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EVER SINCE Lewis and Clark paddled down the Snake River back in 1805, word has been getting out about Southeast Washington's splashy outdoor scene.
Dive right in with a hair-blowing jet-boat ride through Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon), the deepest gorge in North America.
On dry land, the pastoral roads of the Palouse and paved riverside paths of Clarkston are a cyclist's dream. The 14-mile North Fork of Asotin Creek Trail (www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma) is popular among the fat-tire set, while Pullman's annual Tour de Lentil (www.lentilfest.com) draws hundreds of road riders annually.
South of the Snake River, the Blue Mountains top out at 6,000 feet, inviting hikers and equestrians to roam their miles of wilderness trails. And through the deep canyons of this forested range flow some of the finest fly-fishing creeks in the state. When snowfall blankets the Blues, wax up the skis: Fields Spring State Park (www.parks.wa.gov) boasts five miles of tracked ski runs and a cozy backcountry warming hut near 4,500-foot Puffer Butte.
Yet another feather in the region's cap: Othello's annual Sandhill Crane Festival (www.othellosandhillcranefestival.org). Held each March, the event celebrates the arrival of large flocks of migrating sandhill cranes, which come to take roost in the sprawling wetlands of the nearby Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (www.fws.gov/columbia). —CRAIG ROMANO
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Legends claim a giant serpent once tore up canoes and killed Native Americans in Rock Lake, near St. John.
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PUNCTUATED BY ANCIENT rock formations, roaming wildlife, and reminders of days gone by, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is deeper than the Grand Canyon, and nearly as remote.
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Water, 200 vertical feet of it, shoots down a sheer rock face and crash-lands in a fury of splashes. This is breathtaking Palouse Falls, made all the more dramatic by the fact that it's tucked away in this hilly agricultural region.
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KNOWN FOR its fertile rolling hills and land-grant universities, the southeastern region has more to offer than just amber waves of grain.
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Tucked in the heart of the rolling Palouse hills is Pullman, home to nearly 30,000 residents; Washington State University; a 4,500-pound bronze cougar; and, once a year, a very large bowl of chili.
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Although best known for waves of grain, the Palouse has fostered other edible delights, too, including baked goods, fine cheeses, and even lentil ice cream.
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"Standstill is regression," says Walter Lange of the premiere German luxury watch manufacturer, A. Lange & Sohne. That is why, in a world where they say nothing is new under the sun, the word innovation has been coined. For the engineers who work on the details and complexities of the A. Lange watches, outstanding engineering is a well-calculated balance between ingenious innovation and honored traditions. The brand places great value in its long and colorful Saxon origins. Every timepiece is designed to uphold the watchmaker's heritage of excellent complications and elegant aesthetics. At the same time, each design carries a set of enhanced and new features that roll in keeping with the times. Even after almost 170 years of international success, A. Lange & Sohne innovations never come to a standstill.
Check out A. Lange watch collections at authorized dealers like Shreve & Co. in Post Street, San Francisco.
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ASPEN - Each week we pick out our favorite and not-so-favorite tweets (at least those that are printable) about Aspen and display them on Sunday.Here's what we found - in their unedited form - last week:• "Good morning! It's a mild day in #Aspen, but with snow on the mountains & sun, who could complain?" - @AspenMeadows• "i love walking my dog in the morning because i get to see all of the walk of shames around aspen." - @raeeebo• "Tony Montana vacations in Aspen in: Scarf Face" - @getyoshineon• "In aspen co. No snow!! Looks like rock skiing's in store for Christmas :(" - @goldiehawn• "Next fall on Lifetime: Lindsay Lohan as Taylor Armstrong at Camille Grammer's house in Aspen" - @samlansky• "Why #Vandy football does not travel well...because students/alum have booked Aspen ski vacays, not bowl trips. Sad but true!" - @scottpannier• "Hi my name is Aspen and I'm absolutely terrible at Math." - @AspenGatz• "Aspen dreaming. Me dripping in moncler, a fur hat, and snow boots...in the lodge" - @dotlouis• "White people go on the cutest dates.. ice skating, horseback riding, a weekend at their uncle's timeshare in Aspen..." - @BabyRu_Bombata• "But not before an essential stop at the one and only Louis Swiss Bakery. Best meat pies in the whole of Aspen. No joke" - @findredrainey• "I could very easily spend my life savings turning my van into a sheepdog & go travelling to Aspen like Lloyd & Harry did" - @McWalker10• "Necesito Winter X-Games que si ya. Aspen, hurry" - @VioletKikiThe Aspen Times is available on Twitter, as well. Simply type "TheAspenTimes" (no spaces) into the search bar, and get daily updates on what's happening in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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USD's Strategic Directions planning process was a hallmark of Dr. Mary E. Lyons' presidency. She strongly believed in the importance of establishing broad, far-reaching strategic directions to sustain a variety of planning initiatives rather than defining narrowly focused goals that may lose their relevance as circumstances change.
President Lyons launched the first cycle of this multi-year planning process in October of 2003. The Steering Committee used input from campus and community constituents to refresh the mission statement, restate the core values, craft a vision statement, and draft five broad-based strategic directions. During the next five years, several committees and task forces worked to implement a number of institutionally-defined strategic initiatives.
By the fall of 2010, those initiatives were incorporated into the structure of USD and the university was ready for new challenges. Dr. Lyons launched a second cycle of planning to establish new directions and initiatives that would build upon the mission, values, and vision statements already in place. Six new strategic directions were approved by the Board of Trustees in May of 2011.


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German "dark Satanic metal band" MYSTIC CIRCLE entered the State of the Arts studio on October 5 to begin recording their seventh full-length album, "The Bloody Path of God", tentatively due in early 2006 via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR). The new CD is being recorded with former MYSTIC CIRCLE drummer Necrodemon at the production helm.MYSTIC CIRCLE, who recently announced the addition of drummer Dementum to the group's ranks, issued a "best of" album, entitled "Mystic Circle Unholy Chronicles 1992–2004", last November via Massacre Records. The CD, which contains 18 songs spanning the group's entire career, includes a bonus DVD, featuring concert and backstage footage, as well as interviews and a video clip.
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Does Your Athlete have the "X Factor?"
Like millions of people I got caught up in watching The X Factor this past season. One of the main reasons I enjoyed the show was to see the gradual improvement each week of the artists as they hyper-focus on improving their "game" with the help of voice and choreography coaches as well as their celebrity mentor. I recall one particular show in which Simon Cowell, in speaking to one contestant, said she had the "X Factor." That got me thinking about what the "X Factor" is in fastpitch softball that has top college coaches drooling over one prospect and indifferent over another?
To me the "X Factor" is another term for someone having an intangible quality, something unique and special that sets her apart from everyone else. Certainly skill and talent are a necessary part of the mix, but I believe the true "X Factor" for a softball player is not just in the talent but rather how that talent is displayed on the field. Here is what I mean: the top college softball coaches I have spoken with tell me they are looking for a player who plays with consistent intensity, consistent confidence, consistent focus, and consistent joy when playing the game.
