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Barnes & Noble - Bill PearisCountry music legend Johnny Cash is such a larger-than-life character it would seem nearly impossible to encapsulate his entire life in one film. Thankfully, director James Mangold (Girl Interrupted) doesn't attempt to make the definitive screen biography of the Man in Black, instead focusing on the peak years of his career and, more specifically, his long courtship with June Carter. One of the riskier decisions Mangold makes is having his leads do all their own singing and playing in the film, with no lip-synching or miming. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon may not look or sound like Johnny and June, but they embody their spirits perfectly. The film hits several of the moments that shaped Cash's life: the childhood death of his older brother, Jack, which haunted him his whole life and for which his emotionally distant father (Robert Patrick) blamed him; his first sessions at Sun Records with Sam Phillips; the early tours with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis; the struggles with booze and speed that nearly cost him his life; and the 1968 Folsom Prison concert that revitalized his career. But Walk the Line is first and foremost a love story, and the chemistry between Phoenix and Witherspoon is undeniable. Their attraction is even more essential to this story, as Cash and Carter spend most of the film married to other people, able only to show affection in stolen glances and through their music. When Johnny forces June to come onstage for an impromptu duet of "Time's a Wastin'," you can almost see the electricity spark between them like an arc lamp -- it's one of the many great musical sequences in the film. Witherspoon, in particular, is exceptional as the spunky, take-no-bull Carter -- it's unquestionably her best performance since Election. Dramatically, Mangold and writer Gil Dennis adhere fairly strictly to the biopic formula and occasionally take some liberties with the facts, but Walk the Line never feels anything less than true. And when it comes to Johnny Cash, gut feeling is what it's all about.
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All Movie Guide - Perry SeibertWalk the Line is first and foremost a love story. Director James Mangold touches on most of the standard scenes people have come to expect from movies about real-life musicians, but the material is infused with energy by two outstanding lead performances. Joaquin Phoenix passes the test that buries most performers who play famous musicians; one never doubts that he is playing a person capable of creating these fantastic songs. That he handles his own singing in the film is simply a bonus. Even if he does not sound exactly like Cash, he is close enough that -- when augmented by the film's outstanding editing and the emotional thrust of the story -- the illusion is complete. As good as he is, Reese Witherspoon matches him perfectly, registering every contradictory feeling in a smart woman forced to play the fool in public. The scenes in which they duet, particularly a scorching version of "It Ain't Me Babe," display an emotional connection between the two that can rival any movie love story. That connection carries over when the couple is off-stage, particularly in a wonderful early scene in a diner where one begins to sense the spark the two feel between each other. Walk the Line is an outstanding love story, a highly entertaining look at the life of a young rock star on tour, and a showcase for two strong young actors to give great performances.
Entertainment Weekly - Owen GleibermanA big, juicy, enjoyable wide-canvas biography with a handful of indelible moments.
USA Today - Mike ClarkA Johnny Cash biopic equally packed with music and frustrated love, Walk the Line goes from compelling to enthralling.
Product Details
- Release Date:
- 02/28/2006
- 0024543224174
- Original Release:
- 2005
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- 20th Century Fox
- Region Code:
- 1
- Presentation:
- [Full Frame]
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- [DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
- Time:
- 2:15:00
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Cast & Crew
|Joaquin Phoenix
|Johnny Cash
|Reese Witherspoon
|June Carter
|Ginnifer Goodwin
|Vivian Cash
|Robert Patrick
|Ray Cash
|Dallas Roberts
|Sam Phillips
|Dan John Miller
|Luther Perkins
|Larry Bagby
|Marshall Grant
|Shelby Lynne
|Carrie Cash
|Tyler Hilton
|Elvis Presley
|Waylon Payne
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|Shooter Jennings
|Waylon Jennings
|Johnny Holiday
|Carl Perkins
|Sandra Ellis Lafferty
|Maybelle Carter
|Danny Beene
|Ezra Carter
|Clay Steakley
|W.S. "Fluke" Holland
|Johnathan Rice
|Roy Orbison
|Ridge Canipe
|Young J.R.
|Lucas Till
|Young Jack Cash
|Carly Nahon
|Young Reba Cash
|McGhee Monteith
|Reba Cash
|Wyatt Entrein
|Tommy Cash (5)
|Hailey Anne Nelson
|Roseanne Cash
|Kerris Dorsey
|Kathy Cash
|Delaney Marie Keefe
|Cindy Cash
|Victoria Hester
|Carlene Carter
|Deborah Rawlings
|Diner Waitress
|James DeForest Parker
|James Keach
|Davielle Boyce
|Maid at Door
|Al Gardner
|Texarkana Stage Manager
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|Texarkana MC
|Dave McPhail
|Armory MC
|Bob King
|Armory Stage Manager
|Natalie Canerday
|Lady in the Aisle
|Rhoda Griffis
|Five and Dime Manager
|Jeff Bailey
|El Paso Taxi Driver
|Ross Harkins
|Record Executive
|J.D. Evermore
|F.B.I. Man
|Helen Ingebritsen
|Bank Teller
|J.W. Williams
|Pill Man
|Shane Bowen
|Jr's Agent
|Tim Ware
|A&R Man #1
|Dolan Wilson
|A&R Man #2
|J. Alan Scott
|Dyess Doctor
|Clare Johnson
|Lissome Girl
|Michael Ingersoll
|Carter Thrower
|Jean-Paul McNeely
|Brian Deas
|Glenda Pannell
|Neighbor Woman
|Amy Kudela
|Tracee Miller
|Birdie Perkins
Technical Credits
|James Mangold
|Brian Avery
|Lisa Beach
|Gloria Belz
|Alan C. Blomquist
|Executive Producer
|Ron Bolanowski
|Special Effects Supervisor
|David J. Bomba
|Production Designer
|Timmy Bowen
|Set Decoration/Design
|T-Bone Burnett
|Score Composer
|Lewis Allen Byassee
|Set Decoration/Design
|Ted Caplan
|Sound/Sound Designer
|John Carter Cash
|Executive Producer
|Lorraine Crossman
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Gill Dennis
|David Fernandez
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|J. Edward Fitzgerald
|Set Decoration/Design
|Doug Hemphill
|Sound Mixer
|L. Kellile Hicks
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|John R. Jensen
|Art Director
|Sarah Katzman
|James Keach
|Rhonda Keaton
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Cathy Konrad
|Jack Lofton
|Katie Lofton
|David Luckenbach
|Camera Operator
|Paul Massey
|Sound Mixer
|Michael McCusker
|Margaret C. Morgan
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Danny O'Grady
|Set Decoration/Design
|Phedon Papamichael
|Heidi Pascoe
|Paul Sanchez
|Camera Operator
|Kimberly R. Perrett
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Arianne Phillips
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Judy S. Ponder
|Lou Robin
|Associate Producer
|Daniel Schroer
|Camera Operator
|Philip Shanahan
|Camera Operator
|Rob Simons
|Art Director
|Rachel A. Walker
|Costumes/Costume Designer
|Dave Weathers
|Set Decoration/Design
|Brad Wilder
Scene Index
1. Main Titles [2:28]
2. J.R. and Jack [:08]
3. The Wrong Son [2:04]
4. Leaving Home [2:00]
5. Germany [3:43]
6. The Salesman [1:57]
7. Can't You Hear the Difference? [1:46]
8. One Song [1:44]
9. Stuck on June [3:51]
10. Get Rhythm [3:59]
11. Alone With June [:01]
12. New Rules [5:02]
13. All These Boys [:51]
14. It Just Happened [3:35]
15. Elvis Takes 'Em [3:57]
16. A World of Judgment [:09]
17. The Wrong Song [4:11]
18. Going Home [3:04]
19. I Walk the Line [2:27]
20. Missing the Music [1:56]
21. Back on the Road [1:27]
22. It's Not Wrong [3:37]
23. Breakdown [2:39]
24. Busted [1:14]
25. The End of a Marriage [:02]
26. Disconnected [4:36]
27. Where's My Friend John? [:15]
28. The New House [2:33]
29. Thanksgiving [1:55]
30. The Way Back [1:01]
31. Second Chance [1:44]
32. A Concert for Convicts [:03]
33. Not the Right Time [5:20]
34. The Right Time [4:41]
35. One Man's Family [2:47]
36. Epilogue/End Titles [3:37]
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Broken Record
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I Still Miss Someone
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I have never been a fan of Johnny Cash or June Carter. But a friend and I were going to see Harry Potter when we were told the projector had broke and the only other movie for our time was Walk the Line. To say the least we were both disappointed. Until Joaquin and Reese told the story of Johnny and June. It was a great movie, performance and love story.
