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I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
hahaha pretty good.
I bet they debate this **** on First Take...buncha damn fools
You shouldn't of mentioned it was fake. It would of been even more funny to see if anyone thought this was real.
That's freakin histerical!
Peyton: Your hair looks wierd
brady: your head looks weird
All Hail The New York Giants!!
lol, this made my day. I couldn't stop laughing..
LOLOL Brady's reaction when Eli commented.
Mood: WOOF!
awesome. i wonder if the actual qb's ever read these meme's...gotta think they;d get a laugh outta this (except romo lol)
I'm sure they all talk crap to eachother, everyone does it. Would be awesome to see their real convo's though!


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"Fee-fi-fo-fum." Giants utter this frightening phrase in ancient tales that date as far back as the 12th century—most famously in the English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Jack's tale is getting an action-packed—and giant-packed—update in Warner Bros Pictures' Jack the Giant Slayer, in 2-D, 3-D and IMAX theaters March 1.
Actor Nicholas Hoult (About a Boy, X-Men: First Class) plays Jack, a farm boy from the medieval English town of Cloister. Hidden high in the clouds above the town is an island, where there lives an ancient race of giants. When some magical beans send Cloister's adventurous princess, Isabelle, up a beanstalk to be captured by giants, Jack is determined to save her. During a recent press conference, TFK spoke to Hoult, 23, about his experience making Jack the Giant Slayer.
Why did you decide to do the movie?
I grew up with the fairy tale and enjoyed the story as a kid. I enjoy stories where characters get swept up on an adventure and get taken to strange, magical worlds and grow along the way. I thought there was potential in the script to make a really cool adventure movie.
How would you say you are similar to or different from your character Jack?
His determination and his willingness to go the extra mile for what he thinks is right, I hope that I have that quality. When he and the princess start developing their relationship, he is well aware of how she can help the kingdom and what's going on in the world around him, and I'd like to think I'm quite aware of what's going on.
How we are different? He's a lot braver than I would ever be. If a giant beanstalk erupted out of the ground and there were rumors about giants being up there, there's a part of me that would like to believe I would offer myself up to go save someone, but that's pretty terrifying, so maybe I wouldn't handle the situation quite as well as [Jack] did.
What are some new elements that Jack the Giant Slayer brings to the classic fairytale?
The thing that I really enjoyed about the script is that even though it's based on the fairytale, it's been developed into its own storyline. It has throwbacks to the original story, but it's also a completely different story. In the original story there was only one giant. In this story there are a whole bunch of them. They all have individual personalities and characteristics that are really entertaining and fun to watch, so that's definitely something that's great about this film. The giants are very different from what people have seen before.
The giants were created using motion capture and CGI. Did you find it difficult to work with that?
It was weird because I was looking at a tennis ball most of the time. But it was good that we did [the motion capture] stuff first because then we could have the giant's dialogue being played over a loudspeaker. What they could do very cleverly on this [film] was that, after the shot, they could overlay what they'd captured with the giants onto the [monitor] screen, so you could see how you fit within the shot. It [helps] to have a good imagination, and I'm completely delusional. So if I concentrate hard enough, I believe that I see a giant there, and then it's not so difficult!
Can you talk about the relationship between Jack and Princess Isabelle?
The princess in this film wants to get out and have an adventure. She doesn't want to be cooped up in the palace, so at the start of the movie she tries to escape and get out in the world. She's very brave and trying to make a difference in the world. They both help each other through and learn about what they can both achieve in life.
If you had access to a magical beanstalk like Jack, what would you hope to find at the top?
I'd like to find an island of marshmallows. If it looked like the island that they created [for the movie], but less dangerous and more edible, I think that would be a pretty good place.
You also starred in X-Men: First Class. What do you enjoy most about being in an action film?
I enjoy the action side of it. I enjoy the stunts. I enjoy watching things blow up. In [Jack the Giant Slayer], we'll be walking through a lake and then get caught up in a giant net, things like that. Watching the stunt [professionals] throw themselves off buildings and horses being charged around and arrows being fired and all that stuff, I find that very fun. I'm a big kid at heart, so to watch that happen is very entertaining.
Has there ever been a time where you've felt a little bit heroic in your own life?
Once, when I was younger, I was surfing [with] my little sister. There was a bit of a strong undercurrent that was dragging her around. I paddled out and pulled her back in. I wasn't that old at the time. That was a bit heroic. I'd give myself a 6 out of 10, or maybe a 5 out of 10. (Laughs)
If you could play another fairy tale character in a movie, who would it be?
I'd like to play the dragon that defends the castle that Sleeping Beauty falls asleep in. Or an evil wizard.
What do you think kids will love about the film?
It's fresh and visually pretty stunning. I think everyone wants to go off on an adventure and experience something new, so I think they'll just get swept up in this magical fairytale, which they can imagine themselves being involved in. It's quite an epic story, and hopefully they'll laugh as well. It's pretty funny.
Warner Bros Pictures' Jack the Giant Slayer is rated PG-13 for "intense scenes of fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief language." Also starring Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci and Ian McShane.

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Is that the first shower that Emily has had since you all left home? She must have smelt like Barry the camel.
Next Monday is Marcy's 70th birthday and you are all welcome to come to her party. One of the activities is to see some photos that we took on our overseas trip I am not sure if we memtioned that we have about 2999 photos!
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Then it was back to the car to start heading to Exmouth or as far as we could make it. We didn't get far before we decided to stop in at the Old Roebourne Prison, the building looked nice so we thought it would be worth a look. There was some interesting old things inside and old photos, but it was not very big so we were back on the road again soon after
The next stop was Karatha for some food shopping and some lunch. Then we really set about trying to cover some kilometers. We ended us stopping around 4:30 at a free camp that looked nice, it had plenty of room and some cow to make it interesting. We picked a spot near the river (although it didn't have any water in it) and set up camp while the kids made friends with a family that arrived shortly after us.
Harry thinks the best thing about free camps is that you get to have bon fires. We couldn't disappoint him so tonight's dessert was marshmallows and damper on the bonfire with the kids new friends.
Emily's main complaint about free camps is that they don't have showers, so we decided that it was time we tried out the shower in the van. Emily was the first to try it and thought it was great. We all agreed it was one of the best showers we have had.
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Scott wants to give $2,500 raise to Florida teachers
Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 3:30 p.m.
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TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday continued his crusade to boost public education funding, outlining a plan to give some 168,000 Florida classroom teachers a $2,500 pay raise.
But it will be up to the Florida Legislature to decide how much of the governor's $480 million plan will become a reality. Questions abound about the governor's ambitious pay plan, including the fundamental issue of how the state can pay for it while still meeting many other pressing budget needs.
"The governor proposes and the Legislature disposes," said Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.
The pay plan also drew questions from critics about the politics at play in this latest boost to education spending being floated by Scott.
Elected as a tea party candidate in 2010, Scott helped engineer a $1.3 billion cut for public school funding in 2011 and the creation of a controversial law tying teacher pay and evaluations to student performance. On Thursday, new Education Commissioner Tony Bennett indicated that the governor had asked him to look into how that law will be implemented and said that the measure might need to be "tweaked."
Scott reversed his position on school funding last year and won support for a $1 billion increase in the kindergarten-through-high-school system.
On Wednesday, Scott — who will deliver his full budget plan for 2013-14 to the Legislature in the next week or so — outlined his teacher pay plan at Ocoee Middle School near Orlando.
"We have made the hard choices over the last few years to get our economy growing again," Scott said. "We are back on track. Now, we need to double down on our investment in education."
Legislative leaders were receptive to Scott's proposal, but they cautioned that they will have to see how the measure fits into the overall $70 billion-plus state spending plan for the budget year, which begins July 1.
"I've always been for improving compensation for effective teachers," said Gaetz, a former school superintendent in Okaloosa County. But he added: "$480 million is a lot of money. It's more money than some people think we'll have."
