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For Immediate Release
April 29, 2004
New Orleans Field Office
2901 Leon C. Simon Blvd
New Orleans, Louisiana 70126
Contact: S.A. Sheila Thome (504) 815-3315
Louis M. Reigel, III. Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the New Orleans Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Anthony Amato, Superintendent of New Orleans Public Schools; First Assistant Grover C. Austin, Office of Legislative Auditor, State of Louisiana; Superintendent Edwin Compass, III, New Orleans Police Department; Colonel Terry Ebbert, Director of Homeland Security, City of New Orleans; Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., Orleans Parish District Attorney; James B. Letten, United States Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana; and Patricia A. VanGilder, Special Agent in Charge of Investigations, United States Department of Education, Office of Inspector Gencral announce today the creation of a working group to review and investigate alleged criminal violations involving the New Orleans Public Schools (HOPS).
The original investigation of the New Orleans Public Schools resulted in the guilty pleas of former NOPS Risk Manager, Carl Coleman, and contractor Jeffrey Pollitt. While this investigation continues, the need for a working group arose from a request by Superintendent Amato and community leaders to assist in reviewing suspicious transactions and activities being conducted by employees or associates of employees within the NOPS, To best address this request, it was determined that a working group involving various local and federal agencies was needed to look into other potential criminal violations. The working group will aggressively pursue all criminal violations whether they be local, state or federal.
The working group will be located at the NOPS Administrative office at 3510 General De Gaulle Drive, New Orleans. A hotline has been established for receiving calls relating to potential criminal matters involving the NODS. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the investigators of the working group directly at (504) 304-5799; the FBI at (504) 816-3000; or the DOE hotline at (800) MIS-USED (647-8733).


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As we got up we decided laundry was in order so we did a couple loads prior to departure. After packing we headed to the bikes to load up and get on the road. When we got down to the bikes, Julie found a gigantic beetle on her seat on the back of the bike. Shawn took a couple pictures and then got a piece of paper thinking we could put it on Ed's bike before he got outside to notice. As he got the paper near the bug, it reared back and began hissing at him. The cheerleader youth and their parents were super excited about the "hissing beetle" we found. Needless to say, no surprise on Ed's bike, but some cool pictures of a pissed off insect.
There wasn't really anything about the day's ride that was overly stimulating other than the overall general beauty of the peninsula itself.......shoreline and stunning bridge architecture
As it got near dark (and much more chilly), we arrived in Astoria, Oregon. We stopped at a Starbucks to get a warm drink and start making calls about lodging for the evening. Sadly (or stupidly) we didn't consider sooner the fact that it was the Fourth of July and smack dab in the middle of a long holiday weekend. We called every hotel within a hundred miles ahead and behind and only found a couple rooms available. Although not thrilled about the pricing, which was quite exorbitant even for a holiday, we didn't have a choice. We settled on an oceanfront room about 30 miles ahead of us and set out. Upon arriving in Seaside, Oregon we found a scene that looked like a smaller west coast version of Mardi Gras. People everywhere, streets blocked off, not enough police and a scent of ganja in the air. In addition to that the scent of wood smoke permeated the air.
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text: For UBC, Direct entrance to 1st year Commerce is a SPECIAL program, so it can selective ( it's an accomplishment to a certain degree but i don't think it means much). The normal route is 1st year arts or whatever and then transfer to commerce 2nd year, think cut off around 73% when i was still in school. Most of the eventual commerce ppl are not from this group. Also, having tutor a few years ago.. i think marks are so inflated now, you can be worry about not getting in above 90%, but then everyone has 90+%.... UBC only counts the best 4 provincials before lol.


