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By U.S. Army Spc. Breeanna J. DuBukeMarch 19, 2011
BAGHDAD - During a deployment a lot of service members often find themselves putting aside things like going to the gym, or making healthy food choices. Placing so much focus on mission accomplishment may cause them to feel they don't have the time or energy to work on personal improvement.
The United States Forces-Iraq Deputy Commanding General for Advising and Training, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter, with the assistance of the Forward Operating Base Union III Mayor's Cell staff, has developed a program that motivates individuals to make physical fitness a priority.
FOB Union III residents signed up to participate in the first Weight Loss Challenge that kicked off here March 13. The 10-week challenge will track the progress of individual participants, pairs, and teams through weigh-ins and competitive events.
The Weight Loss Challenge is a part of Ferriter's goal to promote Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, a U.S. Army program developed to improve the physical and mental resilience of service members and family members.
"I think all too often, people make the mistake of not looking on the positive side of things," said Ferriter, a native of Carmel, Calif. "I think they should encourage, motivate, inspire and build teams. If the team in stronger physically, mentally, spiritually, tactically and technically, then we have a stronger force."
The Weight Loss Challenge is a way to motivate service members to take time to strengthen their physical bodies, which in turn, helps strengthen their minds.
"[Service members] who physically work out feel better about themselves," Ferriter said. "We thought we should come up with a program to reward those who are really working hard."
Teamwork is a key ingredient in the challenge, and that teamwork began with the challenge's development.
"We wanted to do a base-wide get healthy, get fit program for all the troops," said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Amanda Harness, the noncommissioned officer in charge of Morale, Welfare and Recreation here, who was heavily involved in the planning of the Weight Loss Challenge. "We created calendars, programs and schedules and searched to find trainers and talents here (such as nutritionists and instructors for alternative fitness classes)."
Not only is the Weight Loss Challenge geared to help service members lose weight, but it's also organized to help participants transition to a healthier, happier life style.
"This isn't just a change for 10 weeks, this is a change for a lifetime," said Harness, a native of Frewsburg, N.Y.
As a part of making that transition, organizers are providing participants with resources to teach them healthier habits.
We are making nutrition and fitness experts available to participants throughout the challenge, Ferriter said.
The challenge will help participants get in shape. To help ensure this happens, they will be held accountable to their teammates during five team competitions conducted periodically through the duration of the challenge.
Competitions will include events such as a "five-man humvee pull" for the fastest time, Ferriter said.
There's also been talk of an event consisting of sandbags and stairs, Harness said.
The challenge has something for everyone, even if they have no need to lose weight, there are other incentives to getting involved.
"If you win that [humvee pull], you'll get a four-day pass at the Australian House swimming pool over on Victory Base Complex," Ferriter said with a smile, during his opening remarks at the kick-off event.
There are several reasons to get involved with the Weight Loss Challenge, whether it is just improving fitness, developing healthier eating habits, motivating fellow service members, or simply winning a prize from the many competitions. No matter what the reason, getting involved will allow deployed service members to take the benefits of a life-changing experience back home with them at the end of their deployment.
Editor's note: This story is the first part of a six-part series.


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Kadri Thrilled To Play For Canada
Wednesday, 12.16.2009 / 3:59 PM ET / Mike Ulmer's Blog
By Mike Ulmer - Mapleleafs.com commentator
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It was 3 a.m. in Regina and Nazem Kadri was still awake, pacing about his hotel room.
Television didn't help
His roommate, Patrice Cormier had no such trouble. As a returnee, Cormier had a second tour of duty on the Canadian World Junior Tournament all but sewn up.
"It was a pretty sleepless night," said Kadri, the Leafs seventh overall draft choice in 2009. "I tried talking to my friends on the cell. I tried sleeping but even then I was up and down."
This is how it works when you want to play for Canada. The best from across the nation are put together and asked to do what they have not done before. Big defencemen have to move the puck faster because what might play in Kelowna won't work against Russia.
A goalie has to control every rebound because he's not facing a 17-year-old from Red Deer who hopes to find his offence in a year or two. Danglers needn't try beating four players in a single rush, not with the best in the world working both sides of the puck.
You do the things you do best to get an invite to training camp and then you change when you get there. There must be something to it. When Canada begins play Boxing Day against Latvia they will put a string of five consecutive championships on the line.
When you don't make the team, word comes via the phone in the club's hotel. There would no phone call for Cormier. If the phone rang, Kadri might as well reach for his suitcase.
When you make the club, they tell you to your face.
Kadri got the phone call last year. He watched from the hotel in Erie, Pennsylvania as a former teammate with the Kitchener Rangers, Matt Halischuk, scored the tournament winner in the gold medal game.
How is that for bitter-sweet? Kadri, limited by a broken jaw incurred a few weeks before the World Junior camp, watching a friend claim what he himself wanted so badly.
"We were almost late for our game in Erie," Kadri said. "I remember the rush I felt watching Hally score."
This time, associate coach Dave Cameron found a bleary-eyed Nazem Kadri on the other side of the hotel door. As soon as Kadri heard the knock, he knew he was all right.
The tournament, to be convened in Regina and Red Deer during the holidays, will provide empirical proof of Kadri's progression. After a slow start, he has begun to amass gaudy numbers. The 18-year-old centreman has scored 20 goals and added 18 assists in 28 games.
A visit from Leafs GM Brian Burke a few weeks ago helped Kadri keep his game in perspective,
"Burkie was down a few weeks ago and we talked after the game. He told me just to relax, keep it simple and I would find my game."
The kid hopes to use the same advice to make another team next October.
"I will be more mature and I will be putting on more weight on in the off-season," said Kadri.
"I want to make the big club."

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Play Framework Plugin for NetBeans IDE (Part 2)
By Geertjan-Oracle on Oct 28, 2012
After I published part 1 of this series, the first external contribution (i.e., not by me) to the NetBeans plugin for Play Framework 2 was committed today.
Yann D'Isanto added support for creating new Play projects:
That completely solves a problem I was working on, in a different way altogether. I was working on creating a new wizard that would call "play new" on the command line and pass into the command line the entered name and application type (1 for Java and 2 for Scala). However, Yann's solution is better, at least in the sense in that it works, as opposed to mine which didn't, because of problems I continually had with the command line, since one needs to press Enter multiple times on the Play command line when creating new projects, which I wasn't able to simulate in my new wizard. Yann's approach is simply to follow the approach taken in the Project Type Module Tutorial, which explains how to register a project sample in the IDE.