Scott said he will ask for more money for the K-12 system in addition to the $480 million pay plan.
The state Board of Education has asked for an $891 million increase for the K-12 system, without the pay raise. The board included a $442 million request for school technology improvements and $198 million for enrollment growth in Florida's 67 school districts. Following the mass shootings in Connecticut, school districts also are asking for added funding for school safety.
How Scott's pay request will mesh with those initiatives is unclear.
The state's $70 billion budget is expected to have roughly $1.2 billion in additional revenue next year — an amount that could easily be eclipsed by growth in Medicaid, the need to make up a $300 million state university cut, a state worker pay increase and increases for other state programs, ranging from prisons to road construction.
Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, said the Senate is receptive to the idea of a pay increase for teachers but "we need to make sure those funds are there."
Although Scott talked about an "across-the-board" pay increase, Galvano and Gaetz said the Senate was interested in a performance-based pay plan.
Galvano said there also is the question of which school personnel would receive the raises, which would have to be negotiated in each district by the local school boards.
If it is limited strictly to classroom teachers, "that excludes a lot of people like guidance counselors and teachers who have been moved out of the classroom because of advancement and achievement on their part and other aspects of the school system from lunch ladies to administrators," Galvano said.
Scott said there will be enough additional money in his K-12 request to cover raises for non-classroom personnel if the districts decide to do that.
Andy Ford, head of the Florida Education Association, the state's major teachers' union, said the $2,500 raise "would certainly be welcome, but it's important to put it in its proper context."
Ford noted teachers and other school personnel lost 3 percent of their salary beginning in 2011 when Scott and lawmakers decided the workers needed to contribute to the state pension fund. But Ford called the pay plan "a step in the right direction" that "begins to repair the damage that has been done to our students and those who work in our schools."
Democrats saw a political motive in Scott's plan, noting that the Republican governor has become more of an advocate for public education as his 2014 re-election campaign nears.
Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, called Scott's plan "lofty" and questioned how the governor would fund it while still pressing ahead with tax breaks.
"It's really going to boil down to how is he going to fund it as well as all the tax breaks for businesses in the state," Bullard said. "I might go as far to say it looks like somebody who is trying to run for office."
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On May 25, 25 middle and high school students competed in a non-rated chess tournament at Denton Public Library, North Branch. Dr. Alexey Root served as tournament director. The tournament raised money for Denton High School chess club. Results are posted on the Denton High School chess club Web site and on its Facebook page.
And for the chess-player the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named "combination."
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Diego Rivera, ca. 1949
(Photo by Manuel Alvarez Bravo)
UTSA hosts Sept. 5 showing of Diego Rivera documentary
By James M. Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(Sept. 2, 2008)--The UTSA Mexico Center, UTSA Hispanic Student Association and the Instituto Cultural de Mexico will host the premier of the film, "Un Retrato de Diego: la Revolucion de la Mirada" (A Portrait of Diego: The Revolutionary Gaze), from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, at the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) on the 1604 Campus. Diego Rivera, the celebrated muralist, was married to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. A reception hosted by UTSA President Ricardo Romo and Dr. Harriett Romo is 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the auditorium.
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- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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Free and open to the public, the 80-minute documentary features footage of Rivera from the late 1940s shot by photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo and cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa. Bravo and Figueroa sought to document Rivera's creative process as he developed his artworks.
>> View an e-invitation and the documentary trailer.
There will be encore free showings at the UTSA Downtown Campus Buena Vista Theater at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10. An additional viewing will be at the Instituto Cultural de Mexico in HemisFair Park, 5-7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 7. UTSA will retain a copy of the film, making it available at the Downtown Campus.
The project was shelved before completion, but Gabriel Figueroa Flores (Figueroa's son) and Diego Lopez Rivera (Rivera's grandson) discovered the lost footage and were determined to complete the project. Figueroa Flores and Lopez Rivera will attend the Friday night showing and answer questions following the film.
The documentary combines archival footage from the 1940s and interviews from Rivera's friends and relatives. Film clips from Mexico's "Golden Age of Cinema" provide a historical context for the film setting.
A noted muralist, Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1886 and died in Mexico City in 1957. He is commonly known for his turbulent marriage to Frida Kahlo. A controversial figure, Rivera's murals often included elements of his communist leanings. He is best known for "Detroit Industry," a 27-panel mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts; "Man, Controller of the Universe," at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; and "Pan American Unity," a 10-panel mural prepared for the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco.
Lopez-Rivera and Figueroa Flores chose to premier the documentary on a university campus to introduce a new generation to the artworks of Diego Rivera.
The UTSA organizing committee for the screening included Arturo Almeida, Felipe Barrera, Gabriela Franco-Palafox, Olivia Lopez, Gina Mendez, Martin C. Rodriguez and Harriett Romo.
For more information, visit the UTSA Mexico Center Web site or call (210) 458-2923.


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Irreverent performer to address depression, suicide
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(March 24, 2008)--As part of Women's History Month, the UTSA Women's Studies Institute and the Department of History will present actor-educator Kristina Wong performing an excerpt from her seriocomic play about depression and suicide. The performance of "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02), 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public. A discussion of mental health issues will follow the performance.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is a lively and humorous show that highlights the high rates of anxiety, depression, mental illness and suicide among Asian American women. Wong addresses mental health issues in marginalized communities, lack of mental health public resources, how to move past oppression into a healthy future and art as a healer.
A nationally acclaimed solo performer, writer, actor, educator, activist and filmmaker, Wong's performances are described by the East Bay Express as "brutal but hilarious." Her repertoire includes short and full-length solo performances, outrageous street theater stunts and pranks, subversive Internet installations, plays and sketch comedy.
She recently was awarded the Creative Capital Award in Theater and a Creation Fund from the National Performance Network. She was selected to be part of the 2008 CBS "Multicultural Sketch Comedy Showcase."
Wong has performed at the National Asian American Theater Festival in New York City, The New York Hip Hop Theater Festival at the Public, The Mark Taper Forum at the Ivy Substation, The Bay Area Hip Hop Theater Festival, La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley, DePaul University in Chicago, University of Florida at Gainesville and UT Austin, among others.
Her work has been part of programming for Mental Illness Awareness Month and Women's History Month and has been taught as part of courses in theater, psychology, social work, women's studies, contemporary literature, creative writing, ethnic studies, art and design, and speech/oration.
For more information, visit the UTSA Women's Studies Institute Web site or call (210) 458-6277.


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Balls to the wall, when you don't even think about whether its a good or bad idea you just DO IT!
by Tyler Kay September 14, 2006
BTTW is short for: "Balls to the Whalls" means to go all out. It has been said that in ASL (American Sign Language) "BTTW" is said to be performed by the same posed used by commandoes in Contra 3 Alien Wars when you hold the "L" & "R" buttons down at the same time. This is a mantra chanted by those who recognize that the ideal represented in carnate by "Mark Whalberg" is the true path to awesomeness. When you are being so awesome you need to shout, and you just can't contain the awesome anymore, its a safe bet that "BALLS TO THE WHALLS" will satisfy that urge to rock on, and rock on hard.
*when you need a battlecry to rock out to:* "BALLS TO THE WHALLS!!!! or "BTTW" if you prefer brevity.
by Tiger Striped Doc August 25, 2007
"Balls To The Wall" - for ones balls to get busted. A male can have his balls in a vice, clenched in his boss' fist, or in his wife's mouth. But nothing really compares to getting your balls mashed up against a cold hard wall. A phrase most commonly referred to whilst at work or when communicating with the female variety.
1) "Man, my boss has had my BTTW all day at work... this is bull-shit"... 2) "Sup niggapotomous?! So my wife is gettin' all up in my grill cos I'm out gettin' shit-faced wit my bruz and she wants me to get back to the crib n pick out doilies for the wedding - BTTW..."