In short these top coaches are looking for a "winner," someone who is a game changer whose on the field presence transcends skill and talent alone. These consistent peak performers have a burning desire and passion to be their best. In fact these elite athletes want the spotlight on them, they want the pressure packed at bat because they have supreme confidence in their ability to get the job done!
The "X Factor' in these special athletes really shows up between the ears where they know they may make mistakes or have a poor at bat, but their confidence and expectation for success is so strong any failure or adversity they encounter only motivates them more to work harder to succeed the next time.
These highest recruited athletes are also leaders on and off the field. They always treat their teammates, coaches, umpires, parents and opponents with respect because they honor the game.
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New Flu Vaccine Will Look a Whole Lot Like the Old One
The CDC is out with its wrap-up of the 2010-11 flu season and a look ahead at the next one.
In its report, the agency says the FDA has recommended that the 2011-12 flu vaccine protect against the same strains as it did this year: H1N1 (aka the swine flu, a type of influenza A virus), another type of influenza A virus (H3N2) and a type of influenza B virus.
Having no change in the vaccine components from one year to the next happens occasionally, Lyn Finelli, the CDC's chief of influenza surveillance, tells the Health Blog.
So can you skip the shot if you were vaccinated during the flu season that just passed? Sadly for the needle-phobic, no. "You definitely need to get it. The immunity conferred by the flu shot isn't very long-lasting," Finelli says. Since last year the CDC has recommended that everyone six months and older be vaccinated.
The CDC says that the 2010-11 season peaked nationally in early February, and featured higher rates of hospitalization for older people and lower rates for younger people than in 2009-10, during the H1N1 pandemic. (That makes sense, because kids were more likely than older folks to get H1N1.
The most recent flu season was less severe overall than the 2009-10 pandemic and the 2007-08 season but more severe than the 2008-09 season, the CDC says. Severity is gauged by the percentage of deaths from pneumonia or flu, the number of flu-associated pediatric deaths reported and the percentage of visits to outpatient clinics for flu-like illnesses.
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4 Places You May Have Missed
In all my time in our national parks, I've become aware of places within the parks that are perhaps overlooked. I call them "places within places." Many of these special spots would be recommended by park rangers if people asked them, "What is there to see and do here?"
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T.I. Appears On The Today Show, Talks "Takers" And Secret NYC Show
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T.I. made an appearance this morning on the Kathie Lee and Hoda Kotb segment of the Today Show.
The Grand Hustle head is on the promo trail in New York for his new film "Takers" alongside Chris Brown, Idris Elba, Michael Ealy and Paul Walker.
Speaking on the film that hits theaters August 27, Tip told the hosts that while the plot of the film is similar to that of "Ocean's 11", "Takers" boasts more edge and a better looking cast.


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BENTON -- Inmate meals at the Scott County Jail are going up in cost but it could have been worse.
Glenn Klander Jr., general manager of correctional services for Aramark, and Chris Brooks, the front line manager, met with Scott County Commissioners during their regular Tuesday meeting to discuss the price increase.
According to the food service contract, Aramark is able to raise the cost per meal annually.
Klander said Aramark was initially going to increase the meal costs by 5.52 percent based on April food costs but then revised it down by 3 percent to an increase of only 2.076 based on the costs as of last December.
Presiding Commissioner Jamie Burger said it was "admirable" for Aramark to present the revised price increase.
Burger noted they are coming up on the end of a three-year contract with Aramark.
Klander also presented commissioners with information on enhanced menu options for inmates.
In other business during Tuesday's meeting, the county has three new workers in its road and bridge department being paid by the Missouri Disaster Recovery Jobs Program through the Workforce Investment Board.
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In an earlier column on these pages, it proved desirable to refer to the work of the Anglo-American poet and 1948 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature T.S. Eliot, specifically, his words in Four Quartets, "The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless."
Those words read well and lofty. While I often measure the thought they express and admire the insight, my own day to day encounter with humility and wisdom has a simple, homely form.
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Upon reading both the signs of the times, and the 2009 encyclical, Charity in Truth, you might be tempted to conclude that Pope Benedict was offering a prophetic description of the 2011 labour scene in Canada.
He noted: "Through the combination of social and economic change, trade unions organizations experience greater difficulty in carrying out their task of representing the interests of workers, partly because governments, for reasons of economic utility, often limit the freedom or the negotiating capacity of labour unions."
In my ethics classes I often tell "the grizzly bear story," illustrating how our outlook on life can change when confronted by new information or experiences.
A hospital social worker once went hiking in the mountains with her son and sister. The son was a park ranger and knew all the backcountry trails. They decided to tackle a grueling hike but, despite being physically fit, the sisters huffed and puffed trying to keep up with the younger son.
From the 1950s through the late 1970s, Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) was a professor of moral philosophy at the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, specializing in sexual ethics and what we call today "marriage and family life."
He produced two important books touching on these matters, The Acting Person, a rigorously philosophical exploration of Christian anthropology, and Love and Responsibility, a much more accessible analysis of love, sex and marriage. These texts provided the foundation for the richly textured teaching of Pope John Paul that now goes by the name "theology of the body."
Canada and the United States treat abortion as a right. This is a recent development and an aberration from the course of human history.
The Hippocratic Oath for doctors dating back thousands of years forbade abortion and euthanasia. Since the first century, the Catholic Church has unwaveringly maintained the moral evil of procured abortion. Ancient and persistent common law traditions dating back into the Middle Ages treated abortion as a grave crime. In 1802, England formally made abortion a criminal offence.
Please tell us the story of stained glass windows.
Pope Benedict's invitation to leaders of major world religions to join him for a day of prayer this fall in Assisi is yet another indication of his commitment to fostering interreligious dialogue and witness. This pope's efforts, as were those of Pope John Paul II before him, tell of a determined effort to ensure the much-touted "clash of civilizations" becomes less and less of a reality.
Interreligious cooperation is really the "Catholic" issue of our time. It may not seem a pressing issue at the local parish level. But how the Church and society will fare 50 or 100 years from now will depend in no small part on the fruitfulness of dialogue with other faiths.
When I began writing this column, I shared that occasionally I would do a column that was more exclusively about my personal life. I have tried to limit myself in that and, in the 28 years I have been writing this column, have probably done fewer than 10 pieces whose main focus was my own life. When I have done so, it was almost always to share with readers a major transition in my life.
This column is one of those personal pieces. My personal life is again undergoing a major transition, though this one does not concern a move to a new job or to a new city. It has to do with my health:
The one thing I have come to know about Jesus is that he is faithful. He is faithful in revealing to us love and compassion even when we are inconsistent, foolish and proud. Jesus is truly the Compassionate One. He sees our weakness and struggles and he comes to us to transform our broken lives by his power and love.
In this week's psalm we read the words, "The Lord is near to all who call upon him." What a simple and stunning truth! These are living words that should inspire us again and again. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2666) we read, "To pray 'Jesus' is to invoke him and call him within us. His name is the only one that contains the presence it signifies.
One memorable event I witnessed in hospital many years ago involved a patient who suffered a stroke and was left with severe expressive aphasia. He could only utter, "yes" to questions, requiring careful interpretation if his "yes" really meant "no."
