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Mike McCarthy couldn't help himself.
It was late last week, in advance of his team's second preseason game, at St. Louis. The Green Bay Packers coach had just been asked about standout rookie cornerback Micah Hyde, and in a stark departure from general manager Ted Thompson's repetitive, say-nothing He's doing fine response, McCarthy made his excitement clear.
"Micah Hyde is a good football player," McCarthy said of the fifth-round pick from Iowa. "I go back to the rookie orientation minicamp that we has here, and we were testing out all the players that were in the camp that day. If you remember the one drill we were doing, we had 21 guys going through the kickoff return and punt return drill, and really challenging them with the ball placement. Just to see his ability to catch the ball on the run and do different things – hell, I was tempted to put him on offense. I think he has that type of ball skill ability. He's doing some really good things as a young player."
A few minutes later, cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt doused those enthusiastic flames a bit by pointing out that while Hyde had undoubtedly been one of the breakout stars of training camp, he'd yet to do something very important.
"He does not have an interception in an NFL game yet, so I don't know if he can catch one because he hasn't done it yet. He has to show me he can do it," Whitt said. "I've seen him do it in practice, but I need to see him do it in a game."
Two days later, Hyde went out against the Rams and – you guessed it – dropped what should have been an interception late in the fourth quarter.
"And he still hasn't caught an interception in a game," Whitt said with an I-told-you-so smirk Wednesday.
Interception or not, though, Whitt is just as excited about Hyde as his boss is. Why? The recurring theme about the Packers' two most consistently impressive rookies – Hyde and new starting left tackle David Bakhtiari, a fourth-round pick from Colorado – entering Friday night's third preseason game against Seattle is this: They've proven they belong.
While second-round pick Eddie Lacy looked terrific in the Family Night Scrimmage on Aug. 3 and against the Rams last week, he also missed a week (and the preseason opener against Arizona on Aug. 9) with a hamstring injury and still must unseat incumbent DuJuan Harris for the title of starter. And while first-round pick Datone Jones could very well be a defensive difference-maker this season, the rookie defensive end has played exactly one snap of preseason football, injuring his ankle against the Cardinals on Aug. 9. He then reinjured the ankle in practice Wednesday and is likely to miss Friday night's game.
Hyde and Bakhtiari, meanwhile, have practiced every day and consistently impressed. They haven't been perfect – Hyde gave up a 57-yard completion against the Rams, and Bakhtiari let Aaron Rodgers get sacked by defensive end Robert Quinn – but they've steadily improved and appear headed for big things.
"The thing about him, nothing is too big for him," Whitt said of Hyde. "When I told him, 'You're going to be starting (against the Rams),' he was like, 'OK.' It was nothing for him. When we told him, 'Hey, you're going to go back there and return punts,' (he said) 'OK.' The guy, you don't shake the guy. When he gave up that big play, he didn't care. He went out there and made plays. He played football. It was good to see because at our position, you're going to get beat. Now how do you respond to it? He responded with a very, very solid performance and a very good game in many different levels."
Bakhtiari, of course, assumed the starting left tackle job when Bryan Bulaga was lost for the season to a knee injury suffered on Family Night. But even before Bulaga went down, Bakhtiari was making a run at the starting right tackle job, and he probably would have been the starter there had Bulaga stayed healthy.
"He's not a surprise, if that's what you're asking me," offensive line coach James Campen said.
Of last season's eight player draft class, six players – outside linebacker Nick Perry, defensive end Jerel Worthy, cornerback Casey Hayward, defensive tackle Mike Daniels, safety Jerron McMillian and inside linebacker Terrell Manning – made the 53-man roster.
Perry (211 snaps) saw his season end after six games because of wrist surgery, but Worthy (467), Hayward (769) Daniels (280) and McMillian (614) all played at least 1 /5 of the team's 1,260 defensive snaps in 18 games (including playoffs). Only Manning, a sixth-round pick, failed to play a defensive snap.
Now, McCarthy is expecting at least as many contributions from this year's 11-player class.
"It looks great right now," McCarthy said of the class. "You go off of last year's draft class, and how many reps the defensive group played last season was a huge help for us. And it looks like this year's draft class is probably headed down the same road. That's always encouraging because, like I told the team, to win a championship it takes a lot of people. It took 77 players in 2010. So we're going to need everybody."
Or, as Thompson put it, "I think they're doing fine, as a group. It looks like they're a representative group. We don't know what tomorrow brings but they look pretty good so far."
With that in mind, here's a player-by-player look at where the 2013 draft picks stand entering Friday night's game against the Seahawks:
Datone Jones, DE, UCLA
First round (No. 26 overall)
Jones' ankle injury isn't his fault, and he's not the first first-round pick the Packers have had miss time in training camp. Four years ago, the same thing happened to No. 9 overall pick B.J. Raji, who suffered an ankle injury in the preseason finale and missed the first two weeks of the regular season. Still, it's disappointing that Jones, who came in with a leg up on the rest of his draft class because the UCLA defense is a lite version of the Packers' scheme, hasn't been on the field. He was injured on his first snap against Arizona and had just come back to practice this week before aggravating the ankle injury in practice Wednesday. While it's not considered serious, it's still a setback.
"Obviously, it's not good, but it's kind of similar to B.J. he kind of did his ankle in the last preseason game (in 2009). He'll be OK," defensive line coach Mike Trgovac said. "Obviously it's not the best situation to miss practice time, but everything within the realm that he can do right now, he's doing. You know, speaking from a guy that had some ankle injuries in my career, it just takes time. You just have to fight through it."


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What Women Really Want
TEMECULA, CA – APRIL 6, 2009 – It's the topic of songs that continuously tops the music charts week after week. You'll find this common theme in scores of Oscar winning movies, and hotly debated in divorce courts across the country each day. And since women buy 60-70% of all the wine in the U.S., South Coast Winery felt it important to discover the answer to the age old question:
What do Women really want?
It was with this in mind that they selected five of their best selling tasting room wines and entered them into the 2009 National Women's Wine Competition, the first and only United States based wine competition judged solely by superstar women in the wine industry. Some of the top leading ladies who played a role in judging for this year's wine competition included none other than Gina Gallo, 3rd generation family winemaker; Mary Ewing Mulligan, President, International Wine Center; Leslie Sbrocco, Wine Consultant and TV Host; plus author, sommelier, Natalie MacLean, to name a few.