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Cafe Fiorello serves straight through the day – lunch, dinner and brunch on the weekends – Fiorello's is a great spot for pre-theater dining. Open late each night, the restaurant is also perfect for a post-theater dinner, a light bite at the antipasto bar, or cocktails and dessert.
We're open Monday through Thursday from 7:30am – 12:00am, Friday from 7:30am – 12:30am, Saturday from 9:00 am – 12:30am, and Sunday from 9:00 am – 11:00 pm.
Experience our warm Italian hospitality from the moment you enter our doors. Enjoy our elaborate antipasto bar, with 32 vegetables, and 12 seafood options, as well as all of our pastas, local fish, prime steaks and don't miss our famous signature thin-crust pizza.
Cafe Fiorello is right across the street from Lincoln Center. We have been getting our guests to the opera, the philharmonic, and the ballet on time for years. We are close to Columbus Circle and in the heart of the Midtown Hotel district around Central Park and 59th Street, close to the Mandarin Oriental, Trump International, and the Empire Hotel, and many others.


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Protecting Our Children
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New Program Encourages Rigorous Course Work
At the start of the 2002-03 school year, President Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced a new program that encourages students to take more rigorous courses to better prepare themselves for postsecondary education and the workplace.
The new State Scholars program is a partnership of the business community and educators to encourage students to complete courses of study beyond the minimum requirements for high school graduation. The Scholars Core Academic Course of Study includes at least four years of English, three years of math (algebra I and II and geometry), three years of lab science (biology, chemistry and physics), three and half years of social studies and two years of a foreign language.
Upon completion of the Scholars Course of Study, students will be recognized and can be made eligible for admission and scholarships to a state college, university or technical training school. For more information, visit www.centerforstatescholars.org or call 512-480-3164.
Protecting Our Children
President Bush made the following remarks at a Rose Garden ceremony announcing this month's White House Conference on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children.
"... We're gathered here today because we share a profound concern for the safety of the most precious and important people in our own lives and the life of our country, our children. After the terror of September the 11th, many parents throughout America found themselves holding their children more closely. Unfortunately, as we work to help our children feel safer by fighting terror, America's children and parents are also facing a wave of horrible violence from twisted criminals in our own communities.
Today, I call on all federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and our communities and our citizens to work together to do everything in our power to better protect our children. ... The most recent statistics available tell a terrible story. More than 58,000 children are abducted by non-family members annually. Many of these children are returned home quickly, but some are not. ... Today, we're taking steps to focus on preventing crimes against children before they happen. The Department of Justice will release a handbook of simple and practical steps that parents can take to make their children safer.
|"... We feel that if [the school is] an environment which promotes teaching and learning, promotes mutual respect among not only students but students and adults, an environment where kids feel comfortable to come forward and talk about their problems, then students will be engaged in learning."
Bill Modzeleski, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug-Free School Programs.
One of the most important things that a mom or dad can do is talk to their children very specifically, and rehearse what they can say and do if they ever feel threatened. Parents should teach their children how to say no and how to trust their instincts. For example, children should know that unfamiliar adults usually would not ask them for directions or help. Such a request might be a trick to get their attention, and of course to lure them away from safety.
The handbook also has practical advice to help families and communities make their homes and their schools and their neighborhoods safer. Children should know a safe place to seek help if they are approached by a stranger on their way to school, or if they're standing at a bus stop. ...
I urge the families to get these recommendations and to discuss the important safety tips with their children. Next month, we will convene a White House Conference on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children. This forum will bring together leading national experts to focus on ways parents and communities can help shield children from the harm that is being done to some today.
Recent child abductions have understandably left many of our families in fear, and the most productive response is to improve the safety of their child's environment on the best information and the best advice.
No family should ever have to endure the terrible pain of losing a child. Our nation grieves with every family that has suffered unbearable loss, and our nation will fight the threats against our children. We can take hopeful and practical steps to improve our children's safety, and we will take those steps together. ..."
For fiscal year 2003, President Bush has proposed a 26 percent increase ($29 million) in funding for the Missing and Exploited Children's Program, which, among other activities, provides training for state and local law enforcement personnel on handling missing child cases. The president's budget request will also enable the Department of Justice to double the size of its task force on Internet crimes against children.
Close-Up On: No Child Left BehindSchool Safety
All children need a safe environment in which to learn and achieve. The No Child Left Behind Act seeks to ensure a safe and orderly school by encouraging programs that protect students and teachers, encourage discipline and personal responsibility, and combat illegal drugs. The act
In 1996-97, 90 percent of public schools reported no serious violent crime to the police or a law enforcement representative.
Source: Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2001, National Center for Education Statistics.
Requires states to report on school safety to the public. The new law also encourages schools to work closely with law enforcement and the community to keep the learning environment safe by enforcing truancy, suspension and expulsion policies and criminal laws.
Protects teachers so they can teach and maintain order. The problem of discipline has been compounded by the increased incidence of lawsuits, which impairs the ability of teachers to maintain discipline and enforce the rules. No Child Left Behind protects teachers, principals and other school professionals from frivolous litigation when they take reasonable actions to maintain order and discipline in the classroom.
Anticipates the potential for violence in schools. Violence prevention programs must meet specified principles of effectiveness and be grounded in scientifically based research that provides evidence that the program to be used will reduce violence and illegal drug use. Under No Child Left Behind, states must report school safety statistics to the public on a school-by-school basis, and districts must use federal school safety funding to establish a plan for keeping schools safe and drug free.
Provides a mechanism for students to leave chronically dangerous schools. No Child Left Behind requires schools to implement a statewide policy requiring students to have the choice to attend a safe public school within the district if he/she attends a persistently dangerous public school or becomes a victim of a violent crime while in or on the grounds of a public school the student attends.
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The National Alliance of Business and The Conference Board's 2002 Business and Education Conference; "A New Era of Education Reform: Implementing No Child Left Behind" is among the topics to be addressed. Visit www.conference-board.org/conferences or call 212-759-0900.
Guide for Parents: Personal Safety for Children
Each year, more than 58,000 children in the United States are abducted by non-family members. More than 200,000 children are abducted by family members who are seeking to interfere with a parent's custodial rights. In the most dangerous type of abductionstranger kidnappingfully 40 percent of children are killed.
In an effort to protect children against these assaults, the U.S. Department of Education just released a new guidebook entitled Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents. With information that children of all ages can understand, the guide provides facts and figures on child abductions, tips for discussing safety, a list of approaches for staying safe, numbers to call during an emergency and additional resources for more help.
Personal Safety for Children: A Guide for Parents, available in both English and Spanish, is a publication of the Departments of Education and Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. For a copy, while supplies last, contact 1-877-4ED-PUBS (433-7827), or visit www.nochildleftbehind.gov/parents/safety/index.html for the online version.
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Turning negative thoughts to positive action is the focus of women business owners roundtable
"Turning Negative Thoughts to Positive Actions" will be the topic of the Small Business Development Center's Women Business Owners Roundtable discussion from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at the Binghamton Regency on Water Street in downtown Binghamton.
Cynthia Palka, president of Future Map, Inc., will examine the source of negative thoughts and teach techniques to turn those negative thoughts into positive actions. Palka will also explore ways to reconnect to core strengths and passions.
Palka is a certified coach with areas of expertise that include performance coaching, career planning and organizational change. Her company, Future Map, Inc., has clients ranging from startup companies to large corporations.
The roundtable costs $8 per person payable at the door and includes a continental breakfast. Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and brochures to share.
Advance registration is required. Call the Binghamton University's Small Business Development Center at 607-777-4024 to register.