I was inspired by Yann's contribution, especially when he mentioned that one needs to build Play projects on the command line. So, I added a new menu item on the right-click of a project for building Play projects, which simply passes "play compile" to the command line for the current project:
Via the IDE's main menu bar, you can also Build and Run the application, though the code for the Clean function needs to be added still, which would be a cool thing for anyone out there to add, by using all the existing code and then passing "play clean compile" to the command line.
Something else that Yann added is an Options Window extension, thanks to the Options Window Module Tutorial, for registering the Play installation, which is a step forward from my hard coded solution. I changed things slightly so that, when Build or Run are selected, without a Play installation being defined, the Options window opens, displaying the tab that Yann created, shown below. Notice that there's no Browse button, which would be a simple next step for anyone else to contribute. A small tip is to use the FileChooserBuilder from the NetBeans IDE APIs when working on the Browse button:
Looking forward to more contributions to the Play Framework 2 plugin for NetBeans IDE. Just leave a message here with your ideas, with your java.net name, and then I'll add you to the project on java.net, where I very much look forward to your contributions:


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It's that time of year again! Back to school for students in the borderland means back to school shopping.
The tax free holiday in New Mexico began Friday. Between Aug. 1-3, retailers will not collect gross receipts tax from customers on back-to-school necessities. That includes clothing,shoes and school supplies.
In 2014, Texas shoppers get a break from state and local sales taxes on Aug. 8 - 10, the state's annual tax holiday. As in previous years, the law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced under $100 from sales and use taxes, which could save shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend.
The dates for the sales tax holiday are set by the Legislature.


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I'm a little overloaded this week with speech writing for MOPS next week, and working on the dreaded tax return, but I wanted to share this little video I took of DJ rattling off the names of all the dinosaurs in his favorite book.
My favorite part is when he argues with me over what the book says, even though he can't read! I think he has a promising future in debate. His counterpoint of choice will simply be, "No, it doesn't."[print-me/]
5 Responses to "DJ Naming the Dinosaurs"
Wow, he's so smart, I can't believe he remembered all those big names!
Wow, he is wonderful. I do not think I could pronounce the names of those dinosaurs. He is just amazing. It really shows that SOMEONE spends a lot of time with him to help him learn. He has an amazing family.
That is so cute. My son loved doing the same thing with all his dinosaur books. His favourite was the Quetzalcoatlus. The more complicated the name, the better!
After, "No, it doesn't", I chuckled over that one for a while. It was great how you said, "Okay", and moved on. Choose those battles 🙂
Love the video of DJ! He's adorable!~
*Missing you on my regular blog-hopping-trail. 🙁 *Hope to see you back soon– and hope Spring is beginning to awaken in your area, too (the cherry blossoms [that's what I've always called them anyway…] are covering lots of trees here in Alabama..)! 🙂


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This heavy, 5.0mm thick straight cylinder bong from Flaming Skull features blue colored glass on the base and the thick comfortable mouthpiece, while the dome perc is made of clear glass. It has an 18.8mm joint and comes complete with a downtube and big blue glass bowl with marble rollstoppers. This waterpipe has a carb hole with carb stopper included, and is equipped with ice notches. The cool Flaming Skull logo is burned in on the cylinder in blue.


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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected proposals for redrawing state legislative boundaries that focused on competitive districts, sending the maps back to the Reapportionment Commission for further work after ruling that the House and Senate districts are not "sufficiently attentive to county boundaries."
The ruling is a blow to the Reapportionment Commission, especially to its unaffiliated chairman, Mario Carrera, who had worked tirelessly for a compromise that creates competitive districts in the state. Carrera's maps would have created 33 competitive districts from the 100 districts in Colorado, as opposed to the current 28 competitive seats. Twenty-two of the districts were in the House and 11 in the Senate.
When the 11-member bipartisan commission last met on Sept. 19, Carrera felt empowered by the 9-2 vote in favor of the Senate map and the 8-3 vote on the House version. The only opposition came from Republicans concerned that the maps violated constitutional criteria outlined by the Colorado Supreme Court a decade ago. Justice Gregory Hobbs mandated at the time that counties retain whole districts.
The Supreme Court agreed, stating in its 4-2 ruling, "We hold that the Adopted Plan is not sufficiently attentive to county boundaries to meet the requirements… We further hold that the commission has not made an adequate showing that a less drastic alternative could not have satisfied the equal population requirement…" Much of their concern lies with splits in Arapahoe and Jefferson counties.
Led by Republican Commissioner Mario Nicolais, an attorney, Republicans argued that it was possible to place 47 House seats within a single district and 26 Senate seats within a single district. In the maps sent to the Supreme Court, 46 counties are drawn wholly within one House district and 18 counties contain more than one House district. On the Senate side, 54 counties are drawn wholly within one district and 10 counties have more than one district. There are 64 counties in Colorado and 100 legislative districts.
Carrera publicly chastised Nicolais at the commission's last meeting on Sept. 19 for raising concerns over competitive districts and the impact it could have on keeping counties whole. Nicolais said he feels "vindicated" following the Supreme Court ruling.
"I took a little bit of heat during those commission hearings for standing up [for] my convictions, and now I feel like that is where we have to start," said Nicolais.
Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, a Democratic member of the Reapportionment Commission who often found himself at odds with Nicolais, agreed.
"Commissioner Nicolais should feel good about doing this well and winning this quarter of the game," Webb said. "But you know, there's four quarters to the game. The game's not over yet."
Nicolais is hopeful that the commission will begin its re-examination of legislative boundaries by starting with his original Republican map, and Carrera has acknowledged that the commission will need to start at "square one."
"We're going to take another look and hope that the spirit of bipartisanship remains and we move forward," said Carrera, vice president of Denver-based Spanish language TV Entravision Communications. He earned the nickname "Super Mario" on the commission because of his dedication to striking a balance between Republicans and Democrats and his powerful swing vote as the lone unaffiliated member of the commission. The maps that were ultimately sent to the Supreme Court take from both Republican and Democratic proposals.
Reapportionment can often be a divisive process as the redrawing of legislative boundaries can determine the balance of power at the legislature for a full decade. With split chambers — Republicans control the House by only one seat and Democrats rule the Senate — reapportionment could have a significant impact on the political makeup of the state after next year's elections.
The political implications are significant. Republicans have raised concerns about thrusting incumbents together, creating overly competitive or non-competitive races for lawmakers facing re-election. At the centerpiece of the debate are the districts of Reps. Ken Summers, R-Lakewood, and Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood. Summers would have been moved out of House District 22 into House District 26 under Carrera's plan. Kerr currently represents HD 26 and would be given about an eight-point Democratic advantage in the district.
