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Kelly takes the guys to the drive in theater and fucks them all.
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Brandie finally gets to date her teacher, discovers the erotic sexual world know as "The Lifestyle"
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Amy catches the attention of a generous suitor
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When Vera hangs around after the night out with his sister, he knows something is afoot.
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I met a (fake) baroness in the sauna who was more slutty than she would let on.
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After a chance meeting with a couple of older guys, I introduced my wife to her 1st experience with
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Working two jobs to pay fpr college was not in my plans.
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The IFM team is growing...
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Will things ever be the same with me and Suki again?
I-it's... YOU! OHMYGOD! It's you!" Suki said, backing up and nearly tripping over the easy chair. She turned and ran into the back bedroom shutting the door hard. I looked at Mom and Tom trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Neither of them had a clue either, so I told them to sit down and I went back to see what had come over Suki. "Suki, honey, it's me. Open the door please,"...Read On
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After I finished university, I struggled for a good-paying job, and money was tight. But I couldn't face living back at home. I managed to find a room to myself in a house-share with two other guys and three women. We were mostly in our early twenties and doing various entry-level jobs. One guy, Pete, was older, about forty five. He was on a temporary assignment in our city and didn't want...Read On
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Paying a fine isn't the only way to handle a speeding ticket
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Putting on a show for a bus-load of Asian Tourists.
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Never mix alcohol and secrets.
"I see you like our new place, step sis," I mentioned, sitting down. "Yes, I'm jealous of you two, Pete. Shelia must like it too," Sarah said as she hugged me. "I do," Shelia pointed out, handing them two glasses of wine. "It is cool to see you two again. How have you been, Chris?" "Good, step sis. It has been too long; we haven't seen each other in about a year now, right?" Chris...Read On
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I was feeling too naughty to wait...
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Patrick takes Kelly back to the porn shop for a gang-bang.
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Stewardess Julia gets more than she bargained for when she finds phone
Julia was looking forward to this flight. It would take her from Naples to London to New York and then she would enjoy a few days in the Big Apple before heading home to her native Germany. She had been a stewardess for nearly seven years since giving up her office job in a firm of solicitors. Now aged 35, she was enjoying seeing the world for the first time and loving every minute of it....Read On
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This is how I ended up with a two year magazine subscription I really didn't want or need.
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True account of my first time with a girl!
I was 16 when my parents sent me to; let's just call it "The Academy." I had already been kicked out of one preparatory school for driving my headmaster's car into the pond on campus. My parents were livid, but it was so worth it. My parents were well off and always insisted that my 4 brothers and I attend the most prestigious schools in the country. So here I was a sophomore in high...Read On
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Some odd things happens in cellars
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Four horny guys wearing speedos in a hot tub... what could happen?
Last night (Friday night and St. Paddy's day) Kip and I had a big night. There was no snow here and Spring Break crowds so we didn't expect to be snowboarding early on Saturday morning. Some guys we know from Denver were up, so it was four gay guys hitting the town!!! Kip's sister was spending the weekend down in Fort Collins or Boulder or somewhere, so we had the house to ourselves. Four...Read On
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Two best friends finally end up in bed together.
Alicia has always been sexually attracted to her best friend, Kevin. He's not a big guy, but she'd heard rumors that he had a very big body part below the belt. Truth be told, it's the main reason she became friends with him. At first, she tried hooking up with him, but he had a girlfriend. After they broke up, she tried again, but he was too sad. After hanging out with him a few times,...Read On
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It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, and I was watching the T.V. when the doorbell rang. I opened it to see my wife's best friend, "Hello Jan, Sally isn't in, she has gone shopping, and probably won't be back for a couple of hours." Jan looked a little disappointed, so I said, "If you want you can ring her and see where she is, and when she will be back?" She shook her head, "No it's fine Jim,...Read On
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'The Panthers constricted the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 and now have three consecutive road wins by a combined 10-2 score. They haven't been scored on in 126:04 of road play and haven't failed to get a point in a road game since Oct. 24.'
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This is getting a little ridiculous. The Dolphins have brought in another receiver. This time, it's former Rams wideout Brandon Gibson . ESPN's Adam Schefter broke the news, and terms of Gibson's deal are not yet known. He caught 51 passes for 691 yards last season, much of it spent acting as the Rams' No. 2 wide receiver.
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However, given what Miami has done in the past couple of days, Gibson won't be anywhere close to a top option in this passing attack. You've got to figure he is behind at least Mike Wallace, Brian Hartline and newly acquired tight end Dustin Keller in the pecking order. Gibson isn't overly talented, but he provides tremendous depth for this offense. He, much like Davone Bess , probably won't be much of a fantasy factor. On the other hand, Ryan Tannehill should be on many upcoming sleeper lists.


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'These days, few players get to become part of a community before they get traded, but Ray's been playing for this team for so long that younger fans didn't know he COULD be traded (his NHL record for the most penalty minutes with one team will likely stand). Ray not only saw the difference he could make in the lives of children in our community, but grounded newer players by 'requiring' volunteer work.'
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Torontonians tend to hibernate in winter, annoyed at the prospect of queuing outside during a blizzard in hopes of scoring a seat at one of the city's popular no-reservations restaurants. If you're visiting at this time of year, take a local's survival advice and beat the winter blues by relaxing at one of Toronto's luxurious hotel spas, where customized signature treatments help calm the mind and sauna and steam rooms warm you up and enlighten the senses.
