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"The worlds hottest new curse word. Kleemin. We'll tell you what it means after this." Said Tom Tucker on the popular animated fox television show Family GuyTM. It was never said on the show the true definition of the word is some people believe it is a word that is used to curse at insane people however this has not been proofed. Curently the word can be used for any time you want to swear for instance "Goto kleemin you kleemin kleemin." is an acceptable sentance.
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Now you have installed the template. Then you can select the template you like when you create a new web site.
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Jadeveon Clowney may very well be one of the most talented players to enter the NFL in years, and the Houston Texans were sure to come to terms with him on a rookie contract as soon as possible. The team announced Clowney's rookie deal on Friday:
The Houston Texans have signed first overall draft pick OLB Jadeveon Clowney, it was announced today. Clowney is the ninth player to sign in the Texans' 2014 10-player draft class. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
John McClain of the Houston Chronicle first reported the news:
Texans agree with Clowney.— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) June 6, 2014
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Clowney's agent is Bus Cook, who negotiated the four year deal.— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) June 6, 2014
Clowney gets $22.272 million guaranteed, including $14.518 mil signing bonus.— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) June 6, 2014
Clowney was the No. 1 overall pick in May's NFL draft out of South Carolina and is viewed by many as a generational player who could join the likes of Bruce Smith, Reggie White and Deacon Jones in the annals of NFL history as an all-time great sack artist.
While Clowney obviously has a lot of work to do before he reaches that point, the fact that he has already signed a contract and avoided a lengthy holdout suggests he is ready to get to work and learn what it takes to be an NFL player.
Clowney was around the team prior to signing the contract as part of rookie training camp. He immediately made a positive impression, and linebackers coach Mike Vrabel was impressed by his demeanor, per Tania Ganguli of ESPN.com.
I think his attitude, much like all of our guys, their attitude has been great. They've come in, they've tried to be vocal in the meeting rooms, not always right, but at least they have the confidence to try to make the calls, make the adjustments and make the corrections while we're in there. He's somebody that we're excited about because he has the natural ability, but he also has the attitude to want to learn. He doesn't think he has it all figured out.
Clowney has a difficult transition to make since he will play linebacker in the Texans' defensive scheme after playing exclusively at defensive end for the Gamecocks. Getting signed in a timely fashion ensures that he will have the opportunity to learn as much as possible leading up to the 2014 season.
Even though linebacker is still a fairly foreign position to Clowney, NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah has tabbed him as the early favorite to take Defensive Rookie of the Year honors:
My WAY too early pick for def rookie of the year: Jadeveon Clowney. I think he'll notch 12+ sacks. Ryan Shazier would be my 2nd choice.— Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) May 31, 2014
Clowney's signing continued the trend of first-round picks reaching agreements quickly, as more than half of this year's first rounders have already signed, according to ESPN's Adam Caplan:
18 first rounders now under contract. RT @McClain_on_NFL: Texans agree with Clowney.— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) June 6, 2014
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Clowney is certainly the biggest name among them, and his signing promises to act as a domino effect. Now that the precedent has been set for this year's class by the top pick, some of the better draftees who have yet to sign should begin to fall in line.
It is tough to say how seamless Clowney's transition to the NFL will be, but his rookie contract seems like a fair one. If he comes anywhere close to reaching his potential, he likely won't see the end of that deal, as an extension will be in order.
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Paul Adams, 38 of Wallingford, allegedly lashed Tyreece Charlow for 45 minutes with a large belt after the child would not listen or follow directions, according to court documents.
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The child, a student at Nether Providence Elementary School, lived with Adams. After school the two attended a karate class in West Chester Borough. When they returned home after 10 p.m. the boy was getting ready for bed. When he would not follow instructions, Adams held the child's hands and hit him with a belt until he bled, according to police.


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Ladies, gentlemen and children, it's almost Mother's Day! I've got some ideas for spending time with mom that could pre-empt the giving of various polyester shirts, unnecessary statuary, and otherwise unwieldy treasures made for next year's garage sale.
When I was a mom - I bet you didn't know you could use that as a past tense, did you? - my husband would sometimes ask me what I'd like for Mother's Day. On those occasions, especially if the previous several months had been extremely hectic, I'd ask for something that almost seemed blasphemous - an afternoon off on Mother's Day.
Did I feel guilty for asking that my kids be taken off premises during my special day? Of course; I was the mom after all. And yet, once they were out of the house with daddy, I didn't feel quite as bad.
The peacefulness of it all, along with a good book or a hot bath with no one watching, was actually a lovely gift. At the end of the appointed time off, they'd come home with some type of meal in a bag and we'd all eat and play whatever the kids wanted to play. By the end of the day, everyone had enjoyed themselves, especially the mom.
As our kids grew up and went off to college, for me the most coveted gift of all became getting some of their time. My favorite college-age Mother's Day was when one of the kids planned that we would just hang out, eat pizza, watch a movie and talk. What a gift!