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SCAD announces 2012/13 fashion mentors; SCAD alumnus included for first time
/SCAD students will benefit from the wisdom and expertise of world-renowned fashion and accessory mentors, including SCAD alumnus Thomas Finney, during 2012/13./
The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced that fashion designers Mimi Plange, Bibhu Mohapatra and Thomas Finney will serve as the school's 2012-13 fashion mentors. Richard Lambertson and John Truex will serve as the university's accessories mentors. This marks the first year that a SCAD alumnus, Thomas Finney, who graduated from SCAD with a B.F.A. in fashion in 2010, returns to SCAD's fashion studios as a mentor.
"The SCAD Style Lab Mentorship continues to offer a group of select senior students the opportunity to interact with established fashion professionals," says Michael Fink, dean of the School of Fashion. "Focused and personalized attention with each of our emerging student designers allows the mentors to not only develop distinct design voices for a new generation, but will also instill skills needed to be successful in today's business world. This year's mentors continue this program's goal of inspiring students to their greatest potential."
Mimi Plange worked as a women's designer with Rachel Roy before establishing her own line, for which she has since been honored as the International Designer of the Year by Mercedes Benz Fashion Week South Africa. She will be working with the students in SCAD's Atlanta location. Bibhu Mohapatra is the former designer director at J. Mendel who launched his namesake label in 2009, earning himself a place as finalist for FGI's Rising Star Award and winning the National Arts Club's "Young Innovator Award."
Thomas Finney now serves as designer for Thom Browne menswear, responsible for all elements of the menswear collections, which show in New York and Paris. As a student at SCAD, Finney was a CFDA Scholarship Award winner. Mohapatra and Finney will be working with students based in Savannah.
Richard Lambertson and John Truex are design directors of the Tiffany Leather Collection, responsible for the design and development of Tiffany's handbags and accessories. They have shared honors as the CFDA Accessories Designer of the Year and won the ACE Award for Design Excellence.
SCAD: The University for Creative Careers
The Savannah College of Art and Design is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution conferring bachelor's and master's degrees at distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students for professional careers. SCAD offers degrees in more than 40 majors.


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General Motors in America's Heartland
By Greg Dalton
General Motors has decided to discontinue funding of the Heartland Institute, an organization that downplays the risks of climate disruption, three weeks after GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson was asked about it during a Climate One radio interview. GM spokesman Dave Barthmuss confirmed the move yesterday.
Hours before Mr. Akerson went on stage March 7th at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco to record the interview before a live audience of about 200 people, several questions were submitted via Facebook about GM's financial support of the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based group that advocates free market ideas. Climate One is the sustainability project of The Commonwealth Club of California, a non-profit and non-partisan public forum.
This question was posted from Bruce:
"Please ask Mr. Akerson why GM funds the Heartland Institute, a group that has tried to push misinformation about climate change into our public schools. Is this funding consistent with their company's message in marketing of the Chevy Volt?"
That sounded fair game. So during the hour-long conversation I posed that question to Mr. Akerson. His response made it clear he accepts the scientific consensus that rising concentrations of carbon dioxide and other pollutants are increasing the Earth's average temperatures.
"The first time I was interviewed by the press, I was stunned with the following reaction," Akerson said. "Some guy says, 'Do you believe in global warming?' And I said, 'Well yeah, I do.' Several GM executives said, 'You don't say that in public. Well this may surprise you, my underwear doesn't have GM stamped on it and I am an individual and I do have my own convictions and it may sometimes they -- they agree and sometimes they don't. I think it's actually healthy to have different points of view and perspectives around the table."
He went on to address the funding question more directly. "This is $15,000 that was committed to before I came in. I also think the Heartland Institute, I'm told, does other things and I find this interesting. I won't go any further but I'm going to take another look at it when I get back to Detroit. I'll leave it at that." Disclosure: General Motors is also a corporate funder of Climate One.
Mr. Akerson said "actions speak louder than words" and mentioned zero-emission auto plants that run off methane and other measures the company has taken to reduce its carbon footprint. Of course, most of the pollution from automobiles comes from driving them around, not making them. That's on us consumers.
GM famously killed the electric car ten years ago and often obstructed efforts to combat severe climate change. Now, that is changing. GM is producing the Chevy Volt, which runs on electricity and gasoline, and consumers have more options than ever for moving away from oil. GM can still do a lot more with its money and muscle to advance the transition to clean transportation. And my bet is they will, because the free and global auto market is headed toward an electrified future.
Events at The Commonwealth Club 3/26-30/12
This week at The Commonwealth Club of California:
Esther Koch: What You Need to Know Before You're 65 – A Medicare Primer
Middle East Discussion Group
Climate One: Speaking Youth to Power
John D. Kuhns: China Fortunes - An American Pioneer's Adventures in China's Energy Trade
The Film Olive
Distilled in SF: How to Drink Like a Locavore
Climate One: Water World
Chinatown Walking Tour
Move Your Money!
Jake Godby and Sean Vahey: Ice Cream Social with an Attitude
Dr. Ira Byock: The Best Care Possible- What It Is and How to Get It
Week to Week News Commentary Program
Need, Speed, and Greed: The New Rules of Innovation
For details and to reserve tickets: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/
81st Annual California Book Awards Finalists Announced
This week, the judges of the annual California Book Awards issued their list of finalists. You can view the entire list on the Book Awards web page.
And reserve your tickets now for the June 7, 2012, awards ceremony.
Don't Miss This Week's Events at The Commonwealth Club
We've got a full week of interesting, delicious, and entertaining events for you this week:
George Hammond: Time & Eternity
Vivek Ranadive: The Two-Second Advantage
Poisons in the Press: Deciding for Yourself What's "Safe"
Philippa Kelly: Only Connect – Dramaturgy & Shakespeare's Living Theater
Eric Topol: The Creative Destruction of Medicine
Must Politics Be a Dirty Business?
North Beach Walking Tour
Maharaja Caravan
John Yoo: Reconceptualizing U.S. Power & International Law
Zara McDonald: Mountain Lions & Humans – Can They Co-Exist?
Week to Week News Wrapup
For details and to reserve your seat: http://www.commonwealthclub.org/
Dan Akerson Climate One Program on C-SPAN 3 & 2
C-SPAN 3 will air our recent program with General Motors CEO Dan Akerson (in conversation with Climate One Director Greg Dalton) today at 4 p.m. and again at 10:10 p.m. (both times Pacific Time). And if you're an early riser, you can also catch it on C-SPAN 2 at 6 a.m. Pacific time tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.
Or you can just use your digital video recorder and sleep in tomorrow.


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Does ObamaCare outlaw private insurance?
posted at 8:47 am on July 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Investors Business Daily's editors quickly read through the actual legislation of the House health-care reform bill looking for hidden time bombs — and they found a doozy. On page 16 of over a thousand pages of text, they discovered a clause that essentially locks people into their current plan, and locks everyone out of any other plan. Well, presumably the public plan will be an exception:
When we first saw the paragraph Tuesday, just after the 1,018-page document was released, we thought we surely must be misreading it. So we sought help from the House Ways and Means Committee.
It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage. Under the Orwellian header of "Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage," the "Limitation On New Enrollment" section of the bill clearly states:
"Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day" of the year the legislation becomes law.
So we can all keep our coverage, just as promised — with, of course, exceptions: Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers.
Surprise! You can, as Obama promised, keep your current coverage — as long as it remains available. However, if your employer stops offering health-care benefits, or if you buy it privately and your insurer cancels your plan, you can't just pick up another private plan. Enrollments will be closed as of the first day the bill becomes law.
That will have the effect of forcing millions of people into the public plan whether they want it or not. Even worse, if insurers get barred from attracting new customers — which this clause outlaws — then they will eventually see their rolls drained, thanks to the natural flow of the market as employers drop plans and skip the expense of offering medical insurance. It won't take long at all for insurers to exit the market and leave the field for just the public plan, which will automatically get the customers of each individual insurer as they close up shop.
Does this bill outlaw private insurance? Literally, no, but in practical terms, it makes it an endangered species and creates an American single-payer system by default.