Once you've been thoroughly rubbed, scrubbed and thawed, stay in the building and enjoy brunch, lunch or afternoon tea in the hotels' finest restaurants.
Spa My Blend by Clarins in The Ritz-Carlton with brunch at Toca
SPA My Blend by Clarins offers a comprehensive selection of face, body and massage treatments in 16 exquisitely appointed private rooms. The spa's signature My Blend Facial is a personalized experience where a blend of customized products, including essential formulas and booster serum, solve oily skin and signs of aging.
Toca at The Ritz offers Toronto's most decadent Sunday brunch. Show off your fresh glow in the dining room while you slowly savour the petite pastries, an omelette station, melt-in-your-mouth beef Wellington and a palatial seafood platter.
Spa at Four Seasons Hotel with lunch at dBar
THE simply titled Spa at the Four Seasons is a sun-filled urban retreat which rightfully boasts that it is the "largest luxury hotel day spa in Toronto," with over 30,000 square feet of rest and relaxation.
The Alpha Male Facial is a signature treatment perfect for gents looking to pamper themselves. Therapists use a variety of products from the Hungarian skin care line Omorovicza, which includes a cleansing foam, thermal cleansing balm, Queen of Hungary mist, deep cleansing mask and reviving eye cream.
The Four Seasons' dBar is the perfect spot to wine and dine over lunch after indulging at the Spa. Chef Daniel Boulud has created a relaxed and refined hotel bar where the city's movers and shakers linger over addictive spiced nuts and ice buckets filled with bottles of bubbly.
Among the dBar's must-have menu items are the Yankee burger, one of the city's best and delicious, warm madeleines, the perfect accompaniment for a pot of refreshing looseleaf tea.
Miraj Hammam Spa by Caudalie Paris in the Shangri-La with afternoon tea at Lobby Lounge
MIRAJ Hammam Spa by Caudalie Paris offers a unique urban oasis where a Moroccan-style steam bath pairs perfectly with a wine-focused French spa. Rest and relax while inhaling a refreshing mist in a petite hot steam chamber; then exhale on Jerusalem gold marble while a sarong-wrapped therapist offers an invigorating full body exfoliation.
The Shangri-La's breezy Lobby Lounge is Toronto's favourite living room and the perfect setting to sip tea and nibble on dainty sandwiches. The afternoon tea service offers a staggering selection of over 60 premium loose leaf varieties sourced from around the globe. Relax in front of a booming fireplace with a hot chai while watching the snow sparkle across the hustle and bustle of University Avenue.
Spa at the Hazelton Hotel with cocktails at One Restaurant
TORONTO'S ultimate boutique spa experience can be found at the luxurious Hazelton Hotel in the heart of Yorkville. The Spa at the Hazelton is an intimate space with only four treatment rooms. The spa's signature Hazelton Massage features fragrant holly oil and customized bodywork to match each client's needs.
If you're enjoying a post-work treatment with friends, be sure to pop down to chef Mark McEwan's One Restaurant for a pre-dinner cocktail. The signature Hazelton is an obvious choice, featuring Madame Butterfly-infused gin, rosemary lemonade, ginger syrup and Perrier. For those who have a penchant for the seductive and sweet, be sure to follow up with a glass of Lipstick, where raspberry-infused Ketel One Vodka muddles with fresh raspberry and champagne spritz.
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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- As any real-world practitioner of technical analysis will tell you, charts are paramount to finding profitable trades. But like most tools of the trade, there's much more to reading a stock chart than just looking at a line from one price point to the next.
Technical traders look at a bevy of different chart types that give them a significant advantage over the standard line charts most retail investors are familiar with. Today, we're going to take a look at the basics of reading the most popular: the candlestick chart.
In technical analysis, charts are crucial because they provide a graphical depiction of price action, the single most important indicator of a stock's behavior. While the legalese on your 401(k)'s mutual fund prospectuses may warn you that "Past performance does not guarantee future results," successful quantitative and technical traders have shown that, in some cases, past performance is actually highly correlated with future results.
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That's why price action is so important. Because a stock's price fluctuates in response to fundamental and economic factors (such as earnings numbers or jobs data), price is the only metric that encompasses all other relevant metrics. As a result, market technicians can get cues about trends and psychological price levels by paying attention to price.
Of course, the importance of price means that it's extremely important to pick the right kind of chart.
While the simple line chart (which graphs a stock's price over time as a single, horizontal line) may be the most well-understood chart type, it's far from the best. Over time, a slew of different charting techniques have been developed -- including bar charts and point-and-figure charts -- to give traders more information in the same space. The candlestick chart is arguably the most popular; you've probably seen them before.
Above: A daily candlestick chart of the S&P 500 index, including a number of technical indicators.
The benefits of candlesticks are major. While a line chart gives you only one data point (normally the close price) for a stock at any point in time, candlesticks actually give you five: open, close, low, high and direction of movement. That's a significant advantage when your trading decisions are based entirely on price action.
Despite its advances over the line chart, the candlestick chart is hardly a new invention. This charting method was developed in the 18th century Japan by rice traders.
Reading the Candle Stick Chart
Taking a look at a candlestick chart like the one above, the stock's overall price movement is fairly easy to spot, much like in a line chart. Unfortunately, that's the extent of most investors' understanding of candlestick charts.
