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BROOKPORT, Ill. - In announcing $45 million in state disaster aid to help communities devastated by tornadoes last November, Gov. Pat Quinn had a message for residents of Brookport Thursday afternoon.
"It's important that we work together as a family to rebuild and recover," Quinn said at the First Baptist Church of Brookport. "That's what Illinois does. When something bad happens anywhere in our state, we've got to be there to help our neighbors."
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided funds to residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by a Nov. 17 tornado, but the agency turned down requests by local governments to reimburse their costs of the cleanup. An appeal of that decision was denied this week.
After the refusal, Quinn approved the use of state funds to help local governments recover from the tornadoes, which killed eight people statewide. Three of the deaths were in Brookport.
The state's relief package for local governments includes funds from several agencies, including the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Housing Development Authority.
According to Quinn, the $45 million will be distributed among affected communities "based on need." The government-to-government (state to local) assistance will be available immediately, he said.
"It's important that people feel hope," he said.
In addition to the announcement of state funds, Larry Bush, president of the Southern Illinois Community Foundation, announced a grant of $230,000 to the Massac-Pope County Recovery Committee, a local group formed to help the relief effort. That money comes from a grant from the Chicago-based McCormick Foundation. Donations can be made to add to that total online at www.sicf.org, the Southern Illinois Community Foundation.
Police Chief John Barr spoke on behalf of the Brookport community.
"We want to thank all of you for the way you've stepped up," he said.
Barr said he knows the release of the funds is the first step in a long process on the road to recovery.
"This is going to be a tremendous relief for us," he said, noting that frustration in getting help after the tornado caused some residents to leave the community. "We need to build this town back to where everybody wants to live in Brookport."
Contact David Zoeller, a Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8676.
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The older we become, the more time we tend to spend with people like ourselves.
Oshea: Being incarcerated for so long, you tend to get detached from real love from people.
In real life, do you find that you tend to take on a leader-like role among the cast members?
But the facts will tend to thin out any possible jokes around the water cooler about French IMF chiefs being cursed.
Mainstream Jewish proponents of Israel such as AIPAC tend to stress alliance and solidarity with the United States.
He saw them cultivate the soil and tend their herds of cattle and horses and hogs.
None would grow on the tree unless she was there to tend it.
But practically it did tend to disintegration of established institutions.
I haven't been tending and watching the way a father ought to tend and watch.
It seems to me that such a habit must tend to weaken character.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island issued 415 citations during a recent campaign to encourage seat belt use.
State police said Tuesday that the citations were issued for motorists who weren't buckled up or who failed to follow child restraint laws.
The "Click it or Ticket" began Sept. 23 and ran through Sunday.
During the same period, state police patrols issued 405 citations for other violations, investigated 87 motor vehicle accidents, arrested 11 drivers for drunken driving and helped 98 motorists in need of assistance.
State law allows police to pull over and ticket motorists who aren't buckled up.
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I just upgraded to an 05 OBP STi. The car is amazing and.....I'm in love.
The previous owner was a woman who drove it as a daily driver to make her husband happy. He drives an EVO VIII MR and they had to sell the STi because she got pregnant. She now drives an M5 The car was in immaculate condition, its like it has never been driven.
After I decided to buy the car he was like, "Wanna drive the EVO?" I wasn't sure if I heard him correctly at first, then it clicked. I had a big smile on my face and said, "sure!" I jumped in that thing lickety split. The MR was insanely fast, but not enough anemeties (sp?) for me.
I love the STi, the amount of torque is amazing, and with the short shifter changing gears is very quick. I can't wait to get this thing into the mountains; driving safely of course!


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After the financial crisis of 2008, regulators in the U.S. ordered banks to hire consultants to implement more than 130 "enforcement actions," which represent 15% of the cases. In 2011 alone, regulators mandated that eleven banks hire consultants to determine whether mortgage borrowers had been wrongfully evicted. The consultants collected about $2 billion in fees, which amount to more than half of what homeowners were to receive under the $8.5 billion settlement that ended the consultants' work. According to regulators, the consultants' work was plagued with inefficiencies. This is probably the least of it, for virtually any expectations for "an industry that is paid billions of dollars by the same banks it is expected to police" are bound to be chimerical in nature.
When the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency penalized JP Morgan Chase in early 2013 for flaws in the bank's money-laundering controls, the regulator ordered the bank to hire a consultant with "specialized experience" in money laundering and without any conflict of interest. Yet with the bank hiring the consultant, a conflict of interest is thereby incurred. "How can you be independent if you're hired by the entity you're reviewing?" Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, asked. According to the New York Times, some "banks that work with consultants continue to run afoul of the law. At other times, consultants underestimate the extent of the misdeeds or facilitate them, preventing regulators from holding institutions accountable." In other words, the bankers who hire the consultants must have the sense that their banks can continue to get away with the bad practices. Meanwhile, the consultants have a disincentive—from having been hired by the banks—in finding the hands that are feeding them at all culpable.
Besides the conflict of interest simply in being hired and paid by the banks, some of the consultants tolerated a conflict of interest in terms of connections. For example, in spite of the comptroller's office insisting that its staff had vetted the consultants to spot conflicts of interest (an approach that implicitly ignores the conflict of interest in the banks hiring and paying the consultants!), Deloitte, which was allowed to be hired by JPMorgan, had previously audited Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns. JP Morgan had acquired those two firms during the financial crisis. When HSBC was sanctioned in 2003 regarding its money-laundering controls, the bank hired Deloitte to review compliance. Unfortunately, Deloitte had also worked for HSBC from 2006 to 2008 to build a system to monitor money flows more effectively. Deloitte could hardly be an objective critique of the system that it had instituted. That Deloitte has been suspected of helping institutions cloak illicit transfers of money to rogue nations suggests that the comptroller's office did not exactly perform due diligence in obviating potential conflicts of interest.