Walk the Line is an amazing movie with an amazing script and even better actors. Before i saw this movie, I knew nothing about the life of Johnny Cash but once I saw it I fell in love with it. I even went back to see it a second time and cannot wait for it to come out on dvd! The thing that I liked most about this movie is definitely the love story between John and June. Their love story is so real and timeless you can't help but leave the theaters being jealous. Go ahead and rent the movie.........I guarantee you won't be disappointed.
There was never a dull minute in this movie. I don't know why the director wasn't nominated for the Oscar. Joaquin's performance should have won the Oscar. He was so good. They didn't make Johnny Cash out to be Mr. Perfect. They showed that he could be very unkind to his first wife and neglected his children. The first part of the movie where he loses his brother is heartbreaking.This movie appealed to every age group.
A great movie with great acting and not to mention the singing. I nearly had a heart attack when he opened his mouth and started singing. He sounds so much like Johnny Cash! The movie was throughly romantic and funny. I loved it, loved it.
Everything about this movie is great: the music, the drama, the writing, the performances. I Loved It!
I own the org. LP Ring of Fire. When I was in Jr.High, I wanted to change my name to Johnny, but my parents put there foot down.This movie doesn't hold back. The actors did a GREAT job in it.There was laughter and tears from me. I don't care if they all, did not win an Oscar. In my book,an Oscar is beneath there worth. MY NAME IS MICKIE. HOW DO YOU DO!
I have not been a Johnny Cash fan, but I was intrigued enough to see this movie. Whew! What a life. All the characters seemed so natural that it almost seemed as if they were the real people. It was very enjoyable.
I have always loved Johnnie Cash and was in the 6th grade when he started his career. I have always seen him from an audience perspective before until this movie. There is an intimate sharing a secret quality in the filming of the stage presentations with which I especially identified. My late husband of 35 years and I sang together for many years and I recognize that intimate approach. This perspective takes this movie out of the biopic class into the classic human drama category. Thank you so much for this testimony to the way human beings can soar.
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon did an excellent job portraying Johnny and June. I was amazed that they both did the singing in the movie. They certainly researched the people they were going to play very well.
This was the best movie i saw last year and so was harry potter. I figured i'd be watching ray again no but walk the line was the best movie of 2005
I finally saw the movie "Walk the Line. Boy was I impressed. Very good movie that I'd recommend to all Johnny Cash/June Carter fans.
I am now obsessed with John Cash/June Carter Cash. This film pulls you into their lives and their magnificent peformances of singing are nothing short of phenomenal! The fact that "Jackson" went Number One on Billboard is amazing from two people who didn't feel they could sing well anough to do their own singing in this movie. Like Oprah says " God has a bigger plan for you than you could ever have for yourself". Ain't it the truth! Since seeing the movie I have been buying Cash/Carter CDs and researching their lives. This movie has a driving force that makes you want to know these two people more and to follow them through later years in their lives. I highly recommend this one.
This is one of the best movies I have seen ever! Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon were nothing short of Great! They both sang the songs in the movie and you can tell they did their homework. I grew up listening to Johnny Cash and June Carter and following their careers and the speech, their movements, singing, and finally the deliverance of these two characters they portrayed was phenomenal. Reese deserved the Oscar for her performance because she is an actress in the league of the best there is. She was spectacular. Joaquin Phoenix did such a great job of portraying Johnny Cash, especially with the way he moved his lips and stood and held his guitar, there were times I thought I was actually watching Johnny Cash perform. Now that is what a great actor does! If ever a Great Actor put out a performance that deserved an Oscar - this man, Joaquin Phoenix, did. I was appalled that he did not receive an Oscar for this movie! Believe me, I have watched this movie 10 times already and will probably watch it another hundred times and it is well worth the few dollars I paid for it.
this movie is such a wonderful movie it had a great story although i am not really a johnny cash fan i loved this movie. reese witherspoon is a really good in this movie and i would recemmend this to anyone , its something worth your time and your money
if you have not seen this moive yet you got to see it. it just a wonderful moive. it has everything you can ask for in a moive: dancing, singing, laughter, and most of all great drama in the mix of things. forgot one more imporant thing it has a beaufuil love story. so if you havent go out and see it. go ahead and see it. you are going to love it.
It was the best movie ever.It was passionate,sad, and moving all at once.I loved Reese Witherspoons performance.I loved it!!
This movie was awesome! I've always thought that Resse Witherspoon had a certain magic on screen. She played the part so well. And so did Joaqin Pheonix (I spelled that wrong, probably!) I'd reccomend it to anyone who likes a rough road leading to a happy ending.
I love this movie so much. I saw it 6 times in movie theaters from the day it premiered to just 2 weeks ago. Joaquin Phoenix gave the perfect performance as The Man in Black. He is just amazing and looks so hot in all of those costumes!!! Anyway, Reese Witherspoon is just so awesome as June. There is no way the movie could have been better it was so amazing. They found the perfect people to star in this movie and trust me their chemistry on screen is just unbelieveable. This movie will make you laugh and cry. It's a shame that Joaquin might not win the Oscar because he could have won any other year, but who knows it might be a tie or an upset. I hope so. This movie is so worth buying on DVD. Trust me if you love Johnny Cash and Joaquin Phoenix then this is a movie i would definitely recommend. It is the perfect mix of everything and the singing is unbelieveably outstanding. Did i mention that Joaquin Phoenix looks amazing???


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Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Therese Church
|906 Kentucky, San Antonio, Texas
|29°26′45″N 98°31′30″W / 29.44583°N 98.52500°WCoordinates: 29°26′45″N 98°31′30″W / 29.44583°N 98.52500°W
|2.4 acres (0.97 ha)
|Monnot, Charles L. Jr.; Dennehy Construction Co.
|Architectural style
|Beaux Arts
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|July 09, 1998
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower also called Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Thérèse Church is a historic Roman Catholic church, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The church is distinguished as one of seventy-three in the United States (and one of only four in the state of Texas) bearing the papal designation of "minor basilica." [2] Despite its religious importance it is not the cathedral of the local diocese; that distinction belongs to San Fernando Cathedral.
Dedicated to Ste. Thérèse de Lisieux of the Child Jesus, and bearing her nickname, "The Little Flower" of Jesus, the cornerstone of her basilica "was solemnly blessed and laid" on October 15, 1929.[3] Its remarkable edifice and accompanying works of religious art are uniquely uncharacteristic of its relatively recent construction.
The Basilica is a treasury of art, master craftsmanship and relics. The Discalced Carmelite Friars began serving the surrounding parish community in San Antonio in the late 1920s. The Basilica was thus constructed during the Great Depression (1929–1931) and today stands as a monument to the great faith of devotees of St. Thérèse from throughout the United States and world.
Perhaps the most treasured work of art at the basilica is a painting of Ste. Thérèse created by the saint's own natural blood sister, Céline (Sr. Geneviève of the Holy Face). This very painting was used in the canonization ceremony for Ste. Thérèse in Rome in 1927. It is 7 ft (2.1 m) wide by 10 ft (3.0 m) tall, and is located in the baptistery in the vestibule of the church. This painting was part of the procession at the saint's canonization.
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Currently the Basilica is undergoing a multimillion-dollar restoration campaign to restore this spiritual and historic landmark to its original splendor and glory.
Now that the National Shrine of the Little Flower has been joined to the ranks of a minor basilica, the church's ecclesiastical throne has become, symbolically, a papal throne. The throne is original to the Basilica and has been used by various visiting prelates for over 70 years. Most recently it has been used by the Archbishop and auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of San Antonio during special liturgies, such as feast day Masses and ordinations at the Basilica.
