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User Administration
- System -> Administration -> User Management -> Administrator Mode
Add New Users
- "New" button
- Change the "Login Name" to the desired username
- Click the "Passwords and Security" tab
- Enter the desired password
Modify Users
- Select the user you wish to modify
- Click the "Modify" button
Removing Users
- Select the user you wish to remove
- Click the "Delete" button
Change your user groups
It is quite often necessary to have extra privileges to do certain tasks. These privileges are assigned to your user by belonging to certain groups. The tasks are allowed to be performed by any user belonging to the group associated with that task.
- Example: a "sudoer" is a user who can perform certain administative tasks, such as updating the system. To become a "sudoer" a user must belong to the "sudo" group.
- Applications menu -> System -> User Manager -> user -> Groups --> check sudo
To become an administrator, you must belong to the adm, admin, and sudo groups. To be a virtualbox user, you must belong to the virtualbox group. To change printer settings you must belong to lpadmin. To use the cdrom, you must belong to cdrom. To use hot-pluggable devices, you must belong to plugdev. To share Samba folders (on a Windows-based network), you must belong to sambashare. To access NTFS files using the virtual filesystem fuse, you must belong to the fuse group. To use many games, you must belong to the games group. The list is long, and not always obvious.
Unfortunately, while this is the feature that gives Linux such a high-level of security, it can also take diligence to remember to add your user to certain groups. It is not uncommon for programs and functions on your system not to work merely because you don't have privileges to do so because you forgot to add your user to the appropriate group(s).
Of most importance, you must already be an administrator in order to change membership in groups. Therefore, if you create a new user and intend to give that user administrative privileges (by assigning the user to the administrative groups), you must do so from your original administrator account (the one you set up at installation) or from another administrative user account.
Timekpr (Parental controls)
Timekpr is a program to track and control the computer usage of user accounts.
- If updating, remove any prior versions:
sudo dpkg --purge timekpr
- Add the timekpr third-party repositories:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nedberg
- Install:
sudo apt-get install timekpr
- When prompted which default display manager to use, select "gdm"
- Start:
- System -> Administration -> Timekpr Control Panel
Web content filtering
DansGuardian provides web filtering capability, similar to NetNanny. It is useful for limiting objectionable content in publicly accessible workstations, or for filtering objectionable content for younger users. It integrates with ClamAV, and uses several criteria for filtering websites (which is difficult to modify). It is used with Tinyproxy (best for individual users) or the Squid proxy (best for a network server). Install:
sudo apt-get install dansguardian tinyproxy
- or
sudo apt-get install dansguardian squid
See these installation instructions for setup details. In brief,
- Edit the dansguardian configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/dansguardian/dansguardian.conf
- comment out the UNCONFIGURED line:
- If using tinyproxy instead of Squid, change the proxyport to 8888:
proxyport 8888
- Reinstall dansguardian:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall dansguardian
- Set your browser to use the localhost:8080 proxy. For example, in Firefox:
- Firefox -> Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings
- Manual proxy configuration -> HTTP proxy: localhost -> Port: 8080
- A Webmin module is available to administer settings. Also, a GUI to change Dansguardian settings called Webstrict is in development.
- A GUI for use with IPCop (based on the webmin module) is also available.
System Administration
Automating Tasks
- Cron is a system daemon that runs tasks in the background according to instructions found in a crontab file. To edit the crontab file for the current user:
crontab -e
Tasks that normally require administrative (sudo) privileges should be added to the root user's crontab:
sudo crontab -e
Add commands using the format specified here (or see the Ubuntu Community Help). The crontab command format can also be found using:
man crontab
- Scheduled/automated tasks (cron events) can also be edited using the GNOME schedule GUI interface.
- Menu -> System -> Administration -> Task Scheduler
- If the GNOME Schedule task scheduler is not installed, install it:
sudo apt-get install gnome-schedule
Boot Menu
Login Menu settings
You can change the Login menu settings from the GUI interface:
- System -> Administration -> Advanced -> Login Manager
You can choose an integrated theme or select individual components of the login screen/process.
Automating bootup options
StartUpManager is a GUI to manage settings for Grub (Grub Legacy), Grub 2, Usplash, and Splashy.
- Install:
sudo apt-get install startupmanager
GRUB boot manager settings
Karmic comes with Grub2, which is a difficult boot manager to customize. (Grub2 is also known as grub-pc.) See the evolving instructions at the Ubuntu wiki or Ubuntu forums. In brief, some settings can be edited:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub sudo update-grub
- You can also use this command:
sudo grub-mkconfig --output=/boot/grub/grub.cfg
GRUB Legacy
The older version of GRUB ("Grub Legacy") is available, for use with a boot partition, for example. Install:
sudo apt-get install grub
- If you have multiple operating systems (OS) on your computer, you may be using the GRUB Legacy boot manager (in a boot partition, for example). You can edit the options for GRUB Legacy in the menu.lst configuration file. (See this detailed info.)
sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
- (gedit can also be used instead of nano as the text editor.)
Chainloading Grub2 from Grub Legacy
To chainload Grub2 (installed in this example in the /dev/sda7 partition) from Grub Legacy, use an entry of this format in the Grub Legacy menu.lst configuration file (stored in a boot partition, for example):
title Kubuntu Karmic OS (chainloader) rootnoverify (hd0,6) kernel /boot/grub/core.img
Default Applications
You can choose which program to use as your default program for a specific task.
- System -> Administration -> Default Applications
Kill a process
Sometimes a program (or "process") just freezes. To "kill" (or end) the program/process:
- System -> Administration -> System Monitor -> highlight the errant process -> Kill process
From the command line:
sudo killall process
- where process is the name of the frozen program, such as firefox.
Enabling NUM LOCK On Startup
- System -> Administration -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard ->"turn on Numlock on Startup"
Working with Menus
Create an encrypted folder
You can create a folder whose contents are encrypted. See these instructions.
Create a symlink from a file to another location
A symbolic link (also known as a symlink) is a method in Linux of referring to a file (or directory) in one location from another location. Usage:
ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/destination
If /path/to/destination requires superuser rights, then use:
sudo ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/destination
This is similar to, but more powerful than, creating Shortcuts, with which former Windows users may be familiar.
Assign a root password
To be able to log in as root directly, you must assign a root password. This can be done with:
sudo passwd root
Afterwards, you can use
to get a root prompt. You would then use the root password.
Get a root prompt without using a root password
If you have not set a root password (or don't know it), you can obtain root user privileges anyway. From the command-line Terminal:
sudo -s
- or
sudo su
- or
sudo bash
You will use your own user password instead of a root password.
You could also get a prompt to become any other user on the computer by typing:
sudo su <username>
Use the File Manager as root
sudo nautilus
- or
gksudo nautilus
Manually Mount and Unmount a device
To manually mount a device:
mount /dev/hda
replace /dev/hda with the location of the device.
To manually unmount a device:
umount /dev/hda
replace /dev/hda with the location of the device.
Windows Compatibility
Mounting NTFS Partitions (with read/write privileges)
Find out the name of your ntfs partition:
sudo fdisk -l
Method 1: In this example, the NTFS drive is listed by fdisk as /dev/sda2, but yours may differ.
Make a mount point for the drive:
sudo mkdir /media/WindowsNTFS
Edit fstab:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
Comment out the automatically added lines by Ubuntu installation:
#/dev/sda2 auto nouser,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 #/dev/sda2 /mnt auto user,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
and instead add the line:
/dev/sda2 /media/WindowsNTFS ntfs-3g quiet,defaults,rw 0 0
Note: There are many ways to mount the drive, depending on your needs. The fstab file controls this process. See How to edit and understand fstab and Intro to using fstab.
In this example, I indicated that the file system was an ntfs-3g filesystem, so did not use the auto option (which detects the filesystem automatically). I used rw to specify read/write privileges for all users, but umask=0 and umask=000 are accepted by some kernels.
