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Hi all,
i need some clarification about the defference between Dynamic and static IR-DROP Analysis.
what's kind of problem that Dynamic and static IR-DROP chek? how can a designer waives these issues?
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Steady-state IR drop is caused by the resistance of the metal wires comprising the power distribution network.Further, dynamic IR drop occurs when the simultaneous switching of on-chip components such as clocks, clocked elements, bus drivers and memory decoder drivers causes a dip or spike in the power/ground grid.
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IR drop is the drop in VDD voltage level due to current flows in the metal interconnect lines.
Static IR drop refers to the drop due to current flow when the circuit is at a steady state i.e. no inputs are switching.
Dynamic IR drop refers to voltage drop due to currents flowing when the circuit is switching i.e. performing some function. Dynamic IR drop is greater than statis IR drop since the current flowing in the metal interconnect is greater than when the circuit is in a steady state.
At process geometries of 65nm and below, you cannot waive these checks, as the instantaneous VDD voltage directly impacts the performance of the circuit in queation.
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FAU Breaks Ground for FAU High Classroom Building
BOCA RATON, FL (November 23, 2009) – Florida Atlantic University broke ground today for its new FAU High School classroom building that will be used to house middle and high school students in an innovative, diverse set of learning spaces. The ceremony took place at the building's future site at the A.D. Henderson University School, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
"The new building represents an innovative model to construct learning spaces which foster more effective ways for students to learn," said Glenn Thomas, assistant dean of pre-K through 12 th grade schools and educational programs. "The students will greatly benefit from this new facility."
The 16,000-square-foot building will be used for project work and lectures, with specific subject areas focusing on science, art, music and movement. The structure of the building is designed to complement the existing campus, and will consist of seven studios, project space designated for co-op learning, two lecture rooms, a music lab and a multimedia study area. There also will be a patio designed for science and art, as well as an outdoor theater space. The building, designed by Zyscovich Architects and to be built by Pirtle Construction, is scheduled for completion in July 2010.
Dr. John Pritchett, interim president of FAU; Patricia C. Hodge, principal and director of FAU's A.D. Henderson University School; Dr. Valerie J. Bristor, dean of the College of Education; and Glenn Thomas, assistant dean of the College of Education, were in attendance.
FAU High School is an innovative public school governed by FAU. Founded in August 2004, FAUHS offers students in grades 9-12 a highly intensive university-based dual enrollment program, in which high school students completing university courses receive both high school and university credit. The school sponsors a number of academic clubs, including the National Honor Society, competes in state and national academic games, encourages the arts and provides a broad athletic program offering 16 varsity sports teams.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science.

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Most of us are persons of habit. We wake at the same time, prepare our coffee the same way, and drive to work using the same route. We like regularity.
Most of us coast through life on autopilot. We don't like change. We find a system that works and requires the least amount of thinking as possible.
Let's think about this for a sec. The next time we drive to the grocery store, see how many different languages we can spot in the store signs we pass. We may be surprised by the amount languages represented in our neighborhood. Why haven't we noticed these before? It's likely because our minds have been stuck on autopilot.
Sadly, many of us coast through reading the Bible. Our minds are on autopilot. We skim over familiar passages. We browse through our favorite verses but fail to notice important details. Instead of coming to Scripture with open eyes, we routinely read verses, paragraphs, and chapters.
But let's say we approach Scripture in a fresh new way every time we read God's Word. What if we pretended this was the first time we ever read a particular verse? How might this attitude enhance familiar passages such as Psalm 23? Go ahead, give it a try!
Everyone knows relationships prove essential. Family provides encouragement. Friends, a listening ear. Foes, strengthen our character. Without relationships, life becomes meaningless.
When interpreting the meaning of Scripture, it's important to understand the relationship between words. Adverbs strengthen verbs. Adjectives enhance nouns. Prepositions show where the actions takes place. Words, when grouped together in a sentence, are like family members…they all play an important part.
Without differentiating the role of each word in a sentence, your interpretation of Scripture may get messy. Just like a team at the office, clarification of roles between members increases accuracy and efficiency. And in Bible interpretation, understanding how words relate increases accuracy and ultimately correct application of God's Word in your life.
Here's a list of word relationships to identify when reading Scripture:
So how does this work?
Let's take Genesis 1:1, which says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The subject of this sentence is God, the verb is created, and the objects are the heavens and earth. Notice the order here. God is the one creating, not the other way around.
Pantheism, however, claims God is in everything. But how can God be in everything if He was the one who created everything? Pantheism does not work! So when you read God's Word, take time to identify the subject, verb, and object, which will help you accurately interpret Scripture.
At my mom's home in Gardena, California, hangs a valuable wall clock. It's the kind with fancy wood and a real wind-up spring. And every hour it ding-dongs to remind us of its presence. And with time its value has increased.
This wall clock, although important, often gets overlooked. It just hangs out, keeping quiet for the better part of each hour of the day. It is one of those furnishings we rush by without paying any attention to. That is until…
We need to be somewhere and are running late. During these fiascos, we jerk our head toward the clock to gauge the time, calculate how late we're running, and then we rush out the back door.
Now suppose we open our Bible and rush through reading a chapter without stopping to see what its timeless truth is? What if we fail to grab the author's main point? What if we miss that advice which works well in all generations and proves worthy in all of life's circumstances?
Identifying the timeless truth proves crucial. It gives us greater perspective on life. It teaches us about God's character. It guards us from misinterpreting His Word by giving us an eternal perspective.
So how do you find the timeless truth in a Bible passage?
First, start with a paragraph of Scripture, which is the basic building block of Bible fun. Read a paragraph and ask yourself, "What does this say about the character of God?" And "How does this fit with other Bible verses?" Asking these questions will prompt you to view this text from a larger vantage point.
Next, ask yourself how this paragraph fits within the book's chapter? At this point, you can compare your proposed interpretation to see if it meshes with what the whole chapter says. Your timeless truth statement should fit within what the chapter argues or states. If not, you may need to revisit that paragraph in light of the chapter.
For example, take the challenging verse in Philippians 2:7 where Paul says Christ emptied Himself. By reading the verse alone, one can misinterpret that Paul is claiming the timeless truth is that Jesus was not divine since He emptied Himself of divine privileges. But this interpretation misses Paul's point.
So we read verse seven in light of the paragraph, which begins with verse one and ends with eleven. This paragraph argues for unity. That we should look out for others' interests. And then Paul gives us the example of Christ who exampled how to sacrificially serve others. And in serving, Christ united Himself to His Father's will. Jesus and the Father were united just as we are to be united with other Christians.
From this, we learn the timeless truth that Jesus is united with the Father's will. We also learn Jesus is humble and a servant. But lest we minimize Jesus to a non-divine man, we learn He will receive our confession of His Lordship to His Father's glory.