Lest it be assumed that the operative conflict of interest is limited to previous roles or even a bad track record, Sen. Reed's question bears particular emphasis: "How can you be independent if you're hired by the entity you're reviewing?" Astonishingly, this perceptive question effectively discredits the entire public accounting industry, for CPA firms are hired and paid by the companies that the CPAs independently audit. Sen. Reed's question says, in effect, that the audits cannot be independent under the system as it is designed. In other words, the system itself is problematic, so something stronger than reform is needed if the deep conflict of interest is to be eradicated from the roots up.
In pointing to the faulty job of the office of the comptroller in spotting conflicts of interest, my intent was to make the point that we are not very good at spotting institutional conflicts of interest. The "biggie" right in front of us goes virtually unnoticed and the CPA industry is presumed to have been fixed. Doubtless we will be surprised the next time a CPA firm's audit is found to be too "friendly" or even enabling at the expense of the public's interest. We tend to go from incident to incident, totally missing fundamental structural flaws in business and government. It is as though we were accustomed to looking only a little distance ahead while driving. No one is tasked specifically even with making systemic or structural conflicts of interest transparent, let alone with fixing them.
Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Ben Protess, "Doubt Is Cast on Firms Hired to Help Banks," The New York Times, January 31, 2013.


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7 months into 2012 and still NO DOOM!? WTH?
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The second half is relly doomy - just read this message and click the linkQuoting: Mode
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In various parts of the world, negotiations are ongoing between representatives of civilizations that are assisting Earth and some of the principals in your governments, banking, manufacturing, military, agriculture, mining, medicine, education, religions, transportation, entertainment—actually, every field that affects life in your world. Considering that spectrum and the level of attendees, you won't be surprised to know that some within the Illuminati ranks are among them.
The "outer space" representatives enter these meetings looking no different from you, then shift into their natural bodies for a while before returning to their first appearance. As you can imagine, this shifting—actually, the very presence of these individuals from other worlds!—has had profound effects on your negotiators. However, the extraterrestrials' only purpose is to produce profound results—wise decisions by your people—and those are coming about.
The visiting contingent has made persuasive presentations that opened your negotiators' eyes to the folly of proceeding in their respective directions of competition, conflict, corruption, conquest and deception. Some Illuminati in attendance are eagerly jumping on the band wagon; others are less enthusiastic, but since it is abundantly clear that their day is over, they are joining their counterparts who very willingly abandoned ship, so to say.
Because a particular issue is in the forefront of so many minds around the world, we shall speak of it. President Obama will be reelected, and this is no more a matter of politics now than it ever was. Often we have told you that the Golden Age master planners requested this soul from a highly evolved civilization to come to the planet specifically to fill one of the most strategic positions during this phase of Earths' ascension out of third density and entry into fourth. And all of you agreed with this when you enthusiastically chose your own roles in this lifetime.
We also have spoken about the formidable opposition to Obama's endeavors to bring about greatly-needed reforms in his country and to achieve peace in the world. What we didn't disclose before is that light warriors came from his homeland to protect him and his family from the band of dark reptilians, also from another planet, that the Illuminati hired to kill the Obamas. This shows the extent of the dark ones' fear that this president would end their long reign, and they are right. Very soon they will have no more means to buy assassins, members of Congress or multitudes of lobbyists—then all will see the light in Obama and herald his wise leadership and actions toward world unity.
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|Is 2012 still the biggest disappointment of all DOOM??
|OK DOOMTARDS. we have less than 60 days to end 2012. r u still hoping for more doom in Nov or Dec 2012? any backup plans for 2013 if no DOOM?
|NIBIRU/DOOM'S DAY/2012: I'm still wondering why did Calleman choice the October 28th 2011 as his real end-date of the Mayan calendar and not the
|We are in the famous 2012 and still no doom!
|November 2012: The month with 0% Doom
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Hello group members and advanced users,
Recently, I was trying to obtain the best fitting function with rational parameters, without success. I tried something like,
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Table[{x, (Prime[7]/Prime[8] + x Prime[9]/Prime[10] +
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Rationalize[c, 10^-6] x^2, {a, b, c}, x]
The main idea is to obtain the fitting coefficients (a,b,c) whose standard deviation (da,db,dc), would yield a fitting result of a best fit rational Rationalize[a,da]. But I fail to see how I can get this interactively.
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A couple more trades have occurred over the last couple hours:
1. Luke Richardson to Toronto for 5th round pick and conditional 4th round pick
2. Sharks get Nieminen from Rangers for a 3rd round pick.
3. Mark Parrish and Brent Sopel to L.A. Kings for Denis Grebeshkov and Jeff Tambellini and conditional 3rd round pick
4. Montreal trades Jose Theodore to Colorado for David Aebischer
At this point in his career Luke Richardson isn't much more than a 5th/6th or depth defenseman but what this deal might be is a precursor to another in which Klee, Berg or Khavanov get moved with Klee being the most likely.
Nieminen is a role player and a 3rd line type of guy. He's nothing special but every team needs guys like this for depth and penalty killing. This might be a precursor to the trading of Alyn MacAuley who is rumoured to be on the block because he is the Sharks only soon to be UFA. MacAuley provides more offense than Nieminen but plays a similar 2-way, penalty killing role.
The Islanders picked up a couple of pretty good prospects in Grebeshkov and Tambellini but it cost them two pretty good players off of their roster and that is going to hurt and chance they had of getting back in the playoff race. Parrish is a goal scorer with 24 goals and 41 points so far this year and will add some much needed offense to the Kings lineup which was too dependent on Demitra who was severely missed when injured. Parrish is unrestricted free agent at seasons end. Brent Sopel is a solid defenseman as well and will certainly help the Kings especially on the power play with his good shot. Sopel is signed through next season so it gives the Kings some stability on defense going forward. This trade should help the Kings maintain a playoff position but I am still not sold on their goaltending. But you never know, maybe this too is a precursor to another deal. There were rumours of the Kings going after Luongo. Maybe this deal allows them to include a Sopel, Tim Gleason or Joe Corvo in a package for Luongo.