Other lawmakers who would face more competitive districts with the maps that were sent to the Supreme Court include Democratic Reps. Sue Ryden, Aurora; Cherylin Peniston, Westminster; Millie Hamner, Dillon; Daniel Kagan, Denver; and Dave Young, Greeley. Republicans facing more competitive districts were Reps. Cindy Acree, Aurora; J. Paul Brown, Ignacio; and Don Beezley, Broomfield.
Carrera points out that the Supreme Court did not wholly reject the practice of reapportioning based on competitive districts. In fact, the court wrote, "Other nonconstitutional considerations, such as the competitiveness of a district, are not per se illegal or improper; however, such factors may be considered only after all constitutional criteria have been met."
Chief Justice Michael Bender and Justice Nancy Rice offered the two dissenting votes, but agreed that competitiveness is an important factor to consider. Bender led the opposition, arguing that the maps do not violate constitutional criteria when it comes to county boundaries. In fact, Bender believes strongly that the maps aim to create fair, competitive elections in Colorado.
"In my view, a nonpartisan commission is more likely to draw competitive political districts which would promote political fairness and would counterbalance any gerrymandering efforts," Bender wrote in his dissent. "Hence, competitive legislative districts are the antithesis of gerrymandered ones. The creation of competitive legislative districts is an appropriate discretionary consideration for the commission. The commission's report reflects testimony that competitiveness was significant to both the public and to the Commission's decisions."
But Ryan Call, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, cautioned against the commission taking a renewed look at competitiveness as a factor when it submits new plans to the Supreme Court. In a statement released Tuesday, Call said county boundaries must be considered above all else.
"Colorado Republicans agree with the Colorado Supreme Court that a measure of a district's so-called 'competitiveness' and other non-constitutional factors should only be considered after all other constitutional criteria of respecting counties and city boundaries have first been fully met," Call said. "Respecting county boundaries and communities of interest leads to more effective representation as legislators will better reflect the perspectives and needs of the communities they are chosen to represent."
Jason Dunn, an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck who represents Colorado Citizens for Fair Representation, a group opposed to the maps sent to the Court, agreed that the Supreme Court made the right move in sending them back to the commission for further consideration.
"The court gave us everything we asked for, which was simply to remand the maps back to the commission with the instruction to follow the constitutional criteria precisely as it is written in the constitution," Dunn said. "The commission unnecessarily split a variety of counties both in the House map and in the Senate map, and thereby weakened the power of those counties to have an appropriate voice in the legislature."
Carrera is concerned that when the commission goes back to redraw legislative boundaries, there will be casualties to competitiveness in the name of keeping counties whole.
"There's just so many ripple effects within the maps and the districts and how it all comes together, it's not an easy task," he said. "I believe we had a certain plan and a certain idea in working through the scope of both the House and the Senate maps, and there were some issues that we had to address, and I thought that they were addressed, but I think it's back to square one for now."
David Fine, the attorney representing the Reapportionment Commission, said the Supreme Court's ruling allows the commission to continue drawing districts that account for competitiveness, but he added that the commission would first need to address the court's constitutional concerns.
"The commission worked very hard to come up with a plan, and the process is very time consuming and complicated, but the commission worked very hard to do justice to the reapportionment process," he said. "The Supreme Court's role is to review the plan and to determine whether the plan meets all legal requirements as interpreted by the court."
Democrats say they do not have a specific plan yet for redrawing the maps when the commission gets back to work, other than to begin to address some of the constitutional concerns raised by the court.
Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, said in a statement that he is hopeful the commission will not abandon the philosophy of aiming to keep districts competitive.
"I am confident that over the coming weeks, the commission will continue to work in a collaborative fashion and develop a solution that will both satisfy the court and ensure that Coloradans have a fair shot of electing representation that is accountable to the people of their communities," Palacio said.
Webb said his first priority when the commission gets back to work is taking another look at minimizing county and certain city splits, such as in Colorado Springs. Of course, that may have a ripple effect on incumbents, he said.
Webb believes the commission will be able to quickly redraw new maps, especially with the directive from the Supreme Court regarding county splits.
"What's going to happen now is there will be much more of an effort to draw county lines and let the chips fall where they may," Webb predicted.
The Reapportionment Commission was scheduled to meet in executive session on Nov. 18 for the purpose of consulting with private counsel about the resubmission of the state redistricting plan.
Two additional meetings to discuss and approve the proposed resubmission have been scheduled, the first on Monday, Nov. 28, at 11:00 a.m., and the second on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 1:00 p.m, at which time the commission will vote on the resubmission of the plan. No public testimony will be heard at either of these meetings. However, comments may be submitted by email, letter, or phone call to: 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 122, Denver, CO 80203. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Fax: 303-866-3945. Phone: 303-866-3950.
The commission must file new maps with the Supreme Court by 5 p.m. on Dec. 6.
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It's not exactly news that texting while driving is a poor decision; however, new research sheds light on just how deadly it can be. According to the study by the University of North Texas Health Science Center, texting while driving was responsible for 16, 141 deaths between 2002 and 2007.
Lead study authors Fernando A. Wilson, PhD and Jim P. Stimpson, PhD analyzed information from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which records data on vehicle accidents that occur within the U.S. Using this system, they examined trends in distracted driving fatalities, including cell phone usage and texting volumes.
Distracted driving fatalities actually decreased from 1999 to 2005, the researchers write. However, between 2005 and 2008, the amount of deaths rose considerably from 4,572 to 5,870 – a 28 percent increase. They estimate that if text messaging had never been invented, the number of distracted driving fatalities would have been down to 1,925 per year, the CS Monitor reports.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the percentage of U.S. drivers observed using a cell phone has held steady at 6 percent since 2005. Therefore, the study suggests the increase might be due to the shift in how handheld devices are used.
The LA Times reports some other facts of the study:
- The percentage of all traffic deaths caused by distracted driving rose from 11% in 1999 to 16% in 2008.
- Distracted-driving crashes are more common in urban areas. Overall, 40% of all crashes happened in urban areas in 2008, up from 33% a decade earlier.
- Only one-third of Americans had a cellphone in 1999. By 2008, 91% of us did.
- The average monthly volume of text messages was 1 million in 2002. By 2008, it was 110 million.
This study is published in the American Journal of Public Health.


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ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Both officials and residents of Aruba
are worried that the publicity surrounding the disappearance of an
American teen could hurt the island's lucrative tourism industry.
