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Some more scribblin's
Duct-taped some coloured pencil crayons to my knuckles and scratched out a few more crude cave drawings while trapped in my wigwam this winter. I'll dedicate this post to Ragnarok Death Church. Cr
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Some touched up rough sketches
An electric friend of mine wanted to see some of the crude cave paintings I've inked out of warriors of old, axe men, gladiators and other fictional characters I've scribbled out while watching Spart
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Who controls the past controls the future.
Notable Quotes (from me t'ya'll): For the astute money conspiracy theorists (not the Moonbat/Tinfoilhat variety that thinks the lizard king's in control of all... THIS): "Who controls the past c
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Terrible Truth about The Afghan War
I used to think if we destroyed the Taliban's opium, we'd destroy the heroin trade and be rid of those muslim hillbillies once and for all, but it appears it was never their's in the first place. He
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Japanese Finally Getting Pissed Off (bout frikin time).
Already grappling with a nuclear accident stemming from a historic earthquake, Japan's largest utility is now facing a sharp loss of public confidence and what it says are threats to its employees.
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US judge blocks Wisconsin union bargaining law
A US judge in Wisconsin has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state's new collective bargaining law from taking effect. Public-sector unions' bargaining rights would be affected by
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The Differences in International Corporate Styles:
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cow
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The Real Jesus
What we know about the man we call Jesus has come down to us through the ages in a heavily edited collection of writings compiled into one large volume called the bible. The editiors were not holy men
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The Truth About Religion ...
The cold, hard truth about religion is that it is nothing more than organized, hand-me-down ghost stories of booger men and fairy tales made up to fill in the blanks in our knowledge of the world and
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The fate of man
Anyone who really wants a peek into our future should look at the history of Easter Island. Two great tribes once inhabited the island, competing in games for glory and status, carving massive statues
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Michael, I have not always agreed with you but I have always liked you. You set the gold standard of civil discourse and for that I wish you a splendid new year.
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Everyone has an agenda. Elite rich as you call them..and the poor. Everyone takes.
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Nice to see a wise man inbetween the masses of war mongering idiots here!
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This topic has always been taboo by religions, and when it is studied, usually the results are hushed under the rug.
The evidence is all over the planet, but the good religious people say, God works in mysterious ways, next subject.
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I'm not going to be so presumptious as to say "I believe", but I will say I don't disbelieve.
All over the planet we have similar courious, and intreaguing, evidence of something we, as religious people, refuse to acknowledge. So it just sits, pushed into the back of peoples minds, and never persued.
As in the case of probably, all of the artifacts, there is not evough evidence to make a positive conclusion. But there is a common denomonater, that somehow came into peoples m More..
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I have the same additude as you. If I can't see it and touch it, don't tell me aboult some theory you, or someone else, cooked up, dealing with magic, and especially try to force it on me.
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Stopping by to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year!
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glad you're still around
thx for dropping by one of my uploads
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thanks mate .
well i'm sorry about that, i'm used to it althought i accept it might be pretty annoying.
i'm member of ww2 living history group and somehow this stupid sentence helps you be not marked as nazi supporter.
sorry my english is pretty weak , i hope you can understand what i'm trying to say.
cheers. petr , cz
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To Michael,
Thanks for looking at my uploads.
From "Great Purveyor"
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mike!!! how are you??? anything new going on? drop me a line.....soon!!!
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Happy Christmas to you and yours Michael.
Hope you have a peaceful and splendid year.
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Just wanted to say, your comment on the "discovery of the Ark" that starts "If you liked my take on Noah, you'll really like..." is a better religious education in 10 minutes than I ever received in 15 years of formal schooling. Cheers for that. I like what you write and I like how you write it.
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I not quite sure if you are a prick or not... I agree with too many of your sentiments!
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M- I hope this message finds you strong and healthy, and your little man getting big! Have a great American Thanksgiving if you do that day! Peace!
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WRITING OUT OF ASIA, 2-5 December, 2011 in Perth, Western Australia
Thanks to Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell and the Westerly Centre for providing rooms for us to hold this gathering at the University of Western Australia.
'Writing Out of Asia' (Perth, 2-5 December, 2011)
Roundtables/Provocations on: Teaching Creative Writing in Asia, The Need for Literary Translators, and Literature as a Bridge Between Cultures + READINGS by visiting & local writers + half-day WRITING WORKSHOPS
hosted by
in conjunction with
'Asia-Pacific Literature and Culture in the Era of the Digital Revolution',
14th Biennial Symposium on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia Pacific Region
Friday, 2 December, 2011
2.00-3.30 pm: 'Teaching Creative Writing in Asia' ROUNDTABLE – Everyone's contributions are welcome at this discussion led by short provocative addressesresented by Xu Xi (Chinese-Indonesian novelist currently overseeing the new low residency MFA in Creative Writing at the City University of Hong Kong), Isagani Cruz (Philippines), John Mateer (Australia), and Cristina Hidalgo (Professor Emeritus, English & Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines). VENUE: Dean's Committee Room, Arts Building, University of Western Australia (UWA).
4.00 – 5.00 pm: AP WRITERS' Annual General Meeting - The Future of the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership. Everyone who has registered with AP Writers' online is welcome. VENUE: Dean's Committee Room, Arts Building, UWA.
5:30 pm: READINGS From Around the Region - Featured writers include Xu Xi (Hong Kong), Jose 'Butch' Dalisay (Philippine novelist short-listed for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize), Kyoko Yoshida (Japan), Qaisra Shahraz (Pakistan-born, UK-based novelist), Glen Phillips (Perth), Wendy Ella Wright (Adelaide), Susanna Ho (Hong Kong), Cristina Hidalgo (Philippines), Iwan Sulistiawan/ 'Bung Kelinci' (Indonesia) & Free Hearty(Aceh-born author/journalist and lecturer at Al-Azhar University Jakarta and STBA-LIA on Literature & Culture) among others. (Click on the authors' name for more information.) VENUE: University Co-op Bookshop, UWA.
Sunday, 4 December, 2011
5.00 pm: Welcome Barbecue, St Thomas More College ($10)
Monday, 5 December, 2011
AM . Symposium opening sessions. A day rate (including lunch) is available to anyone attending our 'Writing Out of Asia' Roundtables or workshops. To obtain the day rate, please contact Dr Lucy Dougan at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2:15 – 3:30 pm – ROUNDTABLE 'On Translation' - Everyone's contributions are welcome at this discussion led by short provocative talks led by Kate Griffin (British Centre for Literary Translation), Kyoko Yoshida(Japan), Wendy Ella Wright(University of Adelaide. Wendy's poetry has been published in Japan and her essay "Lost and found in Translation" was published by the Iowa International Writers Workshop). Chaired by Isagani Cruz. VENUE: Arts Lecture Room 4, Arts Building, UWA.
4:00 - 5:00 pm - ROUNDTABLE on 'Literature as a Bridge Between Cultures', led by Alvin Pang (Singapore), Jose 'Butch' Dalisay (Philippines), Qaisra Shahraz and Christopher (Kit) Kelen (Australian/Macau). VENUE: Lecture Room 4, Arts Building, UWA.
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS - Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 December: These are informal and interactive Literary Conversations with some practical exercises. You need no qualifications to join these half-day sessions, only an interest in the area. Places are limited. Your registration will not be complete until payment is received. If you have trouble paying on line, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Narrative Prose (Fiction & Creative Non Fiction) Workshop - 2-5 pm, Saturday 3 December: This session is suitable for those writing or seeking to write fiction or creative non-fiction, especially those with a general interest in Asia, even if your own writing is not necessarily Asia-based. Presenter: Xu Xi is Writer-in-Residence at the City University of Hong Kong where she oversees an international, low-residency MFA in Creative Writing specializing in writing of Asia in English. She is also Faculty Chair at the low-residency MFA in Writing, Vermont College of Fine Arts, USA. (www.xuxiwriter.com). Xu Xi is also a Board member and the former Chair of the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership.
Cost: AU$30
Venue: Arts Building Room G 27, University of Western Australia.
Poetry Workshop - 2-5 pm, Saturday 3 December: This session is suitable for those writing poetry, especially those with a general interest in Asia and elsewhere beyond Australia's borders. Presenter: John Mateer is the author of several books of poems, chapbooks that have appeared in Australia, South Africa, Japan, Sumatra, Macau and Portugal, and the prosebook Semar's Cave: an Indonesian Journal. He has been writer-in-residence in Japan, China, Indonesia, Portugal, Egypt, and was a fellow at the Iowa International Writing Program. In recent years he has been invited to read at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria and at PEN's Free the Word Festival in London. His latest books are The West: Australian Poems 1989-2009 (Fremantle Press) and Southern Barbarians (Giramondo) .
