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Arsenal sign Spanish defender Nacho Monreal from Malaga
'Strong left-sided defender' comes from same club that provided the Gunners with Santi Cazorla
THE TRANSFER window is shut, the deals are done and Arsenal have actually signed someone. A bit like his team in recent performances, Arsene Wenger left it late, signing Spanish international defender Ignacio 'Nacho' Monreal on a "long-term" deal from Malaga, the same club who last summer provided the Gunners with Santi Cazorla.
The official Arsenal website explained that the 26-year-old Monreal has won nine caps for his country and only joined Malaga in 2011 from Osasuna. But a string of impressive performances in the past 12 months has propelled Monreal to prominence and there were rumours earlier in the season that he was being looked at by Barcelona.
It's Arsenal who have him, however, in a deal believed to be worth in the region of £8.5m. "We are delighted that Nacho Monreal has agreed to join us," said Wenger. "We have been monitoring him for some time now and are really pleased that we've been able to agree this move today.
"Monreal is a strong left-sided defender with good experience at both club and international level. He is a technically gifted player, a good crosser in the final third and strong in the air." Let's hope he can pass on these skills to the rest of the Arsenal defence.
As is his custom, Harry Redknapp was a busy fellow on deadline day, the QPR manager wheeling and dealing to the very last moment. The BBC reports that Redknapp "raided former club Tottenham" and ran off with midfielder Jermaine Jenas on an 18-month deal, while he also signed winger Andros Townsend on loan.
Also added to the Rangers squad was former Blackburn defender Chris Samba, who penned a deal with the Premier League's bottom club said to be worth £12m which will see him leave Russian outfit Anzhi.
One move that fell through for Redknapp was that of West Bromwich Albion's Peter Odemwingie. According to The Independent, Rangers were forced to lock the forward out of the club after he turned up at Loftus Road yesterday evening thinking that a deal had been reached when it hadn't.
Redknapp said subsequently: "We were trying to sign him and the lad thought a fee had been agreed between the two clubs. It hadn't… wires got crossed somewhere. He's a good lad, it was just a mistake."
The Baggies went ballistic at the behaviour of Odemwingie, releasing a statement in which they said: "The club were extremely disappointed to witness TV footage of Odemwingie arriving at Loftus Road on Thursday evening despite further talks between the two Premier League sides proving fruitless. Odemwingie was also never given permission to speak to QPR about a potential move."
Sky Sports reports that England goalkeeper Jack Butland, fresh from snubbing Chelsea earlier in the week, has completed his move to Stoke on a four-and-a-half-year deal said to be worth around £5m. The 19-year-old will remain at Birmingham City on loan until the end of the season when he will join his new club.
"I feel very good, glad to get it done and it's the next step of my career," Butland told Sky. "I'm really looking forward to it."
Finally, Spurs made a mess of trying to sign Brazilian striker Leandro Damiao with Internacional telling the Lilywhites where they could stick their £17m bid. The 23-year-old Damiao has been on Spurs' radar for months but the international frontman is staying put.
"Leandro Damiao won't leave, the offer was below what we wanted," announced Internacional's director Marcelo Medeiros. "He is under contract with Internacional and will remain our player."


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This local seedsman mainly specialised in vegetables. Hunts' were located in East Ham, Manor Park, Stratford, and elsewhere.
187 Romford Road Stratford, was occupied by West Ham Juvenile Employment Committee and Local Old Age Person Committee. This photo of the garden taken looking NNW.
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187 Romford Road Stratford, was occupied by West Ham Juvenile Employment Committee and Local Old Age Person Committee. This photo is of the rear of the building.
Newham Heritage & Archives Ref 29/3/10 U14
Entrance doorway to 84 romford Road Stratford. This Building was demolished when the first West Ham Electricity showroom and depot were built. The second suite of the West Ham Council Electricity Department Offices and Showrooms in Romford Road Stratford, opened in 1930, replacing the earlier 1920s premises. This building, on the corner of Vicarage Lane was transferred to the London Electricity Board when the industry was nationalised in 1948. In the late 1990s they were converted into flats.
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Opening of the Theatre Royal
Miss F.M. Rogers of 33 Carnarvon Road gave dancing lessons at home and at Wanstead Slip Conservative Club.
The junction of Angel Lane and The Broadway. The Angel public house was on the corner at 30 The Broadway, it was later replaced by John Collier's the tailors shop. On the opposite corner was Barclays Bank. Angel Lane was a bustling street market but was demolished to make way for Stratford Mall Shopping Centre.
Photo: 22/6/1927.
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A medieval bridge (probably of the late 14th century), now much widened, which carries the High Street over the Channelsea River. View from the North.
30 Romford Road, Stratford, when Messrs. Athur Webb the builders occupied the building, In this photo at the front of the building you can see the small extention used as an Undertakers and a small garden. Next door at 32 was Henry Lowe Heating engineers/dry cleaning and dyeing with a For Let sign on building.
The L.N.E.R.Station (south side) also Goods and Coal depot was on the High Street between Bridge Street & Burford Road. The offices of C.W.Tanner and Cornwalls Coal Merchants can be seen to the right of the station, and the Boro printing and bag works on the corner of Burford Road. There is a sign pointing down Burford Road that says L.N.E.R. fruit & Veg market 200yds. To the left of the station is the Rex cinema. Newham Heritage & Archives Ref 29/3/10 AI-39
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I have made a theme using Starkers. I have an image above my navigation on my internal pages that links to the homepage. Prbably not the best way to do it, but it`s done.
The problem i
m having is i really want to try and hide tht image on the homepage, to give some more contrast to the landing page. I have swapped my blog and homepages round in the settings, so i was wandering how thisd be possible. Here`s the code..
I have tried the is_home() is_front_page() solution but cant seem to budge it.
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Definition of well marked in English:
well marked
Entry from British & World English dictionary
Easy to distinguish or recognize; clearly defined: a couple of miles along a well-marked track these features are not so well marked in females
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- We hired bikes with 'chariots' - lightweight trailers for the kids to sit in which hooked on the back - and went along well-marked trails in search of the herds of wild ponies which feed on the salt marsh grass.
- With its superb maps and well-marked network of paths, France is arguably mainland Europe's most walker-friendly country.
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The Enumerated Powers of States
Our Constitution created a federal government with only enumerated powers. All powers not listed were reserved to the states and people.Details
Our Constitution created a federal government with only enumerated powers. All powers not listed were reserved to the states and people.Details
by Sheldon Richman, Foundation for Economic Education
"Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled."
We might think those words—or words to the same effect—are in the U.S. Constitution. But they are not. They are from Article II of the Articles of Confederation, America's first constitution. They could have been placed in the U.S. Constitution but were deliberately left out in 1787.Details
Legislators in Indiana have introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 0037:
"A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled, and the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of each State's legislature of the United States of America to cease and desist, effective immediately, any and all mandates that are beyond the scope of their constitutionally delegated power."Details
by Susan Lynn, 57th District Rep., Tennessee
State sovereignty is a big deal to state legislators; hopefully, it is to you as well. It is what keeps the federal government from over stepping its constitutional bounds.
Today many state legislators, including some in Tennessee, have decided it is time to affirm state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and demand the federal government halt its practice of assuming powers and of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution.
The history of the formation of our federal government is long and complex but what the framers sought was a government that protected man's natural rights; declared by the Declaration of Independence to be the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; better interpreted to mean that all men, by nature are equally free and independent with the right to work, acquire property and pursue their own individual happiness.Details
by Alan Keyes, Loyal to Liberty
I'm pleased to see the growing movement in State legislatures around the country to remind Americans of the existence and import of the 10th amendment to the Constitution. It reads simply "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
These words first of all firmly and unequivocally establish that the U.S. government has only the powers delegated to it by the Constitution of the United States on the authority of the sovereign people of the United States by whom it is ordained and established. The State governments, established by sovereign decision of the people of the respective States, continue to enjoy the powers vested in them by their State constitutions, subject only to the specific prohibitions spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.Details
Bailouts of the failing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are not only unwarranted and unwise – but the existence of both these quasi-government/private organizations is unconstitutional from the very beginning.
When looking at the constitutionality of government programs, it's not necessary to be a law student, or an "expert" of any kind. The founding fathers wrote the Constitution in plain English – so that ordinary people would be able to understand the law…that governs the government.Details
On a daily basis, the federal government oversteps its authority – it's domestic and foreign policies are almost entirely filled with activities that the founding fathers would've resisted to the death.But yet, we just sit and watch.Details
Politicians already exercise the (unconstitutional) power to tell us what we can drink, what we can smoke, how much we should earn, what many products should cost and much more.
Now, they want to tell us what kind of light bulb we should be "allowed" to use in the privacy of our own homes.Details
Although the founders wrote the US Constitution to limit the powers of the federal government, politicians from both sides of the aisle take the position that their power is far beyond what was ever imagined.
And now, John McCain's new advisor, Michael Goldfarb, is making the claim that the executive branch has "near dictatorial powers"Details
Laurence Vance at the Mises institute has an excellent post on the immorality of forced government-to-government foreign aid – with a focus on the tragedy in Myanmar.
Here's an excerpt:Details
by Ivan Eland
More memos recently have surfaced that were written early in the Bush administration by John C. Yoo from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel — the man who gave us the administration's horrifyingly narrow definition of torture. As difficult as it is to believe, the recently released memos are even scarier than the original torture memo.
Yoo boldly asserts that the president's power during wartime is nearly unlimited. For example, he argues that Congress has no right to pass laws governing the interrogations of enemy combatants and the commander-in-chief can ignore such laws if passed, and can, without constraint, seize oceangoing ships.Details
The Constitution. Every issue, every time. No exceptions, no excuses.