See also[edit]
- ^ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ "Basilicas in the United States". Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- ^ Basilica History Archived January 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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In Reply to: RE: Silent Plugs posted by speyer on February 18, 2012 at 21:35:10
Any plugs even non-shorting plugs like Cardas Caps etc. that are inserted into unused inputs or outputs will improve the sound and make it more 3 dimensional.
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The effect of the Silent Plugs is far beyond that of other vibration and rfi plugs and devices. Far beyond.
You said far beyond twice. Would you say the plugs doubled the performance? What other vibration and RFI plugs are you referring to? Not all others, one assumes.
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Acoustic Revive, Cardas cap, and although not promoted as RFI/Vibration device, the digit (?) plug made by the Belts
Yup, DigiPlus from PWB. Got em. Yer darn tooting' they aren't promoted as RFI / vibration device. :-;
Had you tried another RCA plug device that was to be put in unused RCA jacks that has/had both RFI/EMI and vibration damping? I wasn't aware of another on the market. I have Cardas caps that do not help much if any. I'd like to try a set or DIY clone them.
Acoustic Revive (don't know the model)---a friend had several pair. While I could hear an improvement, I would not break out the credit card for these. My experience w/the Cardas caps mirrors yours. They became a set of cat toys for a brief spell before the cats batted them into cat toy heaven. Good luck on DIY. I have no idea what the damping material is. They rx'ed a positive review in 6moons which gave a fairly good description of the construction and also had an interview with the designer who may have mentioned the damping material. I'm no techie, so I don't recall. Also I don't know if the silent plugs shield from RFI. They're not metal, so... Keep us posted on your DIY experiments. It would be great to have another method of reducing vibrations.
I find Herbie's Audio Lab HAL-O JR. Interconnect Damping Instruments to be potentially effective devices to reduce interconnect cable borne vibrations. However, I also find the curious affectation to be quite cable/application dependent, so YMMV. See link:
I have tried the Herbie's IC dampers....but I got the Titanium ring models and not the ones Duster showed (nylon ring) in his picture.
I did not like them. They made a change just like the pads on them...soft, squishy, took some of the life out of the music.
But good thing is Steve (Herbie's) does offer a refund if you do not like his products.
It's a cable/connector sensitive device, so I'm not surprised -- it hasn't been a good thing for a number of my cables, too...
I made my DIY HALO's from some screw-in teacup holders and silicone round discs I found at Target. I used some side-cutters to cut the half-round teacup rings to a sharp point, then just pushed the circular discs through in the middle. The silicone discs come in various sizes, so you can custom them to your needs. You can trim the portion that fits against the RCA connection to make a perfect fit. The silicone discs are not too squishy and definitely made a small, but clearly audible improvement in my system. In places where too many cables did not allow for the DIY HALO's, I cut some square silicone pads I found in the same section, in a diagonal, forming two wedges and simply fit them between the closely placed connectors with the same effect. Every little bit helps, especially when it's cheap.
Thanks, Duster. I'll give these a try. I have several types of Herbie's feet and pads in my system; I find them very effective. I overlooked these.
I just scanned the 6moons review again and the plugs are made of aluminum, so they may have some RFI shielding effect. And no mention is made of the type of damping material (other than "special damping material).
Also the Acoustic revive plugs came with a sheet of damping material that one could apply to the back of the plugs if one wished for more damping.
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Americans sell possessions, buy used to cut costs
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CINCINNATI (Reuters) - These days, when manager Trish Dollard shows up to work at a children's second-hand store, parents are waiting outside hoping to exchange their used toys, clothes and baby gear for a little extra cash.
"Every morning we open up these doors, people are there, lined up to the door," said Dollard, sweeping her hand at a snaking pile of used goods waiting to be appraised at the Once Upon A Child store in the Cincinnati suburbs.
Before the U.S. recession hit, Dollard might get 20 people a day bringing in toys and clothes to sell, and they could wait while workers inspected the goods and offered a price.
Now, with 80 or 90 sellers arriving every day, the boxes and bags of used items are stacked nearly to the ceiling, and parents wait a day or two to pocket the cash.
"You can tell people need money," said Dollard. "They don't buy anything until they see what they get for their stuff."
With the U.S. economy wallowing in recession and consumption grinding to a halt, stores that buy and sell used goods from clothing to gold are reporting a big boost.
Nine out of 10 resale stores reported an increase in customers in September and October, while 79 percent said they were seeing new sellers, according to a recent survey of 182 stores by the National Association of Resale and Thrift Shops. Three-quarters of the stores said business was up by an average of 35 percent.
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I'm at 241K and I don't have my love kit in the trunk anymore!
OP...I'm in NJ...don't know where you are...but if it's close(ish) and the schedule permits, I'd be happy to have a look at the car with you...unless you know enough to do a PPI yourself.
I used to drive to school in St. Louis also...20 hour drive or so...so you need to make sure the important things are taken care of...and, I don't believe anyone mentioned subframe.
You don't want to buy a $2500 that needs $2-4,000 work to ensure your rear axle doesn't fall off. Subframe. Also, make sure the car wasn't raped before too badly--suspension, engine 'upgrades,' or too much in the way of electronic gimmickry.
I might take you up on that offer in 1.5 weeks dmax! The car is in Bayonne and I'm in a town near Parsippany.
I'm just hoping that the bushings on this car are fine with no immediate clunking. I only have 2 weeks back from school before I need to go back so I can't DIY it myself. In the summer, I"ll have plenty of time to do all the work on the car. To spend $300 in bushings after 6 months of driving is fine for me.
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The party in the White House historically takes a hit in the sixth year midterms.
The United States is entering its sixth year of extraordinarily high unemployment.
With his sister's care and nursing, Nilmani passed the period of danger, and arrived at his sixth year.
This is his sixth year, and I have been at war with him all the time.
He was in his sixth year when an event happened which changed his life.
The former, I was in the habit of often seeing, until I reached my fifth or sixth year.
The entire sixth year of Mary Jane was a period of unusual confinement.
It was Father Sergius's sixth year as a recluse, and he was now forty-nine.
Frank was in his sixth year when little Edgar made his début.
I was in my sixth year before I understood the meaning of the word "blind."


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I was thinking about all the tracks I have been to and how they are all upgrading their safety features both for fans and drivers. What is your local track and how they could improve on/have improved on making things safer.
Mine is Florence Speedway and I think they need to update that 1950's catch fence and replace a few boards on the stands.


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Insurance Sector Preparedness:
Insurers Appear Prepared to Recover Critical Operations Following Potential Terrorist Attacks, but Some Issues Warrant Further Review
GAO-06-85: Published: Nov 18, 2005. Publicly Released: Dec 20, 2005.
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The insurance sector is a key part of the U.S. financial sector, particularly following a terrorist attack or other disaster where there has been loss of life and damage to property. To determine the insurance sector's preparedness to protect and recover critical insurance operations, GAO was asked to (1) describe the potential effects of disruptions to the operations of insurers, state insurance regulators, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC); (2) identify actions taken by those organizations to protect and restore their operations; and (3) assess the extent to which regulations require reviews of insurer efforts in these areas.
