocks. Elizabeth Webb made 10 digs and Alyse Lewis and Taylor Bailey each tallied three blocks.
College of Charleston went on a 10-0 run in the middle of the first set to explode an 11-8 lead into a 21-8 advantage. Kolich made two aces during the run and Fidelholtz tallied four kills. A kill from Warren gave the Cougars a 25-9 set victory. CofC hit .600 in the first set and held the Bulldogs to a .000 hitting percentage.
The Bulldogs proved far more ferocious in the second set, refusing to allow CofC to build a lead and keeping the set within a point or two the entire time. The second frame featured 12 ties and three lead changes as both teams hit under .300 and combined for 31 digs. The Cougars got to set point at 24-21 after a Rebarchak kill, but SCSU reeled off three straight points to tie it at 24. The Cougars took a 26-25 lead off a kill from Fidelholtz and Theesfeld ended it on the next point with a kill.
The final set more closely resembled the first frame as the Cougars used an 8-1 run to open a 20-11 lead and take control of the set. An attack error from Maya Bell ended the set at 25-13 CofC as the Cougars claimed the sweep.
College of Charleston will next travel to SoCon foes Appalachian State and Western Carolina this weekend. CofC plays the Mountaineers on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. and then faces the Catamounts on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.


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In an interview with ET Now, Raamdeo Agrawal, Director & Co-Founder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services talks about the strength of the market and the position of individual stocks like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries. Excerpts:
ET Now: If you look at the macro picture, it is tough. The environment is extremely challenging, earnings are fizzy, and most global brokerages have downgraded (India's) GDP estimates. However, the markets continue to hold on. What is working for us?


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State police said Sunday theyre seeking the publics help in locating Patrick Milliken, of Jericho.
Officials said the chase began around 5 p.m. Saturday when Detective Sgt. Todd Baxter attempted to stop Milliken for speeding in the village of Smugglers Notch.
After initially stopping, Milliken allegedly drove his car at a high speed at Baxters police cruiser before speeding off on Route 108, where he was observed passing cars and driving recklessly.
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Monday, August 22, 2005
Canadian Supreme Court ruling,CMA recent vote-is private care on the way in Canada?
Delegates at the Canadian Medical Association 's recent meeting voted to not reject the alternative of private care in Canada if waiting times are prohibitive. A recent CBC article describes various medical services already in Canada that seem more private than public including employer based health insurance that may provide ammenities outside of the benefits covered by the provencial plans. Canadians who can afford it sometimes also vote for private care. They vote when they buy insurance that will help pay for surgeries south of the border if the wait is too long. Many Canadian physicians also voted already when they left home and moved to the U.S. to practice pirvate medicine.
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Over the next 20 years, the aviation industry will face
a massive gap in staffing—617,000 pilots and 679,000 maintenance
technicians—putting even more pressure on the Air Force, which is already struggling to keep its own pilots, according to a new Boeing report.
The first Japanese F-35A took its maiden flight on Aug. 24 in Texas.
Germany is looking at different locations for its
Tornado aircraft and service members as a dispute between the country
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"Revolution" Ends, "TMNT/Batman:TAS" Begins in IDW's November 2016 Solicitations
Comic Books
In this feature, I spotlight comic book covers that follow a specific theme. Here is an archive of all the cover themes we've spotlighted so far.
You'd think with a superhero who has, as one of his biggest powers, super-strength, that he'd be lifting stuff all the time on covers, right?
Not really so, oddly enough, so it was actually difficult to put together this list of ten covers featuring Superman lifting weird stuff.
A lion….
A whale….
A Christmas…globe, I guess?…
A statue of Namrepus…
The key to the Fortress of Solitude…
The Superman logo….
A flying saucer…
Joseph Goebbels and the Liberty Bell?!?
The Daily Planet globe (happened a few times – this is probably the coolest looking one)…
And, finally, last but not least, Batman…
Did I miss any notable ones that you can think of?
This was the first one that came to mind…
And, really, it should have been obvious…lol…
I'm totally the one that dared them to print that imaginary epic of Superman's Perfect Crime.
Poor Myx. Unaware that his NAME isn't "Superman"!
The scariest thing he's lifting on any of these? That big head of "80's hair" on Man of Steel #28 (which is REALLY weird since I think its ACTUALLY from the mid 90s).
"Fort Superman"? Snicker.
I love how it's Superman's "first crime," and he jumps right to throwing one of his best friends off the top of a building. You couldn't have just tried a little shoplifting to test the waters, Kal-El? That's how we avoided a potential Winona Ryder killing spree a few years back…
It may not be weird, but it sure is notable: http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/action-comics/1-1.jpg
It occurs to me: If no one has ever exploited the orthography-bending potential (sorry, I mean laitnetop gnidneb-yhpargohtro) of a story pitting Zatanna against Mr. Mxyzptlk—well, someone really should.
Superman holding up the planet Krypton:
Lifting an elephant…
Note to The Mad Monkey–are you calling Lois–"Weird Stuff"?
Because the list is Superman lifting Weird Stuff
I do love the whale lifting. And Superman meets Suzie in the issue! Who could ask for anything more?
I love Shuster (and his ghosts) but man, drawing animals really wasn't his bag, huh? The size perspective on the whale alone is totally out of whack, that's gotta be the smallest whale ever.
Note to stephen cade:
One primate's weirdness is another's normalcy.
That aside…
The whole concept of Superman getting married is completely bizarre. Then, in a wonderful display of "super-dickery", he hoists his bride into the air for all to see (including his enemies). Way to keep your identity secret and protect the life of the Earth woman you are supposed to love, Supes. How is this not weird?
The logo one is horrendous, he looks like Leo Sayer or something.
I don't understand, how is looking like Leo Sayer a bad thing?
Hang on, hang on, hang on…
Curt Swan month?
Tell me more.
Surprised no one has mentioned COIE #7.
A dead cousin is kinda weird.