Method 2: Edit fstab:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
When Ubuntu installation finishes, it mounts all ntfs partitions automatically with ntfsprogs, adding a line similar to the following to fstab:
UUID=8466268666267956 /media/sda1 ntfs defaults,gid=46 0 1
Change this line to:
UUID=8466268666267956 /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,nls=utf8,locale=zh_CN.UTF-8,rw,gid=46 0 1
In this example, I have a Chinese-language Windows installation on my first partition, so I set the locale parameter (locale=zh_CN.UTF-8) so that my Chinese documents can display correctly. Setting rw (same as umask=0 or umask=000) lets me read/write the partition without sudo. gid=46 specifies that the drive will belong to the group of hot-pluggable devices (plugdev) and is not necessary unless your ntfs drive is a hot-pluggable one (such as an external USB drive). nls=utf8 is the default and is optional for most ntfs users, but there are other options for Chinese (and other specialized character-set users).
Mounting FAT32 Partitions
Follow the above instructions, but use vfat instead of ntfs-3g.
In other words, if you have made a mount point directory /mnt/WindowsFAT32 and your FAT32 drive is /dev/sda3, then edit the /etc/fstab file to include the line:
/dev/sda3 /mnt/WindowsFAT32 vfat quiet,defaults,rw 0 0
Synchronize clock to network time server
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows time synchronization of your computer to time servers on the Internet.To enable it:
- Applications menu -> System Settings -> Date & Time
- Check the "Set date and time automatically" option
- Choose an ntp time server near you.
The new CUPS interface recognizes many printers. Specific printers not recognized can often be installed using instructions found at the Linux Foundation OpenPrinting database.
Add a Printer
- System -> Administration -> Printing -> New Printer -> New Printer
Most of the time, your printer (if connected and turned on) will be detected automatically.
My network printer with its own IP address at 192.168.0.124 was correctly installed at
- socket://192.168.0.124:9100.
You can also choose printers on a Windows system via Samba and other types of networked printers, in addition to directly connected printers.
Use CUPS web interface
From any web browser, go to the URL:
- http://localhost:631


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I'm having difficulty remotely accessing Warvox. I am trying to start Warvox on my Backtrack 5 VMware machine and access warvox's HTTP server on my Windows 7 host. I have found that by using the command ./warvox.rb --address 192.168.1.80 for example it makes warvox use that IP address but i cannot however access it from the Windows host. I can access it fine though through the Backtrack VM. The virtual machine is running in bridge mode and the network access is working correctly apart from this problem. As an extra note of information I am including the port 7777 in the address.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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PayPal Co-Founder Max Levchin Raises $45 Million for Startup Affirm
Max Levchin spent a year searching for the perfect person to lead his new online-lending startup until he realized it was him.
Levchin, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded payments company PayPal and game maker Slide, is returning to the role of chief executive for the first time in four years to run Affirm, a startup hatched out of his technology incubator last year, he said in an interview.
Over the past year, Affirm has quietly raised $45 million from venture capital firms including Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Nyca Partners and assembled a team of 32 that includes Nathan Gettings, co-founder of big-data startup Palantir.
But perhaps the most promising thing going for Affirm is the pedigree of its new CEO. After selling Slide to Google for $182 million in 2010, Levchin left the Internet giant to set up his incubator, HVF, with the intention to start as many as 10 companies and then eventually commit himself to the most promising. Affirm is one of just two startups to come out of HVF so far, along with fertility-monitoring software maker Glow.
Levchin said he decided to make Affirm his full-time job earlier this year after seeing the service gain traction in early testing and realizing the company's potential impact.
"There's a short list of things that really make the world go 'round," he said. "Finance is one of them."
E-commerce sites including makeup boutique Beautylish, electric-bicycle seller Faraday and online consignment shop Twice have started using Affirm to offer customers instant lines of credit for purchasing items on their sites.
Rather than rely on FICO credit scores, Affirm calculates the risk of borrowers based on a range of personal data including information gleaned from social-media profiles as well as the cost of the items being purchased. It then determines what rate and structured payment makes sense to offer the customer.
Affirm is one of several Web startups experimenting with more flexible loans. Andreessen Horowitz-backed Earnest asks loan applicants about their education and work history. LendUp uses a mix of private data including credit bureaus and information gleaned from social media to help gauge borrowers' risk. Even Fair Isaac, which provides the FICO scores used in more than 90% of lenders decisions, says it is weighing possibilities for incorporating social media.
"Welcoming a customer and providing the option to pay later returns to the way commerce used to be conducted," Nils Johnson, co-founder of Beautylish, said in an email. "A tradition based on trust, relationship and community which doesn't judge you based on traditional credit scoring. It's more akin to running a tab at the local store."
Beautylish customers who use Affirm also make larger purchases and return to shop more often, Johnson said.
Levchin plans to grow Affirm's staff to more than 50 by the end of this year. He is also meeting with investors to discuss raising more capital that will enable the company to expand the kinds of loans it can offer. Eventually, he said he aims to offer loans to small businesses in addition to individuals.
"Small business lending to me is kind of the holy grail," he said.
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i want the p background to be transparent but not affect the span text. so far with the combinations i've tried, changing the opacity on the p element changes the span text.
why doesn't span styles keep the span text 100% trasparency free, in other words, with 0 opacity applied, fully visible?
background: #000;
color: #fff;
width: 100%;
/* transparent - need hasLayout for ie ( zoom: 1; ) I have width set above */
filter: alpha(opacity=70);
opacity: 0.7;
p span{
filter: alpha(opacity=100);
opacity: 1.0;
The short answer is that you are seeing the normal behavior for opacity. It affects the container and everything in it, not just the background.
The code that you are presenting suggests that you wish to support IE7. If that is the case, I suggest that you use a semi-transparent image as a background overlay. I have used one successfully many times.
Modern browsers can use rgba() colors which makes applying a background color with transparency a piece of cake.
Hope this helps.
You do it like this to avoid the issue your seeing...
background:rgb(166,166,166); /* IE6/7/8 */filter:alpha(opacity=70); /* IE6/7/8 */background:rgba(166,166,166,0.7); /* Modern Browsers */}
position:relative; /* IE6/7/8 */}
Now this thread will be number 1 on google and my site with its same text number 30. Awesome lol. Goge will prob think I'm the duplicate content. Nope then down to number 40.
so i need to wrap my p element and give the wrapper the opacity, not the p?
{position:relative} on the  element is the key. It lifts the text above the container that has opacity applied.
Very cool solution!
Using your HTML and @PicnicTutorials's css:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
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Overview of Fraud
Occurrences of fraud typically include one or more of the following:
- Management Fraud
- Financial Reporting Fraud
- Computer Security
- Investment Fraud
- Customer Fraud
- Vendor Fraud
- Employee Fraud
- Internet Fraud
- Identity theft
All organizations must protect themselves against fraud, misconduct, security breaches and other types of exploitation caused by attacks from both outside and inside the organization. Data from the past eight years show that these threats continue unabated, and the financial toll is mounting. As a result, financial forensics represents one of the fastest growing practice areas of accounting and criminal investigation. Further, the development of an expanded workforce in the field of information security is one of the most critical issues facing the United States today.
The challenge to prevent, detect and recover from fraud is compounded by flaws in technology, lack of awareness about fraud risks, and misperceptions about external and internal attackers. The consequences for failing to implement adequate controls are serious, and may include loss of assets, negative publicity, and increased exposure to civil litigation. For many organizations – particularly those that deal with telecommunications, banking and finance, oil and gas production, utilities, transportation, government services, and emergency services – the risk is serious enough to threaten national security (Critical Foundations: Protecting America's Infrastructures, a 1997 report issued by the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection). More research is needed in the areas of financial forensics and information security. More professionals are needed in the areas of organizational oversight, fraud investigation and examination, business valuation, valuation of damages and lost profits, litigation support, criminal investigation, business/employee fraud investigation, professional negligence, and computer and network security.