Adequate business continuity capabilities are necessary to prevent terrorist attacks or natural disasters from severely disrupting the operations of large insurers and leaving the companies unable to provide important services to policyholders when needed. And while a disruption to a large insurer could potentially affect millions of policyholders, any effects would likely not spread throughout the insurance sector because of limited interdependencies among insurers and, unlike the securities markets, the lack of a single point through which insurance transactions must pass. Further, while state insurance regulators and NAIC provide important services to consumers and insurers, such services are generally not time sensitive and a disruption of 1 or 2 weeks would not have a significant effect. All of the 18 insurers and most of the five state regulators GAO spoke with, as well as NAIC, indicated that they had taken actions designed to protect their operations from disruption and recover critical operations should a disruption occur. For insurers, these actions typically included establishing geographically dispersed backup sites and conducting critical operations at multiple geographically dispersed facilities. Among property/casualty and life insurers, the highest priority was generally to recover investment and cash management functions, while among health insurers it was customer service and claims processing. Most insurers said they could recover their highest priority operations within 1 day, and most other operations within 3 days. While all of the state regulators GAO spoke with had processes in place to back up critical data, one had no backup computer systems, one had no business continuity plans, and one had neither. NAIC has also taken steps to protect critical data and has implemented business continuity capabilities designed to recover critical operations within 24 hours. Current federal and state regulations, as well as NAIC examination guidelines, require insurers to have information security programs and business continuity plans, but do not require minimum recovery times. For example, state insurance examinations review information security and business continuity as part of the larger objective of reviewing insurers' internal controls and insurer solvency, and do not require insurers to meet specific recovery objectives. However, while state regulators stated they had informal expectations that insurers would recover certain critical operations, such as claims processing, within 2 days after a disruption, half of the insurers GAO spoke with had set recovery goals for their claims processing operations that would appear not to meet these expectations. Further, it is not clear whether current examination guidelines and practices adequately address the trend among insurers to outsource certain functions, especially information technology functions. For example, some of the insurers GAO spoke with were outsourcing their computer system backup functions or portions of their claims-processing operations, but only one of the regulators said they had ever conducted audit work at such a service provider.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: As of July 2009, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has shared best practices and held training sessions on disaster recovery and business continuity planning with state insurance regulators. In addition, the functions NAIC currently performs related to financial solvency, market regulation, rate and forms filing, producer licensing, company licensing and others in support of key regulatory activities also help ensure states can recover critical functions in times of need.
Recommendation: In order to ensure that state insurance regulators can continue to provide insurers and consumers with important services within a reasonable time following a potential disruption at a state insurance regulator, state regulators, working through NAIC, as well as other appropriate state officials, should take steps to ensure that state insurance regulators implement consistent, appropriate capabilities for recovering critical functions following a potential disruption.
Agency Affected: National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: As of July 2009, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has implemented independent audits to ensure NAIC periodically test its information security systems.
Recommendation: In addition, in order to help ensure that NAIC continues to adequately protect its information systems, NAIC should follow through with its commitment to have an independent organization more frequently test NAIC's information security controls and the overall vulnerability of its computer environment.
Agency Affected: National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: As of July 2009, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has recognized the need for regulators to review insurers' business impact analyses to determine through examination processes whether the maximum recovery times companies set for themselves appear appropriate. Similarly, if critical functions are being outsourced and examiners determine that evidence provided by the company in the Service Provider Questionnaire is inadequate for reliance, NAIC's position is that the examiner should consider a visit to the outsourcing location for further examination. In 2008, additional guidance was added to the NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook to assist state financial examiners in assessing the effectiveness of an insurer's processes over business continuity planning and outsourcing of critical functions. If weaknesses are found in an insurer's processes in these areas, the examination team will be expected to resolve these issues either through informal recommendations to the insurer, formal recommendations (through the use of a management letter), or through findings to be included in an examination report (if the weakness is determined to be significant enough for such inclusion).
Recommendation: Finally, although we visited a limited number of state insurance regulators, and did not observe any specific problems as a result of current examination guidelines and practices, state regulators, working through NAIC, should use their regular review of the adequacy of state examination guidelines and practices as an opportunity to consider whether any changes are warranted to (1) the manner and extent to which current examinations review insurers' business continuity capabilities, including the placement of business continuity within the examination guidelines and the minimum recovery time objectives for certain insurer services; and (2) current examination guidelines and practices related to the review of insurers' outsourcing of critical functions.
Agency Affected: National Association of Insurance Commissioners
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May 18, 2017
Homeland Security:Progress Made to Implement IT Reform, but Additional Chief Information Officer Involvement NeededGAO-17-284: Published: May 18, 2017. Publicly Released: May 18, 2017.
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Border Security:Progress and Challenges in DHS's Efforts to Address High-Risk Travelers and Strengthen Visa SecurityGAO-17-599T: Published: May 3, 2017. Publicly Released: May 3, 2017.
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Border Security:Additional Actions Could Strengthen DHS Efforts to Address Subterranean, Aerial, and Maritime SmugglingGAO-17-474: Published: May 1, 2017. Publicly Released: May 1, 2017.
International Air Travelers:CBP Collaborates with Stakeholders to Facilitate the Arrivals Process, but Could Strengthen Reporting of Airport Wait TimesGAO-17-470: Published: Mar 30, 2017. Publicly Released: May 1, 2017.
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Homeland Security Acquisitions:Identifying All Non-Major Acquisitions Would Advance Ongoing Efforts to Improve ManagementGAO-17-396: Published: Apr 13, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 13, 2017.
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Homeland Security Acquisitions:Earlier Requirements Definition and Clear Documentation of Key Decisions Could Facilitate Ongoing ProgressGAO-17-346SP: Published: Apr 6, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 6, 2017.
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Border Security:DHS Could Strengthen Efforts to Establish Collaborative Mechanisms and Assess Use of ResourcesGAO-17-495T: Published: Apr 4, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 4, 2017.
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Airplane 'Geeks' Eagerly Await Dreamliner's Domestic DebutBy
As far as fetish parties go, this one will be rated G: Airline enthusiasts are strategizing to book seats on the first domestic U.S. 787 Dreamliner service this fall.
Boeing's innovative long-haul jet is built of composite fiber materials that make it lighter than traditional metal airplanes, thereby offering reduced fuel burn. United Airlines has 50 of the planes on order and will be the first U.S. carrier to fly the jet, which is equipped with larger windows and cruises with higher humidity than on other planes, which can lessen fatigue on long flights.
The airline has begun an elaborate marketing campaign around its newest airplane, which will take flight on a Sunday morning, Nov. 4, at Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport when United Airlines begins its 787 service with a 7:25 a.m. flight to Chicago.
For airplane geeks, Nov. 4 is shaping up to be a historic day. The thrill of nabbing a seat on the first 787 U.S. domestic flight is hard to overstate, says Darren Booth, a travel blogger who lives in Los Angeles and contributes to CNBC in addition to his own site.
"On November 3rd, I'm flying out from LA to Houston, and I'll overnight there, and then on the 4th … I'm flying Houston to Chicago and then back to Houston and then on to LA, all on the 787," Booth said. "So I'm really looking forward to this."
So is Bruce Bere, 24, who left his job as a futures trader in Chicago last year to work at O'Hare "just throwing bags" for United as a way to gain flight benefits and indulge his passion for air travel.
On its flights, United has begun showing a 787 promotional video before its regular safety video, featuring employees touting advantages of the new plane, including Chief Executive Jeff Smisek, who calls the 787 "a quantum leap in technology." Continental, which later merged with United to form the world's largest carrier, placed its initial 787 orders in March 2007.
The plane was conceived in 2003 after Boeing shelved its futuristic Sonic Cruiser, moving the design from one of greater speed to better operating efficiency. The company formally launched the program in April 2004. Boeing says the 787 gives airlines a roughly 20 percent lower operating cost per mile, which has led to an order book of 824 787s, making it one of the hottest sellers in the company's history.
To date there are 21 787s in the skies, being flown by only five airlines: Japan's two largest carriers, All Nippon and JAL; Ethiopian Airlines; Chile's LAN; and, as of Sept. 7, Air India.
United plans to use the 787 on routes among its domestic hubs until January, when the plane will move to international routes. The first two will be a daily Los Angeles-Tokyo nonstop and a Houston-Lagos, Nigeria, flight five days per week. United also plans 787 service to Shanghai, Amsterdam, and London.
Like Booth, Bere is an avid aviation blogger and is booked in first class on the Nov. 4 flight from Houston to Chicago. "The attention it's getting is mainly from the aviation crowd," Bere said on the telephone, an hour before hopping a flight to New York just so he could sample United's p.s. service on a flight to San Francisco. "If you talk to anyone else right now, who maybe wasn't that into aviation, they just booked it, you know, without knowing it was the first one."
One worry for enthusiasts like Booth and Bere is that Nov. 4 isn't likely to be, technically, United's true inaugural 787 flight. That's because the airline will be moving its first two 787s around its network in the days before then, probably with paying passengers. "The actual inaugural will be in October, and I am trying my damnedest to get on that one," Booth says.