What? I lift each of those things at least once a week. That's not weird, right? Right?
that was entertaining.
I'm not going to look at it again b/c it hurt my eyes… but whoever drew that cover of the marriage thing… man… that's awful.
Of course, now I want to read a comic in which Superman beats the hell out of Goebbels with the Liberty Bell.
That really doesn't look a good way to lift a whale. Looks sort of painful (for the whale, not Superman).
You gotta love the look on the whale's face, too.
Murdering Batman is the perfect crime? Hmm. Fun, yes. Perfect? Naw.
IIRC, the Action#68 whale cover was by Jack Burnley
Ah, yes. The perfect crime. Oh, except for the people on the ground watching as Superman hurls Batman to his death. Well thought out, Kal-El.
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This 1980's Camper Thinks It's an S.U.V.
By CHRIS DIXON
Published: July 18, 2003
BOUNDING and bouncing through the dusty backcountry of the Hollister Hills in central California, Ron Lussier demonstrated a rugged bravado that would do the steeliest off-roader proud. "You know," he said, "roads like this are really the only valid reason for owning a Humvee. They're completely silly in cities or even driving down the freeway. But get back here in one, and you can have some serious fun."
After easily clearing a three-foot berm on Bonanza Gulch Road, Mr. Lussier headed for an alarmingly steep route, marked by a sign with a single black diamond, indicating a particularly tough off-road drive. Not convinced that his vehicle would make the ascent, I climbed out of the passenger seat and clambered up the road, occasionally on hands and knees, to watch his attempt. He released his clutch and lurched upward. Four knobby tires clawed the ground, and in about 20 seconds he made it, leaving several hooting onlookers, including me, astounded. Mr. Lussier was not driving a Hummer; he was in a 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Syncro camper.
That's right: camper. After this grueling backcountry jaunt, the Syncro converted into a well-equipped R.V. — a trick no Hummer has ever mastered. And Mr. Lussier, a photographer from San Francisco, settled in for the night.
Produced in Germany and sold in America from 1986 to 1991, the Syncro Vanagon, a four-wheel-drive version of the standard, boxy 1980's Vanagon, is now exceedingly rare, and rarer still are the camper models — the fully outfitted pop-top version made by Westfalia in Germany and the hardwood-trimmed models modified by Adventurewagen or Country Homes in the United States. The Syncro has a military-inspired undercarriage and a jacked-up drive train with a special gear for climbing hills; on the camper models attachments fold out, slide out and pop up to create sleeping space.
More than 50 Syncro owners, who had largely met through Syncro.org or an Internet mailing list, gathered a few weeks ago in an oak-shaded campground in the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area to compare notes and put their vans through the paces on challenging and beautiful backcountry roads. The vans are an anomaly amid the Jeeps, Land Rovers and four-wheel-drive pickup trucks that usually ride this terrain. "People do get pretty surprised when they see us back here," Mr. Lussier said as he rolled back into camp after our white-knuckle ride.
No one, not even Volkswagen, seems to know for sure, but hard-core Syncronauts estimate that only about 5,000 Syncros — 1,500 campers and 3,500 passenger vans — were sold in the United States. Well-preserved camper models now sell for almost their original sticker price of around $18,000 and are appreciating in value.
The couple — a married former Roman Catholic priest and a former nun — who sold Mr. Lussier his Syncro told him they had driven it from California to Alaska, where they lived in it. Mr. Lussier once shipped it to Venezuela and drove it through Brazil. Now, with upgraded shocks, wheels and a gleaming paint job, it is in superb condition. "I don't believe in mollycoddling it," he said. "You've got to use it. Otherwise, what's the point in having it?"
Brian Smith, 44, of Oceanside, Calif., has a 1987 Syncro camper that he has customized with a microwave, toaster oven, camp heater and external generator. "I swear to God if someone offered me $50,000 for this car," he said, "I wouldn't sell it." He added: "I drove it down to Tulúm in the Yucatán and camped right on the beach. I went through Chiapas and saw the waterfalls and rain forests. You can go and camp 10 feet from the water, completely self-contained."
These Syncro enthusiasts were preaching to the converted. Last year I purchased my own 1986 Syncro camper, paying $12,000 to a family in Los Angeles who had named it Cecilia. For me, Cecilia represented the ultimate journalist's tool. In it, I could get nearly anywhere to cover a story, and I wouldn't need a hotel. I could fix a cup of hot coffee, plug in a power inverter to run my cellphone-connected laptop and type away.
Of course, there was also the promise of camping adventures with my wife, Quinn, which we have pursued with abandon across California's outback. And like many other Syncro converts, we soon began to wonder why there weren't more of these versatile vehicles on the roads.
As Christian Bokich, a brand marketing strategist at Volkswagen, and Thomas Niksch, a mechanical engineer who runs a German Syncro enthusiasts' Web site (www.syncro16.de), tell the story, the Syncro was both behind and ahead of its time. At $18,000, the camper model was expensive for 1986, yet it had only a 90-horsepower engine, better suited to a Beetle than a 4,000-pound van. It was complicated to manufacture, and Volkswagen was concentrating at that time on building a new minivan. The company was loath even to promote the Syncro, though magazines like Car and Driver gave it glowing reviews.
"I've had a lot of contact with managers from that time," Mr. Bokich said. "They said that the biggest challenge was that people weren't getting the message about the Syncro."


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Club Watch: Rob Duguay at Jazz Standard
July 29, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Live Music, Places and Spaces
Many nights at Jazz Standard, Rob Duguay greets you at the door. But Tuesday night, he took the stage with his own fine band Songevity - Abraham Burton and Noah Preminger contrasting on tenor saxes, Justin Kauflin on piano, Rob on bass and more, Nadav Snir-Zelniker on drums. Yvonne Simone sang, Alex Cowings tapped and clapped, and Fran Kaufman snapped the photos. Packed house, great vibes, new faces.