The competition results arrived today, and here's what South Coast Winery learned: Of the five wines entered into the 2009 competition, they now know without a shadow of a doubt that women really love:
The International Women's Wine Competition results arrived at South Coast Winery on the same day the winery received news it had tied with Napa's prized V. Sattui Winery for the number of medals earned in the recent 2009 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition. Each winery brought in a hefty 22 medals from the competition – each earning the coveted Double Gold. "We are proud of the competition results we're garnering so far this year – especially for our Double Gold winning NV South Coast Winery Spumante Diamante," states a proud Jim Carter, winery owner/vintner. Carter went on to report that, "In the first year of release, South Coast Winery's newest sparkling Muscat Canelli -- Spumante Diamante -- is making quite a name for herself -- earning one Gold Sweepstakes medal in the San Diego International Wine Competition, one Silver medal in the Monterey Wine Competition & one Double Gold medal in the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition."
South Coast Winery produces a broad portfolio of premium wines that are 100% grown and produced with care under his tutelage in Southern California's Temecula Valley Wine Country. Over the course of the first five years of its production, the winery has received over 600 awards and medals from both regional and international wine competitions. The winery graces the grounds of South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, a 38-acre destination property located in the heart of Temecula's Wine Country at 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula, California and also has a wine-country themed restaurant and tasting room in the heart of Orange County California, and both can be found online at www.southcoastwinery.com.
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Mothers do so much good for their kids that much of it inevitably -- and unfortunately -- goes unnoticed.
But some famous mom feats rise up to the point where nothing can overshadow them. Such monumental efforts can quickly elevate a mom to the Mother's Hall of Fame level.
If we had our way, such a group would include moms of all kinds, from well-known mothers such as Toni Morrison, Rose Kennedy and, yes, even Angelina Jolie down to the soccer mom struggling with a SUV full of feisty kids headed to practice.
However, with Mother's Day nearly here, we forced ourselves to settle on five iconic mothers who would be among our first choices for moms who famously went above and beyond the call of duty -- in addition to our own dear sweet moms, of course.
Sports category: Dara Torres
It's fitting that Dara Torres titled her 2009 memoir "Age is Just a Number." After all, the Olympic swimmer has made a career of proving that saying true.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Torres, then 33, was already the oldest American swimmer. She ended up taking home five medals in what was already her fourth Olympics.
Eight years later, she returned for the Beijing Olympics, becoming, at age 41, the oldest swimmer to ever earn a spot on the U.S. team.
Balancing swimming with being the mother of a 2-year-old, Torres took silver in all three of her 2008 events, including setting a new American record in the women's 50-meter freestyle, just 0.01 of a second behind the winner, Britta Steffen, 17 years Torres' junior.
Apparently she's not done yet, either. She hopes to swim at the 2012 Olympics in London in a bid to add to her 12 medals so far.
Entertainment category: Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball didn't always see eye-to-eye with her two children, Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr.
Lucie has, on occasion, described her mother's "controlling" nature, and Ball famously objected to Desi Jr.'s relationship with Liza Minnelli. But, then again, sometimes being a good mother involves setting limits.
But, what earns Ball her spot on our list is the way the then-40-year-old TV star broke ground by incorporating her pregnancy with Desi Jr. into "I Love Lucy."
It may seem insignificant today, but in 1952, Ball and Desi Arnaz battled executives who wanted nothing to do with showing a pregnant character on television. Scripts weren't even allowed to use the word pregnant, instead referring to Lucy Ricardo as "expecting."
Ball's real-life pregnancy was so ingrained in the show that she and her character gave birth on the same day. Later, Ball went even further, casting her children to play her character's kids in her third network television sitcom, "Here's Lucy."
Activism category: Candy Lightner
How do you deal with the tragic death of a child? That's the question Candy Lightner faced in May 1980 after her 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was struck and killed by a drunken driver while walking down a suburban California street.
The driver had three prior drunken driving convictions and was out on bail from a hit-and-run arrest two days earlier.
Shocked by the leniency shown convicted drunken drivers, Lightner decided to do something about it. Days after her daughter's death, she set up an office in Cari's still-decorated bedroom and founded Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, which eventually became Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
By 1982, MADD had 100 chapters across the United States, a figure that would climb to 330 chapters just two years later.
Before leaving the group in 1985, Lightner fought tirelessly to raise awareness about the dangers of drunken driving and pushed for tough new legislation that has helped reduce drunken driving deaths.
Science category: Marie Curie
Nearly everybody knows the name Madame Curie, but do you know exactly what Marie Curie was famous for?
The famous physicist-chemist discovered two elements, came up with the theory of radioactivity (a term she coined) and was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes.
Oh, and she's also the only Nobel Prize winner to give birth to another Nobel winner, Irene Joliot-Curie, who was honored for her work building upon her parents' research. Curie's other daughter, Eve, also went on to become a famous writer and pianist.
Curie was left to raise her 1-year-old and 8-year-old daughters on her own after the sudden 1906 death of her husband. She responded by refusing a government pension and instead took her husband's place as a professor at the University of Paris.
Before all was said and done, Curie would also become the grandmother of scientists too, as Irene's children became noted physicist and biologist themselves.
Sheer Endurance category: Bobbi McCaughey
In a world populated by Kate Gosselin, Nadya "Octomom" Suleman and "Balloon Boy," it's almost refreshing when you find parents who aren't ready to exploit their children in search of reality TV fame.
Consider Bobbi McCaughey, the Iowan mother who, in November 1997, gave birth to the world's first set of septuplets to survive infancy. Though McCaughey took some flak at the time for using fertility drugs and ignoring doctors' warnings, she can hardly be accused of using her children as props.
After the fanfare died down, the McCaugheys instead sought privacy for their large family, which includes older sister Mikayla. Apart from the occasional news story, the family rarely grants interviews.
As for being the mother of eight, McCaughey told KCCI-TV in Des Moines in 2010 that it's become easier as they've grown more independent, saying "It is so nice just to say, 'Kids, we're going out for a while. Don't kill each other.'"
That's something any mother can relate to.


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text: September 21, 2006: Astronomers analyzing two of the deepest views of the cosmos made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered a gold mine of galaxies, more than 500 that existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang. This sample represents the most comprehensive compilation of galaxies in the early universe, researchers said. The discovery is scientifically invaluable for understanding the origin of galaxies, considering that just a decade ago early galaxy formation was largely uncharted territory. Astronomers had not seen even one galaxy that existed when the universe was a billion years old, so finding 500 in a Hubble survey is a significant leap forward for cosmologists. This Hubble Space Telescope image shows 28 of the more than 500 young galaxies the researchers uncovered in their analysis of two Hubble surveys.See the rest:


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Like any new parents, we wondered what we had gotten ourselves into. Standing in the post office, the incessant, frantic peeping coming from the box, which seemed way too small to contain 50 baby chicks, suggested that our free-wheeling, home-after-dusk days were over. Like many beginning "neo-homesteaders" these days, we began our foray into livestock husbandry with that seemingly fool-proof barnyard staple—Gallus gallus domesticus—the chicken.