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Fibroid removal prior to tummy tuck
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I just learned that I have fibroids and will have to get them removed prior to tummy tuck (which completely makes sense). The only thing is I was hoping to have my tummy tuck completed within 6 months after giving birth but now I'll have to wait to have my fibroid removed first. Does anyone know if it is possible to have fibroid removed during or shortly after vaginal birth?


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|It could be something internal or possibly the switch (though I wouldn't think so). Something often overlooked in these cases is a rear main leak, even though minor ,over a period of time it can get on the clutch plate and make it "drag" when shifting causing gear grinding. Usually, but not always, it will be worse when cold and as things heat up lessens.
Anyone know about t-45 manual trans? reverse problem
The t-45 manual transmission in my '97 mustang gt grinds gears a lot. I've owned more manual trans vehicles than automatics and I seem to grind this one a lot.
A few weeks ago I lost the reverse lights and traced it to a blown fuse caused by a shorted reverse light switch, it's mounted in the side of the trans.
Today it would not go in reverse, I had to pull down on the stick and hold it. It did this once today. usually it's hard to get into reverse but this one time it would not stay in at all.
Could it have something to do with the rev light switch? binding up or something. It seemed to want to grind fifth today too.
It's got 87,000 easy miles on it, I've put 5,000 on the car.
The fluid has probably never been changed but would it cause it to do this?
The shifter has no slop in it either.
I checked the adjustment of the clutch cable and it seems ok.
Any ideas?
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Healthier Habits Haven't Stopped the Doritos and Cheetos Snack BoomBy
Snacks, not fizzy drinks, served once again as the highlight of PepsiCo's quarterly performance. Revenue from its Frito-Lay division increased 2 percent in North America, according to an earnings report released Wednesday, while beverage sales in the region remained flat.
Pepsi Chief Executive Indra Nooyi told analysts on a conference call that revenue from sales of Lay's, Doritos, and Cheetos increased, in percentage terms, in the low to high single digits, driving some of the company's growth for the quarter. She also mentioned strong results in dips, including the Sabra hummus brand, as well as crackers and Smartfood popcorn.
By now the narrative that consumers are making more health-conscious decisions about what they eat and are buying more fresh foods has become well established. But that doesn't mean we've totally given up snacking, and sales of such packaged foods as chips and snack bars reflect this fact.
Just over half of Americans now snack three or more times a day, according to 2010 government data, up from about 20 percent in the 1990s. "Whether the product is a snack food, a main meal food, or if it comes from a foodservice operator, the opportunity [for marketers] is that consumers are eating more often throughout the day," says Darren Seifer, a food and beverage industry analyst at NPD.
Pepsi's diet beverages haven't been picked up by the general push toward healthier consumption. "We continue to see declines in diet," said Nooyi, "and this is something that seems to continue."


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Welcome from the Great Northwest
Glad to be aboard. I am new to this forum, but not to firearms. I am former Marine Corps and Army.
I have been reading some good stuff here and thought I would join......information is plentiful and free.
Welcome from another Virginian. We live in the most lenient and gun-friendly state in the South. Enjoy you time here and out carrying... open or concealed.


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March 23rd, 2011
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How to Read a Consent Form
by Pamela Andrews
Self-help books, from "How to Be an Effective Parent" to "How to Make a Million Dollars," are some of the most popular items found in book stores. As a potential participant in clinical research, here are some guidelines about "How to Read a Consent Form" because giving informed consent is the first step to actually participating in a study.
After learning the basic information about a particular trial, and if you fit the participation requirements, and decide to join, you will be asked to read and sign a document, called an informed consent form (ICF), with detailed information that describes the trial process. You may request a sample copy of the consent form ahead of time so you have time to read it, to think about the information and to discuss it with a family member or friend. Because research consent forms are often many pages long, they can, at first, appear overwhelming and hard to understand. But if you remember the old adage, "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time," you should have no trouble reading and understanding a consent form.
The first step in navigating a consent form is to know it is written according to a "recipe" or template requiring specific information. The information is listed section by section, so reading one part at a time is like taking one bite of the elephant and chewing on it before going on to the next. The required sections of the form will explain the following information:
- PURPOSE: Goals of the trial such as "... to learn whether medicine XYZ will slow the progression of Parkinson's disease." This section will include basic information about the treatment or medication that is being tested in the trial.
- PROCEDURES: This section tells you how many clinic visits will be required and what will happen at each visit (physical exams, obtaining blood samples, etc), as well as how often you will take the study medicine and for how long. Frequently, there also is a chart or table that summarizes this information.
- RISKS AND DISCOMFORTS: Known risks and possible side effects of the medicine or treatment must be stated even if the chances of experiencing them are small.
- BENEFITS: No benefits can be promised or guaranteed from participation in a clinical trial. Possible benefits can be mentioned, however, including that by participating, you may contribute new information that could help other people in the future.
- ALTERNATIVES: Other treatments may be available and you may choose not to participate in the trial.
- CONFIDENTIALITY: The data collected in the study will be coded and not identified with your name.
- CONTACT INFORMATION: Used to aid in communicating with the research staff.
When reading a research consent form, it is helpful to mark or underline specific information, such as how many times you will go to the clinic, and to write notes or questions in the margin. Having a family member read the form, too, can be helpful to them as well as to you.
When you feel you understand the information in the consent form and have had a chance to ask questions about the study, you are ready to sign it with the research staff. You will receive a copy of the signed form which you should keep for future reference.
During the course of the study, the sponsors or a governing review board may make changes or additions to the consent form which will require your understanding and a new signature, so once again, you may have a chance to "eat an elephant." However, it should be easier the second time around!


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Risk Of Permafrost Thaw A "Wild Card" In Warming - UN
Date: 21-Feb-08
Country: MONACO
More research was urgently needed into the possibility of a runaway release of methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas trapped in frozen soils in Siberia, Canada, Alaska and Nordic nations, it said in a 2008 yearbook issued at 154-nation talks in Monaco.
"The unknowns about the amount and rate of methane release from the thawing Arctic makes it a wild card when considering climate change risks," UNEP head Achim Steiner said in an annual report with a special section on Arctic methane.
UNEP said that global methane emissions from all sources, both natural and caused by human activities, were estimated at 500-600 million tonnes a year. A quarter to a third was emitted from the wet Arctic soils, where microbes produce methane.
Arctic methane emissions were projected to at least double during the 21st century, partly because of an increase in wetlands caused by thawing of permafrost, it said.
"The balance of evidence suggests that Arctic feedbacks that amplify warming, globally and regionally, will dominate during the next 50 to 100 years," it said.
Vast amounts of methane entering the atmosphere "would lead to abrupt changes in the climate that would likely be irreversible," UNEP said. "We must not cross that threshold."
Global warming, blamed mainly on human burning of fossil fuels that produce heat-trapping carbon dioxide, is projected to bring more floods, droughts and to raise world sea levels. Methane is the number two greenhouse gas from human activity.
"A potentially very large Arctic source of methane to the atmosphere is the decay of organic matter in the form of dead plant, animal and microbial remains that have been frozen in shallow permafrost for tens of thousands of years," it said.
"This important source of atmospheric methane is not currently considered in modelled projections," it said.
Another vast source of methane is in icy deposits known as methane hydrates, often in sediments deep under the world's oceans. Such hydrates store more carbon than all the proven reserves of coal, oil and gas and could also thaw, UNEP said.
Temperatures in the Arctic are rising by about twice the global average -- darker ground and seawater, when exposed, soak up far more heat than reflective ice and snow.
