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Myself in a sentence: I am someone who loves everything and everyone for their individuality and believe that my tattoos are a beautiful way to show and express that. I am spontaneous, caring, goofy, nerdy, social, family oriented and love staying at home and cuddling up with a good book. I am a huge sports fan GO BRONCOS, DODGERS AND LAKERS ;) That is why most of my Sundays are spent at home lounging around and watching sports or getting tattoos :)
Occupation: office manager
Hometown: Canoga Park, CA
The design and themes of my tattoos: My theme was basically beauty and humbleness... I want people to look at my tattoos and smile. I get that a lot so .. I am pretty happy with them.
More specifics about my tattoo: All of my tattoos were done by Mitzy she is the most amazing tattoo artist with such a gentle hand. She works out of needle pushers tattoo shop in Van Nuys. I go over everything with her first before we do anything. She has really been helpful in what we put on myself.
My favorite tattoo and the story behind it: My favorite tattoo is my peppermint patty tattoo on my left arm. Instead of the York inside I put POPS. When I was a little girl my dad worked til late and woke up early. Most days I would never see him but so I knew he had came home he would pick up a peppermint patty (my fave) and put one under my pillow. I loved waking up and seeing that :) so i put it on me as a constant beautiful memory of just plain ol' love <3
My next tattoo: My next tattoo will be after I have a kid and a family. I need to leave some room on me to express the remaining meaningful years of my life :)


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BERLIN - Head to the checkout at an Ikea in Stockholm to pay for your new leather corner sofa, and with the swipe of a Visa card, it's yours.
Don't try it in Berlin, though. That'll be 1,699 euro ($2,080) cash up front, please.
It's that financial culture - a deep-seated aversion to debt and an emphasis on responsibility - that makes Chancellor Angela Merkel's hard-line approach to solving the European financial crisis so popular in Germany.
The attitude shows up in all walks of life, from the daily trip to the grocery store to putting a roof over your head.

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(this is not meant to come across as an ad or anything...)

So I mentioned during the first 4th Floor meeting that Orange Grove Center recycles computers and other electronics. I had hoped to get back sooner to everyone about this with more details after being asked about location, pricing and approved items. Sorry to have taken so long on this...

Essentially our ITC (Industrial Training Center) recycles computers, as well as other jobs and contracts. I talked with them about what they do and don't accept and it sounds like pretty much anything computer related they'll take. Also TVs, radios/stereos, etc... All the items are broken down,Āseparated and then recycled. All the proceeds then go back to Orange Grove to support the the individuals we serve who are mentally/physically handicapped.

The only thing they charge for are CRTs as they cost us money to recycle. I believe the rate is $10 per CRT. Everything else is free to drop off. They prefer drop offs be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 2pm. The address is 615 Derby Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404. The ITC building is on the corner of Citico ave and Arlington ave with a garage door on Arlington for drop offs.

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Now, for the other reason I wanted to post this. We have 350~ computers we manage, both at the center and in all of our residential homes, with a very small budget. The majority of the PCs we use are pulled from what is dropped off in ITC. Thankfully they don't have to be very robust computers. We install Linux Mint on all of the desktops. Some days we get a few good computers that we can get running and replace our older PCs.

Not to sound like aĀbeggar, but if you or your company has computers, or other electronics, that you are needing recycled then I ask that you consider Orange Grove. Also, if you have computers that may be older (or newer!) that still have life left in them and would like to get them out of the way, I would love to talk with you! The upside of having the recycling program is that, if the computer is good but has a bad part (pretty much anything but mother boards) or just needs more memory, we probably have a partĀavailable!

I now return you back to your regularly scheduled CHUGALUG programming...

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Remember when we all thought the Facebook feud between Mark
Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins was over? Well that was only yesterday, and we
thought wrong. After dropping the Supreme Court appeal yesterday, the
Winklevosses took the case to federal court in Boston today.
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss went to Harvard
University with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. When creating social networking
site HarvardConnection (which was later renamed "ConnectU"), the
Winklevosses had asked Zuckerberg to join their team after losing their
programmer. He agreed and allegedly entered into an oral contract with the twins
and their partner Divya Narendra. But over the following two months, Zuckerberg
created his own social networking website called thefacebook.com while
corresponding with the Winklvosses and Narendra about HarvardConnection.
Zuckerberg's site launched on February 4, 2004.
The Winklevosses found out about it two days later and filed a lawsuit
later that year.
The Winklevosses won a $65 million settlement in
2008, but filed another lawsuit in 2010 claiming that a friend had lied about
the value of Facebook. In April 2011, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief
Judge Alex Kozinski ruled that the Winklevosses must accept their previous
The Winklevosses were then seeking
Supreme Court review, but dropped
it in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in
San Francisco yesterday.
But apparently that wasn't the end of this
drawn-out litigation. Today, the Winklevosses decided to ask a federal court in
Boston whether Facebook "intentionally or inadvertently suppressed
evidence" in regards to instant messages that were allegedly sent from Zuckerberg.
The instant messages the Winklevosses are
referring to are those allegedly found in Zuckerberg's computer when Facebook's
legal team conducted a search. One message outlined what he planned to do about
"I'm going to [expletive] them," wrote
Zuckerberg. "They made a mistake haha. They asked me to make it for them.
So I'm like delaying it so it won't be ready until after the Facebook thing
comes out."
The Winklevosses noted that they wouldn't have
settled for the original settlement had they known about the instant messages.
quote: 3. "Harvard Connection" doesn't seem to have world wide mass appeal like Facebook. We simply cannot say someone "got rich" off "their idea" when it's clear their idea wasn't going in the same direction as Zuckerburg's.
quote: 1. Facebook wasn't their "idea". Harvard Connection was. Which we can't prove would have been exactly like Facebook, and neither can the twins.
quote: He wasn't "hired", it was a verbal agreement. There was no contract or express terms dictating Zuckerbergs responsibilities in this regard.
quote: Except you don't know the direction they were heading. thefacebook started as harvard only and then slowly expanded. You don't know that the twins might have thought "hey let's rename and expand"
quote: Zuckerburg was brought on to the idea to make the Harvard Connection. Why would he have made the Harvard Connection any different from thefacebook? He would of done the same thing but with the name being Harvard Connection.
quote: But I do think that these IM logs showing that Zuckerberg was deliberately screwing the twins over should be brought back to court.


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Cowboys' Bryant Doesn't Have A Disk Problem
Source: Todd Archer, ESPNDallas.com
Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said the soreness in wide receiver Dez Bryant's back is muscle related, not disk related.
Bryant had an MRI earlier in the week and, according to a source, the results were the same as when Bryant had a test after last year's season finale against the Washington Redskins. Bryant was forced out of that game when his back tightened, and he left the locker room in a wheelchair.
"I think we're going to be fine," Jones said as he walked to practice.