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A poll finds Republicans facing a late push by Democrats in some key races that will determine which party runs the New York state Senate.
Republicans now have a 33-29 majority.
The Siena College poll shows Democrat Ted O'Brien overtaking Republican Sean Hanna in the 55th Senate District in Monroe County, 50 percent to 39 percent.
In the new 46th district, Republican Assemblyman George Amedore leads Cecliia Tkazyk 47 percent to 44 percent. The district winds from Montgomery County to Ulster County.
Siena questioned voters Tuesday through Thursday. It questioned 476 likely voters in the 55th District where the results had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. It questioned 461 likely voters in the 46th district where the margin of error was 4.6 points.


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Grants to the tune of US$ 290,000 have been set aside for these community service projects while US$40,000 has been sanctioned as grants for various projects in India. Ford Global Week of Caring will continue from September 7 to 15, 2013 as it takes into account over 200 community projects across 6 continents.
Ford India is also actively participating in this project with 1,500 employees and volunteers from Chennai, Coimbatore, Sanand and Delhi who will be representing Ford plants in Chennai and Sanand besides Ford Business Services Center and Ford Technology Services India. This team of 1,500 strong will address issues such as health, education and environment besides tackling concerns of woman empowerment and humanitarian support. This year, Ford employees have paid special attention to victims of Uttarakhand flood disaster while a donation of INR 59,04,000 was donated to Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Ford Volunteer Corps Unite Globally to Create a Better World during Global Week of Caring
· For the eighth year running, more than 10,000 employees with Ford Volunteer Corps are tackling community projects around the world during the Ford Global Week of Caring
· More than USD 290,000 in grants worldwide help support community service projects, including new initiatives in Europe and the Asia Pacific region; more than USD 40,000 sanctioned as grants to support projects in India
· More than 1500 volunteers from Ford in India will work on 31 projects spanning education, health, environment, women's empowerment & humanitarian support, across four locations
CHENNAI, India, 9 September, 2013 – At Ford Motor Company, about 10,000 members of the Ford Volunteer Corps are joining together this week to tackle more than 200 community projects across six continents during the eighth annual Ford Global Week of Caring (GWC). The Ford Volunteer Corps is out in force from India and China to Australia and from Europe to the Americas during September 7 through September 15, 2013. Ford Global Week of Caring is the highlight of a year-round global campaign to flex the volunteer muscle of Ford employees, retirees and dealers.
More than 1500 employee-volunteers from Ford in India spread across Chennai, Coimbatore, Sanand and Delhi, will unite and devote time to improving the quality of lives in the communities they are engaged with. With close to 31 projects, Ford Volunteer Corps in India will see representation from Ford India (Chennai & Sanand), and Ford's Global Business Services (comprising of Ford Business Services Center and Ford Technology Services India). Being testament to the promise to 'Go Further', the teams will implement activities that address education, health, environment, women's empowerment & humanitarian support.
"Together with building Great Products, backed by Strong Business, our vision is to also create a Better World for future generations, as pioneered by our founder Henry Ford," said Joginder Singh, president and managing director, Ford India. "The Global Week of Caring adds considerable heft to our philanthropic initiatives as it enables every employee to contribute to our vision. Our volunteers are our biggest assets in our endeavour to mobilise social change that is sustainable, impactful and meaningful. Global Week of Caring is an initiative that not only brings us together as One Team, but also helps us demonstrate a One FORD philosophy towards community outreach."
In keeping with the true spirit of volunteerism, Ford employees have come together to mobilize relief for the victims of the Uttarakhand flood disaster. Further to this, one of the key highlights of this year's Global Week of Caring is a donation of Rs. 59, 04, 000, which is being made to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Besides the contributions from Ford and Ford employees, the donation in aid of the flood victims, also includes contributions from Ford's dealer-partners.
Some of the other key initiatives that are being undertaken by volunteers of Ford in India include inter-school competitions that help children showcase their talents, medical awareness camps, Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) sessions to spread the message of safe and eco-friendly driving, an awareness campaign across two cities to spread the message of eye donation, planting of tree saplings towards creating a more sustainable environment and the clean-up and restoration of water bodies (close to Ford's areas of operations in Chennai).
More than USD 290,000 in grants worldwide has been allocated to help support community service projects, including new initiatives in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. More than USD 40,000 has been sanctioned as grants to support projects in India.
"Ford Motor Company and its employees have been giving back to the communities where we live and work for more than 100 years," said David Dubensky, executive director of Ford's Global Business Services. "Throughout the year, Ford volunteers get involved in numerous projects, but during the Ford Global Week of Caring, when employees around the world come together as ONE Ford, it is a powerful force of good in any language. With every passing year, we go further and get closer to our vision of a better world."
Annexure 1: Projects being undertaken by Ford in India during Global Week of Caring 2013
Employee-volunteers from Ford India Pvt. Ltd, Chennai will engage in the following activities between Sep 7 and 15:
· A platform for children from lesser-privileged backgrounds to showcase their talent through arts competitions
· Medical awareness camps aimed at adolescent girls and women, in villages in and around the Maraimalai Nagar area, focusing on the importance of personal hygiene and related aspects
· Spreading the message of safe and responsible driving with Ford Driving Skills for Life sessions for nearly 500 Air Force personnel
· A fun-filled activity where trainees from the tailoring program supported by Ford will work with children and volunteers to create simple embroidery patterns and paintings on glass
· The volunteers will continue last year's highly successful shoe donation drive by distributing school shoes to more than 1,800 students from schools close to the manufacturing plant, thereby helping address a basic need in these communities
· Build on the Digital Literacy initiative through the donation of 50 computers to 6 schools close to the manufacturing plant
· Initiatives aimed at facilitating a sustainable environment, through clean-up of a lake and planting of 750 tree saplings in the community and 2 schools close to the plant. Volunteers will leverage the opportunity to partner with dealers pan India and encourage them to give away tree saplings to all customers whose cars are delivered during this week
· The Global Week of Caring will culminate in a grand finale, which will see participation from children and the communities from the villages close to the manufacturing plants. This event will also present an opportunity for partner organizations (NGOs) to showcase some of the work undertaken as part of Ford's Better World program
Volunteers in Sanand, where our new integrated manufacturing facility is coming up, will
· Undertake medical camps, where health kits and pamphlets will be distributed in schools and homes close-by
· Organize poster-making competitions, creating an opportunity for children who come from marginalized backgrounds. Stationery kits, which will make learning more fun, will also be distributed to children
· Plant tree saplings as part of the Go Green! Go Further! initiative
· Organize a grand finale, to mark the end of the Global Week of Caring in Sanand
At Ford's Global Business Services
· Volunteers will come together to clean and restore a nearby water body and plant saplings in the office premises. In addition, volunteers will create awareness on Safe, Economical, and Eco-friendly driving through an Eco Rally.
· Volunteers will organize an "Game Changers" an inter-school sports championship contest for over 1,000 students from nearby schools
· Organize medical awareness camps for adolescent girl students on the importance of personal hygiene
· Dispel the myths surrounding eye donation during a special awareness session conducted by doctors, and organize an eye donation camp at two cities
· Visit orphanages and spend quality time with the children, and give away gifts making their wishes come true
· Organize Health Camps for the children at local schools, and provide them with hygiene-kits and pamphlets
· The volunteers will organize an interactive cooking workshop on healthy food and eco-friendly cooking for the women from a nearby hamlet
· Organize art competitions, quiz contests, and elocution competitions for students from local schools


