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Former Bedford resident Ann McCauley has always had a love for knitting. That led her to write two books on the subject which opened the door for her to teach knitting internationally.
This weekend, she brings that knowledge back to this area, appearing at the 5th annual Spring Fiber Festival at the Sedalia Center on Saturday.
This may be one of the best kept secrets in Bedford.
The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) has an Unemployment Express office in Bedford. It's in the old Winn-Dixie plaza. There's no signage on Blue Ridge Avenue indicating its presence, but it's there. It has a pale green sign that isn't particularly noticeable. You actually have to get close to it to read the sign. What's inside are people determined to do whatever it takes to help people get jobs.
During a meeting April 29, the Bedford County School Board agreed to appeal a decision made by U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon that the district failed to provide a former student with learning disabilities a "free and appropriate education."
Six men and one woman are vying for the GOP nod to try to unseat 5th District Congressman Tom Perriello in November. The Republicans will select their candidate during a primary on June 8.
Profiles on each of the primary candidates follow.
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A Goode woman has been arrested for wounding a 77-year-old man last week.
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, Bedford County deputies were dispatched to a disturbance call at 1629 Rock Haven Road in Goode.
The fact that President Obama selected Solicitor General Elena Kagan — a liberal reflecting his political stance — to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens should come as no surprise. For all the handwringing over legislation that has been introduced over the past 18 months, the President's opportunity to appoint SC justices provides the opportunity for him to leave his greatest legacy.
The children at Bedford Elementary School got a chance to see something that most of us never see — an opossum. A live 'possum, not one squished on the side of the road.
The presentation was sponsored by the Keep Bedford Beautiful Commission (KBBC) and Quinn Robinson, an environmental educator with the Wildlife Center of Virginia brought three live creatures for the children to see.
Trail should be handicap
This year at Liberty High School the Agriculture Department developed a nature trail. I believe that the nature trail is a good idea because it allows students to learn outside the classroom. However, when building the trail they did not take into consideration that individuals with physical disabilities cannot access the nature trail.
I am committed to increased accountability and transparency in government, and pleased to report that we took two important steps forward in this direction last week in Congress.
Over the weekend a man with ties to the Taliban drove an SUV loaded with home-made bombs into Times Square in the heart of New York City. Thanks in large part to two very observant street vendors, the local authorities rushed to the scene where they found the smoking car that contained two five-gallon containers of gasoline, three twenty-gallon propane tanks, 152 M-88 fireworks, two alarm clocks connected to wires and a metal gun locker filled with 250 pounds of fertilizer. Authorities were able to dismantle the contents of the SUV, preventing what had the potential to be a very
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A breeder slut is a nasty skank that can't seem to figure out how to join the 21st century and use forms of birth control, so she keeps having unplanned kids. The kids don't have the same fathers and the dads are never in the kids' lives, but that doesn't stop the breeder slut. She thinks that condoms "don't feel good" and has no problem using welfare to support her countless bastard kids. Breeder sluts are mostly fat, gross, and would rather ride a dick than get a job.
Amber's on baby number 5.. by the 4th baby daddy... I swear that bitch is such a breeder slut.
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It's good practice with people who just do not matter at all. How to deal with it as you enter the workforce and situations that matter more is tricky, so it's a good time to experiment.
Normal people want to talk about themselves, and everyone is so tired of hearing about everyone else's health issues that it is easy to just deflect and move on unless someone is trying to gather data about you for some reason, in which case as an adult you learn those aren't people to share ANYTHING with. And the REAL bores are the people who insist on talking about their health conditions.
In God we trust; all others must bring data. W. Edwards Deming
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Overweight Girl Goes Home
Anamarie Martinez-Regino, the 3-year-old Albuquerque girl who was at the center of controversy when on Aug. 25 she was taken away from her parents and into state custody because she weighed 120 pounds, will be returned to her folks, a judge ruled yesterday. A state social worker had forced the child's removal from her parents' house, claiming that Adela Martinez and Miguel Regino had neglected to properly monitor Anamarie's diet and exercise regime. The parents have defended their treatment of their only child, claiming that Anamarie's size was tied to a medical condition. Doctors have found no such condition, reports the Associated Press.


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Although 12 semester hours is considered the minimum registration necessary for a student to receive full-time undergraduate status, the majority of students will take an average course load of 15-17 hours each term.
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Slick, shallow romantic comedy.
A self-involved screenwriter makes a mess of his relationships with women while learning that real life doesn't conform to classic narrative structure in the slick, shallow romantic comedy "Truth About Men," from Danish helmer Nikolaj Arcel. Not delivering nearly as many home truths as it might, this glib tale of an immature thirtysomething's quest for happiness and self-fulfillment attracted nearly 100,000 admissions during its October release on home turf. Remake potential might tempt other markets.
A colleague's sudden illness prompts a re-examination of life for TV serial "structure" guy Mads (Thure Lindhardt, lacking the charisma to make his character sympathetic), after spending a decade on autopilot. Taking inspiration from his callow teenage goals ("Live your life as if it were a guitar solo," "Never grow old"), he dumps live-in girlfriend Marie (Tuva Novotny) and decides to write a profound screenplay and discover the woman of his dreams. Easier said than done.
A series of bad dates looks to lead him down a path he's trod before — until he opts to pursue 19-year-old wild thing Julie (Rosalinde Mynster), who reminds him of his high school dream girl. It's no surprise when the failure of their relationship throws him into a tailspin.
With a screenplay driven more by high concept than by characterization, helmer Arcel and his longtime writing partner Rasmus Heisterberg continually stress the irony of the protag's occupation and his general cluelessness about his personal development. Pic's funniest moments center on Mads visualizing his trite writing attempts — played out in a variety of genres with amusing cameos from big Danish stars including Anders W. Bertelsen, Kim Bodnia, Nicolas Bro and Lars Mikelsen — and imagining alternate scenarios for his own life.
In a clever touch, the dialogue that rings truest is delivered in female voices, whether it's the narrator of the sex-education tape the young Mads watches in the film's opening moments ("To be good at love, a man must put aside his needs to concentrate on hers"); or Mads' pal Louise (Signe Egholm Olsen), who cynically notes that he should have no trouble on the dating scene because "single women in their 30s — they'll go home with you"; or his wise sex-therapist mother (Karen-Lise Mynster).
Bland production package, dominated by unremarkable interiors and night scenes, fails to exploit the widescreen format but has fun with superimposed text and diagrams.