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This document only describes the features of rsockd that are different from sockd. You should read sockd(5) carefully to gain a basic understanding of of how the SOCKS server works.
When rsockd receives a request, it checks the request again its configuration (in exactly the same way that sockd does) to decider whether the request is to be accepted. The primary difference between sockd and rsockd is in how they establish connection to the destination host of a accepted request. sockd assumes that it can connect directly to the destination host and proceeds to do so. rsockd makes no such assumption. Instead, it consults another configuration file to decide whether it can connect directly to the particular destination host or whether it has to use a proxy connection through another SOCKS server. In other words, it behaves just like a versatile SOCKS client in this regard. Therefore rsockd requires not only the SOCKS server configuration file /etc/sockd.fc or /etc/sockd.conf to decide whether to accept or reject a request, but also the client configuration file /etc/socks.fc or /etc/socks.conf to decide how to reach the destination host. If it is a multi-homed version and supports RBIND, it also needs the route file /etc/sockd.fr or /etc/sockd.fr to decide which network interface to use for a connection.
Look at it in a different way, you can think of sockd as a special case of rsockd, one which can connect directly to all destination hosts. In fact, an rsockd using the client configuration consisting of only this line
direct ALL 0.0.0.0
is functinally identical to the regular sockd.
Anther thing to mention is related to the use of identd. Only the SOCKS server which the requesting host directly connects to can find out the identity of the real user. Suppose user x on host C connects to rsockd on server B which in turn connects to sockd on server A in order to reach destination z. Host B can query identd on host C to find out whether the user is indeed x. To host A, the request appears to originate from user x on host B. An identd query from Host A to host B returns the userid that owns the rsockd process on host B, not the real user x.
# /etc/socks.conf for rsockd of domain rnd.xyz.com # # Use proxy connection through SOCKS server on socks.market.xyz.com # to reach hosts within market.xyz.com sockd @=socks.market.xyz.com .market.xyz.com 0.0.0.0 # # Use direct connect to all other hosts within xyz.com direct .xyz.com 0.0.0.0 # # Use proxy connection through SOCKS server on gateway.xyz.com # to reach all others sockd @=gateway.xyz.com ALL 0.0.0.0
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text: Fisher-Price Bubble Mower *Free store pickup Flag this deal What's the matter? Choose a reason Dead deal Duplicate Bad link Spam Inaccurate No value Alive again Edit deal DealsDiva Apr 07, 2014 Great deal. $10 - $20 more everywhere else. Reply FibroMom Apr 07, 2014 Grandson will have a BLAST with this! Reply poe601 Mar 20, 2013 These have been around forever, great toy and price! Reply jkbane Mar 19, 2013 my lil girl used get hers out when I mowed the grass. too cute Reply gangstabarbie Jun 30, 2012 Let's get the young kids started at an early age ;) Reply 1 like Dexterous Jun 30, 2012 nice mower and good price drop as well. Reply dvinegrace83 Jun 29, 2012 my kids love ANYTHING with bubbles. this is such a classic toy! Reply tpark6283 Jun 29, 2012 My daughter has one to use this weekend while we r on vaca! Nice price too!!! Reply blackfoot Jun 29, 2012 Fun toy for the kids. Wonder if it shoots out tons of bubbles. Reply nimase85 Jun 29, 2012 My little sister used to have one of these bubble mower and she loved it... This is a great price if you are in the market for one... Reply branie Jun 29, 2012 So darn cute. Reasonable price and I have many personal memories with this toy as well. Reply shopange08 Jun 29, 2012 Too bad kids aren't as eager to mow the lawn when they get older.. nice deal! Reply EzzyLovesToSave Jun 29, 2012 Holy Cow!!...PINK!!! PINK ALERT!...PINK ALERT! Reply 1 like maven3 Jun 29, 2012 Hands down, this is my 2 year old son's favorite toy. He takes it everywhere. I don't mind it as it really doesn't make much noise, and it has some resistance to it when you push it, so he can't go too fast. Reply 1 like rockinnrolla Jun 29, 2012 Price drop of $3! Reply Load More Comments


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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Dustin Parsons threw a complete game and John Fondren keyed a big three-run Cavalier inning as St. Johns Christian Academy downed Clarendon Hall 5-2 on Friday, March 28 at Cavalier Field.
Parsons scattered eight hits and struggled at times in the drizzling mist, but knuckled down to squelch a Saints comeback rally in the sixth with a key strikeout.
Parsons did not give up an earned run as both CHAs runs scored as a result of throwing errors.
Fondrons infield single turned into a three-base throwing error that put SJCA on the board, then came home to score the second run himself on a wild pitch in the Cavaliers three-run third inning.
For a young team we are very competitive, said Cavs Coach Tim Hutto. We only have one senior and most of my infield are freshmen and sophomores.
With the win SJCA improves to 8-1 on the season.
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text: This wine has a generous nose of earth, subtle oak and spiced cocoa integrated with black fruits and very ripe cherry. A sweet, rich mouth feel begins with cassis and ripe black berry, leading towards chocolate and mocha. Soft, integrated tannins enhance the texture and give proportion; the finish is complex, generous, and long. While this wine can be enjoyed now it will definitely benefit from additional cellaring and, with proper storage, should develop for eight years or more.


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I cut up the chicken, throw some chilli powder, onion, jalapeno peppers and cook that all in some bacon grease. I then throw it on a plate with some lettuce, tomato, sour cream, cheese, and salsa or hot sauce. Sort of a Mexican Salad...
I'm rather new to cooking when it comes to meats, especially in a "Primal" manner. (At home, I know of many chicken dishes we make, but all the ones I remember right now include grain of some sort.) My current kitchen supply is somewhat lacking too (yay poor college student). Any ideas?
For reference, I have onion, bell pepper, garlic, carrots, broccoli, and tomato available for use, as well as thyme and a variety of other spices. As for dishes, I'm unsure whether there is a deep-enough dish to use for oven baking. I'd have to check...
I cut up the chicken, throw some chilli powder, onion, jalapeno peppers and cook that all in some bacon grease. I then throw it on a plate with some lettuce, tomato, sour cream, cheese, and salsa or hot sauce. Sort of a Mexican Salad...
We grill our chickens, so you have access to a grill?
I normally smoke or grill them but in a pinch use a baking dish and Cajun seasoning some butter and bake 'em for 45 min or so on 350.
coat them in olive oil, fresh garlic, juice and zest of one lemon, and fresh rosemary. Allow to marinate for about an hour, grill on a low flame to avoid blackening from the flare ups. Delicious, and full of flavor
I think this recipe came from MDA
I stuff the chicken with cut up apples and smear the outside in bacon fat. Bake at 420 for 45-1hr.
I have been on a chicken drumstick binge. In the switch to pastured organic chicken, they are the cheapest cut. Recently, I've tried, bacon wrapped chicken grilled, oven fried chicken with an almond flour, dry rub in the crockpot or oven, and simmered in a no sugar barbecue sauce. The recipes are on my blog: http://amoderngal.com/2010/07/19/simmered-drumsticks/
Chicken with 40 cloves. Sear the chicken pieces(skin on), put into a baking dish with the fat of your choice filling the dish halfway up the chicken parts. Add 20- 100 cloves of peeled garlic, Bake at 400*F until chicken is done (approx 1.5 hrs.)
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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Well, I went searching and found this page. I decided to roll with it because I have very little in the way of other stuff to use at the moment (for instance, no lemons/lemon juice). In addition to the salt and pepper mixture, I added some thyme and shredded coconut. I'm eating it right now and holy crap is it delicious.
here is my favorite recipe for grillin chix! lemon & thyme stuffed under the skin makes them juicy.. well that and the fatty, crispy skin! yumsville!


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The Preface to Genesis is a work in Old English prose, of about 1400 words, by the Anglo-Saxon monk and leading churchman Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955-c. 1010), in which the writer reflects on the problems and dangers of translating the Bible, specifically the Book of Genesis, into English. Ælfric, is celebrated as the most prolific Old English writer, producing homilies, saints' lives, letters, and other works, as well as biblical translations, all forming part of his concerted project of providing sound Christian teaching for the English people, based on Latin scholarship and in line with the principles of the "Benedictine reform" of which he was a product and a leading light. The Preface, along with the …
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The Sulon Star was a large freighter that had been converted by the droid 8t88 for his own use. In addition to its spacious cargo holds, the vessel boasted a docking bay that was big enough to accommodate four shuttles. The Star saw significant use during the droid's alliance with the Dark Jedi led by Jerec.
While the ship was docked on Ruusan, whether by accident or design, Jerec knocked the Rebel agent and Jedi Knight Kyle Katarn into the ship's hold after he refused to give in to the dark side and strike down his partner, Jan Ors. The vessel itself, which had received the full blast of Jerec's Force power, began to lose its hold on the docking station where it was moored. The supports gave way, and the ship, whose systems had been knocked offline, began to plummet into a deep canyon.
Frantically searching the falling ship, eventually Kyle found his own vessel, the Moldy Crow, which had been tethered to the craft's underside. Katarn managed to board his ship and escape the Sulon Star just before it smashed into the canyon floor. However, the shockwave from the explosion caused the Crow to crash as well.
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We're cleaning up the hotel room and trying to find out contact lens case, so that we can get the hell out of dodge.
Only in this case, dodge is actual Vegas and we're all tired and ready to go home.
But that doesn't mean that over the past week we haven't produced some kick ass extra content for the web. Check out these Director's cuts and online exclusives that we've put together for you, including killer photo galleries.
Girls in Bikinis Photo Gallery
AOTS Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
Wil goes to the Cathouse Director's Cut
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'30 to Life' filmmaker directing students into field
Marcus Atkinson has been praised for "30 to Life," the short film he released in January that depicts the consequences gun violence can have on youth.
But the 43-year-old Strong Vincent High School graduate isn't content to call himself a filmmaker. He's out to inspire a younger generation to consider using film to find their voices and express themselves.
See Monday's Erie Times-News and GoErie.com for more coverage.