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moreCome hell or high water, the American people will elect a new president in November 2008, and the following January will see a changeover in presidential administrations. One of the first challenges facing the new chief executive, and one of the most consequential, is to put his or her stamp on the personnel and day-to-day operations of the new White House. In this insightful and entertaining book, a veteran of several presidential administrations opens a window onto the closely guarded Oval Office turf. Nobody knows more about the duties, the difficulties, and the strategies of staffing and working in the White House than Brad Patterson. With two enormously successful books about 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue already under his belt, Patterson was granted unprecedented access to George W. Bushs key staff. In Serve the President, , he parlays his experience and access into the most authoritative and readable account yet of the operations, offices, and most important, the people of the complete White House team. What is its organizational structure, and what impressive innovations recently have been made in White House staffing in the face of changing events? What exactly do these people do? And how do they figure into the larger picture of managing a nation? Unique in this new book is Pattersons newsmaking revelation of the total size and total cost of the contemporary White Houseinformation that is simply not available anywhere else. less
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This morning I was on Fox25 Boston Morning News to present a great diet plan in the September issue of SELF. Do you want to lose 8 pounds?! Check out "Reach Your Goal" now and read on for my take on this eating plan as well as video of today's segment!
The average woman needs about 1600-2000 calories per day. The SELF Reach Your Goal diet is designed for 1,600 calories a day which is distributed over three meals, a snack and a treat. As a registered dietitian, what I love about this diet is:
The meal portions are BIG!
The calories are distributed evenly throughout the day
Vegetarian and seafood meals are included
There are "fast food" options when you are short on time
Big flavors come from herbs & spices not salt or sugar!
Snacks are calorie controlled, yet filling
The diet makes you cook which is key in losing and maintaining weight loss
You don't have to eliminate treats – but you do learn how to include them appropriately
You can get the whole shopping list at SELF.com
Depending on your current weight and your current goals this diet can be easily adjusted to meet your needs. You may need to add another snack or take a bigger portion of the meal if you are more active or need more calories at baseline. There are not many people who need fewer than 1,600 calories a day so I would not recommend eating less than what is in the plan, especially if you plan to exercise as part of your weight loss regimen. I am not currently trying to lose weight but I'll be including these meals in my eating plan because they sound delicious and easy to make! Grab the magazine, read the article and get started on your 8-pound weight loss today!


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Charlie on my knee…
You've read a little bit about Charlie at Best Friends Animal Society. I'd read about Charlie before at the BF website and was completely smitten by this charming African Grey even before I met her. A sensitive little soul, she reminds me of a little girl I knew in grade school. Ann was afraid of her own shadow and never really spoke up much, if at all. Just recently, Parrot Garden (PG) manager Jacqueline Johnson wrote about Charlie at the PG Facebook page and referenced the article written about her at the BF website. It's a nice story: How Charlie Got Her Feathers Back
Shari Mirojnik told me once that she felt that Greys would not suffer loudly. Rather, they would just privately and quietly languish away in a bad situation. I don't know if that's always the case, but I tend to agree with her. In Charlie's case, I simply think Charlie wasn't comfortable with where she was and once she found her "place," she was able to bloom.
Charlie is a charming girl. She is very much like my Nyla. She watches everything and everyone. Occasionally, I think Nyla is the journalist in the house. She seems to view everything objectively. Whereas Parker wants to get involved and make his own feelings known, Nyla simply observes.
Nyla: A really cool customer…
Charlie lives in a room with a couple of desks and you get to King O's enclosure overlooking the down stairs bird room from Charlie's room. It doesn't have a lot of through traffic, but it is visited and used frequently during the day. Here is a glimpse of their room:
Ruby, another Grey and a couple of other smaller birds live in that room as well so Charlie has plenty of company. It is a calm room and one of my favorite areas at the Parrot Garden when I need to download video or do write ups on my blog while I'm there. I had been at Best Friends for about a week and I was doing just that when I felt a tug on my pant leg. It was Charlie. She had climbed down from the top of her cage walked across the floor and came over to me. Stacy saw this happen and gasped.
"Patricia, she doesn't do that!"
"Well, she's doing it now. Should I pick her up?"
"Well, you can try." (Gee thanks…)
So I did. I stepped her up and put her on my knee where she sat for about a half an hour while I wrote and edited video. After that, she climbed down repeatedly and came to me over the next week, making it very clear she wanted to sit with me. She never attempted to bite me. She simply wanted to sit with me. And that was just fine in my book.
I'm a Grey person. I know what I like and I know what I'm good at. I get Greys. I am simply not a multi-species person. You know what I mean: "I have a Grey and a Cockatoo, and a Greenwing, and a Quaker, and a couple of cockatiels and…what else? Oh yeah! I have a budgie!"
Umm no. Not for me. Might be fine for other people. I remain Grey. If I were running an adoption organization, it might be a different story. But I don't.
Bob Sacha laughs at me. If I am talking on the phone and one of them gets ramped up, (Which is nothing compared to a cockatoo…) I get annoyed. To be fair, and to explain. I am sitting here at 10 a.m. to the sounds of complete silence other than the tapping of my laptop keys and the scratchy sounds of Pepper playing with her phone book at the bottom of her cage. That's it. So my Greys tend to be quiet because they live in a quiet household. So when they get a little "vocally rambunctious," it surprises me and I get annoyed. And it is nothing compared to what others deal with as far as the noise they have to endure. Bob thinks it's hilarious that my birds are as quiet as they are and reminds me of that and how very lucky I am. And he's right.
So Greys really do fit into my lifestyle and comfort level. I know what I can handle. So I really thought about Charlie. A lot. She was on my mind. Frequently. Icamethisclose to filling out an application to adopt her. But then, as I thought about it, about my lifestyle, my work, my dependency on my friends to help me with my birds when I am out at Expos or whatever, I reconsidered. I didn't think it was fair to Bill and Nan to have to care for another Grey.
I'm pining for a dog too. But I'm not in a position to adopt one right now.