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Eye redness is due to swollen or dilated blood vessels, which cause the surface of the eye to look red, or bloodshot.
Bloodshot eyes; Red eyes; Scleral infection; Conjunctival infection
There are many possible causes of a red eye or eyes. Some are cause for concern; some are medical emergencies. Others are nothing to worry about.
How red the eye appears is often less of a concern than whether you also have eye pain or difficulty seeing.
Bloodshot eyes appear red because the vessels in the surface of the white portion of the eye (sclera) become swollen. This may result from dry air, too much sun, dust, something in the eye, allergies, infection, or injury.
One common cause of a red eye is straining or coughing. This can lead to a bright red, dense bloody area on the white part of the eye. This is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Although this bloody area may appear alarming, it is a fairly common occurrence and of little significance. If you notice a bloody spot in one eye that doesn't hurt, but just looks bad, don't worry. It should clear up on its own within a week or two.
Eye infections or inflammation can occur, causinge redness as well as possible itching, discharge, pain, or vision problems:
Other potential causes include:
For fatigue or eyestrain, try to rest your eyes. No treatment is necessary.
If you have eye pain or a vision problem, call your doctor or nurse.
Go to the hospital or call your local emergency number (such as 911) if:
Call your health care provider if:
Your doctor will perform a physical exam, including an eye exam, and ask questions about your medical history. Questions may include:
The eyes may need to be washed out with normal saline solution, and any foreign bodies will need to be removed. Eye drops may be prescribed.
Wright JL, Wightman JM. Red and painful eye. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 32.
Rubenstein JB, Virasch V. Conjunctivitis: Infectious and noninfectious. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 4.6.
Yanoff M, Cameron D. Diseases of the visual system. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 431.


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He opens his conversation by thanking Himes for "taking the lead" on the Wall Street deregulation bills.
Himes, appropriately enough, walks away from the fake lobbyist without saying a word.
So he attended the wedding in the village church dressed in the suit of clothes which had belonged to the late Mr. Himes.
But Mr. Rooper had no intention of courting Mrs. Himes for a month.
"Good evenin' yourself," returned Himes with unusual cordiality.
Stoddard stared down on Gideon Himes, and Himes stared at his own feet.
She came through the door and passed the new Mrs. Himes on the porch.
Mrs. Himes was of moderate height, pleasant countenance, and a figure inclined to plumpness.
Johnnie went past her mother, who appeared to be dozing, and into the dining room, where Himes was.
Doctor Wicker had just made a proposal of marriage to Mrs. Himes, and at that moment they were both sitting in silence.


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Scientists look at how climate change affects a major S.C. river
Imagine turning on the faucet and pouring yourself a tall, cool glass of ... saltwater.
That's what happened in 2002 when drought conditions turned the Pee Dee River's normal flow of freshwater into a trickle. The reduced river flow allowed Atlantic Ocean seawater to move upstream and into municipal intake pipes.
"There's not much anyone can do about weather and climate change, but we can think in terms of adaptation."
"There's not much anyone can do about weather and climate change, but we can think in terms of adaptation," said Dan Tufford, a biology associate professor at Carolina who is leading a team of researchers in a study of the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin, which feeds into Winyah Bay on the South Carolina coast. "We want to give water planners the ability to make informed decisions based on scientific predictions."
Multiple factors at work
The research, funded by a two-year grant from the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, is examining the multiple factors that affect the Pee Dee River's flow, including seasonal rainfall, summer heat and evaporation, agricultural irrigation wells that reduce nearby stream flow, rising freshwater demand, and rising sea levels.
The study is a microcosm of what's happening at similar coastal watersheds around the country in an era of climate change.
"Even with normal precipitation patterns, there will be a net decrease in river flow at the coast. That's because water demand is rising—which removes freshwater from the river—and sea levels are rising, which pushes saltwater further upstream," said Kirstin Dow, a geography associate professor and co-principal investigator on the study.
What is a coastal water manager to do?
"They need to make informed decisions, but climate modeling isn't quite up to the task; neither is watershed modeling," Dow said.
Creating a model
For coastal towns that depend on adequate river flow for freshwater, moving intake pipes further upstream to avoid saltwater intrusion from the ocean is a possible but very costly solution. With a refined climate and watershed model, water managers could potentially leave water intakes in place and simply turn them off when conditions point to brackish or saltwater intrusion in the river.
"What we especially want from a climate model is a forecast of the persistence of dry periods, and the models are not quite able to provide that," said Greg Carbone, a geography associate professor and co-principal investigator. "There is uncertainty with each step, and the best we can do for now is to offer a range of plausible scenarios."
Carbone, Dow, and Tufford hope to make incremental improvements in water flow models for the Pee Dee River and pass along the information to municipal decision makers.
"This is one small piece of a larger issue," Tufford said. "There are implications for population growth in coastal areas and the growing demand for freshwater in areas that are hard pressed to supply it under certain conditions."


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■■■■■ ••••••••••••••••••••••••*••••••••••• >•••••« B 1 m M THE PIERZ JOURNAL VOL. 3. PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DECEMBER 14, 1911. NO. 20 MINNESOTA SOIL GOOD FOR TOBACCO Wisconsin Buyers Pick Up All Of Sherburne's Crops at Good Figures St.ClOud Minn., Des. 6— The adap tability of central Minnesota soil to tobacco is shown by a large display of the weed in the specimen cases of the Farmers' State Bank. The tobacco was raised on the reformatory farm and on the farm of residents of Clear Lake and Palmer, in Sherburne county. Charles Lien has been sent to Sherburne county to conduct an experimental farm for the state to determine what varieties of tobacco thrive best in the soil of this vicinity. The samples on display are Connecticut, Havana and Spanish Comstock. Those who have raised tobacco in Sherburne county have found it profitable. The sales average $100 an acre. Its cultivation is not difficult, and it demands but little more care than cabbage. Representatives of Wisconsin tobacco houses have purchased the entire crop hereabout at liberal figures. The quality of the Sherburne county tobacco Is said to rival that of the famed Connecticut wrapper leaves. FORTY NEW TYPEWRITERS IN- Dir DAI II TDV <J I H LI. Ll/ Transcript; The Little Falls Business College has just received the last ofthe forty new typewriters purchased this fall. Of the machines purchased 25 of them are No. 10 Remington and fifteen are No. 2 L. C. Smiths; all visible of the latest make and model. The College now owns over seventy-five machines. About half of them are used in the school and the others are rented to students who take them to their rooms. Mr. Millard says this home practice is one of the secrets of the success of Little Falls Business Collgee graduates. The 35 new commercial desks and chairs have been received and put in place; making a total of 125 desks and chairs of the same pattern. It was necessary a few weeks ago to advertise for no more students to come in until after Thanksgiving, as every desk was occupied. Indications now point to every one of the new seats being occupied inside of sixty days. SHIPMENT One Man at Swanville Sent $1,200 Worth to Eastern Marketson Saturday GET LIGHTS IN READINESS PLATTE -Christ Reese drove to Pierz Wednesday after a load of corn. Ban Rychner is busy hauling firewood to school house in dist. 71. NickSmijth has moved his house from his claim to his 80 acres, joining Christ Reese on the southeast. Bill and Wilson Hayes called at' T. Smith's Sunday evening. Threshing season closed here this weak with Dombovy on the rear. Geo. Sigetti was a Pierz business caller Thursday. Mrs. Geo. Sigetti visited at the Ridl home Sunday. ML.s Mary Sigeti and Frank Schubert called at Pelarski's Sunday before last. Frank and Wilson Hayes visited at Chas Rychner's Tuesday evening. Ben Rychner drove to Little Falls Falls Thursday. Ed. Whippier of Darling visited his sister, Mrs. Ben Rychner last week. A. H.Nagel visited at Ben Rychner's Saturday. Alfred Rychner spent a week visiting at the home of John Noa and F. Madison of Bowlus. A. Seibel of Crow Wing passed thru here with a load of household goods to Pierz, where he and his uncle will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rychner and Ed. their son, Edward Whippier, Frank Hayes, J. B. Sveinty and Mr. andMrs. W'alter Hayes and children, visited at C. Reese's Sunday evening. Fire wood for sale by C. Reese. SCHOOL REPORT School report of Dist. 46 for the month ending Dec. 2. 