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Featuring bright, fuchsia-pink blooms and scented foliage. Ideal for smaller areas in the garden; heat and drought tolerant. A favorite of butterflies, bees and birds.
- Cold hardy to zone 5 (-29°C/-20°F)
- Mature height x width: 2-3′ x 2-3′
- Blooms summer through autumn
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Format your drawing
After inserting shapes, you can format them using the buttons in the toolbar. When you select a shape, the Fill color, Line color, Line width, Dashes, and Edit Text buttons appear.
Here are some ways to format your drawings:
- Adjust the color of a shape: Click the Fill color button and choose the color you'd like to use.
- Increase or decrease transparency: Click the Fill color > Custom color and drag the opacity selector at the far right of the menu. Dragging down increases an object's transparency, while dragging up decreases transparency.
- Adjust the background color of your drawing: Change the Fill color without selecting an object or right click in the canvas, select Background and choose your color. To deselect objects, click in the background.
- Change the color of a shape's border: Click the Line color button. You can also change the thickness of a shape's border by clicking the Line width button.
- Modify the style of a shape's border: Click the Dashes button and select the style of border you'd like. You can hide the border altogether by selecting Line Color and making the border "Transparent."
- Add text to your drawing.
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Jesus Christ Jennifer Garner is hot I want to spank that ass of hers and bend her over when she's wearing a tight black dress and slide my dick into her pussy and fuck her brains out as she moans and sweats.
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One of the hottest girls ever...
stars on a show called Alias.
stars on a show called Alias.
The only reason people watch Alias is because of Jennifer Garner.
dari Anonymous Selasa, 06 Juli 2004
A hot girl who is a great actor. She is so sexy.
Whoa dude that's the hottest girl I've seen.
Yeah its Jennifer Garener!
Yeah its Jennifer Garener!
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TV and film actress with ears like satellite dishes, shoulders like Dennis Rodman and abs like Bernard Hopkins, no chest and slim hips...despite some manly features, she has a very feminine voice and probably delivered the only genuine performance in the overrated film Juno...Men who find her attractive are likely repressing homosexual tendencies...
I thought that transvestite was Jennifer Garner.
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Silver Star Nation: Keys to Playing the Bears
The Cowboys will take on the Chicago Bears Sunday night, and here are the Silver Star Nation Keys …
Class 2A Scores and Highlights: Week 5
Scores and highlights from Class 2A schools around the Big Country.
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Scores and highlights from Class 3A games around the Big Country.
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Scores and highlights from Class 4A schools around the Big Country.
Eagles Dominate Haltom In District Play
The Abilene High Eagles traveled to the Metroplex today to take on Haltom for their first district …
Cooper Falls In Nondistrict Finale 24-21
The Cooper Cougars started their final non-district game against Austin Bowie well, but they …
Wylie Blows Past Brownfield 53-7
The Wylie Bulldogs won their homecoming game in big fashion on Friday night.
Eagles O-Line Growing Together
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UNEP Releases Report on Importance of Green Economy for LDCs
9 May 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) have released a report titled "Why a Green Economy Matters for Least Developed Countries."
The report was released at the the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV), convening from 9-13 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.
According to the report, the world's 48 LDCs are positioned to jump-start the transition to a green economy by continuing to develop low-carbon, labour-intensive agriculture and community-based forestry, sustainable practices that have existed for decades. Developed and emerging countries, meanwhile, face substantial costs of "decarbonisation" and costs related to retiring inefficient fossil fuel-based technologies.
The report includes examples of achievements in a range of economic sectors, including energy and agriculture, and through government, private sector and civil society initiatives. The examples include: Uganda's experience in quadrupling exports of organic agricultural products between 2003 and 2008, tapping into a growing global market and ensuring higher prices for products; Nepal's approach to Community Forest Management, which has succeeded in reversing the trend of decline in forest cover and continues to generate employment and income from the sustainable harvesting of timber and non-timber forest products; and Mali's experience of supporting farmers through field training, significantly reducing the use of imported pesticides and expanding the use of organic fertilizers, simultaneously increasing production and reducing input costs. [Publication: Why a Green Economy Matters for Least Developed Countries] [UNEP Press Release]


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* MIND GAMES. 10 p.m. tomorrow, 6ABC.
* MIXOLOGY. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, 6ABC.
TELEVISION as we know it comes roaring back this week.
So, let go of the figure-skating math and crank up the DVR, because reruns are over, "Scandal" is back (at last!) - along with several shows that have been gone for much longer - and ABC has a couple of new series:
Tonight *
"Dallas," 9 p.m., TNT.
As Season 3 launches, Larry Hagman's J.R. Ewing is gone but clearly not forgotten. The decades-long Barnes-Ewing feud draws in some new players, and I find myself unexpectedly interested again. (But then next week, Judith Light returns - as the mother of a character played by an actor, Mitch Pileggi, only three years her junior - and my head explodes.)


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public class Assert { public static final boolean isEnabled = true; public static void assert( boolean c, String s ) { ... } } void test( int x ) { if (Assert.isEnabled) Assert.assert( x >= 0, "test("+x+"): argument must be >= 0" ); }Most (all?) Java compilers will optimise out the call to assert if isEnabled is set to false. Test() will become a null routine. It won't even evaluate the arguments to assert. You should be able to replace Assert.isEnabled with any constant condition. In practise it can fail to optimise even for apparently trivial cases, like:
if (Assert.LEVEL >= Assert.FULL_LEVEL)where LEVEL and FULL_LEVEL are static finals. This may vary with compiler. If the expression involves a function call, like:
if (Assert.isEnabled())it cannot be optimised at compile time because of Java semantics. It might be optimised at link/load time but I wouldn't bet on it. If you really care about efficiency, test it on your target platform and/or use only the first, most simple case. The probability can be increased by declaring isEnabled() final. This is not true conditional compilation because the compiler will check the body of the if for syntax and type errors. It is just an optimisation. However, sometimes it is all you need. You can build on it if you want, for example a class factory:
Database newDatabase() { return Debug.isEnabled ? new DebugDatabase?() : new FastDatabase?(); }You can then put whatever code you like in DebugDatabase? and it will only get called when appropriate. For further flexibility you can make the isEnabled flag not final during development, which allows you to turn debugging output on and off dynamically (from a command-line switch, for example). Only when you build the final version need you make the isEnabled flag final. Use assert since Java 1.4 For what it's worth, JDK 1.4 has introduced a new keyword, assert, available with a command-line switch. This will affect us mostly in that JUnit 3.7 has marked its assert methods as deprecated; use assertTrue instead. Use a preprocessor If you need preprocessing (do you really do?), then why not use a preprocessor like m4? ApacheAnt has a lot of useful "filters" to do special variable replacement and other preprocessing. Use another language Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 has ConditionalCompilationInJava, only thet the language itself is not Java (guess why they call it J++ and not Java?). (Because Java is a Trademark of SunMicrosystems, and it requires to implements the exact specification of Java language -- ArturoTena) Worth noting that there are plenty of supersets of java - jump, pizza, etc. - that give you conditional compilation, closures, templates, operator overloading and various other nonstandard bits and pieces that still generate jvm bytecode. And there are numerous compilers for other languages - prolog, scheme, etc. - that'll also output bytecode. Of course they don't have MicroSoft marketing them, so I guess they're not likely to get accepted any time soon.