Biblical authors use repeated terms or phrases like strategically placed signposts on a curved mountain road. They point us in the right direction. They warn us from dangers ahead. They remind us about which way we need to turn ahead.
But if you're like me, you speed through reading your Bible verses for the day and often fail to recognize repeated terms and phrases. You overlook important signs the author posted to make his point. Whizzing by, you don't identify these special markers and road signs in the biblical text.
Take Hebrews 11, how many times is the word faith mentioned? Twenty-five! You'd think the author was trying to grab our attention with all these references to faith.
Imagine driving on a highway and seeing twenty-five road signs for a rest stop a few miles down the road. Twenty-five of them. I'd bet you'd at least think, "What's the big deal about this place?" And some of us might even exit the highway to see what's so special about this rest stop. Perhaps they have a Dairy Queen or In N Out or something else fun.
So the next time you are having some Bible fun in the Scriptures, look for repeated words and phrases. These are like road signs along a highway. They point you in the direction the author wants you to go.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see (Hebrews 11:1 NET). May you, as readers of God's Word, be encouraged in your faith as you reflect upon repeated words and phrases that you do see.
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katya-oddio on 05/14/2010 at 06:15PM
Warm Orange
Australian label Patterns Community Sound Centre may not have a website any longer, but they have left a legacy through their recordings. This debut EP by Lagos Disco Machine is testimony. With thumb pianos, effects, and found sounds, the WARM ORANGE EP entertains your ears and brain with organic and electronic sound layers. Lagos Disco Machine is a misleading name, as only one selection is a dance track. In face, track three, "Lord Pear," sounds more like a tribal field recording. For clocking in at about 20 minutes, this EP takes your ears all over the place and back again. Enjoy it here at the FMA.
TAGGED AS:electronic, noise, australia, melodic, african, See More...
TAGGED AS:electronic, noise, australia, melodic, african, experimental, thumb piano, See Less...
katya-oddio on 05/06/2010 at 05:34PM
Future of the Past Today
In 2006 on Sascha Müller's trippy Pharmacom-rec netlabel, a serious 2-CD album appeared that excited chill out, new age, space music, and electronica fans alike. The release was the work of Frank Dorittke as "F.D. Project" and was titled MARE TRANQUILLITATIS.
It is a pure, perfect tribute to Berlin School German electronica. Fans of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Ashra, Kitaro, or Mike Oldfield will discover a hidden treasure that sounds like Kosmische Musik composed and performed in the late '70s. MARE TRANQUILLITATIS delivers fresh new sounds for fans of the genre.
Prepare for retro futurism. Set your dials back decades, put on your giant headphones, close your eyes and drift off into space with all the cosmic synthesizers, soaring virtuoso guitars, shifting analog sequencer bass lines, Mellotron-style samples, and spacey effects so indicative of the Berlin School.
In MARE TRANQUILLITATIS, Dorittke presents future music from the past created in the present. Just like a mission into deep space, this 2-CD release has the power to remove you from the present world and fill you with wonder.
TAGGED AS:space music, chill, berlin school, chill out, electronica, See More...
TAGGED AS:space music, chill, berlin school, chill out, electronica, new age, kosmische musik, See Less...
katya-oddio on 05/05/2010 at 09:00AM
BUBBLES is a fun, free, compilation of previously released & unreleased material by The Bran Flakes created from 1998-2007. Fun fun fun fun!
TAGGED AS:experimental, the bran flakes, sampling
katya-oddio on 04/30/2010 at 04:00PM
Fear No Love
From the 1995 press release from the Avant label:
...Bob Ostertag's FEAR NO LOVE. In a radical departure for the composer, winner of a 1995 NEA Composers Fellowship for contemporary music, FEAR NO LOVE features fierce groove-based dance songs. This is funk, but warped through a sensibility honed in fifteen years at the forefront of the avant-garde.
Ostertag has assembled an unlikely and dazzling group of collaborators for FEAR NO LOVE, from rock star Mike Patton (Faith No More) to British guitar pioneer Fred Frith to underground luminaries of San Francisco's queer scene....
FEAR NO LOVE is a disc that pushes all the limits. Almost every track defines its own genre. "The Man in the Blue Slip" is a dance/industrial/gender-fuk/domination-submission love duet. "Not Your Girl" goes in a new-jack-swing/R&B/talking-blues direction. And "Positive", an HIV+/ambient/techno/soul tour de force, may be the first true love ballad of the age of AIDS.
Ostertag's previous work has ranged from All the Rage, written for the Kronos Quartet and premiered at Lincoln Center, to his ground-breaking outside jazz ensemble Say No More, to his solo recordings and collaborations with John Zorn and Fred Frith. FEAR NO LOVE explores even newer terrain. With sharp and edgy queer lyrics, a wide-ranging pop eclecticism, and fierce grooves, FEAR NO LOVE will shake up the dance floor -- and more.
TAGGED AS:avant garde, bob ostertag fred frith phil minton, experimental, bob ostertag, funk, See More...
katya-oddio on 04/29/2010 at 09:30PM
Children of Ling Shan
Chan Wai Fat composed this original soundtrack for the play CHILDREN OF THE SOUL MOUNTAIN (LING SHAN) inspired by the daoist pilgrimage in Gao Xingjian's Nobel winning novel SOUL MOUNTAIN (LING SHAN).
Composer Chan Wai Fat visited the minority tribes along part of the Ling Shan path, resulting a re-interpretation of two traditional folk songs and seven new compositions with a mix of native recordings. This album is a selection of songs from the play, sung by elderly blind folk singer Po Sun-yi. Sun-yi was born and raised in Guizhou. This is the same region of southwestern China where composer Fat visited the Ling Shan Path and where Shamanistic customs and traditions still flourish.
TAGGED AS:china, chan wai fat, folk, theater, traditional, See More...
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katya-oddio on 04/28/2010 at 10:00PM
Serene Serein
Nest is a project of fellow pianists and record label operators Otto Totland (Deaf Center / Type Records) and Huw Roberts (Serein). They became friends when they were members of the Miasmah free netlabel. This self-titled EP is their first work publicly released. It is apparently no longer available through Serein since their 2009 rebuild, but has been remastered and incorporated into the album RETOLD. The recording is too good to fade into obscurity, so it lives again now at the WFMU Free Music Archive.
from the original release on Serein:
"Both pianists, there is little wonder that after exploring a plethora of musical styles, the two find themselves most at home writing traditionally structured pieces, with the ivories a major element throughout. The EP demonstrates clearly the innate ability the two have for song writing, borrowing from the world of film soundtracks and contemporary classical composers to craft delicate instrumental compositions.