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We reported a while back on Marian Hossa. It was when we broke the news that he was on the way to recovery, after the concussion he sustained from that nasty hit delivered by Raffi Torres, last year.
This time, we are happy to say that he has been completely cleared to play, by his doctors. The only downside is that there is no hockey to be played at the moment. At least not with the Chicago Blackhaws.
Oh well. At least he's healthy and ready to go once the puck is ready to be dropped. Whenever that might be.
And just in case you forgot about Raffi Torres hit, here it is again.
According to the Tribune, Hossa has been spending time in Florida since being OKed. While he was rehabbing, he was able to work with Blackhawks medical staffers in Chicago. [Source]
The veteran was injured during Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals against the Phoenix Coyotes in April, when he was illegally checked by Raffi Torres. [Source]
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Definition of hazel grouse in English:
hazel grouse
A small Eurasian woodland grouse with mainly greyish plumage.
- Bonasa bonasia, family Tetraonidae (or Phasianidae).
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- There are wood grouses, black grouses, hazel grouses, partridges, nutcrackers, and others.
- This was followed by breast of hazel grouse with Madeira sauce.
- Pheasants, wild pigeons and hazel grouses live in the woods, and are never disturbed at the sight of humans.
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text: They have turned Manchester United into a complete and total farce!!!!!!!!! Thanks to them, we have become a complete laughing stock and an total embrarrassment to all big clubs in the transfer market!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope they each suffer a massive heart attack or stroke and die!!!!!! And i'll be celebrating when the finally meet their doom as it is payback for what they have done to our club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent contacted the El Paso Intelligence Center to place a nationwide alert on a vehicle of interest. The next day, the special agent received notice on his BlackBerry that a camera at a southwest border port of entry had captured an image of the vehicle's license plate. Border authorities stopped the vehicle, which was en route to Mexico, because of the nationwide alert. They discovered and seized an array of weapons in the vehicle's trunk.
The El Paso Intelligence Center is an information focal point, collecting and analyzing interdiction reports and multi-source intelligence to identify and track trafficking activities and organizations, identify and fill intelligence gaps, and provide tactical intelligence to law enforcement officers in the field.
The multi-agency center is hosted by the Drug Enforcement Agency and has grown to include more than 26 federal, state, local, tribal and foreign enforcement agencies. Foreign partners include Mexico and Colombia.
Located within a stone's throw of the Mexican border – in El Paso, Texas – its mission is not limited to only border activity. In fact, its scope is vast, covering activity within the United States, on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border, across the Caribbean and from other points of origin within the Western Hemisphere.
"The center's mission evolved after Sept. 11 when then center's multi-agency environment was called upon to support terrorism investigations," said Louie Garcia, the center's deputy director and the first ICE employee to hold this position in the center's 38-year history. "The mission evolved from its experience in supporting interdiction efforts and investigating drug trafficking, alien, weapon and bulk currency smuggling by adding anti-terrorism to its efforts."
Garcia calls it an "all-threat center."
Its expansive network of systems and databases make it the go-to hub for investigators and officers alike.
At the core of the center's activities is the Watch Operations Section, where officers work around the clock, seven days a week to support officers and special agents who are actively engaged in enforcement activities and in need of immediate tactical information. Utilizing more than 70 federal, state and local databases, the staff has a wealth of critical information at its fingertips to assist at a moment's notice.
A Tuscaloosa County deputy sheriff recently relied on the center when he had a hunch that something wasn't right about a Texas-registered tractor trailer. He made a call to the center's Watch Operations Section, requesting a full search on two subjects, the trucking company and the trailer's license plate. Within minutes, the center's search revealed there was an active investigation by HSI on one of the subjects. Additionally during the search of the trailer, the deputy found $130,000 in U.S. currency tucked away in a false wall.
Having this type of background information at hand enables officers to make better decisions and enhance their safety measures.
Additionally, the center's Research and Analysis Section also offers valuable information. It provides statistical and trend information to case-specific research and analysis, both proactively and on a by-request basis.
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Very strange, very troubling news from Australia...
As GamePolitics reported on January 30th, the Office of Film and Literature originally awarded Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure an MA15 rating, judging it suitable for players 15 and older.
Suddenly, the Aussies have reversed themselves, deciding that the game is not suitable for anyone, of any age. Getting Up has been "refused classification," a polite term for banned. The hip-hop culture title joins the like of NARC, Postal and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas in being denied admittance to Australian shores.
But Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock asked the board to reconsider. Ruddock was backed in that motion by the Local Government Association of Queensland. A hearing was held earlier this month. Yesterday it was announced that Getting Up was being banned throughout the country over fears it might promote graffiti-style vandalism.
Australia thus becomes the only country in the entire world to ban the game.
For his part, Ecko was not sparing in his criticism, telling the Sydney Morning Herald, " I'm extremely disappointed in the Australian Government Classification Review Board's move to ban my video game, based solely on a perceived notion that it somehow will promote the crime of graffiti..."
"To blame gaming for everything that is inherently wrong in our homes, in our schools and on our streets is much easier to do than to actually figure out ways to fix the systemic problems that exist within our culture. If a kid wants to learn how to write on the wall, he or she will figure it out. They have done it since prehistoric times, in fact. You just have to dig a little deeper and be willing to open your mind to two artistic mediums - gaming and graffiti - you may not fully understand or appreciate."
GP: I saw this game at E3 last year and, frankly, wasn't all that impressed. But this censorship by the Australian government makes me want to buy a copy just on principle.