Assuming he was comfortable and didn't need pain medication, for example, underscored the risk of misinterpreting his intended meaning.


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The Beta Omicron Omicron chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and the Virginia Blood Services will host the next blood drive on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. The drive will be held in Hamel hall, H109 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. … Continue reading
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Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles cheers ruling that deems Texas school finance system unconstitutional
Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles called Monday's ruling that the Texas school system is unconstitutional a "first step" in adequately funding school districts.
"This says public education is important and that it needs to have adequate resources in order for them to be successful," Miles said in a news release. "This ruling is the first step in a process that is important to the students, parents and staff of our school district."
State District Judge John Dietz, who heard three months of testimony before issuing his decision Monday, ruled that the Texas school finance system does not deliver enough funds to schools to do their job and distributes that money in an unfair and unconstitutional manner.
DISD was one of more than 600 Texas school districts that sued the state, claiming that Texas fails to adequately and efficiently fund public schools. Two years ago, Texas state lawmakers cut roughly $5.4 billion from education. Dallas ISD cut $114 million from its budget this school year and last. Like many Texas districts, the cuts in Dallas ISD caused layoffs and the closure of schools.
This past weekend, Miles, who has thus far remained quiet about the state of Texas school finance, said he needs more money for his reform plans.
Matthew Haag writes about the Dallas Independent School District. Follow @matthewhaag on Twitter, @DallasISD_News on Twitter and the Education Blog on Facebook.


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Google and Microsoft Finally Team Up on YouTube for Windows Phone
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Recently, the beef between Google and Microsoft over YouTube came to a head when Google ordered Microsoft to take down its unauthorized YouTube app for Windows Phone due to the absence of ads in the app. Microsoft fired back and stated (I'm paraphrasing) that it would gladly do so if Google gave it access to the proper API's to build a compliant app.
The public got hold of the story and as a result, put Google, the "don't be evil" company, in a weird spot. So to stomp out the smolder, Google is announcing that it will be working with Microsoft to create an official YouTube app for Windows Phone.
Smart move on all sides, Google will be able to serve up even more ads to Windows Phone users who actually want a native YouTube app, Microsoft get to add another "top-tier" mobile app to its lineup to attract more consumers, and consumers get an official app, supported by YouTube. According to The Verge, a Windows Phone YouTube app will be available "in the coming weeks".
Hopefully, this will encourage even more partnerships between Google and Microsoft, who haven't seen eye-to-eye on other Google apps on Microsoft's mobile platform.
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It was just two years ago that this current administration was able to push through Obamacare - the proposed national health insurance that was designed to solve the financial and access problem of health insurance.
The questions that circled that ambitious program involved the forced mandate that will compel millions of uninsured to enter the market. One of the larger questions was the lack of available medical providers to cover this new emerging market.
But outside of the forced mandate, it was the cost of the program that was the deal breaker. Estimated at $984 billion over 10 years, a cash-strapped public wanted to know how the plan would be paid for.
Well now comes the Congressional Budget Office which last week upped the cost estimate of Obamacare to nearly $2 trillion over the same 10 years period.
In the business community, an estimate that was that far from accurate would be cause for dismissal. We can only hope the same yardstick applies to our federal government.
This summer, the United States Supreme Court will put an end to much of this discussion when they decide the future of Obamacare.
And with that timing - in the middle of a Presidential campaign - you can rest assured that the court's discussions will be a major part of the brouhaha that decides the eventual outcome in November.
When a cost estimate is that far off base, one of two things has to happen. Either the original cost factors omitted some critical data that impacted the result. Or the original estimate was so flawed - either intentionally or stupidly - that it leaves you wondering just how someone could be that wrong.
I tend to think - in my cynical fashion - that the administration fudged the numbers downward to avoid the obvious panic and to smooth the way for the bill's passage. And all of the gnashing of teeth right now can't undo the vote that was taken.
But the Supreme Court can change all of that.
If the high court rules that the individual mandate is indeed legal, then the Obama team will crow until election day of their great success.
If however, the high court rules against the mandate, then the entire bill will fail under its own weight.
I don't know if the new massive cost estimate will factor into the court's decision. But their decision will likely impact the election outcome.
It's funny how $2 trillion can get your attention!


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The Benton County Community Foundation (BCCF) will hold its 2014 grant awards ceremony on Wednesday, July 23 at the Benton County Fair Grounds grandstand beginning at 6:00 p.m. This year's grant distribution to support community projects totaled over $97,500.
2014 grant recipients included:
· American Legion-Jennings-Bradshaw # 39, Belle Plaine Legion Hall Jennings Bradshaw Post #39 Kitchen Renovation
· Area Substance Abuse Council, Students At Risk Support Group
· Belle Plaine Area Ambulance, Auto Pulse
· Benton County, Bison Tub
· Benton County, Benton County Courthouse Clock & Bell Restoration Project
· Benton County Historical Society, Heating and Cooling for the Vinton Depot
· Benton County Volunteer Program, BCVP Medical Transportation Assistance
· Benton Development Group, Benton County Greatly Expanded Marketing Project
· Cedar Valley Friends of the Family, Emergency Shelter and Housing Assistance
· City of Blairstown, Rescue Truck Refurbish
· City of Newhall, Boy Scout Eagle Scout Project Park Beautification Project
· City of Walford, City Park Pedestrian Trail Project
· Garrison Betterment Committee, Garrison Betterment Park Committee & Garrison Emergency Services – Kid's Health & Safety Fair
· Genesis Development, Transportation for People with Disabilities to Achieve Community Inclusion
· Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Benton County Girl Scouting
· Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc., Feeding Communities in Benton County
· Horizons-A Family Service Alliance, Horizons Family Support Program
· Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa, JA Our City® and JA Our Nation® Programming for Students in Benton County
· Kirkwood Community College Foundation, CAPS Off to a New Endeavor
· North Benton Ambulance, Ambulance Equipment Purchase
· Riverview Center, Capacity Building for Trauma-Focused Sexual Assault Therapy Services
· Shellsburg Area Community Group, Shellsburg Bear Creek Streambank Improvement
· The Arc of East Central Iowa, Benton County Inclusion Project
· Virginia Gay Hospital Healthcare Foundation, Reach Out and Read
· Waypoint Services, Domestic Violence Safety Net Program
· Young Parents Network, YPN Groups
To learn more about grant opportunities, call the administrative office at 319.287.9106 and speak with Tom Wickersham, program director at the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities Volume I, Chapter Two – The Mail Summary
READ THE BOOK: Volume I, Chapter Two – The Mail
- Our friendly narrator sets the scene: it's a Friday night in November. We're on the Dover road.
- This should spark some bells for all of you guys who spent the summer traveling around Europe.
- Long, long ago, in the years before the Chunnel was built, people who wanted to travel to France took a boat from Dover to Calais.
- Based on this information, we're guessing that we're about to see some traveling going on. It's just a hunch.
- Anyhow, zoom in on a guy who's supposed to be traveling by mail coach to Dover.