I don't like the Theodore trade from a Colorado point of view, especially for this season. Theodore just hasn't been very good this year and is currently injured. He also has a pretty hefty contract taking away some salary cap flexibility for several more years. That said, if Theodore can return to form of a few years ago this could work out well. They have had some luck with former Montreal goalies in the past so who knows. Maybe the change of scenery will do Theodore good. As for Montreal Theodore had worn out his welcome and as good as Huet has been he just isn't going to cut it. Aebischer has suffered some inconsistancy issues but he is still relatively young with this being only his second season in the NHL as a starter. Most importantly for Montreal is they rid themselves of a hefty contract on a guy who had become a bit of a side show and a distraction for the team.


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What are your suggestions for using sweepable mids on a mixer? I've been told to set it to full boost, then sweep the frequency until I find the most obnoxious frequency, then cut it. I also have 3 band semiparametric mids on my bass guitar amp that I have yet to master, so any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
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Arsène Wenger insists that Arsenal's title belief has been strengthened despite the two defeats in Manchester.
The Frenchman believes the performances against Manchester United and Manchester City deserved to be rewarded.
"I believe even at Manchester United, and at Manchester City, we have shown quality in games and were not rewarded," said Wenger.
When asked about the defeats, the manager was adamant that they had not altered the Gunners' belief that they can win the Premier League title.
"Not at all. It has even strengthened it," insisted Wenger. "I believe there was enough substance in both games to strengthen our resolve and for us to come out even stronger.
"Of course we were frustrated but we have a good opportunity to strengthen our belief with what we have shown. We have a good opportunity to show that in future games."
Wenger added that the comeback against Liege demonstrated how mentally strong his team is, and says Arsenal need to show the same qualities to bounce back in the League.
"As long as a football game is not over you have a chance to win it. We had a good opportunity to show our strength on Wednesday night and mentally we did," he said.
"If we keep going like that I am confident that our strength will come out in every single game."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Salma Hayek: Sexy on the Set of "Grown Ups 2"
Posted Monday June 11, 2012 10:33 AM GMT
Kicking off her work week, Salma Hayek was spotted filming scenes for her new flick "Grown Ups 2" today (June 11).
The "Desperado" dame looked amazing as she worked her magic for the camera on location in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
"Grown Ups 2" is the much-anticipated sequel to the 2012 original about a group of childhood friends who reunite years later and discover how much they've changed.
In addition to Ms. Hayek, the film also stars Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade.
"Grown Ups 2" is scheduled to hit theaters July 12th, 2013.
Enjoy the pictures of Salma Hayek on the set of 'Grown Ups 2' (June 11).
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(Reuters) - If you think that Hong Kong is just glass and steel, you are very much mistaken.
Sure, this pearl of Asia is lustrous, but shuck the husk and you'll discover profound riches that shine even brighter. There's no time like the present for a trip to the Fragrant Harbour to discover a metropolis that's blossoming before your eyes.
Beauty sleep seekers rejoice; there are plenty of places at which to steal forty winks. From Hong Kong's veritable Grande Dame, The Peninsula (peninsula.com), which reigns supreme from its picture-perfect Victoria Harbour vantage point, to understated sky-high style courtesy of André Fu-designed The Upper House (upperhouse.com), via Central's boutique newcomer, The Pottinger Hong Kong (thepottinger.com), there is a suite to suit all tastes.
Hong Kong was once a city content to follow trends. A newfound confidence in its own taste means it's now leading them.
Nowhere is this more apparent than on the culinary scene. A distinctly Hong Kong style of cuisine is emerging, led by homegrown chefs who champion local flavors in innovative new ways.
Among the trailblazers is two-Michelin-starred haute Cantonese salon Duddell's (duddells.co) and a slinky, subterranean farm-to-table Chinese den, Mott 32 (mott32.com). The former dazzles with modern-minimalism meets gallery chic; the latter beguiles beneath seductively appointed vaulted ceilings, envisaged by the Hong Kong-born designer Joyce Wang.
And it's not just glitzy gourmet haunts that have come to define the dining-scape of the city. A plethora of private kitchens have popped up, offering a far more intimate glimpse into the consciousness of the city's gastronomes.
Take Ta Pantry (ta-pantry.com). Chef Esther Sham, who was born in Hong Kong but educated overseas, showcases the flavors of Asia, America and beyond from her North Point locale. It does not serve typically Cantonese fare, but still evinces an identity inspired by the city.
The food undeniably embodies the Hong Kong of the present; the architecture narrates its colonial past. Current trends dictate that heritage is hot and here to stay, which is good news for some of the city's stateliest of structures. Continued...


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One by one, the three boys threw themselves from a slippery, wet stone platform below the parapet of an ancient bridge and plunged into the River Lima, laughing and shouting, just as generations had done before, right back to the Romans, who believed these waters to be the River Lethe, the mythical River of Oblivion.
Here, at what is now called Ponte de Lima, the weary forces of Consul Decimus Brutus refused to go any further. They had trudged right across Spain and, marching into what is Portugal today, thought they had found a kind of paradise. Across the Lethe lay the Elysian Fields, but to cross the river would be to lose all memory of home and loved ones: in return for a kind of heaven they would lose their identities, their very souls.
Mutiny was in the air, so Brutus seized the standard and plunged into the river, climbing out on the far bank to shout the names of his legionnaires back across the water to prove he had not lost his memory. Shamefaced, his troops followed and built a bridge across the spot where Brutus had swam, a bridge you can walk across today and from where we found the boys swimming.
While the meadows beyond may not be the Elysian Fields, it is easy to see why the Romans were so beguiled by this lush, green landscape, framed as it is by fine mountains and bathed in a special, sparkling sunlight.
Ponte de Lima lies at the heart of the Minho region, which runs north of Porto up to the River Minho itself, which forms the border with Spain. Appropriately for a region named after a river, water is the key to all this beauty. In temperatures that elsewhere would leave a landscape parched and barren, the fields are full to overflowing with crops and the mountainsides covered with enormous eucalyptus and pine forests. In a week spent in its green embrace we never saw rain, but you can't help feeling that the term 'light shower' is not in the local vocabulary. The weather has had 6,000 miles of Atlantic to decide what to provide, and if rain is on the menu then Portugal will get served first, in large helpings.