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I have just returned from visiting my family in Spain, hence I apoligize for not replying to the questions posted to me about my last FGMO report. I would like to reply through this forum (as in contrast to answering individually) in am effort to ease my task.
FGMO specifications:
I have utilized Penreco's Drakeol 35 USP, food grade mineral oil from the onset of my trials. I have heard of other investigators who have failed to duplicate my work when using mineral oil with high viscosity.
Application of FGMO by two methods simultaneously:
Application of FGMO in the form of "fog"
or mist is intended for removal of the adult mite population feeding on adult bees,and, to eliminate adult mites before these migrate to the larval cells to breed. Application of FGMO/sugar emulsion is intended for removal of mites as these emerge from the larvae and begin to feed on the bee population. This combination has proven to be the most desirable application tried during the past four plus years of trails with FGMO as evidenced by capped cell mite counts.
Composition of FGMO/sugar emulsion:
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Persons interested in obtaining FGMO (Drakeol 35) should contact Mr. Tom Rozic at 1-800-245-3952. I have another phone number for a Mr. Johnson, a distributor in the mid west, but I do not have his phone number on hand at the moment. I will attempt to obtain the names and phone numbers of other distributorships.
Death of colonies.
As I reported in earlier releases, un- treated (control) colonies have died within the same year. Some treated colonies have died or absconded (due to stress). Treated colonies that have died were developed from swarms (all heavily infested by mites) that did not have time to develop. Perhaps, weak swarms might have survived if mixed with other swarms or package bees. However, swarms are rare these days and just not available for this purpose. More importantly, I oppose mixing swarms or colonies known to be in- fested by mites as a measure for prevention of development of mites with hybrid vigor. Mites cause enough harm as it is without giving them added strength.
I welcome questions, suggestions and the opportunity to share my findings. Please feel free to contact me at any time.
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Facts on Studying Abroad
Facts on Study Abroad
Students report that study abroad experiences change their lives - opening their eyes to the world. As such, study abroad has been the topic of much research. In 1988, Hansel surveyed more than 2,500 students and reported that educational exchange was associated with a variety of learning outcomes. Students in his survey reported developing bilingual skills; expanding their knowledge of the host country, its people, culture, politics, economy, society and role in the world; developing the capacity to empathize with people from other countries; and gaining an understanding that the world is one community. Developing such knowledge, attitudes and beliefs tends to make one less ethnocentric and more adaptable. Study abroad helps students gain skills in creative and critical thinking as well as expanding their knowledge of their home country and culture.
In addition to the character benefits, study abroad can also be an excellent addition to your resume. Bikson and Law (1994) found that employers now put a high value on international skills such as knowledge of a foreign language and cross-cultural competence. A student that makes the most of a study abroad experience will certainly enhance these skills. This means reaching out to people of another culture, and possibly making mistakes by speaking in a foreign language.
Every year, the number of students studying abroad increases. In 1999-2000, over 143,000 students from the U.S. studied abroad, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year. In 2000-2001, 3,423 of the students who studied abroad came from the University System of Georgia.
The most popular region for study abroad continues to be Western Europe, especially the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy and France. Other popular non-Western European destinations include Mexico, Australia, Costa Rica, Israel, Japan and China.
In this year's catalog, there are 241 programs to 57 countries offered by colleges and universities in the University System of Georgia. This represents an increase of 39 programs from those listed in last year's catalog.
Money from Federal Financial Aid programs and the HOPE Scholarship may be used for studying abroad. Many students save money to pay for some or all of their study abroad programs. There are also some scholarships available. Study abroad is an investment in your own future.
Not all programs require fluency in, or even knowledge of, the host country language, and many programs offer courses in English. Beginning language learners wishing to learn a language may seek a language immersion program.
Credits will usually transfer back to your institution, and many programs offer resident credit at the home institution. Approval for academic credit for your study abroad program should be arranged prior to your departure.
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A person who is usually generally loved by everybody. Usually has crazy hair, a grown man beard, and has swolls like no other. A crazy party animal who likes to drink profusely. A person who is constantly horny and will hump almost anything that moves. Wears jeans that are often bought for him by his sister.
Is that Diyari over there?" "Yeah that's the Gettin' It guy from Facebook, he's nuts." "Lets party with him!
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Shiva Naipaul 1945–
Trinidadian novelist and nonfiction writer.
Naipaul once described his life as "defined by three poles that don't meet." A Hindu of Indian descent, he was born and raised in the West Indies island nation of Trinidad and settled in England at the age of nineteen. The central concerns of his works are the social and political conditions in Third World countries. Naipaul portrays "a world where feeling has gone dead from despair and helplessness," according to Peter Levi. Problems of individual and cultural identity are recurrent themes in Naipaul's novels. Critics note many similarities between Shiva Naipaul's thematic concerns and attitudes and those of his brother, the novelist V. S. Naipaul.