- A mail coach is a coach that, well, carries mail. And people. It's drawn by horses.
- We say that he's supposed to be in the coach because, at the moment, he's walking in the mud alongside it.
- In fact, all of the passengers on the coach are walking beside it. In the mud. And no one's all that happy about it.
- The horses, you see, have gotten bogged down in the mud.
- Since this is long before the time of cars (and long, long before planes or nice, clean trains), the passengers don't have any choice but to hop out and walk.
- Besides being muddy, it's cold and foggy and altogether disgusting.
- The longer we think about it, the less we understand why anybody would want to travel to Dover at all.
- Finally, the coachman manages to push the horses up to the top of the muddy hill. By the time they climb up it, it's almost 10:00.
- All of a sudden, the coachman (we'll call him Joe, since that's his name) hears horses' hooves pounding in the distance.
- A rider is following them!
- Everyone stops and listens as a horse draws up to the carriage.
- The rider of the horse asks for Mr. Jarvis Lorry.
- A small man answers. He seems to think that the rider's name is Jerry.
- As it turns out, this is because the rider's name is Jerry. We're starting to trust this Mr. Lorry already.
- Jerry gives Mr. Lorry a letter.
- All of the other passengers eye Jerry suspiciously. Now that Mr. Lorry's got a letter from Jerry, they eye him suspiciously, too.
- Mr. Lorry assures Joe that there's nothing the matter. He (Mr. Lorry) is from Tellson's Bank in London.
- Mentioning the name of Tellson's seems to do the trick. All of a sudden, everyone trusts Mr. Lorry.
- He reads the note that Jerry handed to him, and tells Jerry to ride back to London to deliver one message: "Recalled to Life."
- Sound interesting? Just wait. It is!
- The coach starts off again (this time with the passengers on the inside).
- As it travels, Joe remarks to Tom (another passenger) that the message Mr. Lorry gave to Jerry was rather cryptic.
- Tom agrees. They puzzle over it for the rest of the journey.
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From Rookie, you can go along two lines; the Natural line or the Aided line.
The Natural line follows the Digimon's natural abilities and the levels it could achieve without human intervention. They have higher base stats but their abilities are blocked in certain situations.
The Champion level here then can digivolve into two different Ultimates - one with the Yin crest and one with the Yang crest for their partner. Each of those Ultimates has its own Mega it can arrive at.
The Aided line implies human intervention; these forms are slightly weaker, but allows for more intervention and options from their partner. Generally, these forms do NOT work in the Real World.
Digimentals are used to arrive at the Armor level, equivalent to Champion; generally these bear the same two crests that the partner does, but with time and effort, more can be unlocked and used, though doing too many may block a Digimon's ability to Naturally digivolve.
These Armor levels can DNA digivolve with another Digimon to form a Fusion Digimon, equivalent to Ultimate level; different results can be achieved by fusing with different Digimon, but the true strength of this level can only be unlocked if there's a strong bond between the two Tamers.
The strongest form from the Aided line is the Biomerge Mega; it comes not from the Fusion level, but straight from the Rookie level, but only after a Digimon has experienced both Digimental and Crest evolution from the same Crest at least once, and only after their Partner is bonded enough with one or both of their Crests to allow them to combine with their Digimon in this way.
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Two children look down at a image of the Titanic wreck in the Titanic Belfast visitor center in the "Titanic Quarter" in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Aneurysms can now be detected with 95% accuracy
Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo and IBM collaboration, Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Centre and has proven a 95 percent accuracy rate in detecting aneurysms, compared with 70 percent for manual interpretation. Project findings were reported in the Journal of Digital Imaging (link resides outside of ibm.com).
Already saving patients' lives, the project has examined more than 15 million images from thousands of patients since the project began in early July. It uses technology that combines advanced imaging with analytics to highlight likely aneurysms for faster detection. This helps radiologists identify them before they result in brain hemorrhage or neurological damage. In the future, Mayo Clinic expects to use the same approach for other radiology detection tests such as the diagnosis of cancer or vessel anomalies in other parts of the body.
"This fully automatic scheme is significant in helping radiologists detect aneurysms in magnetic resonance angiography exams," says Mayo radiologist Bradley Erickson, M.D., senior author of the study and co-director of the Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Centre at Mayo Clinic.
In England, it is estimated that between 1 and 6% of the population has a intracranial aneurysm. In the UK each year, an estimated 1,400 people die as a result of a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. (Source: NHS Choices (link resides outside of ibm.com))
Traditionally, a patient suspected of having a brain aneurysm due to a stroke, traumatic injury or family history would undergo an invasive test using a catheter that injects dye into the body, a technique with risks of neurologic complications. To improve the process of detection using noninvasive magnetic resonance angiography imaging technology, Mayo Clinic and IBM worked to create so-called "automatic reads" that run detection algorithms immediately following a scan.
Once images are acquired, they are automatically routed to servers in the Mayo and IBM Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Centre located on the Mayo campus in Rochester, a collaborative research facility that combines advanced computing and image processing to provide faster, more accurate image analysis. There algorithms align and analyse images to locate and mark potential aneurysms — even very small ones less than 5mm — so specially trained radiologists can conduct a further and final analysis.
From the time an image is taken to the time it is ready to be read by a radiologist, there often is only a 10-minute window. In that 10 minutes, the new workflow is able to identify images coming off of the scanners and route those related to the head and brain through the special workflow which then conducts automated aneurysm detection. On average, this can be done in three to five minutes, improving efficiency and saving valuable radiologist's time, leading to a quicker diagnosis which is especially important in the case of a serious aneurysm.
"Our joint work with Mayo Clinic on this project taps IBM's deep expertise in high performance computing and applies it to health analytics, enabling us to remove some of the time and efficiency barriers and making imaging an even more valuable preventative screening tool. Enabling broad access to this capability via cloud delivery is the natural next step," said Bill Rapp, IBM's CTO of Healthcare and Life Sciences and co-director of the Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Centre.
The aneurysm detection system uses an algorithm developed by Mayo researchers that is executed on IBM WebSphere Process Server (US) to model and orchestrate the automated workflow. Images are stored on IBM DB2 (US) for Linux and Windows data service and workflow logic is run on IBM System x servers and IBM storage.


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If only every day was Super Bowl day. It's a common wish for TV advertisers. The reason? On Super Bowl day they can rest assured that there's often as much interest in the ad-breaks as there is in the game itself – especially if, as my colleagues in the US tell me, the game is as one-sided as it was this year.
Super Bowl advertising was firmly in the spotlight during the last few weeks. Scarlett Johansson's advert for SodaStream became particularly infamous after being banned by US broadcaster, Fox, in the weeks leading up to the game. The controversy meant the unedited version of the ad went viral, with over 1.8 million views in 24 hours, and it's now at 11 million and counting.
The advert claims Johansson is saving the world by making homemade soda 'that's better for you and all of us, less sugar, less bottles'. The actress then casually says: "If only I could make this message go viral…Sorry Coke and Pepsi", making sure the video does just that.
Understandably Fox didn't want to upset its two biggest Super Bowl advertisers and banned the unedited footage. Just as predictably social media made light work of guaranteeing the ad went viral.
