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Pluto.TV Launches Free Online Television Experience That's Out Of This World
LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Pluto.TV, officiallylaunched today bringing to audiences a powerful new way to experience online videos. The free entertainment platform features the best online content with hand curated shows on channels tailored to your specific interests. With an easy to navigate guide, Pluto.TV invites you to sit back, relax and enjoy continuous programming around areas of passion including music, sports, news, entertainment, comedy, lifestyle, technology, art & culture, education and kids.
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"Pluto.TV is revolutionizing the way people enjoy video content online," said Pluto.TV co-founder and chairman Nick Grouf. "We're making the process of discovering new content easy by delivering free programming around areas of interest anytime, anywhere. Pluto.TV has done the heavy lifting for you, so you can sit back, watch, and enjoy."
With nearly 100 channels programmed to specific interests (hip-hop, snow, surf, food, health & fitness, fashion, travel, dance, extreme sports, sketch comedy and many more) there are hundreds of highly-curated shows as well as videos from the most popular content creators on the web.
For example, the Stand Up Comedy channel has shows like "NSFW Comedy," or "Women of Stand Up"; while Backstage Comedy features "Talking Shop with Louis C.K.," "The B.S. Report" and "Getting Doug with High." Or check out the Xtreme Sports channel to watch "Epic Wipeouts," "Flying with Wing Suits" and "Parkour." If you like cats, then you'll love Pluto.TV's 24/7 cats channel with programs like "Big Cats," "Famous Felines," "Scaredy Cats" and many more. If you're more of a dog person, don't worry, there's a special dog-friendly channel for you to love too. In addition, the platform has partnered with Funny or Die, RocketJump, IconicTV (JAY Z's Life+Times), The Young Turks, Refinery 29 and QVC among others, to offer dedicated channels on Pluto.TV.
"Joining Pluto.TV's platform enables us to attract a broader audience with its easy to use interface," said Mitch Galbraith, COO & President Digital at Funny or Die. "It's a natural fit for our brand offering a one-stop shop for Funny or Die video content to keep people laughing."
On March 31st at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific, the platform will kick-off with the debut of Primetime on Pluto where you can tune-in and experience content collaborations by an array of notable guest curators packaged into 30-minute shows. From Grammy-nominated artist Nas' all-time favorite music videos on "Hip Hop (Channel 106)" to Scandal actress Darby Stanchfield's candy bar crush on "Food (Channel 604)"and Cat Cora's hit gardening, decor and parenting clips on "Crafts & Home (Channel 610)" Pluto.TV has something for everyone. And there's more! On "Indie Music (Channel 108)," fashion retailer and lifestyle brand, Nasty Gal, will participate with a mash-up of moments around music, movies, TV and other cool finds. Each curation is set to roll out across the platform as part of Pluto.TV's launch so tune-in and turn up the volume at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT for Primetime on Pluto.
"Innovation and technology have made it possible for artists to share their music and connect with audiences all over the world, at any moment," saidNas. "Now, with Pluto.TV, artists have the ability to deepen these interactions and encourage fans to explore and discover even more. The platform is in a powerful position to revolutionize entertainment and media it's an incredible way to showcase artists, support collaborations, and engage audiences in must-see online viewing."
The unique features of Pluto.TV include:
- Curated Channels: Pluto.TV's experts watch and handpick the best video content across areas of interests and passions so you don't have to search for it.
- Popular Content: Pluto.TV's partners create some of the most popular content on the web and include Funny or Die, RocketJump, The Young Turks, Refinery 29, QVC and IconicTV (JAY Z's Life+Times).
- Easy Access: You can go directly to the platform and begin immediately watching content. If you are interested in the social aspect of the platform, you can log-in using your Facebook or email address.
- Intuitive channel guide: You can select channels and programs with the ease of a guide. From the home screen, you can see the programming schedule, find out what's coming up, and read through descriptions to help decide what to watch.
- Personalization: Right under the home screen, there's a navigation bar that allows you to create a personal "favorites" list. You can "star" your favorite channels and programs for customized access to preferred shows.
- DVR: If you like what you see, you can rewind, fast-forward or pause.
- Multi-platform: The Pluto.TV mobile app is available for both tablets and smart phones on iOS and Android. Pluto.TV is available for free at http://pluto.tv and can be downloaded immediately on Apple's iTunes store and Android's Google Play store. Pluto supports Chromecast and Apple TV and will be supporting TVs and other living room devices in the future.
- Social features: Pluto.TV is built for sharing with social features such as live chat that allows you to talk with friends and family in real time, as well as share what shows you're into by notifying your friends. You have the option to invite friends over to watch or share through social media.
Pluto.TV was co-founded by seasoned entrepreneurs Nick Grouf, Ilya Pozin and Tom Ryan. The company's investors and advisors include Terry Semel's Windsor Media; Jeremy Zimmer, CEO, UTA; Avram Miller, founder, Intel Capital; Mich Mathews, former CMO, Microsoft; Chris Silbermann, president and partner, ICM; Nas & Anthony Saleh's Queensbridge Venture Partners; Jonathan Nelson, CEO Omnicom Digital, Omnicom Group Inc.; Tom Whalley, former CEO, Warner Bros. Records and co-founder, Interscope Records; and Jamie Tarses, former president, ABC Entertainment.
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The Israel government has been playing the West Bank card for years using the argument it must be settled in order to provide their nation a barrier against attack. In adopting this stance, Israel has presented Palestinians with a dilemma, if they accept the loss of a good part of the West Bank, the Palestinian state that will emerge lacks coherence. Senior Palestinian negotiator, Ahmed Qurela, said if Israel continues being stubborn and refuses to evacuate the West Bank and restore 1967 boundaries, the Palestinians will simply abandon their desire for an independent nation and become part of Israel. "If Israel continues to oppose making this(a Palestinian state) a reality, then the Palestinian people and its leadership (would be) one state, a binational state."
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While the .22 has a place in a SHTF scenario, being a primary defensive weapon, isn't 1 of them. I'd opt for the Ruger Mini 30 over the 10/22.
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While the .22 has a place in a SHTF scenario, being a primary defensive weapon, isn't 1 of them. I'd opt for the Ruger Mini 30 over the 10/22.
I have thought this over for years, and come to the conclusion that a 22 is as good as anything else for this purpose. In Recon, we used to say that if we get into a fire fight, something wrong. Well, guess what? Things have and do go wrong. But the idea in a survival situation is not to stand and have shoot outs, its to get out of harms way thru peel off technique and evasive measures. A 22 will do this just fine.
Ever try and eat a squirrel hit with a 223?
Id say a 22 will do just fine in most any scenario, and much better for multiple purposes than a center fire cartridge.
Wha?? You are worried about over penetration in the even of a total societal collapse?
And if you ever needed 25,000 rounds, you would probably run out of water and food before you went through that many rounds.
Add to that your other arsenal....
Seriously, what kind of scenario are you preparing for?