Heath Brothers: Live At The Village Vanguard
July 6, 2011. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, live at the village vanguard, Live Music, Live Music Blogging, Video
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A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln at the Kennedy Center
May 23, 2011. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: abbey lincoln, cassandra wilson, concerts, dee dee bridgewater, dianne reeves, Jazz Alive, JazzSet, Live Music, Terri Lyne Carrington
UPDATE: Read the review from The Washington Post here. Critic Mike Joyce tells you about THE BAND! And there's a good photo. BP
On Friday night at the Mary Lou Williams Festival in Washington, DC, four daughters of Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010) opened her songbook together, for the first time.
This was a dynamic concert, and generous too. More than five hundred people in the Terrace Theater concentrated on the artists onstage concentrating on words and music that came from Abbey Lincoln's own concentration. We felt the loss of her, and newly appreciated the gift she left us.
Newark, NJ: An "Organ Town" for Over 50 Years
April 7, 2011. Posted by Alex Rodriguez.Add new comment | Filed under: Birthdays, Live Music, Masters, Members, WBGO Community Events
Recently, WBGO has had the good fortune of acquiring an excellent Hammond C-3 organ (pictured below) that now sits in our studio. On Saturday, the acclaimed organist Dr. Lonnie Smith will make an appearance with his organ trio (featuring drummer Jamire Williams and guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg) to give it a whirl -- and as it turns out, this performance will be part of a long history of the jazz organ entertaining Newark audiences. Read more
JAM Fest 2011: William Paterson University Sextet
April 6, 2011. Posted by Simon Rentner.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Live Music
Host Michael Bourne showcases the William Paterson University Sextet live in WBGO's performance studio. Listen to the full set below!
William Paterson University Jazz Sextet dir. by Mulgrew Miller and David Demsey
Kevin Sanchez, (Ridgefield, NJ) alto saxophone
Caleb Curtis, (Ann Arbor, MI) tenor saxophone
Billy Test, (State College, PA) piano
Brian Messenger, (Prescott, AZ) guitar
Bill Thoman, (Ridgewood, NJ) bass
Arthur Vint, (Tucson, AZ) drums
Set list
1)"Three and One" (Thad Jones)
Interview with David and Mulgrew
2)"Alter Ego" (James Williams)
Interview with Caleb Curtis
3)"My Ideal" (Lee Robin, Newel Chase, Richard Whiting)
4)"Samba No Choro" (Billy Test)
Interview with Billy Test
5)"Eternal Triangle" (Dizzy Gillespie)
6)"Mean What You Say" (Thad Jones)


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Q:COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is the same as adult-onset asthma. True or False?
A:False. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is comprised primarily of three related conditions: 1) chronic bronchitis, 2) chronic asthma, and 3) emphysema. With each of these three conditions there is a chronic obstruction of air flow through the airways and out of the lungs. The obstruction generally is permanent and may progress over time.
Q:COPD is almost always caused by what?
A:Smoking. In the United States, tobacco use, especially smoking, is a key factor in the development and progression of COPD, but asthma, exposure to air pollutants in the home and workplace, genetic factors, and respiratory infections also play a role in the development of COPD. In less developed parts of the world, indoor air quality is thought to play a larger role in the development and progression of COPD than it does in the United States.
Q:Out of 100 smokers, how many will likely develop COPD?
A:15. Out of 100 smokers, about 15 of them will develop COPD. Cigarette smoking and tobacco use account for as much as 90% of the risk for the development of COPD.
Q:How long does it take smokers to experience symptoms of COPD?
A:People usually experience COPD symptoms after smoking for more than 20 years. Most people with COPD have smoked at least 10 to 20 cigarettes per day for 20 or more years before experiencing any symptoms. Thus, COPD is typically not diagnosed until the fifth decade of life (in people aged 40 to 49 years).
Q:Medically speaking, breathlessness or being short of breath is called what?
A:Medically speaking, breathlessness or shortness of breath is called dyspnea.
Q:Cyanosis is also a symptom of COPD. True or False?
A:True. In addition to shortness of breath, cyanosis is also a symptom of COPD. Cyanosis refers to a condition where the skin begins to look bluish in color due to insufficient oxygen in the blood. In addition to dyspnea (breathlessness) and cyanosis, other symptoms of COPD are wheezing, chronic cough, and frequent respiratory infections.
Q:How many American adults have COPD?
A:About 12 million American adults are estimated to have COPD, and about 120,000 die from it every year.
Q:Is it possible to have both asthma and COPD?
A:Yes. It is possible to have both COPD and asthma, and the diseases share several characteristics. Many people with COPD also suffer from asthma, but most people with asthma do not have COPD.
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A:True. People with COPD burn more calories.
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A:True. Because the flu can cause serious problems, people with COPD should get flu shots every year. People with COPD are also at greater risk for pneumococcal disease, including pneumonia. People with COPD should talk to a health care professional about getting the pneumococcal "pneumonia" vaccine.
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Queens Man Charged With Stealing Fed's Software
By Michael S. Derby
A Queens man working as a contractor at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been charged with stealing financial accounting software, government prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigations said.
Bo Zhang, 32 years old, was charged Wednesday with stealing a software called the Government-wide Accounting and Reporting Program from the New York Fed. In a statement, the U.S. Attorney said Zhang was working at the Fed as a contractor developing the program's code.
The government complaint said Zhang admitted last July to copying the software onto his personal computer equipment and alleged that Zhang said he used the software "in connection with a private business he ran training individuals in computer programming."
The software Zhang is accused of stealing is used by the New York Fed and the Treasury Department to track government finances. The New York Fed is responsible for administering the software, and the complaint says access to the code is highly restricted.
Zhang faces a maximum of 10 years in jail and substantial fines.
A New York Fed spokesman said the bank "discovered this issue and immediately started an investigation." He added, "The New York Fed is confident that the issue was identified and addressed early" and had "further strengthened its already considerable protections" in response to the incident.