Now the kids have families of their own and are preparing to celebrate their own Mother's Day. Their kids are too little to do much yet, so it's up to the spouses to be creative and make it a great day. I hope whatever they do, it will be memorable for the mamas.
Here are some ideas you might like to do with your mom / wife / grandmother.
While I am not a big fan of going out to eat on Mother's Day, for many moms a day off from cooking will score big points.
Warren has many restaurants to choose from including several downtown. If it's a beautiful day, pack mom a picnic lunch and take her for a picnic at Perkins Park in Warren or Imagination Station Park near Mosquito Lake. She can pretend she's just one of the kids riding high on the swings.
If Mom likes art, a visit to the Butler Institute of American Art in Howland could inspire her. It's open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and has a nice collection that's just about the right size to keep the kids from getting bored.
Two historical museums are also available for tours: The Upton House or the John Stark Edwards House Museum. If mom is into cars, there's always the Packard Museum; it's also showing motorcycles at this time.
Enjoying the great outdoors might mean taking a walk through downtown and up Mahoning Avenue. For a full-on flower fest, mom might like visiting Fellows Riverside Gardens, part of the Mill Creek Park grounds. It is filled with some of the most colorful flowers I've ever seen and the kids can run amok there. You can access the park off Mahoning Avenue on the Youngstown side.
If mom is more of the athletic type, a run or bike-ride on the Sunside Trail Head in Champion may be just what she's hoping for. It's another beautiful, peaceful area in which to spend time in the middle of all Mother Nature has to offer.
No matter what you might choose to do with your mom, be sure to tell her just how much she means to you and give her a really great Mother's Day!
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The new establishment had its Grand Opening in February, and Nothin' Fancy was on hand to provide the appropriate bluegrass entertainment.
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My name is Carol. I am a bunny lover. I have a 9yr old buck & a 7mth old doe. Recently we bred the doe. She got pregnant at 6mths old. We counted the days to birth & she had her litter at exactly 31 days. Unfortunately the first 2 babies didn't survive. We were home when she delivered, however, we didn't see the actual birth. When we checked her cage the first two were on top of each other & the afterbirth was beside them. She left the area. When we picked up the kits, it appeared they still had the sack on them. I am not sure if they were stillborn & she just walked away or she didn't know to lick off the sacks. I wasn't sure if she still had babies in here so I watched her all night, I could tell she wasn't right, her stomach kept doing strange things. Then, the next morning, she delivered a third baby & this one didn't make it, I am pretty sure it was born dead because we found her licking it's head & the sack was gone. I decided to take her to the vet to get checked out. They suspected she had a fourth baby still inside of her. Well, they did an ultrasound & x-ray and confirmed a fourth baby was in her but nowhere near the birth canal. They decided to give her meds to induce her labor. 2 hours later she still did not deliver the kit so they decided she would have to have surgery. I was to pick her up at the end of the day & bring her back the next morning for surgery. Well at about 3:30pm, they checked on her & discovered a head sticking out of the birth canal, they helped get the baby out & of course it was dead. I asked why this happened & they said she could possibly have "dystocia" because it appeared the uterus didn't do it's job. They recommended having her spayed once she recovers. I have done a lot of research & am aware that females can develop uterine cancer so I do want to get her spayed eventually. However, we really want to have an offspring from out buck because he is such a great pet. He is a senior rabbit so I know he won't last much longer. I don't want to jeopardize the life of my doe, but do you think it would harm her to let her try again? I am aware of the over population of rabbits, however, all of the kits would go to family members & I would keep 2 of them. I am very sensitive to rabbits needs so I would be sure they are well taken care of. I read that it is not uncommon for the first litter not to survive. Any expert advice you can give would be appreciated. Thank you.
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replied 10 years ago.
Carol, Dystocia is caused by a few different predisposed possibilities including; obesity, the large size of the kits, and a narrow pelvic canal in which makes delivering the kits extremely difficult.
Dystocia is somewhat uncommon in rabbits, HOWEVER, Holland Lops are one of the most common breed of rabbit to develop Dystocia, due to their larger head size.
If it is indeed Dystocia, I would advise getting her spayed as soon as possible, and not breeding her again. Doing so raises the risk of repeating her having stillborn kits, pregnancy difficulty, and creating a large risk of her dying during delivery. It is also extremely painful for the female rabbit, as trying to pass the kits and having difficulty doing so, causes extreme discomfort and pain.
It is somewhat common for kits to be stillborn on a mother's first delivery. This is usually due to breeding too young, and the mother being inexperienced in giving birth. However, this usually does not include such difficulty in delivering the pups, or having one remain inside her. These symptoms point to Dystocia, and it will most likely repeat itself if she is bred again.
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Reply to Danielle's Post: Do you think this is an indication that she may have uterine cancer? Is there any way to test for the cancer, or would the vet have to open her up to examine the uterus?
replied 10 years ago.