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In the illustration above, the stretch of river after the dam is essentially flat-lined. Natural flows have been artificially stabilized and with that, lifecycles and natural processes have broken down. Dots representing trees, fish, flowers, birds, crops and more are gone.
But what if the dots could be brought back? What if a dam could be located, designed and operated in ways that preserve or mimic natural flow patterns enough to keep a river healthy?
It's possible. And The Nature Conservancy is leading the way. Our teams of experts in freshwater ecology and engineering are pioneering new solutions to complex problems,
like how to get hydroelectricity from a river without destroying fish supplies that people need for food and income.
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Africa: When Good Floods Go Bad
For millennia, the Zambezi collected the summer rains from the highlands, swelling and then easing out of its banks into vast surrounding floodplains. These floodplains were the engines of productivity for both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems as well as rural communities. Today the Zambezi Delta is a different place.
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Let's all simmer. All settle down a bit. Five deep breaths and a count to 10. It might be difficult to temper the excitement, but perspective is always important. Just like you can't freak too much after a loss to the Grizzlies in December, you can't go in the opposite direction after a blowout of the Wizards in March.
Though I'll admit, this game was fun.
As excited as we'd all like to get from this game, with it being Kendrick Perkins' first appearance and all, remind yourself that the Thunder were playing the Wizards. And not only that, but the Wizards may have turned in one of the weakest efforts I've seen this season. A lot of that absolutely has to do with how well Oklahoma City executed and played on both ends as well, but the Wizards aren't good. The Cavs are the worst, but the Wizards have played incredibly poor basketball the past month. Without Andray Blatche, without Rashard Lewis, this team was all Nick Young and John Wall's and they didn't play well at all. Result? Blowoutsville.
Much like the Cleveland game, the Thunder took charge early with an 8-0 run and leading by nine after the first and 21 at the half. Kevin Durant scored 32 in 27 minutes (5-6 from 3), Russell Westbrook had 18 points and 12 assists (six turns though), James Harden put up 16, Daequan Cook 18 and Serge Ibaka tied his career-high with eight blocks. It was one of those games where about 15 awesome or interesting things happened for the Thunder because it was one team just playing head and shoulders above another.
That's about all you need to know about the game though. OKC, good. Washington, bad.
So let's talk a second about Perkins and what he added. In the first five minutes he had pulled down five rebounds and set one illegal screen. His presence was unmistakable. He's such a wide, strong body inside that he truly allows Ibaka to play that rover a bit more. Ibaka has been piling up the blocks lately with seven against Cleveland and now eight tonight, but both Ibaka and Perkins worked well in tandem defensively.
Obviously Perkins isn't much of an offensive player and we knew that. No jumpshot, little to no post game and most anything he gets comes from an offensive rebound or easy at the rim. But that's not what he's here for. Perkins finished with six points, nine rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes and really looked good. It's clear that he's a difference maker on the defensive end and can plug the paint almost on his own. This was a good first run for him because it was low stress and gave him an opportunity to just kind of get a feel. Wednesday versus Miami will be a much better test.
- Here's the kind of game it was for the Wizards: watch this wide open 3 by KD where he's covered by seriously no one. On the next possession you can actually hear a Wiz fan yell, "Hey, 35 is on their team can you not see him!"
- There was a lot of fun stuff from this game, but maybe my favorite was this post move from Serge Ibaka. The footwork! Just gorgeous.
- The best highlight was definitely this dunk from Kevin Durant though. When the ball was in the air, I didn't think there was any way KD was getting to it. Then he busted out his go-go-gadget arms and threw it down.
- There was a minor scare early on in the first after Kendrick Perkins exited the game. He was seen headed to the locker room with trainers. The reason? He had to pee.
- Great moment in the second quarter when Westbrook had back-to-back steals with the second coming from impressive quicks and anticipation. I really think Russ could be an All-Pro safety. He's the Ed Reed of the NBA.
- I loved Perkins' second illegal pick. He just walked up behind Jordan Crawford and bumped the crap out of him. It was awesome.
- Daequan Cook went 6-9 from 3 for 18 points. Grant Long said of it, "Daequan Cook is literally on fire."
- Eric Maynor had three turnovers. Jinx! (He had nine assists though.)
- The Thunder went 12-21 from 3. KD and Cook went 11-15.
- Every active player on the Thunder roster finished as a plus in this one.
- The team got sloppy there in the second half, turning it over a number of times, but one underrated thing lately has been how KD has cut down on his. Zero in this game and lately, he really has taken care of the ball better.
- Brian Davis Line of the Night: "Here young man, I don't think you have enough fiber in your diet."
I'd say the Thunder wrapped up a back-to-back against the Cavs and Wizards about as good as you could. OKC won the two games by a combined 52 points and pretty much ended each in the first half. With Perkins now in the lineup, the Thunder's kind of hitting a stride heading into the stretch run of the season. That's seven of eight for OKC in March and with the team really clicking heading into a big one versus the Heat Wednesday, the Thunder has a little something to prove there.
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A good bet would be a standard "bodysculpt" class at any GloboGym. They are usually some of the same exercises, minus the timing and expense....really any class that does basic barbell skills will get you the same form gains. Actually doing strength training is almost always a one-person show. It is way too variable in weight, rest period, and general "I ain't ready to squat that yet, gimme a minute" randomness. The number one benefit for a newbie to training that does CF (which I think is a very bad idea) gets from it is barbell skills and hopefully decent oly lift form. Try to find any cheaper method to get this, I would say. Once you learn how to squat, clean effectively, it will always be with you.
In regards to the CF discussion as a whole, Magnolia is right....while the main site usually does post just met-cons or stupid volume workouts (doing 200 pushups for time or some other ridiculousness), a lot of the affiliates have begun to take on the approach of the military boxes. You can look at these on the left side of the main CF page.
The military boxes always separated the workouts into 3 distinct groups: 1) Strength 2) Barbell technique 3) Conditioning
A given workout usually covers 2 of these, but sometimes just one, such as "testing" a big lift 1RM like deadlift. Many of these boxes, like one I went to at Quantico Marine Base a few years ago while at the VA nearby, have progressions and cycles, just like a bodybuilding routine....for example, I was doing one last month that had, as the "strength" for many weeks, the Smolov squat progression. Wendler, Starting Strength, I have seen all of these incorporated into the military box training for a long time. Many of the affiliates are following suit.
The difference is that AFTER you do your Smolov for the day, say a 7x5 squat, you now do a "Fran" or two for time. (pullups and thrusters) The idea of this is NOT to get stronger. We did that already with the Smolov....the idea is to build lactic acid tolerance and to get a hard HIIT cardio workout.
I am not a 100% fan of CF, or really even a 60% fan, but at least it's out of the "you are as fit as your 1RM's are" garbage. If you get out of breath instantly, are slow as hell and uncoordinated, it's no longer impressive if the guy can bench 400. That's just me....but no, it's incorrect to say that if you aren't doing the main site, you aren't doing CF. About 2000 military affiliates would tell you otherwise.
I feel like I've read this thread a hundred times before. You guys need some new material. Anytime anyone breathes the word "Crossfit", here's quikky and Rich with their same old rants, verbatim.
I like you guys and feel that you generally have great stuff to say, and I've learned a lot from both of you, but seriously, might I just suggest that you chill out about Crossfit (and before you yell at me for "telling you what to do", it's just a suggestion). The OP wasn't even asking about it--they were asking what to do INSTEAD of Crossfit, and somehow y'all still hijacked the thread and turned it into the 8,000,000th Crossfit-bashing thread. I don't get it. Did Glassman personally injure members of your family, or something?
I do bash CrossFit here and there, I'll give you that (hey, it's good to have dissenting views, right?). However, I think this time I wasn't really bashing it. I pointed out that it is not a strength program, since the OP wanted something like it but with strength. I also pointed out that people are stretching the definition of CrossFit to anything with kettlebells and WODs and such. I did agree with OldSchhool on some bashing, but I think it was pretty light bashing, almost non-bashing, if you will.
I think thread about CrossFit frequently devolve into CrossFit bashing/defending, but I really do try to contribute something useful, at least before the bashing/defending begins.
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Medellín makes it to one-digit unemployment, but barelyViernes, agosto 1st, 2014
Medellín and the Metropolitan Area are now on the list of cities with the lowest unemployment rates in the country, with 9,9 percent for the second quarter of 2014. While Medellín's rate is still far from the national unemployment rate, which was 9 percent between April and June, it still dropped below 10 percent sooner than expected. Last year it didn't reach that level until the third quarter.
The number of employed people in the Aburrá Valley rose to 1,785,000, an increase of 76,000. The sectors mainly responsible for the increase are construction, real estate, and retail.