Naipaul's first two novels, Fireflies (1970) and The Chip-Chip Gatherers (1973), are family sagas set in Trinidad, and each explores a society in transition. The old order is represented in Fireflies by the declining Khoja dynasty, while the new is represented in The Chip-Chip Gatherers by the Ramsarans, a poor family trying to break into the middle class. Naipaul ironically presents the failings of both elements of society, especially in the latter novel.
After the publication of The Chip-Chip Gatherers, Naipaul took a ten-year break from writing fiction, during which he traveled and wrote two nonfiction books. North of South (1978) is a combination travelogue and political essay focusing on race relations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. Black and White (1980), an interpretive study of the mass suicide of members of the Reverend Jim Jones's People's Temple in Guyana in 1978, explores the social and political conditions which promoted the tragic event.
Naipaul said in an interview that he regards his fiction and nonfiction as one body of work because his nonfiction research has yielded experiences and information that he has developed in his novels. His recent novel, A Hot Country (1983), is evidence of this, for it is set in the fictional, politically volatile country of Cuyama, a thinly disguised version of Guyana.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 110, 112.)
Auberon Waugh
[Fireflies] is a masterpiece. It's a long book … and a reviewer's first inclination, when confronted with a long book, is to see what he can safely skip. It must say something for Mr Naipaul's power that despite a firm determination to skip whole pages and even whole chapters at a time, I was unable to miss a page of his absorbing, inconsequential narrative.The story … centres around the disintegration of one family in Trinidad's upper-class Indian community. As subjects go, this might not seem to be one which automatically commands a wide readership. Those who approach novel-reading as a vehicle for self-improvement might be prepared to accept some (passionately) involved, committed,...
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Linda Hess
[Shiva Naipaul] writes with the ironist's detachment, expertly and unobtrusively observing those details that mark his characters' idiosyncrasies, tracing through them the warp and woof of a social fabric that becomes increasingly frayed….
The world Naipaul paints [in Fireflies is] … drab, ugly, sad. But throughout the work he allows, almost absentmindedly and despite himself, gleams of humor, beauty, and spirit to shine through. We remember these, along with the vivid realizations of the violent and grotesque.
There are occasional clichés of language and implausibilities of character in Fireflies. These, however, are minor flaws. What bothers me more is a quality...
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Michael Thorpe
The reader of Fireflies, a novel as alive with a keen (and more compassionate) awareness of the pathos and absurdity of Trinidad Indian life as V. S. Naipaul's early works, may doubt the sincerity of Shiva Naipaul's disillusion with his subject matter. Yet it is an amorphous society he depicts, fundamentally materialistic, bogus on its spiritual side, as unpromising to the sensitive artist as the English society of Dickens' time; but it falls short of that society, in Mr Naipaul's presentation, in lacking centres of moral growth. No such centre is provided by the Hindu Khoja family which, weakly propped by tradition, is shown crumbling in an insecure atmosphere of selfishness and opportunism. The jungle...
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Ronald Bryden
It would be polite but ridiculous to talk about Shiva Naipaul as if he had leapt, full-armed and sui generis, into a literary world miraculously swept of all footprints of his famous brother V. S…. The relationship between the two is fraternal in much the same sense as that between Chekhov and Gorky. Like Chekhov, the elder Naipaul works from a fastidious, ironic private sensibility to humane public conclusions: because people behave badly, the world needs changing. The younger, more sweeping and less fastidious, starts where his brother ends: because the world needs changing, people behave badly. Bred within the old imperial culture, V. S. Naipaul sees its failure as one of individual wills, brains,...
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Martin Amis
In The Pleasures of Exile George Lamming scolded V. S. Naipaul, as he no doubt would his younger brother Shiva, for taking too soft a line on Trinidadian social conditions, for being smug when he ought to be angry, for writing 'castrated satire'…. What the Naipauls write is irony, not satire, and irony is by definition non-militant…. Caribbean social conditions have for them, qua novelists, an imaginative significance only.
It is true that a primitive society offers a Hobson's choice of styles to its authors: tantrumese, noble-savagery, or a combination of irony and pathos. But like all limitations this brings special liberties. Irony and pathos are essentially downward-looking...
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Roland Oliver
In 1976 Shiva Naipaul spent 20 weeks in Kenya and Tanzania, concluding with a brief dash down the Great North Road to Zambia in the company of a party of trekking hippies. He does not seem to have been well prepared for his journey nor to have met anyone of much consequence while he was there. The story [told in North of South] is mostly one of chance conversations in aeroplanes, buses, taxis, customs posts and, above all, hotel bars. All this is told with a great deal of novelist's sparkle, a power of vivid description and of characterisation through reported dialogue, which will not endear Mr Naipaul to his many acquaintances when his book comes into their hands….
On the whole, Mr...
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John Darnton