After a few minor tragedies that we now consider inevitable rites of passage for chicken keepers, including the sad, but often correctable "splay-leg" chick, the totally preventable suffocation by "pile-up," the unfortunate neighborhood dog pullet chow-down and one horrifying nocturnal marmot rampage, we're now solidly in a more confident and comfortable stage of poultry parenting, but it didn't come easy. This is not to say that chickens aren't wonderful beginners' birds; they are. There are many things to consider when starting your own homestead flock.
Like many people today, if you didn't grow up with your Sunday dinner clucking around the back door or have a grandmother who could whack, pluck, and cook a bird faster than you could stop at the store for a Tyson rotisserie dinner, it is easy to become overwhelmed with the details. Today, since chicken keeping has become not just a good idea, but fashionable as well, there are copious books and websites to assuage your newbie frets and hand wringing. But that is not what this is about. This is about the nuances that only come from learning the very best way there is: the newbie hard way. Let us put it nicely and call them Chicken Quirks. (To be clear: I love my chickens.)
The first thing to understand is that chicken habits can often be both a tremendous benefit as well as an infuriating liability. For instance, a few hens scratching and fluffing around will pretty up a suburban yard with minimal damage to landscaping; more than a handful will totally decimate your marigold bed, your mulched shrubs, your kid's sandbox and for absolute certainty any type of vegetable garden you dare tempt them with. Simply put, a fully realized chicken will scratch. They will eat ticks, but they will gladly de-root/de-foliate to do so. "Free-range" is great, but be sure to fence them out of areas you'd like to keep intact.
Chickens are both equally endearing and horrifying in turns. We have roosters that will cover hens with their wings on cold nights while their combs shrivel from frostbite and a few friendly girls who will come loping over for treats. We have motherly brood hens that defend their eggs with raptor-like squawks and beak stabs that require gloves. On the other hand, hens (and chicks) will peck an injured comrade to death should a tempting flesh wound appear, or the temperature in their quarters becomes too hot/crowded/boring, or they just feel like it. While a hierarchical pecking order is natural, keep a careful watch out for bullies. These need to become chicken soup pronto, unless you like coming home from work to scenes of cannibalized carnage.
While it is true that chickens are technically susceptible to a host of gruesome deaths, they are not fragile hothouse flowers. The key is to meet your chickens' food, shelter and behavioral needs as efficiently, cheaply, yet healthily as possible. This means being fastidious about a few simple things: clean water, frequent moves to fresh ground, and predator-proof but not airtight shelter. We have had chickens recover from extremely splayed legs due to nutrient deficiencies, mink bites to the neck, and run-of-the-mill sniffles. We have also lost some to the same. In our opinion, there are few chicken emergencies (apart from disease outbreaks) that require calling a veterinarian. Once mature, chickens are remarkably resilient.
Lastly, every day as you admire Mrs. Fluffybutt the Jersey Giant or Mr. Flappy the Rooster cooing and clucking around your yard, remind yourself of the primary purpose of your homestead flocks as first and foremost a source of sustenance. A particularly friendly pet bird here or there is fine (I admit to having one or two), or if setting a place at the table for a bathed and diapered Henrietta is your thing, well, I guess that's fine, too. But here we are concerned with managing a primarily utilitarian homestead flock. They will eat you out of house and home if you find yourself not up to the task come butchering day.
[The Templetons keep a flock of 40 to 70 heritage breed chickens at their Sugar Street "Farmden" in Bethany, PA.]
Editor's note: Reprinted with permission from "On Track," the newsletter of Transition Honesdale (July/August 2011)


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Unraveling the FLAC lossless mysteries of the iPod
I love music. I could soundtrack every minute of my life. I'm sure there's a song in my iPod for any occasion that may occur. Blowing up some stuff? I got "1812 Overture." Walking down the street? I got the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack. Having a nervous breakdown? I got tons of ABBA.
Every music lover could use an mp3 player. Whichever brand is your preference, or if you just use your phone, mobile music is a great thing to have around in case you feel the inexplicable urge to dance, run, drive fast or do some impromptu wedding deejaying.
I was late to the mp3 game. My first mobile music device wasn't an iPod, but a Creative Zen, which I accepted gratefully with all of its 60 gigs of space. I quickly filled it, enjoyed it, and toted it everywhere. But it went to Gadget Heaven, and I picked up the 160 gig seventh-generation iPod. That's, like, way more gigs.
I love my iPod. It means I can take pretty much every song I could ever want to hear with me everywhere I go. It means I don't have to clutter up my phone with music and can cram it full of puzzle apps and pictures of dinner.
But it also means mastering mobile music. I might need a degree in digital library science.
For example, when I download an album (legally, of course – hey look, a squirrel!), the file format can be mp3, wma, or this thing called FLAC. Not a duck-insurance-related thing, but a format that shrinks the file without losing any of the sound quality. But, to put FLAC files in my iPod I have to convert them mp3 files. Ain't nobody got time for that! It also means downloading third-party software which is, like, no.
Also, with an iPod you pretty much have to use iTunes. I am a PC owner (though not devout) and don't have the seamless Apple chain running through all my electronics.
There's some stuff about iTunes I don't get and/or like. The whole thing where you can't plug your device into another computer without losing all your stuff is a bummer. And I don't like having to run constant updates on the software. I'm still trying to figure out how to make a ringtone out of a song snippet, and why half my song files have a thumbnail of David Bowie on the screen instead of the proper performer.
I refuse to get an iPod Touch, since I do most of my listening while operating cars and/or boats and the screen would be largely ignored. But if it lets you delete songs without having to plug into iTunes, it might be worth a look.
Compounding the mysteries is the addition of Spotify, which is basically iTunes that lets you show off your music on Facebook. If someone can tell me how to delete a duplicate of a song out of my Spotify library, I would be most appreciative.
And, the biggest mystery of all: How did this Jessica Simpson song get on my iPod? Because I totally never owned that nonsense. It must have come with the computer. Yeah.
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Thank you Juan Pablo
Loved it. Clint looked straight into the camera to thank JPM for wrecking him.
JPM should be so proud LOL.
Races, tracks, drivers and all the drama that comes along with it
Rochelle wrote:There really wasn't much between Clint and JPM. Clint got too close to JPM's right side and the exhaust pipes made his tire go down. Worked out, no harm, no foul, or is it fowl?
Rochelle wrote:Juan is Juan, what can you say, but he didn't really do anything, at least from what I saw. I did think it was funny though, what Clint said. Almost as funny as last week when JJ asked Chad if they just got "hornished". It was JJ fault, but the comment was hilarious.
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and actionable advice is given in the updated edition of "The Elements of Investing: Easy Lessons for Every Investor" (John Wiley & Sons, 2013). Authors Burton Malkiel and Charles Ellis walk investors through the entire investment process, from saving at a young age to investing in retirement. The book is full of hands-on advice, including suggested funds.