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Callaway Greens
Callaway Greens is one of the exclusive subdivisions that comprise the beautiful community of Gateway Country Club. Callaway Greens is located on the prestigious golf course designed by the famous Tom Fazio. The subdivision offers an excellent view of the golf course, glimmering water views, and a combination of both views for its residents. The homes in Callaway Greens subdivision was developed by Bay Colony Gateway, Inc. in the late 1990's. The quarterly payment for the HOA in Callaway Greens is approximately $878. The HOA payment covers access to private club membership, lawn maintenance, security patrols, community restaurant, and a manned guardhouse.
Champions Green
Champions Green is one of the subdivisions within Gateway Country Club. Champions Green is composed of 2-story coach homes that are situated alongside the 10th hole of the magnificent golf course designed by Tom Fazio. The units offer a wonderful view of the lake and the golf course for its owners. Every 2-story buildings can accommodate 8 residences and each of the residence has their own car garage. Champions Green Development Company is the one that developed this subdivision in the early 1990's. The quarterly payment for the HOA is about $1,400, which covers for the security patrols, manned guardhouse, access to private club membership, exterior pest control, cable, community restaurant, and lawn maintenance.
Cottages at Gateway Greens
Cottages at Gateway Greens is a subdivision that can be found within the exclusive, master-planned community of Gateway Country Club in Fort Myers, Florida. Cottages at Gateway Greens is a subdivision that features well-designed detached villas. The residents of this subdivision enjoy the wonderful view of the professionally designed golf course and the serene blue-green water lakes. The subdivision was built in the early 1990's and requires an HOA payment which is collected quarterly. The HOA payment is required to cover for various access, maintenance, and security services such as lawn maintenance, manned guardhouse, access to private club membership, community restaurant, irrigation, and security patrols.
Cypress Links
Cypress Links is a private subdivision that is composed of custom-built single family homes. This gated subdivision can be found within bigger community of Gateway Country Club in Fort Myers. Cypress Links at Gateway Country Club provides its residents with a pleasant view of the beautiful golf course, relaxing lake views, nature preserve, or a combination of the views. There are many amenities present within the community and residents of Cypress Links have access to all the available amenities. The quarterly payment for the HOA is $375. The payment is used for the security patrols, community restaurant, cable, access to private club membership and manned guardhouse.
Hampton Greens
Hampton Greens is an exclusive subdivision that is within the bigger well-planned community of Gateway Country Club. Hampton Greens is a gated subdivision that features an extraordinary view of the golf course. This subdivision features beautiful single family estate homes that are situated along the golf course. The homes offer 4 to 5 bedrooms and the size ranges from 2,600 square feet up to more than 3,900 square feet. The HOA fee is around $325, which is needed to be paid quarterly. The HOA fees is needed to cover the security patrols, manned guard house, access to private club membership, cable and community restaurant.
Lakeview at Summerwind
Lakewind at Summerwind is a condo subdivision that can be found within the master-planned community of Gateway Country Club. Lakewind at Summerwind neighborhood provides its residents with a gorgeous view of the lake and of the professional golf course. Gateway Country Club has a guardhouse at its gate but the subdivision has its own additional gated entrance. The residents of the subdivision needs to pay a HOA fee quarterly which approximately $1125. The HOA fee paid by Lakewind at Summerwind residents is used to cover the lawn maintenance, security patrol, manned guardhouse, exterior pest control, community restaurant, trash removal, and irrigation.
Mahogany Isle
Mahogany Isle is one of the subdivisions that made up Gateway Country Club. It is a gated subdivision that is comprised of well-designed single-family homes. Residents of Mahogany Isle enjoy the serene and relaxing view of the sparkling lake. The single-family homes feature an average of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and have an average size of approximately 3,000 square feet. Residents of Mahogany Isle need to pay the HOA fee quarterly, which is approximately $325. The HOA payment is essential to cover up for various services which include the cable, security patrols, community restaurant, access to private club membership, and manned guard house.
Mahogany Run
Mahogany Run is a private subdivision composed of single-family homes. Mahogany Run subdivision is a part of the master-planned community of Gateway Country Club. Aside from the gated entrance of Gateway Country Club, there is also a gated entrance for the residents of Mahogany Run subdivision. Residents of Mahogany Run enjoy the view of the well-developed landscaped areas. The single-family homes feature an average of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and sizes ranging from 1,981 square feet up to more than 2,300 square feet. The HOA fee that needs to be paid quarterly is around $325 and is used to cover the payments for the manned guard house, community restaurant, security patrols, and access to private club membership.


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Doctor works to send back pain packing. - Posted Joanne Wojcik
Back injuries often are cited as the most common reason for absenteeism in the general workforce after the common cold. In fact, back disorders account for nearly one-quarter of all occupational injuries and illnesses involving lost time from work, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Acknowledging this risk, human resource executives, risk managers and workers compensation managers often implement back injury prevention programs that teach their workers how to lift and recognize their limitations so they don't injure themselves by carrying too heavy a load.
Unfortunately, similar training is not directed toward school children, who are experiencing a rise in back injuries and musculoskeletal disorders caused by the weight of their book-laden backpacks. Among the injuries increasingly being diagnosed are herniated discs, degenerative osteoarthritis, migraine headaches and scoliosis.
Experts recommend that a child carry no more than 15% of his or her body weight. That means anything more than 7 pounds is too heavy for the average 7-year-old, who averages 50 pounds. Even a 130-pound student should shoulder no more than 19 pounds, experts say.
Dr. Winn Sams, a chiropractic physician who practices near Charlotte, N.C., has begun a crusade to address childhood backpack injuries after witnessing firsthand this burgeoning phenomenon.
"From a chiropractic standpoint, we see 16-year-olds with herniated discs and all kinds of postures you don't usually see until much later in life," she says. In addition, scoliosis is becoming rampant, and degenerative conditions that usually are found in older adults routinely are being diagnosed in young children and teenagers.