I'm not judging - hey, whatever floats your boat. Just seems like some parts of the calculus don't make complete sense.
Thanks for the replys guys. Kinda what a thought I'd get, mixed batch. My reasoning to the wife to fill the safe was emergency preparedness. She's from Japan and knows about disaster, also has lived in the states long enough to know our society won't be civil in situations like her country has endured.
Basically I see hard times ahead with a worthless currency were dependent on. I'm trying to hedge inflation. I have three years worth of dried goods food storage. 25 lbs bag of rice for $20 now, get it while you can. Also stocked up on ammo. 13,000 rounds of FMJ for the 9mm/.40 cal. I figure that would last 5 years or so target shooting OR IF SHTF I'll be glad I stocked up.
Im set for self reliance for a few years, we're all dependent on the government to some degree or another and I don't trust them with my safety anymore.
I've got places to bug out to but with the kids home is best if possible. If things continue to get worse in CA I'll look into moving to Nashville as that's were my mothers at.
I knew the answer to my question was to get anither riffle. My wife won't understand but it has to be done.
Several things:
1.) I am jealous of your ammo storage!
2.) .22 is fine for some applications, but in a real SHTF scenario, you are going to want a bigger caliber rifle as a primary (.223, .308, 7.62X39), and a lot of friends with service-caliber rifles. If you stay by yourself, all of that ammo, and all of those guns are going to be in the hands of people who had lots of "friends" with guns... after they take them from your hands.
You are in CA, though, so larger caliber rifles only have 10 round mags, and thanks to new legislation, they are impossible to change quikly, so you may have made the best choice for your area.
3.) All the people that are ragging on you for having too much ammo either wish they had as much (I fall into this category), or are going to be the ones complaining when ammo prices go up in the next few years.
4.) Are 25 round mags legal in CA for .22s?
For the wife and kids, I'd go for a carbine in a pistol caliber, starting with the old M1 Carbine. The Kel-Tec Sub-2000 folds small enough to fit in a briefcase and comes in several varieties that can use different handgun magazines. I don't know if they are accurate enough to hunt small game, though. (That's just a mild suggestion because I have used the .22LR for hunting ground squirrels out at 100 yards. Head shots only because hitting them anywhere else meant they got down the hole. A ground squirrel head is about the size of a human eye.)
I suspect you are going heavy on gear and light on training. You need skills to go with the hardware, and they do not come off a store shelf. Long passed time for you and family to take a trip to Utah or Idaho "for vacation" and visit one or more of the combat training sites that accept civilians.
A million dollars worth of guns and ammo isn't going to do you a lick of good if you don't have even a penny's worth of skills.
The 10/22 is fine. Add a suppressor and it's better.
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Get Smith, Ladies & Gentlemen: While exploring in the 50's in the then unknown Jungles of Quintana Roo, next to British Honduras - now Belize - we found that the lowly .22 cartridge was the perfect medium of exchange. Money was simply not acceptable. In the more remote areas, a trip to the nearest source of supply was a week or more away, so every single bullet was negotiable barter materiel.
In a long breakdown of society, such as you seem to visualize, it would holdup here as well as it did down there.
Just remember that if it were known that you had a large supply of more powerful ammo, you would become a target for that alone, but for some reason the lil .22 isn't considered in the same light..
Side issue, living off of the country is possible for only for small no of people in a given range / time. The Indians in our past history found this out, and often had pitched battles over territory, so much for the idyllic co-operative life in native America, it was a cutthroat existence.
We quickly found that out. It took roughly 1/2 a day in new country to get enough to feed ourselves, and after a few weeks, it would no longer supply us. And we were just two people.
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One more thing, you might want to get some parts and maybe a second 10/22, because if it breaks, you have a nice club, and 25,000 rounds of ammo you can't use
With the other firearms you mentioned, I think you're covered yourself well.
I would consider the .22 as more of a game-getter and back-up of last resort, while the .223 would be more defensive. Personally, I'd like to have both. .223 for defense; .22 for survival.
2-in-1... so both.
5.56 AR with 8 mags + .22LR conversion bolt with 3 mags + little extra ammo for each
First I would tell you do not buy so many rounds in 22lr as the brass sweats and it jams unless you use it in a bolt.
You will have to wipe every round before you shoot.This caliber is readily avalible.I would not trust 22 lr unless I was doimg my work up close and personal.I do not have the training that Mossad offered to their agents.I do own a bushmaster in
223/556 verison.The first time I shot it I could not believe it was the main battle rifle of our great country.The ar rifles have like a shock asborber in them an you can feel it contract when you fire it. I've used metal case ammo and just about all
types avalible to civilians.556 in almost the same as 223 it has higher pressures.I would use my 223 over 22lr just because
it has more stopping power.


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"Mr. Maddox?"
It's Tatsuo, one of my two 24-hour personal butlers. (The other, Pang, is inside—upstairs, to be specific, as opposed to downstairs—infusing the other Jacuzzi with aromatherapy oils.) Is it possible, Tatsuo wants to know with a bow, that my $6 Hanes T-shirt had a hole in it before I sent it to be laundered?Otherwise he bears tidings of an incident that is as regrettable as it is mysterious. I set his mind at ease. Tatsuo bows and departs. I resume my cogitations.
The concept of the presidential suite dates back to 1880, when Ulysses S. Grant, despite no longer being the president, despite such a thing not even yet existing, apparently demanded he be housed in one during a stay at the New York hotel that later became the Hilton. The experiment was a success, and over the course of the next century other hotels built presidential suites, some of them acquiring individual reputations for extraordinary opulence. One thinks of the Presidential Suite at New York's Waldorf, or the 6,000-square-foot Penthouse Suite at the Fairmont in San Francisco, where Secretary of State Edward Stettinius holed up during the drafting of the UN charter back in 1945.
But in the past few years a new beast has emerged: the purpose-built, insanely extravagant "supersuite." Commonly sprawling over many thousands of square feet, if not an entire floor, and leaving the occupant, usually, with no change at all from $10,000 a night, these lavish new spaces have become de rigueur for the world's best hotels. "It's a curious thing, to tell you the truth," says Priscilla Alexander, travel agent to the super-rich and a T+L A-List All-Star. "There were always top suites, but this emerging group of people, who are spending money in a fashion that's quite"—she pauses—"exemplary, is a new phenomenon."
To Jean-Jacques Reibel, managing director of the InterContinental Hong Kong, whose 7,000-square-foot Presidential Suite opened in January, the supersuite phenomenon is about uniqueness. What customers seem to want for their five-figure-a-night investment is not merely luxury, but unique luxury. "People are looking for an original and exclusive experience," he tells me. "They want to have something that not many people can have."