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5 Things You Might Not Know About Orgasms In PregnancyRebecca Odes
Last week, Paula over at Strollerderby wrote a piece about "Orgasmic Pregnancy", wondering whether or not such a thing even existed. The post referred to the book of the same name, which aims to get pregnant women feeling good about themselves…and just feeling good in general. Both Paula's post and the interview with the book's author were focused on the idea that pregnancy is often a tough time to feel sexual. I hear that, sisters. But if you can get yourself in the mood (and here's hoping it happens sometime during your gestational career) there are some things that make pregnancy a unique time for orgasm in particular. Some of them might actually be worth making the effort for.
1. Orgasms are no threat to a healthy pregnancy.
That's true whether they're the result of partner sex or solo sex or any kind of stimulation (including vibrators or other sex toys). The only situations where a woman is advised to avoid orgasm during pregnancy is when she is at risk of a premature birth or placental bleeding.
2. Orgasms during pregnancy can feel better than usual.
The increased blood flow to the uterus and other sex organs can make orgasms much more intense. Hormones also play a role, especially oxytocin, produced in later pregnancy and after birth. Many women report amped up orgasms through the breastfeeding phase, too.
3. The belly changes shape during orgasm.
When the muscles of the uterus and abdomen contract, the belly often forms a pointed or triangular shape. The point can be directly in the middle or off to the side, depending. This is normal and not at all dangerous.
4. Cramping after orgasm during pregnancy is normal.
After an orgasm, it's normal to feel some cramps in the uterus. These are uterine contractions, and they actually happen after any orgasm- you just didn't feel them when you weren't pregnant. In pregnancy, they might feel more like mild menstrual cramps. But the intensity can vary from woman to woman (and orgasm to orgasm).
5. Pregnancy can change your ability to achieve orgasm (often for the better!)
The flow of blood to the genitals is the first step in the human arousal process. So physically, pregnant women are one step ahead on the road to orgasm. Many women find they can orgasm much more easily when pregnant (a few even report orgasms without direct physical stimulation). But pregnancy can interfere with ability to achieve orgasm too. Sometimes a position that works for you becomes physically impossible. In late pregnancy, some women find it harder to reach orgasm, or that orgasm doesn't feel like a real release. This may be because the uterus isn't able to contract in the same way when it's full of baby!
One more thing you might not know—and this one's for the future:
Sex after pregnancy gets a bad rap (what with all the vagina anxiety). But many women find that the changes in their pelvic area after pregnancy and childbirth actually make orgasms easier to achieve…permanently.
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We were invited to show our SS14 collection at the Zurich Mercedes Benz Fashion Days. It was an amazing opportunity for us to increase our exposure in the European Market while getting to visit a beautiful city. See highlights from our trip below on this edition of CFDAdventures. — Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs
Most memorable moment in Zurich: Being interviewed on stage at the end of our show in front of a very very large audience.
The best part about fashion in Zurich: As the Fashion Days are so much smaller in Zurich, the events/parties are much more intimate. It's much less of a rat race and more of an enjoyable social occasion.
Item we're happiest that we packed: Lots of Fur
Zurich's best-kept secret is: Having been told that Zurich was a very quiet city we discovered quite the opposite in the nightlife.
What we miss most about Zurich: The fresh air. You notice the difference as soon as you step outside… it's intoxicating.
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Stop-motion was used to animate the 70's-era, Mego-style figures. In one spot, Spock, voiced by comedian Charlie Murphy loses his temper over a weak WiFi signal at a coffee shop. In Pool, Captain Kirk is on suntan duty at the request of Spock and Uhura. In Cribs, Spock takes viewers on a tour of his Florida mansion, while Karaoke has the Vulcan at a bar singing a dirty rendition of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative."
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Lieutenant William Funchess leaned forward in his chair, recounting a story he's told many times before--a story of harsh beatings and cold nights, long marches and cruel guards, and the friendship of one humble priest. Funchess is older now, but his memories of the three years he spent in the Pyoktong prison camp during the Korean War are clear. He talked with me in his home in Clemson, South Carolina, sharing stories of stealing food and melting snow to supplement the scant rations provided … [Read more...]
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It's a balancing act. On the one hand, community non-profits that sell "safe and sane" fireworks from TNT greatly benefit from the money raised. In most cases, it is the most successful fundraiser of the year.
On the other hand, police services are greatly tapped out trying to respond to all the complaints about fireworks. On July 5, Linda Mar beach, the only Pacifica beach where fireworks are permitted, is littered with the debris of spent fireworks and plastic packaging. Although the community groups are out there picking up the litter first thing in the morning, it's difficult to make sure everything is uncovered in the sand.
The cost to the city in staffing to prepare for the fourth of July total $34,000. The non profit groups that run fireworks booths and use them as fundraisers collected $424,138 this year and gave the city $32,244, a little less than the costs incurred by the city.
City Council approved on Monday the formation of a task force to study the whole issue about fireworks.
Besides going over options about whether or not fireworks should be sold at all, or potentially banned from Linda Mar Beach, the task force is charged with discussing how to best educate the public and visitors about leaving no litter behind whenever they use fireworks.
"It would make it easier if it was banned from the beach," said Police Chief Jim Tasa at the City Council meeting.
City Manager Steve Rhodes suggested a compromise of marking the high tide mark on the beach and banning fireworks use west of that.
Several speakers, all representatives of youth groups that benefit from the sale of fireworks, urged City Council to allow them to continue to sell them.
Of the approximately 20 groups who want to sell fireworks each year, 14 are granted a booth in the city's lottery.
"We need to find a solution," said Susan Hsu, who has been active with the Oceana High School booth.
The speakers reiterated their commitment to cleaning up the beach the following morning. TNT, the company that sells the fireworks, has been providing large garbage bags for that purpose, and has been posting information about taking responsibility for not littering.
Others who object to the noise of the fireworks hoped to convince City Council to ban them.
"We turn our city into a war zone," said Ian Butler.
"It's a complex issue," said Councilmember Ginny Jaquith. "The community groups are being held hostage and are being blamed for the use of illegal fireworks and trash at the beach."
"This has been voted on by the people three times in Pacifica and it narrowly passed each time," said Mayor Pete DeJarnatt.