It has to pass first, though, and Blue Dog Democrats say they've seen enough:
Centrist Democrats are threatening to oppose their party's healthcare legislation unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) accepts changes that make the bill more to their liking.
Seven Blue Dogs on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have banded together to draft amendments that they'll co-sponsor in the committee markup, which starts Thursday. Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the Blue Dogs' point man on healthcare, says if those changes aren't accepted, they'll vote down the bill.
"We cannot support the current bill," Ross said. "Last time I checked, it took seven Democrats to stop a bill in Energy and Commerce." …
Blue Dogs think the bill fails to do enough to reduce healthcare costs, jeopardizes jobs with a fee on employers that don't provide health insurance, and would base a government-run healthcare plan on a Medicare payment system that already penalizes their rural districts.
Michelle has the names to call this week to encourage them to vote against this bill.
Update: Instapundit gets this feedback from a reader:
Investor's Business Daily did not continue to read the bill to page 19. "Individual health insurance coverage that is not grandfathered health insurance coverage under subsection (a) may only be offered on or after the first day of Y1 as an Exchange-participating health benefits plan. "
It does not outlaw individual private coverage – you can still buy the plan on the Exchange where they will compete with the public option, not be replaced by it. The advantage of the Exchange, is that the coverage no longer has one of the problems of individual coverage – skyrocketing premiums should you become ill.
Well, that may address the issue, but price-fixing premiums means insurers can't cover the costs of the risk they assume. Either the insurers will have to start with higher premiums to cover their costs, or they will go out of business when usage increases and premiums remain fixed. Forcing insurers into price-fixing schemes only adds another step to their extinction.
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The famine in the Horn of Africa reinforced the image of a continent struggling to feed itself. Behind these images of seeming despair, Africa's agricultural revolution is starting to take shape.
Unlike the Asian Green Revolution that focused on increasing productivity, Africa's agricultural revolution is focusing on using new technologies to solve local problems. Its humanistic touch is particularly evident in the attention it is paying to improving local crops.
Much of the assessment of Africa's agricultural future has tended to focus on financial allocations. While funding is necessary, it is not the most important indicator of the future success of agricultural efforts. For this, we have to turn to trends in agricultural research activities.
As pointed out in The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, the ability of the continent to feed itself will depend largely on the extent to which it is able to harness the world's scientific and technological knowledge and put it to local uses.
The meeting of the first general assembly of 18-year-old Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (Asareca) held last week (December 14-17) in Entebbe provided a glimpse of what Africa's agricultural revolution is likely to look like.
The revolution will most likely be driven by three major forces: institutional upgrading; riding the biotechnology revolution; and regional co-operation.
Asareca itself is an example of institutional upgrading. The 11-member organisation (Burundi, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda) was created in 1994 to serve as a forum for heads of national agricultural research institutes and their international partners.
The organisation has been upgraded to include other actors from academia, the private sector and civil society. More importantly, the fact that Asareca assemblies now include ministers will help to raise the political profile of agricultural research.
It is expected future assemblies will include ministers responsible for other inputs into agriculture such as science and technology, infrastructure, commerce and industry.
Locally-driven research
The theme of institutional upgrading was also picked in the assembly's decision to strengthen agricultural research in universities while adding teaching to existing agricultural research institutes.
By doing the latter, the region will start to build genuine "agricultural research universities" under the ministries of Agriculture that will help forge stronger links with farming and business communities.
The scientific highlights of the conference were reports of the isolation of a drought-tolerant gene in maize and the development of high-yielding, striga-resistant sorghum varieties.
This work has been done by two young Sudanese women scientists, Rasha Adam and Rasha Ali. The work on drought-tolerance involved genetic modification while the second used market-assisted breeding.
These and other examples of biotechnology research supported by Asareca on animal disease diagnostics, banana, cassava, beans, napier grass and sweet potato are clear indicators of locally-driven research.
Much of this work is being done as part of post-graduate training and it is therefore contributing to the training of the next generation of agricultural scientists.
The work on drought-tolerant maize supported the training of four PhD and one MSc students from Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya.
The striga-resistant sorghum research trained three PhD and four MSc students.
It also supported training for 14 scientists and technicians in application of molecular markers at the Bioscience Eastern and Central Africa (Beca) facility located at the campus of the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi.
In addition, national universities are starting to serve as natural regional centres. For example, the work on drought-tolerant maize gene was carried out by a Sudanese student at Kenyatta University.
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Source of Marion gasoline leak located
MARION, Va. - The smell of gasoline lingers due to the leak and the cleanup efforts now underway.
Smyth County Emergency Management Coordinator Charles Harrington says they were able to narrow the source of the gasoline to a manhole on the east end of Marion, and from there pinpoint exactly where the leak originated. Harrington says the Marathon gas station on the corner of South Holston and North Main Street is the epicenter.
"Two pools of gasoline we're located in the ground utilizing a special drill that has a sensor on it," says Harrington. "A monitoring well was put in and product was pumped off.
News 5 learned more than 250 gallons of gasoline and water have been pumped out of the ground since Wednesday, but no one seems to know how it got there.
"We really do not know how it was able to breach into the sanitary sewer system. that is the most unusual thing about this particular incident," says Harrington.
Fred Murray has been the station owner since 2006, and he says they've never had any trouble with the tanks. "The tank's fine," says Murray. "[The] only thing they can figure is the pumps have been slowly leaking through the years."
The leading theory is that rain water pushed the leached gasoline towards the sewer line, where it found a hole in a pipe joint or the manhole. The gasoline had to travel less than 100 feet from the storage tank to the sewer and about 300 feet from the closest pump.
Murray says their was no sign of trouble. The station's tank monitoring equipment didn't detect a problem, and there was no indication Murray was losing valuable inventory. "I'm glad that it was found when it was and we're getting it fixed. It was costing us money that we didn't know," says Murray.
Cleaning the ground, or remediation, is already underway, but it doesn't come cheap. Murray will pay a minimum $10,000 out of pocket. "It hurts. We'll have to borrow money," says Murray. "Already have loans set up. The state will take the money. [I've] got to talk to the bank and find out how to pay it back."
The remediation process won't effect business. The station will stay open while another company works to remove the gasoline from the soil.
That process could take anywhere from between two weeks to two years, depending on the extent of the leak. Soil samples will be tested continuously until no sign of gasoline is detected.


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Seperation Anxiety on Walks
I have a 7 month old male gsd who gets very upset if anyone leaves the group when we are out. It's worse if it's me or my boyfriend but he will still whine, bark, whimper when a friend leaves the pack or gets 10 feet ahead (or behind) him. Any suggestions?
Rocco does the same thing. I have no suggestions, sorry...
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I think with time and the wisdom of age, he may settle down. They hate their pack separating, my 2 are 5yo and 3yo and if one of us ventures off, they will still be very alert to the fact and if possible go looking or just sit and wait. With the vocal part, imo it is nerves/anxiety at the pack member leaving the group, with trust and experience he will settle down - but they don't like it.
We have the same issue with our 11 mo. old. Sometimes it's very hard to deal with her if one of us has to leave the pack when we are out. We haven't found a good working solution yet, either. So, I will be watching this thread to see what others have to offer.
I will be watching too. I have a 12 month old that whines, cries really loud if either of us walks away. In fact we have to stay within the leash's reach so he can go check on everyone with his nose. It's cute but can become annoying when two of the boys want to go running ahead. I've tried letting them take him, but then he will look back and discover I'm not behind them and then cry to come back. My other two dogs, small breeds, couldn't care less.
I'm glad it's not just Apollo :)
Im not sure this is true separation anxiety, just a natural response to wanting to keep the pack together. I believe this is also sort of a herding behavior, but don't quote me on that one. Does your dog exhibit any other anxiety when you leave him home alone?
I would just keep practicing. Have another pack member hold him, then walk a short distance away. Reward and engage him when he's calm. Then practice going a bit further/out of sight/for longer periods of time. He should get better.