Natalee Holloway disappeared May 30th, hours before she was to
return from a trip with other students celebrating graduation. The island is just 18 miles off Venezuela's coast and heavily depends on American visitors. Tourism officials say three-fourths of the estimated 728,000 tourists last year were Americans.
A tour consultant says the teen's disappearance has affected everyone because there has never been such an incident before.
Four people are being detained as the case is investigated. But, so far, officials say there are no clues.


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Hey all, I did some more research and discovered the following.. Tested it, and confirmed http://ftp.ntua.gr/mirror/hylafax/archive/html/2003-04/msg00064.php that the reason why it kept failing is because the faxcover.ps is not a real ps file, it is unparsed, and contains variable references.. I utilized another postscript file (random) from the internet, and all things work out ok. Thanks, and please disregard the previous message ;) --------------------------- Paul Matuszewski Director of Network Operations In Office Networks http://www.inofficenetworks.com V: (516) 933-9669 x202 F: (516) 620-0062 C: (516) 816-4871 -----Original Message----- From: Paul Matuszewski [In Office Networks] [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 3:07 PM To: 'hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx'; 'hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: Question regarding ghostscript ps font list/map Hey all, I'm having a little difficulty managing to get this work and I know it's due to my lack of experience with Ghostscript and the not so easily understood documentation available. (It may be for some of you who use ghostscript, but this is a first time for me!) I've compiled/installed ghostscript all fine and dandy on my system, and I've also copied over the set of fonts recommended by AFPL, but I'm getting the following error from Hylafax: Error: /undefined in comments Operand stack: 413.66 29 141.336 189 Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1125/1686(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:107/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local AFPL Ghostscript 8.54: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 >>> End comment I'm pretty sure that this is a font-not found issue, but I can't isolate how to solve the problem. I was wondering if anyone had an idea on how I could manipulate ghostscript to work for me. I've recompiled it with the appropriate font location (by manipulating the Makefile to also add the path /usr/local/share/ghostscript/8.54/fonts << where I copied the fonts from ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tgz < or whatever the file name is.) The PS file that I'm using to test the faxing is the faxcover.ps included with hylafax. From what I can tell, Helvetica, Courier, Times-Bold, are the only fonts that the file refers to. These are basic fonts, so I must be doing something terribly wrong. I have a feeling it has to do with my fontmap file, but I'm not sure how to manipulate it / test to make sure it's working. I reset the fonts path correctly in hyla.conf so that when I run faxsetup it doesn't give me an error about the fonts.. Ie it knows where to look. Anyone have an idea where I can look to find the answers? Thanks, Paul --------------------------- Paul Matuszewski Director of Network Operations Convergent Network Services http://www.convergentns.net V: (516) 620-2559 F: (516) 620-0062 C: (516) 816-4871 ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________ To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxx*


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Synonyms of pull in English:
pull something apart
- it is wise to pull the gearbox apart only when absolutely necessary[Antonyms] build, assembledemolish, destroy, break up
pull back
pull something down
pull a fast one on informal
- he is a car salesman who will try to pull a fast one on his co-conspiratorsoutsmart, outwit, out-think, outmanoeuvre, outplay, be cleverer than, steal a march on, trick, gull, make a fool of, get the better ofinformal outfox, put one over on, run/make rings rounddated outjockey
pull in
pull someone/something in
pull someone's leg
- tease, fool, play a trick on, make fun of, joke with, rag, chaff, twit, pull the wool over someone's eyesinformal kid, bamboozle, lead up the garden path, take for a ride, rib, take the mickey out of, get/take a rise out ofBritish informal wind up, have on
pull something off
- they pulled off a daring crimeachieve, fulfil, succeed in, accomplish, bring off, bring about, carry out, carry off, execute, perform, perpetrate, discharge, complete, conduct, negotiate, clinch, work out, fix, effect, establish, engineer
pull out
- 2 the French pulled out of the agreementretreat from, leave, quit, abandon, give up, stop participating in, get out of, back out of, bow out of, renege on[Antonyms] join, engage in
pull something out
pull out all the stops informal
- the disc's producers have pulled out all the stops for this tiny cult classicmake an effort, exert oneself, try hard, strive, endeavour, apply oneself, do one's best, do all one can, do one's utmost, give one's all, make every effort, spare no effort, be at pains, put oneself out;struggle, labour, toil, strain, push oneself, drive oneself, work hard, work like a Trojan;rack/cudgel one's brainsinformal give it one's best shot, go all out, bend/lean over backwards, put one's back into it, knock oneself out, do one's damnedest, move heaven and earth, beaver away, slog away, keep one's nose to the grindstone, work one's socks off, break sweatNorth American informal do one's darnedest/durnedest, bust one's chopsAustralian informal go for the doctor
pull over
pull the strings informal
- these are the people that pull the strings behind the scenesmanage, direct, control, operate, regulate, conduct, handle, run, orchestrate, organize, supervise, superintend, oversee, preside over, boss, be the boss of, govern, rule, administer, lead, head, guide, steer, pilot;exercise control over, be in control of, be in charge of, be in command of, take care of, look after, be responsible for, be at the helm of, hold sway overinformal head up, call the shots, call the tune, run the show, be in the driving seat, be in the saddle
pull through
- she has serious injuries, but we are all praying for her to pull throughget better, get well again, improve, recover, rally, survive, come through, recuperate;get over something;be all right
pull together
- in tough times we must pull togethercollaborate, cooperate, work together, work side by side, act together, act jointly, band together, come together, get together, join forces, team up, unite, combine, merge, amalgamate, pool resources, club together, make common cause, form an alliance;coordinate with each other, liaise with each other;conspire, connive, collude, be in collusion, work hand in gloveinformal gang uprare coact
pull something to pieces
- 1 can I trust you not to pull my radio to pieces?dismantle, disassemble, take to pieces, take/pull to bits, take/pull apart, strip down, demolish, destroy, break up
- 2 we should look at those draft guidelines and be prepared to pull them to piecescriticize, attack, censure, condemn, denigrate, find fault with, pillory, maul, lambaste, flay, savageNorth American informal pummel, cut something upAustralian/New Zealand informal bagarchaic slashrare excoriate
pull oneself together
- regain one's composure, regain one's self-control, regain control of one's emotions, recover, get a grip/hold on oneself, get over it, become one's old selfinformal snap out of it, get one's act together, buck up
pull up
pull someone up
- he grinned unabashedly when his mother pulled me upreprimand, rebuke, scold, chide, chastise, upbraid, berate, castigate, reprove, reproach, censure, take to task, tear into, admonish, lecture, lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, haul over the coalsinformal tell off, give someone a telling-off, bawl out, dress down, give someone hell, give someone a talking-to, give someone a dressing-down, give someone an earful, give someone a piece of one's mind, blow up, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, give someone a rowBritish informal tick off, carpet, give someone a mouthfulNorth American informal chew outAustralian informal monsterrare reprehend, excoriate
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3 he took a long pull on the cigarette
informal drag
4 she felt the pull of the tranquillity of the place
attraction, lure, allurement, enticement, drawing power, draw, magnetism, influence, enchantment, magnet, temptation, invitation, fascination, appeal
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An Iberia teenager was killed early Saturday morning after the van he was riding in traveled off the road, through a pair of fences and overturned in Miller County.