For Reibel's guests, this means a living room in which you could inflate a hot-air balloon, a truly IMAX view of Hong Kong, a private office where one works overlooked by nine specially commissioned Kowloon dragons wrought from backlit sculpted glass, the aforementioned sprawling terrace, a conference/dining room with video communications facilities, toilet seats that rise automatically when one enters the room, an en-suite gymnasium, an en-suite sauna, and an en-suite steam room. (It's embarrassing to admit but I didn't actually know there was a difference between a steam room and a sauna until I saw the two of them side by side, leading away from my upstairs bathroom. I almost had to lean on one of the hand-carvedfrom-a-single-block-of-marble sinks, I was so taken aback.)
Given the intensity of the supersuite arms race between hotels, however, these outrageous features are merely the price of admission to an increasingly crowded pantheon. At the Westin Excelsior in Rome, residents of the $24,000-a-night Villa La Cupola suite have, since 1998, been availing themselves of a private en-suite cinema. In the $23,000-a-night Imperial Suite of the Hôtel Président Wilson in Geneva, they've been riding a private elevator, enjoying a game of billiards, and then gazing serenely at the Alps through a set of bulletproof windows.
For these are the kind of people who do occasionally get shot at. All the hoteliers interviewed
for this article were commendably tight-lipped on the question of who's actually renting these
suites, but all agreed the trend owes a lot to that segment of the population one might inelegantly
call Newly Rich Foreigners. Of whom there are a lot. This year's Forbes survey unearthed
a record 793 billionaires, up from 476 in 2003, many of them hailing from such hitherto unluxurious
corners of the world as "Asia" and "Russia." For this sort of client, Priscilla Alexander
says, it's often the Presidential Suite or nothing. The matter doesn't even need to be discussed.
And why should it be?If you're the kind of person who has recently come into possession of
the Russian steel industry, there are far better uses of your time than inquiring aloud whether
the toilet seats in the suite you're booking raise themselves automatically when you enter
the room. And so, of course they do. Once an oligarch has had his first taste of supersuite
living, furthermore, a return to the tawdry world of mere bridal or executive suites is unthinkable.
"It's like flying in the front of the plane," Alexander says. "If you've done it enough, the
experience is so corrupting that ever returning to the back of the plane is an assault on
the senses."
"Luxury is back," says publicist Leslie Lefkowitz of the Four Seasons in Manhattan, showing me around the two already legendary I. M. Peidesigned supersuites that opened last year. Stylistically, the suites are as tasteful as my spread at the InterContinental was showy. Chocolate-upholstered couches beckon you to spark up the gas fireplace and get lost in a first edition of some late-period Dickens. When eyestrain sets in, you can go tinkle a little Chopin on the baby grand or rest your head against the woven leather paneling of the walls. Or simply stare out at New York through the enormous bay window. On a clear day, of which this happens to be a spectacular example, you can even see the Statue of Liberty, glinting tinily away to the south between the torsos of the skyscrapers.
But the low-key residential feel of the Pei suites is somewhat deceptive. In the company of a guide as well informed as Lefkowitz, every cozy, comfortable detail suddenly morphs into a unique and superluxe selling point. Those aren't just couches, apparently. They're couches by Peter Marino, who did all the interior design, and who famously doesn't design for hotels. What appears to be a spacious but merely functional bathroom is apparently a one-off celebration of special "ginger-onyx" marble, the seams and striations of which have been painstakingly lined up to provide continuity around corners and throughout alcoves. Indeed, Lefkowitz informs me, every single scrap of fabric and furnishing is "one of a kind," available neither in stores nor in any other Four Seasons room.
One can't help but feel that to the vast majority of potential occupants, this is—almost literally—gilding the lily. With the glaring exception of Martha Stewart, and just possibly that Swedish guy who owns IKEA, it's hard to see who could have learned enough about interior design to appreciate the detailing of the suite and still have had enough time left over to amass the kind of fortune that lets you spend $15,000 on a room for the night.
Which is, come to think of it, an extremely naïve observation. As well as housing the handful of 10-figure oligarchs and paradigm-shifters whose plaything this world of ours has become, an obvious second function of the supersuite is to impress the stuffing out of lowly journalists with holes in their T-shirts and checking-account balances in the very high two figures. In fact, if anything, supersuites function better as promotional showcases than they do as actual living spaces. By day three at the InterContinental I was starting to wish that the television at the foot of my bed didn't insist on gliding silently from its invisible hiding place whenever I wanted to watch it, but rather just stayed out in the open, immobile, somewhere I could—you know—look at it. Would I feel differently if I were a billionaire?Yes, I think I'd find it even more annoying.
But there is, I discovered, a hard-to-define pleasure to staying somewhere unique, and ultimately
this may be what the supersuite phenomenon is really about, from Lefkowitz with her one-off
sheets to my butlers Pang and Tatsuo, who took pains to explain that not only did I have the
best possible view of Hong Kong, but also that "no one else has this view." Plasma TV's and
en-suite gymnasia are all very nice, but on this rapidly standardizing, increasingly globalized
globe, it may be that the most valuable commodity has suddenly become something that most
of our ancestors, moneyed or otherwise, took for granted: the simple feeling of being different.
It may be hard to put a price on such an ineffable sensation as that, but as the reception
desks of the world's best hotels will be only too happy to tell you, it's not impossible.
Bruno Maddox is a frequent contributor to Travel + Leisure.
Where to Stay
Four Seasons Hotel, New York
57 E. 57th St.; 800/332-3442; www.fourseasons.com;
Presidential Suite $15,000.
Hotel Cipriani, Venice
Giudecca 10; 800/237-1236; www.hotelcipriani.com;
Palladio Suite from $8,000.
Hôtel Meurice, Paris
228 Rue de Rivoli; 800/223-6800; www.meuricehotel.com;
Belle Étoile Suite $12,000.
Hôtel Président Wilson, Geneva
47 Quai Wilson; 800/745-8883; www.hotelpwilson.com;
Imperial Suite from $23,000.
InterContinental, Hong Kong
18 Salisbury Rd.; 888/424-6835; www.ichotelsgroup.com;
Presidential Suite $11,200.
Mansion at MGM Grand, Las Vegas
3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; 877/225-2121; www.mgmgrand.com;
Four-Bedroom Villa $15,000.
Setai, Miami Beach
2001 Collins Ave.; 800/223-6800; www.setai.com;
penthouse from $25,000.
Westin Excelsior, Rome
125 Via Vittorio Veneto; 888/625-5144; www.westin.com;
Villa La Cupola from $24,000.


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lash nites. An whiles I wuz a berry gud boy wen she did it I dids gets her paw a cuppla times wen sheese wuz snippin myz nails. Momma iz alweys sayin to clip or not to clip wen sheese iz doodin ours nails, soos Ize deshided toos look up Hamlet's speech an Say its in myz own wurds. I tink itz cute. No offence to shakespear. I gots momma to change it jush furr my own pleashure. an ob course ifs eberryones elshes likeses it dat iz cool toos.
Soos heres itz iz:
To clip or not be clipped.
Nows dat iz da questshun.