So how do you glean all of that other information from a candlestick? Take a look at the diagram below:
Source: Wikipedia
Essentially, the color of the candle's body determines the stock's direction for a given period. (Individual candles can represent any length of time -- we'll assume it's a day for simplicity's sake.) A filled candle body represents a down day, whereas an empty candle is a higher move. Most charts today are also coded by color.
On days where the stock moved higher, the bottom of the body is the open price, the top of the body is the close price. The opposite is true for down days. The shadows (also known as tails or wicks) represent the intraday price swings that fell outside of those two levels.
Naturally, for days when price action stayed between the open and close, no shadows will be present. (These candles are known as "marubozu" in Japanese charting lingo.)
Trading Tactics Using Candlestick Charts
Different traders use candlestick charts for very different trading techniques. While breakout or momentum trading is popular with the added information candlesticks provide, the practice of analyzing patterns formed by specific groupings of candlesticks is popular as well.
Clearly, understanding how to read candlestick charts is only one of the early steps toward undertaking technical trading outright. Next week, we'll add to your technical repertoire with another primer that will bring you closer to implementing technical analysis for your portfolio.
In the mean time, do you have a burning technical analysis question? Get it answered by heading to Stockpickr Answers.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
Jonas Elmerraji, based out of Baltimore, is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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The Supreme Court has agreed to receive briefs in a case it heard last month regarding permitting requirements for forest logging roads. This follows the Court's consideration last month of a 2010 case from the Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, which determined that logging trucks should not be exempt from NPDES permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act, and ruled that storm water from roadside culverts does not fall under the umbrella of "natural runoff." Historically, these logging trucks have not been regulated.
The supplemental briefs to the Supreme Court follow a rule finalized by EPA that held runoff from logging roads is exempt from the CWA permitting requirements. EPA's rule was finalized days before the Supreme Court heard the case. Petitioners opposed to the ruling of the 9th Circuit, including the State of Oregon, argued the Court should consider additional information in light of the rule making, and encouraged the Court to still rule on aspects of the case.


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Alright, so I'm a novice coder at best, and I don't really know much about DLLs. I know PWDump isn't exactly a Backtrack package, but I figured this group would be the best place to ask questions. My question is if someone can point me to a method for compiling PWDump as a single executable instead of generating dependent DLLs. I know you can use ILMerge to do things like this, but I've found that tools like this tend to create an exectable that extracts the libraries on the fly, dumping them to memory, and causing a lot of detection systems to throw alarms when signatures are detected.
So, while I know it is "bad practice" to program in such a way, is it possible to take the PWDump source provided from foofus.net, modify the Visual Studio/compiler/linker settings, and make a bundled *.exe that doesn't have external binary dependencies? If someone could walk me through this, that would be great.
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Ironic that it was Yamu who gave the septic man that name. It was he afterall who when I asked advice about our overflowing drainage tank from the kitchen sink told me not to get a septic company involved, but to clean it myself. And yet, when an enormous septic truck showed up later that day it was Yamu who had flagged him down on the road and sent him to Tierra de Sueños. And then it was Yamu who when hearing our reaction to the septic man coined him the Deceptive Poo Sucker.
As soon as the Deceptive Poo Sucker, otherwise known as Marcos, stepped onto the property he gave off the con-man vibe. You know, like he was having to gear himself up in the truck to play his part before he approached us. After he got done telling us how lucky we were that he happened to be passing by and that we should take advantage of the situation, he asked to see our septic tanks. I figured I'd show him the kitchen sink tank, the one to the reception house, which is 10 years old and the one to our house of about the same age. After looking at the kitchen sink tank he said he could take care of it, but was vague about the process. The reception house showed an almost full tank. That was the first time he said, "there's no need to lie to you". Our house showed the same result and inspired the same truth validating statement. He asked what time he should come the next day as it was already getting late. I said I wasn't sure and that I was curious about the price.
"Oh, that I wouldn't be able to say."
"Well, just give me an idea."
"What time should I come tomorrow?"
"I don't know. How much will it cost?"
"There's no way to know until tomorrow. Should I come early?"
At this point his con-man status was solidified in my mind and I was finding the exchange fairly amusing, but also a little troublesome as it appeared that we did require his services. We decided that he would come around 10am, after our guests would be out for the day and that we would agree upon a price then.
That night we went to Jungle Love, the wonderful restaurant down the road owned by Yamu and Papi. I told them how I felt about the walk through with Marcos. Papi then relayed their experience of getting their tank emptied twice their first year here, the second time being twice as expensive as the first and then not emptying it for the next three years. Apparently the septic guys drive around after long spells of rain, which we had had, and ask to see people's septic tanks. The tanks fill and empty to some degree through the earth and so the unknowing suckers get their saturated tanks emptied by the Deceptive Poo Suckers. Back home I called our trusty gardner, Pedro who merits his own blog entry, and asked him to come check out our kitchen sink the next day. We unclogged the grease that was causing the overflow and it has been fine since. When Marcos showed up at 10am I met him on the road and told him the only thing that I could think of that would be quickly understood. "We checked our financial situation last night and we are broke, we'll call you when we can afford it." It seems that we have avoided one scam. Phew.
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Well, it is not quite year end, but nevertheless, I am ready to declare my favorite nonfiction books of the year. Note that these are my favorites from those I read, not necessarily published this year.