"The African soul is a blank slate on which anything can be written, onto which any fantasy can be transposed," writes Shiva Naipaul halfway through his narrative of travels in East Africa. The quotation is out of context…. But the dictum—of Africa as a repository for the foreigner's fantasies—goes a long way toward explaining the peculiar deficiencies of his own book.
"North of South," which recounts Mr. Naipaul's peregrinations through Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, is in the genre of travelogue cum essay. When the form succeeds, as it does, say, with a writer such as Paul Theroux, it is an effective device for larger statement. The voyager's day-to-day experiences are transformed into...
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Jack Beatty
An account of a journey through Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, North of South is a remarkably bad-tempered book. Africa annoyed Shiva Naipaul…. Shiva Naipaul is a West Indian novelist now living in London; he has no warrant in Africa. He is on a moral holiday there. Testy as it is, North of South is a first-rate book—spirited, funny, written with economy and care—but it is not a great book like India: A Wounded Civilization, because Shiva Naipaul is not implicated in what he indicts. He went to Africa seeking precisely what he found: he includes a letter to his publisher which sketches out his ideological itinerary. So there is little in Africa that can shock him; and, though much angers him,...
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Peter L. Berger
Not only have there been many accounts of the macabre events [of the Jonestown Massacre] but the question of interpretation has continued to intrigue many commentators…. [With] so much data already on hand, it seems unlikely that any startling new facts will be uncovered and the question of interpretation becomes more pressing. ["Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy"] stands out by its resolute attack on this question and its refusal to accept easy answers. Mr. Naipaul … is a sharp, sometimes pitiless observer. He is a masterful writer. And he was determined to gain an independent understanding of the Jonestown phenomenon. These qualities make for a book that no one interested in the matter can afford to...
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Peter Levi
[Shiva Naipaul's] novels have dealt with a world where feeling has gone dead from despair and helplessness. He draws with the utmost precision a picture of the backwoods of Trinidad, and a people obsessed with the earnest, lifelong struggle to climb into the lower middle class. (p. 25)
Fireflies was a heavily documentary family saga, rather flatly constructed, but at the same time it was an utterly original book; the impression its abundant detail made was unforgettable. If Shiva Naipaul seemed never quite to get inside his characters, that is because he thought there was straw inside them. They were without some indefinable essential part of man. He wrote like a sociologist, unstylishly, at...
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Francis King
In its implacable depiction of one of those anterooms to hell that liberated Third World countries seem doomed to become, [A Hot Country] is impressive; but it has an odd air of being no more than the first draft of another novel, far fuller of incidents and characters. Just as the flood of the colonisers' dreams of untold wealth soon dwindled to a trickle and was then lost in sand, so the flood of the narrative, so confident at first, also thins away. The last two pages are superb in their evocation of a world of void, darkness and unspecified hunger, in which people, robbed of their souls by their former conquerors and exploiters, now have only one genuine desire left to them: 'To wreak vengeance. To tear...
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David D'Arcy
[Love and Death in a Hot Country], Naipaul's subtly crafted account of abandonment and degeneration in a thinly-veiled version of Guyana, focuses on two casualties of the new redemptive order, Dina and Aubrey St. Pierre, whose marriage is suffering its own parallel decline. Disgusted by the lavish promises of the electoral masquerade, the St. Pierres inhabit a political and psychological void between the vanishing past and the balloting's foregone conclusion. In divergent ways, their lives assume a frustration and incompleteness that obliquely but unmistakably reflects Cuyama's apparently hopeless course. (p. 20)
Naipaul's portrait of a nation coming apart before having a chance to take...
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The sub-species of santorum left behind by anti-gay politicians who have been caught in a gay tryst. The same frothy, seminal, fecal goodness with a whiff of hypocrisy.
Have you guys seen the pictures that just leaked from the Minneapolis police department of Larry Craig and his Senator Santorum?
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text: I know there are about a million :lol: Gm pickups on the road w one DTRL out .. and quite frankly I think it looks bad... it aravates me that GM has done nothing about all this.. and will charge about 200.00$ to fix this problem. My drivers side DTRL recently went out. It is not the bulb due to the fact that i can knock on the lense and it will come on .. for a little while at least. (as with all other GM trucks w this issue) SO I took my truck to the local Chevy dealer (Monument Chevy) they tell me that it is not under warranty so it is not coverd ... it is the thing the bulb goes in (sorry im old ..cant think of the name) my argument is if its a common problem i believe it should be fixed for free ( if the owner chooses to) Monument Chevy has prevously pissed me off with another problem I have had .. my cd player wont take a disk w/o me pushing it in with another disk. :grrrrrr: .. i took my truck in and found out that this too is a common problem that GM has on my type of Head Unit and it too is not under warranty and it costs 300.00$ to ship it off and have it fixed ...mind you that much money you can buy a nice aftermarket CD player. Sorry for the ramble i just dont see why a common problem/defect is not fixed for free. How many of yall have a DTRM out or a CD player issue? and does anyone go to Monument Chevy for parts/service??? :rules:


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[quote user="BJacobs27"]insurance guy came... 1500 dollars to fix, they wrote me a 1000 dollar check with 500 deductable.. thanks for the support lol[/quote]
That's not too bad at all.....
[quote user="BJacobs27"]insurance guy came... 1500 dollars to fix, they wrote me a 1000 dollar check with 500 deductable.. thanks for the support lol[/quote]
That's not too bad at all.....
Please say it aint so. Jimmy Fallon is NOT funny. All his jokes are forced and he makes stupid
faces to try to make you laugh. I have no idea how this guy is even successful...his supposedly
funny commercial for last years superbowl was a major dud....and so is his stupid Bosux movie...

Jimmy Fallon may step into Conans shoes

Report: SNL alum is favorite to take over show when OBrien replaces Leno

NEW YORK - When Conan O'Brien steps in to Jay Leno's vacated Tonight Show chair in 2009, it appears Jimmy Fallon will make himself at home in Conan's Late Night digs.

Fallon, the Saturday Night Live alum, is the favorite to take over for Conan, reports Broadcasting & Cable.

I
think hed be terrific, and he is at the top of our short list, NBC
late-night chief Rick Ludwin told Broadcasting & Cable.

Jimmy Fallon?? eeewww..........
Jimmy Fallon?
Adam Sandler is a lot better.
double post dammit......

Drew Carey on Price is Right?

Conan on Carson?

Fallon on Conan?

I feel really really barfy.........

[quote user="Chopper"]Jimmy Fallon?
Adam Sandler is a lot better.
He actually has a movie career, I wouldn't give that up to host a late night show....
Which boggles my mind why Drew Carey would take the Price is Right job? He's stuck
with that for the next 20 years or so....
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Drew Carey on Price is Right?

Conan on Carson?

Fallon on Conan?

I feel really really barfy.........
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I think Jay Leno did a SUPERB job replacing Carson. That's an extremly tough act
to follow, not only that, he was also going up against the juggernaut David Letterman...
His ratings for a very long time have been superior to Letterman.
What makes Conan funny is that he's always the underdog. I don't know how his act will
do moving over to the Tonight Show which is a lot more glamorous and upscale compared to
his show.
They shoudl have found someone else to replace Conan, Fallon is just BAD...
Drew Cary is better off doing little show biz's here and filling in spots. He should also start picking
up his movie career, but the price is right is old and tired, I don't know why he would want to be
locked into a show like that, and be responsible for a 5 day schedule...
Dear almighty...please...I beg you.....
By the end of the day......may Farnsworthless no longer be a Yankee....please please please
Leno did a good job until he let his politics get in the way.

Lettermen is now by far the class of the field. He and Jon Stewart and Colbert and no one is even close anymore.


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Hey anglers and sparkies,
So I'm getting a fishfinder for the 'yak, and have some head-scratchers. I'm working out how much battery capacity I'll need. Humminbird support tells me that the two models I'm considering (Piranhamax 170 and 160) draw the same amperage, 100 milliamps (mA), which I take to mean .1 amps per hour. They use the same transceiver. However the 170 runs 1600 watts and the 160 runs 800 on the same 12V supply. How could they possibly have the same draw?
And part II, for fishing 'yak nerds only: I might also run my night light off this same power supply (as opposed to a battery-powered flashlight conversion dealie). Anyone use or recommend a 12V DC LED white 360 lamp I could PVC up into a night-time running light?


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Michigan State University College of Law hosts its annual Diversity Week 2013: "Interwoven Pieces" on Monday, February 25 through Friday, March 1. More than a dozen diverse student organizations help plan the series of events that take place at the Law College Building in the Castle Board Room Monday through Thursday and the Student Engagement Office on Friday.
This year's events focus on topics such as law and religion, 21st-century families, law firm diversity programs, and more. Confirmed speakers include:
A community service project throughout the week will be held to collect socks for the Michigan Youth Opportunities Initiative for foster care youth and young adults.
"Michigan State Law has been a trendsetter in opening its doors to individuals from across the global community since its founding in 1891," said Mary Ferguson, director of Diversity Services at MSU Law. "By recruiting and retaining a diverse student body, MSU Law continues its century-long commitment to providing a superior legal education to qualified individuals from all communities, supported by the resources of one of the world's leading research universities."
The event is sponsored by the Diversity Consortium, the Multicultural Executive Council, the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Student Association, the Student Bar Association, and Wellness in Practice.
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Fannz!! are not worried about you Rihanna, you need to improve dramatically for quality performance, there are other artist like Beyonce, lady ga ga, justine bieber and Ciara babee!!
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due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
due to the fact that I am from the Woodstock generation ...
my opinions may be chemically enhanced and influenced by severe episodes of memory loss
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As much as I want Nicks to be physically able to play vs Niners, my real concern is for our DL to make the trip to SF. If they don't step up and play to their end-of-2011 level (which they obviously have not done yet this year), it will make no difference whether or not Nicks plays this Sunday. When Smith is pressured, his performance drops off the cliff. His consistently high level of play this season so far is due to him not being pressured much at all yet.
Only time will tell
Football has been very, very good to us.
After losing seasons 2013-15, the giants put up 11 wins in 16.. they are on way Back
But for now we can console ourselves with this fact-
# of Super Bowl victories since 1985:
1-Chicago, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle
2-Washington, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Baltimore
3-San Francisco, Dallas, Denver
4-New York Giants!!!
Let's make it 5 in 2016 so we can be on a LINE NE again!!!
***Stat provided by "Schloss22"***
Coughlin is always vague about injuries. He wants 1 of 2 things:
A) The other team to prepare for their guy to be playing (Nicks) and he really doesnt..throwing the other team off
B) Have the other team expecting a back-up, when our guy (Nicks) really is going to play...also throwing the other team off
C.) The coaches have no idea and are just as confused as the fans.
If i had to guess, this would be a case of the B's.