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Since 1944, more than occasionally, Jan 21 of each year is the coldest day of the year.
This occurs a month after the first day of winter and 59 days before the calendar's first day of spring.
When sharing this thought with others, I find there is some disagreement. There is a group of people who believe the coldest day of the year is in February.
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Saving tomato seeds is not difficult, but you need to use open-pollinated varieties (as most heirloom tomatoes are) in order to have them grow true to type. 1. Start by taking the best tomatoes from a number of plants of that variety will give you a good genetic mix. They needn't be rotten, just ripe. 2. Cut the fruits in half at their waistlines, and squeeze their seeds into a labeled container such as a glass jar. 3. Add several inches of water to the jar and set it aside, out of direct sunlight but in a warm spot. A flotilla of fungal matter will form after a few days, but you may cover the jar to avoid the smell, deter fruit flies and prevent a tidy family member from throwing out the whole thing. Keep the lid loose, though, to encourage the fermentation that is the key to this little operation. The gel coating that has kept the seeds from germinating will break down, and any good, viable seeds will sink to the bottom. Stir from time to time. 4. After no more than five days, spoon off and discard the moldy debris on the surface, and pour off the water. Add fresh water to the seeds, stir and let them settle again. Do this until the seeds are clean, then drain them well in a fine strainer and spread them on a screen or a plate so that they'll dry quickly, out of the sun. 5. When they are absolutely dry and are easily separated with your fingers, they can be stored in an airtight jar or plastic bag and will keep for at least five years. Source: Barbara Damrosch
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"Rarely has a member of the royal family displayed such public grief and affection," commented the London Daily Mail of Princess Diana's attendance at the Aug. 29 funeral in London of art dealer Adrian Ward-Jackson, who had died at 41 of AIDS the previous week. Diana's name was foremost on the list, prepared by Ward-Jackson shortly before his death, of the 150 friends he wanted to attend the service.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands discovered last month that being monarch isn't always all it's cracked up to be—especially when you have a cracked fibula, as she does. Hobbling on crutches. Beatrix, 53, made her first official engagement Aug. 12 since breaking her right leg two weeks earlier when she tripped at her vacation home in Italy.
While on patrol near Balmoral Castle last mouth. Scottish policeman Ian Cameron spotted an elderly, scruffy-looking gent fishing from a rowboat. Aha! thought Cameron. A poacher! "Oi, is that your red Siena parked outside the gate?" Cameron yelled to the man. "No, I'm driving the green Land Rover over there," the man shouted back. Still at a loss, the officer retorted, "Are you sure?" Fed up, the fisherman turned his back and resumed angling. Only when Cameron spied the Land Rover's special license plate did he realize the unkempt gent was Prince Philip, 70.
Ever since Prince Edward lost his job as a theater production assistant last month, senior courtiers at Buckingham Palace have been making discreet inquiries in hopes of finding meaningful employment for the queen's youngest son. Now the Daily Telegraph speculates that Edward, 27, may join the British Broadcasting Corporation—but in what capacity, no one knows. A suitable post, offered the Telegraph, may be "a backstage job as an apprentice in the arts department." Perhaps. But it's clear that Edward, who last month played an English nobleman in the Aberdeen Theatre's production of Macbeth, prefers center stage.
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Poor Man's Guide to Rain Barrels
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For those who have been following our exploits in gardening, you may recall that we put our plants in pots and leave them on our deck. This ensures they get the maximum amount of sun. There is a downside to our strategy, the spigot for the hose that sits on our deck is on the ground floor. To water our plants, we have to go down downstairs, turn on the spigot, walk up stairs, water the plants, then go back downstairs to turn off the spigot. Unfortunately we can't get downstairs directly from the deck, we have to go back into the house, and through the carpeted basement.
At first, this sounds like not a big deal right? How lazy could I be?
It's not that big of a deal but that, coupled with my growing appreciation for being as ecofriendly as possible, has turned me onto the idea of rain barrels. Why pay for water when I could be catching what falls for free from the sky? So, I started researching rain barrels and the first thing I learned was that they are expensive!
Buying A Rain Barrel
Rain barrels can get as simple or as fancy as you want. You can get a simple lightweight 55-gallon plastic barrel for around $80 and you can get a fancy hardcore plastic one for close to $200. Even at both price points, it seems a little pricey for something that is essentially a huge container that captures rain water, right?
Even after you buy one, you still have to make modifications to your downspouts so that the water is directed into the barrels. You'll still have to do a little handywork yourself, so you might as well build the whole thing yourself.
Building A Rain Barrel
Fortunately we have the power of the internet, so we can find videos on how to build them! Here's one from HGTV (actual construction begins at the 1:45 mark):
Is it worth it? Well, a quarter inch of rain on a "typical size roof" can yield close to 200 gallons of water!
An understated but crucial step in the process is the use of a screen to help filter out the junk that would otherwise come through your downspout. They don't make a big deal of it but I think this one step can help extend the life of your barrel and reduce the number of times you'll have to clean it out due to clogs. The overflow pipe pointed away from your foundation is a good idea too. 🙂
Poor Man's Rain Barrels
Don't want to build your own and don't want to spend $80+ on one? I don't blame you, the next best thing you can do is simply leave some buckets outside! Simple right? At the moment, we keep a bunch of buckets outside so that when it rains, the buckets are being filled. This is a simple solution because it takes advantage of containers you already have. The downside of this solution is that it doesn't look very attractive and it's not very efficient.
The next step for us is to build a rain barrel, a project that I think will be both fun and informative for us. And it'll save us trips down stairs. 🙂
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The lunch presentation on Jan. 24 will feature Mark Duda, executive director of Responsive Management, a public opinion and attitude survey research firm specializing in natural resource and outdoor recreation issues. He will present findings from the company's latest research projects. The public is invited to the presentation and is encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch.
The Jan. 24 evening session begins at 7 p.m. and allows members of the public who cannot attend during normal business hours the opportunity to hear about current issues and to interact with commissioners, the executive director and agency staff. The session will begin with the presentation of the Stanley Long Outstanding Volunteer Service Award, which honors the Commission's most exemplary and inspiring volunteer, and an award from the American Fisheries Society recognizing a Commission research project. By signing the Anglers' Legacy pledge, commissioners agree to share their passion for fishing and the outdoors with at least one person each year.
"Ice Fishing: The Basics and Beyond" will feature pro anglers Bob Griffith, Mike Kuna and Byron Eckardt. They will discuss ice safety, apparel, equipment, and tips and tricks, and they will share their experiences as professional anglers. Griffith and Kuna topped the points race to be named Team of the Year in 2010 in the North East Ice Tour, a series of professional level tournaments held throughout the Northeast U.S. and operated by Eckardt.
Both the lunch and evening presentations are free and no registration is required. There is plenty of parking at the PFBC headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Avenue in Harrisburg.
For the quarterly meeting, committees will meet beginning at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 24, and at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Formal consideration of the agenda by the full Commission will begin at approximately 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. All committee meetings and the formal meeting are open to the public.
Commissioners will address a variety of issues during Tuesday's formal meeting, including:
A complete copy of the meeting schedule and the full agenda for the meeting can be found on the Commission's web site at www.fishandboat.com/minutes.htm.
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I know people who've bought their grains from Culture for Health, expensive to say the least imo. They sell kombucha starter kits for $25 which is crazy expensive as people give that stuff away, they want to unload it as it propagates & stockpiles so fast. Imo, just network on local Meetup.com, fermentation & Weston A Price boards locally & find some for free. Then pass it along to others for free too...
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The cover-up is worse than the crime. The crime is so heinous it requires a cover-up.
Now, heads are rolling as President Obama throws more supporters under a bus convoy.
The first was a fake, as Obama grandly displayed the "forced resignation" of acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. Since he was already going to retire, the timing worked well, unless any reporters found out.
They did.
Within hours, the nation learned that Mr. Miller had already planned his June resignation well in advance of any public controversy.
Two low level employees whose crime is reportedly following orders have been allegedly reprimanded in some quiet manner.
Then Joseph Grant, commissioner of the agency's tax exempt and government entities division, announced he will retire on June 3. As part of his duties, Grant oversaw the IRS division that illegally targeted tea party groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. Grant was only there for a few days. His predecessor escaped to run the Obamacare IRS office, where she'll use her skills to protect the privacy of all Americans as she did with the dissident groups named "Tea Party," "Patriot" and "taught the Constitution."
The next one is former IRS Tax Exempt Unit Chief Lois Lerner, infamously in charge of the unit that illegally targeted conservative nonprofit applicants.
She has chosen to "plead the fifth" at Congressional hearings investigating the depth and breadth of this administration's use of the IRS as a political weapon of harassment and intimidation.
Lerner joins such notables as convicted Republican political felon Jack Abramoff, mobster Joe Bonanno, former Clinton crony Webb Hubbell, psychic fraudster Miss Cleo and Soviet spy Ethel Rosenberg in the rogues gallery of those who "take the fifth" for fear that telling the truth would cause each person to incriminate themselves.
Stunningly, there are Democrats still defending the Nixonian tactic of terrorizing innocent Americans with the threat of debilitating their lives with the most feared agency in the U.S. Government, the IRS.
Donna Brazile, a powerful Democratic Party operative you've likely seen on TV, wrote an amazingly puerile attempt to deflect attention from two of the current Obama administration scandals. She writes, "... two 'scandals' — the IRS tax-exempt inquiries and the Department of Justice's tapping of reporters' phones — have become lynch parties. And the congressional investigation of Benghazi may become a scandal in itself." What Brazile is saying here is that the perpetrators are the "victims"!
She writes, "Our democracy is endangered. Not by the Russians, North Korea, the Iran regime, or even terrorists. To quote Pogo: 'We have met the enemy and he is us.'
According to Brazile, anyone who investigates these illegal actions of the Obama administration is threatening democracy... and they're racists, as in "lynch parties."
This is a woman who was fired from a Democratic Presidential campaign for spreading false philandering rumors about a Republican Presidential candidate and then went on to work for Bill Clinton as an adviser.
Hardcore Democrats like Brazile are wrong. A President spying on reporters and tapping their phone lines is a much greater threat to our nation than investigating the crime and still more of a threat than Brazile's divisive race-baiting and rumor-mongering.
Even liberals such as the insufferable Piers Morgan confess such a violation of basic constitutional rights smacks of "tyranny," a word he admittedly mocked on his cable show. (Note: Piers has also mocked the U.S. Constitution)
Brazile is only one of many supporters and Obama insiders helping to circle the wagons around these scandals.
Employees in the Cincinnati branch of the IRS have told reporters that they are not allowed to talk to the press under threat of being fired. White House senior staff confessed knowledge of the IRS scandal, saying they kept it from the president. They knew, but didn't tell him.
He learned of it from TV news.
Of course he did.
Will Americans believe the new Administration slogan that the President isn't a crook, he's just incompetent? Or will there be traction to the epithet, "Richard Milhous Obama?"
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One day after Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed Senate Bill 1062, the Tempe City Council unanimously approved an anti-discrimination ordinance that will secure broad civil-rights protections for gay and transgender residents.
In interviews with The Arizona Republic, Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell and other council members said the GOP-controlled Legislature is out of touch with its constituents.
The council's 7-0 vote was "another action that shows we don't discriminate in our community," Mitchell said Thursday. "We're moving in the right direction in terms of equality."
The city ordinance bans discrimination in housing, employment and accommodations at restaurants and hotels, but includes exceptions for religious organizations and social clubs.
Businesses or individuals that discriminate in Tempe on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, gender, religion, national origin, familial status, age, disability and U.S. military veteran status face a civil sanction with a fine up to $2,500.
Tempe became the fourth Arizona city to provide such protections, joining Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff.
Conservative groups that supported SB 1062 — which would have offered a legal defense for individuals and businesses facing discrimination lawsuits if they could prove they acted upon a "sincerely held religious belief" — have complained that such city ordinances violate religious freedoms.
Arizona remains among 29 states where it is legal to fire someone because of sexual orientation.
Gays are also not a protected class under federal anti-
discrimination laws.
Tempe, however, is known as a bastion for liberal attitudes.
It was among the first U.S. municipalities to have an openly gay mayor, Neil Giuliano, who left office a decade ago after four terms as mayor.
"We were one of the first cities in the state that provided domestic benefits (for same-sex couples)," Mitchell said. "We want to make sure that businesses and people coming to Arizona know that we are working together for equality. ... I don't tolerate discrimination ... and I'm really proud to work with a council that feels the same way."
Reflecting on the whirlwind of the past week, Rebecca Wininger, president of Equality Arizona, said that the ordinance makes Tempe "a better city" and that she takes comfort "knowing that our community will not be a target for specific discrimination."