My top three choices reflect my ongoing interest in reading about U.S. Presidents:
I do read nonfiction about other topics too. To round out my top five:
I'm still working on my fiction list. I've read more fiction and it's hard to pick my top five or even my top ten.
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I am currently doing a course in Web Design- the current module I am studying is in regards to Microsoft Expression Web, does anyone use this to design websites?
As I haven't really heard anyone mention on these forums as of yet?
Just curious really
Hmm. MS Expression Web has been Discontinued for quite a while. In either case I wouldn't have thought many people would have used it for producing markup - even when it was active. The hands should code; not the program; so it's probably a case of the tutor just wanted to use a free editor and had written course material using that program years ago.
Thanks for the swift response, I didn't know it was discontinued.
The course was written in 2008, and they favour Microsoft programs- I didn't really enjoy using Expression, will stick to Dreamweaver from now on.
Thanks again
Sounds more like a history course than a web design course. Colleges are notorious for being behind the times, so beware of that.
Yep I've found that @ralph_m A few bits are outdated. But the majority of it have given me some good fundamentals, and use online tutorials to take it to the next stage
I've known teachers also to not keep up with the times. You will get the odd teacher who tries to teach you using their own personal favorites, but it's not necessarily the right road to go down. When I studied my web design module a while ago, I had already been doing it for years, and the teacher too didn't really know much more than creating some divs and putting the images in it. Constantly I heard teachings of certain wrong doings in web development world, but obviously I wouldn't want to correct him as that would be rude, but just an example.
Definitely stick with Dreamweaver, I personally don't use it anymore but the code part of Dreamweaver is great and makes it easy to see everything clearly. Switching back and forth from the Visual to Code will give you an understanding of how your code is working. Keep at it! Just don't use that Microsoft thing... like.. its from Microsoft... you know... the makers of Internet Explorer... nobody should have to put up with IE...
Although it's pretty unreliable, so it's much better to check your progress in real browsers like Chrome and Firefox. (Check as many browsers as you can as often as you can, as it's better to spot problems as they occur, rather than when you want to launch the site.)
Absolutely, sorry should have been more clear. I was thinking more along the lines of when you're coding and create a div for example, you can check the visual editor just to see what it does. Definitely always check the code in browsers.
Indeed, although I find it just as easy to check the browser even for a div.
We see a lot of questions here where people have built the whole site just checking DW design view, and then get a shock that the site looks totally different in browsers. From what I understand, Design View is based on a browser (an old version of Opera?) but it's still not very reliable.
Yeah, I think because personally I started years ago in Dreamweaver with no idea what I was doing, that I learned from the mistakes that Dreamweaver was throwing at me. So when I saw a problem come up in my browser, I learned from it and figured out how to fix the problem. So to me it helped me figure things out. I do totally agree though that testing in proper browsers is much better. I only ever use a text editor now but before that, I think a visual editor was easier for me personally to look at and see what certain things did, then went in and edited code to learn more.
Thanks for all the feedback guys.
This course is an open learning course, so using provided study materials and online "labs" So the only means I have of help is to email the tutor who could take a few days to get back to me..this is why this forum is so helpful.
Dreamweaver is a great help to me, I can see it in design view and have a good understanding of the layouts and tools used to create a website now. Is there an easier way than checking the appearance of websites other than using the "Preview" tool in Dreamweaver? As I am finding it time consuming having to check every browser one by one? If not no worries, suppose I'm just being lazy
Also I have heard a lot of people disregard Microsoft on here, especially Internet Explorer. Having gone from PC's to Apple myself it has completely opened my eyes to how slick and "sexy" Apple operating systems run, the only thing I have learnt is that you can't really add any extra memory etc to Apple's in the same way you can to PC's unless I am wrong (I am a novice in upgrading computers so please forgive me if this sounds naive) What is the big problem with Internet Explorer, and why don't they make the fixes, or are they just too stubborn?
Thanks again guys
Why not HTML for Web designing?
There are some online tools that throw up screen shots of a wide range of browsers, but nothing beats testing in the real thing. You can have many browsers open at once, and it's as simple as a page refresh. Can't get much easier than that IMHO.
Also I have heard a lot of people disregard Microsoft on here, especially Internet Explorer.... What is the big problem with Internet Explorer, and why don't they make the fixes, or are they just too stubborn?
Past versions have tended to be very buggy, which has led IE to being the whipping boy of web designers. It's been a big problem that MS has, in the past, just put these dudd browsers out there and not updated them, which has left us with a pile of turds in the bowl that won't flush. Thankfully, the latest versions of IE will auto update, which pretty much means the woeful age of IE bugs will fade away in the near future, once the older browsers have fallen out of use. (That is being held up by other MS problems, such as their crappy operating systems like XP that people won't upgrade and that don't run the newest IE browser versions. :rolleyes: )
you can't really add any extra memory etc to Apple's
You certainly can add extra memory to Macs. (They never sell with their memory capacity maxed out, just to keep the price down, I guess.)
HTML is the basis of web design, so no one is suggesting not using it.
Cheers @ralph.m really helpful.
I'll have a look into speeding up my mac then, must just be a pre-conceived idea I had!
I will also make sure I have the browsers installed so I can go through them all.
There's a slot where the memory goes in most Macs, and you just slip it out and put a bigger one in.