1911. No. enrolled 51 No. days taught 19 Those who were perfect in attendance are: Susan Bolster, Laura Boehm, Loretta Kipply, Agnes A. Stumpf, Gertie Stumpf, Louis Wuellner, Lydia Wuellner, Ida Wuellner, Otto Wuellner, Marie E. Molitor Teacher. Ends Winter's Trouble. To many, winter is a season of trouble. The frost-bitten toes and fingers, chapped hands and lips, chilblains, cold-sores, red and rough skin, prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen's Arnica Salve. A trial convinces. Greatest healer of Burns, Boils, Piles, Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Eczema and Sprains. Only 25c at E. L. Kaliher. NOTICE We grind feed, also corn with cobs every first and third Tuesday of each month. Farmers! Give us .a trial and save 2 and 3 cents per sack. 26-1 Preimesberger Bros. .90 THE MARKET Changed every Thursday Wheat, No. 1, old Wheat, No. 2, old 88 Wheat, No. 3 Northern 87 , , ,,4 Northern, 82 Flax 1.90 Barley 95 Rye 76 Oats, new 40 Ear Corn,old 55 Hay $7 $8 Butter, Creamery 28 , , Dairy 25 Eggs 30 Flour, Best 3 00 , , Straight 2 90 Potatoes Beans 2.65 Hogs 5 50 Cows 2.75 Calves 5c Steers 3U Frank Bares, Joseph Meyer and Frank Angermeyer left this morning for Platte where they will cut wood Onions' gj i f°r a w-eek or ten days. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the officers of The Pierz Co-operative Ass'n will meet at 9 o'clock A. M. December 19th to audit all bills. Parties that have any bills against said Ass'n will please present them on above date. Officers will please bring all books and papers witn them. Theo. Thielen, Pres. J. J. McRae of Swanville who was in the city Monday, states that one shipment of poultry was made from his town Saturday which was valued at SI,200. The shipment was made up of dressed turkey, chickens and geese and consigned to the far east markets for the holiday trade. Turkeys brought 15 cents, and one farmer living south of Swanville brought in a load for the car for which he was paid a little over $300. Royalton has made some large shipments this fall and winter. W. H. Cal- ley sending out a total of over $4,000 worth, mostly to the western coast. — Transcript. New Law Repuiring two Lamps on Vehicles Goes in Effect January BIDS WANTED Notice is hereby given that the supervisors o} the town of Pierz will meet at the village hall on Wednesday December 20th, 1911, at 2 o'cloek P. M. , to receive bids and let the contract to furnish the town 5,000 feet of oak planks and bridge timber. Further, to receive bids aud let contract to corduroy with stones, about 30 rods of meadow, on the line between sections 25 and 26. Also to sell the material left from the old wooden bridge across Hillman Brook on the line between sections 9 and 10 near Val. Schraut's place which was recently rebuilt, and to transact all other business that may come before them. For further information apply to the Chairman. They reserve the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Chairman. C. A. Virnig, Town Clerk. BIDS WANTED Notice is hereby given that the supervisors of the towns of Pierz and Hillman will hold a joint meeting at the village hall in the village of Pierz, on Wednesday, Dec. 27th, 1911, at 10 o'clock A. M. for the purpose of receiving bids to corduroy with stone the two meadows on the town line between section 24, town of Pierz and section 19, town of Hillman. The contract will be let at 2 o'clock P. M. of the same day. They reserve the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the chairman of the town board of Pierz. Dated, Dec. llth 1911. C. A. VIRNIG, 26-2 Town Clerk. Lightning Kills Few. In 1906 lightning killed only 169 people in this whole country. One's chances of death by lightning are less than two in a million. The chance of death from liver, kidney or stomach trouble is vastly greater, but not if Electric Bitters be used, as Robert Medson, of West Burlington, la., proved. Four doctors gave him up after eight months of suffering from virulent liver trouble and yellow jaundice. He Was then completely cured by- Electric Bitters. They're the best stomach, liver, nerve and kidney remedy and blood purifier on earth. Only 50c at E. L. Kaliher. Fergus Falls—The Farmers Co-op ative Creamery of this city has just paid off its last note and the fine creamery property is now owned by the stockholders, free of all encumbrances. The creamery has been a great success from the outset and it has been paid for almost without effort. It has cost in the neighborhood of $7,000. St. Cloud—Friday morning at 10 o'clock the handsome new church at Rockville, a $25,000 red brick structure, was dedicated. Rt. Rev. Bishop James Trobec assisted by several priests, dedicated the building at services attended by 700. The church is to be known by the name of the feast day on which the dedication occurred, the Immaculate Conception. Faribault, Minn Mr. and Mrs. John J. Murphy celebrated the fifty- fifth anniversary of their wedding. They were married at Cross Plains, Wisconsin. "Sissy" Virnig handed the Journal a purse she found, containing small change. * Loser may have same by calling for it at the Journal Office. Section 13 of chapter 365, laws of 1911, reads: Evry motor-vehicle operated upon the public highway of this state shall be provided with adequate brakes sufficient to control the vehicle at all times and a suitable, adequate bell, horn or other device for signalling and shall during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise, display at least two lighted lamps, visible from the front, and one on the rear of such vehicle, which shall also display a red light, visible from the rear. The white rays of such rear lamp shall shine upon the number plate carried on the rear of such vehicle. The light of the front lamps shall be visible at least two hundred feet in the direction in which the motor is proceeding; and, provided further, that all vehicles other than motor-vehicles shall carry, while traveling on any public highway of this state, between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise, a white light, visible from both front and rear. No such motor vehicle shall be permitted to remain standing upon any public street, highway, or other public way unattended in this state, at any time with the motor running. Every such motor-vehicle using gasoline as motive power shall use a "muffler," so-called, and the same shall not be cut out or disconnected within the limits of any city or village, ithin the state, or at the time of passing any horse or animal being led, ridden or driven. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET At the meeting of the board'of county commissioners held last appropriated for road work in the town of Hillman, and - . ppro- priated for roadwork in the town at Pierz. A bill of $183.72 by the town of Hillman for one-fourth of cost of the bridge was allowed, and a bill of S-88.61 by the town of Granite, for one fourth of cost of bridge was also allowed. A Terrible Blunder To neglect liver trouble. Never do it. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills on the first sign of constipation, biliousness or inactive bowels and prevent virulent indigestion, jaundice or gall stones. They regulate liver, stomach and bowels and build up your health. Only 25c at E. L. Kaliher. Newspaper Men Meet Members the Morrison County Publishers' association met in annual sion Monday evening and reviewed the work of the past year and also discussed the prospects of the printing business in the county for 1('1_. Officers for the ensuing" year were elected as follows, after which a "feed" was enjoyed: President—Ed. M. LaFond. Vise-president Dr. E. H. Kerkhoff. Secretary—P. J. Vasaly. Treasurer—J. V. Bars tow. —Transcript $20,000 FOR STATE ROADS Commissioners Will Expend Considerable Money on the Highways Bank No. 755. Statement of the condition of GERMAN STATE BANK OF PIERZ Piers, Minn., at close of business on December 5th, 1911. Date of call by Supt. Dec. 7th. 1911. Date of report by Bank Dec. 9th, 1911. the meeting of thejeounty I ■ county in l"l_. Of thi half. Tl >. Kim Dale, 11,600. Cul drum, $4,000. State r..ad No. 4, Little I 000* - Stat-.