Thanks. I'm going to try that.
You're right, he whines a bit when we leave him by himself but I think he is actually worse when one person leaves.
I just started trying something tonight with our 9 month old.
If someone leaves the group or comes back she pulls in their direction like a freight train, if I leave the group with her she carries on the same way or makes a whiney I'm worried for them type of bark.
So tonight when the family went for a walk, I walked ahead with her at heel at a nice pace and kept her attention forward when ever she tried to look back, at each corner we stopped and sat in a heel position while we watched them walk towards us.
1st corner as the family got closer I praised, and kept repeating stay and rubbed her between the ears and just before they got near us, I about turned and heeled away to the next corner. 2nd corner same deal, except she broke as my son ran up and she started pulling towards him, I corrected her and brought her back to a sitting heel, as the rest of the family got closer she broke again but I corrected her and when she was calm we moved on, 3rd corner we sat and waited and I let the family know to keep walking and not look at her, she tried to break but nothing to bad she wanted to watch them walk away while sitting in a heel and then we followed and she pulled like a train as normal, but I just corrected her and heeled and she settled down and then we picked up the pace and caught up, and sorry for a bit of gloating here but I'm very proud of her atm and how quickly she learnt to control herself, coz the 4th corner she actually sat and waited, didn't break, the mrs and I talked and she said hello to Belle and when I released her from the heel sit she went and said hello to the family, normally she would of been going crazy like she hadn't seen them in months.
I'm going to keep doing it each time more then one of us go on a walk, let her get more relaxed with me leading her away, waiting etc, and then let the wife or eldest lead her while they walk away from me, because after the last corner the wife took her and walked ahead as we got closer to home, Belle did go a bit stupid when they came walking back to us, but she said her pulling wasn't as full power as normal. I'm still chuffed at how quickly she did catch on and settle herself down though :)
I have the same issue with my 12 month old, I'm so glad it isn't just us, it's really hard to take him to the park with the kids as when the kids go off and play he is just besides himself, pulling, winging and tries anything to get to them people look at us as if he's crazy he just can't stand to when someone leaves his "pack" but he is totally fine being left at home, so can't work out is it really separation anxiety?
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In a recurring pattern, GoDaddy-hosted sites running PHP applications may be under attack again as hackers inject malicious code onto their sites.
Web administrators who host their domains on GoDaddy should check their source code again for rogue code that downloads malware, according to a security research firm.
Sucuri Security updated its Oct. 30 post warning about the latest malware attacks on GoDaddy-hosted sites with another note on Nov. 3. The research company was investigating reports of "another related outbreak of exploited sites on GoDaddy," read the update.
The affected sites generally ran some kind of PHP Web application, such as Zen Cart eCommerce or popular CMS packages including WordPress, Drupal and Joomla, according to a post on GoDaddy's blog. In a series of injection attacks, hackers were embedding malicious code into the site's Web application, often through blog comments, according to Chris Drake, chief executive of security-conscious Web host provider FireHost.
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Detectives investigate body found in forest
TETON COUNTY, Wyo. - Teton County, Wyo., deputies want your help in their investigation of the human body found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest on Thursday.
Authorities are treating the case as murder.
The person, a male, had died two weeks or more before the body was found, the sheriff's office said, making it difficult to pinpoint the cause of death. A man running his dog near Mosquito Creek Road, about four miles south of Wilson, Wyo., discovered the body.
According to a news release, rumors have surfaced about the cause and nature of the death, but investigators are only confirming the head was found a short distance from the torso.
The investigation is now focused on a forensic autopsy, which was to be performed Monday in Idaho Falls. Investigators hope to learn the cause of death from the autopsy, as well as the victim's identity.
The victim may have been dead for two weeks or longer and may have been camping or frequenting the area, the sheriff's office said.
Detectives want to speak with anyone who may have information regarding this case or who may have been in the area over the past several weeks and witnessed any type of altercation or suspicious activity.
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Top 50 monthly before end of April and it did. Makes me
for some reason.
Preparing 0.65 release - a lot of people complained about performance so I've improved it. It was so easy that I should have done it in the first release but it's kind of hard to get the real feel for speed when you're running under the emulator. And it didn't help that freaking POSE has profiling broken so I don't have hard numbers on speed-up. But it should be much better and it certainly feel better. I actually wanted to make it 0.70 relase and include FOLD (should be pretty easy) but I decided that it will be better to concentrate on Webster for now. Means it's time for some loving the perl-style.
This is one of those strange moments: I just wanted to write a rant about my oh-so-wonderful idea that I had a few years back but never bothered to implement. The idea was so good that I couldn't believe that no-one has done it before. Wouldn't it be cool, I thought, to have a your-favourite-mpg3-player plugin that shows the lyrics? All we need is a bit of programming and lyrics data enriched with timing info and you can go wild (star-wars like scroll, anyone?). I was just to lay out this idea in this e-diary and here's what I find: an article in linux.com about XMMS mentions this plugin. At least it looks like having this idea is somewhat connected with being Polish.
The same guy is also working on a (YA){mail,news}reader. I really would like something better that Netscape and neither Balsa nor Evolution look like they're ready to rock-and-roll (with different levels of not-readiness). But that's not my point. I used to have an Amiga (the only computer that I've enjoyed using but that's not my point neither). My point is: check those screenshots. Am I really the only one to think that Gnome/KDE/X just plainly sucks as far as visual and usability goes? Compared to both Amiga and Windows. And the guy who forced X users to do copy/paste by highlithing and pressing the 3rd mouse button (that I don't have on my laptop btw. plus I was never able to configure 3-button mouse to work as a 3 button under XFree - I guess that's how you find out that you're not nearly as smart as you thought you were) was a pervert.
Go and see Time code for the reason of it being truly amazing. I didn't fell in love with the story (I rarely do) but picture this: screen is divided into 4 parts and there's a separate story going on in every part. Try to watch 4 movies at the same time - simply mind-blowing. Of course the stories and people mix so it's more of a one story that you can watch from different views and angles at the same time. Only one out of four images can have sound otherwise it would be incomprehensible so you tend to concentrate on the one that you can hear. Anyway the point is: if you can pull such a movie without making it a completely boring, sleep-inducing crap (think French movies) you're a genius and that's how I think of Mike Figgis now. And the cast was good (maybe beautiful would be a better word, the name of the character that one of the actresses played in some previous Figgis' movie is listed in IMDB as "supermodel").
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2008 Amazon and GameStop push back GTAIV's PC release
Grand Theft Auto IV - General News | @ 09:51 PM MDT | By zombienm
According to major retailers Amazon and GameStop, the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV could be delayed to December 2nd, a whole two weeks later than the originally scheduled release on November 18th. The reason for this change is unknown, and whether or not it is true is still questionable.
Rockstar Games has made no official announcement regarding a delay, so this could simply be an error. Amazon UK still lists the game as releasing on it's originally scheduled European release date of the 21st of November.
Again, this is not official. We will keep you updated once more information becomes available.
Update: While it doesn't say much on the issue, a new hands-on article from IGN does say the game is being released on December 2nd. While it's still not an official Rockstar announcement, this could mean it's more than just an error. Catch the article here.
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text: The OP may have been better off asking if these 3 players were mistakes...and if they can't get on the field they will be. Drafting talented players that never see the field due to injury issues does not help us and ends up hurting us in the end...ala Murray. When he goes down, as he always has, we lose the running game and a position you think is covered ends up being a weakness. So the OP makes a legitimate point generally. And the taco responses are oh so hilarious. No wonder people don't even bother after a while...lol.


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Aaron Ramsey's stock is steadily rising and Arsène Wenger insists there is much more to come from the young midfielder.
The Wales captain was one of Arsenal's stand-out performers at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, playing a key role in Robin van Persie's opener and impressing throughout with his vision, passing and work ethic.