Fifteen-year-old Collin J. Colvin was taken to Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Kean Karas at 3:02 a.m. June 29, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) incident report.
Colvin was riding in a 2002 Ford Windstar van driven by Jacob V. Ponder, 15, of Dixon, westbound on Curry Road, about one-quarter of a mile east of Highway U southwest of Iberia.
Ponder was not injured. According to the patrol, neither boy was wearing a seat belt.
The vehicle was totaled. The crash was reported at 12:24 a.m. Saturday. Miller County sheriff's deputies assisted MSHP troopers at the crash scene.
Fancher-Rekus Funeral Homes in Iberia is handling arrangements for Colvin.
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The Alchemyst Chapter 26 Summary
How It All Goes Down
- When he finds Josh so upset, Flamel tries to reassure him that Sophie will be all right.
- But Josh is not a happy camper. He knows that Flamel has known all along just how dangerous the Awakening process is.
- Flamel swears that he knew the twins would survive because he could tell that their auras were so strong.
- Although he wants to believe the old guy, Josh just can't.
- Unfortunately, this is no time for a deeper discussion. Scatty interrupts and tells them they need to book it. Things are about to get real.
- Flamel tells Josh to just keep going and not to stop no matter what happens.
- So the three of them, with an unconscious Sophie in tow, wind their way through the underground tunnels of the Yggdrasill and emerge into a totally intense magical battle.
- They hear cries and realize it is the World Tree. Their enemies know that Hekate's power is linked to it, and are attacking the tree as a means of destroying Hekate.
- Flamel spots Dee, and is surprised to be happy to see him.
- Dee is human, after all, and thus must have arrived by human transportation.
- In other words—there's probably a car waiting just outside the Shadowrealm. They have a ride.
- The group watches a Torc Allta approach Dee, with hopes that the beast will destroy their enemy. But Dee's sword destroys the Torc Allta instead, freezing the animal solid on contact. Oh, and by the way, this sword was once King Arthur's sword Excalibur, the Sword of Ice. Well that explains it.
- Scatty runs ahead to clear the way. Flamel tells Josh to run, holding Sophie, after Scatty, who will lead them to safety. Flamel will cover the twins from behind.
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Florence Louise Arens of Glenwood Springs died March 6. She was 92
She was born April 13, 1917, in Chicago. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, and her son, Thomas, and is survived by daughters Mary D'Ambrosio (Jim) of Roseville, Calif., and Suzanne Gordon of Eagle.
Florence was a loving grandmother to Robert Scanlan (Elisa) of San Diego, Glenn Arens (Gael) of Eagle, Brian Arens (Julie) of Chicago and Clebe Gordon of Eagle. She also had three great-grandchildren. She also will be missed by her daughter-in-law, Linda Arens of Chicago.
Florence enjoyed gardening, reading, working crossword puzzles, playing cards, and visiting with her many friends at the Golden Eagle Senior Center.
Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, followed by a 2 p.m. Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eagle. Burial will be in Chicago.
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Canadian tenor Ben Heppner takes to the stage of the Canadian Opera Company Jan. 29, to perform one of his most famous roles, Tristan in Tristan und Isolde.
One of the opera world's great romantic lead roles, Tristan calls for a voice of great emotional colour.
Heppner has received acclaim around the world for his interpretation of the doomed lover in Richard Wagner's opera.
But this time his appearance is remarkable because it's in Toronto, with the COC.
Heppner has been a no-show in COC productions for the past 17 years, despite making his home in Toronto.
It's not just that he's an opera star in demand around the world – when he has been scheduled to perform in Toronto, a virus or other mishap has always stopped him.
It's been such a long time between appearances in Toronto that critics have begun to call it a "Heppner curse." Heppner himself dismisses the notion.
"It's interesting because that has been brought up a few times, and I kind of feel like it fits into the way that a lot of the country feels about Toronto which is 'why do they think they are so special?'" he told CBC News.
Heppner shares the stage with Melanie Diener and he has internationally renowned director Peter Sellars at the helm.
Sellars has every faith in his performance.
Sellars says Heppner has "incredible commitment to not just singing in beautiful sound quality but this powerful voice that comes right from his heart, right from his gut!"
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Every Wednesday, News 4 This Morning takes a look at the lighter stories from our show that viewers and readers are talking about on our webchannel and related social media.
A woman in Georgia was surprised recently to find a retro, giant 7-foot tall Kentucky Fried Chicken bucket in her yard. It was left there by her landlord, who wants to put it on display. This story's article became extremely popular here on our webchannel. On Facebook, Frances Culver-Small responded to the unusual story, saying, "Somewhere a truck driver is looking for that bucket!" And, Skip Nelson asks, "Did it come with 2 sides and a biscuit?"
Record-breaking low and low high temperatures were observed in many northern states from Wisconsin to Minnesota over the last weekend, coming in at 10 to 15 degrees below normal. Some records that were many years or even decades old were broken. On Facebook, Becky Player told about her encounter with cold weather, saying, "I was in the mountains of West Virginia last week and it was very cool there. Around 50 at night and 70 during the day." And, on our webchannel, a user named Lois responded to the story with "In the 60ies. Is that all, my daughter in law keeps her air conditioner set on 60...She loves cold weather. I don't go visit her much. My son says he sleeps under a comforter while his wife and the 2 kids sleep in short pajamas."
Last week, a bear entered a bar in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The bear's visit was even caught on camera! No one was hurt in the incident, and in fact, the bar planned a drink in the bear's honor afterward! On our Facebook page, viewer Lisa Tomlinson relayed her own unusual animal experience saying, "Although my encounter isn't as scary as this one, I did, however, manage to hit a cow while canoeing in the north Georgia mountains."