"Alongside their favoured instrument can be variously heard the plucked strings of the Welsh harp, violins, woodwind instruments, field recordings, percussion and a heady dose of mind wobbling effects. From the time Nest began writing together, one purpose was clear; to produce beautiful music free of pretense, and they do it exceptionally well."
TAGGED AS:electroacoustic, nest, piano
katya-oddio on 04/21/2010 at 04:15PM
Frigiliana Free Jazz
This fantastic, energetic concert of free jazz was performed by the Breuss Arrizabalaga Quintet in Frigiliana, Málagua, Spain on 19 July 2003. (Tracks 9 and 10 were recorded in performance in Madrid.) The concert was released as an album, Nfamoudou-Boudougou, on Hazard Records.
TAGGED AS:breuss arrizabalaga quintet, jazz, spain, free jazz, instrumental
katya-oddio on 04/16/2010 at 09:00AM
Charles-Valentin Alkan's Opuses 25 and 31
Brazillian pianist Felipe Sarro performs Opus 25 Alleluia and Opus 31 Préludes by French Romantic composer Charles-Valentin Alkan.
Alkan, one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day, was a friend and contemporary of Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin. He was a child prodigy, entering the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six. Alkan was a favorite of his teacher, Joseph Zimmermann, who also taught fellow composers Georges Bizet, César Franck, Charles Gounod, and Ambroise Thomas. In his twenties, Alkan was a famous virtuoso and teacher in elegant social circles. Liszt once stated that Alkan had the finest piano technique of anyone he knew. This Romantic composer was a luminary of his time.
Felipe Sarro began his musical training at the age of eight and studied at Academia Musical Fátima and Santa Cecília Musical Conservatory. In this album on the FMA, Sarro performs Alkan's Opus 31 Alleluia (1844) and Opus 25 Préludes dans touts les tons majeur et mineurs (1847) in entirety.
katya-oddio on 04/12/2010 at 05:32PM
Wake Up
The city blocks have the hypnotic power to lull you off to sleep. Don't do it. Do not slip away into the sleep. It's too dangerous. You can't sleep on the train. Wake up. Vulnerable, too vulnerable, wake up, missing your stop, wake up, traveling to unknown districts, and then the startling wake up call, el despertar.
The experimental electronic and rock album Ruptures by DIY-Note is now in the Free Music Archive.
TAGGED AS:experimental, spanish, rock, experimental pop, france
katya-oddio on 04/09/2010 at 05:09PM
Droopy Drops In
Hugo "Droopy" Contini delivers hard bop from Lorraine, France to the WFMU Free Music Archive on US National Jazz Day. Contini is part of the RawBounce Records collective and the alto sax man for The Real Dealers.
Once after rehearsal, the band had the space for a few more hours, so they recorded the album, Surpriscording now hosted at the FMA.


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I've recently had a few readers ask me about the potential cardiovascular risks that might be associated with the Atkins Diet. Since that seems to be a common question among those who are new to low carbing or those who haven't had cholesterol problems before, I thought I'd address some of the issues surrounding High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol that I didn't talk about in my latest post on LDL Cholesterol and Blood Clots.
If you haven't read that post, you might want to do so. It discusses the coronary artery disease pathway, how getting your insulin levels under control can slow down the heart disease process, and how a low-carb diet can actually reverse plaque buildup in some individuals. In addition, blood clots and potential strokes have nothing to do with dietary fats, so you might want to check out that information too, especially if you have a family history of stroke or blood clots.
Is the Atkins Diet Dangerous?
For years, the prevailing view among medical authorities has been that the Atkins Diet is flat out dangerous. Kidney failure, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease have all been said to result from following low-carb diets. Most of these reports come from individuals and medical organizations or authorities who have no personal experience with low-carb diets. They are basing their professional opinions on scientific tests that haven't even used the exact parameters involved in the Atkins Diet.
In addition, scientific evidence itself is highly unreliable when it comes to individual nutrition because it takes a specific group of people, restricts their diet to a particular nutritional regimen, and then projects the results those individuals got onto the rest of us. While scientific testing can be helpful, it is not absolute. Each of us is different. What holds true for a test participant, or even a group of participants, might not hold true for you or me as an individual. Testing can only give us generalizations.
What constitutes danger is blindly accepting blanket statements as true for everyone, and that includes many statements made within the low-carb community.
While a low-carb diet in theory is not dangerous, HOW that low-carb diet is implemented most certainly can be. I learned that lesson for myself recently when my latest cholesterol tests showed that moving from a lower-fat, low-carb diet to a low-carb, high-fat diet wasn't good for me. However, others within the low-carb community have experienced different results, so what hold true for me might not hold true for you.
So as always, the answer is: It depends on how your body reacts to what you're doing. Just because my calcium and artery tests came back "excellent" when doing lower-fat, low-carb, that doesn't mean that standing will remain the same if I up the amount of dietary fats I'm eating. We each have our own sweet spot, and the trick is to find what works best for you.
Studies Point to Improved Cardiovascular Health from Low-Carb Diets
When it comes to HDL cholesterol, studies have always shown that a low-carb diet improves HDL levels. For example, in a fairly recent study published in May of 2010, Frederick Samaha, MD, and Gary Foster, PhD, demonstrated many positive effects from following a low-carbohydrate diet. They found that low-carb diets reduced triglycerides, improved insulin sensitivity, and significantly increased HDL cholesterol levels.
Due to the rumors and accusations made against low-carb diets, however, these findings greatly surprised the researchers. In fact, they even went so far as to say that their "initial findings suggest that such diets may not have the adverse effects that were anticipated." However, despite the healthy cholesterol levels, Foster questioned whether the effects would continue throughout a maintenance program.
Although Foster's previous one-year study found the Atkins Diet to have beneficial effects on cholesterol and heart disease, his more recent diet-study results published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, "Weight and Metabolic Outcomes After 2 Years on a Low-Carbohydrate Verses Low-Fat Diet," were not what he expected either.
That scientific study consisted of 307 obese patients. Half were assigned to an honest Atkins Induction that allowed 20 grams of carbohydrate daily for 3 months, and then a 5-gram per day increase per week (as Atkins recommends) until the patient achieved desired weight. The other half were placed on a standard low-fat diet plan consisting of 1200 to 1800 calories per day, with no more than 30 percent of those calories coming from fat.
During the first 6 months, the low-carb group had a greater reduction in diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride levels, and very-low-density lipoprotein (LVDL) cholesterol than the low-fat group. They also had larger increases (23 percent) in HDL levels at all "time" points during the study. Bone mineral density and kidney function didn't change with either group.
These results didn't change throughout the entire 2-year study. In addition, the slight increase in LDL cholesterol seen in the first few weeks returned to normal or was lower by the end of the study. Foster reported that low-carb diets had favorable changes in cardiovascular health over the long-term, which made them a viable option for weight-loss diets.