Ramsey won't turn 21 until Boxing Day but he is already establishing himself as one of the Premier League's most influential midfielders. Wenger expects him to get better and better.
"He is on the way up," said the manager.
"We speak about Robin van Persie but Aaron was out for one year when he was just getting into the team. That is tremendous. It is completely normal that he improves now because he is young. And there is still a lot of improvement for him.
"Secondly he is back to his full physical potential which is huge. We see that when we analyse the games. The worry we had is that he might be touched by being out for such a long time when it comes to the challenges. I have been impressed by the way he dealt with the whole situation."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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A Trial of an Augmented Exercise Program in the Prevention of Deconditioning Among Survivors of Severe Burns (AEP)
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Burn injuries can affect how well you are able to perform daily activities. The reason this study is being done is to find out if aerobic exercise helps burn patients recover function, strength and stamina.
Participants will come to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Burn Rehabilitation Gym for treadmill exercise sessions 3 days per week for 12 weeks. Participants will be tested for strength and stamina before the start of the 12 week program, at the end of the 12 week program, as well as 6 months, 1 year and 2 years after the end of the 12 week program.
Patients who recently suffered a burn injury and who were discharged from the hospital in the past six months may be eligible to participate.
Deconditioning Among Survivors of Severe Burns
Behavioral: Augmented Exercise Program
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Trial of an Augmented Exercise Program in the Prevention of Deconditioning Among Survivors of Severe Burns
- Maximal Oxygen Consumption (VO2 max) [ Time Frame: 2 Years ]
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|July 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|January 2012
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|January 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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12 week (3 x per week) exercise prescription
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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- Patients who recently suffered a burn injury and who were discharged from the hospital in the past six months may be eligible to participate
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of heart-related health problems
- Foot burns
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01105637
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Re: Islander 30 MKII compression post substructure
Just checking in after all these many months. Did everyone get the pics they were hoping to receive. How did your compression post repairs work out?
|Below are 6 - 8
Thanks Tony
Were you going to post some photos of your work?
Here are some I took. Can you shed any light on what I'm seeing, composition of the post and substructure?
Boat is a 1981 Islander 30 Bahama
Post measures 3 ½ x 3 ½ square. It appears to be solid but there is a cap/insert on the aft end near the top that must house something.
1 post in center (for orientation)
2 Shows approximate drop in elevation of the forward end of the sole where the posts rests.
3 Shows approximate drop in elevation of the entire forward end of the sole.
4 Underside of sole beneath post. The area in the top, center looks like some kind of repair Im not sure.
5 bottom of bilge leading forward.
6 top of post (aft end) showing cap approximately 1 wide and 12 in height. Not sure what is under it. There is some wiring running up into the mast at the forward side of the post running from under the headliner into the base of the mast.
7 mast step (for orientation)
8 shows concave shape in the deck fiberglass structure
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I recently replaced my standing rigging and upon tensioning, I realized I am having the same problem as you with my compression post and base. I'd appreciate any photos or additional information you have on the work you have done since I'm now considering the same. I have a Bahama 30 which, I believe has a larger compression post but I don't think Islander solved the problem buy just beefing up the post.
Thanks, Harbin2
Yes I think that would not solve the problem. After we sawed the sole open this exposed the teak block that the sole sits on. But the sole is a two layer fibreglass structure at that point, with an air space in between that sags over time. After we chizzzzzeled (i don't know how to spell that) out the teak block to see what was going on under there, we found about a pound of hard composite bedding compound made of some sort of resin and fibre mix. The block had a vee in the bottom that was supposed to sit in the vee of the hull and it was kept in place by this compound. But that stuff had crumbled and shifted a bit adding to the problem Once we got the block out of the way, it was an easy matter of making a flat spot in the vee hull with fibreglass, and then making a larger flat bottom teak block to sit on the new flat surface. This block extends up through the sole and the post sits flat on top of that. I admire it all the time. That fellow from Blaine WA did such nice work.
I hope that helps you some. It sounds hard, but it really wasn't.
Hi GNI,
As I recall, all that was needed was a small notch out of the bulkhead. The compression post (the existing and new one i installed) did not need a notch for the wiring. The compression post has a dado (?) groove running its entire length and the bulkhead slips into this notch. At the top, the bulkhead has a small piece missing to allow the wiring to snake through a hole in the mast step and down the side of the compression post, hidden behind a piece of teak furring.
Incidentally, where the mast light a radio cables penetrate the step leaves a vulnerable location for water to get in. The mast produces condensation inside even if water does not get in they any other way, and this water collects in the mast step. There were two (small) weeping holes in the mast step that were supposed to let the water run onto the deck out the side of the mast step collar but the water could still go down the wiring hole and into the cabin, and indeed it had been. I welded a small pipe nipple over the hole in the mast step where the wiring goes through so that water cannot go through the wiring hole and into the cabin. I also drilled out the weeping holes a bit to let the water out easier. All of this was at the advice of a very wise boat building who was helping me with my overhaul. I would not have thought of that myself.
|Thanks for these pictures and video! I've got to get back to the boat to see what I can match up. Did you have notch out the post at the top for the mast wiring or does it come through next to the post?
These pictures were taken by the surveyor and I marked them up to ask him questions in some cases, or to clarify what I was looking at for myself. The pictures are closeups and can be quite deceiving to look at. If you are patient with photobucket, and view them from in there, you will see comments under the pictures which explain what you are looking at. The first link will show you the pictures from the photobucket website where you will see the comments. I think the rest of the links will just show you the pictures.
c-postbottom52.jpg picture by ajaphotobucket - Photobucket
New to photobucket. Try this link for a view aft underneath compression post. I have some video and additional pics I will post.
Here is a video of the block half way through being chiselled out.
Thanks for the reply!
Our problem sounds very similar. We noticed the rig not holding tune and the puddle around the deck step. I'd really like to see what it is supposed to look like.
Sorry I did not get back to you. I was away for a couple months and then back to work! I will dig up the photos for you. It was not nearly as bad as it seems when you can't see whats under the sole. But once you cut the sole open it is not big deal. You just take off the mast, remove the compression post, cut out the sole, and you can see a block of wood with a v in the bottom that is kind of glued into the hull with a bedding compound. This bedding compound shifts over time and he sole bends down onto the block of wood as it settles. If I had known that this is what was under there I would have left the shim on top of the sole and just kept an eye on it. But I could not leave well enough alone and needed to did down to the hull.
I also split the compression post when I was reinstalling it and had to mill a new one from a beautiful piece of teak. I enjoy looking at it now and do not regret digging the whole thing apart and rebuilding it.
I also jacked up the cabin top about a half inch, to get rid of a pool of water that was hanging around the cabin top by the mast step. Also drilled the weep holes a little larger in the cabin step on top of the deck.
Retuning the rigging was no problem, there was lots of info on the net with different theories on how to do that.
What sort of difficulty are you encountering in tuning your rigging?
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Wonderful and Stylish Studio
Size45 m²
Floor No.0
- Kitchen
- Towels
- Balcony/terrace
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Accommodation summary
|Rua Fresca, 1200-200 Lisboa, Portugal
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This is a modern and cozy studio, full of character, set on the ground floor of an ancient typical Lisbon building near ( 5 minutes walking distance ) the trendy and vibrant Bairro Alto and the best Lisbon neighborhood, Lapa.
The Apartment is a studio and has a maximum capacity for 3 persons: Sleeps two in double bed and another one in the sofa bed. Nice bathroom, fully equipped kitchen, ready to cook homemade meals. Towels and linens at your disposal are included in the price.
You will found also a little patio, with furniture and stone floor. Here is the perfect place to relax, have a nice meal or enjoy a tastefully glass of wine with you family and friends.
The apartment are in a typical Portuguese street, between lively Bairro Alto and Lapa/Estrela in the neighborhood of São Bento. Also enjoy the "Estrela Basilica" or the botanical gardens just at front. There is a supermarket, plus several restaurants and bars within a 5-minute walk.