- road No. 6. Scandia Valley, dishing, $3,000. State road No. 7. Leigh, Gra State road No 000. State road No. te road No Swan Riv, Richardson,Leigh,$3,000. -Tran 9, Swan River$1,000 10 and 11 Pai : ( 1 'p RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $ 77,324.75 Overdrafts 138.56 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures 1,801.75 Due from Banks. . .'$18,059.71 Checks and Cash Items 492.35 Cash on Handlitems below) 9,582.98 Currency. . 7,579.00 Gold 1,145.00 Silver 858.98 North Agram A crowd of young people Thursday evening at John ** Ig them were John, Rose. Ju lia Stumpf, John, Anna, Lilie and t. Hesch. All enjoyed til Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oti Buck- man were guests at Math. Heach's Friday afternoon. Joe Aldrich of Darling is here visiting friends and relati Mrs. Paul Hasch of Bu :kmao was here visiting with relatives. Thomas Theser and wife spent Fri- •ening at the home of Theodore Stumpf. Total Cash Assets. .28,135.04 28,135.04 Checks in Transet 590.39 NOTICE. We wish to announce, that we have sold our building- and will have a special sale on our goods from now on until sold. Joe and Anna Melhart. M.E.H«sch of Buckman was a Journal caller Thursday. Gr OF THE WILL BE CELEBRATED TUESDAY, DEC. 19, T EVERYBODY IS INVITED! BRING YOUR WIVES AND YOUR DAUGHTERS In the afternoon addresses will be-given by Rev. J. G. STIEG- LER, W. F. BORDEN, J. E. LINDBERG, (State Creamery Inspector), H. L. BUGBEE, (of the State Institute Force), H. E. WHITE, Principal of the Little Falls High School and GRIFFITH RICHARDS, Instructor in the Agricultural Department of the Little Falls Schools. Father Stiegler's address will be in German. Mr. Bug-bee's address will be on Co-operation, a subject which should be very interesting* to all farmers at this time. IN/IUSIO E3Y XHE__ »S. BAND mi ORCHESTRA All Afternoon F?E_ERF? HMEEErs. re Everybody Is Welcome! COME and help us make this celebration a gra.id success. This Is of more Importance to us than the Norther n Minn. Development Association meeting at St. Cloud. Total ...$107,990.49 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $10,000.00 Surplus Fund 2,000.00 Undivided Profits 562.85 Deposits Subject to Check ...$34,419.53 Total Immediate Liabilities . . .$34,419.53 Time Certificates 61,008.11 Total Deposits 95,427.64 95,427.04 Total $107,990.49 STATE OF MINNESOTA \ County of Morrison ) We A. E. Macho, Vice President and A. P. Stoll Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. A. E. MACHO, Vice President. A. P. STOLL, Cashier. Subscribe and sworn to before me this 12th day of December 1911. [Seal] FRANK GRELL Notary Public. My commission Expires February 15th, 1914. Correct Attest: , P. A. HARTMANN (Two) Directors \ A. E. MACHO iNOTlOE: I hereby notify all, that I don't want anybody to make noise in my yard at night. 26-1 Mrs. John Stumpf. Saved His Wife's Life. "My. wife would have been iiiiiergrave to-day,"writes O. H. Brown, of Muscatine, Ala.," if it had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery. She was down in her bed, not able to get up without help. She had a severe bronchial trouble and a dreadful cough. I got her a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, and she soon began to mend, and was well in a short time." Infallible for coughs and colds, its the most reliable remedy on earth for desperate lung trouble, hemorrhages lagrippe, asthma, hay fever, croup and whooping cough. 50c, $1,00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed'-by E. L. Kaliher. Highest price, 9* to 10 cents, paid for hides at Frank Grell's meat market. WEST BUH. James amd Madrid Johnson, Lottie Adkin, O. R. Holmstrom and Mamie Janson were business callers at Little Falls Saturday. Mrs. H. Weiland and son Walter attended the ladies' aid at Littl_ Falls. Charlie Young was busy hauling hay from North Buh Friday. John Sehr is busy hauling wood which he bought from Kelly. Mr. Pedler had a misfortune of tipping over his load and broke hU shaft ofthe sled. His valic>^ were scattered overthe whole section. Frank Schamel is busy hauling hay from Rice Lake. H. Wieland was a business caller at Pier/. Monday. Lottie Lakin called on Johnson's children over Sundav. A crowd of young folks from West Buh went to Pierz Sunday night and when they came there they were stung and had to go home again. It is pretty hard for some neighbors around here-who have no water this time of the year. Some drive their cattle three quarters of a mile to water. II. Wieland hauled 150 bushels of potatoes to Little Falls last week. RUCKER J. R. Taylor spent Saturday and Sunday with Martin's at Sullivan Lake. G. W. Waller was a Pierz visitor Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tomberlain drove to Little Falls Tuesday where Mrs. Tomberlain expects to be operated. ., Walter Cyrus, who is engaged as a Middle, on the U. S. Ship, Ohio, writes that he expects to take a trip to Cuba soon. The trappers of this place have ceeded in catching a large number of ■Is. Mr. Henry Ferguson was a Pierz visitor Monday. . John Brown and his two chi: are living with the Pint family now. Tracy Waller drove to Pierz Tuesday- School will close the Friday before Xmas fora month's vacation after which there will be a four months term of school. Mr. Clifford Pope is visiting his sister Mrs. Joe. Zeller. Mr. H. Ferguson has sold his old driver "Chawlie" and bought a now one. "=• Go to Frank: Grell's for your jewelry at wholesale prices. I want to close out entire stock. Frank Grell
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Wisconsin Buyers Pick Up All Of
Sherburne's Crops at Good
St.ClOud Minn., Des. 6— The adap
tability of central Minnesota soil to tobacco is shown by a large display of
the weed in the specimen cases of the
Farmers' State Bank. The tobacco was
raised on the reformatory farm and on
the farm of residents of Clear Lake
and Palmer, in Sherburne county.
Charles Lien has been sent to Sherburne county to conduct an experimental farm for the state to determine
what varieties of tobacco thrive best
in the soil of this vicinity. The samples on display are Connecticut, Havana and Spanish Comstock.
Those who have raised tobacco in
Sherburne county have found it profitable. The sales average $100 an acre.
Its cultivation is not difficult, and it
demands but little more care than cabbage.
Representatives of Wisconsin tobacco houses have purchased the entire
crop hereabout at liberal figures. The
quality of the Sherburne county tobacco Is said to rival that of the famed
Connecticut wrapper leaves.
FORTY NEW TYPEWRITERS IN- Dir DAI II TDV
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The use of certain types of calcium channel blocking drugs for treating hypertension in older people is being called into question by scientists at the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Their new analysis is among the first to examine the risks of various antihypertensive drugs in an older population, and confirms reports earlier this year expressing particular concern about the short-acting form of nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker. According to the study, over a five-year period, older people taking short-acting nifedipine had double the risk of death of those taking a different medication.
The findings are reported in the November 1995 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in a study by NIA exchange scientist Marco Pahor, M.D., Jack Guralnik, M.D., Ph.D., and other investigators at the NIA.
Pahor and Guralnik's paper is the third in a series of research findings that recently prompted the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to issue a statement urging "great caution" in prescribing short-acting nifedipine, especially at higher doses. The NIA and the NHLBI, both parts of the National Institutes of Health, suggest that doctors and patients may need to consider drug selection in light of the new findings.
However, NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D., stressed, "The current controversy about short-acting nifedipine should not stop doctors from treating patients for hypertension with diuretics, beta blockers, and, as necessary, long-acting calcium channel blockers, or other approved medications. It is important that patients and doctors communicate about treatment for hypertension, and that patients not stop taking their medications without medical supervision." Said Hodes, "These studies should inform doctors and patients, not scare them."