Cost: AU$30
Venue: Arts Building, G29, University of Western Australia.
Editing Workshop - 10:30 am- 1:30 pm, SUNDAY, 4 December: What is editing? When should writers put on their editor's hat and what should they do with it on? This workshop will introduce the main elements that writers use to polish work and ready it for publication. This session is suitable for anyone wanting to learn how to edit their own writing. You may bring a piece of work (±1000 wds) to the session but it is not necessary. Presenter: Shelley Kenigsberg is a freelance editor, writer and trainer who works with writers and publishing houses in a range of genres. She has mentored many authors, edited a range of books and been a trainer of writers and editors. She has led long and short courses for editors, writers, language institutes, private corporations and at literary festivals in Australia, Indonesia, Japan and South Africa; been a panellist and presented courses at literary festivals and writers' centres internationally. She inspired an initiative called Editing in Paradise (www.editinginparadise.com)
Cost: AU$30
Venue: Arts Building, G29, University of Western Australia.
Please register directly with The Westerly Centre if you would like to participate in the symposium, 'Asia-Pacific Literature and Culture in the Era of the Digital Revolution'.

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Issue No. 05 - September/October (1998 vol. 15)
pp: 34-36
Pick up just about any software trade journal, and you'll find yourself inundated with something about components: there's Microsoft's DNA, Sun's Enterprise JavaBeans and Java Platform for the Enterprise, IBM's San Francisco project, the componentization of SAP's R/3—the list goes on. It's easy to see that a discipline is emerging, and yet there's little agreement on what "components" and "component-based software engineering" are. We thought it would be both interesting and useful to take a snapshot of this emerging domain so as to help IEEE Software's readers understand some of its key aspects.
In the last few years, components and component-based software engineering have gained substantial interest in the software community. Conceptually, CBSE unifies concepts from a number of software domains, such as object-oriented programming, megaprogramming, software architecture, and distributed computing. Indeed, it appears that the two main drivers for CBSE are the emergence of commercial distributed-computing infrastructures such as DCOM and Corba, and the increasing need for interoperability of independently developed software "chunks."
The rate of change in the software world is such that shortly after the ink dries on this issue, we can only hope to have captured a snapshot of a rapidly maturing domain. To this end, we were pleasantly surprised at the large number of submissions we received from so many sectors of industry and academia. This is yet another indication that something interesting is going on.
That's a really good question. A definitive answer is hard to come by, largely because the different vendors of various commercial distributed-computing infrastructures take subtly different positions. Microsoft (with DCOM) and Sun (with Enterprise JavaBeans) lead the charge, and there are material differences in the way these two component models address the semantics of interfaces, communication among components, threading, and distribution. The Object Management Group (with Corba) appears to be following, not leading, with an active request for proposal (orbos/97-06-12 CORBA Component Model RFP, Final Version) on a component model.
There's also the object-oriented versus component-based controversy, which further complicates the discussion. A few years ago a cover story in Byte dramatically announced that, basically, all things object-oriented were dead and components would soon rule. We don't take quite so harsh a position: clearly some differences exist, but there's also a tremendous amount of intellectual overlap between these two worlds.
As we were gearing up to write a comprehensive survey of the current state of CBSE, we were invited to the Workshop on Component-Based Software Engineering, which was held in conjunction with the International Conference on Software Engineering '98. The workshop brought together an excellent group of practitioners and academics to discuss this very issue: What is CBSE? Alan Brown and Kurt Wallnau, workshop organizers, wrote an excellent summary of the discussion. Since we are both strong proponents of reuse, we've included their summary in this issue. In separate sidebars in the overview, Roger Sessions takes a quick look at the leading infrastructure technologies ("Component-Oriented Middleware for Commerce Systems"), and David Chappell addresses how these approaches handle transactions and component state ("Components and Transactions"). The rest of the articles we've chosen to include are summarized in "Article Summaries," in this issue.
The Future of CBSE
It's always a bit risky to predict anything, the future of software in particular. It's easy to be blindsided by new technology that seemingly comes out of nowhere and suddenly gains critical mass. Just a few years ago java was something you drank in the morning, and the web was something you cleaned out of the dusty corners of your house.
However, we can discern something about how CBSE came to be and gained prominence. Megaprogramming, software architectures, and to a large degree object orientation came from the academic community and its small-environment, language-specific experiments. CBSE, on the other hand, has been driven from day one by everyday, real software problems. Software engineers voted with their keyboards in favor of OLE and Visual Basic, which were both received less than enthusiastically by purists but were in reality the first industrial implementations of CBSE concepts. Companies joined OMG by the hundreds to contribute to defining OO standards. Later on, software industry heavyweights joined forces in the so-called SONI group (Sun + Oracle + Netscape + IBM) to invest real and big money in promoting Java EJB.
What can we say about its future? It is rather predictable: nobody will be talking about it much in a few years—not because it will fail and go to the wayside but, to the contrary, because it will be mainstream software practice. To a degree it already is.
Moreover, CBSE will have a significant impact on our industry and hopefully on how we train software engineers. CBSE brings architecture thinking to the center of the software development process. It cleanly separates infrastructure from system logic and helps to cope with system complexity. It helps organize large-scale development and, most importantly, makes system building less expensive. So CBSE is here to stay.
Having said that, we offer the following few shorter-term observations. First, there will be continued entrenchment of COM and EJB, and developers will have to choose between them. Microsoft's integration of COM+ and DNA and Sun's Jini will likely further that trend. Second, we'll see further componentization of software products, likely to be led by the various ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendors around the world as they work to improve the economics of their products. Third, component technology will begin to impact the process of software development. As teams gain more experience in building component-based systems, that experience will get translated into best practices for the software development process. And finally, we will see the biggest impact of CBSE shortly after the year 2000, when CIOs start getting rid of the legacy software that they learned to hate so much when modifying it to get through 1 January of the next millennium.
Wojtek (Voytek) Kozaczynski is director of advanced development at the System Software Associates R&D Labs. SSA builds software solutions for manufacturing-sector companies. He is responsible for development of the next generation of BPCS, the SSA's family of ERP products encompassing basic manufacturing, supply chain management, and financial business processes. He is working on BPCS's runtime architecture, component development methods and tools, and the development of reusable software components.Prior to joining SSA, Kozaczynski directed the Software Engineering Laboratory at Andersen Consulting's Center for Strategic Technology Research. In 1995-1996, he led a NIST-sponsored Advanced Technology Program research project on CBSE. He is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of IEEE Software.
Grady Booch has been with Rational Software Corporation as chief scientist since shortly after its founding in 1980. He is coauthor of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), and his current work focuses on architectural patterns of complex systems. Booch is the author of six books, including Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Object Solutions: Managing the Object-Oriented Project.Booch received a BS in computer science from the United States Air Force Academy and an MSEE in computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, IEEE, ACM, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, the Airlie Software Council, and the DNRC. He is also an ACM Fellow and sits on the board of the Worldwide Institute of Software Architects.


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First, there are global economic competitors like China and India, the reasons for Bush's new "American Competitiveness Initiative."
Then there are the Democrats, the political targets of a revamped domestic agenda that Bush plans to promote all this month.
"I'm a fella who likes competition," Bush said while discussing his proposals last week with employees at 3M, lauding the Minnesota mainstay for technological innovations ranging from Scotch tape to Post-it notes.
It's no accident that Bush would make his pitch in Minnesota, which he has visited at least 17 times as president. A state with a rich Democratic tradition, Minnesota has seen Republican growth in recent years and is now one of the nation's most contested political states.
"We have full swing status here," says Steven Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College in Northfield.
Some Minnesota voters say they are receptive to Bush's push to improve education in math, science and technology, even if they're not all that receptive to the president himself.
Amy Lovgren, a 3M librarian, says she is a liberal Democrat who doesn't support the president. However, she applauds his call for 100,000 new math and science teachers, as well as more federal support for research and development — assuming Bush can deliver.
"He's lost too much credibility already," Lovgren says, citing Iraq among other controversies.
Lisa Tangen, a 3M financial manager who says "it just feels like our education system is getting weaker and weaker," expresses more confidence in Bush. "He sticks by his guns," she says.