Carol, given her extremely young age, the presence of uterine cancer is *extremely* slim to none. I really do not believe that it is an indication of uterine cancer at all, however there is speculation that a doe that has Dystocia is at higher risk of reproductive cancers later in life. This isn't proven, however, but more from experience and speculation of breeders.
As far as testing, they can do an x-ray to see if a mass in present on the uterus. Exploratory surgery will most likely be the next step, if the x-ray comes back positive.
Given that she has shown Dystocia this early on in life, I would have her spayed. If you do want to breed your male, I would get another female, preferrably about a year old, to breed him with.
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Sawzall Language
Sawzall is an infamous language that pretty much no one has heard of - but it is more important than you think. It is Google's current main language that they use to help mine/analyze the internet (and interact with Google File System and Map Reduce).
Sawzall borrows from C, Algol, and Pascal style syntax. It is procedural, but designed it seems for specifically commanding Google's computers to act in a parallel way (at a very high level with short precise programs).
for a detailed article about the language.
"every thing is a file"
view needs refreshing, and their misunderstanding of the relational model needs to be pointed out. Once again they seem to be confusing physical with logical.
works with GFS (google file system) and MapReduce
(based on some functional ideas). But note that Sawzall itself isn't purely functional - it is rather imperative and procedural in nature.
Rob Pike (and friends) view from Unix days is that
everything is just a file
. That is a useful abstraction - but his file purism leads to a
. By stepping into this first person view of everything being a file, he misses out on the powerful relational model view (GFS versus my rightfully suggested Google Relational Database (GRD)).
I don't believe that the referenced paper, or the work they've done, is based on or limited by the idea that everything is a file.
Additionall, calling this point of view a
is not a technical criticism - it is an
They are not necessarily talking about data over which they have control.
Even if they do have control over the data, it may be that other uses of it are not well-suited to having it stored in a relational database.
The techniques they are discussing work equally well on data that someone else has, such as the web as a whole. Saying that they are insufficiently brilliant for not simply using the full relational model seems to miss the point.
Of course various concerns such as logical relational model and physical realisation (with the associated limitations) should be separated, but I suspect that Pike
et al
know that.
I've read the paper again, and they are discussing ways of analysing data. They say explicitly that some data is difficult to house in a relational database, showing that they have considered it. Who can disagree? Do people think everything can appropriately be stored in a relational database? My experience suggests not.
Housing data in a relational database is not difficult. That's what google relational database would be designed to solve - the physical limitations of today's
/Bizgres and similar clustered solutions, just as Google File System solves the physical limitations of say Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 maximum hard drive space available. For example, if Google were to use Windows 3.1 as their operating system of choice, and
as their database of choice - obviously they would have trouble fitting their data into the database and obviously the physical limitations of Windows 3.1 and
would hurt them. These physical limitations are not about the relational database model being difficult, but about limitations of products that are not Google Relational Databases engineered by folks with PhD's who should know by now that GFS is a poor solution compared to GRD (Google Relational Database).
Sometimes you can't run your database over the best part of 1000 machines. Sometimes the processing needs to have that throughput. In those cases the database solution won't work. They are discussing techniques that do work in that scenario. I've run standard relational databases over several tens of machines and the response times for simple queries have been abysmal. This despite the system being set up and configured by industry accredited experts.
Sometimes you can't run your file system over the best part of 1000 machines. Oh wait, that's what Google File System was invented for. Sometimes you can't run your database over the best part of 1000 machines. Oh wait, that's what Google Relational Database and
/Bizgres would hopefully be invented for, if one actually stepped out of his Unix File Shoes and looked closer.
A proposed relational "solution" seems to be suggesting almost the same thing, but with less detail.
Uh, except, for the fact that it is relational, and not based on "less detailed" flat "unix files". In addition, a temporary migration path is suggested, to store tabular data in files in the mean time instead of just flat file data.
I'd love to see a relational solution written up properly. If it really is better than what Pike
et al
have done then there won't be a problem getting it published.
There isn't really a point to proposing a relational solution. Files work fine - so I don't see why one would wish for a relational solution to be written up properly if there's no reason for a massively scalable relational database similar to
/Bizgres but tweaked by employees who have PhD's. --
I noted in my article that google employees are full of
(constructive) - but
that Rob's view that
everything is a file
needs to be criticized. Pike's articles are brilliant, but they also contain misleading statements about relational techniques and models (such as confusing
physical storage
). To remain quiet about such misleading statements would be scientifically dishonest. Those not open to criticism (especially when constructive blurbs and humor are added) show signs of denial,
, etc.
I don't understand this criticism. They have the data, it's in a file system, it needs to be analysed. Your proposal seems to be to run slave processes on each machine to mine the data, then send the results back to a big database. In some ways that's what they're doing, and they have a language that does it well. I'm no longer sure what your criticism is.