Raising HDL Cholesterol Levels Helps Lower LDL Cholesterol
The purpose of focusing on cholesterol levels is to reduce cardiovascular risks and improve health. While most individuals focus on lowering LDL levels, raising HDL can be even more beneficial.
LDL carries cholesterol to the body's tissues. It's sometimes referred to as bad cholesterol because if LDL builds up in artery walls, it can lead to narrowed arteries and plaque. HDL is known as good cholesterol because it picks up the LDL cholesterol and carries it back to the liver to be recycled or removed from the body. Since HDL's job is to rid the body of excess bad cholesterol, the higher your HDL levels, the greater your health benefits.
Long-term Atkins Diet Results in Healthy Cholesterol Levels
The Atkins Diet, as well as other low-carbohydrate diets, has been opposed by medical authorities for many years. Although several scientific studies have found these weight-loss diets to result in healthy cholesterol levels and cardiovascular markers, the Atkins Diet and other low-carb alternatives continue to be perceived as potential health risks.
While that may be true for those of us who are sensitive to dietary fats, for the greater majority of people who embrace the low-carb lifestyle, cholesterol levels and health markers greatly improve when following the Atkins Diet as written. However, with so many within the low-carb community altering the original Atkins Diet to fit their own metabolic issues, it's essential that we keep a close eye on our own cholesterol levels to make sure that what we're doing is truly healthy for us.
Annals of Internal Medicine, Foster, G. et al, "Weight and Metabolic Outcomes After 2 Years on a Low-Carbohydrate Verses Low-Fat Diet. A Randomized Trial," 153:1, 147-157, August 3, 2010.


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Battle in the dirt
By Matthew Whittle
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John Earl Pope of Goldsboro, behind the wheel of his Chevrolet Malibu, battles it out with other drivers at the Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair's Demolition Derby Sunday afternoon. Pope, driving in his first derby after years of helping other drivers prepare their cars, went on to win the competition. A second derby will be held Saturday.
For one driver, Sunday afternoon was about her 20 minutes of glory. For another, it was, in many ways, the crowning achievement of a 15-year demolition derby career. Running in a derby for the first time after spending more...
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CHARLES TOWN - Toddling around Dad on the golf course as a 2-year-old, Argyle Downes picked up his father's clubs and picked up the game.
The now 8-year-old from Charles Town took to the game so well that he begins play today in the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship at Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Some 1,400 golfers, ages 5-12, from around the world are playing in the event on different golf courses over three days at Pinehurst.
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Argyle Downes practices his tee shot earlier this week. Downes, age 8, will compete in the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. (AP photo)
The 8-year-olds, who will play nine holes each day, will be on Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club, staring Day 1 on the back nine.
"It was a lot of fun, but it was really hard," Downes described a Wednesday evening practice round. "It was kind of hard to get on the greens, because the greens are shaped like turtles' backs. If you hit it too hard, it's going to roll off the backside; if you hit it too soft, it's going to come up short."
His father, Ray, said the youngster qualified based on his finishes during tournaments "in and around the Washington, D.C., area."
Argyle will tee off at 11:42 a.m. with two other players from the United States - one from Florida and the other from Vienna, Virginia.
He's excited to "do well and try to play my best."
Argyle really enjoys the camaraderie.
"I like to play golf because it's a lot of fun and I get to play with kids from other countries, and I meet a bunch of different people when I play," he said. "I like meeting some kids and making friends and stuff like that and finding other kids I can play golf with."
He began golfing with a program called Little Generals, then advanced to the West Virginia Golf Association First Tee program, getting an early jump because of his ability.
"More or less (he's a natural)," Ray said. "A lot has gone into it, but, yeah, he's really taken to it.
"I don't want to sound too much like an overbearing dad, but he's got some ability."
The youngster's favorite golfers include Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Ricky Fowler.
He is succeeding on his level of competition, but he sometimes golfs against adults and competes with older youngsters, often helping them during their timed playing tests.
"When he's old enough," Ray said, "it's going to help."
Argyle, who attends the Powhatan School in Boyce, Virginia, won one round in the PGA's Drive, Chip and Putt Championship - the golf version of the NFL's Pass, Punt and Kick.
He claimed the Mid-Atlantic title during an event at the 1715 Golf Club of Ashburn, Virginia, and next competes at an advanced qualifier on a golf course at the University of Maryland. Success there would put him in another qualifier, and the finalists compete at Augusta National the week before next April's Masters.


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Tom Dunlap
After a brief stint as a Swedish Professional Baseball player, Tom moved to Boston to start doing stand up comedy, and quickly established himself as an adorable voice of smug self-deprecation. Stand up has lead Tom to an appearance on The Boston Chronicle, as well as features in the Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, and Improper Bostonian. Recently, Tom was the first pick for The Comedy Studio's 2012 Comic-in-Residence program, a program that continues to yeild many of the nationally recognized names that are coming out of Boston. TomPunlap (tweets) http://grandmasbasementcomedy.blogspot.com (comedy club) http://tomstandsup.wordpress.com/ (complaining!)
Web site:
- Official WICF Open Mic, Hosted by Jean Paul Rivera and Tom Dunlap
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 7:00 pm at Grandma's Basement
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FotoInsight Designer 4.5
The newly released version 4.5 of the digital photo service is compatible with Linux and Mac operating systems and comes with geotagging and other new features.
Using cliparts, texts, frames and other effects FotoInsight allows, for example, the creation of travel guides which can be uploaded to
websites as digital photo albums.
The newly launched software enables users to integrate photos, texts and maps from file-sharing sources such as Flickr or Wikipedia and
accompany their photos with geotagging and travel routes from sites like locr. Other new features include photo layering and blend-in masks that can be used as picture frames. The new printing format includes a panorama view (28 x 21cm) with a 360 dpi resolution.
Currently only available in Europe, the software can be freely downloaded from the UK FotoInsight website. System requirements for the Linux version are a 2.6 kernel and glibc 2.6. The price for a basic printed travel photo album with 26 pages is 10 British pounds.
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Lies, cork, and weapons of mass destruction
Opinion Conservative Republicans boast of freedom, which they equate with tax cuts and a government strong on military power and weak on social services. They demand accountability from everyone but themselves.
Nothing like a little good news
Sometimes we need to hear a little good news. So often all we hear and read about is bad news – things that bring you down, make you doubt yourself or your neighbor – heck, things that make you doubt humanity.