If you walk 5 minutes you´re at "Bairro Alto", known as one of the most attractive and picturesque areas of the Lisbon's city center. At night, this 17th century colorful district is transformed into the city's vibrant nightlife quarter. The main streets and narrow passageways are bustling with activity of dozens of excellent traditional restaurants, «fado singing houses», cafés, and a multitude of sleek clubs and bars that stay open until late. In recent years, «Bairro Alto» is also an alternative shopping destination, for those looking for trendy design shops, art galleries and bookshops. Bairro Alto, one of the Lisbon hippest and coolest place.
There are several buses and trams, and subway, 5 minutes away, although one can easily walk to the main points of the city. Two minutes walking is the heart of the glamorous and cosmopolitan city can still be felt in the Chiado, a place where the "new" and "old" live in harmony. Characterized by casual-chic atmosphere, with streets full of shops, fine restaurants, beautiful cobblestone, beautiful churches and timeless cafes, Chiado makes any visitor feel real Lisbon.
Chiado is where Lisbon's history and urbanity meet. This tourist area of the capital begins at the Brasileira café, on Rua Garrett. Opened in 1905. It´s one of Lisbon's postcards. On the side walk café you will find the different urban tribes and a statue of poet Fernando Pessoa, who offers his lap for tourist photos.
Luís de Camões square, which any Lisboner will call Largo Camões, is not just a passing place. Sit on the steps of the poet's monument and enjoy the bustle that Chiado has. But do not leave Chiado without inquiring about the theatres. São Luiz Municipal Theatre was one of Lisbon's first cinemas. Today it is a municipal theatre with a rich and varied programming. Also glimpse the Teatro Trindade and the S. Carlos Opera House.
House rulesDeposit €100,00. Please Note the deposit value will be returned via bank transference after your check out.
Check-in is after 3:00 p.m. and need to be arranged before the day of arrival. Please call or send us a message after collecting your luggage at the Lisbon airport, or train/bus station, to let us know you are already in Lisbon. Our representative will give you a friendly welcome and answer any questions you may have.
Check-in after 23:00 is subject to a 25 EUR fee.
Check in on the 24th of December and 31 of December after 6 pm are not allowed..
We will provide you with our contact details after your reservation is confirmed. The apartment will be ready and cleaned for you before your arrival. Fresh towels and bed clothing are also provided and all is included in the total price. You will be given a set of towels per person. Keys delivery: In the apartment. Cleaning: On departure.
Please note that from the 1st of January 2016 a city tax of EUR 1 per person, per night is not included in the total price and should be paid on site. This tax is charged to guests aged 13 and older. It is subject to a maximum amount of EUR 7 per guest.
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Reviews of this property
Nice appartment, very friendly and helpful reception.
Locationwise also perfect.
Less appealing were the low amount of natural light, the ants and noise when raining.
This is a very beautiful and very clean Appartment in the middle of the nightlife in Lisboa!
Also the house keeper and all comunication is very fast and friendly!
Next time we get to Lisboa we like to get back here!
took the apartment in large part by the wonderful terrace that looked at the photos and absolute disappointment, another thing we did not like anything is that loa door glass was heard everything and privacy best minima.lo bed, very comfortable and very cool summer apartment
cogi el apartamento en gran parte por la maravillosa terraza que se veia en las fotos y decepcion absoluta,otra cosa que no nos gusto nada es que loa puerta de entrada era de cristal se escuchaba todo e intimidad minima.lo mejor la cama,muy comoda y el apartamento muy fresco para verano
Everything worked out great. The apartment was clean and nice and it is located in a quiet side street. Unfortunately, the terrace is surrounded by a high wall and therefore not very inviting but all in all, agrees the value for money.
Pretty, well equipped and centrally located apartment (only a few steps to the tram station and E28 to the supermarket). The old town is (over a smaller hill within walking distance). Small, but high walled terrace. Outlook Unfortunately, even on the wall of the terrace - but that does not bother when you're most of the day in the beautiful Lisbon road. Apartment takeover and -abgebe completely uncomplicated. Very friendly welcome and helpful tips. Wenn's not be so many other interesting places, we comb certainly very soon!
Hübsche, gut eingerichtete und zentral gelegene Wohnung (nur wenige Schritte bis zur Straßenbahn E28 und bis zum Supermarkt). Auch die Altstadt ist (über einen kleineren Hügel zu Fuß erreichbar). Kleine, allerdings hoch ummauerte Terrasse. Ausblick leider auch nur auf die Mauer der Terrasse - das stört aber nicht, wenn man fast den ganzen Tag im wunderschönen Lissabon unterwegs ist. Wohnungsübernahme und -abgebe völlig unkompliziert. Sehr freundlicher Empfang und hilfreiche Tipps. Wenn´s nicht noch so viele andre interessante Orte gäbe, kämmen wir sicherlich sehr bald wieder!
Beautiful apartment in a central area (tram stop just around the corner). Uncomplicated nice reception. Highly recommended!
Schönes Appartement in zentraler Umgebung (Straßenbahnhaltestelle gleich um die Ecke). Unkomplizierter netter Empfang. Zu empfehlen!
We enjoyed our stay in this open-plan and very modern apartments! There was even a small terrace where you could enjoy a glass of wine after a long day out. The location is also perfect, we could almost reach all destinations on foot. 50 meters away is the nearest supermarket and the tram 28th
We felt the support of Ana well. This apartment is recommended in any case further.
Wir haben unseren Aufenthalt in diesem offen gestalteten und modern eingerichteten Apartment sehr genossen! Es gab sogar eine kleine Terrasse, auf der man nach einem langen Ausflugstag ein Gläschen Wein genießen konnte. Die Lage ist zudem optimal, wir konnten beinah alle Ziele fußläufig erreichen. 50 m entfernt befindet sich der nächste Supermarkt und die Tram 28.
Wir haben uns durch die Betreuung von Ana sehr wohl gefühlt. Diese Wohnung ist in jedem Fall weiter zu empfehlen.
Very nice apartment with a great, central location.
Tastefully decorated.
Only minus: balcony without view or in the basement.
Otherwise, tip top .... at any time.
Sehr schöne Wohnung mit toller, zentraler Lage.
Geschmackvoll eingerichtet.
Einziges Minus: Balkon ohne Blick bzw. im Keller.
Ansonsten tip top .... jederzeit wieder.
Meanwhile back from a wonderful week in a beautiful city.
The space and location of the studio was ideal and the reception very friendly.
Yet we do have a few comments:
- Lack of a waste basket in kitchen / bathroom
- Bathroom and kitchen utensils in drawers (which luckily we did not have to use it) was not clean
- For stays of a week, we found 2 towels pp enough
Inmiddels terug van een geweldige week in een prachtige stad.
De ruimte en de ligging van de Studio was ideaal en de ontvangst heel vriendelijk.
Toch hebben we wel enkele bemerkingen:
- ontbreken van een afvalemmertje in keuken / badkamer
- badkamer en bestek in keukenladen (wat we gelukkig niet hoefden te gebruiken) was niet schoon
- voor het verblijf van een week vonden wij 2 handdoeken pp te weinig
Overall good, but the door to the apartment does not generate intimacy, for being all glass is heard from inside to outside and vice versa, the bed is not really marriage, are two bedsteads with two mattresses, without any binding system, so that the bed ends apart, leaving a gaping hole in the middle, that we quite annoying ...
En lineas Generales bien, pero la puerta de entrada al apartamento no genera intimidad, pues al ser de cristal se oye todo de dentro a fuera y viceversa, la cama de matrimonio en realidad no es de matrimonio, son dos somieres con sus dos colchones, sin ningún sistema de unión, por lo que la cama se termina separando, dejando un enorme hueco en medio, esto nos molesto bastante...
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