You can even install something like Parallels, Fusion or VirtualBox on your Mac and run Windows alongside your Mac apps, or install Windows on your Mac and boot up in Windows separately from Mac, though that's less convenient.
I used boot camp to do this once, for another reason, but would find that a bit annoying having to switch between the two operating systems
Yeah, me too. I use VMWare Fusion at the moment, which means that I have various versions of IE (in various OSes) open alongside the Mac browsers, all at once. Works very well and is very convenient.
Fusion can be a bit clunky at times, though, so next time I'll be tempted to try Parallels to see if it's any better.
So does VMware fusion appear on the same screen without having to swap and change like boot camp?
Yes. You can have Fusion open like any other program, and thus see Windows 7 as well as your normal desktop. You can install multiple versions of Windows, if you like, and have them all open at once in a series of "virtual machines". Thus you can have a whole bunch of IE versions open at once. And you can minimise all those versions of IE in your dock and open them again, just like all your other Mac browsers and apps. It's the same as if you had IE installed on the Mac like any other app. Pretty cool. and you can drag and drop files from Mac to Windows and vice versa, too, which is nice. And you can stick Windows only DVDs etc. in the Mac's disk drive and they open in Windows.
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On-going projects to strengthen the City's emergency management capabilities include updating the City's Emergency Operations Plan and Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan.
The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), adopted by Resolution 10-77 on December 14, 2010, establishes guidance for the City's actions during response to, and short term recovery from, major emergencies and disasters. The EOP describes the roles and responsibilities of City departments and personnel when an incident occurs, and it establishes a strategy and operating guidelines that support the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS). The EOP consists of what is called the Basic Plan that goes through each of these roles and is supported by 15 separate Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) which are very specific in their focus.
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Global warming might be real, but that doesn't mean you have to do anything about it. In fact, if your actions are motivated by guilt or fear, Katharine Hayhoe and Andrew Farley would rather you didn't act at all.
Hayhoe and Farley are the authors of A Climate For Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions. Though I am personally still skeptical of many global warming claims, it's hard to imagine a team more qualified to write this book. Katharine Hayhoe is a scientist and professor whose research has been used by the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.S. Congress, various state and federal agencies, and over two hundred newspapers and media outlets worldwide. Andrew Farley is a pastor, professor, and the author of The Naked Gospel: The Truth You May Never Hear in Church. Together, this husband-wife team combines a clear presentation of scientific findings with a Biblically-centered interpretation and call to action.
A Climate for Change argues that, despite what many evangelicals may still tell you, climate change is real–and it's happening now.
The authors begin by addressing several of the most common objections to the theory of climate change, arguing that these objections are neither scientifically founded nor realistic. They pay particular attention to some common evangelical objections, recognizing that this is a sticky subject for many Conservatives and for many Christians:
As Christians, we're naturally suspicious of people who believe differently from us. How can such activists–those whose voices have so often been raised against us on fundamental issues like family and the sanctity of life–have anything worthwhile to say about the environment?
In the past, we may have seen climate change used as a political tool on the part of this party or that organization to manipulate and get what they want. Our hesitations are justified. It's hard to trust information from sources we feel might manipulate facts to suit their political agenda.
But the issue of climate change really is different. It's not about blue politics or red politics or any kind of politics. It's about thermometer readings and history. It's about facts and figures. It's about reality. And that's what we want to explore with you in this book. (p. XV)
For one thing, many have objected to claims of global warming because of severe cold weather conditions. It's hard to take global warming seriously, for example, in the middle of a severe snowstorm. This, argue the authors, is due to a misunderstanding of the fundamental difference between climate and weather:
Don't let your memory of some recent extremes, whether hot or cold, influence whether you believe global warming is really happening. The reality is that global warming is about long-term changes in climate, measured over many decades or more. It's not about short-term changes that we see in the weather from one day to the next, or even from year to year. (p. 59)
Thanks to the recent "Climate-gate" scandal, global warming facts and fiction are more difficult than ever for the public to distinguish. This book was released in October 2009, just before the email scandal broke, so it's unclear how or whether the facts cited might be different had the book been written today. The authors do mention, however, that the facts on which they base their claims are both old and indisputable. They quote Sir John Houghton:
I've worked with hundreds of scientists and the vast majority know that it is happening and understand the science. The basic science after all is very old science; it's been known for two hundred years that we are as warm as we are at the moment because of greenhouse gases. If you put up more of these gases, the world become warmer. There is no doubt about that from a physics point of view or from a basic science point of view. No scientist who knows anything will dispute that. (p. 67)
The final section of A Climate for Change contains both common-sense lifestyle change suggestions and some good teaching on Christian social responsibility. Caring for the earth, the authors argue, is a way of caring for the poor, since they are the people most directly impacted by environmental changes. People cannot redeem the earth–only God can do that, and he certainly does not need our help. On top of that, he never commanded the New Testament Church to care for the natural world. Even the commands found in Genesis 1:27-31 are more general than is sometimes assumed:
If we're honest, there really is nothing here beyond be fruitful, increase, rule over the animals, and eat anything you want. Furthermore, if we conclude that there is an ecological mandate for today within this passage, then we must equally conclude that our mandate is to have more and more children and to increase the world's population. This would, in turn, contribute to more climate change and environmental issues, not diminish them. (p. 133)
While the authors would like you to believe their claims about global warming, they do not want you to act without proper motivation. Far from imposing a guilt trip on their readers, Hayhoe and Farley instead advocate simple, common-sense, money-saving solutions that will inevitably benefit both you and your neighbors even if nothing is wrong with the climate–and they suggest that you make no changes at all if you are acting out of a sense of guilt:
…the true Christian message is one of freedom of choice, not guilt of duty. The moment we adopt any action out of obligation, we set the wheels of human effort in motion. Then it is no longer Christ in us and Christ through us. Instead, it is merely the human-driven notions of philanthropy or activism. If you decide you don't want to individually contribute to a solution to climate change, so be it. You are free in Christ to decide that. Conversely, if you as an individual decide to make decisions that will help, that is great. You won't earn status points with God. (p. 139)
I still don't know whether global warming is real. Hayhoe and Farley believe it is, but as a non-scientist I am not qualified to critique their evidence. I do know, however, that if I'm going to continue in my skepticism I'll have to find some new arguments, as A Climate for Change effectively dismantled my previous assumptions. The book is worth reading no matter what you believe about the global warming debate and who knows, you may find, like me, that you don't know as much about the subject as you thought you did. '


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Brevard, N.C. - Sarah Carlos of the Brevard College Softball team and Josh Jordan of the Men's Basketball team have been named the Sports Spot Student-Athletes of the Month for the month of February, as recognized on WSQL 1240 AM on Wednesday afternoon. The award is presented by Sports Spot, in conjunction with the Brevard College Athletic Department.