The sales tax holiday for back-to-school shopping begins in Alabama in just a couple of days. Items covered will include everything from clothes to computers. This means many shopping lists were be made for these shoppers! On Facebook, Greg Davis says that "it's funny how a "new car" showed up on my kid's list this year!" Cars are not covered under the tax holiday!
Over the past weekend, another convention celebrating the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic took place—this one in Kansas. The Midwest Brony Fest had over 300 Bronies—teenage and adult fans of the show—attend to play games, listen to fan music and purchase Pony merchandise. This article was kindly linked by the fan site "The Daily Oat!" And, Jacob Seikel commented on the article saying, "I always enjoy seeing a news station taking an interest in Bronies."
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James Max Phillis, 76, of McConnelsville, Ohio, died Friday (Dec. 7, 2012) at Genesis Morrison House Hospice in Zanesville. He was born April 3, 1936, in Dexter City, Ohio, son of James Phillis and Roxie L. Carrel Dixon.
He retired from Ohio Power Company, Muskingum River Plant in 1995 after 36 years of service. He graduated from Dexter City High School in 1953. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of American Legion Post 389 in Beverly.
He was married April 2, 1960 to Phyllis Dimmerling Phillis who survives. He is also survived by a son, Kenneth Phillis of Beverly; a daughter, Linda Diment of Cambridge, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Elvin Dixon; and a brother, Charles Gibson.
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Jean Bausch wrote:
> Hi,
> a minor annoyance in my openSuSE 10.2 system:
> the grub screen fits my screen
> the booting screen is shifted to the left (0.5 cm)
> after login the screen is shifted to the right (0.5 cm)
> (it's just enough to hide the scrollbar)
> I tried to adjust in sax (via YasT). It says that the correction will
> be active after the next graphics restart, but it isn't.
> The auto button on my screen adjusts - but afterwards in WindowsXP I have
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> Known problem?
Know problem is that all combinations of monitor and graphic cards doesn't
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Usually the shift in text mode can be corrected using different vga mode.
For that I use console and as root user run file manager Midnight Commander
to edit file /boot/grub/menu.lst. Line starting with
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 ....
The VESA mode 0x317 is 1024x768 that gives enough text on screen, but never
failed, even on older computers.
The graphic mode is similar story. You can look what resolution, vertical
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My bunker is empty, but I might just be at ER at the allotted time!!
Agreed Bryan and a clean sheet to boot too. Four wins out of five very encouraging for the future. Green now prooving to be a good buy now that he is fit.However I think we need to go into the market to get a top striker to compliment LB up front. I like the look of Craig Davis at Barnsley who for me will score goals from inside or from outside the box and wouldnt cost a fortune. Roll on Chelsea. MOT to a spot in the semi final hopefully against the Bantams.
Good win was working today but my next match is Bolton NewYears day if anyone's going?
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I wont be buying a ticket in advance Lotto in case things go t.ts up on Dec 21st. :-) I think the rest of our posters are Doomsday Prepping! Got my catapult and ten bags of acorns ready just in case.


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'Bachelorette' finale live-blog: What will Des decide?
Sidebar - it's kind of unnerving that Des (and her family, clearly) know that Drew is gone, but Chris doesn't.
9:31 p.m. Nate asks Des if he's the one. In this moment, yes! Nate thinks he's the right choice. Huh! But he has some concerns. Ugh. He brings up Brooks. Are you disappointed, Des? Well, yeah. It took a while to get over him. Like, a week. Nate trusts her decision. Wow! Maybe he's not so crazy. It was the skulking around the Beverly Hilton that threw me off.
9:38 p.m. It's time for Des' final day in Antigua. It could be the best day of her life or the worst! Worst? Eh, she's going to get a marriage proposal. It won't be all bad. Time for Neil Lane! Bring out the rings!
9:40 p.m. Chris gets dressed. What if she accepts Drew's proposal? Oh, bunny. Des looks... not entirely happy. She keeps crying. I am not getting a "tears of happiness" vibe. She keeps talking about how much Chris loves her. Not a lot about how much she loves him.
Okay, the commercials are killing me. I want to think Des will just merrily accept Chris' proposal, but I think she needs A LOT more time to process what happened with Brooks than the show allows. She's had to switch gears pretty dramatically, and even if they do get engaged, I'm not sure they're going to go the distance simple because of how messy this has been. Des is worried that Chris will change his mind about their relationship once she tells him about how she felt about Brooks. Yeah, I don't blame her.
9:47 p.m. Time's ticking! It's time for the big reveal -- what HAPPENS? Des waits for Last Chance Chris. He's got his ring, he's got his skinny tie, he's ready. Chris is 100 percent committed. Uh, wait, Chris. Don't say that just yet. Des has to talk to you.
9:51 p.m. Chris is so happy to have been on this journey with Des. He loved dancing with her in Germany! She makes him want to be a better person. Yak, yak, yak. Propose, Chris. Let's get this over with! She won't let him get down on one knee. She wants to be completely honest with him. She said goodbye to Drew earlier in the week and he's the only one who met her family. But... she's crying now. This does not seem good. She admits that she loved Brooks and throughout the journey she was torn between him and Chris. She feels that she was so blindsided by her feelings for Brooks she couldn't see that what she needed was right in front of her. She is so grateful for him. She thanks him for never giving up. He means the world to her. And she loves him so much.
Kissing! Hugging! Now can he propose? Ah, he gets down on bended knee. He wants to be her first and last. And there it is -- will you marry me? Yes. That's it, people!
There is more kissing. So... the live audience kind of served no purpose, since Brooks wasn't waiting in the wings or anything.
9:57 p.m. Montage of cute moments. Chris fake proposing before the first cocktail party. Bad poetry, dancing, helicopter rides.
She gives him the final rose and asks him to grow old with her forever. Well, maybe be together forever AND grow old. Back to the montage! Brooks who?
So, no last minute appearance by Brooks. But... has Chris watched the season thus far?
10:01 p.m. It's After the Rose, which means lots of talking and possibly some arguing and/or kissing. Chris Harrison invites Des to the stage. Lots of nattering about how crazy the season was. Then, Chris asks how she got over Brooks so quickly. She thinks it was special to go through heartbreak to see the beauty in love. Huh? The answer is good enough for Chris Harrison, though. Time to discuss Brooks! She admits it might have been the thrill of the chase. Des tells Chris Harrison she never put pressure on herself to get a proposal, so Chris was never a back-up plan.
Brooks is in the house! Oh, no!