In the summer, the moist Atlantic air gives a fresh, balmy quality to the heat, unlike the harsh dryness of, say, Italy or Greece. And that same ocean piles up heaps of brochure-standard golden sand along miles of undeveloped coastline.
With Porto only an hour and a half from Gatwick, and the Minho less than an hour's drive from Porto, it's baffling that more British tourists don't make for this beautiful place. In seven days I came across only one other British family - something you can't say of the more traditional European sun-and-sand holiday destinations.
Perhaps the language has something to do with it. Portuguese is notoriously difficult to master, and as a bilingual Portuguese woman put it to me: 'Our language sounds more like Russian than Spanish to an untrained ear.'
It's worth getting the basics under your belt, though, in order to enjoy the local cuisine. And here we come back to water. Fish figures large on every menu: dorada, hake and the national dish, bacalhau, made with dried salt cod. Every restaurant seems to have its own version of this fish'n'rice dish, but beware - you will always be given huge amounts. The Portuguese are hearty eaters, and think nothing of sitting down to large chucks of cod at lunchtime. They say there are 365 ways to cook dried cod_ and, frankly, there ought to be because it's served everywhere. Try it à brás (with egg, onions and potatoes) na brasa (roasted with sliced potatoes) and the local à minhota (with fried potatoes).
This national dish is an expression of the bond between sea and land that grew out of the peoples' questing nature. Great seafarers led the way to the colonisation of parts of South America and Africa, and the nation's fishermen joined the English and Spanish in fishing for cod off Newfoundland, salting it to keep it fresh for its long journey home.
Those fishermen set out from ports all along the Minho coastline, including Viana do Castelo, where the Lima spills out into the Atlantic. It is still a busy harbour, with a charming historic centre. Linger a while over a drink in the Praça da República and watch the locals strolling past the theatre-set Renaissance architecture. Glowering over the estuary is the massive bulk of the Monte de Santa Luzia with its hideous twentieth-century basilica. It's worth climbing or driving up, though, as the view down the coast and up the Lima valley is stupendous.
North from Viana stretch miles of tempting sandy beaches. The Portuguese come to the Minho for their holidays and to reacquaint themselves with the nation's leitmotif, the Atlantic. The mighty ocean is nothing like the placid English Channel or gentle Mediterranean. It picks up the unwary swimmer, slaps him about and drops him again with a smack. It's all very exhilarating but not to be recommended for families with young children.
Here, the river basins come in useful. We were staying just inland from Vila Praia de Ancora, where the River Ancora flows out into the sea. The beach stretches back into the estuary and when the west winds are blowing the sea into an angry fuss, crowds of Portuguese children play happily and safely in the shallow, still waters of the river (which has an unhappy legend attached to it. Its name is said to derive from the anchor hung around the neck of adulterous Queen Urraca of Navarre, drowned in the river by her jealous husband, King Ramiro II of Galicia.)
The Minho river itself is lined with pretty fortified towns - Caminha is particularly cute - which stare out across the water at Spain on the other side. The walled town of Valença do Minho - famous for its shops selling all manner of cottons and linens - is the principal crossing. It's fun to walk across the iron bridge (built by Eiffel) into Spain. Don't bother with a passport: no one will stop you.
Braga is the region's main city and its ecclesiastical centre. This nun-scurrying, bell-ringing city seems dedicated to God, with its fine cathedral, 37 churches and enormous archbishop's palace. The Rough Guide to Portugal unfairly dismisses the interior of the cathedral as 'remarkably uninteresting', but I found it intriguing, not least because its Baroque ornamentation has been kept to a minimum, allowing the Romanesque and Gothic architecture space to breathe. The Baroque additions are mainly restricted to a magnificent double organ case in the west end - a riot of writhing mermen and plug-ugly sea monsters.
After a day of sightseeing or beachcombing we would drive back to the quiet splendour of our villa: a large, airy modern house built along traditional lines, with cool verandahs and balconies gazing out over the green landscape and the sea. A Porto doctor had it built as his family retreat, complete with pool and a beautiful garden. Each morning we would be woken by the gentle chiming of clocks from every little hamlet church round about: bells (apart from one particularly nasty electronic affair) that had for years been ringing out across the fields and out into the vast emptiness of Portugal's constant companion, the deep, rolling, unpredictable sea.
Prices for a seven-night stay at Villa Ancora (which sleeps eight people) in the Minho region start from £267 per person based on eight people sharing during low season and from £578 per person during high season. The price includes accommodation, flights and car hire. For reservations call Portuguese Affair on 020 7385 4775.
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This unspoilt western part of the Andalucian coast makes a welcome change from the overdeveloped Costa del Sol. Swimming in the Atlantic is more bracing than the Mediterranean but you can have miles of sandy beaches pretty much to yourself. Situated in a nature reserve among sand dunes where no new building is allowed, the Isla Cristina apartments are less than one minute's walk from a vast sandy beach. Holiday Rentals (020 8740 3850) has availability at both apartments (one sleeps six, one sleeps four) from 13 September. The larger apartment costs £450 per week and the smaller £400. Flights to Faro or Seville are not included.
Villa Kalamos, Kalamos, Pelion, Greece
The perfect place to chill out and relax. Kalamos is a sleepy fishing village at the end of a long winding road off the Pagasitic Gulf coastal road. The villa is within a minute's walk of a small shingle beach and has a pretty terrace overlooking the sea. Tapestry Holidays (020 8235 7800) has availability from 14 September for £720 per person per week based on two people sharing, including flights and car hire.
Casa Fontana, Ponza, Italy
Ponza is one of two inhabited islands on the Pontine archipelago, a short ferry ride from the mainland. Hire a boat and head for one of the numerous deserted coves. The whitewashed Casa Fontana villa has blue shutters and an eclectic mix of antiques and 'shabby chic' furniture. There's a cook, maid and private pool. CV Travel (020 7591 2811) has a week from 6 September for £2,770 and £2,250 from mid-September. Sleeps up to eight people. Flights and car hire can be arranged.