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Forgot to mention - For the first time in many years, I am now always having erections when I wake up. (Not that I had needed Viagra or anything before.) I am assuming this is a sign that my circulatory system is improving.
Been doing something like Primal for about 2 months. I don't particularly think of myself as Primal but I am fairly close in many ways. Not too much into the yabba dabba doo thing. LOL. I am pagan and have long hair and a beard. Mostly just aging hippy who likes to do historical reenactment, not caveman.
Transition to mostly burning fat was fairly painless. Only a few days of feeling weak. No craving for carbs at all. I eat some non-primal ones every day because they taste good and go with what I'm eating. Could do without if I needed to. As long as I am losing fat and my blood sugar is going down, and I feel great, I don't see the need.
Location: Sacramento, CA USA
Age: 67
Mild congestive heart failure (isn't that an oxymoron?) Had angina attack about 7 years ago when I was eating junk and working under lots of stress. No further damage since then. Doesn't limit me much. I take minimal doses of coreg and Furosemide. Have refused to take the other standard heart meds.
Borderline diabetes. Definitely improving. Getting sunshine and extra vitamin D. Taking metformin.
Seasonal allergies. Greatly improved.
Need to continue to lose fat, especially abdominal. Losing 1-2 lb/week. According to my scale, I have about 23% fat.
Doing PB:
1. Eat lots of plants and animals - Yes. I eat beef, pork, poultry. Not variety meats. Love all fruits and veggies. No insects.
2. Avoid poisonous things - I reject notion that grains other than wheat are poison. Eat rice, corn, oats, potatoes and/or legumes once or twice a day. Otherwise, only do some 20%, like diet Cokes, dining out and not worrying too much about what I order, etc. One or two drinks per day. Usually red wine or calvados. Some ultra dark chocolate daily.
3. Move frequently at a slow pace - Yes. Have greatly increased the amount of this I do.
4. Lift heavy things - Yes
5. Sprint once in a while - Yes. Not ready to sprint on land. Do water sprints though.
6. Get adequate sleep - So, so. Get 7-8 hours + a nap. Sleep not always very refreshing though.
7. Play - Has always been hard for me. Working on it.
8. Get adequate sunlight - Yes. Plus vitamin D supplements.
9. Avoid stupid mistakes - Yes. I try.
10. Use you brain - Yes. I try. I continue to work part time at a mentally demanding job.
Do you consume dairy: Sure. Milk, cheese, sour cream, yogurt, butter.
Do you drink coffee or tea: Decaf coffee. Sometimes tea or regular coffee.
Motivator for switching to Primal: I was doing lots of the stuff already. I heard Mark speak. PB and MDA seemed like great resources. And are.
Favorite exercise: Water aerobics.
Favorite Primal food: Bacon and butter. Just because I wasn't eating those before (high saturated fat you know - hehe).
Best part about being Primal: Losing fat. Lots of energy. Stuff I get to eat, like butter. Not having to bust my butt to be fit.
Worst part about being Primal: I just don't do anything that would count as "worst."
Forgot to mention - For the first time in many years, I am now always having erections when I wake up. (Not that I had needed Viagra or anything before.) I am assuming this is a sign that my circulatory system is improving.
Somehow I feel dirty about posting this reply, but perhaps the change has been in Testosterone production?
Could be that too. I'll take either. Or both. I figure it must be a good sign.
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1. I am getting hair on my legs. I haven't had any for years, except ugly little patches on my knees. The rest migrated to my ears and nose years ago. Not sure how much I will get, but how many 67 year old people do you know who have any hair on their legs? (Unless they were hairy Groks to begin with.)
2. For many years, the bottoms of my feet have been uncomfortable to touch. Not painful. Can't really describe it. It's like every nerve in my body was screaming. I told massage therapists to stay away from them. All gone now. Inflamation?
3. There is a man who lives near us. We have never really talked. Just nice weather huh? Yep, beautiful. He asked me today if I was still in school! Umm, my high school 50 year reunion is coming up. (I'm sure he meant grad school.)
Must be something to this primal stuff.
All your improvements (ED, circulation, hair) are very likely a consequence of improved circulation and also healthier levels of testosterone. Which also means you´ll probably start seeing improvements in your angina.
Congrats for giving the PB the benefit of the doubt, you won't regret it.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. -Oscar Wilde
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -George Bernard Shaw
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." -Martin Mull
Yes, for anyone who says saturated fat and cholesterol clog your arteries, I present myself as counter evidence.
In your original post you said - "I reject notion that grains other than wheat are poison. Eat rice, corn, oats, potatoes and/or legumes once or twice a day."
I'm afraid you are not following the paleo diet at all. You might be eating "healthy", but otherwise you are violating one of the main principles of this lifestyle. I'm sure that other diets besides paleo can also contribute to good health and weight loss. Anyways, congrats on your progress. Maybe you should look into the Mediterranean Diet or something along those lines if you still eat grains and legumes.
I'm not saying I agree totally with him (I try to keep away from grains as much as possible) but I don't see why he should be encouraged to go elsewhere.
To OP, congrats on all your improvements! Good luck on your journey


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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) - Jim Oliva is known as "The Oz," the all-knowing quiz master who is behind what is billed as the world's largest trivia contest.
He spends his spare time in his basement office rummaging through board games, books, videos and old baseball cards - anything that might help him stump the thousands of contestants competing in this weekend's 54-hour marathon of the mind.
"It is like a sleep-over, but for big kids," said Oliva, 55, who has written questions since 1979. "This is hours of happiness and joy."
Now in its 32nd year, the contest attracts 500 teams trying to answer questions aired on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point radio station. Eight questions are asked each hour over the radio, and teams must phone in answers within the next two songs.
Some questions representative of what Jim Oliva, "The Oz,'' might ask this weekend during the 32nd annual Stevens Point trivia contest, billed as the world's largest:
1. Who was appointed sewer commissioner of Provo Canyon, Utah, in 1976?
2. What are the names of the performing Marx brothers?
3. Even though this person was not named in the credits, who performed as "Thing'' on "The Addams Family'' TV series?
4. Who played Ward Cleaver in the TV series "Leave It to Beaver?''
5. In the movie "The Shining,'' what baseball player's name is autographed on the bat used to hit Jack Torrence in the head?
6. In the TV series "The Jersey,'' what was the name of the football player first emulated by the jersey?
1. Robert Redford. 2. Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo and Gummo. 3. Ted Cassidy. 4. Hugh Beaumont. 5. Carl Yastrzemski. 6. Steve Young.
Source: Jim Oliva
The event makes for a festive weekend in Stevens Point, a college town in central Wisconsin. A parade is held before the competition, and contestants try to stay awake throughout the weekend as they revel in the atmosphere. The contest attracted 12,400 players last year.
"The town gets shakin'," said Dorea Engebretson, who has competed in the event for more than a decade.
The competition is so fierce that Oliva keeps his garbage from his cluttered basement until after the contest to make sure any clues remain secret.
"We are fruitcakes," said Engebretson, whose team this year is called "Greased and Ready to Kick Oz." "You get together, party, drink and see if you can stay up 54 hours. I have made it 52."
She has seen people fall asleep standing up.
Former University of Wisconsin basketball coach Brad Soderberg has played regularly since he was a sixth-grader growing up in Stevens Point.
His eight-member team - once called the "Keystone Cops" - includes friends from his grade and high school days.
"I am not very good at it," Soderberg said. "But I just like to get back with my childhood buddies. It is a great diversion."
Stevens Point Police Sgt. Dan Wheeler, 40, took a week's vacation to get ready for this year's contest, which begins today. He spends the months between contests taking notes on TV commercials, TV shows and magazine ads. Wheeler said trivia stimulates his competitive instincts, in part because of Oliva.
"It is us against him."
Oliva does his part to maintain his reputation. He stockpiles thousands of magazines in his basement, some dating back to the 1930s.
He slid out a September 1988 edition of Time, rifled through the pages and in seconds developed this question:
"What product in 1988 advertising used the trademark slogan, 'No artificial anything?"'
Oliva paused, pleased by the query.
"Dannon Yogurt. Now that's tough. You will not find that on the Internet," he boasted.
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Recent work on the archaeological frauds of Annius of Viterbo in the late fifteenth century, or the "discovery" of forged Etruscan materials in the seventeenth century, as well as the well-known case (recounted by Vasari) of Michelangelo's
"antiquation" of statues in order to increase their market value, point to a darker side of Renaissance delight in fabrication and discovery.
In literary studies, by the same token, the rise of a modern concept of authorship (and with it, perhaps, the redefinition of terms such as authority) was contemporaneous with these developments. When Sir Philip Sidney, spoke of poetry as "an art of imitation… that is to say, a representing,
counterfeiting, or figuring forth" his terms might remind us of Hamlet's flourishing of two pictures before his mother: the one 'authentic', the other a "counterfeit presentment" (Hamlet IV. iii), a poor copy of the 'original'. Authority, authenticity, and the act of forgery are clearly bound up with one another, but how exactly?
More generally, pretence, contrivance, or the subtle arts of equivocation might all be associated with the act of forging documents, texts, objects, or images. These terms, too, are ones that cohere around the charges of Reformers: that the use of remains, or images, or even rituals had no "warrant" in scripture and were to be condemned as, insome measure, inauthentic.
We invite papers on this broad topic. Of particular, but by no means exclusive interest, would be papers in the following areas:
• Duplicitous or inauthentic behaviour (or texts or performance).
• Forgery of texts, documents, images, or things.
• Personification.
• Falsity, Fabrication and manufacture.
• Artificiality and contrivance.
• Deceit and credulity.
• Imposture.
• Authorship and authority.
• Anonymity and Pseudonymity.
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The largest and best number ever.
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A number equal to 1 commonly misused as a non-specific though very large quantity.
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Another name for the number one.
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Could Mila and Ashton be next?
While rumors have been flying that an engagement is imminent for the couple – who have known each other since costarring together on That '70s Show in the late '90s – their potential future nuptials took a backseat on Saturday to the picturesque scene at a quaint private house where Michael, 35, married Katie Hightower.
It's been a busy few days for the bridal party. While the bride went shopping on Friday on St. Simons Island, picking up a sundress and some scarves at a local boutique, Kutcher and the groom's party enjoyed a round of golf at King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort.
The Two and a Half Men star even posed for a pic with the women's golf team from nearby Coastal Georgia College, Hightower's alma mater.
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On Saturday morning, Kutcher Tweeted a couple of photos from "beautiful" Sea Island.
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The couple's arrival in the area was first revealed when a local TV news crew caught them arriving at the Jacksonville airport on Thursday, but Kutcher declined to reveal why he was in town.
This is the second marriage for Michael, who is a few minutes younger than his fraternal twin, Ashton. Diagnosed with what he calls a "mild" case of cerebral palsy at age 3, Michael has said, "I consider [Ashton] my best friend."
Ashton was born at a hefty 10.5 lbs., while Michael was only 4 lbs. Michael also had a heart transplant at 13.
Joking last year while speaking to a group of students, Michael referred to his brother as Jabba the Hutt, the giant slimy Star Wars character, saying, "Of course Jabba the Hutt was fine. I tell people he must have ate everything while he was in the womb."