Carlos was voted the Female Student-Athlete of the Month by the BC Head Coaching staff over fellow nominees Anna Schlobohm of the Women's Basketball team and Elise Labus of the Women's Tennis team.
Carlos led the Tornados softball team to their best start in the Britne Stubbs era at Brevard College as Brevard opened up the season with an 11-5 record overall. For the month, Carlos led the team with a .356 batting average, driving in 14 runs with 16 hits, while playing nearly flawless defense at first base. During the month, Carlos had four games with multiple hits and four games with multiple RBIs. Her best doubleheader in February came on February 23rd against Georgia College and State, where the senior went 4-for-6 from the plate, driving in six runs as the Tornados swept the Bobcats. Carlos also has shown power early in the season, with a Grand Slam to her credit on the year, clearing the bases in Brevard's 12-0 victory over Columbia College. For the season, Carlos is among the South Atlantic Conference RBI leaders.
Jordan was voted the Men's Student-Athlete of the Month by the BC Head Coaching staff over fellow nominees Ron Patterson of the Baseball team and Sam MacNeil of the Men's Tennis team.
Jordan averaged 12.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in the month of February, shooting 56.9 percent from the floor in receiving this award. Jordan achieved double figures in scoring seven times in the month, including 18 against Catawba on February 9th in Brevard's 90-75 victory. Jordan also recorded four double-doubles in the month in points and rebounds and finished the month with nine games of at least six rebounds on the month, including a career-high 18 rebounds on February 2nd at Carson-Newman. Jordan also was a ball-hawk on the court, recording four games with at least two steals and finished among the leaders in the South Atlantic Conference in steals per game. For the season, Jordan won the SAC regular season rebounding crown, averaging 8.9 rebounds per game.
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)
November - Angela Canale (Cross Country) & Neville Bryce (Football)
December - Holli Flippo (Women's Basketball) & Josh Roper (Men's Basketball)
January - Micheala Watkins (Women's Basketball) & Gaither Hendrix (Men's Basketball)
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Danica Patrick can embrace the idea that, if she doesn't win today's Auto Club 400 in Fontana, she had a decent chance of getting slimed Saturday night.
That came with being nominated for the annual Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards.
"Does everyone get slimed?" she asked Friday while sitting on the back of a golf cart on the Auto Club Speedway infield, chilling out near her tour bus just before qualifying for the 40th spot in today's Sprint Cup race.
"If it happens, it'll be for all the right reasons. I hope."
No kidding.
After Saturday's final practice run, she raced up Interstate 10 to make it to USC's Galen Center for the live show.
We're going to guess that if current boyfriend and fellow NASCAR competitor Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had a vote in the category of "Favorite Female Athlete," he'd take her over Serena and Venus Williams, plus Gabby Douglas.
In a not-so-shocking upset, Patrick won the award (presented to her by the Lakers' Dwight Howard) and avoided the spray of green gooey goop. She said after slapping hands with dozens of kids as she ran to the stage: "I always wanted to get slimed, and it sure felt like it coming up here.".
For the record, Howard then got the slime treatement. Only in L.A.
We did notice that onthe Nickelodeon ballot listing Patrick's qualifications, she was listed as "a spokeswoman, a model and a race car driver! ... She's a champion who deserves a whole lot of praise! Get this babe a blimp!"
But when we checked Patrick's Wikipedia page, things seemed a bit backward.
So we went to the source and Patrick, whose birthday is Monday, was ready for the age-old question:
QUESTION: It says right there on your Wikipedia page that you're "an American auto racing driver, model and advertising spokeswoman." Sound pretty accurate, in order of importance?
ANSWER: Isn't "model" and "advertising spokeswoman" kinda similar?
Q: No, not at all. We've seen pictures of you as a model. You're selling different things there.