Villa Panos, Peloponnese
The western Peloponnese is the perfect place for people craving remote Greece. It is still very Greek and has miles of unspoilt sandy beaches to explore. Villa Panos, just 200m from the beach, is a lovely country house with a covered veranda. Filoxenia (01422 371796) has a week's stay from 7 September for £491 per person based on seven people sharing including flights from Gatwick to Kalamata or Athens.
Villa Floriana, Hvar, Croatia
If all the tranquillity gets a bit too much on this luxurious villa holiday on the unspoilt island of Hvar you can make a quick exit from your very own helicopter pad. Located in the 600-hectare Floriana Wildlife Reserve on the north coast in Parja Bay, the villa has a large paved garden, sun deck, private jetty for your yacht and the beach is just five metres away. The four-bedroom villa also has its own chef, maid and handyman. If you need a people fix, head to Hvar's bustling Venetian port. Chapters (0845 070 0618) is offering a seven-night stay from £7,315, villa rental only - sleeps eight.


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3 secrets to the best pumpkin pie
If you're looking for the easiest possible dessert to whip up for Thanksgiving, it doesn't get any simpler than pumpkin pie. If you can open a can, you can make pumpkin pie. And unlike other Thanksgiving desserts, it's relatively healthy (or at least it can be). Pumpkin, like all orange foods, is a rich source of beta carotene, which your body converts to vitamin A. Vitamin A plays an important role in bone growth, reproduction and immune function and, perhaps most notably, vision. One slice of our pumpkin pie provides 137% of the daily value of vitamin A.
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But of course, this is dessert, so it has to be delicious. Below are a few tips for making a healthier (and tasty) pumpkin pie. On average you'll save 24 calories, 5 grams of fat and 2 grams of saturated fat with our healthier recipe, compared to traditional versions.
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1. Make your own crust
I know it's easy to go to the grocery store and buy a crust for your pie. But finding one that's not loaded with fat and other unpronounceable ingredients can be a challenge. Making a pumpkin pie crust is a great starting place for pie-baking beginners. Unlike for an apple pie, you only have to make a crust for the bottom. And when you make your own, you control the ingredients. We use whole-wheat pastry flour in our crust for an added boost of fiber. We also cut down on the butter and use canola oil instead to keep saturated fat in check.
Related: Which Is Healthier: Butter, Margarine or Buttery Spreads?
2. Use low-fat dairy in the filling
Classic pumpkin pie recipes call for evaporated milk. We use low-fat sweetened condensed milk instead. Its purpose is to deliver the silky texture that pumpkin pie gets from evaporated milk with less fat and calories, and also to add sweetness. Using sweetened condensed milk also eliminates the need to add additional sugar.
3. Spice it up
You can buy pumpkin puree already flavored with spices, but we like to flavor our own. Use a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves to make pumpkin pie aficionados swoon. These spices are the essence of pumpkin pie, and when you measure and mix them up yourself, you get better flavor. And those spices that have been in your cabinet for a couple of years? Pitch them. Freshly bought spices will taste better. Some stores offer spices in bulk so you only have to buy as much as you'll need this year.
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Riff Raff To Cameo As "Jamie Franko" On Soap Opera
It looks like Riff Raff may get the last laugh in his on-going tiff with actor James Franco.
HipHopDX reports that the Houston rapper is slated to appear in a guest role on the soap opera "One Life to Live." Hysterically enough, Riff Raff will play a Miami art dealer named "Jamie Franko" in his cameo role.
The real James Franco is hardly a stranger to soap opera work himself, however. The 127 Hours star had a featured guest role on the show "General Hospital" from 2009 to 2012.
Riff Raff is also currently working on his Mad Decent debut Neon iCON, due out later this year. The album is slated to feature the likes of A$AP Rocky, Drake, Wiz Khalifa and more.
The episode of "One Life to Live" in which Riff Raff is featured is set to air on May 7.


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dishwasher smell
I just installed a disposal and noticed that the pipe that goes from the dishwasher to the disposal was disgusting. Our dishwasher had been smelling and it was just like the smell from this pipe. I tried to clean it out during the disposal installation and it helped the dishwasher smell some. Now the smell in the dishwasher is back in full force. Any recommendations on how to clean out that pipe??
Does the drain go directly to the disposal? It should go to an air gap installed at the top of the sink first. this will prevent any 'Garbage" from going back into the dishwasher. Not very sanitary without an air gap, that why plumbing code requires one. Seen a lot of installations without one though. :huh:
You can take out that drain hose and clean it, and be sure to remove any gunk lodged in the connections.
Hook it back up and run your dishwasher with a mild solution of vinegar or maybe bleach to get rid of the smell.
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Extracting Inter-arrival Time Based Behaviour from Honeypot Traffic using Cliques
Almotairi, Saleh I., Clark, Andrew J., Dacier, Marc, Leita, Corrado, Mohay, George M., Pham, Van Hau, Thonnard, Olivier, & Zimmermann, Jacob (2007) Extracting Inter-arrival Time Based Behaviour from Honeypot Traffic using Cliques. In Valli, Craig & Woodward, Andrew (Eds.) 5th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, 3 December 2007, Perth, Western Australia.
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The Leurre.com project is a worldwide network of honeypot environments that collect traces of malicious Internet traffic every day. Clustering techniques have been utilized to categorize and classify honeypot activities based on several traffic features. While such clusters of traffic provide useful information about different activities that are happening in the Internet, a new correlation approach is needed to automate the discovery of refined types of activities that share common features. This paper proposes the use of packet inter-arrival time (IAT) as a main feature in grouping clusters that exhibit commonalities in their IAT distributions. Our approach utilizes the cliquing algorithm for the automatic discovery of cliques of clusters. We demonstrate the usefulness of our methodology by providing several examples of IAT cliques and a discussion of the types of activity they represent. We also give some insight into the causes of these activities. In addition, we address the limitation of our approach, through the manual extraction of what we term supercliques, and discuss ideas for further improvement.