Des isn't nervous to see Brooks. Brooks does NOT know about the proposal. This will be fun!
10:13 p.m. Brooks, who is rocking some scruff, talks about how hard it's been to watch the show. Des asks him what made him change his mind between hometowns and Antigua. He admits he asked himself some hard questions, and that's why his head was ahead of his heart. Nothing new here.
They are laughing and smiling about the horrible break-up. Any regrets, Brooks? He says hindsight's 20/20. Des has no regrets. She'll never regret feeling! So, Brooks, want to know what happened? Des said that after he left, things went really well. And she's engaged to Chris.
Brooks offers her congratulations. He isn't entirely surprised.
10:22 p.m. Des admits she's nervous to see Drew. She knows she broke his heart. Really? Time to drag him out! He's found his happiness again, but watching the show was difficult. He seems a little nervous. He tried to right the ship when he started seeing that they were headed to break-up town, but it was too late. But he has no regrets. He's happy for Des. She wants him to find love. But wait! He has questions. Could he have done anything differently? In short, no. When did you know he wasn't the one, Des? Des tried to keep her options open. Drew wants to know if he was always a little behind Chris and Brooks. I guess Drew is more broken up about this than I thought. Drew doesn't regret telling her he loved her, but he's no longer in love with her. But he'll always be in her corner. Still, he knows it wasn't mutual. Chris thinks Drew will be okay after this.
So, who's the new Bachelor? Wait, time to watch a preview of the new ABC show "Betrayal"!
10:36 p.m. Time to bring out Chris. Big kiss! So, I guess Chris isn't pissed about watching Des drool over Brooks all season. He couldn't be happier. He knew she was the one a long time back -- and he doesn't care about the whole Brooks nonsense. He never wants to let her go. Time to watch Chris and Des watch the proposal for the first time, as they've been locked up backstage.
I think Chris is wearing the same suit and tie tonight. Guys can do that. Okay, this is winding down, I think. Time for the new Bachelor!
10:45 p.m. Nah, more Des and Chris. Des announces she's moving to Seattle this week. And they're getting a new place together. His family is so excited. Maybe her dad can adjust her back! And Chris wants to give her a gift. It's all the roses she gave squished into a frame around a bad, bad poem. She's so touched! Yeah, and now you have to hang this mess in your new apartment, so hope you really love it.
Our new Bachelor? JUAN PABLO! Oh, yeah. This will be a very hot season!
Do you think Des and Chris will last? Do you think Brooks regrets dumping her? What do you think of Juan Pablo as the new Bachelor?


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NEW YORK (AP) — Women's-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations.
Allred joined students from the colleges in New York City to announce the filing of complaints against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, the University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkeley.
She said some of the complaints filed Wednesday were Title IX complaints alleging a hostile environment for women. Other complaints charged the colleges with violating the federal Clery Act, which requires accurate reporting of campus crimes.
Complaints were filed earlier against Occidental College in southern California and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Dernbach was a surprise inclusion, and Cow's concern back then was that the Surrey bowler had been picked on potential, rather than performance:
'Never mind his credentials as a cricketer, Miller explained that the Johannesburg-born bowler is "a talented athlete".
Now, forgive Cowers if he is overly cynical in this regard, but that very term used by Miller to justify the decision is in keeping with the likes of Saj Mahmood over recent years, and is less reassuring than, "he's the next best bowler we have".'
It is January 2013 and, apart from having played 20 one-day internationals and 18 Twenty20s, Dernbach doesn't appear to have developed a great deal.
Dernbach is 26 now – he will be 27 before the county season kicks off – and he remains a man with no shortage of potential, but not enough substance at the highest level of ODIs.
You can understand why the selectors are seduced by him. He is strong, fast, and well-versed in a variety of different deliveries. Harness that, and you have a player who could uproot stumps and force improbable victories.
But variety is nothing without consistency, if you accept how illogical that sounds. If Dernbach is not in control of his varations, or able to bowl them at the right times, then they are worthless.
And the comparison to Mahmood is an apt one. Mahmood was picked primarily because everything looked right. He was as strong as an ox, blessed with a frame that could withstand the rigours of Test bowling. His pace was natural. All he required was a little nurture, and in the Duncan Fletcher era, some rough bowling diamonds were polished up and came out looking rather sparkly.
Mahmood was not amongst that number, sadly. For all the unplayable balls (and there were plenty), there was also an inevitable boundary-ball. It is spinners who are traditionally thought of as having a 'release' ball – the one which takes all the pressure off the batsman – because of the art and guile that goes into delivering the ball. Mahmood was equally capable as them of losing line, control and rhythm, and he could never find a way of correcting it for good.
The question is not whether the first part also applies to Dernbach – for now it most certainly does – but whether he has the mental fortitude to fix it, and remove it from his game.
He does not lack character. After some wretched leg-side fare in Rajkot early in the first ODI, Dernbach came on late with MS Dhoni looking to launch him out of the ground. He held his nerve and beat him with a slower ball - a wicket that finally put the game to bed.
In Kochi, however, the death-bowling skills which are thought of as his stock-in-trade deserted him. Yes, again there was the wicket of Dhoni, but there was also one leg-side delivery after another to Ravi Jadeja, each of which was helped on its way to the boundary. It made talk of keeping him in the team as a specialist seamer for the later overs, not unlike Umar Gul of Pakistan, seem fanciful.
At some point, an ODI career economy rate of 6.2 has to be looked at in more depth. Even Mahmood, often mocked for his lack of control, only gave away his runs at 5.85 an over.
A lack of compelling alternatives mean that he is unlikely to lose his place in this series, which gives him three games to convince selectors that his bowling will find a new level of consistency and class. James Anderson is sitting this tour out; Stuart Broad is waiting in the wings. Dernbach can bowl deliveries that might cause those two campaigners to sprain their wrist if they tried to repeat them – but those two have sustained ODI records that he can only dream of.
The question Cowers asked back in March 2011 was, "Who or what is a Jade Dernbach?"
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Senator Barbara Milkulski is holding a press conference later today to press the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act she recently introduced. But didn't President Obama already kill the gender wage gap? Not quite. While Obama has long been touting the first bill he signed once in office, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, it only provides a woman more time to file a claim of discrimination. The Paycheck Fairness Act would go further by ensuring employees can discuss their salaries with each other—since it's hard to root out pay discrimination if you don't know how you stack up against everyone else.
Lilly Ledbetter certainly helps women who want to bring lawsuits against their employers by giving them more time to do so. In that way, Obama's first act did recognize the problem of pay discrimination. But it's a baby step forward in the march toward equal pay.