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Technical Indicator: Relative Strength Index
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This is part of my series of reading about investing topics like technical indicators. I don't really know what I'm talking about and all of it is based on information I read online, please feel free to correct me, my interpretations, whatever – door's wide open.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is basically a mathematical calculation meant to try to figure out whether a particular security is overbought or oversold. It does this by first taking the average of the price increases of a security on the days it's up and dividing it by the average of the price decreases of a security on the days it's down, then it does some simple math to come up with an RSI value using the following equation:
RS = average increase on days up / average decrease on days down
Now, how do you use this? When the RSI reaches around 70, it means that the security might be overvalued since it's been going up a whole heck of a lot and may experience a drop of some kind, either a pull back or some profit taking. When the RSI reaches around 30, that's an indicator that it perhaps has been oversold and is likely to rebound off its latest woes.
RSI indicators don't work well on their own because big jumps or big dips will mess with the score, since it'll throw the whole average off (as you would expect if you take an average). Experts recommend using this along with other indicators to get a clearer picture.
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HOOKIPA – With Makana, the monk seal who treats Hookipa as her vacation retreat, back on the north shore beach again, marine mammal officials are reminding the public that monk seals are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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A Hawaiian monk seal was a regular at the Lahaina Harbor last March. Federal and state marine resources specialists urge people to refrain from feeding seals, which can become nuisances in harbors and on beaches if they lose their "wild" behavior patterns.
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Featured Golf News
South Course at Carmel CC Renovated by Rees Jones
Following a complete overhaul by Rees Jones, the South Course at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte, N.C., will reopen in April, 2011.
Carmel Country Club in Charlotte
Carmel C.C.'s original South Course, an Ellis Maples design built in 1962, had received a cosmetic refurbishment by Jones in the 1980s. "This time, Rees was given a bigger budget and a blank slate," said Bill Anderson, the club's superintendent.
"He basically built an entirely new golf course on top of the old one. He flipped some holes - Nos. 1 and 18 were reversed - created new ones and eliminated others. The basic routing and hole corridors are mostly intact from the original design, but we had some adjacent land available that was utilized to expand the layout," Anderson added.
The holes have been changed, and so have the aesthetics: Following a tree thinning program, the club replaced the mulch and pine straw that had framed the fairways with turfgrass. After an extensive drainage system was installed, the layout's irrigation system and cart paths were replaced.
John Schultz, Carmel's general manager, said of the work, "We sat down with Rees at the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst and told him, 'We want the best golf course you can put on our land.' He has done that and more. Rees has greatly improved the golf experience at our club and made the new South Course more playable for everyone."
Schultz also noted that Carmel C.C. attracted 45 new members in 2010 despite a flat economy. "We're expecting even more interest next year based on the strength and appeal of the new South Course.
"We had a good golf course," Schultz said of the previous layout. "Carmel C.C. hosted the 2006 U.S.G.A. Girl's Junior Championship on the old South Course. But what we have now is an entirely new design. Most of the members barely even recognize what's here. Other than the fact that it proceeds from wooded uplands to a valley bisected by a stream, it's so much different and better than what had existed previously." The makeover, he added, will cement Carmel C.C.'s reputation as one of the finest clubs in the Queen City.
"We're very excited about the new South Course," enthused Ted Barnes, club president. "Rees created four new holes at Nos. 1, 5, 6 and 18. On the remaining 14 holes, the rehab work is significant, with new green complexes, repositioned tees and a new bunkering scheme at each hole. It's just fabulous."
He noted that Jones was given a free hand to superimpose a new course over the old one. "Other than the fact that we wanted the first and 18th holes oriented to the clubhouse, Rees had carte blanche to build the best course possible."
Jones added roughly 500 yards to the South Course, which can now be stretched to 7,503 yards, making it one of the longest courses in the state. With its multiple sets of tees, Barnes noted that the revamped course has "graduated challenges for all of our members to enjoy."
Because of Charlotte's unique climatic and subsoil conditions, two strains of zoysia grass were chosen for the tees and fairways. The rough is Celebration Bermudagrass, while A1 bentgrass was used to surface the greens. The bunker sand is crushed stone.
According to Jones: "We built a shotmaker's course fully capable of hosting a championship, but we also wanted a flexible course that everyone could enjoy. The members of Carmel C.C. will be able to enjoy a wonderful golf experience for years to come."
For more information about Rees Jones, visit http://www.reesjonesinc.com. For more information about Carmel Country Club, visit www.carmelcountryclub.org.
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Young People's Chorus concert set for Saturday
The Young People's Chorus of Erie will perform the "Let the River Run" concert on Saturday, 7 p.m., at First United Methodist Church, 707 Sassafras St. The concert features the YPC's Concert Chorus, Chorale, Young Men's Chorus and Cantare.
Cost: $10; $5 students; children 6 and younger free; $20 premium seating
Info: Call 898-6789 or visit www.ypcerie.org.
Music, art slated for downtown North East
North East's First Fridays at Five will take place today, 5 to 8 p.m., in downtown North East. The event features an open-air market along Main and Lake streets, family entertainment and activities in Gibson Park, live music, an art walk and more.
Cost: Free
Info: Call 725-4262 or visit www.nechamber.org
'Margin Call' to screen today
See the 2011 film "Margin Call," about an investment firm in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, today at 2:15 and 7:15 p.m., Taylor Little Theatre, Mercyhurst University.
Cost: $6; $5 students and seniors; free for Mercyhurst students with ID
Info: Call 824-3000 or visit http://miac.mercyhurst.edu.


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> I would like to do the following and hope that you can help me: > > 1) Generate another XML file that does not contain logs > (<log> tag defines a > log) that belong to the test mode (<change> tag with value > "mode TEST"). > That means all log files between the test mode and any other mode. <xsl:copy-of select="log[not(change='TEST' or (not(change) and (preceding-sibling::log/change)[last()]='TEST')))]"/> > > 2) Generate one XML file for each mode, one for "mode TEST", > one of "mode > A", one for "mode B") with all the logs that belong to each > mode. That means > e.g. that all the logs after <change>mode B</change> are > stored into the > "mode B" file, equeally for the others. This is a classic grouping problem (www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping) in which the grouping key is the most recent CHANGE element, calculated as above. In XSLT 2.0 <xsl:for-each-group select="log" group-by="((.|preceding-sibling::log)/change)[last()]"/> > > 3) Calcuate the time difference in seconds (<time> value is > also provide in > seconds) between the <useraction>Start</useraction> and the > <useraction>Stop</useraction> of the "mode A". > I'll pass on that one, got to be off to Mass. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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4 Awful Ways The Internet Is Tainting Everything Else
#2. Geekifying Manliness
So you've trained your whole life to be an MMA superstar. You can kill eight men at once with your bare hands, and 27 children. Well guess what? You want to rise to the top of the UFC, you gots to know how to tweet.
Today the UFC actually offers bonuses to their fighters if they use Twitter. Not only that, but the bonuses are based on the number of followers and the creativity of their tweets.