In fact even flat XML files would do the job splendidly.. if they work, for data retrieval, then it'd be wise to use them. It's
and its working, so why fix what's broken, if the broken solution works fine?
It is important we criticize the industry, and I find Google has some misunderstandings in their Sawzall paper. However I also constructively address their problem by offering a serious solution and complimenting Rob Pike's brilliance, along with adding some humor.
I do not find any misunderstandings in the paper. I find innovative solutions to difficult problems. Your criticisms seem misdirected, and I would like to see how you think a relational database will help. It's not just the storage that needs to be distributed, it's the processing. The storage is trivial by comparison.
Indeed, the Google File System storage system is a trivial implementation. Even junior high students could implement one in smalltalk or php, using just objects or associative arrays alone. Likewise, a massive relational database engineered to span across a few ten thousands of commodity PC's is trivial enough that a kindergarten student could code it in a couple of hours. In fact, the storage of thousands of tera bytes of data is trivial enough that even a tar zip file could fit it onto a single 200GB hard drive available at Best Buy.
I've yet to see even one example of a tar-zip offering a 1:10k compression ratio (enough to fit just two 'thousands of terabytes' into 200 GB) - not even on contrived data.
[Considering above italics were 99.8 percent tongue in cheek (
), the case is rested.]
I leave this quote:
"Sometimes we discover unpleasant truths. Whenever we do so, we are in difficulties: suppressing them is scientifically dishonest, so we must tell them, but telling them, however, will fire back on us. If the truths are sufficiently impalatable, our audience is
psychically incapable
of accepting them and we will be written off as totally unrealistic, hopelessly idealistic, dangerously revolutionary, foolishly gullible or what have you. (Besides that, telling such truths is a sure way of making oneself
in many circles, and, as such, it is an act that, in general, is not without personal risks. Vide Galileo Galilei.....)" --E.W. Dijkstra
I would be interested in seeing real evidence of these unpleasant truths you claim to have found. So far I see none.
Our audience is
psychically incapable
of accepting the idea that "relational techniques" will work on massive data. The "physical relational products" available from a current vendor are not relational techniques (useful model and methods, which should disregard any physical storage.. a separation of concerns). Pike implies relational techniques (not products or databases available) are not suited for Google's task at hand, which is like saying that Windows 3.1 hard drive limitations don't permit google to use an operating system since
operating system techniques
obviously do not scale on computers, as proven by Windows 3.1. That doesn't stop google from developing, say Windows For Google Clusters and Google Relational Database. A massively scalable Google Relational Database (GRD) would scale well, just as
scales to the needs of its customers, and just as Windows 3.1 did scale for the needs of some customers. The traditional relational techniques and relational model is not in fact a problem, as Pike suggests. In the article, Pike confuses the relational techniques (logical) with the implementation (physical). For more info read some of
and do the homework to find out what is meant by this confusion.
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Born Oct. 27, 1926, in Alliance, he was the son of Joe and Velma (Crist) Morse.
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Survivors include his wife, the former Lois Burkey, whom he married June 23, 1951; two daughters, Janis (Kim) Guy of North Lima and Terry Breakfield of Columbiana; a son, Paul (Karen) Morse of Rochester, N.Y.; four sisters, Wilma Nesea of Alliance, Evelyn Miller of Louisville, Edith Hunt of Florida and Ester Williamson of Alliance; two brothers, Erlis Morse of Fairborn and Elden Morse of Arizona; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, David Morse.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home with Mr. Clarence Mansfield, minister officiating. Burial will be in the Columbiana Cemetery.
Friends may call one hour prior to the services on Sunday at the funeral home.
Sign the guest register and send condolences at www.familycareservices.com.


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The Struggle of Women with AIDS
Often Treated Like Lepers, Women Who Contract Aids Face a Lonely Battle Against Illness and Prejudice
A divorcée of Puerto Rican descent, Ramos is virtually housebound these days in her low-income apartment in Cambridge. She moves with great difficulty and speaks in a monotone mumble. Ramos believes she contracted AIDS from sexual contact with a boyfriend who used intravenous drugs. They broke up in 1984, and he died in 1987. "I think he knew for a while that he had AIDS," Ramos says. "But he didn't tell me."
Though still clinging desperately to life, Ramos is making preparations for relatives to take custody of her children, Chris, 8, and Matthew, 14. So far both sons have reacted to her illness by rebelling against her authority. "They have gotten out of my control," Ramos says. "I try to be honest with them, but it is hard for them to understand I am going to die."
Two months ago a jury awarded Ramos $750,000 for medical malpractice on the grounds that her physician, who knew that she had tested positive for AIDS antibodies, was negligent in not recognizing symptoms of her AIDS-related pneumonia. The defendant is expected to appeal the decision. "If I had been diagnosed earlier, I wouldn't have suffered so much lung damage," says Ramos, who may not live long enough see the case settled.