Both authors took concepts from their respective well-known, but lengthy books and whittled the text down to a short format. At just 182 pages and small in physical size, this is a very quick read. Fortunately, the authors chose their topics and examples carefully. They also made smart use of tables to convey key concepts, such as suggested portfolio allocations. Readers will walk away from this book feeling like they learned something.
This updated version includes a new chapter entitled, "Timeless Lessons for Troubled Times." The chapter includes a discussion about bonds and suggests holding dividend-paying stocks and emerging market bonds as a surrogate for traditional bonds.
Reto Gallati takes a different approach in his book, "Investment Discipline: Making Errors Is OK, Repeating Errors Is Not OK" (Balboa Press, 2012). Gallati lists common errors and then offers suggestions on how to avoid making them. The idea is good, though parts of the book left us disappointed.
In his chapter about diversification, Gallati notes that many institutional investors focus more on how much they allocate to each stock than individual investors do. He warns individual investors not to put too much money into any one stock, but then says not to diversify too much. It's good advice, but the author gives conflicting signals. He says professionals consider a 5% position in one investment to be "gun slinging" and six pages later tells readers they can put up to 5% of their portfolio into one investment.
We also found his guidance for buying stocks to be very restrictive. He advises seeking stocks of larger companies with a price-earnings ratio no higher than 9.0, an apparent dividend of 5% and a current ratio of 2.0. When we ran a screen on the criteria, we only found one passing stock, Strayer Education Inc. (STRA).
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WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Artsana of America, Inc., New York, New York, today announced a recall of children's rattles which could be a choking hazard.The recalled item is a plastic baby rattle with a rubber suction cup. The top of the rattle has four balls fastened to a hub which spins on a shaft. Each ball contains two plastic pellets to provide noise as the balls are spun. The unit's hub is labeled "Made in Italy" and its suction cup is labeled "CHICCO". The rattle is identified as Model 61722 and sold in a cardboard box labeled "Spinning Windmill Rattle, 3 months - 24 months, Artsana S.P.A., Made in Italy."Neither CPSC nor the firm is aware of any known injury associated with this rattle. Approximately 61,000 units were sold nationwide by the firm during the past two years for $2.95 each. Consumers who purchased these rattles for children should stop using them immediately and return them to the store where originally purchased for a refund. Retailers who have the Model 61722 Spinning Windmill Rattle in stock should stop selling them immediately.Anyone wishing additional information may contact Artsana of America, Inc., by calling 212-255-6977. To determine if your product is affected by this announcement, consumers can call the CPSC toll-free hotline number at 800-638-CPSC. A teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is (301) 595-7054.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of
thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the
nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or
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I got a private message someone wants to know how to upload a folder in to your ATV2, XBMC. "jailbroken"
Specifically, a folder that has a bunch of .strm files, becuase .strm file has a byte "small" size.
These steps form A-Z, for people who have Windows OS , Not Mac. Using winSCP.
1- Create a folder on your computer , call it "Channels" or whatever you want.
2- Go to this website http://thestreamdb.com/, and download the .strm files "channels" that you want, to your folder "Channels".
So after you assembled/downloaded the .strm files
3- Get the IP Address of your ATV2. To do so navigate to Settings > General > Network.
4- Download WinSCP from here http://winscp.net/download/winscp435setup.exe , to access/ssh your ATV2.
5- Lunch WinSCP, and Do exactly like the picture below.
Host Name: Your IP Address, Not the one below.
User name: root
Password: alpine
6- Type alpine again, OK. For first time you will get a message click Yes.
7- WinSCP window shows up, the left side is your computer , and the right side is your ATV2.
8- In the left side, navigate to the place where you created the folder "Channels" in your computer.
9- In the right side, first navigate to the folder "var" in your ATV2.
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10- After "var", navigate to "mobile".
11- After "mobile", navigate to "Media". The whole path should be like this /private/var/mobile/Media
Why I have picked up this path, because is the default path of your ATV2 and easy to navigate there. You will see it next
12- Now Drag and Drop the "Channels" folder from the left side to the right side .
13- You will get a copy message , click Copy
14- Done copying , close WinSCP
This section below shows how to add source "folder" in XBMC.
1- Run XBMC, navigate to "Video">>"files"
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2- Choose "Add Video"
3- Choose "Browse"
4- Choose "Home folder", the default path of ATV2.
5- Choose "Media"
6- Then you will see "Channels" folder click on it. when you accesed to it, you will see nothing , it's ok.
**From the remote control press the left arrow, so you can move to "OK" button and cilck on it. Done.
7- Go back to "Video">> "files" and you will see it there. Click on it
8- All the .strm files in "Channels" folder are listed.
9- Click on any .strm , wait a few seconds to load . Enjoy Watching
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2011-10-17 14:24 Post: #4
You are the best!!
I will try this tonight
Thank you so much
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2011-10-17 16:57 Post: #5
Only suggestion I have is it's best practice to use the
username: mobile
password: alpine
when adding things to the /var/mobile/ and all it's subdirectory.
That ensure the proper ownership/permission get set.
XBMC runs as the mobile user. So when uploading files as the root user, XBMC may be prevented from manipulating the file.
So, it's a good idea to get into using the mobile account where appropriate. Otherwise, we get threads popping up with users using the root account for everything, and then wondering why XBMC start behaving strangely.
Thanks for the writeup and sharing. Good info there on how to use WinSCP to transfer files over to the ATV2.
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2011-10-17 22:50 Post: #6
RuiJay Wrote:You are the best!!
You are welcome anytime .. just let me know if you need any further help.
As dazex said, in the username field type "mobile" instead of "root" so you can move direct to the mobile folder.
If you get a message says "Access Denied" , use "root" again, cuz i tried to transfer files and it denied me.
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dazex Wrote:Only suggestion I have is it's best practice to use the
WoW, i haven't know that . Great suggestion from you. Thanks a lot
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2011-10-19 14:52 Post: #8
mobile/alpine worked for me! Great suggestion.
Thanks again Medo for the efforts!! I now can quickly launch my favorite streams
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2012-03-08 22:15 Post: #9
A good walk through for those who do not know
If you use filezilla , it is available on every platform and this one how-to would be the same for Windows/Mac/Linux
Just a thought
Just curious why there is no SMB for ATV2 to date
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(2011-10-14 23:20)medo.alyami Wrote: 2- Choose "Add Video"
(2011-10-17 16:57)dazex Wrote: Only suggestion I have is it's best practice to use the
I noticed you did one so wonderful for PC. How do you add .strm files using a mac? And this is loading them onto ATV2. Also lm not having any luck in finding the URL for this website http://3abn.org/media/3abn-broadcast-generic/
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Use pretty much the same instructions, but use something like Cyberduck (wiki) in place of WinSCP. Make sure to select "SFTP" in Cyberduck.