Wud itz bees nibblier in da mines ob cats eberywhere
Toos suffers da clippers an da files
Ob catrageous Furrtunes
Ors toos takes up claws an teefs
Aginst a litter box ob trubbles.
An den byz opposin da clippin ob my claws stops dem,
Frum makin blood lettin ob da senselesses hoomin slaves an eberydey ting.
Fur them toos wills awakenes, toos sleeps no mores.
Ohs da longin, da heart-aches da towsand natural shocks frum da rugs
Static elecric shocks. Dat myz furr iz heir toos.
Fur weese will bees watchin an
Yea weese toos wills sleeps Purr chances toos dreams,
Aye an dere'z da Rub. Ifs weese is lucky it's a rub in da skritchy spot
Rite unner my chin or betweens myz earses
An wat dreams may come?
Dreams of High spots, an boxes, an bags.
An toos bees sharpennin myz long sharp claws .
An big bowls ob fresh cream and speshal crunchies
Sitting up high on Perches tufted and stuffed wit feathers
An beds ob soft furrs surrounded bys sun puddles.
An warm safes spot to rest
An wen weese haz shuffeldes offs toos ours cumffy beddiess,
Toos sleeps da sleeps ob kitty-cat rest,
Den da onlee ting weese haz to doos is Purr an Purr
Untils itz times toos doos its all agin on da meowrow.
Mrowl mrowl mrowl. rml rnl rnl. Ize jush cants stops laffin. Dat dum dog dids itz. Affer weese alls gots ins trubbl wit tryin toos sets him up furr trashin da house an momma figurin it outs soos ez, heese dids itz alls bys hisselfs. Wen Ize seed hims dooin its, Ize called alls myz broders an hissters an tole dem to gets a gud seat an get comfurrble. Dis wuz gonna bees fun. Dat Sam wuz puttin ons a show. An Most ob usses wuz der to sees it. Weese all feels vin-da-cat-ed. MROWL MROWL.
Momma wuz goin toos bed lash nite ans almosh alls ob usses sleeps wit momma. Eben da dog. Momma an Poppa haz a gate at the bottoms ob da steps dat dey shutses atz nite toos keeps Sam the Shameless one upstairs an out ob da trash. Well sumhow (an nones ob usses gud kitties ken figgurr outz how exactuallllllllly ) sumhows da gate gots undun. An Sam bein Sam well heese iz a dog an jush cudnt resist da calls of cat fud cans an odder smelly tings in da trash. Momma wuz upstairs callin Sam n heese wuznt comim soos shees wen looking furr him. Wells (snicker snicker)she foun hims. Der he wuz, standin in da middle of a bunch ob trash, wit a cat fud can hangin offs hiz snout. Momma hads toos cober her face an turns away becuz sheese wuz laffin at hisses fool self. Den sheese lookeded atz da mess heese made, an boy, o boy, o boy, wuz heese in trubble den. He shreded a tied up big bag an den empteed da trashcan all ober da floor. I tinked dat Sheese wuz gonna haz a catnipshun fit ats him. Sheese haz dids dis a cuppl timez wit usses furr wat ize thought wuz a relativlee minor infrac-shun (a brokem bowl, Sheese wuz screamin dat itz wuz a blu willow. an an anteek. Dat meens Itz wuz old. I tink its wuz Poppa mother's. i tried explanin dat it shudnt have been on da spot in front of da window where I likes to play but..Cudnt talk toos her) Catnipshun- Likes Ize sed it aint pretty. Sheese rolled up a newspaper an shook it atz him wile sheese ranted. Wells Heese wuz soos scared heese tinkled on his own leg. Nows dat iz embarressin. Heese iz such a woosey. Almosh mades meese feels sorry furr him. Ize said almosh, Ize iz a cat affer alls. Ize doos haz standurrs. Nones ob usses wud eber doos dat. Da tinklin not da trashin. Weese always knock da trash ober. I tink its in our contrax as part ob our free play time. An at least not for a rolled up newspaper shook atz usses. An momma wud neber hits him ors anys obs usses wit it. sheese jush threatens hims wit itz. Soos heese ran up on da couch an sat ins shame wile momma picked up da trash. Den heese ran toose da door cuz heese needed toos goos outside to makes peepees. No kiddin weese alls knew dat alreddy. Soos momma lets him out aan heese out der smellin eberyting in da yard an examinin alls da peeceses ob grass. Heese jush dint want to comes back inside an bees in trubble agin. Heese wudnt come wen momma called him soos sheese wuz reely gettin mad.
Weese dont haz a fenced yard soos momma bought a long cable dat hooks on hises harness. an ons da odder end its hooks on da railing right outside da door soos ifs its cold an hees jush needs too do #1 momma hooks him up an he can romp a play an not wander away an gets hurts. Hees dont always lissen da best. likes now. Also momma is in hers nitegown an its toos cold to goos out likes dat.
Soos momma reached out an grabbed da cable an reeled hims in likes a big tuna Ize saws a fishyman catch ons cat TV. Heese came in an momma held onto him an sent hims upstairs an relocked da gate. Shees tolds usses nots toos doos dat agin. Weese had no idee wat shees wuz talkin bout.
Den sheese wen back up an got ins bed agin an dat silly dog came back downstairs agin. Heese wuz waitin furr sumone to open da gate agin, Ize thought bout its buts Ize wuz in enuf trubbl for tryin to fake hers out da odder day an Ize reely wuznt da one who openedes it tonite. I tink ones ob da hoomins dint lock it rite. dat iz myz purrshunal opinyun. Buts yew knoe hoomins, its wuz neber dem. Well momma looked dwn doose stairs an called him up an he came dis time. Sheese wuz gettin tired of allseda back an forth. Sheese sed sheese hads enuf an sheese locked da bed rum door with the hook. Ize can open it affer a lot ob work butz I wuz outsides da door an figured i wud stay out fur tonite. mommma wuz in no mood fur meese to gets intoos anyting else tonite. Zeus an Tabitha an MrsKitty were in wit dem. Dey will report ins da mornin on wat da nite wuz like. Sleep well all Catster cats.