The NIA research is based on studies of three communities in the NIA's Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). The effects of different medications for hypertension were analyzed for 906 study participants, who were followed from 1988 through 1992. Scientists examined death from any cause, taking into account several factors including age, gender, smoking, cholesterol, and diseases such as congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, diabetes, chronic pulmonary disease, and cancer. They then compared the mortality risk of people taking calcium channel blockers with those taking beta blockers to control hypertension.
The results showed that hypertensive older people who took short-acting nifedipine were nearly twice as likely to die within five years as those using beta blocker therapy. In addition, among people taking short-acting nifedipine, dosage was associated with risk of death: the higher the dose, the greater the mortality risk. The NIA findings showed little or no significant risk of increased mortality associated with the use of other calcium channel blockers, including verapamil and diltiazem.
The study was not able to draw any definitive conclusions about the long-acting form of nifedipine, which is the most common form of the drug prescribed today. The long-acting forms have been in use for a shorter period of time, and were not a part of this study.
Several large clinical trials are underway to further evaluate the safety and effectiveness of long-acting calcium channel blockers and other types of antihypertensive medications. Researchers are now recruiting participants for the NHLBI-sponsored ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Treatments to Prevent Heart Attack Trial), which will, among other things, compare the effects of a diuretic, an ace inhibitor, a long-acting calcium channel blocker, and an alpha blocker in older people. Scientists hope that results of such clinical trials will yield more reliable guidelines as to the most appropriate use of all types of calcium channel blockers.
Why short-acting nifedipine is linked to an increase in mortality is unclear at this point. Pahor and Guralnik suggest that nifedipine can cause excessively low blood pressure, resulting in problems from overtreatment if people continue taking the drug. Nifedipine also is known to increase heart rate and decrease the force with which the heart pumps, which could lead to heart failure. Long-acting forms of the drug need to be taken only once a day, while the short-acting form must be taken several times a day and may cause detrimental changes in heart function, the scientists theorize.
Pahor and Guralnik caution that the NIA analysis is an epidemiological, observational study and that more definitive conclusions about the use of these drugs and their effectiveness will come from clinical trials. In the meantime, the epidemiological study provides guidance for those who are concerned about the use of these drugs, the authors say.
Hypertension, defined as blood pressure at or above 90 millimeters of mercury for the lower or diastolic reading and/or at or above 140 millimeters of mercury for the higher or systolic reading, is common among older people and becomes more common with increasing age. Up to 50 million Americans have high blood pressure and close to 50 percent of those people are over 65. People with hypertension are at increased risk for heart attack and stroke.
Treatment with a variety of drugs, in addition to changes in diet and exercise, quitting smoking, and other lifestyle changes, have markedly decreased illness and prolonged survival for the elderly with hypertension. Nearly 60 million prescriptions are filled each year in the U.S. alone for antihypertensives, with diuretics, beta blockers, and calcium channel blockers the three most common categories prescribed. Calcium channel blockers were first introduced in 1980. In May 1995, a study supported by the NIA and the American Heart Association (AHA), reported in the AHA journal Hypertension, noted that doctors were prescribing the new and significantly more expensive drugs such as calcium channel blockers without evidence that they are any more effective than older and more established diuretics.
The NHLBI and the NIA are two of the seventeen institutes which comprise the NIH. NIA leads the federal effort supporting basic, clinical, epidemiological, and social research on aging and the special needs of older people.


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Best Of :: Bars & Clubs
Tobacco Road has provided a venue for local artists, and booze for its loyal patrons, for what seems like an eternity. (Actually, in Miami, the club's 96 years comes pretty close to eternal.) But The Road stands out among its competitors for more than its longevity; you'll be tapping your toes and rocking out any day you walk in. The open-air patio provides the perfect festival atmosphere, even if there is only one band playing. Sure, Tobacco Road isn't as seedy as it once was, but what centenarian is?
You know Rachel Goodrich. You were drunk, it was Churchill's or PS14 or wherever, and there was this girl playing music, and you didn't really give a crap, but then you noticed everybody else was paying attention, so you started to listen and — zammee! — you were, like, Holy shit. This girl's pretty good. A blurry minute later, you thought, No, she's very good. Maybe it was the ukulele she brought out; maybe it was the participatory glee she incited when she handed instruments to the crowd; whatever it was, you were digging it. And then the tequila took hold and off to the curb you stumbled — but Rachel played on without you. A Miami Beach native, the 23-year-old musical phenomenon has been writing her own stuff since she was 12 and began performing at age 16. The stuff she's working on these days — music she describes as "shakeabilly" — is a little bit rock, a little bit country, a little bit crazy-woman, and generally a whole lot of fun. Her only regular gig at the moment is 190 Restaurant, every Friday night, but it's not hard to find her playing somewhere on any given weekend. Check her MySpace page for upcoming shows. And if you're too lame to go out and hear her live, she's got an album coming out in a few months.
Six signs of a serious afterhours party: 1. A crowd that goes to sleep insanely early, only to arise around 3 a.m. and then begin getting ready to go out. 2. A hard-core subset of that crowd that won't deign to do afterhours, or even party much, anywhere else. 3. A 24-hour liquor license (!). 4. Marathon sets by some of the world's superstar DJs, from Roger Sanchez to Dubfire, who show up after they've played gigs at regular clubs. 5. International mix CDs named solely for one geographical area — say, a terrace — of said afterhours party. 6. A crowd on said terrace visible from the highway until, sometimes, 2 p.m. the following day. Space Saturdays boasts all of these. Nobody else in town can, and they don't even try. End of story.
Induce is sort of like the dark horse of the DJ pack. What he lacks in superhigh-profile residencies at boring danceterias he more than makes up for in skill, deep musical knowledge, and diversity. A young DJ with an old-school mindset, he's the type of guy who still lives with rooms of old vinyl and who doesn't need Serato to school his weaker peers and move butts. An Induce set is always a tossup because he does with finesse what the best DJs do: plays to the crowd. And because of his encyclopedic mental library, audiences are startlingly wide in range — everyone from indie types at Poplife to hip-hop heads at Purdy Lounge to fashionistas at Gen Art parties to Zen types at The Standard to the swank and pampered patrons at The Shore Club. Just see the track list of his 2007 mix, More Iconic Less Ironic: Eric B. & Rakim, The Cure, the Neptunes, and Stereolab all get equal billing. Meanwhile, he's been garnering web love for his own productions and for his turn as half of the duo, uh, Casual Sax, which has been blessed with Perez Hilton's golden wand. Boring laptop jocks, eat your hearts out.
Shine, nestled inside the glam Shelborne Beach Resort, was a labor of love for DJ Jonathan Cowan, whose family has long owned and operated the hotel. With a veteran dance-floor conductor at its helm when it opened in the spring of 2006, the club quickly distinguished itself for its stellar Steve Dash sound system and even more stellar DJ lineup. For that year's edition of WMC, Shine glittered with luminaries rarely seen in Miami, including Satoshi Tomiie and Frankie Knuckles. But by early 2007, weekly operations ceased and all kinds of rumors swirled — Miami New Times even declared it the "best club to die within the past year."We were all wrong. Cowan was just on a break to take care of family business and retool the club's programming a bit. So last summer, Shine came back with a bang, hosting special events during which the likes of Adam Freeland, Layo and Bushwacka!, and King Britt, among others, graced the decks. WMC 2008 saw the place slammed, with the return of Tomiie, for one, and parties by Ibiza superclub Pacha and legendary label Def Mix. The remainder of the year, the club continues to open for special events, treating local dance music cognoscenti to house, techno, electro, and the rest of the best in new beats. The moral of the story: Patience pays, and Shine still sparkles.