There's nothing like a spot of controversy to get clicks and shares sky-rocketing, and in the case of SodaStream, it was stirred up on two fronts. Scarlett Johansson's promotion of the Israeli soda maker also saw her obliged to resign as Oxfam ambassador, after the charity expressed concern over her relationship with the company which operates from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
As companies are reportedly now spending as much as $4 million for a 30-second spot improving the longevity of Super Bowl ads is vital. Half of the world's population is expected to be online by 2017 and 73% of the world's young population are already regularly viewing online video, so as SodaStream demonstrated, engaging viewers online is a great way of making the most out of TV advertising. If a TV ad is talked about online, for whatever reason, then engagement, advocacy and amplification will quickly follow.
For other Super Bowl advertisers this year, recognising the sharp growth in dual screen viewing habits saw less controversial approaches to promoting interaction online. H&M's ad allowed viewers with a Samsung Smart TV to order David Beckham's Bodywear products with their remote control during the game, while Bank of America enabled a free download on iTunes of U2's new single 'Invisible', donating $1 to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS each time the track was downloaded.
As these commercials demonstrate, interaction online is a fundamental element of a successful advertising campaign. For TV ads to prosper in a world where more and more eyeballs are moving online, advertisers must start treating every day a little more like Super Bowl Sunday. To get real value from television campaigns, advertisers should move their ad dollars towards digital and complement their TV ads with interactive, engaging online video campaigns.


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On last night's Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kim Kardashian met with a psychic medium named John Edward, because she wanted to communicate with her deceased father. Fans of the show have watched Kim and Kris' marriage fall apart this season, but looks like last night's episode showed the straw that broke the camel's back.
At first recalling fun memories the sisters shared with their dad, Edward went on to impress even skeptic Kourtney by predicting that one Kardashian sis would soon announce she's pregnant. (Indeed, Kourtney, 32, and boyfriend Scott Disick confirmed they were expecting baby No. 2 in November, after this episode was filmed)
But it wasn't until Edward prodded about Kim's first failed marriage — to music producer Damon Thomas — that the siblings really turned into believers.
When Edward asked — on behalf of her late father — if she had learned anything from that divorce, Kim said she did.
Later, after the session was over, Kim dissolved into tears and confided in Kourtney that it was Edward's line of divorce questioning that made her realize her 72-day marriage to Humphries had run its course.
"When he was taking about the divorce stuff, that's why I started to cry, because I honestly feel I can't do this anymore with Kris," an emotional Kim — who slammed her husband on multiple occasions Sunday for being "totally unreasonable" revealed. "I feel like I got into this too fast and I don't want to be married anymore."
Kris reported last week that their marriage was a joke – from the very beginning. According to RadarOnline, Kim planned her own proposal, down to what time during the day it would happen. "Kim told Kris how, where and when to propose, it was absolutely no surprise to her whatsoever", a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively.
"First of all, Kris proposed in the middle of the day, and he had to do that because it would create better lighting to capture the moment. Kim looked so surprised but she knew it was happening," the source says. "She was in full hair and make-up, as she always is on the show. Kris wanted it to be very intimate and romantic, but all of his ideas were shot down by production officials and Kim.
"Kim told him the paparazzi would ruin the special moment if it were to take place in a public setting, like the beach, which he had also considered. How romantic could it be with three camera crews?"
Before last week's episode aired, Humphries sent out a cryptic tweet: "I can't wait for the truth to come out! People will be surprised or maybe they won't. #FCC."
The whole thing just sickens me. I don't ever watch any of the Kardashian's shows on E!, because I seriously get ill watching it. Last night, however, while channel surfing with my 9-year-old son, we landed on E! during 'Kourtney and Kim Take New York'. My son yells out "OH – MY – GOSH! How much plastic surgery has she had!? Who is she?" Priceless.
Here are some pictures of Kim shopping at Chanel over the weekend.
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Angelina Jolie and a cane-less Brad Pitt hit the red carpet this weekend at the Producers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills. Angelina wore a gorgeous tight black wool crepe and lace dress by Michael Kors. I think it looks awesome on her. It fits her like a glove! (Except…. what is that all over the dress around her neckline? I can't tell if it's supposed to be there – or if it's lint or something…)
They look gorgeous, of course.
Angelina was at the PGAs because she received the Stanley Kramer Award for her movie, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'. The Stanley Kramer Award is given to people and productions "whose achievement or contribution illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion." PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon stated their reasoning: "In the Land of Blood and is an extraordinary film that portrays a complex love story set against the terrors of the Bosnian War, especially towards women. This film truly embraces the legacy of Stanley Kramer." (Source)
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Definition of riebeckite in English:
A dark blue or black mineral of the amphibole group, occurring chiefly in alkaline igneous rocks or as blue asbestos (crocidolite).
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- Willman reported astrophyllite, biotite, molybdenite, and riebeckite associated with smoky quartz and microcline (variety amazonite) on Mount Kineo at North Cheyenne Canyon.
- Later in the week we enticed the government guys to take us to a locality called Kent, quite a drive from Karaganda, where in a beautiful setting we collected fluorite, riebeckite, and zircon from granite.
- Glaucophane and riebeckite are found in low-grade schists of basic igneous parentage; crocidolite occurs in medium-grade metamorphosed ironstones.
Late 19th century: from the name of Emil Riebeck (died 1885), German explorer, + -ite1.
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Watercolour, pen and ink (sight), 9 1/2×12 1/8 (24×30·5).
Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
Exh: National War Pictures, National Gallery, 1940 (no catalogue).
Lit: Douglas Cooper, 'War Artists' Exhibition at the National Gallery' in Burlington Magazine, LXXVII, 1940, p.133.
Repr: British War Artists (issued by the National Gallery for the Ministry of Information), 1940, n.p.; Sir John Rothenstein, British Art since 1900, 1962, pl.24.
Captain Ardizzone, as one of the first Official War Artists in 1940, was with the British Expeditionary Force at the time of the German advance through Holland and Belgium. In a letter to the compiler he wrote (7 October 1959): 'Our troops had just retreated from the town [Louvain] having blown the bridges across the railway line. Enemy patrols were expected at any moment. The priest was not begging a lift for himself but for the few poor stragglers that remained. The town had been very intensively bombed by the Germans which accounted for the total exodus of its people.'
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Whatever Happened to Blog Networks?
Paul Scrivens has posted on the topic "Why blog networks failed" over at Wisdump.com.
Do you remember those things that we called Blog Networks? You might have paid attention or you might have gone about your life like nothing changed and that's one of the reasons why they failed. 'Failed' might be a harsh term to use, but of the hundreds of blog networks that started in 2005 and 2006 which ones are thriving and by 'thriving' I don't mean staying above surface?
His line of reasoning, which is mostly sound, follows the Calacanis line that atomized blogs are less effective revenue earners than major titles, like Engadget or Boing Boing.
Readers of Syntagma may recall we've been considering this proposition for up to a year. The reason we've amalgamated our 50 domains into three network magazines, and pruned a great many others, is our recognition that the model was not flexible or attractive enough to make the breakthrough in revenue terms.