Polls in Minnesota reflect Bush's troubles throughout the country.
SurveyUSA, which polls for local television stations nationwide, put the president's approval rating in Minnesota at 39% in mid-January. In late January, the non-partisan Rasmussen Reports gave Bush a higher rating, 45%.
This is the state that produced Democratic stalwarts such as presidential candidates Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale. Minnesota hasn't backed a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972, although many races have been close, and Ronald Reagan nearly bested favorite son Mondale here in 1984.
Bush lost to John Kerry here by 3 percentage points in 2004. And Minnesota now has a Republican governor and senator.
"We've gone from a situation of Democratic dominance to parity," says Larry Jacobs, director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota.
Jacobs says Minnesota voters tend to be more liberal on economics than many national Republicans. He says that may explain the emphasis on such things as math and science education, technology, energy and health care, which he called "a vague, non-controversial, non-political" type of agenda.
Republicans say education and competing in the global marketplace are issues they can run on this fall.
Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, says improvements in education and technological innovation produce "good jobs at good wages." Citing the maxim that "good policy makes good politics," Mehlman adds, "it will give our candidates a chance to say something positive that we're doing."
Some congressional Democrats say they agree with the goals but question the administration's financial commitment.
Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts calls the Bush proposals "five years late and billions of dollars short."
"We are shortchanging our competitiveness," he says.
The White House says its latest budget proposal includes $137 billion for federal research and development in fiscal year 2007, an increase of more than 50% since 2001.
At another Minnesota landmark, the Mall of America, visitors from other states wonder whether, in light of Iraq and tax cuts, there is enough money for education and research.
"That probably means all these things will get cut," says Charlene Olsen, a pilot for Northwest Airlines who lives in Colorado.
Jeffrey Watzke, a Chicago-area bond analyst who voted for Bush twice, says, "It seems funny to be signing all these checks and also promising these tax cuts at the same time."
Some voters have another concern: the increasingly intense competition between Republicans and Democrats, making it hard for anything to get done in Washington.
"I just wish there was a lot less friction there," says Lorraine Libbey, who works at a 3M employees' store. "We're all on the same team."


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I stopped smoking this morning
Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:17 PM
I know there are hard times ahead of me, but somehow/someway I MUST get through them! Oh, I need to get a ticker count up clock for here, I'll go do that now...
give these idle hands something to do! lol!
Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:38 PM
Posted 28 December 2011 - 09:42 PM
Especially glad you quit, now drink some juice !
Smoke & Nicotine free since 7/19/2011
~~~~The Day I Quit!~~~~
If You Are Going Though Hell, Keep Going ~ Winston S. Churchill
~~One Foot In Front Of The Other Gets You Where Your Going~~
~~~~~Life is What Happens When You Are Making Other Plans~~~~~ John Lennon
Posted 29 December 2011 - 12:11 AM
welcome back. Wishing you all the best with your quit
Millie x
Posted 29 December 2011 - 01:51 AM
I can recommend bubble pack for keeping your hands/whole body busy. If you don't have any around, you can pick it up cheap at UHaul or other self-move companies. You can pop the bubbles with your fingers (-pop- -pop- -pop-) or JUMP on it when you get frustrated. It is a wonderful way to get aggressions out, when you get to that point the day after tomorrow
Posted 29 December 2011 - 04:46 AM
Posted 29 December 2011 - 09:59 AM
It's now been 22 hrs since I put those nasties away. I did actually very well yesterday. I had to drive my husband to the Dr's yesterday and he smokes, so I took MY "cigs" with me, and
whenever I felt like I needed to smoke, I used those instead. And there was one time yesterday when he said "I need to discuss some things with you"....normally that means some
serious stuff...which normally leads to my grabbing a cig, so I grabbed my 0 nicotine (vanilla flavored) ecig instead and sat down to "discuss"...turned out to be nothing really serious
at all. Isn't that the way things go? lol! But it sure is nice to be able to sit down with my husband again these days. All my other quits I've attempted over the years, I've basically had to stay away from him, because
the temptation to reach out and grab one of his cig was just too much. It was definately putting a strain on our relationship. I have ordered some sample flavors ( 0 nicotine) and blank cartomizers
so I will have alittle bit of a selection. I really think I've hit on something with this thang. They taste much better than real cigs and I've never liked the taste of a regular cig, so
making the switch should be easy. Anyway, I'll stop yammering here, and go do somthin else for awhile! Thank you so much for your support! It means ALOT!
Posted 29 December 2011 - 10:38 PM
Maybe you'll inspire your husband?
I wish easy breathing and a long life cig free for you...I hope all your coming days are happy ones!
Posted 30 December 2011 - 02:42 AM
You go girl...you are rocking it!
Posted 30 December 2011 - 11:28 AM
no problem with the fact that I dreamed I was praying, in fact I hope He heard those prayers, and I've added an 'AMEN" this morning now that I'm awake!! But has anyone else DREAMED they were praying?? I've had lots of dreams where I'm smoking and then wake up in a panic for fear I've actually smoked....but this is the first time I've ever prayed in my dreams to my recollection! lol! Anway, hope all have a great smoke-free day!
Posted 30 December 2011 - 04:19 PM
Happy smoke free New Year.
Posted 30 December 2011 - 04:32 PM
Feb. 23, 2011~~I made a change in my life
Posted 31 December 2011 - 09:54 AM
asleep so I could go over there and smoke one and no one would be the wiser~~~ Except Me & God! Will I go over there and smoke one? No! Because there is NO such thing
as one!! I'm really not tempted to go over there because I have MY "cig" that dosen't have nicotine and the other 1000 chemicals that his does, and mine tastes AWHOLE lot better
than those nasty tasting things!! So here's to Day 3 and beyond!!
Posted 01 January 2012 - 01:12 PM
Back and forth, back and forth I went! Driving myself crazy! Finally my angel side had had enough and said..."Just go take a F'n shower already!!!" So I'm proud to say that instead of coming on here saying today is Day 1, I can say that
today is Day 5!!
Posted 01 January 2012 - 08:05 PM
So pleased to see you are sticking with your plan
Millie x
Posted 02 January 2012 - 08:35 PM
So I started off this New Year with a fight! With myself of course! Since today was supposed to be my original quit date, my addicted side kept arguing with me that I "needed" to smoke "one" more cigarette...for ole langue sign! AARRGGHHH!!
Back and forth, back and forth I went! Driving myself crazy! Finally my angel side had had enough and said..."Just go take a F'n shower already!!!" So I'm proud to say that instead of coming on here saying today is Day 1, I can say that
today is Day 5!!
Yay you! Well done Kay! We are all so proud of you. You certainly do have a LOT of temptations, but instead of listening to the nasty demon, you listened to your angel. Yippie ..... It's gonna be a great year!
Stay strong Kay. This isn't easy, but it is soooo worth it!
Posted 03 January 2012 - 09:28 AM
in the Great Room, in front of the fireplace this morning and drank my first cup a joe with my 0 nicotine ecig this morning. My husbands
regular cigs were sitting right next to me!! But I was only tempted for a nanosecond...Just a very passing thought of...oh I could have one
of those instead....but then I thought WHY would I want one of those?? They taste NASTY, and MINE taste soooo much better, vanilla flavored,
MUCH better! So I'm happy to post that I start Day 7 this morning!
Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:32 PM
Posted 04 January 2012 - 08:17 AM
Although my ecig has no nicotine in it, I do chew some nico gum during the day. Yesterday I chewed 4 pieces of the gum...But I'm
sure over time I'll be dropping that as well! With this just being Day 7 I think I'm doing darn well! Especially with cigs laying about the house, and my husband smoking all the time.
I've asked him in the past to please hide his cigarettes, and he does, occassionally. But he isn't very consistant with it, so I've pretty much given up on the idea. The only support I
get is from these boards, so I really appreciate the support I get here! THANK YOU!
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Pharmaceutical lobbying spend rose 32% in '07
With the FDA Amendments Act and other contentious legislation affecting the industry in play, PhRMA was the top industry spender, shelling out nearly $23 million on lobbying – a 26% increase in spending over 2006. The trade group and its allies got their money's worth, as restrictions on marketing were scuttled.
Among individual companies, Amgen was the biggest spender, dropping $16.2 million on lobbying amid government investigations centered on its anemia franchise. Next up was Pfizer, at $13.8 million, followed by Roche ($9 million), Sanofi-Aventis ($8.4 million), GlaxoSmithKline ($8.2 million) and Johnson & Johnson ($7.7 million).