As rumors flew that The Eat was spending a lot of time in a not-so-secret rehearsal space, the collective excitement felt across South Florida's music scene was palpable as far and wide as our hipsters are astute and with it. The Eat, previously named Best Band of All Time by this publication, had not played in about a dozen years, so the news was almost earth shattering to fans. Arguably, The Eat was South Florida's first punk band, releasing in 1979 a DIY single ("Communist Radio/Catholic Love"), which has likely changed hands more times on eBay than there are actual copies. But rarity wasn't the only reason the group's sides sell for hundreds of dollars — The Eat's catalogue is chock full of musical and lyrical gems on par with any chart toppers from that period. Ever wonder how the Miami scene got its bizarre sense of humor? Just pick up last year's It's Not The Eat, It's The Humidity compilation, and it will all start to make sense ... well, more sense, anyway. Those songs influenced young bands (and other funny people) for years afterward. The compilation itself was perhaps the biggest reason Mike and Eddie O'Brien reformed the band with longtime member Kenny Lindahl and newcomer Mike Vullo (substituting for Chris Cottie, who passed away in 2004) to perform to a packed Churchill's Hideaway on Groundhog Day. The band was spot-on, and audience members left with huge grins on their faces. The boys have already played at least one other unannounced set this year and promise more official gigs in the near future. We hope they really mean the actual "near future," not 12 years from now.


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Crescent Samosas Recipe
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VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced new potatoes, drained
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped green chilies
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- Dash pepper
- 2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated reduced-fat crescent rolls
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Dash pepper
- In a large nonstick skillet, saute potatoes in oil until lightly browned. Add chilies and garlic; saute 1 minute longer. Stir in the peas, lemon juice, curry powder and pepper. Transfer to a large bowl and coarsely mash.
- Separate crescent dough into 16 triangles. Place 1 tablespoon potato mixture on the wide end of each triangle; roll up from wide end. Place point side down 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; curve ends to form crescent shapes.
- Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients. Serve with warm samosas. Yield: 16 appetizers (3/4 cup sauce).
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Stop In For Stories
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"The Lion in Winter"
Pinnacle Acting Company will present "The Lion in Winter," the story of King Henry II of England as he prepares to announce which of his three sons will inherit the throne whilehis wife Eleanor of Aquitaine has other plans. For tickets and information, visit www.pinnacleactingcompany.org or call 801-810-5793.
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Join us for board games, card games, video games, and more! Open to the public. Adults, teens and kids are welcome to come play and enjoy.
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Lego League
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Who's participating in NaNoWriMo this year?
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Posted 27 October 2011 - 02:30 PM ( #1 )
For those who don't know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. A bunch of insane people make the insane choice to try to write a novel in only a month. NaNoWriMo starts November 1st and ends on November 30th. YWP NaNoWriMo (Young Writers Program) allows you to set your own word count goal while the normal NaNoWriMo has its own set goal.
So who's participating?
Got any tips?
So who's participating?
Got any tips?
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Last Post15 Nov 2011
Posted 27 October 2011 - 08:13 PM ( #2 )
I wrote poems one year...(8th Grade) They got published in a local book. I doubt they got anywhere else though. It was a tiny bit different, not a novel, but a story or something written and accepted.
Posted 28 October 2011 - 03:50 AM ( #3 )
I think I'm doing it. I'm just freaking out a bit now, because I still need a solid plot.
Posted 31 October 2011 - 08:52 PM ( #5 )
It's tomorrow!
My daily goal will be 1,000 words.
My daily goal will be 1,000 words.
Posted 05 November 2011 - 06:23 PM ( #6 )
I'm rocking this thing!
Well rocking at being behind that is. XD
I', stuck at 5k words, need to be at 8k.
Well rocking at being behind that is. XD
I', stuck at 5k words, need to be at 8k.
Posted 11 November 2011 - 09:21 AM ( #7 )
i'm doing nanowrimo, haha. i've got 17,000ish words so far, because i'm great like that.
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I barely got inspired today xD Better late than never, I suppose.


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The stabbing took place shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday when, according to witnesses, a fight broke out at the party in the 19200 block of Second Street, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Android App : Digital Clock : Big display digital alarm clock
'Digital Clock' is introduced as one of the top free application of lifestyle category on the android market web site.
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- Đạo hữu có thể có được những thần thông và pháp bảo như vậy, cũng không phải là hạng người vô danh, mong rằng hãy lưu lại tục danh !
Vương Lâm thần sắc bình tĩnh, chậm rãi nói:
- Hứa Mộc !
đồng tâm
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cho thuê phòng trọ
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số điện thoại tư vấn luật
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Lão già kia ánh mắt sững lại, nói:
- Hứa đạo hữu tuy chưa đạt tới Khuy Niết Kỳ, nhưng với thực lực của ngươi, bọn ta cũng không thể ngăn trở, có tư cách để đi vào Tàng Phẩm Các !
Hắn vừa nói xong, lão già bên cạnh nhìn Vương Lâm, bỗng nhiên nói:
- Hứa đạo hữu và Hứa gia ở Đông Lâm Tinh có quan hệ như thế nào?
Vương Lâm thần sắc như thường, nhìn về phía người đang nói.
Lão già kia do dự một chút, mắt lộ tinh quang, nói:
- Nếu Hứa đạo hữu không phải là người của Hứa gia ở Đông Lâm Tinh, tại hạ đại diện
First of all: Congratulation it really a great app, I had it I loved it! But after a FW-Update I wanted it to re-download but now I can't find it in the market!?!ReplyDelete
Please put it back into the market, i won't wake up without this fine alarm :)
Like the app, but it is driving me crazy because I don't know how to shut off the alarm to prevent it going of every day. Please document that somewhere, and make it more intuitive.ReplyDelete
It would be nice if it supported more date formats. In particular I would like to see this format: Mon 31-Dec-2009ReplyDelete
This no longer shows up under the android market =(ReplyDelete
Great app - thanks. I sure could use an added feature - a countdown timer. I'd like to set it to say 30 minutes and have it count down then alarm. This way I could use it for timed tests and exercises.ReplyDelete
Have you removed this app from the market? I was using it and the Digital Clock widget for months but since applying the forced updated Rogers imposed on us Canadian HTC Dream/Magic users I can no longer find it in the Market. I can download the widget but not the app. Is there anyway I can get it back? I really miss it and it was a great app for my very poor eyesight. email me if you need.ReplyDelete
Thank you :)
same for me i love that clock i want to reinstall it but its not on the marketReplyDelete
Fantastic app.ReplyDelete
BUT the settings I make are not persistent. Please save settings to flash so that when it restarts it remembers previous settings, and we don't have to setup all over again, thanks!
I love it but why is the date format day, date, day?e.g. FRI, MAR 12, FRI I'm using a Droid ErisReplyDelete
mancano le istruzioniReplyDelete
Come posso fare ad avere le istruzioni per l'utilizzo del orologio digitale?ReplyDelete
It's not working properly on the CLIQ XT. Who do I contact for resolution?? Thanks!ReplyDelete
LOVE your Digital Clock app however the buttons on the Incredible stay lit at night, too much light.ReplyDelete
Mark said...ReplyDelete
I love it but why is the date format day, date, day?e.g. FRI, MAR 12, FRI I'm using a Droid Eris
Update: fixed itself when I updated to 2.1
Kewl stuff. I agree with Lady-Di, need to turn off the Home/Menu/Back/Search buttons on the HTC Version. It is a separate lamp in the phone, and may require a special hook in the API.ReplyDelete
I would also like to dim the backlight for the main screen a bit further, but that may be a hardware limitation.
When Digital Clock is in 24-hour display mode, it would be preferable to see what is standard for 24-hour mode. For example:ReplyDelete
Display 1:05 AM as "01:05"
Display midnight as "00:00"
In other words, 24-hour display mode always includes leading "0"s.
It's a great app and I love use it. For me, the main advantage is simplicity of use (very handy widget).ReplyDelete
He lacks the ability to record several hours of alarm (2 at least but 3 or 4 alarm times would be better).