Dr. Sams has created a website, www.bacsupport.com, to bring this issue to the forefront and is lobbying her state's lawmakers to enact legislation that would encourage the use of digital textbooks, which can be downloaded onto lightweight tablet computers like Kindle or iPad. Not only would this reduce back strain among children and teens, it also could save school districts money. Digital editions are cheaper than print copies of books and are more environmentally friendly, lowering disposal and recycling costs.
"Digital textbooks are a far more efficient and far-reaching alternative choice," Dr. Sams says. "Some schools are already using digital textbooks and are having phenomenal results."
California introduced an initiative last fall to replace high school math and science textbooks with digital editions.
In addition to lifting this weight from California students' shoulders, the move could improve the quality of their education. With electronic textbooks, updates can be downloaded as they occur.
The move to digital textbooks should save the cash-strapped Golden State hundreds of millions in tax dollars, too. While the average printed textbook costs between $70 and $100, digital textbooks cost only a fraction of that amount. Some are even free.
In signing the legislation, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger estimated that California schools would save between $300 million and $400 million this school year by switching from print to digital textbooks.
Aside from education, imagine the potential reduction in health care costs if only our nation's future workforce had access to this simple—and logical—loss prevention strategy.
As Dr. Sams warns: "You're opening our kids up to a lot of irreversible damage unless you take the insult away from the injury and take the backpack away."
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We are accustomed to "puzzles" which have a definite WIN as the objective.
But chess is often a matter of gaining small advantages which may eventually result in a win or avoid a loss. In this case white was down a pawn and maybe a little more since the paired bishops are often stronger than one bishop and a knight. Seeing and taking the opportunity to reverse the opponent's advantage is good chess. Thanks for the lesson, daily puzzle.
A puzzle with something other than checkmate as the focus. fun.
To all those who feel that Qe8 is a good move, please look at the resulting moves which would give black a clear advantage. Whites pieces are tied down somewhat defensively but this would open up the game for black.
nice one ..
what this is?
What is wrong with bishop to e8???
Too easy.
Queen fork... good day; bonne journée.
Let us know if were not looking for mate please
I believe that 1. ... Bf8 was something of a blunder by black. I think black's best response would have been 1. ... Bxf3, forcing 2. gxf3 (because it threatens ... Qxe2+), THEN saving his black-squares bishop with ... Bf8. Black has then gained another pawn in exchange for his bishop and seriously damaged the defenses around the white king.
After 1. ... Bxf3, white COULD attack with 2.Qe8, postponing the capture of the white-square Bishop another move, but the results would be the same.
I like Qe8, which also wins a bishop. It seems equally effective.
How many more people are going to ask about E8 without reading the preceding comments?
I say 7. Do I hear 7? Okay, from Canada, I have 7. Do I hear 8? 8? 8? Come on. Okay, there from Nepal. I've got 8. 9. Do I have 9? 9? 9? Okay, there from the U.S. I've got 9. Waiting on 10. Surely someone else is going to ask about E8. Waiting... Waiting...
a little boring to be honest. not saying its easy or whatever but at the end the climax was left wanted. It should be more like BANG, BETTER RESIGN MF! This was more like here; have an annoying day. XD
Is it possible that there are still good openings that remain unexplored?
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KID as Black.
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Beating an arch-opponent in a cool opening
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tactics rating?
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Weirdest Opening Ever!!!
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Pepsi Hopes King of Pop Can Add Pop to Sales
By Paul Ziobro and Ben Fox Rubin
PepsiCo is once again turning to the King Of Pop to add to sales of its flagship cola.
Pepsi is partnering with Michael Jackson's estate to use the deceased music icon's image in a global Pepsi marketing campaign. Pepsi has used a Jackson tie-in several times in the past, but the move shows just how closely Pepsi is aligning its flagship drink with music to help spur sales of soda, the area of Pepsi's portfolio that investors are most eager to show a spark.
The Jackson campaign will first focus on two key markets — the US and China — with both markets expected this month to sell limited edition cans featuring Jackson's image. Pespi hopes to expand the campaign to 20 additional markets in Asia, South America and Europe throughout the rest of the year.
Pepsi first partnered with Jackson in the early 1980s in a then-record $5 million sponsorship deal that became a benchmark for integrated marketing campaigns and paved the way for celebrity pitchmen. The campaign gained notoriety when Jackson's hair caught fire from pyrotechnics during a commercial shoot at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1984. Pepsi paid Jackson $1.5 million following the incident.
"We are thrilled to bring Michael and Pepsi back together, as they were in 1988, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 'Bad' album and tour and to put Michael on one billion Pepsi cans," said John Branca and John McClain, co-executors of the Estate of Michael Jackson.
Pepsi had been seeing double-digit sales increases over the past two years, helped by acquisitions and growth in emerging markets, but its bottom line has been stung by higher commodity costs.
Last week, the company said its first-quarter earnings fell 1.4% on higher costs as revenue growth slowed and sales from Americas beverages continued to slide.
PepsiCo shares recently edged up 0.1% to $66.91. The stock is up about 1% this year.


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Take Another Little Piece of My Heart, Now, Baby
4/17/2014 4:30 AM PDT, by Sarah Taylor
"We joked about [a reunion back] then: 'What's gonna happen if we do the reunion movie? Jen's dead'. 'Well, she'll be in heaven narrating the whole story'. But ultimately, I don't want to see it. I want it to be that little piece of the '90s that's forever in its proper place. And it was a complete story: I know how everyone ended up because of the five-year push in the finale. I love that there are so many people out there that would love to see a reunion. I love that it has a life that has gone on and on beyond its initial run. But I like how we ended it."
--"Dawson's Creek" creator Kevin Williamson on the horror that is never having an opportunity to experience a "Dawson's Creek" reunion in our lives, living solely on the bread rendered from the one and only series finale back in 2003. HOW CAN WE EVEN GO ON AS A MODERN CIVILIZATION?