Full disclosure: I work for WeTek. However, this is my personal account, and my words and opinion are my own.
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perfect thanks l can follow that part. Two more questions.
I have been creating .strm files by renaming a text doc. And then copy and past the url of the media(website) l want to play onto the doc. I haven't had much luck in figuring out the url. How do l get that? Also when upload the .strm file into cyberduck it and l try to open it on ATV2 l can't see it. Can you help?
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A series of events recently led me to River Brook Farm, the organic farm closest to my home. In my attempt to conserve gasoline, I had never taken the 17-mile drive, since I don't generally head up Route 97. But I had an engagement in Milanville, PA one Saturday in February, so I made a short detour to C. Meyer Road on the New York side, after hearing raves about Alice and Neil Fitzgerald, proprietors of the farm, and the certified organic crops they grow.
I was treated to a tour of the farm. In one room, a worker planted seeds to sprout under a string of lights. A colorful variety of winter squash, many of which I had never seen, tempted me. Alice showed me jars full of heirloom beans and explained the process of drying them.
Neil gave me a tour of the greenhouse, where they grow a variety of greens. He let me sample a pea sprout. Delectable. Alice took me into the root cellar, which is not really a cellar, but a room with a stone floor filled with a variety of unusual potatoes, purple and orange carrots, celery root and beets of various colors.
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As I sat down to my meal of chicken, potatoes, and pickled beets, I felt a deep sense of gratitude. The experience of eating my meal and knowing the farm and the people who worked to bring my food to my table deepened my experience.
The food we eat does not come from the supermarket. It comes from the soil, from toil, from sun, from water. You can choose whether you eat food grown by someone who loves the earth, or from a pesticide-laden factory farm where the farmer is beholden to a corporation whose only motivation is profit, corporations that decide that you won't get luscious small potatoes because they are somehow offensive to the mechanized system.
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For years we've been told Sullivan County is broke. Last December's difficult county budget negotiations witnessed legislators scrubbing every dollar. There, it was suggested that the time had come to rethink our reliance upon the axe, that greater proficiency was needed with tools that generate revenue. And it was suggested that we could and should consider actual need, in addition to eligibility, in making decisions to authorize Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) tax breaks. An informal survey of most county legislators indicates a majority of them are receptive to these suggestions, as I suspect most of the public is too, so a question we all should ask is when and how we might act on them.
The when is now, with applications before our IDA from EPR Properties and Empire Resorts on behalf of the Concord project. The how is to remind our legislators that county tax breaks are public assistance, not frequent-flyer bonus points. And regardless of how positive the IDA's cost/benefit analysis will be for the project, we can't afford authorizing that public assistance when it isn't necessary for the project to proceed.
Establishing need is a condition for public assistance. It's the DNA of programs established for the poor, but it loses traction when well-funded companies seek financial support from the public.
Setting aside the many millions more in combined property and mortgage tax exemptions requested for the Concord, the sales tax exemption alone on the reported estimate of $24 million in material and improvements translates to $2 million. If our county authorizes just this one exemption it will forego $1 million in sales tax revenue, net of the state's share, for a project valued at an estimated $1.2 billion. In more digestible terms, that's a $17 exemption for each $10,000 in total project value. So another question our county should be asking is: would we forego purchasing a $10,000 piece of equipment we needed if we had to pay $10,017? Neither will EPR/Empire. Put another way, though $1 million is peanuts for EPR/Empire, it isn't peanuts for us. Recall this year's message from our legislators: 84% of our entire county tax levy is consumed by state mandates, leaving just $9 million for other county services.
New York State (NYS) law already assures many millions in property tax exemptions for the Concord without IDA involvement. So we'll need to also understand how much and why our IDA would authorize additional exemptions—the sales tax exemption being just one example—and the fees they'll receive in exchange for doing so.
Whether you believe, as I do, that the Concord is an important project, it's difficult to ignore some similarities it shares with what many people consider the poster child for public assistance abuse, the Millennium Pipeline project. Millennium was well funded just as EPR/Empire is reported to be. Considering Millennium's history and business objectives and that practical site alternatives were virtually zero, it wasn't rational to conclude Millennium wouldn't proceed without receiving every nickel it requested from our county. Something similar can be said for the Concord. And like Millennium, EPR/Empire could ultimately issue the same veiled threat by refusing to proceed unless it does get everything it wants. That doesn't mean we can't arrive at an amicable arrangement. It means their foremost responsibility is to cut the best deal they can for their shareholders, not for Sullivan County. Establishing whether giving them everything they want is necessary for them to proceed is important, because it elevates our county's negotiating position. It isn't adversarial; it's smarter business.
Wish lists don't establish need and neither does eligibility. That NYS doesn't require our IDA to make those distinctions doesn't prevent them from doing so. Our IDA knows this and so does every member of our legislature.
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The Local Growth Management Committee plans to hire a new regional growth planner. What's undecided is how much will be tasked to the planner when a contract is drawn up.
Members of the LGMO met Tuesday morning at the Curry County Courthouse to discuss where to go since previous planner Rick Draker terminated his contract as of Monday.
The organization was created to bring together entities affected by growth at Cannon Air Force Base, with representation from Curry and Roosevelt counties and the cities of Clovis and Portales.
The organization, which works on a contract with the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment, is working with grant monies of $141,563.
The money paid for 30 tasks in 10 areas, including administrative, education, economic development and housing tasks. Draker was not paid a base salary, but billed the LGMO for those individual tasks through R.M. Draker and Associates.
"We were trying to see how much of that we could absorb ourselves (before) going out for another contract," Clovis Community Development Director Claire Burroughes said. "We've been doing this since 2007; we have a good understanding of what's needed."
Ideally, the next planner would focus largely on joint land use tasks, Burroughes said.
The OEA will review the scope of work for a new planner, and could increase or decrease the grant money issued following an evaluation.
Some of the duties local entities discussed absorbing include:
- Clerical and administrative work, billed at $12,000 annually. Burroughes said local entities could share such tasks.
- Monitoring of housing privatization at Cannon Air Force Base, billed at $3,000. Col. David Piech, 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group commander, said information about privatized housing at Cannon shouldn't change. Plans to put in 1,038 new homes at the base, using a variety of contractors supervised by Balfour Beatty, won't change, Piech said.
Piech did note that when work starts in late summer, materials could be delivered through the alternate "Portales gate" off of N.M. 467 to the tune of 600 to 900 vehicles daily.
"We've even talked about having our people (who live in Portales) use the main gate (off of 60/84)," Piech said.
- Health forums billed at $5,500. The Eastern Plains Council of Government handles many of those tasks already, and Economic and Community Development Planner Ray Mondragon said a health report from EPCOG was coming soon.