A: So a model is just someone who takes a picture and ... yeah, I guess ... and it's on Wikipedia, so kids, believe what you read - with a grain of salt. It actually sounds like they skipped "author" because I did do a little book that came out ("Danica - Crossing the Line" in 2007). Gosh.
Yeah, I'm a race car driver and everything else is because of that. I'm just lucky enough that I get to do a lot of other neat things. That fact I'm 5-foot-1 1/2 and 110 pounds and could be considered a model - God bless America. And Wikipedia.
Q: Your page says you're turning 31 on Monday. How did you end up spending the start of your birthday week in Las Vegas?
A: I wanted to see a Shania Twain concert, so it ended up being a timing thing when we could go to see her. The dates weren't working. There were four of us who wanted to do it, and the MGM was really cool in giving us a nice place to stay. And it just happened to start off my birthday celebration.
Q: No reservations about turning 31?
A: I'm think my 30s are going to be my best decade, and I said that last year.
Q: Aside from the Nickelodeon TV event, how were you able to come to L.A. and not have any of the usual trappings of doing commercials or photo shoots or whatever else you do here?
A: Again, timing. It's all in the winter when that stuff happens. Shooting goes in December and January most of the time. Usually the Super Bowl commercials for GoDaddy.com are shot here, and this past year it was in January. I think I also had another photo shoot that didn't happen. Just relaxing now with a birthday, my girlfriends are coming over from Scottsdale next week and we're just going to hang out in L.A. for a little while (with the week off in the NASCAR schedule).
A: So where do you go to hang out in L.A.?
Q: Beaches are nice. Don't get caught doing "Hollywood" things. Clubbing and all that.
A: Oh, no, no. I'm too old for that. I think I'm too old to actually get in to those places now. It's like, "I'm sorry, you're over 25?"
Q: You should go then just so they'd still card you.
A: That'd be fantastic. Well, then, who knows where a girls' night out might go.
Q: : So does that mean if you still feel good about driving cars, you'll still be doing it for another 31 years?
A: Good God, no.
Q: There'd been some talk that you'd been approached to be on "Dancing With The Stars." Is that something you even want to try or it's just a scheduling problem?
A: That's really not something I'm into. It's a huge time commitment. Shoot, if I can get a week or two off between Christmas and New Year's, that's usually a good accomplishment for me. So that, and I don't think ... I have a really bad game face. My game face is not nice, not friendly, not warm or inviting. I don't think I'd win over a lot of fans. I don't think I have the right smile for it.
Q: Wow. You're tough on yourself. But if time is a factor, you could just get in there for a show or two and tank, so that you said you did it.
A: I don't like to lose, so that's the other problem. I try to do only things that I can actually do.
Q: Speaking of the kids' awards, I have a sister-in-law who teaches at a school in Huntsville, Ala., and since I have a very small IQ as to what to ask about anything NASCAR related, I figured the kids there would have better questions than me, so I asked her to help me get some things to ask you about.
A: Oh, yeah? Cool.
Q: So the first one they asked was: What are the pros and cons of having a love interest in the same field? Aren't there going to be problems with that?
A: All the kids know about that? Oh, dear. Well, with kids, then you've got your finger on the pulse there.
Q: Well, maybe they're not all talking about it. Maybe my sister-in-law would be more interested in the answer. But I don't want to throw her under the school bus.
A: : Ohhhhh. Well then, tell then it's all good. You know, it's easy, actually. We talk about our cars, what's going on out there. I'm trying to get advice from him because he's really good (laughs) but the rest of the time we really only recap races when we get back to the bus. After that, we move along to many other things. I made some comment recently to him: "I mean, am I not hot when I suck out there? I must not be very attractive when I'm terrible out there, right?" And he said: "I'm not with you because you're a race car driver."
Q: So with your relationship a big deal and all, you must have an opinion about how this new Tiger Woods-Lindsey Vonn thing came together.
A: They are an item. Good for them, I guess. I know Lindsey from the ESPY Awards, she's a nice girl. I've never met Tiger before but obviously he's got a past to report on. If they've worked all that out, then let 'er rip.
Q: Tiger also said he came out to the media with the news because he was tired of what he called the "stalkerazzi and all those sleazy websites that are out there following us." Are those the kinds of things you have to deal with?
A: No. No, no, no, no, no, no. That's one nice thing ... usually it only works well (for me) on the really positive side of things like a table at a restaurant or tickets for a show. I've been able to stay right in that sweet spot for a long time.
Q: When you go to visit kids in school, what kind of message do you like to leave them with?
A: It'd be similar for them as it would be for adults: You need to find something that you really love to do so that you put in the amount of effort it takes to be really good at it. It's tough enough to be good at anything, and if you're doing something you don't enjoy, then you're not starting off on the right foot. Imagine if you could do any job in the whole world, what would it be? Always dream big. You can make a great career out of anything you truly enjoy.
Q: The kids also asked: The more you hang out with male drivers, either in Indy car or with NASCAR, do you eventually get treated nicer when they get to know you? Do some still have a hard time being nice to you?
A: Here's the thing: Since I was 10 I've hung around guys in racing - hung around guys, period - so I don't know any different. Other than when I was racing in England. They weren't very nice to me there. But they've always been fine here, always the same. So if they're all the same and bad, so be it. And if they're all good, then all right.
Q: You must have gotten punched on the playground just like everyone else, but you didn't know if that was because a boy really liked you or was being mean.