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Every lot owner is a member of the Lake of the Woods Association, Inc. (LOWA), a homeowners' association governed by Virginia law and a seven member, volunteer Board of Directors (BOD) elected at large from among the LOWA membership. Each lot is entitled to one vote in all elections. The BOD functions very much like a town council, and is charged with the development of an annual budget and policies and strategies responsive to the changing needs of a growing community. Twenty advisory Committees staffed by volunteers from among the membership support the work of the BOD.
Board meetings are held on the first Saturday of every month. Both BOD meetings and Committee meetings are open to all property owners and tenants. An annual BOD election and membership meeting is held on Labor Day.
Covenants, By-laws, and Regulations provide an orderly structure for the proper operation of the Association. LOWA members pay an annual assessment set bythe BOD, which finances the operation and maintenance of all facilities and services, and partially subsidizes amenity operations. As required by the Restrictive Covenants, this assessment must be paid by May 1, the beginning of our fiscal year. Upon payment of the annual assessment, lot owners are issued identification cards, which are needed for registration of vehicles and boats, access to amenities or other use of LOWA property, and entry at the front gate in place of a vehicle barcode.
The General Manager, who reports to the President of the BOD, is employed by LOWA to implement and supervise the overall day-to-day operations and maintenance of LOWA facilities and common grounds. The Association has a paid staff of 90 to 135 full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees.
Application forms for barcode decals that automatically activate vehicle-control gates at the front and back entrances to LOW are available at the Holcomb Building. To ensure proper placement, a staff member must affix barcodes to vehicles. Activation of barcodes may take up to five business days. Members must present current membership card/tenant card or valid guest pass with the state vehicle registration and a completed barcode application to the Holcomb Building office staff. The name on the membership card must match the name on the vehicle registration and barcode application. If you have more than one vehicle, each must be brought separately.
Property owners or tenants not in good standing (those having unpaid assessment fees or fines) may have their vehicle barcodes deactivated by the Association Office until such fees or fines are discharged. However, barcodes may also be deactivated for other reasons. If you find your barcode is not working, please contact the LOWA Office at 972-2237.
When a vehicle is sold, the barcode must be removed and returned to the LOWA Office. If you cannot remove the barcode, the Association must be notified of its disposition in writing. Any barcode left on a vehicle after sale or disposal is the responsibility of the person to whom the barcode was assigned. Barcode deactivation forms are available at the LOWA Office.
All boats and watercraft used on LOW's lakes must be registered annually by May 1 and display a current LOWA decal, including sailboats, canoes, kayaks, paddle boats, and personal watercraft. Launching of "guest" watercraft that does not display a LOWA decal is not permitted.
Members registering a boat must show evidence of having passed the LOW Safe Recreational Lake Users' Examination, have a current member or tenant ID card, and proof of craft type, ownership, and adequate insurance. All boat registrations are handled at the Holcomb Building.
Powered boats and sailboats over 18 feet operated on our lakes must be titled but are not required to be registered with the state of Virginia unless other use or situations require it. Members are advised to be familiar with registration requirements appropriate to their own situation.
The Association provides boat slips at the two marinas and maintains a large fishing lakevehicle storage lot near the main dam where members can store boats, RVs, and trailers year-round. Members may store their boats on their own lots, subject to LOWA regulations regarding appropriate placement and cover materials. A slip assignment can be requested by calling the Association Office, but there is normally a long waiting list. Members are encouraged to make docking arrangements with lakefront residents whenever possible.
Members must call Security or enter guests via the visitor management system to authorize entry of their guests to LOW. The General Manager must clear groups of 25 or more. Members may purchase annual guest passes at minimum cost for immediate family members, who may choose to have a barcode affixed to their vehicles to facilitate entry. The member must renew guest passes every year before May 1 or the guest barcode will be deactivated. Members may also request an extended pass for vendors who provide services on a regular basis (cleaning services, lawn care, etc.). Three-month passes are available for such vendors through Security, and members must renew such passes quarterly or notify Security when services are terminated.
The Association publishes a biweekly newsletter, Lake Currents, which is mailed to all property owners and tenants of record. Lake Currents is the primary vehicle for communication from the BOD, LOWA management, and staff to our members. The newsletter also serves as the primary means of communication for reports from amenity managers, LOWA Committees, and clubs, and features a "Calendar of Events," which lists meetings, fundraisers, notices, and other services.
Members and tenants may submit articles for publication in Lake Currents that are of general interest to the community. Guidelines for submissions are available from the Communications Office.
The "ViewPoints" section of the newsletter offers members an opportunity to share their views on relevant issues with other members, subject to the ViewPoints guidelines:
The deadline for submissions is the Monday after the biweekly publication date. Submissions should be e-mailed to the Communications Office at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Advertising space is available for businesses, club activities, and fundraisers. Charitable organizations receive a discount on advertising. Please contact the Communications Office for more information on advertising rates and requirements.
LOWA Channel 18 is a public service channel provided by Comcast cable television. It disseminates information to LOW residents with the following topics given priority: emergency notices, Association business, monthly reviews of BOD meetings, Orange County Sheriff's Office reports, and Orange County Board of Supervisors meetings. Other features include club meetings, fundraisers, and special events in our community and local area. Members are encouraged to submit video of local special events or other topics of general interest to residents. Please contact the Communications Office for more information on Channel 18 video guidelines.
The Association web site is a convenient resource for a broad range of member information needs. Posted regularly are Lake Currents, a full year of BOD meeting minutes, up-to-date LOWA Regulations, and other archival documents. Many frequently used LOWA forms are also available. Members will find the web site a good resource for local and government information, current LOWA committee information, and club contact listings.
E-mail notices of back gate closings, unexpected water service interruptions, and other timely announcements as deemed appropriate by the General Manager are sent to residents who sign up for the LOWA blast e-mails. Members can add their names by clicking on the Constant Contact link on the Members Central page after logging into the member side of the website.
The Information Center is located in the lower level Clubhouse parking lot. The Center houses newspaper vending machines and provides secure display boards for members to advertise the sale of personal and household items, boats, vehicles, and real estate; post information on lost and found pets; offer small business services; or to offer to buy various items or arrange carpools.