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Located on a quiet street, this nicely decorated studio with double glazed windows is accessed using a digicode. Illuminated by natural light, it includes a double bed in the living area which also features quirky decorative pieces. There is a compact kitchenette and a private bathroom.
The Maubert-Mutualité Paris Metro Station is a 4-minute walk away. One of the largest and best-known churches in the world, Notre Dame Cathedral is a 10-minute walk away. The Jardin des Plantes Gardens are a 20-minute walk away. Bastille Square is a 25-minute trip using Paris Metro. While there, guests can catch a show at Bastille Opera House.
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My husband and I stayed in this studio a week in June, 2016. We loved the central location in the Latin Quarter, as we were able to walk just about anywhere in the city from the apartment. And if we didn't want to walk, Metro locations were convenient. We even joined Vélib, the bike share system, and found a number of stations within close proximity to the studio.
We also appreciated the spacious size of the room -- compared to most European hotel rooms, the studio felt palatial. I found the pull-down bed quite comfortable. WiFi worked well. Amenities are basic, but thoroughly adequate. We did not mind the 3 flights of stairs, either.
We did not find the street or general area to be "quiet" as described, however. It being June in Paris, and the apartment not having air conditioning, we slept with the windows open each night for ventilation. The bar and restaurant noise lasted late into the night and even longer on the weekends. Every morning between 7 and 8 am, the trash and recycling trucks came through as well. Bring earplugs, and consider installing a white noise app on your phone if you're here during open window season.
Our only other issue was with the toilet, which was not in full working order when we arrived and did not flush properly. Pierre was on holiday out of the country, so addressing the problem was difficult. Pierre was very easy to communicate with via email, though, and responded very quickly to my many messages. He was as helpful as he could possibly be from a distance, and we appreciated his availability. Hopefully the toilet is fixed soon!
As a place to call home base and rest our heads, we were happy with the apartment. Especially for the excellent and very competitive price.
The apartment is in a great location and is comfortable. Pierre was really nice. It was really small and the staircase after a long day of walking can be tough
Hi, we visited Paris this week and chose the accommodation thanks to positive reviews, which means excellent choice! Landlord disponibilissimo polite and friendly house clean and great location, 2 steps from the metro. District very much alive but peaceful suitable for young people
Salve, abbiamo visitato Parigi questa settimana e scelto l alloggio grazie alle recensioni positive, che dire ottima scelta! Padrone di casa disponibilissimo gentile e cordiale casa pulita e posizione ottima, a 2 passi dalla metro. Quartiere molto vivo ma tranquillo adatto per giovani
Small apartment but perfect if you don't plan on staying in much! Small but perfectly fine bathroom. Didn't use the kitchen but it was also small - again, perfect if you're not planning on staying in. Good location, good value and close to metro station too. Would definitely recommend!
Good location for this comfortable studio. Bed linen and towels are provided. Don't forget an hair dryer... and forks (everything else you need for a quick dinner is there).
It was a perfect stay. The cozy but very small, apartment has everything you need to spend a few days in Paris. Return.
Ha sido una estancia perfecta. El apartamento acogedor aunque muy pequeño, tiene todo lo necesario para pasar unos días en Paris. Volvería.
Ideally located studio.
Although little has everything necessary.
His owner is very polite
Estudio muy bien situado.
Aunque pequeño cuenta con todo lo imprescindible.
Su propietario es muy educada
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It has a very advantageous position, since it is little to Notre - Dame and the River Seine, which, traveling on foot put me in contact with all the main Parisian monuments.
Moreover, has very close to three stops of mmetro, so even in this way has been very easy around the city!
As regards the reception of the apartment, it is great !! This is a typical Parisian accommodation, because it is very comfortable and beautiful! All material is needed (towel, tv, blankets etc ..) are present.
Finally, I wanted to add that the owner of the apartment is a very good, friendly and helpful! If one day I return to Paris, it will require the hospitality in his apartment! The consoglio everyone!
Il mio soggiorno a Parigi é stato molto breve, ma allo stesso tempo è stato meraviglioso grazie all'
Appartamento in cui ho alloggiato:
Ha una posizione molto vantaggiosa, in quanto dista poco da Notre - Dame e dal fiume Senna, il qual, percorrendolo a piedi mi ha messo in contatto con tutti i principali monumenti parigini.
Oltretutto, ha molto vicino anche tre fermate delle mmetro, quindi anche in tal modo é stato semplicissimo girare la città!
Per quanto riguarda l'accoglienza dell'appartamento, è ottima!! Questo é un tipico alloggio parigino, in quanto é molto confortevole e bello! Tutto il materiale che occorre (telo, tv, coperte ecc..) sono presenti.
Infine, volevo aggiungere che anche il proprietario dell'appartamento é una persona molto brava, gentile e disponibile! Se mai un giorno dovessi tornare a Parigi, richiederó l'ospitalità nel suo appartamento! Lo consoglio a tutti!
Exceptional location, easy access, quiet and safe neighborhood with many eateries and supermarkets cerca.Pierre attentive and friendly and quick delivery of keys and smoothly without doubt an apartment to return. The space is tight but with everything needed for a pleasant stay, all say something, the soundproofing is not good you hear everything going on downstairs and upstairs, which was no problem, it is a quiet building and We rest smoothly throughout our stay.
Situación excepcional, bien comunicado, barrio tranquilo y seguro con muchos sitios para comer y supermercados cerca.Pierre atento y amable y entrega de llaves rápida y sin problemas, sin duda un apartamento para volver. El espacio es justo pero con todo lo necesario para una estancia agradable, lo único por decir algo, la insonorización no es buena se escucha todo lo que sucede en escaleras y piso de arriba, lo cual no supuso ningún problema, es un edifico tranquilo y descansamos sin problemas toda nuestra estancia.
The hotel can I highly recommend. We have felt very comfortable - the "studio" is very clean, cozy and with everything set up what you need. Even the bed is surprisingly comfortable. The host is very friendly and reliable, and to beat the situation hardly. The only drawback: Due to the traffic noise it is better to sleep at night with the windows closed, but the problem you will probably have anywhere in Paris. In short, I would want to stay here any time again.
Die Unterkunft kann ich nur wärmstens empfehlen. Wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt - das "studio" ist sehr sauber, gemütlich und mit allem eingerichtet, was man braucht. Sogar das Bett ist überraschend bequem. Der Gastgeber ist sehr freundlich und zuverlässig und die Lage kaum zu toppen. Einziges Manko: Aufgrund des Straßenlärms sollte man nachts lieber mit geschlossenem Fenster schlafen, aber das Problem wird man wohl überall in Paris haben. Kurz: Ich würde hier jederzeit wieder wohnen wollen.
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"The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made of atoms it can use for something else" — Eliezer Yudkowsky