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When you have finished your course you will be invited to an Awards Ceremony where you will be given a University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate. This is a nationally recognised qualification which will help you work, study and live in the UK.
The ESOL community at TyneMet is very friendly and our teachers and other staff will provide you with lots of support throughout the course. We will find the class, level and pace that is best for you. Our classes will help you prepare for the Citizenship Test and you will also learn to use a computer to improve your language skills.
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The Maui Chamber of Commerce continues to submit testimony in support of House Bill 2096 House Draft 1 relating to employment security, aka the unemployment insurance tax bill.
We support this bill because Hawaii's employers have been bearing an extremely heavy burden since the past rate hike and moving to a new tax schedule, as planned for this year, will be devastating to many businesses. On average, it could amount to an additional expense of $550 per employee.
Ali'i Kula Lavender shared this testimony: "Based off of the proposed increase and our number of employees, our excess wages will rise by $4,600 quarterly ($18,400 annually). This will, in turn, inflate our net excess wages significantly, our contribution rate would spike and we would experience increases in the amount we owe for contributions due, as well. While we already face considerable challenges doing business in Hawaii, increases in unemployment insurance tax will surely diminish our ability to meet the everyday hardships of increased costs in transportation, increased costs of product components, lessened spending on the part of customers and the resulting heightened competition among retailers and agribusinesses, such as ours."
In addition, we are asking legislators to keep the unemployment insurance tax rate at the current tax schedule for a minimum of two years, not just one, because economists predict a very slow recovery and we are not out of the woods yet.
Insolvency is still a looming threat for some businesses. Others are still doing far more with less people and fewer resources, while being hit with higher expenses from numerous fronts (as highlighted in the above testimony). This reality cannot continue; it is not sustainable. We must bring down the cost of doing business in Hawaii.
The Milken Institute's last Cost-of-Doing-Business Index (August 2007) reports that Hawaii continued to have the highest cost-of-doing-business in the nation, further increasing its year-over-year costs.
The index shows that Hawaii's wage cost is 8.1 percent below the national average, but is greater than 28 other states. However, Hawaii far exceeds the national average in every other category by:
* Tax burden, 62.1 percent above average.
* Electricity cost, 160.7 percent higher.
* Industrial rent cost, 169.5 percent above.
* Office rent cost, 40.4 percent higher.
This equates to a cost of doing business that is 51.5 percent greater than the national average (rising from being 43 percent higher in 2005).
Why is this important? Because the Cost-of-Doing-Business Index indicates each state's comparative advantages or disadvantages in attracting and retaining businesses. States with a low cost of doing business have, on average, greater job growth than those with high costs. It also shows the tremendous challenges that businesses in Hawaii face.
House Bill 2096 House Draft 1 may be heard as early as Monday by the Judiciary and Labor committees. So, there is time for you to send in testimony in support of the measure. Please go online to www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx, type in HB2096 in the search box and click submit. It will take you to a page that will show the hearing notice and allow you to submit testimony by typing it in a box there or by uploading a document from your computer. And, while you are at it, please ask lawmakers to create a "pro-business environment" in Hawaii, as well, so that we can generate desperately needed jobs and return Hawaii to a place of economic prosperity.
Mahalo for your support of Maui's small businesses.
* Pamela Tumpap is president of the Maui Chamber of Commerce.


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For the last five to ten years, I have been championing the return of thrash metal by a series of new bands. Some have made it and built pretty solid careers (Havok, Municipal Waste), and others have come and gone (what happened to Lazarus AD). That said though, there's be no shortage of bands in the last decade that have returned to the roots of thrash to make authentic and new thrash that have been more than welcome to those of us that live in hope that Exodus and Death Angel can continue their winning ways since coming back. In short, it's been very good to have a gluttony of new bands making this kind of music. Formed in 2009, Shrapnel jumps right into the middle of this fold with THE VIRUS CONSPIRES. This release is 100% a facemelter, seemingly cut out of 1988 and intent to simply destroy everything in it's path. It's technically excellent, sonically crushing and as good a thrasher as anything that's come along in awhile.
On THE VIRUS CONSPIRES, you can't help but be blown away with the level of heaviness and the raw power exhibited by Shrapnel. Songs like "22" just come ripping through the headphones and take your ears off with their blazing fury. Certainly, like most thrash bands, the core to their sound is the guitarwork. Nathan Sadd is a beast on lead guitar, and he's tempered well by the blazing rhythm work of fellow guitarist Chris Martin. These guys have riffs that simply tear through the air when listening to them, and yet their breakdowns are about as effortless as anything you will ever hear. On "22", the tempo transitions to and from hyperspeed are amazing. Sadd's solo roars as well, proving him to be far more than a thrasher. It's some of the coolest guitarwork in this kind of music I've heard in awhile.
That said though, this band is far more than a lot of guitars. Drummer Simon Jackson is both a hyperspeed beast and a technical technician behind the kit. His blast beats are ably turned on and off throughout material like "The Virus Conspires". While in most bands he would be teamed with the bassist, Jackson seems more on his own as bassist Darryl Abbot seems more content to follow along and thicken up the rhythm playing provided by Martin. In a lot of ways, the rhythm provided by Martin and Abbot reminds a lot of the early Death Angel albums. Finally, vocalist Jae Hadley is not overly flashy or anything, but he brings the nasty vocally. He's a fairly typical thrash vocalist to be honest, and that's all the more that songs like "Poison The Mind" or "Kingdom Come" call for.
PITRIFF RATING - 96/100 - I love thrash metal, and am very judgmental of it as it stands as probably my favorite "type" of metal there is. THE VIRUS CONSPIRES from Shrapnel is as good as anything that has come out in the last decade, be it from a new act or the all time veterans of the genre. This asskicker is well worth a listen or 50.


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Beginning tomorrow, December 6, Marty's Reliable Cycle will be hosting their free Art of the Bicycle Show at its Morristown location.
Usually a one-night extravaganza attracting several hundred attendees, this year the show has been expanded to run through the entire weekend, closing on Sunday, December 9.
Past shows have included bicycle-themed clothing, knickknacks, sculptures from Glassworks, gorgeous cycling photos and paintings, a bicycle-powered waterfall, jewelry made from recycled bike parts, and amazing one-of-a-kind hand built bicycles.
This year will add in yummy confections from Enjou Chocolat of Morristown, and stylish-yet-safe bicycle helmets from New Jersey's own Bandbox LLC.
A fund-raiser for Bike Walk Morristown, this show promises to be a holiday gift destination for those looking for just the right thing to give their cycle-happy loved ones.
The show opens at 6:00 pm on Thursday, December 6, with light refreshments and musical entertainment. Local legend and Clifton native Michael Gabriele, author of "The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey," will also be speaking.
The displays and gift-buying opportunities will continue through 5:00 pm Sunday, December 9.