Altogether, the industry has spent more than $1 billion on lobbying over the past decade, said the Center for Public Integrity, which based its analysis on Senate Office of Public Records data. The group's report is titled Pushing prescriptions: how the drug industry sells its agenda at your expense.


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Kickball Tourney Fundraising Totals Coming In
Some of the totals are in from this year's second annual Stephens County High School Interact Club Kickball Tournament.
The tournament took place last weekend at the Stephens County Recreation Department.
Club Advisor Derek Demmler said that the club has raised just over $1,400 from the tournament.
Money raised will go towards the Toccoa-Stephens County Boys and Girls Club, the Stephens County Recreation Department, and an international organization that promotes clean drinking water.
Meanwhile, Demmler said the club is still waiting to see how much was raised through the Chevy Drive for Perfection Program to determine how large the donation to Shelterbox will be.
The winning kickball team was made up mostly of players from the Stephens County High School baseball team.
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Lillian Warren invites viewers to "Wait with Me" in her new installation at Lawndale Art Center. Warren's paintings show people in a variety of poses, all of them seemingly waiting. One's looking at his watch, another's standing with his arms crossed, others are fiddling with their cell phones. All of them are passive and idle, as if on hold. Adding to the sense of inactivity is the fact that the paintings seem incomplete. The people are outlined in faint black lines, with only some of their body parts colored in with vague, watercolor-like washes. Figures in the foreground are larger than life, while those in the background are smaller, making the gallery walls seem like windows into a connected space. Through press materials, Warren explains, "When working on the paintings, I find myself thinking of Waiting for Godot and how that absurdist play can feel uncomfortably familiar as we spend our lives waiting endlessly for something that we might not recognize when we see it." There's an opening reception at 6:30 p.m on August 24. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Through September 29. 4912 Main. For information, call 713‑528‑5858 or visit www.lawndaleartcenter.org. Free.
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Cigna (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. We trace our roots back more than 200 years, but we became the company you know today in 1982 with the merger of INA Corporation and Connecticut General Corporation. Ever since, we've continued to innovate and expand around the world. We have sales capability in 30 countries and jurisdictions, and more than 90 million customer relationships throughout the world. Our more than 39,000 employees serve customers just about everywhere.
Every day, our team works together with our customers in ways they find proactive, personal and empathetic. That spirit of true partnership goes deeper than paying claims, and is often life-changing — helping customers stay well, prevent sickness, obtain access to health care, recover from illness or injury, return to work and provide for their families. Worldwide, we offer our customers and their families peace of mind and a sense of security. We're with them all the way, through the most critical points in their lives.
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st: Re: question about SMCL
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:38:39 -0400
Well, I did not know that the command was Mac OS X-specific, but it sort of makes sense that it would be. Mac OS X is the only OS Stata supports for which PDF is a native format (so that any application that can print can "print to pdf" ). That's why you can create PDFs directly with -graph export foo.pdf- only on Mac OS X.
I have updated -hlp2pdf- to allow for the existence of other OS. I have no way of testing the routine on Windows or *nix Stata (I'm not running any GUI versions of Linux or other flavors of *nix at present) but it should work, creating a .ps file on those systems. As Sergiy mentions, there are plenty of free PS->PDF translators that would do the last step. For Linux, you should be able to use "ps2pdf", which I believe is standard issue in any LaTeX distribution. For convenience, the updated -hlp2pdf- returns r (printfile), a local macro containing the fully qualified filename, e.g.,
r(printfile) : "/Users/baum/doc/hlp2pdf.pdf"
I also added a -replace- option.
The updated version of -hlp2pdf- is available from SSC via -ssc install hlp2pdf- or, if you have it installed, via -adoupdate-.
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Shameful! Kit has neglected to say his command is Mac specific.
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Blacksmith banner, Portland, 1841
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Joseph E. Hodgkins painted this banner with an image of two blacksmiths at work and the words, "Strike while the Iron is hot" above the image.
The other side of the banner reads, "To This are All Indebted," surrounding an image of a raised arm holding a hammer.
The banner, and 16 others representing various artisan groups of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, were created for a Triennial Festival in Portland in 1841. The skilled artisans carried the banners in a parade through downtown.
Hodgkins was a member of the Charitable Mechanic Association.
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- Title: Blacksmith banner, Portland, 1841
- Creator: Hodgkins, Joseph E.
- Creation Date: 1841
- Subject Date: 1841
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Oil on linen
- Dimensions (cm): 102 x 103
- Local Code: 2010.292.017
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Austin Nichols <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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natasha agarwal <email@example.com> :
No. Clustering of errors can be due to an error components
data-generating process (alone) i.e.
e_{it} = u_i + v_{it}
where v_{it} is i.i.d. but it need not be--the v component can still
be correlated within cluster, whether or not all u_i are zero (if all
u_i are not zero, and they are correlated with explanatory variables,
the point estimates will also differ and FE will be consistent where
OLS is not, as Kit alluded to). This is why cluster-robust SEs are
usually a good idea--always a good idea if you have a large number of
balanced clusters. See refs in
If you have a small number of clusters (fewer than 20 as a rule of
thumb) or unbalanced clusters, the cure (cluster-robust SEs) can be
worse than the disease, but to judge that tradeoff, you would need to
do a simulation...
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:59 AM, natasha agarwal
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> Does this then imply that if I include year fixed effects, industry
> fixed effects and estimate the same with within estimator then I do
> not need to cluster on industry and year?
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This weekend will see decorated former WWF & ECW superstar Tajiri make a triumphant return to the Northeast for a pair of must-see matches for House of Hardcore, including a first-time ever contest versus fellow International star "The Knockout Artist" Chris Hero.
Though these two men have never crossed paths in any capacity, they have numerous commonalities in their respective career paths. Both worked for Big Japan Wrestling during the formative years of their careers. Both also wrestled in Mexico for CMLL. Each embraced lucha libre, while also being proficient strikers, Hero with his trademark elbows and Tajiri with this trademark kicks. This Saturday night – they are on a collision course however and will square off in a featured matchup at House of Hardcore at the Elmcore Center in Corona, New York.
It's a classic case of size vs. speed in this bout, which will pit two veterans who are technically sound as it gets – but can also brawl and scrap with the best of them. Hero will have the size advantage and Tajiri has an advantage in speed. Hero will undoubtedly look to dim the lights of Tajiri with his Cyclone Kill discus kick or perhaps rolling elbow, whereas Tajiri will look to pull out several familiar trademark maneuvers (Taratula, Gori Special etc) and maybe even a few old tricks familiar to his long-time fans. Tajiri is banking on his return singles match in the Northeast being a successful one – but he'll have his work cut out for him vs. Hero, who's last match at HoH saw him pick up a huge win over former Tajiri rival and Hardcore Icon Tommy Dreamer.
Tajiri has made sparse appearances in the US over the last decade after really making his name as a top performer in ECW and WWF with famous bouts vs. talents such as Super Crazy, Steve Corino, Jerry Lynn, Tazz, RVD, Eddy Guerrero and many more. Tajiri currently wrestles for the Wrestle-1 promotion in Japan.
Hero is fresh of a successful tour of Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan (where he himself has crossed paths with Tajiri's former rival Super Crazy) – competing in its Global League Tournament and amassing a respectable 4-3 record – including scoring huge wins over Japanese legends Masato Tanaka & Satoshi Kojima. Hero is the definition of a "world-traveled" veteran – with a 17-year career that has taken him to Germany, England, Mexico, Peru, Canada, Japan & Australia. Hero can currently be seen wrestling for Pro Wrestling Guerilla, EVOLVE & of course – is a regular in House of Hardcore rings.
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Second Harvest's programs are pioneers of healthy food distribution, outreach programs and nutrition education.
Second Harvest is a member of Go for Health! and as such, promotes the 52-10 program for improved awareness of healthy habits in our kids. Click to learn more
Click here for more information on how we operate.
What's New
* Read a summary of the 2010 Hunger in America report.
* Second Harvest staffers have been taking part in nutrition education classes, too! A recent challenge pushed them to compete for the best white bean recipe. Download the winning recipes here.
* The USDA released its 2008 study of food insecurity. Download here.