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If there is a person who looks forward to President's Day more than I do, then I haven't found him, fought him, defeated him, and devoured his heart to gain his courage and presidential knowledge yet. I love presidents. Mostly I write about things that aren't presidents, because presidents are almost never timely, but for one glorious three-day weekend of partying and super sales every year, I can take off my chains and write an article about presidents, as is my destiny.
Since I've already covered our most badass presidents, our craziest president, our president who is most likely a mutant, and the weirdest sex lives of presidents, I thought it was time for some outside-the-box thinking. Since historians have already done a fairly thorough job ranking the best real presidents, it seemed to me that it was time some brave hero covered the best fictional ones. And since most historians refuse to do that, the burden falls to me.
3President Thomas Whitmore
Independence Day
President He Most Closely Resembles:
James Madison
It's no coincidence that most of our greatest presidents (according to historians) also happened to be the presidents who were tasked with navigating America through extremely difficult times. Washington had the creation of the Union, Lincoln had the Civil War, FDR had a war and the Depression. There's no telling what kind of impact these presidents would have made had they presided over times of peace. They needed these catastrophes to thrust them into greatness, because it is whether or not a man flinches when faced with turmoil that determines his true strength.
Life is just choices, man.
The alien invasion in Independence Day was President Thomas Whitmore's Great Depression, Civil War, and World War II all rolled into one, and the man did not flinch.
Whitmore navigated us through a disaster of unprecedented magnitude, and he did it all while his wife was dying. The man was unflappable. He kept his cool because America would not be able to hold itself together if it didn't have a strong leader assuring the country that everything was going to be fine.
Still, even though he soared to greatness on the rockets of disaster, Whitmore is more James Madison than Lincoln or FDR. Madison was a peaceful man who didn't personally want to go to war in 1812 when the British Empire was still having a hard time accepting America's independence. He wanted to find a diplomatic solution with the British Empire, but when it became clear that no solution would be available, not only did he declare war, but he actually grabbed some guns and joined the effort, being the only person in history to take up arms and take a position on the battlefield while president. Does that sound familiar? Whitmore wanted to avoid all-out war with the aliens. He tried reasoning with them and showing them that humans were peaceful, but when it was clear that the aliens could not be reasoned with, he didn't waste a breath before declaring "Nuke 'em. Let's nuke the bastards." And when the opportunity presented itself, he hopped into a fighter jet and chased the aliens down himself. Kind of a stupid move (if you die, who becomes president? Goldblum?), but undeniably badass, all the same.
2President Super President
Super President
President He Most Closely Resembles:
James K. Polk
I've talked about my love of Super President -- the cartoon about a man who leads the country as President James Norcross by day and fights evil as the superpowered Super President by night -- before, but I think it warrants another glance, if only because it's about a president who is also a superhero.
Described by the show's creator as "the worst thing we've ever made," Super President as a show wasn't that great. But Super President as a character is incredible. He can fly and change shape and he has super strength, and while these are all great qualities for any president, it's not why I'd be thrilled to have him lead our nation someday. Norcross' ability to smile, attend press conferences, and negotiate treaties one minute coupled with his ability to go out there and get shit done the next is exactly the kind of skill I'm looking for in a presidential candidate.
Let's look at it like this. Bruce Wayne was a man who believed in the law until the law failed him and he needed to become the Night so he could pick up the pieces that the law broke. We like Batman, right? Good. James Norcross was a man who believed in the presidency until, we have to assume, it was clear that the presidency was failing him. Maybe he had an uncooperative Congress, or maybe the media was putting him under too much scrutiny. He still had a vision for America, so, reluctantly, he became Super President. As Super President, he could accomplish all that he couldn't as regular president. He knows what's best for America, and he's not going to let a bunch of sniveling Congressmen get in the way of that.
Originally aired in 1967. Based on the secret memoirs of Lyndon Johnson.
He's like James K. Polk. Polk, similarly, had a vision for America and wasn't going to let anyone stand in his way. Polk's the man responsible for getting America from sea to shining sea. Polk was the one who expanded America into California and fulfilled our Manifest Destiny. He said he was going to do it before he took office, he said he only needed one term to do it, and he pulled it off. How? Well, he probably cheated.
There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Polk illegally forced his way into California, which at the time belonged to Mexico. Polk claimed that Mexican forces crossed the border and spilled American blood on American soil, and he used this as total justification to go to war, despite the fact that more than a few Congressmen (among them Abraham Lincoln) believed that Polk's soldiers at best provoked the attack and at worst lied about it.
Polk's decision to go behind Congress' back and lie and possibly manipulate events to further his own agenda may not make him a great man, but a) it got us California and b) it at the very least makes him our most Super Presidentiest president. And isn't what Polk and Super President did kind of good? How many of you are frustrated when you hear President Obama or any previous modern president make a bunch of promises that he can't keep because of a stubborn Congress, or powerful lobbyists, or rich corporations, or anything under the banner of "politics as usual"? The world's a complicated place. What Polk and Super President did may not be right, but sometimes that's what you need. Sometimes you need the guy who is going to break some rules to fulfill his destiny. Sometimes you want a president who is willing to say, "Fuck Congress, I'm going to fight some space monsters, because someone has to."
Sorry, bureaucracy, it's time for actual results.


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She was born Aug. 8, 1922, in Woodland, Utah, to Heber and Emily Moon. She and her twin sister Florence were the only girls born in a family of 7 boys. She attended Tabiona High School where she met, fell in love with, and married Ferrin Dean Van Wagoner. Among her many accomplishments, she played saxophone with her sister Florence (they were known as the "Twin Tooters from Tabiona"), she was a member of the singing group "The Choralettes", served as the state PTA director, reporter and correspondent for the Deseret News. By far her most important accomplishment was her family. She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many capacities with her favorite being a primary teacher for 30 plus years.
She is survived by her children; Annette (Jay) Casper, Gordon (Kris), Kendall (Pam), Sherilynn (LeeRoy) Farrell, Kerry (Coralee) and Brett (Tamra). 27 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren and her dear friend and neighbor Ki Kiholm. She was preceded in death by her husband Ferrin of 45 years and her second husband Carl Spencer of 20 years; seven brothers; her twin sister, and her granddaughter Kimberly.
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The RSBS Podcast, Episode 20: Utley's Multiple Meniscuses… and Other Stuff
And so in this Podcast brought to you by Lifestyles…
The proverbial (and literal) gloves come off in this verbal masquerade of utter ridiculousness and yes, injuries do occur (though mostly to Johanna and, since they are mental in nature, hardly noticed). Among the topics of conversation one will find: Jeff's wandering Forever 21 eyes, Zack Greinke's ribs, the difference between a half and a full nelson, Cameroonian baseball, Bud Selig-bashing take 47 and much, much more… all to make you smile, laugh and play!
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Any podcast that starts off with a photo of ALF has to be out of this World funny.