I believe "blogging" as content provision peaked possibly as far back as a year ago. Other, more traditional or hybrid, models have more to offer, I believe, in connecting with a technology-and-information-bemused audience. Blog networks are fading as Web 2.0 is slowly sinking into a rosy sunset.
But I also think Scrivs underestimates the amount of time it takes to get a content business going. Even Weblogs Inc took 18-24 months to build a site to a decent readership. That takes staying power as well as trust in the model.
What has happened is that following the success of a few sites which grew rapidly in a market with little competition, thousands of copycat operations have appeared like mushrooms in a damp forest.
We have saturation point in gadgets, autos, gaming, and gossip. The failure of many blog networks is largely one of imagination and genuine innovation. Just look at the derivative stuff out there.
As for the model, it can evolve, adapt and morph into newer forms. But, as we well know, it takes an immense and constant effort to accomplish this. It's not for the fainthearted or the easily discouraged.
Content as a business is not synonymous with "blog networks". There are some great content sites out there that are not blogs or networks.
I agree with Scrivs that the blog network model has failed as a road to easy riches. But, if you're in it for the longer term, and innovate while bringing in traditional publishing skills, there may yet be solid achievement round the corner.
Bottom line : There will always be a need for good, informative, well-researched content with commentary while search engines expand and refine their techniques. How that content is presented is important but less so than its usability by the audience.
The only constraining factor is excessive competition squeezing out some operators. But then, that's always been the case in every industry since wheelwrights started up in the Stone Age.


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The Central Valley Multiples Club (CVMC) is a non-profit organization committed to providing support, education, and friendship to parents and expectant parents of twins, triplets or higher order multiples. CVMC offers families parenting resources during pregnancy, infancy, toddlerhood, school years and beyond.
Throughout the year our non-profit organization offers members informational meetings, holiday social events for the whole family, playdates, mom's night out, and more. CVMC also participates in community events and organizes fundraisers to support the club as well as relevant charitable organizations.
We are located in the Fresno area of California and serve the surrounding valley communities including but not limited to Clovis, Madera, Sanger, Reedley, Visalia, Auberry, Oakhurst and Selma. We welcome new members and encourage you to attend one of our events or activities.
CVMC is affiliated with Multiples of America. To find a club in your area or for more information on the national level visit their website.
Meetings and Activities Information
Our meetings are held at various places in the Fresno and Clovis area.
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We are always pleased to hear from people who would like to join us and they would be welcome to participate in any aspect of the company. Although new actors and actresses are always welcome, a drama company cannot function without people to help with costumes, props, sets, and administration.The company meets weekly for rehearsals, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm. Rehearsal days do occasionally change, so to avoid disappointment, it is advisable to contact The Ucheldre Centre on 01407 763361 to confirm the plans for the current week.


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- Sandals Barbados is situated on the pristine white sands of the Dover Beach, where the Caribbean meets the Atlantic. It is ideally located at the bottom of the famed St. Lawrence Gap – known for its lively restaurants, lively nightlife and good shopping. Only fifteen (15) minutes drive from the Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI).
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Airport:Grantley Adams International Airport BGI
All rooms and suites include: air conditioning, ceiling fan, king size bed, hair dryer, robes, telephone, iron, ironing board, private bath & shower, safe deposit box, iPod docking stations, cable TV and coffee maker.
Room Amenities:
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Cable/satellite TV
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
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Located on pristine Dover Beach where the Caribbean meets the Atlantic and endless sunshine is accompanied by gentle ocean breezes, Sandals Barbados is an ideally setting to surrender to the calypso rhythms of paradise. Sandals Barbados provides a perfect refuge for couples to recharge, reconnect and spend days with white sand between your toes. Learn how to kayak or scuba dive in azure blue waters. Explore 10 acres of tropical gardens. Play golf amid tropical surroundings. Indulge in an invigorating or romantic massage for two.
Sandals Barbados features a fitness facility, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 5 bars/lounges, a swim-up bar, and a poolside bar. This beach resort also offers a garden, tour assistance, and currency exchange.
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Billiards
- Currency exchange
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness equipment
- Garden
- Gift shop or newsstand
- Internet access in public areas - complimentary
- Internet access in public areas - wireless
- Medical assistance available
- Multilingual staff
- Patio
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service
- Shopping on site
- Swim-up bar
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Tour assistance
- Wedding services
Number of floors:
- 5
Number of rooms:
- 280
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
24 hour Room Service for Butler Serviced categories of accommodation and 7:00a.m. – 10:00p.m. for Club
Sandals accommodations.
Dress Code:
- Resort Casual Attire: shorts or jeans, t-shirts or polo shirts. Swimwear must be covered. Shirts and
footwear required.
- Resort Evening Attire: dress pants/trousers or jeans for men, long or short sleeved dress shirts (with or
without collar). Dress shoes or elegant sandals. No shorts, t-shirts, sleeveless
shirts or sneakers.
- Resort Casual Attire: shorts or jeans, t-shirts or polo shirts. Swimwear must be covered. Shirts and
Bombay ClubServing Indian cuisine in an air-conditioned indoor venue Cuisine: Indian for dinner Breakfast: 7:30a.m. – 10:30a.m. Dinner: 6:00p.m. – 10:00p.m. Capacity: 70 Dress code: Resort Evening Attire
Butch's ChophouseReservations required for this upscale New York Steakhouse. Air-conditioned indoor dining venue Cuisine: Upscale New York Steakhouse Dinner: A la Carte 6:00p.m. - 10:00p.m. Capacity: 70 Dress code: Resort Evening Attire
Cafe de ParisFrench Patisserie serving Specialty Coffees & French Crepes. Indoor or outdoor dining available. Opening Hours: 7:00a.m. – 11:00p.m
Dino's PizzeriaBrick Oven Neapolitan Pizza. Outdoor dining available Lunch: 11:00a.m – 6:00p.m. Dress code: Resort Casual
The Merry MonkeyBritish Gastro Pub. Air- conditioned indoor dining venue open for dinner and drinks from 5:00p.m. - 2:30a.m. Capacity: 66 Dress code: Resort Casual
KimonosReservations Required for this Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant. Serving dinner from 6:00p.m. - 10:00p.m. Capacity: 48 Dress code: Resort Casual
PortofinoServing regional Italian cuisine (Ligurian Cuisine) for dinner: A la Carte from 6:00p.m. - 9:30p.m, in a lovely open-air dining venue. Capacity: 60 Dress code: Resort Evening Attire
SchoonersEnjoy Caribbean Seafood for dinner by the seaside. Breakfast: (A la Carte): 8:00a.m. – 11:00a.m. Dinner (A la Carte): 6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Capacity: 88 Dress code: Resort Casual
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Was The Obamacare Fiasco An Àccident Or Planned?
It seems more likely every day that Obama did not care if this sign up works or not. He did nothing to make it work. Full speed ahead to total socialized health care. Via obama, the community organizer.
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Um you do realize that there are conservative "props" being hoisted up as examples of how bad the ACA is and on quite a few occasions it turns out the people actually are better off than they were on their old plans in regards to health care coverage?