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Beauytiful! Did you use the spherical tin to bake the cake?? I've just brought one and wondered how easy or difficult they are to use??
I didn't even think about the cake. Good question. Also, what cake recipe did you use? I have used. Ball pan before with madeira cake. Cake held it shape but wasnt the nicest tasting!
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GamingAngels at Blizzcon 09 trailer
Blizzcon 2009 was amazing and I hope you are enjoying our coverage at GamingAngels.com. StealthySlyth has been very busy writing articles about all the announcements, changes, expansions and her opinions from playing. Our video editor, Matt Finton created the amazing trailer below that showcases all the highlights from BlizzCon 09. It will be as if you were there! I hope you enjoy it! FollowRead more →By GamingAngel in Featured · News 14 Comments »
VIZ debuts Steampunk manga "TEGAMI BACHI: LETTER BEE"
VIZ has announced today that they will be bringing out a new steampunk/action manga named "Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee"! "Letter Bee" first made an appearance in Japan's monthly Shonen Jump magazine, and is now featuring in Jump SQ. It is also being featured in VIZ's Shonen Jump magazine at the moment, and there is mention of the animated version being debuted in Japan at the annual Jump Super Anime Tour! The story introduces us to the world of Amberground – a lplace where its wilderness is infested with Gaichuu (large insects with metal exoskeletons). Travelling is risky business thanks to these creatures, but luckily there is the the Letter Bees (a messenger corp) who are intent on keeping the cities of Amberground connected while risking their lives to do so. Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, at VIZ Media: "Hiroyuki Asada is a widely known and loved manga creatorRead more →
Special musical episode of The Legend of Neil
Legend of Neil is a hilarious web show about Neil, who ends up inside the famous Nintendo game and must go through the game. This episode on Atom.com Legend of Neil is a special musical episode! The show, and this episode are very NSFW or for little kids but it is incredible to see Felicia Day sing a tribute to a few of her favorite things. Atom.com: Spoofs |Read more →
Blizzard working on adding "pseudo LAN" to StarCraft II
The petitions have been passed around and signed by hundreds of thousands of gamers that are upset by the previous announcement of no LAN support for StarCraft II. While Blizzard was standing by the company line of supporting Battle.net, it seems that Greg Canessa has stated that they are now working on a LAN-like solution. Speaking to Shacknews, Canessa said, "We are working on solutions with regard to things we can do to maintain connectivity to Battle.net in some way, but also provide a great quality connection between players." Asked whether the solution might include a pseudo-LAN connection,where the game might check for Battle.net authentication first, the developer replied, "Something like that… Maintaining a connection with Battle.net, I don't know if it's once or periodically, but then also having a peer-to-peer connection between players to facilitate a very low-ping, high-bandwidth connection.. those are the things that we're working on." FollowRead more →
Win Gaming Prizes with Jack's Big Rip-Off
Gaming can be an expensive hobby. Over the weekend at BlizzCon, Steph and I saw headsets, mice and tons of gaming stuff that we want. But who has the money for that right now? Jack in the Box is teaming up with Dr Pepper to give away lots of gaming prizes including a chance to win one of five Ultimate Game Rooms! To enter, visit Jack in the Box and purchase a large combo meal to receive a peel & reveal game piece on the drink cup. Each game piece offers multiple chances to win. Once you have the codes, visit JacksBigRipOff.com for a chance to win prizes from GameStop, including gift cards, Microsoft® Xbox 360 Elite® consoles, games from Electronic Arts, and more! After registering guests will be entered in a weekly drawing for one of five Ultimate Game Rooms. The game rooms feature a 46" Flat Screen HDRead more →By GamingAngel in News 3 Comments »
Razer headphones a great find at Blizzcon
Being someone who chats on Skype and talks in vent quite a bit for WoW, I tend to get a lot of uses out of a headset. And I need something that will be comfortable to wear for when I have to do a four hour (or longer) raid, sit in on a meeting or record a podcast for Lit Angels. So when I first put on the headset that accompanied the game demos at Blizzcon, I was in awe with how comfortable they were and decided to do some investigating into where I could acquire said headphones. From the logo on the side I immediately recgonized that they were by Razer, makers of gaming accessories for PC gamers. So I made a point to stop by the Razer booth on the show floor to see which headphones these were. As it turns out they were either the Megalodon 7.1Read more →By stealthyslyth in Gadget 5 Comments »
Guild changes coming in Cataclysm
Guilds will have some new things to look forward to with the new expansion as well. As mentioned in the initial announcement for Cataclysm, guilds will have a new leveling system as well as guild talents. Blizzard later elaborated on this new system in a later panel, and what they have in store is quite interesting. In Cataclysm, you will have the ability to help gain experience by doing daily quests, participating in battlegrounds and downing bosses in raids which in turn will allow you to level up your guild. Right now levels only go up to 20, but I'm sure it takes quite a bit to get there. What does leveling up do towards helping out the guild? Well as you level you will be able to put points into guild talents which will give benefits to guild members such as cheaper repair bills and even mass resurrections, bothRead more →
Jewish Mommy blogger gets upset over receiving Wolfenstein in the mail
Jessica Gottlieb, a Jewish mommy blogger, wrote a stinging blog post last night about Activision's latest title, Wolfenstein. Turns out this Jewish mommy blogger received a copy from Activision to review or giveaway. Only they probably didn't think about who they were giving it to. "Activision Corners the White Pride Market" is the title of her piece where she explains how she opened up the game to find out that in multiplayer, one team is fighting the Nazis while the other team is pretending to be them. In her blog, she describes her shock with the title as she got more enraged seeing a screenshot where she saw a shot of a Swastika. As a whole Jessica states she understands how games showcase the battle of good versus evil and even understands that there is a place for violent games. She's just angry that Activision sent her a copy. "IfRead more →By GamingAngel in News 7 Comments »
PS3 Motion Control coming next Spring
SCE Worldwide President, Kaz Hirai has confirmed that the PS3's motion control system is set to launch in spring next year. Kaz told the Times that Sony required some "great software" in order for a successful launch. "We are slating it for spring of next year," he told The Times. "One of the things is that we just don't want to put out the controller. We need a great software that supports the controller at launch. It's something that we've been working on for the longest time." In other PS3 news, NPD is taking the not so big jump by stating that the new slimline PS3 with the price cut should boost sales by 60 percent in the US. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Obvious. "The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and itRead more →
GamesCom was huge and it wasn't just the announcements
GamesCom was huge this year and that's not just because of the announcements. But in terms of announcements GamesCom was huge as well. I can't remember the last time I stayed up until 4am watching a live blog or watching information come pouring through the wire so I can write about it, but also just to know as a fan of gaming. GamesCom has the industry's support and it showed. Over 245,000 visitors came to Koelnmesse from August 19-23 to try out the games by 458 companies from 31 countries. Oliver P. Kuhrt, managing director of Koelnmesse GmbH: "The gamescom premiere ran splendidly. We are very happy with the enthusiastic response of both exhibitors and visitors. This has established gamescom as a leading trade fair straight away." Olaf Wolters, managing director of the BIU in his summary: "We are very proud of the premiere of gamescom. It fulfilled all ourRead more →