Anyone else feel the compulsion to go ahead and dust off the old Netflix so they can rewatch the whole entire series all over again, for -- what -- the 3rd or 4th time now?
This is sad news, guys. Honorable, of course, that Kevin and company refuses to exploit another '90s treasure solely for monetary gain, but it's still somewhat like dangling that damn hot dog in front of your animal -- with no intentions of giving it to him -- and expecting him not to salivate to flood the floors.
Sad, sad news.
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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, United States' Charlie Davies, left, controls the ball as teammate Stuart Holden looks on during a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match against Grenada at Qwest Field in Seattle. Davies, sidelined since a accident last October, was omitted from the United States World Cup soccer training camp, US Soccer announced on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)


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ESCONDIDO – Step inside the work boots of Fire Capt. Ken Slaven.
Lifeguard facility plan draws fire
Mounting opposition against a proposed La Jolla Shores lifeguard facility might delay the project.
Mind, body and spirit connection catching on
It's one thing to hear about the mind-body-spirit connection from physician and best-selling author Dr. Larry Dossey, whose books, including "Healing Beyond the Body" and "Reinventing Medicine," explore the link between physical health and spiritual awareness.
Looking for look-alikes for fair's celebration of Seuss
DEL MAR – Those great big blue eyes. That cute little nose. The tiny freckles running from her apple cheekbones to near her dainty toes.
Photo: April showers
More at stake than Iraq, French diplomat says
In the balance in the Iraqi conflict is something greater than that country's future: the relationship of the Muslim world to other nations, the French ambassador to the United States told a San Diego audience last week.
Escondido fee increases to go before council
ESCONDIDO – The city wants to make up a projected $2.6 million budget shortfall next fiscal year by dipping into reserves and raising certain fees to the public.
Driver of van killed on I-15 when he hits truck
ESCONDIDO – The driver of a van was killed after smashing into the rear of a delivery truck early yesterday.
College board to get peek at plan for lecture building
OCEANSIDE – The construction bug has a firm grip on MiraCosta College.
3 arrested, arrested; counterfeit cash seized
U.S. Secret Service agents have arrested three people and confiscated at least $30,000 in counterfeit cash.
Volunteers to help restore state parks
Volunteers are needed to help clean up and restore state parks Saturday for the California State Parks Foundation's Earth Day 2004 Restoration & Cleanup.
The way we were
SOLANA BEACH – Bill Jack came out of retirement in the late 1940s to establish the Bill Jack Scientific Instrument Co.
Crime watch
OCEANSIDE – U.S. Secret Service agents have arrested three people and confiscated at least $30,000 in counterfeit cash.
April showers come in hard
Yesterday began with tennis matches and bike riding under carefree sunny skies in parts of the county, and it became a day of traffic accidents and soaked pedestrians traveling under fussy dark skies that dumped sometimes heavy rain.
3 S.D. projects get $11.3 million to develop affordable homes
In the past four months, the San Diego City Council has lent $11.3 million from an affordable-housing fund to help provide homes to poor individuals and families.
Pt. Loma Nazarene debaters champs
Hard work, solid coaching and dedicated teammates earned Point Loma Nazarene University the national championship of college-level debating a year ago.
City offers to shred tax files at landfill
San Diegans can take tax files they intend to throw away to a recycling center, where the papers will be shredded.
North County business briefs
OCEANSIDE – Wal-Mart has opened a new store just south of state Route 78 at College Boulevard.
Lofty limo
CARLSBAD – Sitting in the back of her company's Learjet at McClellan-Palomar Airport, Tara Hollier tried to think of an analogy for her air charter business. She started with "taxi cab in the air" but then stopped to correct herself.
Q&A: Jason Ventetuolo
Jason Ventetuolo is the owner of Fitness Together, a personal training studio in Del Mar. Ventetuolo worked as a restaurant manager before starting his own business about two years ago.
Fire notes
The American flag is once again flying at Nancy Jane Park in Crest.
MS support group members help each other cope
VISTA – For Jo MacDiarmid, the pain goes away when she laughs. It also helps to talk with others.
Vista Spotlight
The City of Vista presents Avo Follies 2004 Edition, a variety show featuring singing, dancing and the swing/jazz music of the big band era played by Murray Davison and the North County All Stars.
'Good Morning America's' Best Garden on view
ELFIN FOREST – When hundreds of curious gardeners knocked on Evelyn Alemanni's door to get a glimpse of her award-winning garden, she told them to come back in the spring when her garden would be in full bloom.
Residents play role of police in exercise
Strapping on a fake gun, Dale Ward got behind the wheel of a black-and-white police cruiser and stopped a motorist for a traffic infraction.
San Marcos Spotlight
San Marcos High School students will present a musical revue called "Knights on Broadway Revisited" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Friday at the school's Little Theater.
Artist's antique-looking pots a modern craze
Guy Wolff never anticipated international success. Though he was the son of a prestigious artist, he chose the life of a potter.
Karate's kicks
RANCHO PENASQUITOS – Gakuji Tozaki traveled to Japan with a heavy heart. The 12-year-old Mesa Verde Middle School student had trained for months leading up to the Japan/USA Goodwill Karate Championships two weeks ago.
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Brad S. Shuder
Lance Cpl. Brad S. Shuder had a flair for whipping up gourmet meals without a recipe, a talent that would serve his Marine regiment well in war-torn Iraq.
John T. Sims Jr.
CAMP PENDLETON – Lance Cpl. John T. Sims Jr. "was born to be a Marine," his mother said.
Joseph P. Berk
Joseph P. Berk was so captivated by the sound of a great voice reading a great children's book that when several major recording labels rejected his idea, he went about making the recordings himself.
Nathan Heard
Author Nathan Heard, whose five novels drew from his experiences in prison and on the tough streets of Newark, N.J., has died at the age of 67.
Lamond Mills
Lamond Mills, a Colorado River Commission member and former U.S. attorney for Nevada, died March 26 of cancer at home in Las Vegas. He was 62.