We're seeing this more and more from "manly" shows like this, because dammit, geek's where the money's at. Pop culture is all video games and comic books now. The producers know this, and what better way to tap into a whole new market than to send out that invitation in the form of, "Hey, come sit with us jocks. We won't beat you up. You're one of us, bro."
Hey, look! Fox Sports has a robot as their mascot -- they must be geeks like us!
But, true to form, no one has been more shameless about this than pro wrestling, to hilarious result. I'm a huge wrestling fan -- I watch it because it makes no excuses about what it is: goofy, testosterone-fueled entertainment. But a couple of months ago, something happened that was so out of place, it was bordering on surreal. Even for wrestling.
They started promoting the living shit out of Twitter. Not just for their general WWE account, but for every performer in their organization. Every member of their staff was required to work Twitter into their promos, as well as having and updating their own Twitter accounts in real life. Oh, I am not talking about a graphic at the bottom of the screen or a reminder at the end of the show's credits -- they do it right on the air, as part of their show:
Yes, I know that every single business out there does social networking now. But this is the equivalent of actors on a TV sitcom stopping mid-scene and telling the viewers to follow them on Twitter. It eventually culminated in an event that had to have been incredibly embarrassing for everyone involved, even in a sport that is based entirely on being shameless: The "Trending Worldwide Match."
That was a match from the WWE's yearly award show called The Slammys, that's supposed to be like the Emmys, only with wrestlers. No, wait, that's not the stupid part, there's more. Every part of this match was exactly what you'd expect from a normal wrestling match, except for one stipulation: The first person to "trend worldwide" on Twitter during the match, would win the Slammy for "Trending Star of the Year."
This ties into another annoying Internet fad, the Snakes on a Plane style Internet Fan Campaign. In wrestling, it came in the form of an incredibly annoying wrestler named Zack Ryder. He was a nobody who had hung around the WWE for five years being completely unspectacular in every way. Until he found YouTube. Donning a bright orange and purple headband, he spiked his hair, sprayed on a fake tan, and adopted the personality of a Jersey Shore-style "bro." He then posted videos of himself, declaring that he was the WWE "Internet Champion" (complete with a toy championship belt covered in kids' stickers). Little by little, "Zack Ryder" signs started to pop up in the WWE crowds. He became a meme, to the point that his T-shirts started selling out without him ever appearing on the show.
Via Newsday.com
Yep, this guy.
And again I have to ask: Were they genuine fans? Were they just liking him ironically? I don't know. I don't think they know.
But come on. I'm on the Internet all goddamned day, can I not watch a couple of hours of sweaty gladiator combat without having that shit shoved in my face? We might as well start fighting our damned wars with robots now.
#1. Marketing Sexy Nerdy Gamer Chicks
I'm not mad at Felicia Day. No one can stay mad at Felicia Day. But I do think she inadvertently opened the door for "cute as a button" nerdy gaming girl archetype as a selling point. When the mainstream media saw how people embraced her, they lost their fucking minds. No, I'm not mad at her because I happen to think Felicia is honestly being her true self. I do not think the same can be said for Olivia Munn.
Via Popoholic.com
"Here's a photo of me just casually playing some Pitfall on my Atari 2600, tee hee!"
Munn is a model and actress who landed a spot on the G4 cable network, doing shows about video games, relationship advice, and oddly ... drift racing. On her own, she was just another attractive woman trying to make a career in the entertainment industry, and even landed a few hit-or-miss shitty movies. But her career didn't truly take off until she was presented to the public as a gaming chick.
If you type her name into Google Image Search, you'll find her dressed as Wonder Woman, Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Princess Leia (the gold bikini version) and in futuristic, sci-fi looking outfits made of latex. All spotted in a sea of Maxim covers, bikini modeling and wearing outfits that cost more than your car.
Via Heavy.com
Compare that top row to the bottom.
No, she's not a nerdy gaming chick. She is a manufactured marketing strategy, designed to rope in drooling Internet geeks by making them think that gaming and Star Wars fandom can attract girls who look like supermodels. And it worked. She ended up with a spot on The Daily Show. She's been on the cover of Playboy. She's written books -- and here's a shocker: One of them is called Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek.
It's becoming a formula. Take a girl, dress her up in some superhero or video game character costume and send her out to a comic book convention, and watch their ratings explode. April O'Neil knows all about it.
No, not the reporter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I'm talking about the hardcore porn star who has made an entire career off of building a geek following. She does it by wearing half-shirts that say "NERDS" on the front and talking about her love of TMNT. And by going to Comic-Con, dressed as the cartoon reporter. The following video says everything you ever need to know about geek culture, and why I have grown to hate it so very, very much:
It's a segment from G4 where a guy interviews her and another woman who are dressed in their favorite comic stripper outfits as a crowd of about 50 guys and four women cheer him on while he makes awkward comments about them possibly kissing. The entire point of the interview was that he was talking to two "hot chicks" who are into comics. And get ready for another shocker: it's their first time at Comic-Con!
Now, we already know about April O'Neil, but that blonde is just a huge comics fan who happens to be attractive, right? Nope. That's Nikki Griffin, a struggling actress who's played bit parts in low-end movies for a few years and is currently trying to market herself as just another one of us laid back geeks by appearing in costume. To her, she might as well be standing outside a Mexican restaurant in a giant taco costume. It's just another one of those things she has to reluctantly do to advance her career.
And the greatest thing to me is that these women are incredibly easy to spot because since we all live within the geek community, we know our own. When someone tries to bullshit their way into the room, they stick out as clearly as if they were wearing one of those fake mustache/nose/glasses disguises. If we saw April O'Neil on the street, the first thing that pops into our heads isn't going to be, "Wow, there's a hot, nerdy gaming chick." It's going to be, "Now there's a woman who makes a living rubbing cocks on her face."
Via Her NSFW Site (Nudity)
"I once blew four guys dressed as turtles! I'm such a nerd!"
And that is fine, I don't begrudge her that. But my video games are video games and my porn is porn. My brain is capable of handling more than one flavor of entertainment, I don't need you to put my steak and ice cream in a blender and I don't need you to dress my porn models up as Chun-Li.
For more Cheese, check out 8 Scenes That Prove Hollywood Doesn't Get Technology. Or answer Which Ninja Turtle Are You? Life's Most Important Question.


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Welcome! Why do newbies always worry about being too wordy? :-) We need to know about you to make suggestions.
Throw away junk foods and grains like wheat (actually, give to food closet.) But don't don't don't throw out homemade cabbage rolls wih rice. Rice is not bad as long as you watch your total carbs.