Weese thought weese hads a way toos gets da dog in trouble an wud neber bees foun out. Oh weese wuz soos wrong. Heese iz a trasher. An poppa always yells ats him fur dooin it. An den heese haz toos hangs hiz silly heds in shame fur bein bad. Mrowl mrowl. I likes dat part best. Soos weese (Mimi, Raggs an Isis,) all desides toos keeps hims in trubble. Weese throwed da trash alls ober da place ans ripped up momma's favorite box of dry kibble. da stuff dat smells like chocolate but is all artificial. But sheese likes it anyways. Weese reely mades a mess. Poppa came downstairs an da place was gud an recked. Heese wuz walkin roun mutterin gonna kill da dog. weese wuz alls bery prouds ob ourselves. Jake sed dat weese blew it buts weese dint beliebs him. soos heese said fine you'll sees. Momma cames home wit da dog a little while later a poppa sed do you sees wat heese did dis time? Momma looked round an sed Sam dint doos dis. dey did. She pointed her paw at usses. Weese wuz all lookin az innoscent az possible unner da circunstances. Den sheese sed Dis wasnt likes dis wens weese went out 3 hours ago. and Sam wuz wit me. She piked up the piece of hers kibble box dat Ize had reely worked hard on an sed deese are cat teeth. sam's teeth are bigger an farther apart. Dey ares settin him ups to gets yelled at bys you. Poppa wuz speechless. Weese is gonna habs toos haz a meeting an try dis agin an not leeve evidence of our involvement. Maybe weese cud knok out a dog tooth an leeve it at da sceene ob da crime. Weese hab toos wurks on it. Jake iz laffing hisses fool tail off sayin told yous so. Yous cant makes a mess an blames hims ifs heese not home. Weese reely dint tink ob dat. Well better luk nex time. hehehehe.
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Volkswagen announced today that it has agreed to settlements totaling $4.3 billion to resolve criminal, environmental, and civil claims against them in the United States. That brings the total spent so far on the TDI scandal in the US and Canada to $23 billion, well past the $19 billion it set aside at the beginning of the year.
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In all, there are four settlements being agreed to here, including a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice. Along with the agreement, VW has agreed to plead guilty to three felony counts and a criminal fine of $2.8 billion. An independent monitor will also be appointed to VW, who will oversee the company for three years to ensure that the company is abiding by its enhanced ethics program.
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- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 cup milk
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The finding of this dynamicly funky duo was when we stumbled upon ztrl on Soundcloud, then we learned about the works of Y.ø.. We feel very lucky to have them on our team as they debut a warm and funky EP titled "Lying on the floor". As the title suggests, this EP is all about swirling, intricate and swingy techno at it's best that, by the end of the experience, might leave floured, filled with a buzz. Jokes apart, it is clear the experience of this release is all about a bright assemblage of perfectly fitting spaced percussions. Finding the spots of tight timing, they drop well controlled feeding loops on the verge of losing it. The energy is continuously supported with a really hypnotizing rhythm, such as in "Phpos" which is also extremely rich in textures. The EP ends on the titled track which is a dervilish song perfect for spinning around, feeling in axis with an organized chaos.


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CLEVELAND – University of Akron senior tennis player Zara Harutyunyan was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced on Wednesday. A three-time MAC Player of the Year recipient, this is the fourth time she has earned the league's weekly award and first time this season.
Harutyunyan posted a 6-0 record (3-0 doubles, 3-0 singles) in leading UA to a 3-0 mark last weekend and improving the squad's dual-match record to 5-0. The Zips topped IUPUI (6-1) and Wright State (7-0) at home, and West Virginia (7-0) on the road. She tallied three wins at No. 1 singles (all in straight sets), two victories at No. 1 doubles and one decision at No. 2 doubles. Four of those wins (2 in doubles, 2 in singles) came during a Saturday home doubleheader, with the other two coming on Sunday afternoon on the road.
Her previous player of the week awards came for the periods ending on Jan. 20, 2009; Feb. 25, 2009 and April 7, 2010.
The Zips look to keep their win streak alive when they play host to New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at their indoor home of LaTuchie Tennis Center in Stow on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, then compete at Cleveland State at 11 a.m. on Sunday and host Youngstown State that same day at 5 p.m., also at LaTuchie Tennis Center.


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Pamper Your Feet
Your feet have to last you a lifetime, don't neglect them. Here are some tips to keep your feet in shape. Healthy feet are very important.
Steps to a Perfect Pedicure
• Remove old polish and examine feet for any nail or foot disorders.
• Soak feet for 5-10 minutes in a warm, vibrating footbath that has an
aromatic, disinfectant solution. Try this one… 1 Tablespoons baking soda and 10 drops of your favorite essential oil.
• Remove dead skin with an exfoliating cream. Callused skin should be treated with a moisturizing product, and then gently buffed with an exfoliating tool. It should never be cut or shaved off.
• Hydrate cuticles with cuticle cream, then pushed back from the nail platewith an orangewood stick.
• Trim toenails and file, with corners gently rounded to prevent them from growing into the corners of the surrounding tissue.
• The highlight of any pedicure is the soothing foot and leg massage (to the knee) that relaxes tired muscles and promotes circulation.
• Finally, apply polish. Try a French manicure or colorful nail art for added appeal!
Milk Bath For Your Feet
Warm 3 cups whole milk. In another bowl, mix 1/2 cup coarse salt and 1/3 cup olive oil. Soak feet in milk for 10 minutes, then rinse. Scrub feet with salt-oil mixture. Rinse and apply a moisturizer and thick socks (heated in the dryer) to seal in the softness.
feet care, foot care
Exfoliate your feet!
Use a loofah sponge to exfoliate tops, sides and bottom of your feet. Remember to scrub all of your toes too. After drying with a fluffy towel, apply your favorite moisturizer generously and then put on a thick (heated from the dryer) pair of socks on for a pampered feeling.
Deodorizing Foot Bath
• 1/2 cup white vinegar
• 5-6 Tbsp Epsom salts
• 1 gallon warm water
Soak the feet for 10 min.
Next try this smoothing foot defoliant
• 8 strawberries
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped almonds.
Mix gently being careful to not over mix. Massage all over feet rinse off and dry thoroughly.
Next use this wonderful Banana Foot Cream
Dry feet will become smooth and soft overnight if you mix:
• 1/2 Banana
• 1 Tablespoon Honey
• juice from 1/2 Lemon juice
• 1 Tablespoon Natural margarine
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So I submitted my first wp conversion – redesign and it's rejected again. Here are the reasons:
1) Your template has a good start but, as we have high standards, you will need to make some additional improvements in overall aesthetics and aspects such as typography, graphics, and spacing.
2) Overall template typography needs additional refinements and improvements before it will be ready for Theme Forest.
3) The template needs improvements in visual hierarchy primarily using typographic elements such as headings.
Critiques, suggestions are more than welcome.
iamilkay said
Akin merhaba, Navigasyon menu fontlari cok buyuk, genel typography, basliklar, metin araliklari, footer kismi vs duzeltilmeli. Teman cok iyi fakat tasarim ve kodlarda problem var.
Merhaba Ilkay, tesekkürler yorumun için. Footerda neyi düzeltmeliyim mesela o konuda bir fikrim yok (yazilarda satir araligi aririlabilir gibi görünüyor) Tekrar tesekkürler
The menu and the logo are not looking good. Also the background is disturbing me. Also the gradients, the color combination in general, it looks dated. For me it's not ready for TF.
All the best,
PS: If you sticked to english please.
Thanks for your suggestions glossycat. About english, not that I approve it but many people can't help responding in their native language when someone talks in it, I'll try to be more careful about it
And thank you very much Ilkay, I'm adding you.