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AES British Section Committee
Past Chair – Nikolay Georgiev (SAE Institute London)
Nikolay Georgiev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. At 15 he made his first four-track recording and since then has been recording and mixing projects from classical, rock, electronic and experimental avant-garde music. Nikolay's educational profile includes an undergraduate course in general engineering at the Technical University of Sofia, first class honours degree in Philosophy at the University of Sofia (with additonal specialisation at Universität des Saarlandes, Germany) and a 2-year course in Audio Engineering at SAE Institute London. He now works as a Music Producer, Recording Engineer and an internal and 3rd party Plug-in Developer for Acustica Audio's Acqua platform and represents the company in the UK. Nikolay also holds a position as an Audio and Music Production Lecturer at SAE Institute London. As student liaison and events coordinator, Nik chaired the first two editions of the annual Up Your Output! event — the UK's first in many years designated specifically for Student Members.
Director Eng and Support, Broadcast Systems and E-Media, Dolby Europe. Prin has been working in the Broadcast TV industry since the mid 80's and has worked on the design of equipment in many parts of the Broadcast chain, digital cinema standardisation and home theatre systems. He joined Dolby Laboratories in 2009 working on the deployment of Broadcast and OTT multichannel audio production and transmission systems. He is now a Systems Architect in the Dolby Broadcast Group concentrating on the development and standardisation of Immersive and Object Audio for next generation Broadcast Television
Rupert Brun (Brun Audio Consulting)
Rupert worked at the BBC for 36 years in various audio engineering roles, he is now an independent consultant. He has a strong track record in audio innovation. Rupert created include "HD Sound" (BBC Radio 3 with a wide dynamic range delivered over the internet), NetMix (an experiment which allowed those with a hearing impairment to hear the commentary of an event clearly without spoiling the audio balance for other listeners) and reinvigorated surround sound for radio. Rupert is now working with a number of companies to develop audio products and services for the broadcast industry.
Chris Barlow (Southampton Solent University)
Dr Barlow studied Music at the University of Sheffield and Music Technology at the University of York. He has taught in both the Secondary and Higher education sectors as a specialist in Audio Engineering and Acoustics. Chris now leads the Acoustics group at Solent, and is course leader for the MSc Applied Acoustics.
Dr Barlow's areas of interest include: Noise and hearing loss, particularly in the music industry; Acoustics of the voice and hearing system; Sound for Computer and Video Games; Studio and concert hall acoustics and design; Spatial Audio; Learning technology applied to music and engineering education; Music recording and production.
Particular research projects at the moment include improving the accuracy of audiometric screening systems, developing technologies to monitor real levels of noise exposure from personal music players, working on a new 'musician's' earplug and developing systems for allowing accurate hearing screening in relatively noisy environments.
Zoran Cvetkovic (King's College London)
Zoran Cvetkovic is Professor of Signal Processing at King's College London. He received his Dipl. Ing. and Mag. degrees from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the M.Phil. from Columbia University, and the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He held research positions at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (1996), and at Harvard University (2002-04). Between 1997 and 2002 he was a member of the technical staff of AT&T Shannon Laboratory. His research interests are in the broad area of signal processing, ranging from theoretical aspects of signal analysis to applications in audio and speech technology and neuroscience. From 2005 to 2008 he served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactionson Signal Processing.
Vice Chair – Charlie Slee (Big Bear Audio)
Charlie Slee is an electrical engineer and product designer. He runs Big Bear Audio Ltd designing and manufacturing high end consumer and professional audio products.
Charlie holds a Masters degree in Sound and Music Computing at Queen Mary, London, and previously was an electrical engineer at Thermionic Culture. Charlie's personal and professional focus is to support all aspects of the industry including working with artists and producers to innovate new products, acting Events Manager for the Music Producers Guild, and has lectured at the AES and to undergraduates on valve circuit design and modern integration of digital technology in analogue products.
Andy Farnell is a computer scientist from the UK with specialisations in signal processing, modelling and synthesis. Pioneer of procedural audio and the author of MIT textbook "Designing Sound", Andy is visiting professor at several European institutions and consultant to interactive media companies. He is a senior lecturer in Audio Engineering at SAE London and also currently works as Head of R&D at Mogees Ltd. Andy is also an enthusiastic advocate and hacker of Free open source software, who believes in educational opportunities and access to enabling tools and knowledge for all.
Brecht De Man (Queen Mary University of London)
Brecht De Man is a researcher, audio engineer and musician. Combining his experience as a recording engineer and live sound engineer, musicianship and engineering education, he started a PhD in Audio Engineering at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London, UK. Prior to this, he obtained an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium, with one year worth of MSc level courses at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland.
Brecht has published and presented research on intelligent audio production tools and the psychoacoustics of mixing engineering. He is an active musician and music teacher, and works as a freelance sound engineer in and around London. An active member of the AES, he is also Chair of the AES Student Delegate Assembly, Chair of the London UK Student Section, and involved in the organisation of various past and future AES events such as the Up Your Output! student events.
Secretariat – Heather Lane, AES UK Ltd.
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The Korean anthropology of han remains an untapped resource for envisioning Roman Catholic soteriologies within a globalizing context. Han refers to the deep wounds of the violated that are imbued with energy that will cause either creation or destruction. One means by which Catholic theologians can engage han is through the writings of Korean poet Kim Chi-Ha (b. 1941). Kim's works, Groundless Rumors: The Story of a Sound, Torture Road—1974, and Chang Il-Dam, provide evocative and challenging images of han and how God works for the salvation of both sinned-against and sinner in this world. Kim's artistic rendering of han in his works challenges Catholic soteriology to attend as thoroughly to salvation for the "sinned-against" as to salvation for sinners.
Kevin Considine is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Calumet College of St. Joseph (Whiting, IN). He has been published in New Theology Review, Black Theology: An International Journal, Tijdschrift voor Theologie, and U.S. Catholic magazine. Currently he is completing a manuscript on han, intercultural hermeneutics, and Roman Catholic soteriology.


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A Ballina man is in with a chance of winning a staggering €15,000 for GAA in Mayo. Thomas Harrison, from Ballina, has been named one of the final four in Super Value's 'Ireland's Most Dedicated GAA Fan".The prize includes €15,000 to support GAA in the winner's local community and Thomas Harrison has pinpointed Ballina Stephenites Club and the Mayo County Development Squad as deserving recipients of some much-needed funding if he is successful. For their trouble the winner will also receive an amazing VIP package including accommodation for the All Ireland Final in September.
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With an accent that was as much a part of New York as Central Park, Fifth Avenue or the Brooklyn Bridge, Seanie Monaghan paid a visit to the Navan Boxing Club last week to meet some old acquaintances and make new friends. Monaghan was in town, along with his wife Beverly who is from Puerto Rico. Monaghan was on a short visit to Ireland and a large contingent of his relatives showed up at the CYWS Hall in what turned out to be an extended family gathering. The 28-year-old who has lived all his life in New York only became a professional boxer in April after coming to the sport relatively late.
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Steff at Tesco Birr have produced a calendar with the aim of raising over €30,000 for the Irish Cancer Society, Tesco's chosen 'Charity of the Year'. Inspired by the film 'Calendar Girls', the 'Naughty but Nice' calendar was launched last week by D'Unbelievables Comedian Jon Kenny at a reception at Kinnitty Castle. More than 120 people attended the launch and over €1,000 was raised on the night from calendar sales and a raffle of prizes kindly donated by local businesses and individuals.
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Jacksons Restaurant's resident chef Geraldine Garvin has been nominated in the Best Chef category in this year's FOOD&WINE Magazine PENFOLDS Restaurant of the Year Awards 2010 shortlist. Head Chef Geraldine believes that her passion for food is best reflected in her strict approach to changing the evening menu on a seasonal basis, incorporating fresh locally-sourced ingredients as they naturally come into season. As such, she has an innovative flair for creating a variety of Game, Seafood and Vegetarian dishes from seasonal produce.
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A woman had a miraculous escape after being knocked to the ground and trampled on by a bull close to a popular beach in Sligo. Mother-of-four Sonya Byrne from Co Fermanagh, and her 11-year-old son Patrick were walking their dogs at the back of Mullaghmore beach in Co Sligo when they were attacked last week. They were walking close to cows and calves on commonage land, which is not fenced off from the beach, when a bull emerged from the herd and began charging towards them.
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The sun is a powerful form of energy. All forms of renewable energy are derived indirectly from the sun. Solar Water Thermal systems are becoming increasingly popular to heat water in our homes in particular since grants are now available under the Greener Homes scheme which is now in its 3rd phase. Currently over 750 systems have been installed in County Tipperary since the commencement of the Scheme with an additional 200 applications approved. The price for installing solar water heating systems is now reducing significantly so now is a good time to consider investing.
(Source: Tipperary Star)
A County Tyrone man killed in a shooting in Afghanistan earlier this month was finally laid to rest last weekend. Father-of-four Ken McGonigle (51) had been working as a police mentor for a security company in Helmand Province when he was shot nearly two weeks ago by an escaped |prisoner being held by colleagues. His body was repatriated to Northern Ireland at Aldergrove last week before a private funeral service.
(Source: Belfast Telegraph)
The city was awash with the colours of the rainbow as a weekend of Gay Pride events took place. As many as 600 people turned out for the highlight of the weekend, the Gay Pride Parade, which trailed down the Mall last weekend with encouragement from locals who gathered to witness the event. A huge 15 metre long rainbow striped flag, the symbol for gay pride, was proudly waved, as ChillOUT members played drums, followed by a number of floats and characters from the Wizard of Oz.
(Source: Waterford News & Star)
Athlone's Chamber of Commerce has appealed to Irish Rail to change train fares which make it cheaper for shoppers and tourists to leave Athlone and go to Dublin than to travel from the capital to Athlone. An analysis of train fares carried out by the Westmeath Independent found that, at most times of the week, the fare from Dublin to Athlone is significantly higher than the cost of taking the reverse journey. At certain times, day return fares from Dublin to the midlands can cost up to €25.50 more than the equivalent fare from Athlone.