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Mrs. Miles Valentine, whose steeplechasers captured four runnings of the Grand National, died on Sept. 20 at her home near Unionville, Pa. She was 96. Born in England, Mrs. Valentine had served as chairman of the board of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association and was awarded a 1998 Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association award as Pennsylvania's outstanding owner-breeder. Her top homebred runners included Grand National winner Deux Coup... Sebastian Madrid was named the jockey of the month for September at Calder Race Course. Madrid will receive the award following the third race race on Sept. 23.... Wertheimer Brothers homebred Okawanto, a juvenile son of Kingmambo, won the Prix la Rochette at Chantilly Racecourse in France on Wednesday. Trained by Criquette Head, Okawanto was the 2-5 favorite coupled with last-place finisher French Tune. The victory was the second in as many starts for the winner, who previously won the Prix de Fontenoy at Longchamp...Through the first nine days of the Meadowlands Thoroughbred meet, on-track handle has increased 7% to average $671,400 per night, resulting in a 1% boost in purses to average $220,964. On-site handle at Meadowlands has totaled more than $23 million, up 25%, and total attendance (live and simulcast) of 86,167 represents an 18.5% gain...Gary M. Garber's Flame Thrower and Harold Queen's Burning Roma have joined City Zip and Yonaguska as juveniles eligible for bonuses up to $1.3 million as part of the "NTRA Two-Year-Old Challenge." Burning Roma won the Futurity Stakes and Flame Thrower took the Del Mar Futurity. Under the bonus format, the owner of an eligible horse will receive $250,000 for a victory in seven televised races for 2-year-olds as well as the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4. If that horse was sold at public auction, the consignor will receive $50,000. An additional $1-million will be paid to the owner if the horse goes onto win next year's Kentucky Derby. The challenge's presenting sponsors are Breeders Cup Ltd. and TheGreatestGamecom...Hall of Fame rider Chris McCarron will be at Rockingham Park on Saturday for the afternoon's live races. McCarron, who grew up in Dorchester, Ma. worked on the backside at Rockingham in his early teens before becoming a jockey. While at the track, McCarron will meet with fans in the Youbet.com booth in the grandstand and autograph caps...Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirement Society is pleased to announce the formation of Ontario's first formal retirement and placement program for Thoroughbred racehorses that are no longer racing competitively or able to continue with their racing careers. The not-for-profit group will use a network system to place retired racehorses into "suitable and appropriate" new homes. Tax-deductible donations, details on adopting one of Thoroughbreds, and general information are available from Long-Run at (416) 675-3993, extension 3440 or write to Long-Run Thoroughbred Retirement Society c/o Woodbine Racetrack, P.O. Box 156, 555 Rexdale Blvd., Rexdale, Ontario, Canada. M9W 5L2.
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Streaming music service Spotify held an event yesterday to announce the next big phase of their service: apps. The announcement garnered a fairly tepid response from other tech blogs like GigaOm and Cnet, but I'm a glass half-full kind of person so I wanted to check it out for myself.
Here's the crib notes version of the announcement: anyone can write an app once they've requested their account be flagged as a developer account. Apps are built in HTML/CSS and Javascript and run inside the Spotify application. Spotify will curate submissions and asks developers to submit a concept before doing any coding. There doesn't seem to be any immediately obvious way to 'side-load' apps. If you install an app into the Spotify client on one machine, you'll find it is installed in any Spotify client that your account is logged into, so presumably apps are loaded server-side. Apps may be available on mobile devices in the future, but they're primarily intended to extend the Spotify desktop application.
You can download a beta version of Spotify to check out the apps now; otherwise you'll get the update in the next few days. Once you have access you'll see a new section of the left hand menu called, unsurprisingly, Apps, and an App Finder as the first listing. There are eleven apps to start with, mostly focused on music discovery (though one, TuneWiki, displays lyrics of the song that is playing).
I decided to check out the Rolling Stone app, TuneWiki and MoodAgent, which is supposed to build a playlist based on moods like Sensual, Tender, Happy or Angry. I picked Happy and wound up with a play list full of disco. Unfortunately for MoodAgent that playlist made me angry, not happy. Turns out MoodAgent works a lot better if you give it a seed song to work from. One catch with MoodAgent is it'll add songs to your playlist that Spotify doesn't offer (at least not to customers, like me, who don't pay for the service). Hmm.
TuneWiki, as mentioned, displays lyrics to a song; that can be useful in certain circumstances. But really both MoodAgent and TuneWiki felt like they were trying to turn the normally passive experience of listening to music into an activity with knobs to twist and levers to pull. Mostly I just want to find something to listen to while I'm writing.
I was most interested in the Rolling Stone app. Since Google launched Google Music I've been enjoying the "liner notes" that they provide for both bands and individual albums and I was hoping the Rolling Stone Spotify app would provide something similar. No such luck. Instead it's another list of new albums and songs, plus some curated play lists. The app does provide single paragraph reviews, but nothing you can really sink your teeth into. I at first assumed this was a limitation of the app, but following links to the Rolling Stone website I see that bite-sized reviews seem to be standard issue now. Guess I can't fault Spotify for the deterioration of Rolling Stone, though. The curated play lists can be interesting (I liked Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time) but it isn't clear why they need an app just to share playlists.
After my disappointment with the Rolling Stone app, I installed the Pitchfork app. It offered a much better experience, giving me in-depth reviews of 70 different albums. Here, at last, I felt like I was seeing the potential in these apps.
So maybe the pundits are right and this is no big thing, but I'm glad I installed the Pitchfork app before giving up. It gave me hope. Let's see how far developers can take the API. Of course as others have pointed out (see articles referenced above) there's not a lot of financial incentive for devs to build apps for Spotify since there's no obvious way to monetize them. But maybe that's a good thing: maybe this way the apps will all come from people who just love music and the Spotify service. Until that starts happening, the apps are free and load quickly so from an end-user point of view there's no apparent downside to installing a few and playing around with them. We'll have to wait to see whether the idea takes off or not.
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Remember my friend Caroline (well, virtual friend - we have never actually met in person, but I know we would get along splendidly. She would be the creative one. I would be the....hmm....talkative one?) from Multiple Blesssings? I have posted about her here, here, here and here.
Well, as I have mentioned she is now licensing her designs and they are sooooo super cute. I am in love with these clips! Lucky for all of us Caroline is giving away these clips and these tea towels.
All you have to do is go to Today's Creative Blog and leave a comment. You have until tomorrow night at 7 (CST). And if you win, you totally owe me. :)
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At 9:16 a.m. on May 9, Tacoma firefighters from stations 2,8,9,11,12 and 15 responded to a reported dryer fire at 2102 E. George St.
The first arriving engine company reported dark smoke and flames showing from the back of the house. Crews attacked the fire that had spread throughout the laundry room, searched to confirm no one was inside the structure and ventilated the smoke.
All occupants were able to escape safely and there were no injuries to report.
The cause of the fire was an mechanical malfunction of a clothes dryer, resulting in an estimated $17,000 damage to the building and its contents.


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Re: what kind of a programming language is Mathematica?
AES/newspost <siegman at stanford.edu> wrote in message news:<cco45n$4mg$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> Just one minor quibble: Look back
> at your first paragraph and consider that not all of us may know what
> "TRS" stands for. At least I don't, though I can make a guess.
actually there was a preceding paragraph which somehow did not get
included in the original posting.
basically (no pun intended), it said that while some people program in
Mathematica in a procedural (inperative) style (eg., using the Do construct)
even though it is generally inefficient while others emphasize its
functional style (eg., using the anonymous function and treating
functions as as first class objects), in fact, Mathematica is a term rewriting
system (TRS) [aka,an equational programming language]. in fact, it may
be the only TRS language being used in the 'real world' (i hate that
phrase as a retired academician - the university world is as real as
the industrial world).
and in my opinion, arguments of the relative merits imperative,
declarative, functional programs are irrelevant. TRS are in my view,
the optimum way to do scientific and technical programming.


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- Psychology Job Wikihis site is intended to provide timely information to applicants about the status of academic job searches occurring in 2011-2012 in all areas of psychology. Keep checking back for the 2012-2013 wiki!
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Blurb: Ark lives a mile up, in the last trees in the world.
But even in this sky-high city, someone has to unblock the drains- and it's Ark the plumber's boy, who overhears a plot to destroy his forest home.