Members may submit a 3-inch by 5-inch card per item to be advertised. Photos are acceptable as long as they do not exceed size requirements. Postings must be submitted to the LOWA Receptionist in the Holcomb Building no later than noon on Wednesday. Cards will be posted for four weeks at no cost. Members are asked to put their name, lot, and section number on the back of the card.
Small business may also post business cards or other index-card size ads at a cost of $6 per month. Commercial space is sold on an annual basis. Please contact the Communications Office for details.
The Holcomb Building vestibule, open 24 hours a day, has a brochure stand sponsored by the Orange County Department of Tourism, a box for retired American flags, and a slot in the inside wall for the convenience of members to drop off items/payments after hours.
LOWA also maintains the Reading Room in the lower level of the Holcomb Building. This room can be accessed during regular business hours, and is the central depository for important Association documents, such as BOD and Committee meeting minutes, Committee Charters, governing documents, and reports from special ad hoc committees and outside consulting firms.
Residents should be aware that major disasters affecting LOW are managed under the legal authority of Orange County and covered by Virginia statutes. However, the LOWA General Manager has the responsibility of directing the emergency plan at LOW in coordination with proper civil authorities.


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"Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot Like Laughter": Strange Title, Promising Debut
By: Sleep Sunshine
Michael J. White's first novel begins, "On our debut night in Des Moines, Nicholas Parsons murdered a high school senior in the hotel room directly beneath us. The following morning we received a call from the front desk receptionist announcing a cancellation of the complimentary breakfast buffet, due to the conversion of the hotel restaurant into a provisional police headquarters."
Since I'm a writer I like to think about what made me pluck a book from the seemingly endless stacks at B&N or Borders, and fork over my dwindling cash-flow to bring it home. Many times I don't remember. This time, I recall reading those first two sentences and being interested enough to continue down the page, from their George Flynn, White's narrator did the rest.
George Flynn and his family (undeveloped, minus his older brother Zach, who is, but not far beyond the lines of jock-stereotype) move from Davenport to Des Moines, Iowa just in time to begin his junior year, in a brand new high school. George quickly finds himself alienated from his new high school peers, who he describes as "disproportional, with oddly shaped craniums packed with perversions," and put-off by their hazing in passing notes about him around class, one of which reads: "Please put the fire out in your crotch."
By page twenty, though, the primary focus of the novel is revealed. Emily Schell. Beautiful, intelligent, unbridled…all the qualities of an excellent literary muse. George is smitten on sight.
Mr. White, though, isn't done. Coupled with the "dream-girl" is her younger sister, Katie Schell, whose precocious, witty, sardonic humor really pops off the page. Katie is also in love with George, and this element–a love triangle, but not really–is fascinating to witness developing. George can't help his physical attraction to Emily, while he can't ignore his intellectual and spiritual infatuation with Katie. And lurking under the surface is an even more compelling element, which isn't ever raised: George's obsession with the Schell family, as a whole.
Katie Schell suffers from MS, which flares and ebbs as the book progresses; when not sick, Katie is only mobile through the use of a crutches or a wheelchair. While physically limited, Katie's mental capacity is limitless. In every scene Katie is in, she steals the spotlight, especially from her older sister, who's not all to happy about this yet struggles with the emotions of being jealous of her handicapped younger sister when she received a genetic Power-ball relative to Katie's losing ticket.
The narration is told from present-day George's POV. His life is in ruin and he looks back at these several years with the Schell sisters as the point where his life climaxed and began it's descent. One of the weaknesses of the book is George. He serves as the narrator, yet his characterization is not given as much weight as the Schell sisters, or even the Schell family altogether.
The story is so focused on this dynamic it leaves out what could otherwise be a very interesting and revealing character study of George and his relationships with his parents (not even touched on after page 2) and his older brother Zach (a couple scenes with Zach near the end had great potential). Mr. White imagined George as a red-head, which, for me, made him inherently interesting, due to the stigma red-haired men in our society deal with; yet Mr. White stopped there, as if this were enough to establish George. Other than the passing-notes near the beginning, we do not witness George dealing with much adversity. This can be explained with the fact that George is portrayed as kind of an easy-going fella (who wouldn't like him), but that retards his character depth, especially in contrast to the fascinating, complicated Schells.
The book doesn't strive too far. All you believe is going to happen, does in fact happen, with little surprises along the way. The hook which captured my attention on the retail floor of B&N–the Nicolas Parson's murder–turns out to have no greater significance than a repetitive fascination for George and other Des Moines characters. But, for some reason, neither deficiency left me wanton at the end. Through reflection, I've come to commend Mr. White's instinct to not muddy the water. The central plot arc involves George and the Schell sisters and all the emotional highs and lows having met them bring, and that, for this reader, was enough of a meal to chew.
All in all I found this novel to be an excellent read, recommend it for those Confession-ers who enjoy coming-of-age, contemporary type literature, and look forward to Mr. White's next effort.
Wishing, as always, great words to y'all.
Michael James Greenwald (Sleep Sunshine)
Born a Jew, though through his fellow confession-ees, now firmly committed to this cathartic concept of confessional (at least in the agnostic literary sense), Michael James Greenwald is a student at Story Studio Chicago, applying for a Ragdale Residency in the fall, and waffling daily (sometimes hourly) on To-MFA or To-Not-To-MFA, that is the question. He's focused on his Summer of Michael, '10, where healing mentally and spiritually is the order of each day, and moving forward, onto The Next Step. His debut novel The Rainbow Child and short story collection Celebratory Gunfire are due to be published in the next several years. His personal blog site is sleepsunshine. Feel free to venture to his Facebook page or feel free to email him with any comments or suggestions for further topics, or if you had any interest in being a guest blogger on either one of his sites.


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West African cuisine is heavy with starch, light on meat and generous on fat. Cooks in West Africa often use root vegetables like yams, cocoyams, and cassava, as well as cereal grains, plantains, hot spices, rice, peanuts, black-eyed peas, okra, green peas, citrus fruits, and pineapples.