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IT IS official: the French are a nation of depressed pessimists, wracked with self-doubt and unable to see a positive future.
This gloomy portrait of the current state of Gallic morale - or rather the lack of it - was made public yesterday in a damning report by France's prefects, the country's top administrators.
"The French no longer believe in anything," the report said. "That is the reason that the situation is relatively calm, for they believe that it is not even worthwhile expressing their opinions or trying to be heard any more."
The country's 100 prefects went on to use the words "lifelessness", "resignation", "anxiety" and "pessimism" to describe the attitudes they believe prevail in France today.
The report, which is dated December 2004 but has only just been made public, would appear to be contradicted by the three days of strikes launched by public sector workers this week.
However, analysts point to the fact that disillusionment and apathy are so great that not even France's formerly powerful unions were able to predict the turnout for the strike. Opinion polls show that 65 per cent of the French support the strikers, leading observers to say that the country is showing its discontent by proxy via the strikers.
"It's a fact: France and the French are pessimists," said Alain Duhamel, a respected French commentator.
He said: "The French doubt themselves and worry about the future. They do so more than the citizens of neighbouring countries, even when those neighbouring countries are doing less well than we are and have a more negative future ahead.
"France has been anxious about its future, about its way of life, for the last 30 years, ever since the employment crisis and doubts about identity, ever since the absence of clear perspectives and collective projects."
Politicians agree that the French are particularly upset about the drop in their purchasing power, which has led to strong group pessimism even if individual confidence is quite high.
This fear for the country's economic future is illustrated by the fact that the French are among the most assiduous savers in the world, putting aside an average of 16 per cent of their income.
Pierre Taribo, writing in L'Est Rpublicain, agreed with Mr Duhamel. He wrote: "One is forced to say that the French no longer believe in very much. Confronted with the reality of an open economy, clearly showing less and less appetite for politics, they are disillusioned and doubt everything from Chirac to the government and the Right, which is accused of every ill, to the Left, which has no projects, and the unions, whose activism no longer inspires a reflex of blind adhesion."
All this gloom could have serious repercussions. Jacques Chirac's centre-right government fears that widespread pessimism could have a negative effect on the referendum on the European Union constitution scheduled for later this year.
The prefects' report also warned that it played into the hands of the extreme right-wing National Front party.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Former Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Gloria Bahakel is among 11 who are seeking to fill the unexpired term of her brother, Circuit Court Judge Alfred Bahakel.
Among the other candidates are another former circuit court judge and two deputy district attorneys.
The deadline for applying to the Jefferson County Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancy left by Alfred Bahakel's retirement was 4 p.m. today. Alfred Bahakel officially retired June 1, but he has agreed to stay on as a supernumerary judge, a temporary appointment, until a replacement is selected.
The 11 candidates are: Gloria Bahakel, who lost a re-election bid in 2010 and in a bid for another judgeship in 2012; Birmingham attorney J. Scott Boudreaux; Deputy Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr; former Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge J. William Cole, who lost in a re-election bid in November; Deputy Jefferson County District Attorney Joseph Hicks; Birmingham attorney Amber Ladner; Birmingham attorney Alaric May; Birmingham attorney James H. McFerrin; Trussville attorney Ron D. Thrasher; Birmingham attorney Everett Wess; and Leeds attorney James C. Whitfield.
The commission is composed of Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Tommy Nail, Bruce F. Rogers, LaVeeda Battle, Summer Basgier and Kevin Walsh.
Walsh, a former Jefferson County Board of Education president, was recently appointed to fill the Jefferson County Legislative Delegation's seat on the commission.
Commission members are individually interviewing the candidates and will accept public comments regarding the candidates until 4 p.m. July 8, according to a statement today from Nail.
The commission will then select the names of three candidates to give Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. The Governor will then have 90 days to fill the vacancy from among the three nominees.
Alfred Bahakel, a Republican, has about four years remaining on his current term as a judge handling circuit criminal cases. Whoever is appointed will have to run for office during next year's election cycle even though Alfred Bahakel's term is not up for another four years.
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At least 150 faces passed through the vocal music department at Southeast Polk High School to share their grief Monday night.
Most people came for a hug from a classmate or fellow teacher, some to contribute to a fund for the parents and family of A.J. Betts and others wrote personal notes in memorial of the Southeast Polk sophomore, who was declared dead by suicide early Saturday morning.
While many visitors shed a few silent tears in the corner of the room, others wept in the arms of a loved one.
"This is a good thing tonight," High School Principal Steve Pettit said with blood shot eyes of his own. "It's an opportunity for people to grieve and mourn and connect together."
Professional counselors, therapists and a group support sign up sheet were made available at the event, which restricted cameras and most media access.
Pettit said the district is prepared to offer increased support services for students when school goes back into session in the coming weeks.


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Bensalem Public Safety Director Frederick Harran said the district notified his office of the allegations. Subsequently, the police department began an investigation.
"We are working with the school district on the investigation, to see the exact scope of people's involvement and what transpired," Harran said today. "And if any laws were broken, or thefts occurred, there will be consequences for those involved."