On the run for his life, Ark races from the highest tree-tops to the darkest roots of Ravenwood to find a way to save his people.I've seen a couple of reviews for this book around blogland and it was definitely on my wishlist to get. A world of the future where we have all but destroyed our natural planet apart from this one tiny corner that still has trees… Trees which hold entire cities and towns within their branches, their trunks… even their roots. Where humankind has developed and evolved to live in each separate part of the trees. But this existence is under threat from the dwellers of Maw, a country that would harvest the last trees in the world and enslave or kill the people that stand in their way.
I really wish I could have sat down and immersed myself in this story, really snuggled down and read it in a couple of sittings. Circumstances dictated that it was read in snatches here and there – I still loved it, loved the island of Arborium, could really visualise these huge towering trees. I love how the animals had evolved too, becoming huge almighty beasts in some cases.
There were two stars of the story for me. Firstly were the ravens, evolved into huge formidable beasts and revered as sacred among the tree dwellers. "Out of the shadows of the under-forest, a darker shadow blotted out his vision. As he shrank down instinctively, he forced himself to look up and saw the huge, dark eyes swallowing him, the claws – each the size of a sword – advancing to rip him up for supper, and the vast wings about to settle and draw a cloak over all his days." Secondly, the forest and all its walkways, structures, palace, fields, the hidden tunnels to the roots below, the lift that flings people back skywards… it takes on a whole persona of its own. This is one of those books that you really hope gets picked up for a movie – I think Arborium and in particular the scenes in the Ravenwood and down in the depths of the roots of the trees would look fantastic on the big screen, it was so richly described, I'd love to see if how I envisioned it would be the same on screen.
All in all, loved this one and will definitely read again when I do get some time to sit and read it in a oner. I think I will forever more be using the term "Buddy Holly" when things go slightly awry!
Thank you as always for stopping by.
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Police: Warrant seeks wife of bounty hunter 'Dog'
MONUMENT, Colo. - Police in Colorado say an arrest warrant was issued for Beth Chapman, wife of reality TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman, for allegedly harassing a teen.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Thursday that Monument Police couldn't reach Beth Chapman to issue a summons, so they obtained the warrant.
Her attorney, Gary Lozow, says Chapman will cooperate with police and expects to be exonerated.
Police Lt. Steve Burk said the alleged harassment took place July 10 at a lake. He declined to offer details.
Monument is north of Colorado Springs.
Sixteen-year-old Chandler Duke, who identified himself as the victim's boyfriend, said he saw the incident but didn't know what prompted it.
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So I just bought my tickets for IMATS Toronto! My website has just started to take off and I thought it was time I went to the trade show. Has anyone else ever been? If so how was it? The Makeup Show also sent me info to their show in L.A. so I may be heading to that next year.
I really want to go to my local IMATS, but I'm too poor. Congrats on your blog!
Great blog:) FYI, I'm glad u reviewed Nars Paloma...I had the same unfortunate "lack of highlighting" experience.
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Discussion in 'Now Playing - TV Show Talk' started by dslunceford, Jul 22, 2013.
Can't wait!
That does not work anymore, but you can go to the AMC site
??? It's working for me, both in-line here and at YouTube (it's AMC's YT channel)...
The YouTube video works for me.
I'm a little saddened that there are so many more children (apparently). But I'm still excited to see where they go. Parts of the trailer looked suspiciously misleading so I'm taking it with a grain of salt.
I was expecting the Governor to pop up in the end, like Meryl did in last season's trailer.
They sure do have the Prison fixed up outside, but the inside sure could use some paint.
I wish I hadn't watched! Too many spoilers. I got about 2/3 through.
Agreed. There was definitely a lot of footage there.
Just shotgunned (no pun) the series this weekend. Can't wait!
Exactly, it was thrilling and exciting and really well put together but I feel like I know exactly what will happen in the season, the first half at least and
we already know a bunch of characters are going to die etc. etc.
Well that's inevitable, given all the people they took in at the end of last season. No way that many people could be sustained either from a resources standpoint or from a dramatic storytelling standpoint.


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The 3rd Petrochem GR8! Women Awards – Middle East held amidst glitter & glamour. Anu & Shashi Ranjan's The 3rd Petrochem GR8! Women Awards – Middle East, 2013 powered by Gitanjali was held at the ritzy 'Joharah Ballroom' at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. An initiative of 'GR8!',women achievers from all walks of life, like Arts, Science, Medicine, Commerce, Social Awareness, Sports and many others across the Middle East were felicitated.
Another unique feature of the Ceremony was, the 'Celebration of the 100 years of Indian Cinema', for which such icons as Rani Mukherjee, Juhi Chawla, Karishma Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan and Padmini Kolhapure were honored for their impact & achievements that have crossed all boundaries of cast, creed and countries. Guests included Mugda Godse, Zarine Khan, Anushka Ranjan and others.
This year, the ceremony, anchored by the noted Indian actor/director, Rohit Roy and the ebullient UAE TV host, Rahaf Al Tawil, had rare razzle-dazzle as well as being awash with sublime moments, when such illustrious women as Fatima Al Jaber (COO of Al Jaber Group), Shada Naseer & Nujood Ali (Yemen based women activists who rebelled against child marriage), Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe and others of their illustrious ilk were adorned for the sterling account they have given of themselves in various fields.
The evening was punctuated with stunning performances by such scintillating Stars as the incomparable Urmila Matondkar, singer Ash King, the inimitable Gauhar Khan and the enthralling TV heartthrobs, Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh.
Ash King had the audience spellbound by belting out some chartbusters including 'I Love You' – Bodyguard, Te Amo – Dum Maro Dum, Chhamak Challo – Ra.One & Aunty ji – Ek Main aur Ek Tu
Aamir Ali & Sanjeeda Shaikh performed to the following numbers – Ranjha Ranjha (Raavan), Mehboob Mere (Fiza), Tu Hi Tu Satrangi Re (Dil Se), Maya Maya (Guru), Mashalla (Ek Tha Tiger) & Le Le Majha LE (Wanted)
Urmila Matondkar paid tribute to 100 years of Hindi Cinema through the following acts
Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si (Madhubala), Honton pe aisi baat (Vayjayantimala), Pardesi (Rekha), Choli ke peeche (Rekha) & Chamma Chamma (Urmila)


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Hello and welcome to Room 16!! We will be having a lot of fun this year as we learn and grow together. This website will provide you a window into our classroom and will, I hope, give you insight into your child's school day. Enjoy watching your second grader grow, change, and learn! Make sure to check back as this will be updated throughout the month.
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I can't believe that first quarter, first report cards, and the first round of parent-teacher conferences are already behind us! Where has the time gone??
This month will again be full of inquiry and exploration! We will finish up our study of animals, plants, and habitats by building stream and woodland habitat models. The students are so excited! Watch for news on bringing supplies to come your way soon!
Throughout our study of animals, plants and habitats we have continuously thought about the basic needs that are important to all living things. To that end, we will begin to think about how people meet their needs NOW in comparison to how people met their needs long ago, or back THEN. This will introduce our study of the comparisons of daily life from THEN to NOW.
Our field trip to Carillon Park will introduce this in a very hands-on, fun way! Be looking for the permission slip to go home soon, as our trip is on the 15th....the Monday after a long weekend! Be sure to dress for the weather and bring a sack lunch!
Throughout the latter half of the month we will be exploring daily life and how it has changed via four over-arching topics: communication, transportation, jobs, and land use. Your student will be learning about how we use the land and natural resources around us to sustain us and how that has changed over the years. They will also learn how modes of communication and transportation have changed, along with jobs that people performed. We will cap off this study by thinking about why people live where they do (drawing connections between why animals and plants live where they do!) by thinking about and filling in a chart titled: "A Job, A Place, A Product". This will focus your child's thinking around the idea that people live in a certain place, so that they can do a certain job, in order to produce a specific prodcuct. Whew! My brain is whirring! Be sure to ask your child what they're learning as the month comes to a close!
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A Company Built on a Crisper Gin and Tonic
Most business ventures aren't launched by bringing tree bark to friends' parties. But that is precisely how Jordan Silbert, 34, got into the artisanal tonic-water trade.