Seriously, that is something I can not do, the radio, speaking segments and I am jealous. But it is something you and your crew do with percision, great depth and a ounce of great sarcasm…….I want to grow up and be like the RSBS crew.
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You can, RR! It's easy! If you're 21 or older… it's a piece of cake!
Forever 21, Jeff? LOL!
You guys crack me up. Thanks for the 15 minutes of actual baseball talk and the 1/2 hour of general hilarity. It was a close race, but I think "No, that's My Fair Lady, dumb ***." wins for most improbable line in a baseball podcast this week.
Kirsten — I'd have to agree with ya. Who knew my compatriots were so learned in musical theatre😉
Forever 21. Musical theater references. Revolution talk. I can't ask for anything more from a RSBS podcast…🙂
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Jeff – Indeed. One can now truly say that Anything Goes in an RSBS podcast…and that is half the fun right there.
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Some debates are harder to watch than others. Take a look back at 12 cringe-worthy moments in debate history.
'You're No Jack Kennedy' -- At the 1988 vice presidential debate, Democrat Lloyd Bentsen pounced on freshman Sen. Dan Quayle comparing himself to John F. Kennedy. Bentson responded, "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." After prolonged applause, Quayle responded, "That was really uncalled for, Senator."


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Fire damages tanker truck
A truck driver on his way to Perrysville wound up staying in Marietta longer than expected after his tanker caught fire Thursday afternoon.
"I was (was planning to stop) here at McDonald's to get me something to eat, and somebody hollered and told me I was on fire," said Daniel Manis, 50, of Greenville, Tenn.
It didn't take him long to verify the motorist's words.
"About the time I looked back, it went poof. I (saw) black smoke and flames going everywhere," Manis said.
He said he pulled his rig over on Pike Street near the intersection with Acme Street and attempted to douse the flames with a fire extinguisher. A couple of law enforcement officers used their extinguishers as well, but it took the Marietta Fire Department to put out the blaze.
Firefighters were notified after Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper D.R. Handschumacher contacted Marietta police around 2:58 p.m. Handschumacher said he spotted flames on the tanker as it was exiting from Interstate 77.
Marietta fire Chief C.W. Durham said it took about five minutes for firefighters to extinguish the blaze. Traffic in the southbound lanes of Ohio 7 coming into Marietta was stopped for about half an hour.
After the smoke – which was visible from nearly a mile away – cleared, there was a large hole in the left, rear side of the tanker and the rear tires on that side were ruined.
It wasn't immediately clear what caused the fire, but Durham said it may have started around the left, rear tires on the tanker.
The powdery substance inside, which Manis identified as flint, was not flammable or hazardous, Durham said.
A call to the Marietta Police Department to see whether there would be any citation was not immediately returned Thursday.


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SoCruel, let it go, you've got a zeitgeister on your hands. It's like arguing with Rainman.
Seen these arguments a thousand times already. Manual of the wise man. Page 1. "Consider the source"
nope. not AGAIN. What's new to you is just groundhog day to me. You have your opinion, be happy with it.
Scary stuff, for sure. Perhaps I've been too fanatical, in this thread, about some stuff that could be scary too (luckily children aren't usually very attracted to these kind of topics). The reason for my insistence, about the lie of 9/11, is just creating awareness on the people who could make a difference.I don't know if many Americans are "aware", about how the acts of the U.S. Government affect people around the world. The way I see it, innocent citizens of Irak, Afghanistan, and other countries (as well as many Americans), have lost their lives because of a coward manipulation, done to the "public opinion", by the Government. And now, the same method could be used to invade another country (Iran). And what's my problem with it?Invading or attacking Iran could bring a World War on all of us... The U.S.A., Israel and the U.K. would probably line up together, along with other countries. And China and the USSR would probably take Iran's side. And the place where I live (Latin America) would most likely be affected too, as some countries (like Colombia) would take the U.S. side, while others (like Venezuela and probably even my country, Argentina) would take the Iran-China-USSR side. So basically this could drag us ALL into a war, that NOBODY wants.That's why I consider it important for the American people (which is, indeed, one of the best people on Earth), to be aware of these things, and not allow themselves to be manipulated by the media and the Government. Unlike me, some of you could end up making an actual difference, in preventing such war from happening.
So Americans and people in the west are basically sheep being manipulated by their governments and you are well aware of these conspiracies while we are all sitting blissfully in the dark. Please get over yourself.If there is an attack on Iran it will be an air strike on the nucleur facility. Iran has the choice of whether it gets to that point. I've worked with 3 Iranians and believe me, they were very happy to get out of that country and be free in the west.
Drummer Boy, for the last decade there have been many 9/11 conspiracy theories that have all been debunked. Like JTBaby, i'm not gonna over that old arguement again. It may be new to you but it has been put to rest a long time ago.You try to come across as the nice guy by saying "you're not trying to outsmart anyone" or "i'm not trying to win an arguement" but then you write stuff like "What never ceases to amaze me is how many people keep buying those manipulations" or "If you wanna be a happy man, keep believing everything the Government and the media tells you. If you want to know how the world really works, you can start by watching.." or "..not allow themselves to be manipulated by the media and the Government. " So you try to be nice but then tell us that we are sheep being manipulated and you can't believe that we are buying all these manipulations. You come in touting people to listen to Castro and Ahmadinejad, but maybe you should look a little closer into their regimes.Castro (along with Che) killed thousands of Catholics, artists, homesexuals and basically anyone who didn't agree with them when he took over Cuba. Ahmadinejad and the Iranians killed hundreds in the Iranian protests in 2009 - 2010. They attacked students in universities, wouldn't let hospitals register the dead, tortured prisoners, destroyed property, etc..Now these may be the people and regimes you look up to, but please don't ask us to read or listen to what these animals have to say about America/the West.
This is an eloquent and accurate series of points. I'd encourage everone to think critically and rationally about world events, and to and seek to be a contrarian and a concerned citizen ... but I try not to demean others who also have factual and direct insights into events and outcomes - good or bad. As for DT's notion that his country, Argentina, would likely align itself with China and a few others against the US and its economic allies ... well good luck with that one. Argentina has already suffered enough with internal political incompetence and the inappropriate economic prescriptions of entities like the IMF. While not directly linked to this topic, this documentary film provides some interesting details about the financial difficulties associated with the IMF's involvement in (and inappropriate prescriptions for) Argentina, as well as some other interesting ideas. Worth watching if you've got some time. You are not allowed to view links.
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This print started out as a baseball card more than twenty years ago. Every aspect of it is designed to preserve the original look and feel of the card, from the printing pattern to the slightly worn edges. In fact, this print started by finding the actual card in our vault and then painstakingly re-mastering it with a team of designers. The authenticity extends to manufacturing; each print is made on high-quality, cotton fine art paper that measures 1/64 inches in thickness. Framed prints feature 2-inch flat wood or metallic frames with high-end, glare-resistant glass. And all prints are officially licensed by MLB and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Feel the power of print
Prints and patterns of all kinds tend, metaphorically speaking, to bring me out in a bit of a rash. But since last year, when flower prints were having a moment -thanks largely to the genius of London-based Erdem - the florals have been joined by fruit, birds, animals, fish, butterflies and geometrics across every kind of garment at every price point.