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In the living room, the Angles installed a mini stove fireplace from Denmark— the only heat source—but they decided to leave the room's off-kilter floor alone. "Instead of trying to layer in new flooring, we decided to love the house for what it is," says Alexandra. "Even its sloping floors." A built-in sofa is raised on the left to make up for the sloping floor.
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By Todd Spangler, USA TODAY and the Detroit Free Press
An environmental group released a report that predicts drivers will save an aggregate of $69 billion a year in fuel costs by 2030 because of new gas-mileage standards in cars.
The Natural Resources Defense Council's report called "Relieving Pain at the Pump" says Americans facing higher gasoline prices are already availing themselves of more fuel-efficient vehicles available as higher miles-per-gallon standards have begun to kick in.
How much will you save? The report points out that compared to a six-cylinder 2010 Ford Explorer, a four-cylinder 2012 Ford Explorer gets 7 miles more per gallon -- 23 mpg compared with 16 mpg) that can potentially save its owner $5,700 over five years of driving.
Since 2009, the number of compact and subcompact models getting better than 30 mpg has tripled, from five to 15. In that same period, the number of midsize vehicles getting better than 25 mpg has gone from six to 10 and the number of crossover vehicles getting better than 20 mpg has doubled from 16 to 32 models.
Detroit's automakers have helped lead the way, with more fuel-efficient vehicles, the report said. In some cases, existing models were fitted with new technology or smaller engines to make them get more miles to the gallon.
"There's a lot of choice for the consumer and the important thing is that's true across the board," said Alan Baum of Baum and Associates in West Bloomfield, an automotive research firm. "The key point is the consumer doesn't have to make a compromise." Baum contributed to the NRDC report.
While the report did not estimate how much drivers may have saved by switching to the more fuel-efficient models in the last few years, it predicted – on a state-by-state basis – how much drivers could save on a annual basis in fuel costs by 2030. Under guidelines announced in recent months, fuel-efficiency standards requiring a national fleetwide average of 54.5 mpg are expected to be in place by 2025.
Controlling for the cost of new technology increasing the price of vehicles, the report's authors predicted an annualized savings of $69 billion. Among the states saving the most would be Texas ($7.8 billion), California ($7.3 billion) and Florida ($6.7 billion). Michigan would be in the top 20 with about $1.5 billion saved a year.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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The Burk Cemetery was established by my GGGrandparents, Anderson and Elmira Burk around 1886 on what was then "Burk's Ridge" at the top of a hill facing Greenbriar Rd, 5 mi. off Independence Rd out of Breeding, Adair Co., KY. There are about 30+ burials there, with only 2 headstones, only 1 of which is standing. Through researching old death certificates, several burials at the Burk Cemetery have been proven and the probablility of more have been found. The surnames, all of whom are connected to the Burk family, are Burk, Gibbons, Bennett and Firkins...with variations on the spelling. It is possible that there are some Williams', Duggers and Coomers buried there as well. I have added the names of those whose death certificates state that they are buried at the Burk Cemetery but, with reasons not here stated, I believe that the certificates I have listing "Low Gap" or "Firkins Cemetery" also allude to the Burk Cemetery. Originally, the cemetery was marked with "grave rocks" until someone pulled them up, throwing them in a pile. The land that the cemetery is on was included in a sale by the previous owners in 2011. They had taken very good care of it. The current owners live out of state and the cemetery is no longer mowed. It has long been my goal to correct the neglect of the past, out of respect for my ancestors and to honor my grandmother, Margaret Shackelford Piper, a granddaughter of Anderson and Elmira, who grew up at Burk's Ridge. With the setting of a stone to honor the Burk family and the addition of a sign denoting that the cemetery is there, those goals have at least been realized. Living in another state prevents me from further care of it. If any closer descendants would be interested in its maintenance, it would be a beautiful gesture of honoring these ancestors. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions or input.
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Fans get early look at Legoland Florida opening Saturday
By Barbara Liston
WINTER HAVEN, Fla (Reuters) - A symbolic 50 millionth Lego brick was snapped in place on Friday on a giant red octopus at Legoland Florida, a new theme park opening to the public this weekend southwest of Orlando.
The park is located on the site of one of Florida's original tourist attractions, the 75-year-old Cypress Gardens, and is about an hour's drive from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, the theme park with the world's highest attendance.
The new park, the fifth and largest Legoland in the world, targets families with children ages 2 to 12, and it seemed to be a hit among the Lego fans and Florida schoolchildren invited to check out the attraction ahead of Saturday's opening.
A big draw was Miniland USA, where national landmarks and Florida cities have been recreated out of 30 million Lego bricks, according to master builder Jason Miller.
A Lego version of the Empire State Building stands at more than 20 feet high in Miniland USA, and the Golden Gate Bridge spans 22 feet.
"That is crazy," said 12-year-old Anthony Martinez, a dedicated Lego builder from Miami, as he admired the New York cityscape. "It takes some serious talent to build those kind of things. I would love to know how they do this."
Kurstin Greene, a 9-year-old from Winter Haven who likes to build houses out of her personal stash of Legos, said she couldn't attempt something of the scale of the miniature Lego U.S. Capitol.
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The U.S. defense was appalling but at least Real Salt Lake's Luis Gil scored a nice goal in the Americans' 4-1 loss to Spain at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey.
USA starters:
Cody Cropper (Southampton); DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders), Caleb Stanko (Freiburg), Javan Torre (UCLA), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Chivas); Benji Joya (Santos Laguna), Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew); Danny Garcia (U of North Carolina), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake), Jose Villarreal (Los Angeles Galaxy); Alonso Hernandez (Monterrey).
Daniel Cuevas (Santos Laguna) for Garcia in 56th.
Mikey Lopez (Sporting Kansas City) for Villarreal in 72nd.
Mario Rodriguez (Kaiserslautern) for Hernandez in 46th.
Spain's starters were from Racing Santander, Liverpool, Valencia, Barcelona, three from Atletico Madrid, two from Real Madrid and two from Sevilla.
The Americans will play France, a 3-1 winner over Ghana, on Monday (11 a.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision Deportes, ESPN3.com),
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An old fashioned Fall Festival at the historic First Presbyterian Church downtown. Please come by and enjoy a Pie Prance, Food Trucks, Carnival Booths, Bouncy House, Popcorn bar, Fall Photo Booth, tours of the historic sanctuary (the oldest building in the state of Florida in continuous use for its original purpose), and information about volunteering with local nonprofits, charities, and our partners in the community. http://firstpresfallfestival.com/
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Darwin Cordoba Lecture
Isabella Hutchinson, president, Isabella Hutchinson Ltd.; private art dealer; collector of Latin American art
Experience the works and lives of seminal Latin American Modernist artists, including Argentine Benito Quinquela Martin, Brazilian Emiliano Candido Portinari, Chilean Roberto Matta, Cuban Wilfredo Lam, Uruguayan Joaquín Torres García, and Venezuelan Armando Reveron. See how individualism, nationalism, and globalism intersected in the early 20th century to inspire these master artists.