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Walker For Ringo
Let's Put the Beatles Back Together Again 1970-2010
By Jeff Walker, author
Bruncher Jeff Walker reports on a few notable tunes from Ringo's ASB European tour. Don't miss an upcoming Beatle Brunch Show Special featuring Ringo, July 10th.
It's remarkable that Ringo, now in his 8th decade for heaven sakes, is not only still touring but still cranking out excellent original songs with his various co-writers. Just take his most recent CD 'Y Not', with a very cool looking Ringo on the cover. The entire album is a blast from start to finish. As much as I love the solo Beatles, there ain't too many of their albums one can say that about. At first I would have exempted from my rave the track 'Peace Dream', co-written with George's old pal Gary Wright. I thought, this has to be the most naive 'peace and love' song ever written. But after a few more listens I began to dig the tune. And then I began to think, 'Maybe there IS a place for a naive peace song with a nice tune; how many other pop artists would even pause to try and imagine a more peaceful world? If the notion doesn't even enter the heads of our artists, how likely is it to make the agendas of our politicians?
'Choose Love' is a classic Ringo rocker in Beatles mode, with allusions to his Beatles past for fans, but not overdoing it. It also combines Ringo themes such as surviving hard times and the desirability of placing all one's dreams, goals and activity in the overall context of love. It's the return of 'All You Need is Love' in hard-drive. Of course, that Lennon/Beatles classic has always been criticized for its naiveté, but I suspect Lennon was trying to say: 'Make love your prime motivator and all the rest will fall into place'.
'The Other Side of Liverpool' was doubtless a response to some hot water Ringo got himself into after remarking on radio that he didn't really miss anything about Liverpool. Liverpudlians were not amused. This song is Ringo's explanation, not apology, for what he said. Unlike the other three Beatles, he had it VERY rough growing-up poor in the poorest part of town. The utterly unglamorous Dingle was HIS Liverpool, a Liverpool to escape some day. He reaches out in the lyrics to thank his old friends of that era for helping him get through it. It's rather moving actually. High marks for placing honest feelings above sentimentality. By the way, I would link both Ringo's Liverpool songs, 'The Other Side of Liverpool' and then 'Liverpool 8' to create something we could call Ringo's 'Liverpool Epic'.
As for 'Back Off Boogaloo', here's a rocker that had every right to go straight to number one. I can still recall how startled I was to hear for the first time this Beatles-mode slasher of a track. It's jet-propelled by some of George's most wicked guitar riffs and a big back-up chorus. And you gotta love those wacky cynical Ringo lyrics, whether they're a dig at Paul or someone else. This is not great Ringo; this is great Beatles.
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This monograph consists of two main parts. The first is a very good discussion of heat products and heat regulation that serves as an excellent background for a consideration of the factors in addition to disease that may give rise to elevated temperature. The variations of temperature in health are stressed, and the reader is cautioned against considering all "fever" as pathologic.
The second part of the book consists of a series of chapters on various obvious and obscure illnesses associated with fever. The most important subjects listed are tuberculosis, sepsis, both local and generalized, tumors, and the collagen diseases. Numerous case histories are used to illustrate salient points. This section was somewhat disappointing, since it did not give an orderly approach to diagnosis. The fact that practically all of the material deals with adults makes it less valuable for physicians working with children. The references are excellent.
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Northwest NEWS
ctober 21, 2002
Photo courtesy of the Woodinville Chamber of Commerce
Postures Hot Yoga, a Bikram Hatha method yoga facility, held its grand opening in September. Assisting at the event were, l-r Dr. Kerri Scarbrough; Carol Bogue, Deputy Mayor; the Kempts (owners); Chamber staff Suzanne Rollins. Fellow celebrants are in the back row.


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05.31.16: 2016 Casting Competition
Photos of castings submitted to this year's casting competition.
Thank You, Goodbye & Good Luck
It is with a heavy heart that I pen this last editorial for Metal Casting Design & Purchasing. By the time you read this column, I will have left the magazine to pursue a new career. After 19 years in metalcasting, a new challen...
Industry News
09.27.16: EJ Plans New Facility
The company will upgrade its facilities and "phase out" its current location. The new plant will be "state of the art" and all jobs will be relocated.
09.20.16: Thanks In Part to Cast Connections, Arthur Ashe Roof Debuts
The retractable roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the tennis U.S. Open, debuted this fall to rave reviews.
09.15.16: Star Pipe Acquires Jensen International
The acquisition will allow Star Pipe to continue the operation of manufacturing domestically made cast iron and ductile iron products in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma. The company intends to expand the existing facility in Oklahoma and install new and updated equipment.


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This overnight breakfast casserole is a great no fuss, time saver when you have guests staying over. It has a 15-20 minute prep time and it's all done the night before. This works well for me since I'm not very good at talking and cooking at the same time (multi tasking is not my forte since I always leave some vital ingredient out of the mix). Enjoy your evening, get up, pop the casserole in the oven and relax. Have a chat over coffee while it bakes. A bonus to this recipe, it makes the house smell amazing while it's baking!
There are many versions of strata, from savoury to sweet. As long as you have bread kicking around, it's an impromptu dish to pull together using what ever you might have in the fridge and pantry.
The Fixings:
2 apples, cored and diced
½ tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp butter
1 small loaf of sour dough or rye bread (or 8 slices of regular loaf bread), cubed
¾ c grated cheddar
2 tbsp of brown sugar
2 c milk (animal, nut or grain……your choice)
3 large free range eggs (let's be kind to our chickens)
½ c dried cranberries
How to:
- preheat oven to 350 degrees
- saute butter, apples and cinnamon over medium heat until tender
- lightly butter an 8 in. baking dish
- add ¾ of your cubed bread to the baking dish
- add apple mixture, cheese and brown sugar and spread evenly over bread
- in the meantime, beat eggs and milk until frothy
- stir in the remaining bread
- add this mixture to the baking dish
- place in the oven and bake for 45 – 50 minutes
- enjoy this breakfast casserole hot or cold
Serves 8
Enjoy your evening with your guests, get up, pop the overnight breakfast casserole in the oven and relax. Have a chat over coffee while it bakes. A bonus to this vegetarian breakfast recipe, it makes the house smell amazing while it is baking!