A: Well, I would always punch back, playground or anywhere. I got a temper.
Q: When you were at Daytona a couple of weeks ago, Ronda Rousey was also in the spotlight as a female athlete making headway in a male-dominated sport. That was kind of your big weekend. Have you ever considered what it'd be like to try to be like Rousey and go UFC on someone?
A: You've seen my size, right? I don't think it'd go over real well. I'm like a bug. I'd be squished.
Q: But you're a fitness freak, right?
A: I am.
Q: How do you manage to stay healthy and eat right when you're going through all these NASCAR towns that serve up fried chicken and who-knows-what at every food stop?
A: Oh, my gosh. Ricky asked me the other day if I'd ever had fried pork rinds.
Q: They're pretty good.
A: I haven't tried them, and I really don't think that's a good idea. No. It's going to be really hard for a girl to look after her figure in this NASCAR world, especially with a NASCAR boyfriend now.
Q: At least in L.A. you can find a sushi place worth stopping by.
A: Yeah, but when we go for sushi, Ricky will order the chicken-fried rice with sweet and sour something or other - not really sushi. He'll say, "Let's go out for sushi," and I'm like, "Naw, you're not really eating sushi."
Q: You and the girls, when you're going around L.A. looking for something to do, you'll find sushi.
A: For sure. When we went out to lunch in Scottsdale right after the Phoenix race (three weeks ago), every single girl at the table ordered quinoa salad. Literally, every one.
Q: Growing up near Chicago, and also still with a home near there, you've got to be a big Bears fan?
A: Yeah, but we lost (Brian) Urlacher. What the heck is up with that? I feel like they could have kept him on a retainer just for being a good cheerleader. You know what? He's got a couple of years left, maybe, and he needs to do as much as he can to do make money at the end of his career and go somewhere where they'll honor that.
Q: So you're OK seeing him playing for the Vikings?
A:: Or for the Packers? Don't even say that. Ouch.
Q: College basketball ... March Madness ...not a big fan, eh? Not at all in that Ashley Judd universe?
A: No, I don't get it. Ricky said that Ole Miss won their opener and I was like, "Oh, wow! How exciting." You know, really sarcastic. And then I decided that it was a good thing because I'm going to be watching basketball anyway, so it might as well be for someone who it's important for, rather than whole bunch of random teams from cities and states that I don't know about.
Q: By the way, I checked out Men's Fitness magazine's website, and there you were - a link to the "20 Hottest Photos of Danica Patrick." By the way, thank you. I guess the thing I couldn't figure out was how you get into character for all those different poses, pushing up this and pulling down that? That doesn't even look like you in half those photos, but more like an actress playing the role of "hot chick."
A: And I'm usually starving myself, gosh, four weeks before so I'm looking good in that swimsuit. And by the photo shoot happens, I'm sure I'm just a raging ... female dog.
You know what, I only do things that I'm comfortable with and would be fun and extensions of my personality. It's like when I was young, I went out and bought furniture that I liked. Now it's 10, 12 years later, it still fits into the kind of style of house that I like. When you buy things you like, it all goes together.
It's just like clothes. Wow, why does everything seem to go together? Because you keep buying the styles you like. Same thing for photo shoots. The brand still works as long as you're doing things that you feel good about.
Q: Because you seem to be so many things to do many different people, how do you compartmentalize everything? You can be a role model for kids to look up to, something for other men to look at, for women to cheer for. Even now, we're talking after you just had practice, but then you're going for qualifying. And then to events, and finally to race. What's the mindset for that?
A: After we're done talking, I'm going to forget everything I've said. I'm just glazing over it all. (Laughing) Just kidding. I mean, one of the challenges of this sport, it's just competing on the track, it's about so many other elements. It takes a multidimensional athlete to do them all and still have longevity in the sport.
Q: Having been through a few NASCAR events now -- the ups of having the pole at Daytona, the downs of blowing a tire in Phoenix and getting knocked out with a slight concussion -- how does stamina play into being there at the end?
A:The only thing really different I've found is the heat. At the end of last year (in the Nationwide circuit), hydration starts a day or two earlier. Then it seems fine. The physical turning of the car thing - other than being so repetitive and needing to move your hands a lot, which I need to work on doing better and keep it more smooth - is really the same. Really, you're turning left one thousand times.
Q: How is your bladder affected if you're so hydrated?
A: It all stays over to the right side of my bladder (because of gravity). Seriously.
Q:And then your right arm must be much stronger now.
A: It actually is. I'm much better now pushing with my right arm and pulling with my left arm than I would be pushing with my left and pulling with my right. There is an imbalance. So if you notice me looking like this by the end of my career (a huge hunched up right shoulder), you'll know why.
Q:I believe that's also a great UFC technique to use in the octagon. You pull with the left and push with the right and you keep flipping your opponent over and over.
A: Can I pull hair?
Q: I believe you can do just about anything.
A: Hmmm. I'm going to use my imagination for that.


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Thread: Celebrity home birth
10th June 2011 08:29 AM #1
Celebrity home birth
I've just read an article called "10 Celebrity Home Births". Jennifer Connelly has just given birth at home and her homebirth as made the news. Celebrities birthing at home raises public awareness and acceptability of homebirth. Homebirth is very marginalised in Australia and it is my dream that it will become an option open to all women across Australia.
Did you have a homebirth? Tell us your story.