Ramos' trial forced her to admit publicly that she had AIDS; most other women with AIDS suffer in private, fearing ostracism and reprisals against themselves or their children. "I can't get up on a soapbox and tell everybody I have AIDS," says Vicky, 37, a New York nurse from a middle-class white family. "I've told my family and a few close friends, but I'm afraid of being rejected by other people."
As a medical professional, Vicky was aware earlier than most people of scattered cases of AIDS among homosexuals. But as a woman she did not think she was at risk when she dated a bisexual man in the early '80s. "Believe me, when people started talking about safe sex a few years later, I was really informed," Vicky says. "I even carried a supply of condoms in my glove compartment for my girlfriends when we went partying and warned them not to do anything stupid. Unfortunately, by then it didn't do me any good."
Bothered by skin rashes and low grade fevers for several months, Vicky began feeling deathly ill in January 1987. "Every day the doctors had a different diagnosis," she says. "For a while they thought I had an abscess on my appendix. Then it was mononucleosis. Because of the strange symptoms, I thought I should be tested for AIDS, but my doctor advised against it. He said, 'What would you do with that knowledge anyway? It would ruin your life.' " In May, Vicky learned she had a very rare form of tuberculosis. Concerned that her immune system had gone haywire, doctors finally tested her for AIDS. "When I tested positive," Vicky says, "I thought, 'Why me? I've always been a good person all my life.' I felt like a leper."
Having taken the experimental drug AZT since last August, Vicky has been in a stable condition except for bouts of extreme fatigue and a case of shingles in November. "That really threw me for a loop," she says. "I thought, 'Oh, my God, it's going to be one opportunistic infection after another.' " She watches her diet, takes vitamins and tries to keep a positive attitude. "I realize there is only so much the medical profession can offer me," Vicky says. "The rest has to come from within. I've always had a zest for life, and it has intensified now." Unlike some women with AIDS, she is blessed with a supportive family who supplement her $532 monthly disability payments. "I'm spending my parents' retirement income, and I don't like that," she says. "But it makes them feel good."
Despite the odds against her, Vicky refuses to look upon her illness as a death sentence. Yet she cannot escape the lonely feeling of knowing that sexual relations are dangerous and that she should never bear children. "I didn't do anything wrong," she says. "I just cared for another human being and was a free spirit who figured if it felt good and hurt no one, then do it."
Children have always been a great joy for Concepción, 35, a Hispanic mother of six, even at times when the men in her life have caused her heartache. A lifelong resident of Brooklyn, Concepción married at 18 but broke up with her husband nine months later. Her second husband was a "sweet and gentle soul" who, like many other men in the neighborhood, became involved with drugs. "I should have left him," she says. "But I felt sorry for him. I hadn't even heard of AIDS and had no way of knowing what he was doing would affect me." Four years ago Concepción's second husband was murdered during a drug transaction, and she married again, this time to a stock clerk who says he can't stand the sight of needles.
For nearly a decade she has been taking medication to control a mild case of lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease. When the lupus flared up three months ago, doctors took blood samples, and she tested positive for AIDS antibodies. "When they told me, my first thought was, 'What is going to happen to my kids?' " says Concepción, whose children range in age from 4 to 17. "I was angry at myself. But since I don't use drugs, I never thought I would get AIDS." It took a week to get up the courage to tell her husband. "I didn't know if he was going to beat me or leave me or what," she says. "He took it real hard. But he blamed everything on the lupus. He couldn't deal with the idea of AIDS."
A few weeks later, blood tests disclosed that Concepción's husband and 4-year-old son have been exposed to the AIDS virus, although they have not yet shown symptoms of illness. "My husband refuses to even talk about it," Concepción says. "Since he still feels healthy, he doesn't see the danger. I rarely see him. He stays out late and then goes straight to bed. I am the backbone of the family right now, so I can't stop to feel self-pity. I have to take care of the children as well as deal with the illness and the pain. And I go crazy every time my 4-year-old sneezes, worrying about the possibility he might get real sick." When the news of Concepción's positive AIDS test spread to her extended family, she became a pariah. "Everybody has done a disappearing act except my mother," she says. "I can deal with the fact that I'm dying. But the rejection is very hard. Sometimes I need a hug or a kiss, or just to talk to somebody."
A devout Christian, Concepción has found support from members of her congregation, several of whom have offered to take responsibility for her children when she is gone. Resigned to the fact that an infection may hospitalize her any day, she has taken a part-time job as a cleaning lady to cover the costs of her own funeral expenses.
Late at night, when she can't sleep, Concepción composes letters to her children, to be opened after her death. The hardest to write, she says, was the letter to her 4-year-old son. "I asked him to remember the good times. I told him not to worry, because I am just sleeping. We will be together in heaven."