Our Agencies
Second Harvest's member agencies have missions as diverse as homeless outreach to teen pregnancy prevention among high-risk youth. They depend on us to provide food for their clients so that they can concentrate on their main missions. We depend on them to help widen the net of food distribution to a more diverse range of low-income families, children, and seniors.
Food Bytes is a monthly newsletter for agencies. You can download the latest version as a PDF file here.
Become a Member Agency
Does your agency need a supply of food to feed the low-income clients that access your services? Click here to learn how to become a Second Harvest Member Agency.
Second Harvest is proud to partner with a wide range of community programs, agencies, and faith-based organizations to provide food. Click here to see a list of our current Member Agencies.
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Get an in-depth look at Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes, one of our member agencies:
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Second Harvest & Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes
Collaboration is essential to our work at Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry and Kitchen, because we are a small agency with a big mission. We collaborate with Second Harvest Food Bank, our major partner in our hunger relief efforts, to ensure that the emergency and daily food needs of all community residents are met.
Each weekday, Second Harvest's Community Food Hotline refers families and individuals in need of food assistance to our pantry and lunch programs. Over the course of the year, the Hotline refers over 28% of all the calls they receive directly to us, making Loaves and Fishes the largest emergency food responder in Santa Cruz County.
Many of the clients referred to us by the Hotline are parents, struggling to provide for themselves and their children. Juliana and Jorge*, who were recently referred to us by the Hotline, are a young, monolingual Spanish-speaking couple who are currently homeless. Juliana is expecting their child and is eight months pregnant. They came to Loaves and Fishes feeling lost and bewildered. They received groceries from our pantry and stayed to have a hot lunch, receiving compassionate service from our staff.
Laura*, another client recently referred by the Hotline, is also facing the challenge of homelessness. She and her four children have been staying with a succession of friends and relatives to stay off the street. She came to Loaves and Fishes desperate for food to feed her children. She was so appreciative of our assistance. She was particularly pleased that we were able to provide her with fresh produce to provide her growing children the healthy nourishment they need.
Second Harvest supplies the majority of the food that we provide to hungry, low-income local residents through our pantry and lunch programs, which operate five days a week, year-round. They provide us with a good variety of food items, including fresh produce, enabling us to distribute well-balanced bags of groceries and to serve nutritious, balanced meals at a very reduced cost.
Our partnership with Second Harvest is multi-faceted, also including a monthly on-site Food For Children distribution, monthly food stamp application assistance outreach to our lunch clients, and collaboration in providing bilingual nutrition education to Loaves and Fishes clients.
Through our partnership with Second Harvest, we are able to provide quality food and services to our clients on a very modest budget, ensuring that local low-income families–such as Juliana, Jorge and Laura–have the support they need to manage the difficult times in their lives.
*Client names have been changed
Second Harvest Food Bank is a non-profit membership-based co-operative comprised of 200 community relief agencies and programs. We provide more than 7 million pounds of food per year to local social service organizations, and they pay, on average, four cents per pound for the food they acquire. By using Second Harvest to reduce food costs, these agencies are better able to devote more resources to their primary missions, such as daycare for homeless children, domestic abuse recovery and support for the elderly.
Agency Delivery
Our Agency Delivery Program saves time and money for the member agencies of Second Harvest Food Bank. Member agencies can now order the type and quantity of food needed at their sites. Second Harvest delivers the food, much of it perishable fruits and vegetables, in a refrigerated truck. This allows Second Harvest to increase the amount of fresh produce distributed, and help reduce the amount of perishable food that spoils at our warehouse.
To get more information about how your agency can obtain food from Second Harvest, click here.
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Second Harvest Food Bank operates five USDA commodity distribution centers in Davenport, Live Oak, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz, and Watsonville. USDA commodities, donated fruits and vegetables, and other foods are distributed to income-qualifying families through the Emergency Food Distribution program. Second Harvest also uses the USDA Emergency Food Distribution to promote other federal assistance programs, such as food stamps, which are under-utilized in our community.
Emergency Food Distribution occurs at Second Harvest Food Bank in Watsonville on the second Monday of each month from 8am-1pm. For information on other distribution sites and times, click here.


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The rise of food allergies is causing increasing challenges for Tauranga restaurants as diners request "off menu" meals that are gluten, dairy or nut free.
But both allergy sufferers and restaurateurs agree that more staff training and clear menu options are the answer.
Tauranga mother Trista Bassington and her son Dallas, 4, both have coeliac disease, and have given up eating out.
"I don't like to risk my son especially getting sick, just because someone doesn't realise that something has gluten in it."
Miss Bassington said most restaurants did not understand the severity of the disease.
Even when a meal was labelled gluten-free or dairy-free that was not always the case, she said.
In one Tauranga restaurant there was just one gluten-free option on the menu, which when she ordered it, was served with (non gluten-free) croutons.
"[The staff] said 'just take them out'."
Miss Bassington said the effects of gluten on her body included severe stomach pain, peeling skin, extreme fatigue and weakened immune system. Her son got a bloated and uncomfortable stomach and a fever.
Lauren Cooke, who is also allergic to gluten, said it was now much easier to dine out than it was when she was diagnosed 35 years ago "and I'd be lucky to get a boiled egg".
Mrs Cooke, who owns the One Stop Gluten Free Shop, said many eateries now had a good understanding of food allergies.
"A lot of people complain about it, but they are running a business and they don't have to cater to everybody's whim."
She said it was more difficult for nut and dairy allergy sufferers than those who were gluten intolerant.
"When you get [allergies] that severe, it's probably a choice to stay home and cook your own meal.
"It's not fair on restaurants to cater for all the dietary needs."
Shari Hammond, whose son Zac suffers from multiple food allergies, agrees.
Zac, 14 months, is severely allergic to wheat, eggs, nuts and dairy, and is also allergic to sesame.
Mrs Hammond said if she visits a café with Zac, she straps him into a high chair and feeds him food brought from home.
But when he's old enough to eat out, she plans to follow a "common sense" approach.
"Like with a nut allergy, we wouldn't go to a Thai restaurant because the risk would be greater.
"It is a tricky one but ultimately it is my responsibility.
"You kind of have to trust people [that the food is safe] - if you are worried, you should bring your own food with you."
Luigi Barattieri, who owns Spuntino, Comida and Volare, said he tried to accommodate special food requests whenever possible.
But in special cases he asks customers to leave for their own safety.
"Very often people come in and say 'I'm allergic to mussels, if I eat anything that has been in contact with mussels, I will die'.
"I ask them to leave, because I don't have a separate chiller.
"They are insane going to a restaurant if they have such a high-risk allergy.
"We are in the food business, not health. As much as we are willing to help, there are limits."
Ian Walker, owner of Alimento, said there were increasing numbers of requests for special food.
The café had a range of gluten-free and dairy-free options and did their best where possible to cater to demands.
Hospitality New Zealand chief executive Bruce Robertson said most restaurants aimed to accommodate their customers.
"There's no doubt that more people are certainly looking for more information about the food they are eating related to allergies.
"[Restaurants] are not going to be able to assist everybody in every case, but the important thing is they should be able to give their customers accurate information."
Allergy New Zealand chief executive Penny Jorgensen said food allergies could limit participation in early childhood education and school activities.
"Eating out can be very challenging when you have to rely on others to prepare food that is safe for your child.
"Communities can help by learning about food allergy and how to help and support those dealing with it."
Food problems
Main foods causing food allergy in New Zealand: milk (dairy), eggs, peanuts, wheat, soy, tree-nuts, fish and shellfish.
Main foods causing allergies in New Zealand children: milk, eggs and peanuts.
Rates of food allergy globally have risen significantly in the past decade, and some, such as peanut, have risen dramatically. The reasons are not known.
Food allergy affects up to 10 per cent of infants in New Zealand.
Most children will outgrow their food allergies.
Allergy Awareness Week is May 13-19.
Source: Allergy New Zealand


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Fire destroys fleet of golf carts, pole barn at Fry's Golf Carts of Crystal
CRYSTAL TOWNSHIP — A private golf cart business received a blow to its business Wednesday after a fire destroyed dozens of the owners' golf carts stored in a pole barn.
Eddie Avey was working Wednesday morning in the pole barn of Fry's Golf Carts LLC, owned by Cliff and Bonnie Fry, at 5575 S. Mt. Hope road, when he heard a loud bangfrom the rear of the 60-by-100-foot building.
"I was in the shop working and then I heard a sound like a shotgun going off," Avey said. "Then all of the lights started flickering. I ran over to see what happened and the whole back of the pole barn was on fire."