So yea..tit for tat and all that.
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I know he said "I won't burn your house down if I move into your neighborhood, PERIOD". But, he did.
Now, he's 'sorry' that YOU FIND YOURSELF homeless.
Sound like any "apology" that we heard from someone recently? Would you feel better after receiving it?
Neither do 4.2 million other Americans concerning the one they were given.
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HA! I KNEW IT! I knew you would search my posts to prove I brought up racism. I knew you would find none. And I knew that your PRIDE would keep you from admitting that YOU BROUGHT UP RACISM. I knew this because your PRIDE earlier kept you from admitting that you made a mistake when you couldn't prove that it's all part of a plan to destroy the system and cause so much pain on the population that they demand government control. And now you try to bully me again. You call me a moron and an idiot. You order me to move on. And I answer like I always answer bullies. NO. I REFUSE TO MOVE ON.
Posted 1016 days ago.
I call everybody here as witnesses. I never said a thing about racism, and my opponent is insisting that I defend a position I've never taken. Now that's a hoot and a half.
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I'm laughing so hard I don't know if I can type this.
Are you sure you want me to refute your points? Well, okay. Let's start with your latest hilarious demand that I explain what racism has to do with anything you have posted. Shoot, Sherlock. Why don't you tell me? I never mentioned racism. You did. Has your anger and frustration so blinded you that you can't read? Or is this another paranoid fantasy?
Ha. I love parrying these feeble bully thrusts. I missed confronting you bully radical antigovernment types after you crawled back into your rat-holes when the sun set on your heyday in the 60's. Now you're back to amuse me after all these years. I thank you. You've made me very happy.
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Are all liberals crazy like this one blowing hot air here, or just 99 per cent of them?
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This is too funny. Radicals always cry when confronted.
First they try to bully someone by saying Yeah lefty preach on fool. And calling people sneering socialist.
Then one of their would-be victims fights back and stings them a little. They whine and moan about a nice ad hominem attack.
Now that's classic radical bullying hypocrisy.
I love this site!!!
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Hi harry.
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I knew you were a radical.
You display all the anger, frustration and irrationality as the 1960's radicals showed. I notice you have NO EVIDENCE to support your asinine assertion that it's all part of a plan to destroy the system and cause so much pain on the population that they demand government control. They said the same thing.
Your paranoia, Sir or Madam, passed out of fashion with the hippie/leftist/radical bunch. Why don't you go jump in bed with Bill Ayres and Bernadine Dohrn? You belong there.
The far right and the far left are indistinguishable. I'm glad I live in a country that shuns radicalism.
Signed, Not Tired of It.
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You aren't one of these old radicals, are you? You certainly show the same anger, frustration, and paranoia.
After that 1960's high tide, you guys washed out to sea. So shall it be after the current high tide.
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You aren't one of these old radicals, are you? You certainly show the same anger, frustration, and paranoia.
After that 1960's high tide, you guys washed out to sea. So shall it be after the current high tide.
Posted 1018 days ago.
I've heard these same paranoid fantasies before—on the campus of a major Midwestern university in the late 1960's. Radicals hung around campus passing out mimeographed tracts extolling the virtues of Mao, Che, Marcuse, et. al. These nuts always said Amerika (their spelling) was plotting to take away freedom.
It's true. There's nothing new under the sun.
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Do you have any evidence of this plan to which you refer? Or is it just the product of a mind that would adopt a name like Tired of It to express his or her frustration with life.
Frustrated folks who are tired of things commonly look for secret plots to explain their failures.
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I am so sorry for them all. Except the ones who voted for obama and gave us all this destructive administration.
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LOL! Man it makes me sad that there is no comedy that is of that caliber that I know of out there.
God I loved the skit where they were hunting mosquitoes with a huge arsenal of weapons. LOLOLOLOL!
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"I read that and immediately I thought.."
Well, he didn't like the word "twit", so I just put out the definition at him instead.
"Who in the world would have thought a large country would have a large government to go along with its largeness?"
Not the Tea Party people it would seem.
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I be danged! Who in the world would have thought a large country would have a large government to go along with its largeness?
Posted 1026 days ago.
"And you still didn't clarified your position you foolish person."
LOL! I read that and immediately I thought of the frenchman atop the castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail who taunted King Arthur.
Hmmmp! I faaaart in your general direction!
Ahahahahaha LOL!
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Life at the 1
29th September 2008
What's the difference between a touchdown and the ball at the one yard line? A touchdown is worth either 6, 6.4, 7 or potentially 8 points, depending on who you ask. Sticklers for details will tell you that a touchdown is no guarantee of a successful extra point, and is only worth six points. Most people will say that a TD is worth seven points, as teams that score touchdowns almost always come away with seven points. A touchdown is worth potentially 8 points, of course, because if you're down by 8 you only need a touchdown to have a chance to tie.
And David Romer would tell you that a touchdown is worth 6.4 points -- just like a field goal is worth 2.4 points -- because following the mandatory kickoff the opposing team gets the ball at around the 27 yard line. And having the ball at around the 27 is worth about 0.6 points.
Arguments about the worth of a touchdown aside, the ball at the one is almost always going to be less valuable than a touchdown. But we know it's not much less valuable. So, in fact, how much less valuable is it?
Ignoring the final minute of each half, teams had first down at the one yard line about 108 times in 2007. (I say about, because while my data is as close to complete and as accurate as any I know of, it's certainly possible and even likely that I'm missing some specific plays.) What happened on those 108 "drives"?
On first down, 20 of the 108 teams threw the ball. Of those, 12 went for completions, and all twelve were touchdowns. Eight passes went incomplete, along with zero sacks and zero interceptions. Obviously 88 plays were rushes (although some may have been designed pass plays that turned into QB runs), with 38 of them going for touchdowns. Eight teams lost two, three or four yards. Eleven teams lost one yard (with one fumble lost) and 31 gained zero yards (with one holding penalty, meaning the team started at the 11 despite gaining zero yards on the rush).
To conclude, of the 108 plays in first and goal at the one situations (excluding those with one minute left in either half), 50* of them were touchdowns, 38 gained zero yards, one resulted in a fumble lost, and 19 left the teams with the ball and further away from the goal line. On second down, of the 38 plays from the one, 15 times the team ran for a touchdown and six times they threw for a score. Of 19 plays run from farther out, four times the team threw for a score and zero times the team ran for a score. One interception was thrown. That leaves 31 plays for third down.
Five teams a team threw for a score; six times a team ran for a score. Two times a team threw an interception. Once a team threw for a score, had the play nullified by a penalty, and then scored on the ensuring third down attempt. So what happened on 4th down?
On the 17 remaining plays, 11 times the team kicked a field goal and all eleven were successful. Six times the team went for it, resulting in two touchdowns and four turnovers on downs.
To sum, 108 teams last year had the ball at the opponent's one yard line on 1st down, with more than one minute to go in the half. 89 times (82.4%) the team scored a touchdown and 11 times the team scored a field goal. Four times the team turned the ball over, and four more times the team went for it and failed on fourth down.