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I'm upset at losing goose, but hope that come July 1st we might be able to get him back.. But all that depends on the play of our new guys. Darcy gambled and won. I thing the Preds should be thrilled that they got a top 10 face off guy and gritty 4th liner. They won't be disappointed in who they got. As for hte Vancouver trade....I am BEYOND thrilled. Grags is gone and getting a calder candidate to work with previous calder candidate?!?! Nothing but net ( I hope )
Gaustad Saves the Day; Hodgson in, Kassian and Gragnani out1
Gaustad and a 4th round pick to the Nashville Predators, for a 1st round pick.
At the beginning of D-Day, I tweeted reservedly that if the Sabres actually landed a first rounder for Paul Gaustad and nothing else happened, it would be a huge win for Regier and the Sabres. This is a great hockey deal.
Goose was likely on his way out the door anyway, as a UFA at year's end.
May, the former Sabres bruiser who now works as an analyst with Sportsnet.ca, sent that tweet out on the 26th. No offense to Goose, but $3mil is a lot of money for a fourth line grinder with zero playoff goals on his resume (he has 8 assists in 38 games played).
Earlier in the day, Sami Pahlsson, a simliar grind-it-out center, was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks. The Blue Jackets received two 4th round picks in return for Pahlsson, and it was widely believed at the time that Goose would fetch the same.
Darcy waited it out, and in turn, pulled in a big return.
Heck, I would have been pleased with a 2nd rounder for Gaustad. A 1st is a Deadline Day Heist.
Regier probably saved his job with this move. Sure, we all would have wanted to see other players moved as well (TSN is reporting that Derek Roy will not be moved, and no, we aren't getting a 7th round pick for Brad Boyes), but this deal was smart.
The Sabres wound up the day as neither buyers nor sellers. They stayed patient, did not panic, and the move they made was to improve the team in the long term. That was the mantra going in, and that was the result coming out.
Well played, Darcy and Co.
Look for Luke Adam to return to the NHL now that a pivot position is vacant. And hey, with two first rounders, the Sabres can now #FailForNail/Mikhail and #MakeARunsForGirgensons. In other words, get the best possible player with what will likely be a high pick, and land a beastly centerman like Zemgus Girgensons later in round 1.
And again, we all love Gaustad to death, but the future is likely much better as a result of his departure.
Go Sabres.
EDIT: The Sabres have also acquired centerman Cody Hodgson and defenseman Alex Sulzer from Vancouver for Zack Kassian, and the ne'er used Marc-Andre Gragnani.
Hodgson was the NHL's rookie of the month for January. He has 16 goals and 17 assists (for 33 points) in 63 games this season. Here's a link to his bio at The Hockey News.
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Overnight SWAT standoff closes roads
Published 7:39 AM MDT Aug 21, 2013
A SWAT situation shut down some northeast Albuquerque roads overnight.
It happened around 1 a.m. Wednesday near Tramway and Copper. Police haven't revealed much, but did say a reportedly suicidal man barricaded himself in an apartment and refused to come out.
Authorities were able to get the man out of the home a few hours later.
Action 7 News will update this story as soon as more details are available.
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SP2 Customer Preview for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista now available.
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Customer Preview Program (CPP) availability for Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista was announced today over at the
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MSDN and
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On the server side there are three main features:
For Windows Vista IT Pros will see improvements in:
You do need to be aware that you must have Windows Vista Service Pack 1 installed (or Windows Server 2008) in order to get Service Pack 2 installed. I reccomend pulling down this service pack and get your testing started on your lab machines.
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as in deja vu
got a touch of the voos mate
by Sandra February 20, 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Top Definition
A word used by men to imply women. Basicly the V being the pussy, and the two O's being the boobs.
You must be a gay man not to like voo
by Anonymous October 09, 2003
A vuvuzela, that annoyingly loud, long, usually plastic, trumpet that one hears at parades, demonstrations, and sporting events, and on New Year's Eve.
I almost lost my hearing when that asshole blew his voo near my ear.
by pentozali December 12, 2010
Mostly slang for vagina, but also referencing the female anatomy in general.
My voo is itchy.
I am going to the Ob/Gyn today for my annual voo check appointment.
I am going to the Ob/Gyn today for my annual voo check appointment.
by Moober Martha January 30, 2008
l33t hax0r
i r teh l33t hax0r
by Voo :) May 06, 2003
The shitest, most crapest word in the dictionary, infact its exsitence in meer that of an old man who felt pitty
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A Marion County sex offender faces new charges after authorities said they found him with a child.
Erik Wascak was arrested at his home on Southeast 55th Court on Friday.
Deputies responded to a report of child abuse and found a 12-year-old girl with disabilities inside a camper at the rear of the property.
Deputies said at first, Wascak denied anyone else being in the home.
The child is now in protective custody. Wasack was booked into the Marion County Jail.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has appproved a toll hike of 10 percent for cash-paying customers next year.