Standing at the scene on his cell phone, Avey described the situation via his cell phone to Cliff Fry, who was vacationing in Florida with Bonnie.
Avey said Cliff was watching the fire live from Florida on his computer through the use of a security camera.
"He just can't believe it," Avey said. "I know he has insurance, but this will be thousands of dollars in damages."
Crystal Township Assistant Fire Chief Scott Brundage said the structure was showing flames and the roof had already collapsed when the department arrived on scene.
"We were dispatched at 9:43 a.m. and the fire was totally involved when we arrived on scene," he said. "We don't really know what happened. (Avey) was here doing some work on the carts, he hooked up some of the chargers and then heard an explosion. He called 911 shortly after that."
Brundage said the Carson City, Hubbardston, Perrinton and Sheridan Community fire departments were called for mutual aid, manpower and additional tankers almost immediately.
Brundage couldn't confirm whether an explosion was caused from a golf cart battery, but said the scenario "could definitely happen."
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
No one was injured on scene.
Brundage said the pole barn, and everything within the barn, was a "complete loss" and the siding of a neighboring building received damage due to the heat of the fire.
Brundage said more than 11,000 gallons of water was used to extinguish the blaze.
Smoke from the fire was visible from as far away as M-66, 11 miles west of the structure.
Adam Eller, owner of the Carson Village Market and close friend of the Frys, was one of the first civilians on scene as he rushed to see if he could do anything to help.
"I came out to see if there was anything I could do, I thought maybe we could help carry some things out," he said. "But everything was gone already. It was hot as hell from around the corner of the next building. The fire took everything."
Eller just shook his head as the final flames were extinguished by firefighters at the scene.
"He had a heck of a business here," he said. "This is definitely going to shorten his vacation in Florida."
Eller said he believes Cliff and Bonnie were already arranging for the earliest flight home from Florida.
Montcalm County EMS assisted on scene.


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Both are awsome.
What a great job on these!!! They are beautiful.
I love them both!
Both are terrific! Love the purple, and the cars would look great with a road or two!
Car quilt is so cute! Any boy would like it. The road idea will be cute.1st quilt is beautiful.
Love them both!
The purple one looks like stained glass!
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Kristoffer Olsson
Kristoffer left Arsenal at the end of 2014 to join FC Midtjylland, ending his three-year stint with the Gunners.
Technically-gifted midfielder Kris featured regularly for the under-21s and soon made his debut for the first team, scoring a penalty in the shoot-out win over West Brom in September 2013.
Kristoffer Olsson Profile
June 30, 1995
Vrinnevi, Ostergotland, Sweden
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Composed in possession and accomplished in front of goal, the Sweden Under-21 international was a mainstay in the 2013/14 Youth League side, helping them reach the quarter-finals of the competition.
He scored his first goal for the senior side in a pre-season friendly against Boreham Wood in July and travelled with the first team on their trip to New York.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- Conference USA's 2013 Men's and Women's Basketball Media Day is set for Tuesday in Irving, Texas.
UAB head men's basketball coach Jerod Haase and Blazers' women's hoops head coach Randy Norton will be on hand to preview the 2013-14 season. Updates on UAB's twitter page (@UABAthletics) and the athletics website (www.UABSports.com) will be provided during the day.
C-USA followers may also enjoy coverage of the event through a free, live video stream of interviews with coaches. Coaches from Charlotte, East Carolina, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee and North Texas will do interviews in four segments beginning at 10 a.m. EDT/9 a.m. CDT. Coaches from Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UTEP and UTSA will begin their live stream at 1:30 p.m. EDT/12:20 p.m. CDT.
Conference USA's social media platforms will provide live updates throughout the day. Photos, notes and other information will be posted via Twitter (@CUSAMBK, @CUSAWBK and @Conference_USA) and will be tagged #CUSAtipoff. The Conference USA Facebook and Instagram accounts will also have live content from Tuesday's event.
The 2013-14 UAB men's basketball season tips off with an exhibition game against Milligan (Tenn.) College on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. CT. UAB's women's basketball team tips off the 2013-14 campaign in an exhibition contest vs. Georgia Southwestern on Monday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. CT.
For more information on UAB basketball, follow the Blazers on Twitter (@UABAthletics, @CoachJerodHaase and @UAB_WBB), or on the web (www.UABSports.com).


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This calendar lists each week's notable events with a focus on sustainability and its economic, social and environmental components. To get your event added, contact Joanne Benkley, assistant director, CEEDS. To have information about your event or activity sent to all campus email accounts, submit it to eDigest.
February 11-17
February 18-24
February 25- Mar 3
Featured Event
Meritocracy, Technocracy, Democracy: Understandings of Racial and Gender Equity
The Civil Conflict in Algeria and Mali
Events at Smith
Medicinal Plants in the Landscape: Catalysts for Restoration
Events Off Campus
Impossible and Necessary: Crafting a Critical Scholarship of (Dis)ability
Hampshire CSA Winter Farmer's Market
How a Grass Roots Organization Humbled the Army Corps of Engineers
Beyond the Bubble: Speaking Up in the World Training
Northampton Winter Farmer's Market
Featured Event
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Indigenous Protest and Revitalization in the Northeast
Field Station Friday!
Events at Smith
Garden Festivals & Other Spaces: Art, Materials & Technology in Landscape Architecture
Info session about jobs with U.S. PIRG and MassPIRG
Beyond the Bubble: Speaking Up in the World Follow-Up Writing Workshop
Bike Kitchen General Interest Meeting
Meet Rally Day medalist and prominent zoologist and field biologist Kay Holecamp ('73)
Bike Kitchen Spring Rentals
Events Off Campus
Northampton Winter Farmer's Market
Featured Event
From the Poles to the Deep Ocean: Corals Living and Thriving in Cold Waters
Field Station Friday- help us make maple syrup!
Environmental Justice Teach-in
Events at Smith
Can Landscape Architecture Fuse Nature and Culture?
Come Hear Rhian Waller Speak about the Darling Marine Center
Leveraging Design
Bike Kitchen Spring Rentals
Earth Week Committee Meeting
Exhibition-- From Petals to Paper: Poetic Inspiration from Flowers
New Trees for the Landscape: From Plant Exploration to genetic Manipulation
The Botanic Garden of Smith College Spring Bulb Show
Events Off Campus
Swedish Polar Landscapes with Tyrone Martinsson,
The Conflict in Syria
Northampton Winter Farmer's Market


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It was 2001 and Antonio DeMarco, then 15, was homeless on the streets of Mexico. According to Gary Shaw, who these days promotes DeMarco, the young man had to scrounge for food in undignified ways.
Ten years later, this past Oct. 15, DeMarco was way behind on the scorecards to Jorge Linares in a fight for a vacant lightweight world title at Staples Center. DeMarco stayed strong, often waving on Linares as if to say, "Come on."
Then in the 11th round, a relentless DeMarco caught Linares with some heavy punches to the head. With 28 seconds left in the round, referee Raul Caiz Sr. stopped the bout with DeMarco pummeling Linares, whose face looked like a bloody mask.
DeMarco won by technical knockout and was a world champion for the first time. It was sweeter than sweet because of where he had once been and because he was behind by six, six and eight points on the scorecards at the time.
"It made me a more mature fighter," said DeMarco, who will make the second defense of his title when he takes on John Molina of Covina on Sept. 8 at Oracle Arena in Oakland (on HBO). "It made me believe with all the effort, all the dreams came true."
DeMarco, 26, and other interested parties were at a news conference Wednesday at Sisley Italian Kitchen in Sherman Oaks. We queried DeMarco as to the specifics of his homeless period, such as why he was in that situation in the first place. It was obvious by the look on his face it was a very emotional time and one he would rather not revisit.
He instead spoke briefly about being pulled out of it.
"It was a beautiful time when I learned ... how to evaluate the people that care about me," said DeMarco, of Tijuana. "I got there only by dreaming to be a world champion.
"I found beautiful people who helped me and gave me a lot of stuff."
DeMarco's emotions were getting the best of him, hence his short and perhaps not-so-informative response. But Shaw had no such difficulty when asked what DeMarco's comeback against Linares showed him.
"It tells me that he's come a long way from the streets, eating garbage out of garbage cans, not having a home to sleep in, to winning the world championship," Shaw said. "He just wants people to know that you can dream the dream and it can come true. He was actually on the streets for about close to a year before people took him in and he started finding his way through.