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1) I just declined an invitation from BCCK on their Christmas Lighting tomorrow
2) Finally, my Maxis broadband has been reset after the ridiculous of 5gb gone in 10 days last month. I don't stream movies. I rarely watch YouTube. I don't upload videos online but the 5gb amazingly gone just like that. When I lodged a report to Maxis, it took them ages to reply me and when they reply, they email me the days of the usage that I've used =.=" RIDICULOUS !!! I don't know why but every time, I will encounter ridiculous things like this. Not sure if I'm unlucky or is the services in Malaysia that are like that ALL THE TIME.
It has been more than a month ago since I went to Taiwan with my parents and relatives' and their business partners. My unpacked luggage when I need to fly in few hours time.
Because these are all business people and because there was promotion from Malaysia Airlines that made the air tickets only few hundreds difference for the returns tickets between normal air tickets and business class air tickets, from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu to Taiwan and back from Taiwan to Kota Kinabalu to Kuching, they decided to use Business Class and that was my first time enjoying business class services. My parents first time too.
For those who do not know (like me), if you have a business class ticket, you can actually enjoy yourself at the lounge in airport. For free. Can save the quota of your credit card who only limit you to 2 times per year, if you're holding a Platinum card. Kedekut kan?
Besides the spacious seat, which I felt a bit uncomfortable cos of my short legs <-- HAHAHA !! (but there was a stand for me to put my short legs la, so still oklar) Other than that, everything was great. I was first served a drink when everyone was seated. Guava Juice.. and then I was given a hot towel, not for me to wipe my face or else my
mask BB Cream will stick on the hot towel. HAHAHA !!
Business class treatment >.<
My stomach is too small. I had something at the lounge, and I've no appetite for this plate of food.
Now I know why many business class passengers shape are round. How to eat again when you have already eaten before?! O.o
and for the first time I felt flying is not boring because you'll be entertained by the service crew members most of the time. Towel,drinks, food, drinks, towel.
and upon arrival in KK, we were received by two super nice Ninja King. Went to sites visit and then for our lunch at a seafood restaurant in KK which I didn't take any pictures like I always do because
I am a retiring blogger they are all business people and I cannot act like a blogger kid ma.
Then after our lunch with the good Samaritans, we were sent to airport for our evening flight to Taipei.
Once again, how can we miss the lounge when we have the access to go right? So, I'm guessing, the few hundreds difference is for their lounge facilities and food. Whether you make full use of it or not, you've paid for it, so it is up to you if you want to enjoy it or not. Kakaka.
I wasn't hungry but I can't resist the food temptation.
Hence, the rounder face.
Our flight was one hour delay due to bad weather. No complain because we rather be safe than sorry. For that we might miss our train to Tainan.
The captain of the flight and their crew apologized for the delay which I understood. We might have to use alternative way to Tainan. We just hope for the best. At that time, all we can do was just to eat. HAHAHA !! One of the must-eat Malaysia food – SATAY.
I was so full when I saw this tray of food, but I still eat like I've been hungry for days. HAHAHA!! Now I realized why I couldn't do 3 tracks when I just got back from Taiwan.
The caption flew as fast as he can for us to reach Taipei.. and from there, the super friendly Taipei Airport crew led us to catch taxi to go to the train station. We need to walk so fast that I didn't manage to grab a prepaid data plan as planned. T___T and we didn't even have time for toilet break. Those were all worth it. Cousin Victor managed to ran to the counter to get us train tickets to Tainan. It was just minutes before the last train departed. Lucky us. Happy us in the speed train. Hohoho.
I wasn't hungry by the time we reached hotel. But I just couldn't resist the temptation to NOT go to their 7Eleven which was said to be the best in the world. Hohoho. Grab these two for my supper at 1.30am in the morning.
I did not even dare to remember how much I have eaten that whole day. Went to shower.. and fainted on bed after the yummilicious supper. Hahaha !!
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So what would happen if the playoffs started today? Well for starters, there'd be some very interesting first-round matchups that would undoubtedly lead to some crazy games in the second round, conference title games and ultimately the Super Bowl. Many teams that would be in today likely will be when the real playoffs start in a little over a month, but that's certainly not guaranteed. The fact that so many teams with losing records still have a shot at the playoffs is the main reason why football is America's most popular sport. Let's dive into what would happen if the playoffs started today.
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MODERATE hypothermia is frequently combined with extracorporeal circulation during open heart surgery. At the conclusion of heart-lung bypass the patients are often mildly hypothermic. During the remainder of the operation their body temperatures tend to drift. To maintain normothermia under these conditions, we have on occasion used a thermal blanket on the operating table. Three of our patients treated in this manner have sustained localized skin injuries of significant severity.
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SALEM- Santa is in town.
Upcycle by Ricki, located on Benton Road just west of the bypass, on Saturday welcomed Santa and his elves during Salem's Christmas open house and celebration of "Small Business Saturday."
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Kevin Stoldt Jr., vice president of CMK Builders in Alden, died Thursday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after a short illness. He was 41.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Stoldt graduated from Alden High School in 1991. He had been working for his father's custom home building company since age 12.
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NewERA? Or just OldWINE in NewVESSEL?
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There have been a number of incidents in the past few days which suggest that the new Fine Gael or Fine Gael/Labour or Fine Gael/and modest Paul Somerville/and modest Shane Ross (delete as applicable) will be so different to the current regime that it will remind you of just about every Fianna Fail administration that didn't have Charlie Haughey or Charlie McCreevy/Mary Harney in positions of influence.
Was there a little arrogance to be detected over the past day or two with Enda Kenny's declaration that as far as his pension went, the issue was closed? There is an issue there. Phil Hogan went on a big low standards in high places rant over Micheal Martin accepting his severance payment. Now, a minister not accepting a severance payment isn't altogether different from a TD accepting a €30,000 pension and a €100,000 tax-free lump sum for teaching for a grand total four years over three decades ago. Many other TDs (including a rake of Fianna Failers including the Kitt brothers and Frank Fahey) all benefitted from this cosy deal for teachers (negotiated by Joe O'Toole incidentally). The deal was a disgraceful one and should have been scrapped years ago.
But the law of politics determines if Fine Gael were doing a bit of dirty hurling over Martin's severance payment, Kenny shouldn't complain too much about getting called out for this one.
The other worrying thing was Leo Varadkar's fundraiser. The Greens are right about the ban on corporate donations. The fundraising system is a joke. There are limits to donation so nobody is giving tens of thousands any more. But what the big parties do is accumulate hundreds of small donations keeping them all under the radar. So nobody knows how much they raise. Nobody knows who donates to them. The system remains opaque and closed. They raise millions but the public doesn't have a clue who their benefactors are, bar the very odd person or company which decides to go over the declarable limit.
Paul Cullen and I did a story on Saturday about Leo Varadkar's fundraiser last week. He said it was a private event so kindly don't prise any more. But we heard that some of the great and the good from the communications and PR industries were in attendance to back a winning horse. The chances are that Leo will be the next Minister for Communications.