The Futurology sub-Reddit recently hosted a must-read interview with Luke Muehlhauser, the CEO of the Singularity Institute. The interview is a wide-ranging discussion of artificial intelligence, technology, psychology, ethics, philosophy and the future of the human race.
Most of you GeekDads are familiar with the term "The Singularity," but for the sake of completeness, I'll quote Wikipedia's definition of it as the "hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human superintelligence through technological means."
In more concrete terms, The Singularity refers to the point in our future when we create an artificial intelligence that is capable of improving its own software/hardware. Version 1.0 of this AI would quickly create Version 2.0, which would in turn create Version 3.0 and so on. If each version is, say 20% smarter than the previous version, then we have the conditions for exponential growth in the AI's intelligence (100% human intelligence, then 120%, 144%, 173%, 207%…). Such growth would quickly lead to something beyond the comprehension of humans.
To give some perspective on that, consider the comment from Neil deGrasse Tyson in this video. Tyson points out that humans differ from chimpanzees by only about 2%, yet our intellectual capabilities completely dwarf those of our primate cousins. An artificial intelligence that is 2%, 20%, 200% or more powerful than a human brain will likely view our species much as we view chimpanzees.
Muehlhauser and the Singularity Institute are dedicated to making sure that any such emerging AI is "safe" and has a positive impact on civilization. The discussion on Reddit goes into great detail on just what that means, and how they hope to avoid any Skynet scenarios.
I've cherry-picked some of the choice comments below, but you really should head over and read the entire discussion yourself.
"The AI does not love you, nor does it hate you, but you are made of atoms it can use for something else"
Holy mother of god. Shouldn't we be steering away from this kind of entity, perhaps?
Yes, indeed. That's why we need to make sure that AI safety research is outpacing AI capabilities research. See my post "The AI Problem, with Solutions."
Of course, we're hitting the pedal-to-the-metal on AI capabilities research and there are fewer than 5 full-time researchers doing serious, technical, "Friendly AI" research. Right now, humanity spends 10,000x more on lipstick research each year than it does on Friendly AI research.
What is Intelligence and how do you "emulate" it?
See the "intelligence" section of our Singularity FAQ. The short answer is: Cognitive scientists agree that whatever allows humans to achieve goals in a wide range of environments, it functions as information-processing in the brain. But information processing can happen in many substrates, including silicon. AI programs have already surpassed human ability at hundreds of narrow skills (arithmetic, theorem proving, checkers, chess, Scrabble, Jeopardy, detecting underwater mines, running worldwide logistics for the military, etc.), and there is no reason to think that AI programs are intrinsically unable to do so for other cognitive skills such as general reasoning, scientific discovery, and technological development.
I probably don't know about much of the most important private "AI capabilities" research. Google, Facebook, and NSA don't brief me on what they're up to. I know about some private projects that few people know about, but I can't talk about them.
The most important work going on, I think, is AI safety research — not the philosophical work done by most people in "machine ethics" but the technical work being done at the Singularity Institute and the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.
We'd like to avoid a war with superhuman machines, because humans would lose — and we'd lose more quickly than is depicted in, say, The Terminator. A movie like that is boring if there's no human resistance with an actual chance of winning, so they don't make movies where all humans die suddenly with no chance to resist because a worldwide AI did its own science and engineered an airborne, human-targeted super-virus with a near-perfect fatality rate.
The solution is to make sure that the first superhuman AIs are programmed with our goals, and for that we need to solve a particular set of math problems, including both the math of safety-capable AI and the math of aggregating and extrapolating human preferences.
I have a pretty wide probability distribution over the year for the first creation of superhuman AI, with a mode around 2060 (conditioning on no other existential catastrophes hitting us first). Many AI people predict superhuman AI sooner than this, though — including Rich Sutton, who quite literally wrote the book on reinforcement learning.
Amusing note: Some military big-shots say things like "We'll never build fully-autonomous combat AIs; we'll never take humans out of the loop." Meanwhile, the U.S. military spends millions to get roboticist Ronald Arkin and his team to research and write the book Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots. (One of the few serious works in the field of "machine ethics", BTW).
"At the point when computers outstrip human intelligence in all or most areas, won't computers then take over doing most of the interesting and meaningful work?"
"Will humans be reduced to manual labor, as that's the only role that makes economic sense?"
No, robots will be better than humans at manual labor, too.
"While we will have unprecedented levels of material wealth, won't we have a severe crisis of meaning… Will the singularity foment an existential crisis for humanity?"
It's a good question. The major worry is that the singularity causes an "existential crisis" in the sense that it causes a human extinction event. If we manage to do the math research required to get superhuman AIs to be working in our favor, and we "merely" have to deal with an emotional/philosophical crisis, I'll be quite relieved.
One exploration of what we could do and care about when most projects are handled by machines is (rather cheekily) called "fun theory." I'll let you read up on it.
Humans are what happens when you build an intelligence by iteratively improving an ape. We are not designed minds. We are accidental minds. We are the dumbest creature that could possibly create a civilization, because cultural improvement is so much faster than genetic improvement that as soon as we were good enough, it was already too late to get any better.
On the upside though, we have the pro-social instincts (such as fairness, compassion, and empathy) that evolution built for tribal apes. Because we have them in common, we just attach them to intelligence like they were inevitable. They are not. As far as AIs go, they will have no more and no less than the motivations programmed in.
Yeah well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
The idea that we can state values simply (or for that matter, at all), and have them produce behavior we like, is complete myth, a cultural hangover from stuff like the Ten Commandments. They're either so vague as to be useless, or, when followed literally, produce disaster scenarios like "euthanize everyone!"
Clear statements about ethics or morals will generally be the OUTPUT of a superhuman AI, not restrictions on its behavior.
A super-intelligent, self-improving machine that evolves goals (inevitably making them different than ours), however, is a scary prospect.
Despite the fact that many of the disaster scenarios involve precisely this, perhaps the chief benefit to such an AI project will be that it will change its own values
By the way, if you like this sort of thing, the Futurology sub-reddit is the place for you. As well, the Singularity FAQ is also worth a look, especially the AI-in-a-box experiment.
And finally, Randall Munroe over at XKCD has this to say about Artificial Intelligence:


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All Black Zac Guildford has stood himself down from the Crusaders over an incident at a house party in Christchurch.
The NZ Rugby Union said late last night that the 23-year-old had voluntarily stepped aside.
It said Guildford had already told Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder about his involvement but had since stood down from the team as the matter was under investigation.
NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said: "We and the Crusaders were very disappointed to learn of this incident. As a result, the NZRU has initiated misconduct proceedings against Zac."
Mr Tew said officials would meet Guildford and his representative this week to discuss his future. "As his employer, we want to ensure that the process respects Zac's right to a fair hearing, so we do not wish to comment further at this stage."
Television NZ described this month's incident as a fracas.
Details have yet to be revealed, including whether it was alcohol-related.
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A second photo, posted by Guildford soon after, showed some of the group playing backyard cricket.
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"Wow!!!! What happened yesterday between 12.30 and 10pm?" he asked.
Another person replied: "F*** knows ... s**t got a wee bit silly."
Last night, Crusaders chief executive Hamish Riach refused to shed further light on the incident, saying only: "At this stage we cannot comment on specific circumstances; however, we are looking into the matter."
Guildford, who has played 10 tests and scored two tries for the All Blacks, has been involved in a string of high-profile incidents over the past 18 months, including a drunken rampage in Rarotonga in November 2011 that resulted in his arrest.
After that incident, the Napier-born player admitted he was struggling with a drinking problem and vowed to give up alcohol for 12 months.
He spoke with Blackadder, telling him he could not remember what had happened.
"I think that for the very first time, Zac has acknowledged that he's got an issue, that he can't control his drinking, and it's obviously causing a lot of issues," the coach told the media at the time.
"There's no second chance to learn here," he said. "I think that's really clear."
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August 2011
Broke team rules when he left the All Blacks' hotel to go out after their Bledisloe Cup victory against Australia at Eden Park. Within weeks, he drank heavily and broke the team curfew after the All Blacks' 25-20 defeat to the Wallabies.
September 2011
Guildford admitted to having issues with alcohol and promised he would get problem under control.
November 2011
The 23-year-old was arrested after he stormed into Trader Jacks in Rarotonga naked and allegedly punched two men. He then announced a self-imposed 12-month drinking ban, saying: "I need to sort myself out."
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At the April 9 Emily City Council meeting, Char Kinzer of Cooperative Mineral Resources (CMR) gave an update on local manganese deposits, according to meeting minutes.
Kinzer told the council that following the discovery that manganese and iron veins in the area are deeper than previously thought, CMR has begun the process of abandoning bore holes, though work on the project will continue.
An unapproved summary of actions at the monthly meeting said CMR is looking for partners to continue the mining process, and the cooperative is undecided on what method of extraction will be used.
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• Agreed to have the city attorney draft a letter and resolution in support of repealing the fiscal disparity tax for commercial properties.
• Accepted the verbal resignation of firefighter Jim Beaman with regret and appreciation for his 21 years of service.
• Approved the election of Mariann Guentzel as chief and Chad Wosmek as assistant chief of the local First Response.
• Agreed to send a letter to request donations to help pay for the open house for the remodeled city hall, as the city does not want to use taxpayer money to pay for the open house.
• Approved a charitable gambling license for Outing and Fifty Lakes Lions for a corn feed Aug. 17 at Granny's Bar & Grill.
• Approved a charitable gambling license for St. Emily's Church for a raffle and event in the church parking lot Aug. 3.
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Perfect location, right in the centre of Prague. Walking distance to major points of interest.
The apartment is located next to a bar or a disco. It was very noisy until late at night. Loud music and people yelling and arguing. I couldn't sleep.
The bathroom was dirty.
I didn't feel comfortable in this place.
The host sent someone to pick me up from the airport - for a fee. That person was nice.
Thanks, Mirek, that we could have this neighborhood for four days. The location of the apartment was just the best! Most interesting places or locations in the center of Prague can be reached on foot. And every day eon market just around the corner! And very suitable for three persons. The reception by Karel worked out fine.
Peter greets friendly. I will recommend the neighborhood.
Vielen DAnk, Mirek, dass wir dieses Quartier für vier tage haben konnten. Die Lage der Wohnung einfach top! Die schönsten Plätze oder orte im Zentrum von Prag sind zu Fuss zu erreichen. Und jeden Tag eon Markt vor der Tür! Und auch für drei Personen sehr gut geeignet. Der Empfang durch Karel hat prima geklappt.
Peter grüßt freundlich. Ich werde das Quartier weiter empfehlen.
This apartment is in a great location, right between Wenceslas Sq and Old Town Sq. The Living/bedroom and kitchen are very spacious with high ceilings and big windows. The bathroom is adequate but cramped. The only other negatives are that the bed could be more comfortable and there is a disco nearby that is audible well after midnight (easily blocked out with earplugs). The positives far outweigh the negatives.
We were picked up by Mirek at the central bus station and led to the apartment. It is situated ideally close to the Old Town Square and really quiet at night, although all the amenities are close by: good inexpensive restaurants,shops of all kinds.
The apartment is fully equipped, everything is working. The furniture could be re-
newed, however. We really enjoyed our stay.
Warning: Do not exchange money at changing offices without asking for commission rates ! I forgot to ask at Uhelny trh , close to Havelka ulicka,
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Mierk met us at the train station which was so generous of him to do. Once we got to his apartment he spent quite a bit of time recommending various sites to see and places to eat. THANKS Mirek for the tip on eating at the nearby " Two Cats"! We ate there twice!! The location was perfect...so near to Old Town Square and the middle of things but because of that it was a bit noisy for us at night. If noise is not an issue for you, we would recommend it as a good place to stay.
Rob and Cie
The flat was alright, cheap and the introduction by the host was good as well.
It was a warm welcome an introduction to the flat an its specifics. We enjoyed the various tips and informations that were made available. The flat itself is clean and useful equiped. We did not miss anything and were enjoying a flat in the city center of Prague. A very recommendable flat for a city trip. W-Lan was a plus.
Mirek hosted my son who was traveling with two friends. This is his recenzione:
we were greeted by mirek, who had many kind and explained everything.
the house is small but very cozy and located in the city center so very convenient to get around. the wi fi was not for the iphone house is equipped with all the amenities I recommend it highly pleasant journey
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siamo stati accolti da mirek, che era molte gentile e ci ha spiegato tutto.
la casa è piccola ma molto accogliente e posizionata in pieno centro quindi molto comoda per spostarsi. il wi fi c'era ma non per iphone la casa è dotata di tutti i comfort ve la consiglio vivamente buon viaggio
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Field of Heroes display opens Friday morning
10th display brings 6,684 remembrance markers
POCATELLO, Idaho - For the 10th time, the Field of Heroes display will officially open in Pocatello Friday.
The memorial is to remember military personnel who have died since the war on terror began after the 9/11 attacks.
This year there are 6,684 markers. They added 250 more to remember those who have died in the last year.
Each marker represents the life of a daughter, a son, a hero.
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The Field of Heroes has a quiet, stirring power to anyone who visits, and anyone who volunteers their time to make it possible.
"Fortunately we live in an incredible community," Young said. "They come out and they just make it happen and they get it done. As organizers you always worry, if you're going to get enough people and if it's going to happen. But it always happens."
Each soldier that has died in the war on terrorism has been remembered since 2004 with these markers.
The field becomes hallowed ground after Friday's 10 a.m. opening ceremony. Anyone can go at any time after the ceremony to pay their respects. The field, which never closes for the four-day period, is guarded and lit from Friday morning through Monday night.
"Just come out here and experience it," said Young. "Until you come out here and see it, it really is just a picture on a postcard or a number on a newspaper headline."
Those I spoke with Thursday also said the meaning for them is personal. Susan Larson, a military wife, said it's hard not to feel something when you're looking at spouses of loved ones represented as markers in a field.
"It's still 6,684 people whose lives were cut short," Larson said. "They didn't get to finish what they needed to do in their life."
This year they added a candlelight vigil called Silent Wounds. This vigil will honor those with post-traumatic stress syndrome, traumatic brain injury, and families who have lost loved ones and bear scars that no one can see.
They have also added lighted podiums that provide details about World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Gulf War and Vietnam, and are planning on making more for upcoming years.
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The challenge is open for submissions until June 26.
"We have seen a boom in technologies like wearable pedometers, Bluetooth-enabled scales and wireless pulse-oximeters, which are low-cost and widely available," said Scott Dulchavsky, a doctor who is CEO of the Innovation Institute, in a news release announcing the challenge Wednesday.
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