John Gorman, 66; photos documented Pueblo crew's homecoming
John Gorman was on leave from the Navy when the biggest event of his photojournalism career called him back.
George Heard Hamilton
George Heard Hamilton, an authority on modern art who trained art historians and museum curators, died March 29 at a nursing home in Williamstown, Mass., his son, Richard, said.
Jerome M. Nemiro
Jerome M. Nemiro, the former president of the Bullocks Wilshire department stores and preserver of the art deco building in Los Angeles where the retail chain began, has died.
Claus Josef Riedel
Claus Josef Riedel, the former president of Riedel Crystal and one of the first in his age-old craft to realize that the design of a wine glass could alter the perception of how its contents tasted, died in Genoa, Italy, on March 17.
Frank A. Sieverts
Frank A. Sieverts, a specialist in refugee and relief issues at the State Department for 25 years and later as an executive in the Washington office of the International Committee of the Red Cross, died March 31.
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Restructuring Experts: Recession Didn't Improve Corporate Governance
The Great Recession taught businesses some valuable lessons, but restructuring experts don't think companies learned enough about changing their corporate governance practices, according to a new survey.
In its 2013 Outlook Survey of restructuring experts, advisory firm AlixPartners said slightly less than half of the 98 professionals questioned believe corporate governance is better now than it was before the recession.
Corporate governance breakdowns have indeed been a major factor in several bankruptcies of the past few years, including the collapse of MF Global Holdings and the massive fraud at Peregrine Financial Group Inc.
Despite those events, more than two-thirds of the restructuring professionals who think corporate governance is worse said it was because of liquidity oversight.
"I think it should be unsettling for managements, boards and other corporate stakeholders that professional restructuring experts do not believe that corporate governance has materially improved," said Peter Fitzsimmons, co-head of AlixPartners' Restructuring Services arm and the firm's Americas president.
When asked which sectors might face increases in distressed situations, the restructuring gurus picked industries facing scrutiny in Washington. Forty-one percent of those surveyed picked health care, up from just 20% last year. The restructuring experts also expect an uptick in distressed situations at energy companies, along with aerospace and defense.
For the most part, the rest of the survey, conducted in early January, reflects the expectation of a status quo in the restructuring world. Half the participants think the corporate default rate will stay the same in 2013 compared to 2012, while 99% think interest rates will either remain at their current historic lows or creep up less than 2%.
Participants in the survey, which AlixPartners called "high-level" attorneys, investment bankers and fund managers, continue to think that companies owned by private equity firms will default at a higher rate than their public counterparts.
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Canadian Police MASQUERADING as PROTESTERS INCITING VIOLENCE.
Who here thinks they acted on their own or where they coerced? Possibly disinformation by corrupted individuals in the unit that lead them to believe they were doing a favor to their country.
Protesters are terrorists, they smoke pot, download music and think for themselves. All clear signs of terrorism.
We want obedient alcoholics that listen only to approved down loadable drivel and believe everything the government and it's tool, mainstream media, tells them to believe.
Drink more beer, eat more McShit and think less you chemically neutered stooges.
Fascism is fun, corruption is cool, school taught me everything I know. Sit down, shut up, listen, take orders, enlist, kill those people over there. Here take this big paycheck now feel guilty that you have everything and the slaves you are killing have nothing. Go insane with self loathing and guilt, keep killing them to eliminate the source of your shame and guilt.
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|An Ethnography Study of Nurses' Cancer Pain Management in Sri Lanka
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|Cancer pain is a serious problem that requires specialised nursing knowledge to manage. This ethnography study explored the experiences and practices of cancer pain management among nurses at the Cancer Hospital, Sri Lanka. Data were collected at the Cancer Hospital in Sri Lanka during October 2007 to January 2008. Data consisted of participant observation of nursing practice in a cancer ward, semistructured interviews with 10 participants and researcher diary. Analysis of data was undertaken with Richard's (2005) method of handling qualitative data and consisted of coding data initially and an integrative process to develop categories. Findings identified Sri Lankan nurses have minimum cancer pain management practice because of a lack of resources, large number of patients to care for, shortage of nurses and unbearable workload in this hospital setting. Additionally the nurses are powerless as they have no autonomy in practice as well as no prospects of career promotion. They are stuck in a task oriented system that rarely acknowledges cancer patients' pain management needs. It is anticipated that this study may lead to improve nursing pain management for cancer patients as well as curriculum change in nursing courses in Sri Lanka. Nursing curriculum change is required to include cancer pain management education as well as care of acute and palliative cancer patients. Additionally, the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka needs to acknowledge the importance of palliative care service as well as pain management service and a recommendation is made to implement policies at the Cancer Hospital addressing these areas.
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The Bohemia Track Club, founded in 1976, is the largest and most active running club on the south shore of Suffolk County, Long Island, and offers a variety of activities to both the recreational and competitive runner. You don't have to be a competitive runner to be a member of the BTC. We welcome all runners, joggers and walkers of all ages and abilities. The only requirement is that you be involved with running or walking in some aspect and want to connect with others with the same interests.
The blue and white Bohemia Track Club shirts can be seen far and wide. Many of our members can be seen in the front of the pack, others can be seen in the middle of the pack running their hearts out or just enjoying the experience. Still others are in the back huffing and puffing, laughing and wondering why they are there. Our members vary in age from the 20 somethings to the 70 somethings. Regardless, Bohemia members support each other. The important thing is that we enjoy the running experience. So, if you see one of our shirts, or our banner come say hello!
Club meetings take place on the third Wednesday of September, November, March and May at 8:00 PM. There is a brief business meeting that is followed by a guest speaker. The meetings are held at the Bohemia Recreation Center on Ruzicka Way which is off of Smithtown Avenue, one block north of Church Street in Bohemia.


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A Massachusetts man has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a collision that killed a woman in New Hampshire.
Claremont police arrested 29-year-old Luke Garlinger of Mansfield, Mass., on Wednesday.