The commission's leadership says the rate increase 2-percent for those who pay with EZPass will result in toll-revenue growth of 3 percent.
That revenue growth is necessary to satisfy a $450 million funding obligation to the state.
Those are the numbers.
But the numbers can't override the larger issues and questions.
Why is the state in the turnpike tolling business? How do we know this rate hike is necessary just because of the costs of keeping roads and bridges on the turnpike system up to acceptable conditions? How do we know the state can manage the turnpike system more efficiently than private concerns? The Legislature had a chance to sell off the turnpike system to private concerns a few years ago and thumbed its collective nose at the idea. Why?
And, finally, how long will it take for the state to decide Interstate 80 needs to be tolled to raise more revenue to feed the highway monster and try again to slip that idea past federal authorities?
The next time you are traveling through a turnpike construction zone or bouncing on a bumpy stretch of it, remember that there are very few enterprises that private enterprise can't run more efficiently than government entities.
That sounds harsh, but the plain fact is that private enterprise is bound by a ledger sheet that determines survival and success. Government entities get to spend the money of other people.
It's simply human nature that private enterprise is going to be run with thrift and efficiency.
As long as there are roads, there will be the need to create revenue to keep them in acceptable condition. The future screams for a better way to accomplish that mission.


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Don't ignore doubts about marriage
When women have pre-wedding jitters they shouldn't ignore them, according to researchers at UCLA.
New research shows that doubts, particularly the woman's, predicts higher divorce rates and less marital satisfaction years later.
"People think everybody has premarital doubts and you don't have to worry about them," said Justin Lavner, a UCLA doctoral candidate in psychology and lead author of the study.
"We found they are common but not benign," he said. "You know yourself, your partner and your relationship better than anybody else does; if you're feeling nervous about it, pay attention to that."
The researchers found that newlywed wives with doubts were two-and-a-half times more likely to get a divorce four year later than those without doubts. Those who stuck it out were less satisfied with their marriages.
The study, perhaps the first scientific one of its kind, was published online in the American Psychological Association's Journal of Family Psychology.
It looked at 464 spouses, surveyed within months of getting married and then every six months for four years.
About 47 percent of husbands and 38 percent of wives were uncertain or hesitant about getting married, though the women's doubts were more predictive of trouble: 19 percent of women with doubts were divorced four years later vs. 8 percent of those without doubts.
Among men, 14 percent with doubts were divorced four years later vs. 9 percent with no doubts.
And doubt was a bigger factor than whether the couple's parents were divorced, whether the couple lived together before marriage and how difficult their engagement was.
The researchers say they don't mean to dissuade people from marrying, but they do say couples ought to work out big issues before walking down the aisle.
A little anxiety is normal and healthy, said Jerilyn Ross, president and CEO of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and author of "Triumph Over Fear: A Book of Help and Hope for People with Anxiety, Panic Attacks and Phobias."
"Some anxiety helps us get out of harm's way," Ross said.
Anxiety becomes extreme when a person begins to obsess about whether or not they are making the right decision about something or loses sleep over apprehension that the dress or wedding site may not be quite right. This type of fretting could affect family, social and work life.


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Relative of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano found murdered near Love Field
By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN and RUDOLPH BUSH
Staff Writers
A relative of Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano was found stabbed to death Friday morning outside his apartment in the Love Field area, according to a Dallas police report.
Martin Coronado, 46, was found dead near the pool area of an apartment complex in the 1800 block of West Mockingbird Lane near Harry Hines Boulevard about 5:40 a.m.
The Dallas County medical examiner determined Coronado's cause of death was stab wounds of the chest. Police have not ruled out robbery as a possible the motive. No arrests have been made.
Coronado was married to Virginia Coronado, a niece of Pauline Medrano, chair of the Dallas City Council Public Safety Committee. Virginia Coronado is also the sister of Dallas ISD school board member Adam Medrano and Dallas County Justice of the Peace Carlos Medrano.
The mayor pro tem did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
The murder comes at a time when the Medrano family has come under investigation in an illegal voting probe.
Two of Coronado's brothers-in-law, Carlos Medrano and Federal Reserve police Lt. Frank Medrano III, have been indicted in connection with Carlos Medrano's 2010 election.
Frank Medrano is charged with perjury, Carlos Medrano faces charges that he solicited illegal votes from two family members.
An attorney for the family has said the men are innocent and called the investigation a political witch hunt by a Republican attorney general.
The Medranos have long been active in Democratic politics.


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Nov 7, 2003
Seven years ago, Canada's
Scotiabank took a 10% stake in Inverlat, a Mexican bank laid
waste by the 1995 peso crisis. It paid the government, which
had taken over Inverlat, $31.2 million for control of the bank.
As part of the deal, the Canadians took on $125 million in
subordinated debt convertible into 39% of Inverlat's voting
stock in 2000.