If you want to improve the app being able to program different times of alarm in several days of the week better (of course at the expense of some additional complexity)
How do I find this exact app in the market? Having a bit of trouble...ReplyDelete
Dear fellow developer,ReplyDelete
I'm the developer of Sleep Bot Tracker Log (featured at: http://lifehacker.com/5650915/sleep-bot-tracks-logs-and-analyzes-sleep-patterns). With our latest release, we'd like to alarm clocks to integrate with SleepBot. This way, SleepBot will not have to implement its own Alarm Clock and the Alarm Clock app can track the sleep and awake time. This way both applications will be more complete and will not be competitors in the future. So far we have put up a Wiki Page for other developers to use : http://wiki.mysleepbot.com/index.php?title=Android:_API, if you are interested, please contact us back.
SleepBot Team
Great app.ReplyDelete
I've do have 2 suggestions for enhancements:
1) Make it possible to define alarm on certain weekdays (workdays/weekends)
2) Make it possible to be silent (no calls, alarms etc.) if screen always on. (would be nice with a big clock when in meetings, but in this case no calls, alarms is wanted)
I like this app because of the color setting: Purple. However, for some reason I cannot turn this alarm off. Or am I not seeing a disable option. It keeps alarming and now I have to mute the sound. I do not want to uninstall the app. Is there a shut off option I am just not seeing in Alarm or Settings? Or maybe I have to shut it off elsewhere I just thought.ReplyDelete
Any suggestions would be nice.Replies
I think the alarm is linked to the main alarm on the Android phone. I just disabled the main alarm clock and I think it works. I had thought initially Digital Clock alarm was separate from the main one. If this is the solution, there is no need for a response. Thank you.Delete
Good work, I an searching for this type of app from last few days and finally I found it. Thanks alot.ReplyDelete
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Hello. Will there be a version for the Samsung Galaxy S5? I had it on the S3 and i miss it on the S5. :-(ReplyDelete
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Shah Selbe created FishNET, a platform approach harnessing technology to detect and track illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing worldwide. He is a satellite propulsion systems engineer at Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems and the Southern California region representative of Engineers Without Borders.
A tidal wave of illegal, unregulated fishing plagues our planet's oceans, threatening food supplies and livelihoods for billions worldwide. Shah Selbe believes technology is the one tool powerful enough to catch the culprits who catch the fish, before it's too late.
"Right now, illegal fishing is a low-risk, high-reward activity," says Selbe. "Our seas are vast and largely unmonitored, so crimes go undetected. Many countries don't own even one boat to patrol their waters. In fact, methods for protecting oceans haven't really changed since the 1950s. We need smarter, more cost-effective solutions for monitoring, tracking, and targeting enforcement. I'm convinced technology can help offset the lack of resources and personnel and let us find all those people who don't want to be found."
Selbe's brainchild, FishNET, was born during a Stanford University independent graduate study program with the Center for Ocean Solutions. "I knew that no single technology could solve every aspect of overfishing, so I developed FishNET as a road map to show an entire technology ecosystem that can be customized to help."
He hopes it will dramatically boost the efforts of coastal communities, government regulatory and enforcement agencies, NGOs, and industry. "I bring an engineering perspective to these groups, showing which technologies they could use and exactly how much it will cost."
Selbe's open-source, Internet-based platform tackles the problem on three levels: collecting, sharing, and managing information.
A range of high-tech ears and eyes can detect illegal fishing, polluting, and trespassing on marine protected areas. Acoustic hydrophones rest on the ocean floor and listen for vessel traffic. Synthetic aperture radar rides on satellites, seeing through clouds and total darkness to map the sea's surface and reveal ships as blips. Inexpensive shore-mounted balloons extend the range of radar, while unmanned drones keep watch from above. Vessel monitoring systems, the Coast Guard, and other groups collect a trove of additional information every day. A website and smartphone app Selbe is launching will use crowdsourcing to further expand the pool of timely, on-the-spot data, allowing Californians to report suspicious activity by snapping and sending photos.
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RefWorks is a bibliography management software tool that allows you to easily store the citations that you find as you search library databases and then quickly generate a bibliography in the citation style of your choosing. The best thing about RefWorks is that it's free to use for all Loyola and Notre Dame faculty, students, and staff.
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They suck the blood, and do not tear the flesh of their prey.
Of course, no man who has a wound on the lips or the tongue should be allowed to suck this poisoned blood.
From depths and heights, barbarians suck soul and fatherland!
All the scale insects fasten themselves on plants, and suck out the life of the plants.
Old English sucan, from PIE root *sug-/*suk- of imitative origin (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German sugan, Old Norse suga, Middle Dutch sughen, Dutch zuigen, German saugen "to suck;" Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Old Irish sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck"). Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Related: Sucked; sucking. Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is American English slang first recorded 1940.
suction (1960s+)
[Sucks! as a contemptuous interjection used by British schoolboys is found by 1913]


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Nicki Minaj climbs Billboard's Social 50 Chart
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Nicki Minaj is making gains on Billboard's Social 50 chart. Since releasing her latest single "Pills N Potions" last week, she's jumped from number five to number two on the chart ranking stars' social media footprints.
After hitting airwaves, the song was the subject of over half-a-million tweets. The song also seems to be the cause of a 30% uptick in views to her Wikipedia page.
Wiz Khalifa also climbed on the chart in the past few days. He slid into the top 20 after tweeting a selfie while locked up for marijuana possession Sunday morning. The picture was retweeted more than 54,000 times.
While Nicki Minaj is gaining on the Social 50, she couldn't knock Justin Bieber from the leader spot. He's been reigning for 12 straight weeks. Behind Nicki in the number three spot is Miley Cyrus, followed by Tyrese at number four.
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Brevard, N.C. - Alexis Decosimo and Tristan Cowie of the Brevard College Cycling team have been named the Sports Spot Brevard College Student-Athletes of the Month for the month of October as recognized on WSQL 1240 AM on Wednesday afternoon. The award is presented by Sports Spot in conjunction with the Brevard College Athletic Department.
Decosimo was voted the Female Student-Athlete of the month by the Brevard College Athletic Head Coaching staff over fellow nominees Alice Klochkova of the women's golf team and Angela Canale of the cross country team.
Decosimo led the Tornados in seven events in the month of October, competing in the Short Track, Cross Country, Downhill and Dual Slalom events against the top riders in the nation. At Georgia Tech, Decosimo's top finish was second in the Cross Country event and she reached the podium twice. At Nationals, Decosimo opened up with a podium finish in the Cross Country before sweeping past the field for the women's Short Track National Championship. Decosimo competed in all four events, challenging for the overall omnium championship, finishing third overall in receiving the bronze medal.
Cowie was voted the Men's Student-Athlete of the Month by the Brevard College Head Coaching Staff over fellow nominees Eric Watts of the football team and Jaime Villacis of the men's soccer team.
Cowie also competed in seven events in the month of October, participating in the Cross Country, Short Track and Dual Slalom at Georgia Tech, and added the Downhill to his regimen at Nationals. At Georgia Tech, Cowie placed in the top 10 in all three events, with his top finish coming in Cross Country where he placed second overall. In Truckee, Calif. at Nationals, Cowie went for the men's omnium championship, competing in all four events. He finished on the podium twice, receiving the silver medal in the Cross Country and Bronze in the Short Track on his way to winning the men's Individual Omnium National Championship, the second Brevard rider to win an overall title and first men's rider to achieve the feat.
These two athletes will be presented with action shots recognizing their award, which will be displayed in the lobby of Boshamer Gymnasium for the entire school year. A total of nine female and male Sports Spot Athletes of the Month will be selected in the 2010-2011 academic year. The award is selected from qualified candidates each month by the athletic department staff.
2010-2011 Winners
September - Bailey Varley (Women's Soccer) & Kelvin Jeter (Football)
October - Alexis Decosimo (Cycling) & Tristan Cowie (Cycling)