An event ticket is required for admission to the lecture. Free tickets can be reserved online using the link in the red box, over the phone, or in person.
To order tickets by phone, call 1-800-440-6975; to order in person, visit any MFA ticket desk. Ticket policies
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Australia's fast-bowling wildcard, Shaun Tait, led his country's fightback in the fourth Test on Thursday, picking up two crucial wickets with his loping, slinging speed bowling just as England threatened to seize control at Trent Bridge.
After a long rain delay, Tait claimed England opener Marcus Trescothick for his first Test wicket, bowled for 65, easing the pain of an Australian epidemic of no-balls that had denied the tourists Trescothick's wicket earlier in the day.
After destroying Trescothick's stumps Tait, the man tipped to lead a new generation of Australian quicks, held his arms out wide in celebration and was mobbed by his teammates.
Soon afterwards, bowling at fierce pace, he sent down a searing delivery outside off stump and caught the edge of young batsman Ian Bell's bat. England were reduced to 3-146 after being in a position of immense strength before the rain came.
Tait, coming into the team amid a wave of expectation, had figures of 2-37 from 8.1 overs. It was a big improvement on his first spell, during which Trescothick and Andrew Strauss settled into an easy rhythm and took full advantage of the absence of Glenn McGrath and Australia's hot increasingly disturbing no-ball problem.
Their habitual overstepping, highlighted by a blatant transgression from Brett Lee that denied them the wicket of Trescothick, reached crisis point on Thursday morning.
After McGrath was ruled out of the Test having failed a fitness test on his injured elbow, Trescothick was given a life when he played one of Australia's multitude of no-balls onto his stumps, and Tait's first overs in Test cricket passed uneventfully.
By lunch Australia's inexperienced and unfamiliar-looking pace trio had overstepped 18 times, and England were 1-129 with Trescothick unbeaten on 62 and captain Michael Vaughan 14.
England's charge, however, was stalled by rain during lunch that delayed the second session by an hour. When the players returned only 19 balls were bowled, and five runs added, before the elements intervened again. Then came Tait's contribution.
Trescothick had reached 55 when he inside-edged Lee's seventh no-ball and his leg stump went flying. The agony for the Australians was accentuated by the fact that Lee celebrated Trescothick's wicket without realising umpire Aleem Dar was holding out his arm to signal the transgression. Replays showed he had overstepped by a considerable margin.
Michael Kasprowicz has been a consistent no-ball offender on this Ashes tour and during the losing second Test at Edgbaston had Trescothick caught off a no-ball on his way to a score of 90.
Kasprowicz made a concerted effort to address the problem during net sessions during the week but overstepped seven times during his first spell on Thursday morning. The Australians have consistently claimed a "zero tolerance" attitude to no-balls but had bowled 78 in the series by lunch on Thursday.
After Vaughan won the toss and elected to bat on a slowish pitch and in conditions producing only minimal swing, counterpart Ricky Ponting at first kept his wildcard close to his chest and tossed the new ball to Lee and Kasprowicz rather than Tait, the 22-year-old who received his baggy green cap from former Test opener Michael Slater before the start of play.
The raw South Australian replaced Lee from the Radcliffe Road end and loped in to send a wide loosener down the off side. In his first over, being clocked by a speed gun for the first time, he reached speeds of more than 90 miles-an-hour (145kmh) and unleashed a couple of threatening bouncers, one of which was hooked away by Strauss for two.
The first, five-over spell of Tait's Test career, which began amid excited talk of his ability to put the wind up batsmen as well as shatter their stumps, yielded 0-26.
Australia's first breakthrough came from Shane Warne - Strauss tried to tickle a ball around the corner, played it onto his foot and saw it shoot up into the hands of Matthew Hayden at slip.
Strauss did not walk and the umpires were unsure whether the ball had hit the ground, so Steve Bucknor took the unusual step of consulting the third umpire, who sent Strauss on his way for 35.
As the lunch break neared, Warne expressed his frustration by throwing a ball back at Vaughan, who fended it away.
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Sierra Leone Rejects $7.8 Million Bid for Huge DiamondThe man who discovered the diamond, a Christian pastor, says it is worth $50 million.
Ebola Super-Spreaders Caused Majority of Cases: StudyJust 3 percent of infected persons caused 61 percent of cases of Ebola.
How the Private Sector Can Build Africa's Weak StatesSierra Leone's recovery after Ebola is testament to the power of the private sector in state-building.
Ebola Nurse Pauline Cafferkey Faces Misconduct HearingCafferkey was infected while working at a Sierra Leone treatment centre in 2014.
Ebola's Shunned HeroesThe women on Ebola outbreak burial crews in Africa hurled themselves into the path of the virus when nearly everyone else ran away. Now they have little support for a normal life.
After Ebola Ban, Sierra Leone's Muslims Can Go to MeccaMuslims from Sierra Leone were banned from going on Hajj during the Ebola outbreak.
U.K. Firm 'Employed Ex-Child Soldiers in Iraq'Interviewees in a documentary have provided detailed testimony of serving as child soldiers.
Ebola: Guinea to Quarantine 816 People in New Flare-UpFour people have died from the virus since February 29.
Sierra Leone Releases 55 People From Ebola QuarantineHealth authorities are still looking for 48 people who may be carrying the virus.
Sierra Leone Quarantines 109 People After Ebola DeathThe case came hours after West Africa was declared Ebola-free on Thursday.
Ebola Returns as New Death Confirmed in Sierra LeoneThe virus is back, one day after the WHO declared active transmission had ended.
Guinea's Next Challenge: Staying Free of EbolaWill Guinea be the first to reach 90 days without the virus returning?
75 Million Bribes and Counting: How to Tackle Corruption in AfricaCorruption is part of life in sub-Saharan Africa, with faith in the police and courts at rock bottom.
Dispatches From Sierra Leone: Ebola's Bittersweet LegacyOne of the first British doctors to respond to Ebola reflects on the economic and social cost of the virus
Liberia Declared Ebola-Free for Second TimeOver 11,000 people have died in West Africa since the worst Ebola epidemic on record began over 18 months ago.
Sierra Leone Releases Its Last Ebola Patient From HospitalThe fight against the ebola epidemic has ended in the country, for now.
Sierra Leone Grapples With Spike in Ebola NumbersNew Ebola cases have slowed down in Guinea and Liberia, but not in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone Workers Dump Ebola Bodies Over Pay DisputeWorkers are protesting after not receiving their hazard pay for dangerous working conditions
'Everybody Is a Suspect': Daily Life in Freetown, Where There Are 100 New Ebola Cases a WeekIn Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital city, the Ebola epidemic has affected every aspect of social and economic life
Doctor Reportedly Traveling to U.S. For Ebola CareThe surgeon, who is a legal permanent resident of the U.S., reportedly will be treated at Nebraska Medical Center.