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Friday, December 20, 2013
From Railroads to Everywhere Else
Posted by Shreve & Co. at 11:12:28 AM in Ball (26)
The train on the railway is one of the images strongly connected to America's most prominent brand of heavy-duty professional watches – the Ball Watch company. Though the size of a timepiece is a far cry from the enormity of a railway system, the two have one vital function in common – on the dot precision. A tragic collision at Kipton in 1891, which was caused by minute variations in the two trains' timekeeping, prompted the establishment of stringent timekeeping standards throughout the whole railway system. Ball Watch was a part of this crucial development, being the first official railroad watch in the U.S. Since its early railroad days, Ball Watch has gone with expeditions to the freezing tundras of the North and South Poles, boarded historic space missions and accompanied divers to unreached depths. Ball Watch proudly bears its maxim "accuracy under adverse conditions", as it caters the precision, durability and functionality needs of extreme professionals and adventurers.
Check out Ball Watch at Shreve & Co. in Portland – authorized retailer for Ball Watch.
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|Owing to Ingraham's descriptions, the central organs probably do not see much traffic (and by Organ Mtns standards, that means almost non-existent traffic). However, I found the Regular Route to be shorter even than the Normal Route on the Organ Needle. The summit register was in pitiful shape, so I replaced it with a new notebook. I transcribed the old one and posted it to my Blog . Curiously, there were not any entries more recent than 1989. I bet this has more to do with the current register being filled and beaten up, than people not summiting, but it makes you wonder.


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PARKERSBURG - Host Wirt County will be looking to derail two-time defending Little Kanawha Conference champion Clay County when action at the annual conference tournament gets under way at 10 a.m. Saturday in Elizabeth.
The Panthers narrowly defended their team crown last year, besting the Tigers 179.5-175.5 at Tyler Consolidated. The year before in Ravenswood, the Panthers captured the school's first LKC championship.
Come Saturday, the fifth-ranked Class AA/A Panthers will be trying to earn a three-peat, which also is the case for 113-pound top seed Justin Triplett.
The Clay County senior is the only LKC wrestler going for a third title. In 2011, Triplett won it all at 103 and topped the field last winter at 106.
In all, six of the top dozen wrestling programs in the Mountain State in the small school division will be on hand Saturday. Wirt County is ranked third while Calhoun County and Braxton County checked in at eighth and 10th, respectively, in the latest wvmat.com/coaches' wrestling poll. Also, Williamstown was 11th and Roane County, which beat Calhoun County at the West Virginia Duals, was 12th.
"It's going to be interesting," said Wirt County head coach Kenny Dye.
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Little Kanawha Conference
Wrestling Championship
At Wirt County High School
Start time: 10 a.m. Saturday
- Last year: Clay County beat Wirt
County, 179.5-175.5 for LKC Title
- Returning champions: Clay County's Justin Triplett is seeking his third LKC title
- Four-time LKC placers: Five wrestlers have a shot at accomplishing this feat
The Tigers have two (Jon Cain/Hagan Root) of the five wrestlers trying to become four-time LKC placers. The other three are fellow seniors Levi Gordon of Calhoun County at 132, Williamstown 120-pounder Bret MacIver and Clay County 138-pounder Mitchell Schoolcraft. Last year, Root won a title at 138 and Cain captured the 120-pound crown. Cain is the expected winner at 120 and Root has the No. 2 seed behind Clay County's Alex Suite at 132.
Of note, not only did Suite win it all at 126 last year with Root capturing 138, but the No. 3 seed at 132 on Saturday is Gordon and the fourth seed is Braxton County's James Acord, who won an LKC title at 132 last year.
Williamstown's Dalton George, the No. 2 seed at 126 behind expected victor Casey Ritchie of Calhoun County, will be seeking his second LKC title after standing atop the podium at 113 in 2012. Also trying to become a two-time LKC champion are Wirt County teammates Jake Linville, the No. 1 seed at 138, as well as Tyler Cheuvront, the third seed at 126. Linville and Cheuvront won LKC crowns in 2011 at 130 and 112, respectively.
Also expected to top their respective weight class as No. 1 seeds are Ritchie County's Jacob Monn (106) and Brad Riddle (182), Braxton County's Ricky Hammon (145), Wirt County's Austin Cottrell (152) and Dylan Pickrell (220), Clay County's Tyler Stewart (160), Williamstown's David Hastings (170), Roane County's Scott Gibson (195) and Calhoun County heavyweight Andrew Satterfield.
Coach Dye said they plan to take minimal breaks at the tournament and want to wrestle the consolation and championship finals separately.
"That's the plan right now," Dye added. "I'll tell you what, there are probably three or four teams who could win this. It's not going to be a walk in the park for any of us.
"We've got a shot. We had a shot last year and should've won it, but things happen. We've had some kids out sick and we're hoping they get healed up and are ready to go."