Which means that even the most print averse fashionista is having to force herself to resist yet another plain top or dress and to opt, instead, for something with zig-zags, animal markings, flowers, fruit or exotic avians.
And once you come out from behind the sofa and take a deep breath, you realise that print can be good; it doesn't have to make you look like a sofa or a set of Designers Guild drapes as long as you choose a print that works for you.
Having been forced this season to re-evaluate print and pattern, it seems that part of the problem is that, unlike colour - which many of us are now quite savvy about, having had our colours analysed or simply intuited which colours lift us - there are several, not always complementary, aesthetics going on with print: first there are considerations of the type, colour and scale of a print which are all crucial to whether we look fabulous or, frankly, laughable in a print.
But then there is the visual appeal of a print. And this is where it can all go horribly awry if we don't keep firmly in mind that we are about to wear this print, not observe it framing a window or covering a wall. So here is your JC guide to power prints, how to choose them, how to wear them and where to find the best ones:
Going into print
Elementary rule 1: the size of the print should be in proportion to your size. If you are tall you can wear big, bold prints; in fact, you should only wear really big prints if you are tall.
Petite women should choose smaller patterns that won't overpower. Repeat patterns work well if you are petite.
If you have a big bust or frequently ask: "Does my bum look big in this?", avoid a bright yellow sunflower bursting over your bosom or your bottom.
If you are neither very tall nor very tiny, I would offer the Marxist doctrine (Groucho not Karl): "Work it out for yourself" - that is, try the print on and see.
Bold, dramatic prints work best on those who have a dramatic clothing personality and strong colouring.
If you generally take a low-key approach to dressing, keep the print subtle or you will feel uncomfortably theatrical. Blondes beware animal prints, on whom they can easily stray into slapper territory.
Choose your print
Placement prints can be very effective in drawing attention to a good feature or distracting attention from a not-such-good one; clever, vertical placement prints can take inches off.
Alternatively, you could choose a placement print at the hem of a dress, or keep print to skirt, trousers or shorts That will reveal your print cred without forcing you to wear print at your face.
I have to thank the Federation of Image Professionals (www.tfic.org.uk) for this strangely odd but effective way of determining which prints work for you: the space between facial features is the key (yes, really); if facial features are wide apart, print should have a wide space between motifs; if facial features are close together, small, closer prints such as ditsy florals, are better.
Where to find your prints
●Tall girls: Erdem red/blue/white abstract shift (Browns, £775); paintpot print maxi dress (Ted Baker, £109); Carven scarf print dress (£468, Matches); geometric/flower print shift (Fever, £70); navy-white bird print maxi (Yogoego, £28); blue/yellow butterfly print maxi (French Connection, £77); exotic floral print playsuit (£16, A|Wear)
● Petites: butterfly print, zip-back chiffon top (Internacionale, £12.99); horizontal-pleat floral top (Topshop, £34); Gerard Darel butterfly print V-neck shift (£199, Fenwick, W1); Vanessa Bruno swirl print wrap skirt (£280, Matches); nude, iris print sleeveless cotton tea dress (Topshop, £55)
● Dramatic types: DKNY black/white Dalmatian print, side gathered dress (£299) and DKNY dress with black/cream stripe top and apple-print skirt (£259, both Fenwick, W1); MaxMara nude-black half-sleeve shift, (£405) and Diane von Furstenberg black-and-white Greek key design batwing top (£246, both Matches); Philosophy silk tunic (£379, Fenwick, W1); black cotton prom dress with oranges (Primark, £9); 50s style bird/jungle print frock (Warehouse, £50).
● Low-key types: swirly monochrome print drape dress (Mint Velvet, £79); navy placement print shift (Topshop, £50); watercolour pastel wrap dress (Banana Republic, £85); white/grey/black tree print wrap dress (Mint Velvet, £89); Giambattista Valli red/pink peony print waisted shift (£1,495, Matches); blue/lemon/white floral maxi (Banana Republic, £99.50): D&G small floral scoop neck shift (£320, Matches); white prom dress with lemons (Primark, £9).


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Terry set to prove fitness
John Terry is expected to be given an opportunity to prove his fitness by Chelsea interim boss Rafael Benitez in Sunday's FA Cup fourth-round replay with Brentford.
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The 32-year-old was an unused substitute in the 1-0 Europa League last-32 first leg win over Sparta Prague on Thursday, despite being available again following a setback in his recovery from a knee injury.
Terry has made two starts and one substitute appearance under Benitez, having been injured at Liverpool prior to the Spaniard's appointment, and the interim boss will only select the former England captain if he can train fully.
"He has to train normally three, four training sessions to be ready for the games," said Benitez, who has named Terry on the bench without using him five times.
"Then if the others are playing well he has to compete (for selection)."
Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic were deployed in central defence in Prague, with Terry warming up frequently on a sub-zero evening in the Czech capital.
A fierce competitor such as Terry would be keen to play in any game, but managing his fitness and not his character is Benitez's concern.
"The main thing is the knee," Benitez said.
"If he's fine, after we have to manage the other things. The main thing is if he can train every day he can be ready for every game. After we will see.
"The good thing is we have now Cahill and Ivanovic playing well and also David Luiz as an option.
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"We now have four options at centre back. We have Terry, David, any of them they can complement (each other) really well.
"If everything is fine, they have to compete. If something is wrong we have different options.
"All the players, they know, that at this level when you play so many games you have to train and you have to keep fit.
"It's not a question of 'no, I can carry on and play' and after not train. Everybody knows they have to compete and everybody knows we have good players now."
The Brentford clash will be FA Cup holders Chelsea's 45th game of the season, meaning squad rotation is a must.
As well as Terry and Ashley Cole, who was also an unused substitute on Thursday night, Luiz, Demba Ba, Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel are poised to return.
Griffin Park at the end of January might have come as a shock to some of Chelsea's most cultured players, with a 2-2 draw the result, but Benitez believes it gave them a flavour of the uniqueness of the FA Cup.
Benitez, who lifted the trophy with Liverpool in 2006, said: "The atmosphere was quite good for the local team. I'm sure they (the Chelsea players) were impressed and hopefully they will be ready when we play at home and the atmosphere has to be good for us.
"Because we have seen them we know now what we can expect. I think that it will not be a surprise for anyone.
"In a cup competition that you know you cannot make mistakes. It's important to be sure that you approach the game without any complacency.
"From the first minute you have to concentrate and do the right things."
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