Major Ebola Battle: Keeping Health Care Workers HealthyHealth workers are crucial in stopping the spread of Ebola in West Africa. And with almost 300 dead from the outbreak so far, managing their care has become a priority.
Ebola Frontline: Life During LockdownEbola patients are one of the only things getting through the lockdown in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Ebola Frontline: Sierra Leone on LockdownStrictly enforced blockades are keeping Sierra Leon's locals trapped, and is driving up prices of food and goods.
Protesters March on Ebola Center in Sierra LeoneSierra Leone now has the highest number of Ebola cases, at 454
Refugee Ballerina Makes It On The World's StageAfter losing her family in the civil war in Sierra Leone, Michaela Deprince fought for a new life.


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NYC Kicks off World Water Week in Battery Park
by Annie Shreffler
Hundreds of New Yorkers, many of them high school students, turned out on Sunday to begin World Water Week with a mile-long march. Volunteers carried water to show their support for the Tap Project, a UNICEF program to bring more safe drinking water to children around the world.
Marchers picked up gallon jugs from a tent and carried them through lower Manhattan to remind others of the thousands of people to have to carry their water. Back at the park, participants decorated tote bags and learned more water facts:
*One dollar gives a child 40 days of clean drinking water in a developing country.
*900 million people worldwide don't have clean drinking water.
*Water born diseases harm, or even kill, up to 4,200 children every day.
During World Water Week, dozens of restaurants around the city will sell tap water for $1.00 to raise money for UNICEF to dig new wells. You can find a directory of participating restaurants as well as a map on the Tap Project page.
Caryl Stern, CEO of the US fund for UNICEF and World Water Week spoke last week with Amy Eddings on the Brian Lehrer Show about the Tap Project.


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Strange "thump" coming from the rear...
I have a 2000 323i sedan that makes a weird thump noise just before I come to a complete stop and its coming from the back of the vehicle,maybe the axle?? It doesnt happen all the time but when it does it feels like someone barely nudged me in the rear bumper,very,very lightly, but noticable. Like I said it doesnt happen all the time and when it does its just before I come to a complete stop, never at or after I stop. Anyone ever have this problem or know about this problem?? Any help would be appreciated, thank you guys for taking a look...
Just hope it's not a problem with your rear subframe mounts. If you are not familiar with it do a search on it.
There are plenty of things that can make the rear end thud. And they've been discussed. Search for "subframe" and "differential bushings"
Does if make any noise under accel or decel while driving
doesnt make the noise while accelerating or decelerating, but thanks guys for the tips, will look into subframe and differential bushings, I appreciate the input!!..
Mine is doing the same thing
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Does it happen to be an automatic?
i have something simular but im pretty sure its the differential bushings in my case though it happens when i go from park to reverse and you can kind feel it when the car down shifts on my 328i Auto Tranny. My tranny still feels solid and had my tranny fluid changed at 100K and checked my Subframe Zero cracks. i hear the repair can be costly and hard to DIY with out special tool. if any one has more info please share.
I have a manual
Check out service bulletin #33-01-02. Might just be the diff. Fluid
Have you checked your subframe for tears?
I have an automatic, and I'm taking it to Lutz Performance to check it out, will let you guys now what it turns out to be,thanks for everyones input.
Talked to one of the service techs at Lutz and he said its probably subframe or diff bushings,so we'll see got an appt for next saturday..you guys pretty much hit it on the head,and thanks again for everyones input, this stuff is out of my realm of DIY and I can usually do any DIY,so thanks again and will keep everyone that wants to know posted...
My 325i with auto makes a thumping noise in the rear when I am reversing and about to stop ... pretty much every time I back out of my parking spot I think
What should I be looking at?
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I had a horrible thud noise coming from the rear (of my car) and it turned out it was a broken coil spring. Take a look
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Quibo will thump easy fix
I have a 2001 325i with a thump coming from the rear, but it occurs when I am driving over smallish bumps in the road. I just looked over the sub-frame and it looks fine.
I don't have any issues during acceleration etc. Any ideas what that could be.
The "thump" at stop and/or at take off can be caoused by something trivial.
I had an occasional "thump" like that when resuming driving after a moderate or hard braking to a full stop. This continued for ober a year after purchasing the car. Couldn't find the problem myself, a few mechanics at BMW shop drove the car and heard the noise, but also confirmed there's nothing wrong at the rear end. Finally the shop's owner suggested I check my battery. Sure enough, it was loose and moving inside the compartment and able to hit both the front and the rear wall. :facepalm:
However, it was making the sound only when hitting the rear one (upon acceleration).A cable was sitting between the battery and the front wall, thus absorbing the impact (upon deceleration).
Two minutes after discovering this, the problem was solved and the "thump" never came up again.
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Nenad Bjelica's men must triumph at the Dragao to keep their hopes of making the last 16 alive, while the hosts are hoping to overtake second-placed Zenit.
Austria Vienna heads to Porto on Tuesday knowing anything other than a victory will end its Champions League debut at the group stage.
The Austrian champions are yet to make an impact in the competition proper, failing to find the net in four Group G matches and claiming a solitary point on the back of a goalless draw at Zenit on matchday two.
It leaves Nenad Bjelica's team bottom of the pile and facing the ignominy of becoming only the third outfit to exit Europe's premier club competition without registering a goal, after Deportivo La Coruna and Maccabi Haifa in 2004 and 2009, respectively.
Even three points in Portugal will not be enough for Vienna if Zenit triumph at home to already qualified group leaders Atletico Madrid.
But if Diego Simeone's men do not take their foot off the gas and Vienna overturn the odds at the Estadio do Dragao, a winner-takes-all showdown with the Russian side will close the group in the Austrian capital.
Bjelica returns to the dugout following a touchline ban last time out, but two of his players, Philipp Hosiner and Christian Ramsebner, are walking a disciplinary tightrope having already collected two bookings in the group stages, with three cautions triggering a suspension.
Owing to its previous European pedigree, Porto's campaign has been perhaps more disappointing.
Paulo Fonseca's side has not been able to recreate its formidable domestic home form, with Zenit and and Atletico both leaving the Dragao three points better off – a feat not achieved by a Portuguese side in league action for an astonishing 77 matches.
The run equals Porto's worst home start to a Champions League group phase. Porto lost back-to-back matches on its own patch to Sparta Prague and Real Madrid in 2001 before overcoming Panathinaikos at the third time of asking.
Anything other than repeating that sequence against shot-shy Vienna is likely to end its participation this time around and any victory for Zenit must be matched, with Porto currently on four points to its rivals' five.
Much will rest on in-form frontman Jackson Martinez, who has 11 goals in all competitions this season.
Attacking midfielder Juan Quintero is back in training after a fortnight on the sidelines with a thigh injury and Hector Herrera returns from suspension, although left back Alex Sandro will suffer a similar fate if he collects a third yellow card of the competition.


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