The Inverlat deal was a gamble and it has paid off
handsomely. Inverlat in June turned in pre-tax profits of $65.7
million, up one-third over the previous year. In the whole of
2002, it posted pre-tax earnings of $150.4 million, up 20% over
Anatol von Hahn, Inverlat's director general and chief
executive officer, says that the bank's success is due to the
cumulative effects of a lengthy reorganization. "It's not a
one-year thing," he says. "In part what are seeing are the
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This is not so much a problem than a question. If I download a firmware update, will it download all previous updates? You see, I haven't downloaded a firmware update, but if I decide to download 2.10, will it download 1.10, 1.20, 1.30, etc?
I really can't be bothered downloaded every past update to have all the available features.
Would like a sig to enter here.
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As often happens, the story did not end with its publication. Recently Shaw, a free-lance journalist for the past eight years who finds Sister Anne "the most uncommonly decent person I've ever met," checked back with her. He says she is staying up past her usual 8:30 p.m. bedtime, struggling to personally answer more than 300 letters she has received, despite the tendinitis she has developed in her right shoulder from so much handwriting. "I tell people how wonderful it is that they care, and I tell what we will do with their money," she says of the $5,000 received in donations, plus gifts of clothing, medicine and toys. "I'm always impressed by the sincerity of the letters," she adds. "The people are anxious to express their outrage and to share what they have with us."
By far the largest gift is a custom-made $18,000, 15-passenger Ford van, donated anonymously by a Chicago investment banker; all that he asked was that Sister Anne should pray for his troubled son.
One well-wisher escaped altogether. She called from Lewiston, Maine at a time when Sister Anne was busy and couldn't talk. Brooks lost the woman's telephone number. "I've been brooding about it for days," Sister Anne says. "I felt bad that the woman will think I've ignored her. I think her name is Ella Cox, and I wish I could contact her." So Ella, if you are out there, could you call again?
But Sister Anne is just one of the recent story subjects to whom readers responded. In our March 16 issue we devoted eight pages to six examples of "ministering angels." Among those to whom readers have generously sent letters and donations are:
•Rita Rockett, who entertains AIDS patients at a San Francisco hospital. She has received hundreds of letters and $1,000 in donations. Many offered to become pen pals with her crew in Ward 5A. "It was nice to reach regular people beyond the gay community," she says. "And it helped the patients to know there were people out there who cared."
•Harriett Allen Weitzner, the self-described "yarn-trepreneur" who organizes senior citizens to knit scarves for needy children in Cleveland. She cries, "Help! I can't get into my living room," explaining she has received 70 boxes of newly donated yarn and 500 pairs of knitting needles. "I didn't know there were so many caring people out there who just need a way to contribute," she says. "We're really in business now."
•Julie Leirich, the Los Angeles supermarket checkout girl who has organized the distribution of 6½ tons of food a month to the poor. She was delighted to find 40 oversize orchids on the doorstep of her TLC (The Loving Cup) after her story ran, and producers have been turning up, eager to turn her story into a TV movie. But Julie, always in need of more volunteers to help distribute groceries, has her eye on the old folks. "Many have idle time and can drive," she says, "so now I'm planning to give talks at retirement centers."
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Man who shot Pope John Paul II freed from Turkish jailBreaking News
Mehmet Ali Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for shooting John Paul, and another 10 years in Turkey for the earlier murder of a newspaper editor.
Agca's motives for attempting to kill the Pope remain a mystery, although when he was arrested he said he was acting alone.
In 1983 John Paul announced he had forgiven Agca after meeting him.
There have been long-standing questions about the mental health of Agca, based on his frequent outbursts and statements that he was a new messiah.
In a statement issued on his release, he said: "I proclaim the end of the world. All the world will be destroyed in this century. Every human being will die in this century... I am the Christ eternal."
Turkish media say Agca is now to be taken to a military facility and then to a hospital to be assessed for compulsory military service.
Contradictory statements
Agca, 52, had been a member of a Turkish ultra-nationalist group who fled Turkey after killing a newspaper editor.
He opened fire on Pope John Paul as he was being driven through St Peter's Square in Rome in an open vehicle on 13 May, 1981.
The Pope was seriously injured in the attack and Agca spent the next 19 years in prison in Italy.
He had once claimed, for example, that he was under the orders of the Bulgarian secret service.
A trial lasting 22 months was held in Rome during the 1980s about the alleged Bulgarian connection.
The accused were all acquitted for lack of proof.
One of 'great mysteries'
The BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul says that Agca will now have the chance to clear up one of the great mysteries of the last century - what was it that drove him to attempt the assassination of the most influential pope of modern times?
Agca's lawyers say he has been offered multi-million-dollar deals to tell his story.
Our correspondent says that after all the bizarre statements he has issued from jail, that story - if he tells it - is unlikely to be convincing.
He adds that few people believe he could have acted alone, but that whatever he says now, the real story behind the shooting of the Pope will in all likelihood never be known.
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