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1An area of ground on which a town, building, or monument is constructed: the proposed site of a hydroelectric dam
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location, place, position, situation, locality, whereabouts
technical locus
1.2 short for building site.
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- Earlier this week a council planning enforcement officer visited the site and said that the billboards were not authorised.
- Nigel Williams, a council enforcement officer, visited the site in mid-May and found no action had been taken.
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2A website: the site has no ads and is not being promoted with banners some servers use cookies to track users from site to site
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Fix or build (something) in a particular place: the rectory is sited behind the church (as noun siting) decisions concerning the siting of nuclear power plants
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place, put, position, situate, locate
Late Middle English (as a noun): from Anglo-Norman French, or from Latin situs 'local position'. The verb dates from the late 16th century.
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Ready for more Photoshop CS3 training with Deke? Check out Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques.
Note: Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: The Essentials is a recommended prerequisite to Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Beyond the Basics.
Download Deke's customized keyboard layouts for Photoshop from the Exercise Files tab.
- Understanding what Photoshop CS3 is and what it can do.
- Zooming, scrolling, and getting around an image.
- Making the most of the new-and-improved CS3 interface.
- Using Adobe Bridge to organize and manage images.
- Saving workspaces for maximum comfort and efficiency.
- Correcting colors using the Variations and Hue/Saturation commands.
- Taking on the professional-grade luminance editors, Levels and Curves.
- Resampling an image and selecting an interpolation setting.
- Cropping and straightening a photograph.
Skill Level Intermediate
Alright let's get our first taste for the Vanishing Point Filter and by the way what we are about to see is Vanishing Point 2.0 newly updated inside of Photoshop CS3. Make sure that you have the bluegallery.psd image open from the 17vanishingPoint folder then go up to the Filter menu and choose the Vanishing Point command or you can press Ctrl+Alt+V or Command+Option+V on the Mac. And just as with the Liquify function that we saw in the previous chapter Vanishing Point brings up an entire utility.
You will see that it comes complete with its own toolbox, a bunch of options along the top of the screen that vary depending on the selected tool and an image window in which you do your work. You also see that I have already drawn a base plane. Go ahead and zoom in on this image if you need to so that you are seeing it at the 10% zoom size and you can checkout the zoom size down here in the lower left hand corner of the window and of course you zoom and scroll inside of Vanishing Point the same way you do in the larger realm of Photoshop.
So I press Ctrl+ or Command+ on the Mac in order to zoom in. Now the reason I have this base plane in place here, this perspective plane in place is just to show you that once you draw a plane and click the OK button here inside the Vanishing Point Filter the plane gets saved along with the image and it doesn't matter what file format you use that is to say this could be for example, in the case of this image this is a layered native Photoshop, a native psd file. But I could just as easily save a plane with a tif document or a jpeg document or what have you.
Now I want to give you a sense of how this plane was created. So let's go ahead and delete the existing plane by clicking on it to make sure it's active and then pressing the Backspace key or the Delete key and that will go ahead and switch you automatically to this tool right here the Create Plane tool that allows you to lay down a base plane and this is a 4. plane meaning that it has four corners it's basically a rectangle rendered in perspective and here's how you draw that base plane. We are going to draw it along the central wall just because it's the most obvious surface inside the building and that's the way I always recommend you work, always choose whatever is the most obvious plane, work with it, you can draw other planes out from it as we will see in a moment but for now go ahead and click at one of corners along this wall then click at another corner, click at a third corner like so and then click at a fourth corner and it doesn't matter if you get things exactly right for now because we will be able to modify this plane in just a moment.
But notice that as soon as you click four times Photoshop goes ahead and renders out your plane. Now at this point I can modify the plane by dragging a corner handle like so in order to get those corners exactly where they need to be and notice as I am moving the corners around my grid is changing colors. These colors actually mean something so you should pay attention to them. When you see a blue plane it means that Photoshop is happy with you that this is a good plane and it can work with it. If you see a yellow plane let me go ahead and get the yellow one here, it means that Photoshop is none too happy with this plane, it doesn't really think it works very well for the image but it will do its best to keep up with you no guarantees.
And then finally if you see a red plane that means Photoshop is just plane angry at you forget about it it's not even going to try to play ball. So that's what's going on you have got blue, yellow and red don't settle for anything less than blue, don't settle for yellow there is no point in doing that and definitely don't leave the plane red. Alright at this point we do need to get this grid exactly right because every other grid we create from this point on is going to be based on this central grid and once we have a lot of planes based on each other things get pretty complicated, things get pretty gnarly in terms of trying to modify the plane.
So make your first plane its absolute best and I am going to do that by just dragging these corners around until I get them exactly in place and here's a little trick you might want to be aware of. If you press and hold the X key you will zoom in temporarily for as long as the X key is down you will zoom in to twice the current level of magnification. So I am zooming in at 200% right there then I release the X key in order to go back out then I will drag this corner handle around press the X key to make sure I have it exactly in place as I do then release X and release the mouse button in order to set that point down.
I will go ahead and drag this guy up here to where it wants to be. Notice that I am trying to follow the angle of the base of these light units right there. Alright so I will drag this corner around press the X key in order to make sure that it's in exactly the right place and then release. We have a bit of a bow associated with this wall it may not be the wall it maybe the distortion associated with camera lens but in any case we have a little bit of bow that we are not going to be able to account for with this very straight line along the edge of the plane.
Nothing to worry about, we are just concerned about these corners and finally let's get this guy into place again I will press the X key in order to zoom in tight and make sure I have got it exactly where it needs to be, everything looks good then I will release the X key and I have got my base plane yeah this is the first of several planes that we will be creating. So go ahead and make sure that you have got one drawn and then join me in the next exercise when we draw a bunch more.


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hello, everybody:
I read the source code of Minix3 and met this problem, _EM_WSIZE is
called to be a compiler-generated symbol giving the word size in
bytes, so I want to test it like this:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
#if _EM_WSIZE == 4
In my opinion, word is four bytes, It will print "Right!" to screen,
but I did not see this statement. I have changed the value to 2 and 8,
also no any output. My OS is Windows XP SP3 and my compiler version is
gcc version 3.3.1 (mingw special 20030804-1)
BTW: I did not find _EM_WSIZE in MSDN, does it a compiler-dependence
symbol and how can I use it to judge the CPU size?
Thank you all!


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Obama's plan is bad for jobs
Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:16 a.m.
Democrats' proposed job-creation plan will only add to the $12 trillion national debt while ineffectively handling the country's double-digit unemployment rate. A better idea would be to revisit the burden Congress has placed on employers through a 40 percent increase in the minimum wage.
In 2007, when Congress passed the Fair Minimum Wage Act, we warned about the unintended consequences of forcing higher labor costs on employers. Research repeatedly shows that increasing the minimum wage triggers unemployment for vulnerable groups such as black teens.
Two years later, those warnings are now a painful reality, with nearly half of African-American teens seeking jobs unable to find one.
It doesn't take a "jobs summit" and billions in taxpayer dollars to provide jobs for the unemployed. Congress should take steps to lessen the financial burden minimum wage increases have imposed on employers, allowing them to hire workers with greatest need for experience and income.
Michael Saltsman
Research Fellow
Employment Policies Institute
Washington, D.C.
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It is 5:30 pm on a Saturday, and I'm here to talk to you about desktop organizers. Why not, I have nowhere else to be. I think that desk organizers are the kind of thing that's different for everyone. What works for one person might not for another. It depends on how you use your desk predominantly – for work, for play, for both.
There are three kinds of organizers that most, if not all, desks need: a pencil cup, a paper organizer (either for bills or files – or both!), and a bin for small parts (paper clips, tacks, rubber bands (mine has all of the above and apparently a few bobby pins, screws, a random button and a fortune cookie fortune (I might not be doing this right))). Everything beyond that is circumstantial.
So, rather than continuing to tell you what you already know about desktop organizers, I thought I'd have some fun and once again write a little ditty. And I apologize in advance for the kooky turn it takes near the end!
When your desk is a mess
You may feel distress
You may feel like screaming and crying
How can you work?
You might go berserk!
If your work space is cluttered and untidy.
An organized desk is the key,
they say,
To success and a productive day.
So fear not, my friends,
Your desk you can cleanse
Of the junk that causes delay!
Inboxes, outboxes, cups and trays
All organize in valuable ways.
So why have you let things get so out of hand?
And left your desk in disarray!
Once you get the chaos under control
You'll feel a great sense of relief.
But remember to keep your desk tidy and neat
Or you may lose your job and end up on the street!


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Joining on circular needles?
I am beginning to learn how to use circular needles and have a question about joining when knitting in the round. Are there different ways to join? Some patterns tell you how many stitches to cast on and then they say "join" and continue with a certain stitch (knit, purl, etc.).
One pattern gave specific instructions for joining - it said to cast on an extra stitch and then move one stitch from the right needle to the left needle and then knit both of them together, and then continue with the first round. I followed those instructions, but for some reason there is a small gap where I joined.
Can anyone provide some insight?
Thank you!
It's not unusual to have that gap when u r 1st learning to join in the round. It takes a bit of practice to tighten it up. I suggest giving the 2nd st after the join a nice tug, this should help tighten it up a bit :D
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