Like plantain and nuts, Kyinkyinga (pronounced 'chinchinga') is 'street' food and a vendor's delight. Because these moist, seasoned skewers of meat and capsicum (sweet or bell pepper) attract flies, Kyinkyinga is kept in closed glass cabinets which are perched precariously on the vendors' heads.
The vendors rush into traffic stopped at red lights or up to buses and lorries parked at rest stops to try to make a quick sale. The acrobatics involved in balancing a heavy glass case full of hot Kyinkyinga while simultaneously counting change from a money belt defies description!
1 kg (2 lb) medium lean steak or liver
3 medium green capsicums (sweet or bell peppers),halved, seeded
and cut into 2.5 cm (1-inch) squares
30 g (1 oz) unsalted, dry-roasted groundnuts (peanuts) ground to powder
in a coffee grinder or with a mortar and pestle
4 medium onions, diced
10 g (2 teaspoons) grated root ginger
30 g (1 oz) plain flour
60 g (2 oz) unsalted, dry-roasted groundnuts (peanuts) ground to powder
2 large overripe tomatoes, blanched, peeled and mashed
15 g (1 tablespoon) garlic salt
15 mL (1 tablespoon) fresh Chilli Sambal Tabasco sauce or chilli paste
(e.g. Sambal Oelek)
Remove excess fat from meat, wipe with a clean damp cloth or paper towel and cut into bite-sized cubes. Mix all ingredients for seasoning together in a bowl. Combine the meat and half the seasoning and mix thoroughly. Stand for a minimum of 1 hour before grilling. Skewer the seasoned meat alternately with the green capsicums (sweet or bell peppers) and grill until cooked and browned both sides. If liver is used, be careful not to overcook and dry it out.
Remove from the heat and sprinkle with the remaining 30 g (1 oz) of the groundnut (peanut) powder. Serve with salad, rice, bread or by itself. Leftover seasoning can be made into a sauce: add 60 mL (2 fl oz) wine (Moselle or ginger wine) and heat to thicken, then pour over the kebabs. You can make the sauce thinner by adding more wine.
A Taste of Africa
by Dorinda Hafner
Ten Speed Press, 1993
$16.95 / Paperback
Recipe reprinted by permission
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*EDIT* For those of you that are interested the company that I got these from has a web page up for their stuff here: http://americancarcraft.com/c-105948...sory-kits.html
Just picked up some brand new trim for my car. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Hood scoop stainless grille
Some mirror trim
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Not as "blingy" as I thought they'd be which is nice because I don't need everything to pop.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was arrested Saturday night for attempting to falsely imprison and rape a hotel maid in New York City.
The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn was also slated to run as the Socialist candidate for the French presidency next year.
The New York Post describes what allegedly happened:
The trouble began at around 1 p.m. yesterday when a 32-year-old housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn's $3,000-a-night suite at the luxury Sofitel on West 44th Street — apparently unaware he was still inside.
The married Strauss-Kahn was in the bathroom, and emerged naked, chased her down a hallway and pulled her into a bedroom, where "he jumps her," a source said.
"She pulled away from him and he dragged her down a hallway into the bathroom where he engaged in a criminal sexual act, according to her account to detectives," Browne said. "He tried to lock her into the hotel room."
Soon afterward, Strauss-Kahn got dressed and headed off to JFK for a flight to Paris.
When he was approached on the plane by Port Authority cops, he said, "What is this about?" sources said. He was taken off the aircraft without handcuffs.
Strauss-Khan, who has won international praise for his stewardship of the IMF during hard economic times across the globe, was listed as the front-runner in the race for French president. Latest polling before the arrest showed he led with 26%, with Marine Le Pen, daughter of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, following in second with 22%. Current French president Nicholas Sarkozy was third with 21.5%.
In the French election system, the top two candidates face off in a final round.
Marine Le Pen declared Strauss-Khan's political career over, and predicted he would be asked to leave his IMF post, reports The New York Times. Socialist Party leader, Martine Aubry, called for unity in the wake of the "thunderbolt" arrest, reports Reuters.
The head of France's Christian Democratic party, Christine Boutin, said she believed Strauss-Khan was set up, reports The New York Times. "I really believe that somebody set a trap for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to fall into," she said. "That he could be taken in like that seems astounding, so he must have been trapped."
French government spokesman Francois Baroin said on Sunday it was important to remain cautious and reserve judgment over Strauss-Khan's arrest, reports Reuters, and his presumption of innocence should be respected.
This is not the first sex scandal for Strauss-Khan, reports The New York Post. French journalist Tristane Banon claimed she had to fight him off during an interiew last year.
In a case that got him labeled "the hot rabbit" in French national media, Strauss-Khan was forced to publicly apologize for having an affair with Hungarian economic Piroska Nagy at the IMF.
At about the same time as the Nagy affair, an unnamed actress told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper that Strauss-Kahn acted "like a gorilla" when they were alone together in Paris.


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Development, Behaviour and Design of LiteSteel Beams
Mahendran, Mahen & Mahaarachchi, Dhammika P. (2006) Development, Behaviour and Design of LiteSteel Beams. In Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Steel Structures ISSS '06, November 2006, Seoul, Korea.
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Smorgon Steel Tube Mills has recently developed a new hollow flange channel section, named as LiteSteel Beam (LSB) using its patented dual electric resistance welding techniques. The new section is primarily intended for use as flexural members, targeting applications in the light industrial, commercial and domestic markets. In order to fully understand the structural behaviour of the new section including its section and member moment capacities and local and lateral distortional buckling behaviour, a detailed investigation into their flexural member behaviour was undertaken using large scale experiments and finite element analyses. This paper presents the essential details of large scale bending tests to determine LSBs' section and member moment capacities and associated finite element models suitable for buckling and non-linear analyses of the LSB flexural members. The developed finite element model accurately predicts both the elastic lateral distortional buckling and ultimate moment capacities of the new sections. It was used in the development of design curves and design rules for the new LSB sections, which are presented in this paper.
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