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Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of MovingPieces
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v4 v5 1 1 == Moving pieces == 2 2 3 Selected pieces or group of pieces can be moved using the "move"tool (toolbar icon [[Image(arrow_icons.png, nolink)]]) 3 tool (toolbar icon [[Image(arrow_icons.png, nolink)]]) 4 4 5 '''''Tip:''' you are automatically switched to move function after adding a new piece if this option is enabled in preference menu ("Preferences" under the "View" menu, then go to the "Drawing Aids" tab and checking the box"Switch to move after inserting").''' 5 '''''Tip:''' "Switch to move after inserting").''' 6 6 7 Move can be performed using the keyboard. With default keys, arrow keys move piece in XY plane while !PageUp/PageDown move along Z axis. But the easiest way uses mouse click-and-drag operations as illustrated below. 7 Move 8 8 9 ||[[Image(move_arrows-1.png, nolink)]]|| In move mode, a colored three arrows overlay appears on the selected piece.|| 10 ||[[Image(y_move-1.png, nolink)]][[BR]][[Image(y_moved-1.png, nolink)]]|| Place the cursor near an arrow, when you are close enough it turns yellow. If you Click and drag that arrow, the piece will move along selected axis.|| 11 ||[[Image(xyz_axis.png, nolink)]]|| Red arrow is the X axis. [[BR]]Green arrow is the Y axis. [[BR]]Blue arrow is the Z axis. || 12 ||[[Image(yz_move-1.png, nolink)]][[BR]][[Image(yz_moved-1.png, nolink)]]|| If the mouse cursor is close enough to the origin of the arrows, a small yellow square appears between two arrows which turn yellow. Click and drag to move the piece in the plane defined by these axis.|| 13 ||[[Image(xyz_coords.png, nolink)]]|| You can follow piece position using the [wiki:CoordinatesDisplay coordinates display] on the right of the status bar.|| 9 10 A more interactive method uses mouse click-and-drag operations as illustrated below. 11 12 ||[[Image(move_arrows-1.png, nolink)]]|| In Move mode, a three-colored overlay appears on the selected piece, representing the X, Y, and Z axes.|| 13 ||[[Image(y_move-1.png, nolink)]][[BR]][[Image(y_moved-1.png, nolink)]]|| Move the mouse cursor towards an arrow until it turns yellow, then Click and Drag the mouse along the arrow to move the piece along the corresponding axis.|| 14 ||[[Image(xyz_axis.png, nolink)]]|| The red arrow represents the X-axis, while green represents the Y-axis and blue represents the Z-Axis. || 15 ||[[Image(yz_move-1.png, nolink)]][[BR]][[Image(yz_moved-1.png, nolink)]]|| If the mouse cursor is moved towards the origin of the arrows (where they meet), a yellow square appears between two arrows, which will both turn yellow. Click and Drag the mouse to move the piece in the plane defined by these axis.|| 16 ||[[Image(xyz_coords.png, nolink)]]|| The position of the piece will be displayed, live, via the [wiki:CoordinatesDisplay coordinates display] on the right-hand side of the status bar along the bottom of the LeoCAD window.|| 14 17 ||'''Snap Grid'''||Piece movements occur in discrete chunks, controlled by the [wiki:SnapGrid snap grid]. You can change the size of these steps or disable partially or totally the snap action: see [wiki:SnapGrid snap grid control].|| 15 18 ||[[Image(modify_dlg.png, nolink)]]||You can also move a piece using the "Piece Modify" dialog box. [[BR]]To get to this dialog box, check "Modify" in the "View" menu. Select a piece, enter its new [wiki:CoordinatesDisplay X/Y/Z coordinates] and click on the "Apply" button.||


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St. Andrew's Episcopal School inducted its second class of students into the National Elementary Honor Society on March 10.
Eleven fifth-graders were chosen based on academic performance, behavior, character and leadership.
The school has the only charter chapter of NEHS in the Panhandle.
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Police looking for man who robbed bank
Published 9:55 PM EDT May 10, 2013
Louisville Metro Police are asking for the public's help identifying a bank robber.
Police said a man walked into the US Bank on Brownsboro Road near Ballard High School at about 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Police said he pointed a handgun at employees, demanded money then ran away.
The man is between 35-45 years old, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds.
Anyone with information should call 502-574-LMPD.
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But wait!! There is a hidden Bonus Track, Number Ninety-nine! Angels Fuck (Devils Kiss) is the first song that I heard from this album, but it was the third song by Jack Off Jill that I heard on the Original, long gone, MP3.com. Author Unknown and When I am Queen were first and second, respectively.
The song opens with a very dissonant guitar riff setting the mood for lyrics of plans dashed by betrayal. It is one of my favorite riffs to play on guitar during my warm-ups. It ranks right up there with opening to Crazy Train, Aqualung, Hell's Bells and Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
When reading thoughts of others on a previous song, I became aware of a relationship turned bad between Jessicka and Twiggy Ramirez (Jeordie White) of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids.[1]
They dated from 1993-1997[2][3] and it allegedly came to a painful end when Twiggy started having sexual relations with Courtney Love amongst others.[4]
As one listens to the words, one can hear that Jessicka was deeply in love when the relationship went to shit. You can hear just how painful it was for her by the words screamed in the background during the chorus. After the second chorus, the song goes into the outro and you start hear in the background all of the painful feelings, hurt, misery, and anger that she was left with. She sounds as though she was hurt so badly by a total disregard for her feelings. Reflecting back to Cumdumpster it may also hints as to what she must have felt like; the girl right now, not a girlfriend.
I will never make it better,
Fan Video
Angels Fuck (Devils Kiss) is, in my humble, but honest, opinion, the best track on this entire album. The production quality surpasses the other and for the first time, you here some deep, heart felt emotion. I'm not saying that Jessicka didn't have an emotional connection to the other songs, it's just that this song cuts so deep that even the listener will bleed a little in empathy with her.


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Oh, this makes me sad. I love unsweetened grapefruit.
Oh, this makes me sad. I love unsweetened grapefruit.
Putting sugar in spices makes me angry. I once almost bought "Pure Black Pepper" until I read the ingredients and saw that it was not pure black pepper but a melange of sugar, flavor enhancers and a little pepper. It's a way to make the spices cheaper. So I bring my glasses and make damn sure to vote with my wallet for real spices.
Female, 5'3", 50, Max squat: 202.5lbs. Max deadlift: 225 x 3.


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The conference will take place on the third floor of Shillman Hall. Registration begins at 8:15 on Saturday the 12th, and Dr. Peter Gran (Temple University) will deliver a keynote address at 5:15 that evening. A reception at the Dockster Hall Commons (in the Law School) will follow his address. Panels will resume Sunday morning, and a 1:30 roundtable on "Practicing Knowledge: Applying World History" will close the conference.
The complete schedule can be found at our website: http://nugradconference.wordpress.com/conference-schedule/
Please address questions or correspondence to firstname.lastname@example.com
Ross Newton on behalf the Conference Planning Committee


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Last week, Havi and I attended She's Geeky along with Erin Malone, and my daughters, Cady and Grace Tippins. She's Geeky is styled along the lines of a typical unconference, with participants proposing a schedule of sessions at the start of the day.
At our session, we showed participants how to play the Social Mania Game, a social patterns card game that allows you to build products, gain points for great features, and eventually 'pitch' your completed product to the player representing a VC. The game was fun, of course, but the feedback we got was the great benefit. Erin and Christian Crumlish created Social Mani to teach people about social patterns and as a complement to their book, Designing Social Interfaces. Since the game is still in beta, some of the suggestions made at She's Geeky may make it into future revisions.
Lynn Langit, Cady Tippins, Grace Tippins
Photo credit: Duzins
My favorite session, "How to teach kids to program," was taught by Lynn Langit, Developer Evangelist at Microsoft Developer Network. After that session, Cady went home and spent all weekend, head-down, running through recipes in Small Basic.
Since it was at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, several attendees snuck downstairs to partake of the other offerings as well. There were more than a few who joined us to watch the Babbage Difference Engine demo at 2pm, and me and my children spent half an hour looking at the examples of computers and game consoles of old (i.e., pre-1995).
She's Geeky was a large success, and I give props to the ladies that put the whole thing together. The five of us were only there on Friday, but watching the tweets from Saturday and Sunday told me that the event continued to generate attention and discussion on those days as well.