The numbers since its signing bear that out. According to Bloomberg, the number of pay discrimination complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission actually fell from 2,268 when Obama signed the Act in 2009 to 2,191 last year. Meanwhile, the pay gap has widened from 77.8 in 2007 to 77.4 percent in 2010.
So what will it take to make the wage gap disappear? Why wouldn't clearing the way for lawsuits get us there? Part of the answer is that Ledbetter only nibbled at the edges of an enormous, systemic problem. As I'vepreviously written, the causes of the gap range from a too-low minimum wage to decreased unionization levels. These kinds of issues won't budge on a large scale even if women are emboldened to sue for equal pay.
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USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - The San Diego State women's tennis team clinched its first outright Mountain West Conference title since 2003 on Saturday with a satisfying 6-1 victory over Air Force at the USAF Academy. The match was originally scheduled to be played in Fort Collins, Colo., however, weather-related issues prompted the change of venue.
With the win, the 41st-ranked Aztecs claimed their 13th straight dual match, closing out their regular-season schedule with a 20-4 overall record and a perfect 8-0 mark in league play, while the Falcons drop to 13-9 on the year and 2-5 in MW action.
SDSU got off on the right foot in doubles competition, as the duo Alicia Aguilar and Isabelle Hoorn dispatched the Air Force's Tiffany Tran and Marcelli Magday by an 8-5 count in the No. 3 slot. However, the Aztec tandem of Michaela Casanova and Laura Antonana Iriarte was not as fortunate, falling to the Falcon pairing of Hannah Dake and Melissa Cecil in the No. 1 position. Nevertheless, SDSU was able to secure the point when the combination of Julia Wais and Kristin Buth outlasted Christina Molina and Natasha Rizvi by a 9-7 tally in the No. 2 spot.
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In late June 2004, I sent one of my regular Quick Online
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Recently, a colleague gave me contact info for a woman he
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Last month, I submitted a proposal to a prospect to revamp
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Do you make up stories in the silence too? More important,
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The most you can assume is that they can't deal with you now,
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And the Italian was at it again as she wrapped up a fifth-title in seven years thanks to a personal best free skate in Zagreb, Croatia.
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But he did eventually, and very reluctantly followed the Psst to it's origin. Behind the refuse was the hunkered down figure of a very alive John Lennon."John Lennon!" he shouted, and at that very moment a photographer poked his head over the pile of rubbish and snapped a photograph."Oh Great!" John Lennon snapped. "I spend 20 fucking years fixing up a double of myself in case Iggy Pop killed me, and some bozo janitor ruins it all in a second.""You know, I always thought you'd be much nicer," the janitor intoned, clearly hurt. "What the hell is going on here.""Something important. Listen, I need you to take this metal rod on-stage. Go up to David Bowie, he's actually the one who looks a lot like an overweight cat, and jam it in the orifice of your choice. It doesn't matter which one. For the sake of mankind, go do it now!"The janitor always knew he'd have an important part to play in the history of all reality, and it made him wish all the more that his parent's had given him a name.CHAPTER 97The crowd was going absolutely bananas, as they'd run out of nuts. "BOWIE! BOWIE!" they chanted as the Mustache Lady dragged his dead body on-stage. The Lady grabbed yet another microphone and pleaded with the audience to be quiet.After they'd settled down a bit she shouted "These two are imposters! The little one isn't David Bowie at all!""We figured that out already!" shouted back someone with a half-eaten banana in his hand."Oh. Well, Iggy Pop over here wants to tell you the meaning of life to destroy the human race and start taking over the galaxy!" shouted the Mustache Lady."Ooooh, we hadn't figured that out yet..." said another member of the audience.At that very exact moment, the janitor came racing out and shoved the metal rod into the nearest handy orifice of David Bowie. The crowed collectively gasped. A thundery crack split open the heavens and a blinding light lit up the stage. Lightning drove down with an almighty electric force and went down the rod into David's silent, motionless body.Pop's eyes widened as he saw Bowie start to stir. Blaather MbBlenzy took this opportunity to try and grab the meaning of life from out of his hands, and started wrestling with him when he wouldn't let go of them. "You're gonna rip them!" and "Let go you rascal!" echoed through the stadium.Bowie sat up slowly, he was perplexed as to why he was covered in dog hair, but overall he thought it was quite a good look. "Does this mean I'm a zombie now?" he thought to himself. He didn't feel the need to eat brains, at least anymore than he usually did. He slowly stood up amongst the turmoil and staggered over to the microphone."Hello Bahamas!" he said, and the crowd once again went wild. Someone off to the right yelled "Awesome!"CHAPTER 98Mustache Lady remembered the last page of the book. It was still stuffed down the back of her jumper. She took it out, yelled to Bowie "David! Catch!", and threw it to him. The page flew through the air in slow motion, tumbling over and over.David reached out for it as it came closer, his heart starting to beat faster. It came nearer, in slow motion, as Iggy and MbBlenzy wrestled on the floor close to him. He reached, it struck his hand, he grasped at it, and dropped it. So he just leant over and picked it up.Bowie opened up the crumpled piece of paper, and started reading it. It was then that it all came back to him.Ziggy Stardust lived a lonely life on Mars until he hooked up with Lady Stardust, the only other survivor of their ancient Martian race. They protected and guided the increasing population of seven legged spiders.After searching for many years they finally located the spider source, a gigantic mother spider which lived in a truly stupendous tower it had built for itself. The remains of their Martian brothers were used for decorations.The water on Mars became more and more depleted, the spiders more and more plentiful. By mutual agreement, the gigantic spider agreed to help them get to Earth. The mother spider wanted to provide water for her young, Ziggy Stardust wanted to figure out why he and Lady Stardust never grew old.One cold Martian day, the mother spider simply blasted off, taking Ziggy and Lady with her. Once on Earth the mother spider settled down in Tibet, her children left for dead. Ziggy found similar people on Earth, and they banded together to try and find a solution. Lady Stardust became more and more distant.Ziggy changed his name to David Bowie, and Lady to Pop. They drifted through the centuries, until this moment brought them to the climax of their lives.He knew what he had to do, and what he had to say for it to happen, but before he could he heard a voice beside him calmly say, "Don't even think about it, I have a lollipop and I'm not afraid to use it."David looked over, MbBlenzy was unconscious on the ground and Iggy Pop was menacing him with a lollipop. The crowd screamed in unison. David froze in fear.TO BE CONTINUED...I like flowers, puppies and KITTENS!