It's not too difficult to value the touchdowns and the field goals. What about the turning the ball over and the failed fourth down conversions? The fumble was recovered at the four. Two of the interceptions were recovered in the end zone and downed there; one was returned to the six yard line. Obviously four isn't a large enough sample size to feel confident about anything, but the average field position the opponent took over the ball following the turnover was the 12.5 yard line.
The turnover on downs data are probably more reliable. The defenses took over at the two, five, twelve and fourteen yard lines -- on average, the 8.25 yard line. For all eight turnovers, the opposition took over at roughly the ten yard line.
We could re-look at the 2007 data as follows: 82.4% of the time teams facing 1st and goal from the one eventually score a touchdown; 10.2% of the time those teams settle for a field goal, and 7.4% of the time the defense ends up with the ball before any scores, at around the ten yard line.
Using Professor Romer's logic, this means 82.4% of the time a team scores 6.4 points, 10.2% of the time a team scores 2.4 points, and 7.4% of the time a team scores about +0.35 points. Where'd I get that last number from? According to Romer, 1st and 10 from your own 10 yard line is worth about -0.35 points. So our offense that fails to score still puts its team in a position where it's more likely to score than next. If we weight our averages, that means 1st and 10 at the one yard line is worth between 5.5 and 5.6 points. Since a touchdown is worth 6.4 points, this means 1st and goal at the one is about 86-87% as good as a touchdown. It's worth noting that Professor Romer reached the same exact result. According to his graph, 1st and goal at the one is worth 5.55 points. I wasn't sure if he was right or not, but my query today makes me feel very confident that he was.
*I'll be discussing more plays from the one yard line tomorrow, but it's worth noting that only 50 of the 108 rushes on 1st down scored touchdowns. That rate of 46% is pretty low -- on other downs and in general 3rd or 4th and 1 situations, teams convert at around a 55% clip. I checked the 2006 data (unfortunately, the rest of the data is too cumbersome to go back to '05 or '06 at this time) and the conversion rate was only 49%. But in 2005, the conversion rate was an incredible 65%. The weighted three year average was 54%, which is in line with what you'd expect.
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Currently a peer educator with Joint Advocates on Disordered Eating and with CSU Northridge's Career Center, Megan loves helping fellow students. She founded a student support club and serves as survivorship chairwoman of CSUN's Colleges Against Cancer Committee. Megan also volunteers with Upward Bound, teaching underprivileged high school students how to succeed in college. Previously, she helped responders after 9/11 in New York City and, more recently, spent a spring break helping rebuild New Orleans.
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Deutsche Bank Fends Off Citigroup as Top Currency Trader
Deutsche Bank AG held off Citigroup Inc. to keep its position as top foreign-exchange trader for an eighth-straight year in an annual survey by Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc, even as its market share slipped below 15 percent.
Citigroup leapfrogged Barclays Plc and UBS AG to become the second-biggest currency trader, Euromoney said in an e-mailed statement yesterday. Barclays slipped to third place and UBS to fourth, while HSBC Holdings Plc climbed into the top five.
"It's an arms race," said Kevin Rodgers, head of FX spot, e-trading and derivatives at Deutsche Bank in London. "The foreign exchange market for all our customers is just getting better, cheaper and faster each year. The exciting thing for us in 2012 is that all the technology that we built in previous years is being completely revamped. Virtually everything that has helped us win for the last eight years is being replaced and improved over the course of this year and early next year."
The top five banks in the survey accounted for 55 percent of trading. Citigroup's market share climbed to 12.26 percent from 8.86 percent last year, while Deutsche Bank's slipped to 14.57 percent from 15.65 percent.
"Our goal is to be the top foreign-exchange provider in the market place, and we are trying to get there," said Jeff Feig, global head of Group of 10 foreign exchange at Citigroup in London. "We are investing and growing our business. We focus on delivering useful innovative functionality and cool technology to our clients, and we expect to see our volumes grow even more in the future."
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The poll is drawn from a survey of end users in the foreign-exchange markets and based on 15,423 responses, representing $208.4 trillion of turnover, Euromoney said.
Currency trading is likely to have fallen considerably in early 2012, after reaching a record $5 trillion a day in September last year, the Bank for International Settlements said on March 12.
Deutsche Bank saw record currency trading volumes in the first quarter of 2012, even as profit margins declined, it said in a report April 26. The Frankfurt-based bank said it is planning to redesign its AutobahnFX platform to give clients greater flexibility and better pricing.
"The form competition will take, the way we interact with clients and the services we offer, will fundamentally change in the next two years," said Zar Amrolia, global head of foreign exchange at Deutsche Bank. "Anyone who isn't prepared for this will lose out."
'Major Risk Events'
Barclays stayed in the top three after increasing its market share to 10.95 percent from 10.76 percent last year.
"You need to be a large participant to meet your clients' demands," said Mike Bagguley, global head of foreign exchange at Barclays. "Last year was a year of major risk events in the currency market. You had the tsunami, two Bank of Japan interventions and a Swiss National Bank intervention. How you steered through those events with your clients pretty much defined your year."
Deutsche Bank and Citigroup also topped the poll in the Asia region, excluding Japan, which surveyed 4,978 respondents. Citigroup increased its regional market share to 17.07 percent from 11.74 percent in the 2011 survey.
The Asia Pacific region accounted for 21.29 percent of the global currency market trading this year, up from 20.63 percent in 2011, Euromoney said. Trading in Western Europe slipped to 43.06 percent from 45.94 percent.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was ranked top for Group of 10 research, Euromoney said. HSBC was number one for emerging markets research, while Citi was first for technical analysis, quantitative and flow research.
Following is a table of Euromoney's rankings for foreign-exchange market share (all products).
Bank 2012 2011 Rank Share (%) Rank Share (%) Deutsche Bank 1 14.57 1 15.65 Citigroup 2 12.26 4 8.86 Barclays 3 10.95 2 10.76 UBS 4 10.48 3 10.60 HSBC 5 6.72 6 6.27 JPMorgan 6 6.60 5 6.44 RBS 7 5.86 7 6.20 Credit Suisse 8 4.68 8 4.80 Morgan Stanley 9 3.52 10 3.65 Goldman Sachs 10 3.12 9 4.13


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- Biking 11km through muddy farm tracks (think: Flanders without the barbed wire and bodies) to the starting point
- Walking 18km through vineyards and villages
- Devouring copious quantities of new wine, onion flan and grapes the harvesting machines missed
- Biking 11km back home
- Getting soaked in a rainstorm
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- Signposted (I'll leave out the "well"....)
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And - given that it's become a tradition over the last 24 years - you bump into people you know.
Claudia Ambach at Weigut Haub in Lörzweiler, for example.
"EVERY YEAR you're always the first to arrive and EVERY YEAR you take my photograph" she says to Axel (who's a tour regular and contributed a couple of pix, ta v. much) "and EVERY YEAR you promise to send me a picture. And you NEVER DO"
Axel promises to mend his ways.
I've sent her a picture to avoid getting ripped into next year.
Just to be on the safe side...