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You can try right clicking and selecting Properties and entering the
next execution date that you want. if that doesn't work, then yes,
recreate the job. The selection list should still be there, so just
point the new job that selection list rather than creatiing that again,
Nick Vacalo wrote:
> I had some backup trouble that is now resolved, but the old backup job is no
> longer rescheduling itself to run nightly. Must I recreate the nightly
> backup?
> Nick


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They STILL knew they would most likely get scammed, so why complain about it?
Are you serious?
I didn't even trade with him.
Can you ask him to identify my id number?
He can't beacuase we never traded.
He's making up stories,he's the scammer.
I've traded with about more than 30% of people on this website.
Even rocko and vealchop,who shinymudkip was trying to scam.ask them, I've traded with them and never scammed.
Sorry for this double post but I don't even do 5 for 1 trades.
Last edited by Erik Destler; 19th August 2009 at 2:46 AM.
Classic case of: shinymudkip got called out for scamming........now he runs and cries about all the people that reported him. No surprise - a little child.
Proud owner of x 11
He should really get banned from this website.
He even has the nerve to post in the shiny thread right after he tried to scam about 3 people.
He is now banned.
Now, stop spamming.
watch me apply the pressure
all decked in lace and leather
3DS FC: 0817-4861-0470, PM if you add
FYI - the scammer shinymudkip is still here - using ID of shinysneasel09. Same FC below, but tried using the name Kenneth.
3523 8452 7046 is his ID. Name was Jason.
Proud owner of x 11
Wow, Thank you VealChop. He wanted to trade with me . And I almost accepted a two-for-one trade.
Im always up for a battle. You choose rules and time. PM me to battle. FC 3309 1001 6943-Miguel
hey sry guys to break the mood for shinymudkip but i have a question
if this belongs in another thread im sry but
which pokemon cannot exist as a legit shiny
on some sites i heard a celebi can but on others i heard they cant be
and theres some others i think that cant be shiny but i just wana know for sure
which ones can and which ones cant be
Shiny Wants
Trying to collect all 492(all but celebi) shinies
I will consider any shiny offers if theyre completely UT or caught without a masterball
Proud owner of x2 Looking for more
Friend Codes:
Pearl-4383 2503 0867
not exactly all events tho
btw wrong place to discuss
I just had to.
so you can have a legit shiny celebi??
and juke wheres the actual thread to discuss thenn?
Shiny Wants
Trying to collect all 492(all but celebi) shinies
I will consider any shiny offers if theyre completely UT or caught without a masterball
Proud owner of x2 Looking for more
Friend Codes:
Pearl-4383 2503 0867
Watch out for Zerr. Offering blatantly obvious shiny and lvl 100 hacks.
Proud owner of x 11
Shiny_Scizor has scammed a friend of mine a shiny scizor, i told him to give it back or i would report him, he said, i don't care, its just a pokemon forum.....
credit to:
for the awesome banners
fc: 1634 3544 5817
You should leave a link to his profile and either PM/VM's between you and him
.:"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee":.
Heart Gold Fc: 2837 2426 1661
I'm here, I'm furry, And I'll try not to shed. =^_^=
Chimecho👉🎐 Octillery👉🐙 Piplup👉🐧 Omanyte👉🐚 Scolipede👉🐛 Wailord👉🐳 Lumineon👉🐠 Torkoal👉🐢 Pidove👉🐤 Skitty👉🐱
i just traded for a shaymin
lv. 67
OT Hinata
heal ball
apparently had a fateful encounter
caught in: flower paradise at lv 30
is it real?
Will always be a member of the 7 Deadly Sins
(> <)
This is a Sharingan Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination.
well a couple of things
1 POK(E)XPERT is trying to offer obvious hacks he tried to offer my friend a shiny articuno that was caught in sinnoh, he got into wifi and checked it and even told him it was a hack. then today hes trying to offer me it
2 shinysneasel09 got banned (for what sounds like scamming) but him and POK(E)XPERT have the same FC
it is possible to get a shiny articuno in platinum
Will always be a member of the 7 Deadly Sins
(> <)
This is a Sharingan Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination.
Spoiler:- shiny collection:
platinum FC: 4984-1981-3821
surf + water absorb > YOU
Venusaur Charizard Blastoise Raichu Clefable Dugtrio Arcanine Machamp Golem Rapidash Muk Hypno Mr. Mime Jynx Tauros Gyarados Vaporeon Jolteon Flareon Dragonite Noctowl Ampharos Azumarill Quaqsire Espeon Umbreon Girafarig Steelix Scizor Delibird Kingdra Donphan Miltank Tyranitar Lugia Sceptile Medicham Manetric Torkoal Grumpig Flyggon Whiscash Glalie Salamence Metagross Latias Infernape Empoleon Roserade Rampardos Gastrodon Skuntank Bronzong Spiritomb Garchomp Lucario Drapion Toxicroak Weavile Rhyperior Leafeon Glaceon Gliscor Porygon-Z Probopass Froslass Dialga Palkia Darkrai


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Ode to One Top Mom
I realize Mother's Day is behind us, but I want to send a shout out to a mom who I see on a daily basis, but is not related to me, or is even human. No, she is a mom who I've never talked to, or have even made eye contact with. This mom is a goose, and she sits atop a nest on a small island in the middle of a pond along the Onondaga Lake Parkway. Perhaps you've seen her, in all sorts of conditions, as you head towards the city on the parkway, just after you go beneath the railroad bridge. If you were to quickly and safely glance to your right, you would see an island, a nest, and a goose perched on top.
Except today. Today this proud momma was up and moving in front of a new group of goslings, slowly swimming around with the group following behind.
This made me think about how motherhood is both nature and nurture, some of it ingrained, some of it figuring it out as you go along. There is maternal instinct of course, but this goose, to me at least, was a prime example to the great lengths a mother will go for her children. Whether it's your mom, or this goose, who had a difficult job before, but can't even imagine what she's up against now.