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Are Teammates Pinned Against One Another During the Olympics
The Jordyn Wieber Controversy
For the past week or so, Micah and I have been avidly watching the Olympics! We have been extremely impressed with the caliber of the athletes this year—from the swimmers to the runners, the badminton players to the basketball stars. But we cannot help but be most impressed (and awe-struck!) by the gymnasts. Who knew bodies could even bend in such crazy ways!? They look like human rubber bands!!!
The other night, as Micah and I were watching the Olympic Games, we couldn't help but be shocked at the qualification standards for the women's gymnastics teams. The way that girls qualify for the all-around competition is quite interesting…and it has stirred up quite the controversy! From the beginning of the gymnastics competition, Micah and I were rooting for US Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber, the all-around World Champion. But our hopes were lost when Jordyn did not earn a spot in the finals for the all-around competition. It didn't just shock me and Micah—it shocked the world!!
Jordyn Wieber has been in the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere…but unsteady beam and floor exercises during the Olympics forced her into the #3 position on the American team (and they only take the top 2 from each country to the finals). Jordyn had to watch her dreams from afar and cheer on teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas (who later won the Gold).
Since the Olympics takes the top 2 competitors from each country, that doesn't mean that the best 24 girls actually compete in the finals!! If the finals took the top 24 based on score (not country), Jordyn would have been 4th overall (instead of being completely eliminated!) but wasn't able to compete in finals because two of her teammates scored higher. It is a controversy that has been repeated in the sport of gymnastics for years.
Jordan was devastated—and the nation was, too. As a gymnast said to be on the same level as past greats such as Mary Lou Retton and Nastia Liukin, watching Jordyn burst into tears was one of the hardest parts of the Olympics to watch.
So what does this mean, exactly? It means that gymnasts are not only competing against other countries in the prelims/semi-finals, but they are also competing against one another. Does this create tension among teammates? Do teammates get pinned against one another during the all-around competition? Does this change the dynamic of an Olympic team? Should the Olympics let the top 24 compete in finals, instead of the top 2 from each country?
We think the best of the best should compete against each other—that's what the Olympics are all about.
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July's Story Circle begins today with a stunning and dangerous blonde–and that's just the author! Angela of Tread Softly is not only my colleague at Write on Edge, but also a friend. Angela spins more blogging plates than anyone I know. In addition to her work on Write on Edge, she crafts fiction, memoir, book reviews, and encouraging, heartfelt essays for her own blog, and also contributes to Just Be Enough.
Without further ado, Stiletto, Part One:
Grass and green apple lingered on her palette, a manicured finger stroking the base of her wine glass. Air conditioning obliterated the oppressive humidity from the space around the gleaming bar. Condensation threatened to drop onto the cream cocktail napkin. For now, she could afford the Didier Dagueneau Sauvignon Blanc, herbs and fruit perfectly balanced in the crisp, chilled varietal. An envelope of cash rested in the lining of her expensive leather bag, money she'd earned only in the oldest sense of the word.
She'd drifted out of Henry's suite at the Ritz-Carlton around dawn. He slumbered naked and tangled in Egyptian cotton sateen, his debit card in her purse and the pre-paid cell phone she'd used for months on the nightstand. Emptying his checking account while he snored until noon allowed her the freedom of flying far from the Golden Gate Bridge and living comfortably until something promising caught her discerning eye. Henry's shifty eyes and groping, sweaty fingers had told her long ago that he'd rather lie about the sudden emptiness of his substantial bank account than confess his ill-advised tryst to his wife.
Even his lawyers wouldn't know how to begin to locate her.
She was again firmly ensconced in a suite with a view. Henry was barely an uncomfortable memory. New La Perla nestled in the tiny dresser so even bits of mesh and lace couldn't tease any recollection of his overpowering Ralph Lauren cologne or underperforming lovemaking. Slight wardrobe changes were a charming hazard of her geographical rootlessness, her non-cataloged life.
Platinum hair shimmered around her cheekbones in the low light of the bar, catching and reflecting the candlelight. The color was new and indulgent and contrived, chosen to simultaneously attract and intimidate. Deliberating about the gamble had kept her from venturing out until this Thursday, when the trendy hotel bar bubbled over with tired businessmen, desperate for anything but a monotonous meeting in a stuffy conference room.
Years before, in another bar in another city, a drunk accountant had accused her of being an escort. His face had flushed more with each drink and even more with each tug on his safely striped tie. She'd miscalculated his bank account and his intentions, a rare professional misstep. Bleary eyes crawled down her cleavage as he spit out his judgment, fingers wound tightly around her wrist. An impossibly sharp stiletto dug into the tender flesh between Achilles and anklebone, her smile beatific when she murmured, "If only my occupation were so easily classified," before walking away, his sneer twisted into a grimace of pain.
Now she swiveled on the high-backed barstool, cooling appraising the selection of men. Soft lips parted slightly as she automatically crossed her toned legs. Practiced ennui relaxed her shoulders, though she secretly wanted to steal another glance at the gorgeous new Stuart Weitzman heels wrapped around her ankles. She swiveled back, not seeing anything to her liking.
The bartender set another glass of wine in front of her without a word, dimples and shocking green eyes traveling down her body in a wave of heat. Brody, she recalled, testing the gloss of her lips with the tip of her tongue. A brief nod of his head indicated the patron she would need to thank with a perfunctory smile. She was already resigned to another night alone.
The heat started by Brody's effortless attractiveness swelled, and she felt dampness bloom between her thighs.
She could smell the money on him from across the bar. An expertly tailored suit and an impeccably veneered smile exuded confidence, but she could smell the other thing, too – the ugly core of cruelty that forced him to use his money and passable looks to draw people into his sphere.
Tossing hair in lustrous waves over her shoulder, she slid across the floor to caress his exposed wrist.
"Thank you. So very much," she practically whispered, forcing his ear closer to her glossed lips.
"Of course. I'm Nathan." His smile spread like oil.
"I'm Rebecca."
She wasn't, but it would do.
He was perfect.


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Created in this Craftsy class
Set your sewing machine and imagination free in this fun exploration of embroidery designs, decorative sewing machine stitches, couching and binding.
Other projects made as part of this class:
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What are you most proud of? The free motion stitching. This is the first time I've done this in my art. I think the variegated hand-dyed thread really made a difference.
I love the Autumn Stupendous Stitching! Beautiful!
Absolutely stupendous... In my favorite color to work with. You inspire me!
Really enjoyed this fun class.
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Free Drinks for Coneheads
K! Pizzacone reopens with a free-drink deal.By Daniel Maurer
K! Pizzacone reopens with a free-drink deal.By Daniel Maurer
Plus: Sutton unimpressed by Pulino's, and Gael Greene goes to Lugo Caffé, in our weekly roundup of restaurant reviews.By Helen Rosner
An untimely shuttering in midtown.By Daniel Maurer
Plus, K! Pizzacone makes some adjustments.By Daniel Maurer
Plus, should you have to hold a germ conduit before palming fried chicken?By Daniel Maurer
It's finally here.By Daniel Maurer
Plus: The Bidens hit Brooklyn, and the return of Slim Jims, all in our morning news roundup.By Leila Cohan-Miccio


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Created in this Craftsy class
Clean & Simple Cake Design taught by Jessica Harris
Join cake designer Jessica Harris as she creates sleek, stylish cakes with her simple waxed-paper transfer method.
Other projects made as part of this class:
Cake DecoratingNavy, Gray & White Wedding Cake
Cake DecoratingBiking Cake
Cake DecoratingHot air balloon christening cake
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Super Cute!
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Oh that's so sweet!
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Joe Biden is brain dead
Submitted by Missy-Busty on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 18:31.
He had a brain injury some years ago & has never fully recovered. Like President Pervert Clinton he refuses to release his medical records.
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To people of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, parlors and drawing rooms were the social centers of their lives: the décor of these rooms reflected their wealth and status, as well as an insatiable curiosity about the world. Confidently optimistic women and men occupied these entertainments spaces, trying to emulate the manners and customs of their British and French cousins through conversation, social calls, tea parties, musicales, and other entertainments…and their material world supported these very activities. The 38th Annual Tryon Palace Decorative Arts Symposium brings together scholars, collectors, students, and others to view and consider the pivotal position of both drawing rooms and parlors (and their contents) in the context of a newly emerging American society and in the consolidation of American identity.
One session of the symposium has been reserved for several 15-20 minute presentations from students and scholars to "read" the material culture of drawing rooms and parlors. Thus, we welcome proposals for readings/analyses of several artifacts in Tryon collections.
Those interested in participating should submit a 250-word essay (Microsoft Word document) featuring one of the artifacts that appear as images in the call posted on line at: http://www.uncg.edu/~pllucas/cfp_matlcult.pdf.
Submissions should be made as an email attachment by February 10, 2006 to email@example.com. Selected scholars will receive a stipend to offset some conference expenses.
Speakers for the conference include Robert A. Leath (Colonial Williamsburg); C. Dallett Hemphill (Ursinus College); Peter Sandbeck (NC State Historic Preservation Office); Nancy Richards (Tryon Palace); Laurence Lubin (Metropolitan Museum of Art); and Patrick Lee Lucas (UNCG).
The symposium is sponsored by the Tryon Palace Commission and the Department of Interior Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Conference information: www.tryonpalacesymposium.org