During the 1990s and early 2000s Fianna Fail was swilling in money. The whole tent thing was crass and distasteful. It now looks like the largesse has been transferred to Fine Gael. The only difference is that the tent at the Galway Races has been replaced by the President's Suite at the Aviva Stadium. And it's a bit more polite, a bit less flagrant. But it's not altogether different.
There's still a lot of cleaning up to be done in politics. With a new Government let's hope there's a new brush and genuine commitment to wean the big political parties off their addiction to private funds, and politicians off all the nice little extras that went with the job.


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Farm Day at Nash's!
At Nash's Farm, 1865 E. Anderson Rd., we are jam-packed with family fun:
* $10 per car load
* Live music with Gil Yslas and Farmstrong
* A delicious catered lunch from Oven Spoonful made from farm-fresh ingredients
* The Veggie Extravaganza with Raw Chef Pamela Ziemann
* Storytelling with children's author Katherine Pryor and a kids' spinach harvest
* A great Kids' Zone with willow wand and crown making
* Pumpkin sculptures
* Tribal Edge demonstrations
* The Community Potluck at 6 pm
* A foot-stompin' Barn Dance at Nash's Packing Shed. Dance to the Annie Ford Band from 7:30 to 11 pm. $10 adults, kids under 16 free. Check out some of their tunes on the Annie Ford Band website
Visit the Clallam County Extension's website for more information about the other 7 farms on the tour.
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Today is Sunday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2009. There are 88 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit.
Five years ago: The SpaceShipOne rocket plane broke through Earth's atmosphere to the edge of space for the second time in five days, capturing the $10 million Ansari X prize aimed at opening the final frontier to tourists.
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LEARNED (AP) — BC the cat survived, but likely used up one of his nine lives when someone shot an arrow through his head. The 2-year-old gray and white tabby came home one day last week looking like he was doing a bad imitation of the Steve Martin skit from the 1970s. BC's arrow was pointing front-to-back rather than side-to-side.
Owner Randolph Henderson told WLBT-TV of Jackson that BC was walking and meowing, but was having trouble eating because the arrow kept bumping the cat food bowl.
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Sperm donor asks for judgment without trial
Kansas wants William Marotta to pay child support
A man being pursued for child support by the state in a sperm donor case is asking a judge to rule in his favor before a trial.
The Topeka Capital Journal reported that an attorney for William Marotta, of Topeka, filed a motion Monday in Shawnee County seeking a summary judgment for his client.
The state wants Marotta to be declared the father of a child born to a lesbian couple after he donated his sperm. That would require him to pay child support. Marotta and the couple said they agreed he would have no parental responsibilities toward the child.
The state said the agreement between Marotta and the couple was invalid because they didn't follow a state law requiring a physician to perform artificial insemination when sperm is donated.
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Okay now, I am ready to start my journal. Background: I am 45, 5'4", female, have 3 kids that I homeschool. We have about 3 acres, 25 ducks and about 23 geese. Slowly, over the last couple of years, my weight has crept up to 159. That was this summer, when in August a friend linked MDA with a story about wheat. I kept reading. I thought about it some...I feel better when I have an egg for breakfast than when I eat cereal. My weight keep going up despite attempts to get it down. There is a good bit of science behind primal. This just made sense to me.
So, while my husband was away for a week, I started. I got the book and cookbooks from the library. I realized that "my" standard diet was easy to adapt - take out the rice and pasta, and my stir fries and curries still make a pretty good meal if I add in more vegetables. My oldest picked up the Primal Blueprint book and finished it before I could.
I am now down to 145, which is where I was for years before my weight went up the last couple of years. Those first 10+ came off easy, and have stayed off, despite a couple of few pounds gains that came after eating out. I think I need to cut the nuts and fruit mix that I have been snacking on, and do something like celery and salsa or such for my snacks. Overall, I love that I am not hungry.
My exercise is so-so. I am working on lifting my body, (and feed bags) and doing some running and sprints. Slowly working in more as I can, which is hard with the schedule of schooling my kids at home. One in particular needs a consistent schedule. I am trying to be more regular. Also a compounding factor is the fires in Western Washington that are making the air quality horrible. My sinuses hurt all the time from the little I am out side. I am praying for rain, for the people where the fires are, as well as for my health.
Today was not a great primal day.
B: Soft boiled duck egg, 2.5 sausage links
L: Walmart fried chicken breast. It made me feel sick. If I eat it again, I am not eating the skin.
D: Seafood medley with eggplant on pasta. I kept my pasta small. Broccli/Cauliflower salad
S: Fruit and Nut mix, almonds, not sure the portions (something I need to work on.)
E: Walked for about 10 minutes until my head hurt too much from the smoke.
Starting weight in July: 159
Weight this morning:146
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Hi guys! Huck here.
Sometimes people will stop and ask my Mom where she gets all my super cool clothes and stuff. She's, like, really picky when it comes to the clothes I wear, because most boys stuff is all about football and almost always features a number somewhere on it, and that number usually makes absolutely no sense… She's always really happy to help other moms of boys find cool stuff for them to wear. So today she asked me to share one of our favorite places to shop online for boys stuff! She let me pick out some of my favorites, and then she put them into a slideshow so I could tell you all about them! After the jump! Whatever that means.
Trousers + Suspenders 1 of 9People stop my Mom all the time just to ask where she gets my suspenders. Obviously because suspendees are THE COOLEST.
Grab a pair of trousers here starting from $15 to $31!
Plaid + Stripes 2 of 9Do you know what's cooler than plaids on a two year old? Sailor stripes on a two year old. Yeah, you can quote me on that.
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Cardigans! 3 of 9Uh, I want all three pretty please! They look so, so warm and cozy.
You can buy all three here starting from $29 to $48!
The Cool Outfit 4 of 9Such a rad outfit you guys. I need to tell Mom about how cool I will look in all these!
Get this whole look here!
Gingham! 5 of 9Mom especially likes the red gingham. And so do I.
Buy this pretty red gingham shirt here for $15!
Like a Grown-up 6 of 9Just because you're a kid doesn't mean you have to dress like one!
Get the heritage look here!
Knits + Jeans 7 of 9Wow, these boys look so stylish! I want a knitted sweater and cool jeans for fall!
Buy them here starting form $22 to $28!
All About the Coat 8 of 9Mom and I agree that this is the coolest coat EVER.
Buy this really awesome coat for $55!
Shawl Collars 9 of 9Mom says sweaters with shawl collars make any toddler look distinguished. And don't toddlers deserve to look distinguished?
Buy this shawl-collared cardigan right now for $44!
Well, I'm off to go get these overalls good and dirty. Till next week!
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