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Most foreign professors, researchers, scientists, artists, and performers coming to Indiana State University (ISU) as visiting scholars will be required to obtain a J-1 exchange visitor visa to enter the U.S. This is especially important if the scholar is to receive any payment from ISU. Please see the J Visa section below for information on how to obtain a J-1 visa.
There may be cases, however, when short-term visiting scholars can come into the country on a B-1/B-2 visa or on the visa waiver program. See the appropriate section below for information on these two possibilities.
Before applying for a visa to enter the U.S., it is important that the scholar identify which visa he or she should apply for. Scholars should contact IPS with questions or concerns. For more information, visit the USCIS website at http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis.
Groups of scholars or students coming to ISU to take part in short-term programs should consult IPS about which visa is appropriate for the program they are participating in. Members of most visiting delegations will be required to obtain either a B-1/B-2 visa* or a J-1 visa. Some, however, may be eligible for the visa waiver program. See the appropriate section below or visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for information on these possibilities.
*It is important to note that the B-1/B-2 visa is primarily intended for those entering the U.S. for either business or pleasure. USCIS regulations prohibit a B nonimmigrant from enrolling in "a course of study" (C.F.R. 214.2 (b) (7)). USCIS has provided the following clarification of this rule: "The term 'course of study' implies a focused program of classes, such as a full-time course load leading to a degree or, in the case of a vocational student, some type of certification. Casual, short-term classes that are not the primary purpose of the alien's presence in the United States, such as a single English language or crafts class, would not constitute a 'course of study.' Courses with more substance or that teach a potential vocation, such as flight training, would be considered part of a 'course of study' and thus would require approval of a student status" (April 12, 2002 INS field memorandum, p. 2).
Members of a visiting delegation taking part in a course or training at ISU should carefully consider the above information when deciding whether or not to apply for a B visa. Contact IPS with questions or concerns.
The following categories are included among those who may be eligible for J-1 visas:
For a detailed description of these categories, visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1267.html.
In order to obtain a J-1 visa, you must submit your Form DS-2019 (which will be issued and sent by IPS), together with a valid passport, to the American Embassy or Consulate nearest to your place of residence. Before issuing the DS-2019, all scholars and program participants applying for a J-1 visa are asked to fill out and send the DS2019 Information Sheet located on the IPS website . Since issuance of the J-1 visa can take several days or weeks, it is recommended that this sheet be given to IPS as early as possible. Other requirements for applying for a J-1 visa can be found at http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1267.html#6.
For visiting scholars who will be receiving compensation (either from ISU, the scholar's institution, or another organization) during their stay at ISU, contact The Office of the Controller at (812) 237-3535 for information about payment and taxes.
It is important to note that those who have entered the country on a J-1 visa may be subject to the two-year home residency requirement. This rule requires that exchange visitors who are subject to the two-year home residency requirement return to their home countries and be physically present there for two years before being eligible for immigrant status, a J visa, an H visa, or an L visa. Exchange visitors subject to this requirement are also not eligible to change to permanent resident status or any other non-immigrant category (except A and G) while in the U.S. An exchange visitor may request that the two-year home country residency requirement be waived. Information regarding the waiver process is available at https://j1visawaiverrecommendation.state.gov/.
All exchange visitors to ISU are required to have valid health insurance coverage while in the U.S. and to show evidence of that coverage to IPS upon arrival.
The B-1 visa is appropriate for visitors who wish to come to the U.S. to engage in temporary commercial, business, or professional activities related to their employment or business abroad. The Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) at 9 FAM 41.31 note 5 provides the following examples of common uses of the B-1 category:
The B-2 visa is appropriate for visitors who wish to come to the U.S. temporarily for pleasure. Examples of legitimate uses for this visa include:
More information about the B-1 and B-1 visas, including application procedures, can be found at http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1267.html#6. See * above for information about studying on a B visa.
The Visa Waiver Program allows nationals of several countries to visit the U.S. for pleasure or business for up to 90 days without a visa stamp. These individuals do not need to apply or pay for a visa stamp, and they do not need to visit a U.S. consulate before they visit the U.S.
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Raleigh Planning Commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved new rules for food trucks that will allow them to operate in downtown Raleigh. City Council members could give final approval next week to loosen the regulations.
Food trucks have operated in Raleigh since September 2011, following nearly a year of debate. Eight months later, city staff reported few problems with the trucks, which led to discussion of whether to change the regulations governing the mobile eateries.
The new rules will allow more than one food truck to park on the same property: two food trucks on lots that are one-half acre or less, three trucks on lots between one-half and one acre and four trucks on lots greater than one acre but less than two acres. There will be no maximum on lots larger than two acres.
If approved by the City Council next Tuesday, the change will also allow trucks to operate in the Downtown Overlay District, which covers most of downtown Raleigh, except Glenwood South to Hillsborough Street.
Food trucks will be able to operate downtown as long as the property meets the required commercial zoning.
Parts of the law will remain in effect. For example, the lots must be privately owned and the property owner is required to get a permit from the city. Trucks must be at least 100 feet away from the main entrance of any brick-and-mortar restaurant or outdoor dining area and 50 feet from any food cart.
At the public hearing in October, only two people — both food truck owners — commented on the potential changes.
City Council members will make the final decision at its next meeting Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. in the Council chambers at 222 W. Hargett St.


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Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller Reviews
waste of money!Please don't get this, it does absolutely nothing for your under eye! — 5 years, 10 months agolisiana_de_bem_justino | 101 reviews
This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 2 of 2 people said helpful
Not worth the $$$I heard they recently came out with a new version of this, with more caffeine. But I won't get getting it. This was expensive for the amount of product they give you. I'm giving it two stars only cause it happened to smooth out my fine lines. That's great, but my puffiness is worse than the lines. Otherwise, I'd have given it 1 star. It doesn't work. First, it takes 2 rolls of the produ...read morect to get it flowing, then it takes 2-3 rolls under my eyes. Then, it takes about 5 minutes to absorb. It does moisturize well, and it works okay under make-up (texture wise). But I see no difference in the puffiness. I was really hoping this would work, since I tried both Prep H (supposed to be good for puffy eyes) and pressing chilled spoons under my eyes. I'm 51 with dry skin and sagging skin over my lids, so I might be getting what people call "fat pads" or "pouches." This MIGHT work for someone with really mild and occasional puffiness, but not this kind of problem. I do have allergies, which can aggravate the puffiness. But this didn't work. With caffeine in it, I expected a little reduction in puffiness at least. — 3 years, 5 months agoSupernaturalfan | 52 reviews
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Good lightweight eye creamI have been using this product for quite some time. While I do not find it to have the most dramatic results: It is a refreshing product to use. The metal ball applicator is cool and feels great to tired eyes. I enjoy that the formula is light. It allows the product to dry quickly (so you are not waiting forever to put makeup on after application). The formula is also light enough that it all...read moreows my eye shadow to stay put, instead of puddling down. I find that it does de-puff for the day you apply; I did not find that I was less puffy in general over time. I find the light weight moisturizers good most of the time, but for extreme winter dryness I had to use a different eye cream. My mother also tried this and she enjoyed the cooling effects. I would recommend this for someone looking for a soothing light weight eyecream. — 2 years, 2 months agoemily0220 | 53 reviews
Love this!This is a great product for under eye circles, discoloration, and puffiness. I use this in the morning to perk up my under eye area. My eyes feel refreshed and there is less puffiness. The cool tip feels great on that sensitive area too. It works immediately as well as over time. — 1 year, 2 months agoanniebeaux | 129 reviews
Doesn't do AnythingIt's true that you get what you pay for. The only thing that I like about it is the rolling ball applicatior. — 1 year, 3 months agomichellemabelle | 6 reviews
Puffy Eyes!I've only been using this product for tour days, and I notice a difference already. — 2 years, 9 months agomahoghany81 | 1 reviews
Only Garnier product I hateI tried this eye roller twice and threw it out! I have sensitive skin, so many eye products tend to sting for a couple seconds (but then it goes away!). But this product just kept burning and burning- the worst reaction I've ever had to any product! I immediately washed it off and it STILL burned! Eventually the pain went down after I put some ice cubes on the area. The only upside to this is that...read more it the rollerball does feel nice when it's on your skin. Other than that, I hate this product and will never try it again, a surprise to me because many Garnier products work beautifully on me. — 3 years, 2 months agopearcemc | 21 reviews
I don't think this does anythingBut the design of the roller itself is genius. I wish more companies would package eye treatments like this. I put it on everyday simply because the roller-ball has a chill to it that feels great on my eyes in the morning. — 4 years, 2 months agoemma.b | 12 reviews
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Refreshing!I've used this product for at least two years now and I LOVE IT!! I keep mine in the freezer every once in a while for an extra kick on those "no so awake" mornings. It works best for me when I use it at night. I notice a difference immediately in the morning. Now, it didn't do anything for my under-eye darkness but it made the puffiness disappear. Great product!! — 4 years, 4 months agoWhiteXRoses88 | 39 reviews
i agree with luckybettythat being said, i still love this to death. it feels so fresh and cold and i need that during the day. i think my bags look a little better after using half the product, but whether or not it works, i'll still buy more. — 4 years, 5 months agotheweezies | 7 reviews
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