"You know what else is shows you? And he actually proved it on the Linares fight, that he can overcome adversity. He was losing every round but he never quit because he was following that dream."
Shaw believes DeMarco's wherewithal is going to make Molina's job of taking DeMarco's title that much more difficult four weeks from now.
"Molina is going to have to do everything he can to stop someone who never stops being hungry, and that's the difference," Shaw said.
"He's not content."
Molina (24-1, 19 KOs) said he feels for DeMarco and his plight as a teen-ager.
"From a human standpoint, my heart goes out to him," Molina said.
"We were never rich by any means, but we were never poor, so I take my hat off to him and commend him for that. Absolutely. It takes a real man to be able to go through the shortcomings that he had."
That empathy will end once Molina steps into the ring with DeMarco.
"Come Sept. 8, he's just another man," Molina said.
Shaw mentioned during the news conference that DeMarco now has a wife and family. Molina and his wife are expecting their first child in November, which was mentioned in this space last week. Molina at 29 also remains in search of his first world championship.
Finally, these are two toe-to-toe fighters.
That's why many experts believe this fight could steal the show from Andre Ward and Chad Dawson, who will tangle for Ward's super middleweight title in the main event.
Some scary words from DeMarco (27-2-1, 20 KOs) support that theory.
"John Molina is a tough fighter, and it's going to be a war," the southpaw said. "But I will die in the ring to keep my WBC title."


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To update Windows, within Internet Explorer select the Tools menu. Then Tools
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If you do want to turn on automatic updates, you can do that via the update
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There are a few things you can do with your browser as well.
Security at the Browser Level
We mentioned that you can set some parameters within Internet Explorer to
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There are also some general preferences and routines you should consider.
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There is a two-setting solution that will probably provide you with some
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What you want to do is disable IE's ability to run scripts without your
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8 Crazy Cool Rules of Leadership - program and book signing
Thursday, October 13 @ 7:00 p.m.
Local motivational and inspirational speaker Tom Toney of Current Family and Leaders Lead has authored a book about Leadership for adolescents.
The book, 8 Crazy Cool Rules of Leadership, is for kids in 3rd-6th grade. It outlines 8 main principles of leadership in a fun and cool way.
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I cannot bring myself to join those rubbing their hands with glee over the public shaming of Jesse Jackson over his "love child" — a child he fathered in adultery.
As one who has had critical things to say about Jackson in the past, I can understand the impulse. But I prefer see a pro-life meaning in these events.
Jesse Jackson and his mistress could easily have aborted this child. No doubt, they were both distressed by the discovery of the pregnancy. It is perhaps unreasonable to compare the position of two highly skilled professionals with that of a couple of desperate teenagers.
Yet, precisely because of Jackson's position in the public eye, the temptation to rid himself of a potentially embarrassing situation through abortion must have been enormous. It would have been the easiest thing in the world for Jackson to wipe his hands of the whole situation, by paying his mistress off, pressuring her to have an abortion. Men do it all the time.
The pro-life wing of the conservative world needs to support Jesse at exactly this moment on exactly this point. This is the time for reconciliation: not the phony reconciliation that tries to manufacture some imaginary middle ground between good and evil, or between truth and falsehood. Genuine reconciliation reaches across human divisions to endorse the elements of goodness and truth on the other side. She did the right thing by bringing the child to term. He has done the right thing in supporting her and the child. He has done plenty wrong, of course. But that should not blind us to the fact that they might have swept this child away as inconvenient or even impossible. Instead, they welcomed her into life.
You might ask: Why should we reach out to Jesse Jackson? Think of all the trouble he has given conservatives by painting them at the slightest provocation as the image of Bull Conner. He has a long and unsavory alliance with the most radical pro-abortion extremists, the people who have never seen an abortion they didn't like.
The practical reason to reach out to Jackson is that the African-American community contains large pockets of pro-life sympathy.
Although blacks have large numbers of abortions, black women nonetheless carry many babies to term that their white counterparts would abort. Many blacks feel themselves targeted by the more unsavory elements of the population-control crowd. A study came out a few years ago claiming that legalized abortion had reduced the crime rate since babies statistically more likely to become criminals were also statistically more likely to have been aborted. Black Americans read the subtext: Abort black babies, prevent crime. Black America was aghast. Properly so, in my view.
Moreover, black Americans have proven culturally resistant to birth control — in spite of concerted efforts to make birth control information and methods readily available to the black community. Contraception workers have expressed frustration at attitudes within the black community. Many young black couples hesitate to use contraception, because they think that using it indicates that there is some problem in the relationship. They equate contraception with a lack of trust inside the relationship.
Guess what? This is not so far from the most robust form of the pro-life position, namely the Catholic variety. The Catholic Church teaches that keeping each marital sexual act open to new life enhances the communication and intimacy between the partners. There is a pro-life intuition within the black community. This reckless generosity toward new life unites the pro-life community at large, and large chunks of the African-American community.
Of course, the Catholic Church insists that marriage is the only proper context for sexual activity. This is the biggest gap between the Church and the behavior of the black community (actually the behavior of most of modern America). American culture at large has accepted the Planned Parenthood definition of responsible sex as any sex between consenting adults — as long as a condom is used. The Catholic Church defines responsible sex as getting married and staying married.
Ask yourself this question: Which definition would be more helpful for the black community to adopt for itself, the Planned Parenthood view or the Catholic view? Surely there is no doubt that the black community as a whole would be far better off adopting the Catholic view that getting married and staying married is the context for safe and responsible sex. It is frivolous at this point in history to claim that all would be well if only the black community had greater access to birth control information and technology. The efforts that have already been made are so substantial that the only greater "access" that is possible is compulsion.
There is no obvious reason that the efforts for black advancement have to be linked with the sexual revolution. Where is it written in stone that ethnic minorities must be in political alliance with the pro-abortion extremists? The link between these two issues is strictly functional. The black community and the lifestyle revolution have both been staging grounds from which the radical left can launch its broadsides against American society and its values.
Jesse Jackson has been one of the links in that chain. The radical left has been useful to Jesse because it provides the most effective ideology for accumulating political power ever devised. What if the black community were as closely aligned with pro-life Christian churches as it now is with the Nation of Islam? What would American political life look like had the black vote split as sharply as the Catholic vote?
This scandal has revealed that Jesse Jackson values the well-being of a little girl more than political power. He doesn't know it yet, but he is no longer a man of the left. Let's help him figure it out. Write to Rev. Jackson to tell him you are praying for him to fully embrace the pro-life position that he already intuitively holds. Send your letters to Rev. Jesse Jackson, c/o the Rainbow-Push Coalition, 930 East 50th Street, Chicago, IL 60615-2702.
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I saw this question on another forum and was truly stumped by it.
This guy has maybe 4 huskies and one of them gets picked on incessantly by the others. It's heart-breaking.
How do you stop this behavior?
Serious loss of control by guardian!!! Best solution is most likely rehome the dog getting picked on!
Two or More Dogs
Those links are ones I recommend but this is way over the top!
Carp load of e collars and a pro to train the user is most likely best approach! Be willing to bet that with a second set of eyes, the leader would be found and the other two dogs are following him! So maybe only one collar?
When I take my husky, Finder, to our local husky group play date we see something similar. There's one poor white husky girl that is just so unbelievably submissive that she can turn into target practice for one of the dominant females. We (the humans) work strategically to keep those two dogs separate during the off leash play so that both dogs can enjoy their time.
If I were in this man's living situation it sounds like it might be time to go to a crate and rotate style of life. That or do some serious training, both confidence building and behavior correction with his dogs. Def wouldn't let the low totem pole pup take the constant abuse. Would be interesting to know which dog was last added to the pack and what the dynamics were prior.
From what I gather, he just rehomed a husky (maybe a foster...I don't know) that was originally being picked on. And after that husky left, the pack began again on a different member...The owner corrects them when they're picking on her but it needs to stop...
Hmmm perhaps he rehomed the wrong dog. Sounds almost like the instigator pup needs to an only dog.
Unlike humans, dogs will usually always attack the weak and unstable submissives, they don't protect and nuture them like we do. I've seen it many times, see it sometimes in my own pack. Seen it in dog park situations, also read it here where someone has asked why there submissive GSD is getting attacked at the dog park or why their normally well behaved GSD attacks a submissive dog. Sad to us, but I suppose in dog world it is not sad and is a case of survival of the fittest.