After graduating from Brown University in 1998, Silbert moved to Sonoma, Calif., where he worked on tech projects for the County of Sonoma Economic Development Board. He later managed the disney.com (DIS) account at an interactive marketing company. Then Sept. 11 happened, and he returned to New York City to work for the Downtown Alliance, which manages Lower Manhattan's Business Improvement District.
One night in 2003, Silbert was drinking a gin and tonic in his Brooklyn backyard when his teeth started feeling sticky. He saw that the tonic's "ingredients were identical to Sprite, with different natural and artificial flavors," he says. Curious, he discovered that today's tonics lack a key ingredient used in the original libation: quinine from Peruvian cinchona trees. It was replaced with a synthetic during World War II. Silbert ordered the bark for $10 online and found a recipe to extract the quinine. He added homemade seltzer and agave instead of sugar. He started making the tonic at parties, and his friends loved it.
Silbert started business school at Yale University in 2004 with plans to go into city development. He still tinkered with tonic, and a professor—an Honest Tea co-founder—encouraged him. Working on a business plan, Silbert realized he needed a bottling facility and found one in Worcester, Mass. Investors provided $3,000 for ingredients and bottles, and Q Tonic was born. Then he offered samples on foodie websites.
New York standard-bearer Gramercy Tavern was an early adopter, and farm-to-table trendsetter Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., signed on when Silbert ate there and brought Q Tonic with him. Downtown hot spot Bobo soon followed. "At first it was part of our competitive edge," says Bobo owner Carlos Suarez. "Now I'd be surprised not to see it at a sophisticated cocktail bar in Manhattan." Q Tonic has grown to six employees and is in more than 3,000 outlets, including Whole Foods Market (WFMI). Silbert calls it a start: "The goal is for every place serving Grey Goose or Tanqueray to have a good tonic to go with it."
— Startup costs: $35,000. Silbert also had free use of an apartment in New York City for six months.
— Cases of Q Tonic sold in 2010, compared with fewer than 500 in the brand's first year: 65,000.
— Cost to rent the facility where he bottled his first 200 cases: $500.
— Number of financing rounds Silbert has raised to expand his company: 4.
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Welcome to the fourth week of our challenge! Remember this isn't just about cleaning things up, it's about getting rid of all the things you aren't using and don't really need that are causing clutter in your life.
Make sure you have boxes for donation and "get-rid-of" items plus bags for trash. I also recommend reading through the book Simpler Living as we work through this challenge.
This week we are cleaning up the living room. I want you to really focus on the small nick-nacky things that might be cluttering your most "social" room in the house. Clean out what's not really important to you and things you don't really need.
I'll be posting again in a few days so we can share our cleaning accomplishments (aka: how many bags of trash you cleaned out, how many boxes of things you are getting rid of).
What are the biggest challenges you will have cleaning out the living room this week?
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February 29th, 2012
Shopping for clothes isn't always an enjoyable experience. What looks lovely on the hanger doesn't always look great 'on'. We don't always know what suits us and relying on our friends opinions may not be the solution, as sometimes they tell us what they think we want to hear, rather then the truth. So wouldn't it be great if we could shop for clothes feeling confident that what we pick for ourselves will look good on us, maybe even fabulous. Well now ladies, you can. Pepperberry, have just introduced a Body Shape Styling Service, where you can be your very own stylist. We have discovered three main body shapes, Straight, Balanced, and Shaped. Using our flow chart online, you can identify your own.
As a quick guide, Straight means your shoulders are equal to or wider than your hips and you have little or no waist definition. When you gain weight, it shows around your middle.
If you are Balanced, your hips are in line with your shoulders and your waist is well defined. When you gain weight, it will show evenly all over your body.
And lastly, if you are Shaped, your hips are wider than your shoulders and you have a well-defined waist, with fuller hips and thighs. When you gain weight, it shows on your hips, thighs and bottom.
Another great way to find your body shape is to dress in leggings and a close fitting t-shirt or vest and ask a friend to take a picture of you from the behind. If a friend is not available, try standing in front of a mirror and take a picture of yourself, you should be able to see the back of your figure in the reflection in the mirror. Don't try to work out what shape you are from the front, as your bigger boobs will make it difficult to trace the line of your body.
After you have identified what body shape you are, there are three examples of each shape using our lovely members of staff, they are all wearing a different piece of Pepperberry clothing, which is perfect for their particular body shape. We have also listed some top tips for styling, whether you are Straight, Balanced or Shaped. And, if that's not enough, you can then click at the bottom of the page and start shopping for Pepperberry clothes that are most suited to you.
So ladies, what are you waiting for… A future without fashion mishaps and style mistakes. Try our online guide and discover that stylist within.


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Service delivery framework : an architectural strategy for next-generation service delivery in business network
Barros, Alistair P. & Kylau, Uwe (2011) Service delivery framework : an architectural strategy for next-generation service delivery in business network. In Kellenberger, Patrick (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2011 Annual SRII Global Conference, IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services, San Jose, CA, pp. 47-58.
The next-generation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) needs to scale for flexible service consumption, beyond organizational and application boundaries, into communities, ecosystems and business networks. In wider and, ultimately, global settings, new capabilities are needed so that business partners can efficiently and reliably enable, adapt and expose services. Those services can then be discovered, ordered, consumed, metered and paid for, through new applications and opportunities, driven by third-parties in the global "village". This trend is already underway, in different ways, through different early adopter market segments. This paper proposes an architectural strategy for the provisioning and delivery of services in communities, ecosystems and business networks – a Service Delivery Framework (SDF). The SDF is intended to support multiple industries and deployments where a SOA platform is needed for collaborating partners and diverse consumers. Specifically, it is envisaged that the SDF allows providers to publish their services into network directories so that they can be repurposed, traded and consumed, and leveraging network utilities like B2B gateways and cloud hosting. To support these different facets of service delivery, the SDF extends the conventional service provider, service broker and service consumer of the Web Services Architecture to include service gateway, service hoster, service aggregator and service channel maker.
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Jerry's Wood Fired Dogs
2276 E. 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Well, today it was just me an the kiddos for lunch and we ended up at joint I have been wanting to try for a long time now. Jerry's Wood Fired Dogs sits in a strip mall on the corner of 17th and Tustin in Santa Ana. I have not heard of this place before but it appears they have a couple different locations available. The menu is simplistic and easy, the choices are numerous and the prices are okay. Oh and they have large buckets of shelled peanuts for you crack open and munch on until your order is ready.
My daughter is going to turn into a cheeseburger if she does not start eating something else. She did enjoy her burger and finished it quickly. I asked her if the cheeseburger was good, she mumbles yes and nodded her head while trying chew a bite. My son got Uncle Frank's Italian sausage and had them add ketchup, tomatoes, grilled onions and bacon bits. At Jerry's Wood Fired Dogs you can choose from over thirty different toppings. My son was trying to stuff his mouth with an entire mouthful each time he took a bite and actually managed to succeed. He said the sausage was good and the toppings were tasty. He did get the combo meal which included a drink and fries. The fries were a bit of a let down because they were not cooked crisp and kind of mushy.
I stuffed myself with a pastrami dog that I had the spicy mustard taken off and yellow mustard added with a pickle spear. I also got the Southwestern Dog which was a bacon wrapped hot dog with chili, cheese, diced onions and crushed Fritos. Both of these dogs are all beef with a natural casing which makes each bite snap. The pastrami dog was good but I wish there was more pastrami included on the dog. It was very much like a pastrami sandwich with a hot dog in the middle. The Southwestern Dog was amazingly messy but extremely delicious, my only complaint was the bacon could have been cooked bit longer to make it more crispy. This was a classic Fritos pie plate on top of a hot dog. The chili was surprisingly good, not spicy just full of flavor. Because of the way these dogs are cooked there is also a hint of smokey flavor in the background which adds to the overall yum factor.
I am always a bit iffy about restaurants that specialize in hot dogs because if they do, and the dog is bad then they really suck. But Jerry's Wood Fired Dog was good, and the bill came out to be about $32. Find a Jerry's near you and give them try. Even if you are Vegetarian you can find something to eat at Jerry's with the veggie dog they offer. Okay go now! I mean it! You won't be sorry and if you are then you picked the wrong toppings.


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