Police say the pickup truck being driven by Garlinger was speeding on Main Street in Claremont on Sunday. The truck crossed the center line and hit a minivan.
The crash killed the driver of the minivan, 42-year-old Shellie Blaisdell of Windsor, Vt.
Garlinger was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
Police Chief Alex Scott tells the Eagle Times a preliminary investigation shows that both speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.


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A Question in Some Corners of Tokyo: You Take Bitcoins?
While bitcoins aren't widely known in the wider Japanese business community, the virtual currency has attracted a small group of early adopters as well as businesses, who find it easy and cheap to use, though the latest turmoil at one of the biggest bitcoin exchanges, Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, has some of them worried.
One of the first Japanese businesses to use the virtual currency was the Pink Cow, a restaurant and foreigner hangout in Tokyo's Roppongi neighborhood. Unhappy about credit-card companies and bank fees, Traci Consoli, owner of the diner, decided to introduce the new payment method in July last year.
"Japan's banking system, as it operates currently, is designed to syphon off revenue at every turn," she said. "We believe supporting the bitcoin system that gives people back the control of their own money … is better for the economy and the world as a whole." However, she has lately switched from using Mt. Gox to another bitcoin-payment process called BitPay.
Holders of the virtual currency holders can consult a global map, called coinmap, to locate shops and services that accept bitcoins, and Ms. Consoli said there are customers who visit her restaurant just because of bitcoin. It's not a huge part of her customer base: She says about one table a day uses the online-based currency.
While businesses can avoid fees to banks and credit card companies, they have to pay taxes on profits even if transactions are in bitcoins, says Japan's national tax agency. But business owners puzzle over how to do this, since the yen-denominated value of any bitcoin profits changes all the time, and the bitcoin-to-yen market has fluctuated sharply lately amid Mt. Gox's travails.
Japanese authorities have been silent about how to regulate the new technology, waiting for the Bank of Japan to finish its research on the subject.
"I have no idea how I can report earnings made in bitcoin," said Tatsuya Motohashi, who runs two hair salons in Chiba, east of Tokyo. "It's not just the corporate tax; what about sales tax?"
Mr. Motohashi, who has five bitcoins, started to accept payment in bitcoin in his hair salon this year, saying one January customer paid for a haircut with 0.043 bitcoin, valued at Y4,200, or about $42, at that time.
Members of Japan's bitcoin community meet every Thursday in a bar in Tokyo's hip Shibuya neighborhood, which is also home to Mt. Gox. The gathering by a group of around 300 members called Tokyo Bitcoin started as a monthly event in September, but gatherings have since become weekly and have moved to a fancier venue – a bar at the top of a new skyscraper that unfortunately for the bitcoiners so far only accepts Japanese yen and credit cards in exchange for drinks.
It's a tight-knit community made up of participants of several nationalities and from industries ranging from telecoms to investment banks. One attendant comes all the way from Nagasaki in southern Japan for the weekly meeting. Organizers say Mt. Gox executives used to be among the regulars though they rarely attend now.
The conversation at last week's gathering of some 30 bitcoiners revolved mostly around Mt. Gox and whether the exchange would be able to honor deposits. But some members also reminisced about headier days and of tipping burlesque dancers in bitcoins at the Pink Cow.
From the point of view of some pioneer bitcoin users in Japan, the crypto-currency still appears a viable alternative despite Mt. Gox's troubles and other uncertainties as the bitcoin sector expands.
Tomoaki Ushida, who lists his Tokyo IT-consulting firm on the coin map, bought a USB storage drive from an online outfit in the U.S., paying 0.1128BTC, or $84 including shipping and handling fees and marveled at not having to provide any personal information or even an email address.
"This is much safer and more convenient than credit cards," he said. "I believe people will get addicted to it once they start using it."


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Museum Looks and Picture BooksThis program is especially for preschool groups with students ages 3–5. The program introduces the Museum and art concepts to young children through developmentally appropriate activities. During the 1 1/2-hour program, students have a picture book read to them in the galleries, explore works of art that relate to the book, and make an art project to take home. Visiting schools receive preparatory materials, including the selected picture book to read to students and to become a permanent part of the school library. Cost: $90 per class. Class size is limited to twenty students. Groups with more than twenty students must register for two classes. Two classes can be accommodated on one day. Please bring one chaperone for every five students. Classes run from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Fee includes art materials and instructional hour. To register, call 215-684-7580.
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Book: The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash
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Rayovac NI-CD Cordless Tool Battery Packs
The replacement battery pack can explode unexpectedly, posing a risk of serious injury to consumers.
For more information, contact BatteriesPlus toll-free at (877) 856-3232 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.batteriesplus.com
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This recall involves RAYOVAC-branded replacement battery packs used with cordless power tools. "RAYOVAC," "NI-CD" and a part number beginning with "CTL" are printed in white lettering on the product. The battery packs were sold in voltages ranging between 2.4 and 18 volts in various sizes and shapes. They were sold as replacement batteries to the following brand tools: Black and Decker, Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Panasonic, Ryobi and Skil.
BatteriesPlus has received five reports of exploding batteries. No injuries have been reported.
Consumers should immediately stop using and remove the battery packs from cordless tools. Consumers can contact BatteriesPlus for instructions on how to return the product for a store credit.
BatteriesPlus retail stores nationwide and online at www.batteriesplus.com between June 2008 and October 2011 for about $60.
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Flooding Impacts Basin Wildlife
Heavy Rains, Flooding Create Havoc For Some Birds
Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler visits with local biologists to talk about how the heavy rains and flooding have impacted local wildlife the Lake Champlain Basin. Audubon Vermont's Conservation Program Manager Mark LaBarr shares how the endangered Common Tern will deal with it's nesting islands being under water. Upstream, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Rare Species Biologist Steve Parren talks about how the surge of water down streams and rivers have made this spring tricky for turtles and other wildlife.
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