IMO the only way to fix this problem would be to rehome the pup to a home where he/she is the only dog, maybe you could suggest this to the owner? But then I wonder if the submissive pup is removed, would the other 3 then fight for dominance and try to eliminate the next naturally submissive one?
Only a one dog household but my parents have had multiple dogs at the same time. Maybe not the popular answer but they let the dogs figure it out. There WILL be a ranking hierarchy among dogs.
Now they did manage some & would not allow a blood bath. Packs are interesting. I guess in extreme cases a dog should be considered to be rehomed for the safety & sanity of all. But in most cases I think it's best to let them be.
Whereas all dogs will eliminate the weaker from the pack.
Maybe people are nicer in Australia, I think humans attack weakness.
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Much ado was made about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie embracing President Obama literally and figuratively after Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast. On Tuesday, the two were reunited as Obama visited the Jersey shore and reaffirmed his commitment to the recovery effort. What the media has called "bipartisanship," Rush Limbaugh had a slightly different descriptor for.
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Instead of putting a rubber band around his stomach they should have put it around his neck.Rush is right Christie would lick his boots if he had too.
Christie's 'brown nose' is not only obvious, it's growing longer every day!
It's pathetic to watch a grown 'man' beg and pander to the failure.
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The David Mamet directed biopic airs 9 p.m. Sunday.
Now that Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau are out of the picture Hollywood needs a couple of new curmudgeons o fill the void. Enter Walken and Pacino.
The acting legend will play the coaching legend.
Al Pacino delivers one of his best-ever performances in this true-life story of an undercover cop who dared to expose the corruption of the New York City Police Department.
Brian De Palma's gonzo crime opera features a must-be-seen-to-be-believed performance by Al Pacino as a Cuban immigrant turned Miami drug lord.
Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin have hot cathartic smoldering sex in this steamy, preposterous and completely irresistible thriller.
The holiday movie season (more or less) officially begins with A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, Tower Heist, Killing Bono and The Son of No One.
Al Pacino gives one of his career-best performances as a cop who can't sleep in Christopher Nolan's unsettling thriller, now ready to keep you up all night on Netflix Instant.
Nothing can show how things can go completely, totally and utterly wrong like a heist movie. Here are a few attempted robberies that didn't go so well, now available for immediate stealing — err, streaming on Netflix Instant.
Let's face it — when you want your Gangster Movie fix, you want it now. Luckily, Netflix Instant has plenty of options to get your crime on — here are some of the best gangster movies you can watch, well, instantly.
Al Pacino and Joe Pesci are the newest names to be jumping on board Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.


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Quick fact: Dieng shot 72.4 percent as the roll man in pick-and-roll sets, which ranked fourth in the nation (min. 30 plays).
June 25 Update: Dieng has slid in the draft thanks to concerns about his knees, but a number of teams in the 20s still are willing to take the risk. With the Wolves in serious talks to swap this pick for the Nets' MarShon Brooks, I could see the Nets grabbing another big to fill out their front line.
June 24 Update: This No. 26 ranking in our Secret NBA Draft Big Board would have been much higher if teams were rating the players just after the NCAA tournament. The big Louisville shot-blocker rates as high as 8 but as low as 3. Injury concerns regarding his ankle and his knee seem to be hurting his draft stock at the moment. His draft night range is 16 to 28.
June 18 Update: Injury concerns for Dieng (ankle and knee) have hurt his stock a bit, and he's slowly sliding into the 20s. Teams like him, but given his age, injuries matter. That shouldn't stop the Spurs from taking him here. They have big needs on the front line and Dieng is one of the more NBA-ready big men in the draft.
June 10 Update: Dieng started working out just last week after an ankle injury kept him sidelined for more than a month. He still hasn't worked out directly for a team -- just a big pro day a little more than a week ago in Santa Monica, Calif. The lack of workouts has taken its toll a bit on his draft stock, though strong performances over the next few weeks could boost it back up.
May 28 Update: An ankle injury kept Dieng out of the draft combine. His stock has been cooling of late as the excitement from Louisville's NCAA title wears off and teams begin to wonder whether Dieng can contribute enough on the offensive end to justify a high selection. There's expected to be a serious run on bigs in the teens, with a number of teams -- including the Thunder, Mavs, Jazz, Celtics, Hawks and Bulls -- looking for centers.
May 15 Update: Dieng won't do drills or athletic testing at the combine because of a sprained ankle. That shouldn't be a big issue for him. Big men typically struggle to look as good in the combine setting, especially big men without elite offensive skills. However, Dieng's measurements should be strong as well as his interviews.
May 8 Update (Projected No. 12, Thunder): Really, Oklahoma City is set at every position. However, Dieng is the one player left on the board who probably could help them now. Not only is he physically ready for the NBA, he's a good shot-blocker, a solid rebounder and an excellent passer out of the high post. With the Thunder a little weak up front, I think Dieng could be a nice addition to their frontcourt.
May 2 Update: Dieng continues to rise up our board. No one expects him to be a superstar in the NBA, but just about everyone sees him as a big man who can come in and contribute right away as a shot-blocker, rebounder and passer out of the high post. He won't score a lot, but for an established team at the end of the lottery -- think the Thunder, Sixers, Mavs or Jazz -- he could help better-position that team for the playoffs next season.
Apr 11 Update: Rick Pitino announced that Dieng will enter the 2013 NBA Draft. Dieng has been hanging around the Top 30 all year, but his performance in the NCAA title game against Michigan may have elevated his stock. The knock on Dieng is that he is a 23-year-old junior and doesn't have a lot of upside. However, he can probably play back-up minutes in the NBA right now. He is a good shot-blocker and rebounder, has proven to be a very good passer from the high post and has shown he can knock down a few shots when needed. He may not be a superstar, but he could end up having a long career in the NBA. He's a likely mid-to-late first-round pick.
Apr 2 Update: After going 9-for-9 from the field in the first two rounds of the tournament, Dieng came down to earth (just a little) in the second two rounds. He was an impressive 11-for-15 from the field, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked 8 shots in wins against Oregon and Duke. Dieng is peaking at the right time. Size always rises as we get closer to the draft, and while he's often overshadowed by the flashier Russ Smith, Dieng has been a critical part of Louisville's success. If the Cardinals win a national championship, that luster could push him even higher on our Big Board by draft night.
Mar 26 Update: Dieng hasn't missed a shot yet in the tournament. He's 9-for-9 from the field and has proven to be very efficient for the Cardinals. No one drafting Dieng is thinking superstar, but there's a need for backup centers in the NBA and he looks like he'd pass the smell test.
Mar 13 Update: Dieng is finally having the season many of us thought he might coming into the season. He has become a solid scorer around the basket, is doing a much better job of rebounding the ball and has the potential to be an elite shot-blocker. He's coming off one of his best performances of the season, a 20-point, 11-rebound, 5-block performance against Notre Dame. If he plays that way in the tournament and gets Louisville to the Final Four, he's going to be a lock for the first round despite his age.
Nov 30 Update: Dieng was off to a pretty slow start before a wrist injury this week. Now he's set to miss four-to-six weeks and will have a screw placed in his scaphoid bone. Dieng got a lot of attention from scouts this summer and was supposed to be poised to have a breakout season. The slow start combined with the injury could knock him out of the first round discussion if he can't bounce back soon.
Oct 17 Update: I hesitate to put Dieng here at No. 19 in our Top 100. Every year scouts fall in love with long, athletic shot-blockers, and this year it appears Dieng is emerging as a favorite. He was solid as a sophomore, and over the summer the buzz really started to grow. He improved his body over the summer and was playing with some much-needed aggression in the adidas Nations camp.
Dieng's biggest issue is offensive polish and age. He can finish above the rim, but that's about the extent of his offensive game. His shooting percentage for someone of his size and athletic ability was pretty weak last season. In addition, he's old for his class (he turns 23 in January), and history has shown that older players who start dominating college don't duplicate the feat in the NBA.


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Hey all,
I just signed up and will be purchasing a new 07' WRX. I talked to a guy the other day and he was telling me 23,600 is that a solid price? cause I thought that it was not bad.
Other than that the only question I had was about the boost. How would I go about increasing it or is that not what I should do first.
Welcome, you can increase boost safely by using some type of em (engine Management). Most popular brands are cobb access port, turbo xs utec, and opensource. With an 07 wrx, em will want to be your first performance mod.
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