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Skip to comments.John Boehner won't back immigration bill without majority GOP support
Posted on 06/17/2013 6:53:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
House Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don't support it, sources familiar with his plans said.
"No way in hell," is how several described the chances of the speaker acting on such a proposal without a majority of his majority behind him.
Boehner, R-Ohio, does not view immigration in the same vein as the fiscal cliff last December, when he backed a bill that protected most Americans from a tax increase even though less than half of the GOP lawmakers were with him, said multiple sources, who spoke anonymously to allow greater candor.
With economists warning that the deep cuts and higher taxes needed to avoid the fiscal cliff could devastate an already ailing economy, Boehner felt compelled to compromise with President Obama and allow taxes to rise on the wealthiest taxpayers. He feels no such urgency about immigration reform, lawmakers said.
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Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a former pollster aligned with the GOP leadership, said Boehner will not approach to immigration reform the same way he did the fiscal cliff tax bill, or the Violence Against Women Act, which also passed with a minority of the majority.
"I just don't think that's the winning formula here," Cole told The Washington Examiner. "What the speaker wants to do is have a hopefully bipartisan product -- certainly one that has the majority of Republicans -- pass the House. This has got too much emotional, political impact and I think it really has to be genuinely bipartisan."
The Senate is debating the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" proposal, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is pubhsing for a final vote before the July 4 recess.
The House also is creating its own a bipartisan comprehensive plan, authored by four Democrats and three Republicans, but it is also advancing multiple bills of much narrower scope that will deal with individual Republican priorities like border enforcement.
Democratic and progressive immigration reform advocates remain hopeful that the Senate bill, which includes a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already living in the U.S., will be the basis for any final congressional compromise. The Senate bill's citizenship pathway, although arduous, conditional and designed to take 10 to 15 years to achieve, will almost assuredly face opposition from House Republicans.
That is why Boehner, in an interview last Monday, raised eyebrows and excited Democrats when he declined to specifically rule out bringing up an immigration bill that did not have the support of a majority of his majority. The speaker latered clarified his remarks, saying most Republicans would have to support anything brought to the floor.
"My goal is always to bring bills to the floor that have a strong Republican majority," Boehner said. "Immigration reform is a very difficult issue. But I don't intend to bring an immigration bill to the floor that violates what I and what members of my party -- what our principles are."
The practice of bringing to the floor only bills that are supported by the majority of the majority party has become known as the "Hastert Rule," named after former Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., who used that standard as a litmus test. Hastert's successors are free to violate that guideline, as Boehner did on the tax deal, and so conservative activists are now urging House Republicans to incorporate the standard into the body's internal rules to prevent Boehner or his successors from violating it.
Boehner has so far maintained a commitment to moving immigration reform through "regular order," delegating authority over much of the process to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. The speaker has acted behind the scenes to keep the process from sputtering, but otherwise prefers to foster member involvement and encourage as many as possible to introduce bills and legislate.
One GOP strategist noted that Boehner is navigating a different set of dynamics than Reid in the Senate. In particular, House Republicans are likely to suffer a greater voter backlash in the 2014 elections is they back the wrong immigration reform bill than they would if they simply did nothing on the issue.
"There is no national crisis with an artificial deadline the president can trump up and trot out on the nightly news," the GOP strategist said. "Boehner is under no pressure to put the Senate bill on the floor."
Rumor has it that the president and the democrats want immigration reform to fail in the House so they'll have the campaign issue. But I don't care about their political strategies. This bill must be killed!
It must not even come to a vote in the house.
After 20 or 30 years, waiting till after the midterms won't kill us but it might just wipe out the democrat senate.
"My goal is always to bring bills to the floor that have a strong Republican majority," Boehner said."
or whatever master obama tells him...
Back during the great depression, Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.
Harry Truman deported over two million illegal aliens after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.
In 1954 Dwight Eisenhower deported 13 million Mexicans. The program was called Operation Wetback. It was done so WWII and Korean War veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took two years, but they deported them!
I hope AND PRAY that this is true. And I hope AND PRAY that a strong majority of House Republicans will not support bringing immigration reform to a vote.
This could actually be the start of Boehner's redemption and the start of strong conservative Republican successes in the 2016 election.
Hey John, here's an idea - how about figuring out whether or not it's good for the country, and then acting accordingly?
Boehner will cave.
It needs to be killed in the senate. Too bad they can't attach an amendment that would cut senate staff funding by 50%
Here in OH, I like to ask the HOR reps and the US Senators specifically: How concerned are you that under-employed and unemployed US citizens in the minority and lower middle class neighborhoods are going to be kept out of the job market with continuing competition from foreign labor? Aren't you concerned that inner city neighborhoods could explode in violence with an even larger non-citizen population moving in? (ps: in Cleveland it already has)
Put it right on them: they are responsible for the inner city chaos when they support unnecessary foreign labor! Get the blacks on our side on this one.
The other thing, learn to speak up. If anyone is foolish enough to ask me, I say I'm saddened to see that hispanics here on the "Dream Act" have replaced inner-city east siders (ie: blacks) at the local Panera and McDonalds.
Boehner views his role as delivering votes for Obama's agenda.
Boehner MUST go.
Anonymous sources BS.
Here is how it will happen:
1.Boner will pass a very good bill, no amnesty and a strong border fence etc. and will have majority support of pubs.Dems will not vote for it and they will howl. Will pass by narrow margin.
2. Will be sent to conference where good is taken out and crap from senate kept.
3. Send it back to the House. Boner and the rinos will team up with the commie-rats pass it and bam, we got amnesty.
4. USA dies, becomes USSA.
Pretty much spot on.
I have had a sneaking suspicion that this was the case, especially when they tried to add in the same sex partner clause. That way, when Republicans vote against it, they lose the Latino AND gay vote. Maybe the Republicans are seeing through their game.
Brit Hume just on Fox. Says the Latino thing is a red herring. Romney got 30% of Latino vote; Obama 70%. Latinos are 10% of the vote. Says that this makes a difference in a really tight election (Obama won with 50.8% of the vote) but will not decide 2016 if the vote is not close and the Repubs target voters as did Obama.
Until Boehner says this publicly, I won't believe it.
It appears that the Gang of Eight is just a Puppet Show run by the White House
I find it hard to believe also.
In my entire lifetime, I have never seen so much as in the last 6 months of dissembling, equivocation, lying, false-flags (e.g., Hispanics won't like us if we don't do this and that shit), not only from Democrats, but REPUBLICAN appeasing RINOs, too.
Our own government agencies scheme to divest our God-given freedoms from us; the entire government is corrupt from the NSA, FBI, CIA, DHS, TSA, ATF - you name it.
Muslim Brotherhood branded Islam is running rampant with a high, high success rate (Egypt, Libya, soon Syria, Turkey, Jordan - you name it).
All the while we have these entitlement leeches, these lazy fat assed brood mare welfare b!tches getting up at noon to go buy their crap with their EBT booty cards that collect SNAP, TANF, EITC, Section 8, WICs and all that.
We will not survive this. Say goodbye to America and hello to a dead, bloated cow upon which the world's vultures are about to partake.
Obviously, the Fix is In, so Boehner can cover his ass, and the RINO's will move right through with the Amnesty. The numbers will be juggled to provide Political Cover for those who need to vote NO to get re-elected, however, as always.
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Animal Piano - the animals that go to music school
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Animals Piano, we give voice to the animals!
Animals Piano is a new and original musical instrument, the only with animals that sing.
8 "tools" available:
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Music Power Rankings: Eminem's 'Recovery' continues, but Lady GaGa rules the world
Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is the undisputed song of the summer, but in every other way the season belongs to Eminem. The second chapter of his career is in full bloom. While "Relapse" sold respectably, it was largely seen as an uninspired artistic misstep. "Recovery's" reception, while mixed from critics, has been lauded in many quarters and has spawned two No. 1s, including "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna, which is shaping up to be one of the biggest hits of Eminem's career.
Music Power Ranking took a hiatus last week so the parentheses indicate the rank two weeks ago.
1) Eminem (not ranked): Marshall Mathers logs his sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Recovery," while "Love the Way You Lie" featuring Rihanna spends its fifth week atop the Hot 100 and seven weeks in the pole position on Hot Digital chart. The last artist to register six frames at the top of the Billboard 200 was Susan Boyle. Did they dream the same dream?
2) Steven Tyler (not ranked): Though Fox still won't confirm it, the Aerosmith lead singer prepares to walk this way to a judge's seat on "American Idol."
3) Lil Wayne (not ranked): He's earned more in jail ($20 million) this year than he did last year when he was a free man ($18 million), according to Forbes. He has also appeared on a staggering 23 tracks since his incarceration. Somehow, we bet he'd willingly give up that $2 million for his freedom.
4) Lady GaGa (No. 6): By the time you finish reading this she will have surpassed Britney Spears as the person on Twitter with the most followers—more than 5.64 million. It is her world and we just live in it. Or at least her Twitterverse.
5) Katy Perry (not ranked): She becomes only the 10th female solo artist in the 52-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to land two songs simultaneously in the Top 10.
6) Justin Bieber (No. 2): Kayne West is remixing the Bieb's track "Runaway Love" featuring Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon. And in other news from bizarre world…
7) Courtney Love (not ranked): The singer and widow of Kurt Cobain settles a lawsuit over Nirvana's publishing catalog. Smells like green spirit.
8) Apple (not ranked): The giant moved a step closer toward launching a rumored mobile payment service by hiring a mobile payment expert. Get ready to use your iPhone to pay for purchases by swiping it near a register. No carrying around a bulky wallet anymore.
9) Kings of Leon (not ranked): The group does what Lady GaGa and Britney could not: they turn down "Glee's" request to use their music. Wait until Sue Sylvester hears about this. She'll make those pigeons looks like KoL's best friends.
10) Conan O'Brien (not ranked): He signs a deal with pal Jack White's label, Third Man, for two releases. I know he's been off the air since January, but, really, Conan, how can we miss you if you don't go away?
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