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Beauty Cues: Kirsten Dunst Adds Some Sparkle To Another "Bachelorette" Premiere
Let me pose a very serious question: does Kirsten Dunst ever go wrong? (Before you ask, I think she has done her very best to absolve herself of that totally weird amFAR dress.) With formidable fashion choices and equally stunning acting chops, it's all too easy to forget that Kiki was the street-style celeb to watch before she decided to step away from the spotlight in 2008.
Anyway, I'm thrilled to see the actress back in action, and I daresay she's better than ever. Publicity rounds for "Bachelorette" alongside Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher have seen her through a series of show-stealing outfits, and I'm consistently impressed by her interesting beauty looks. (She may also know a thing or two about teabagging, but that is neither here nor there.) They're always pretty, but she never goes for the traditional trappings — a matte red lip, as seen here, is classic, but her shimmery copper shadow turns the standard on its head for an effective unexpected edge.
- NARS Lipstick in Heat Wave: This cult favorite color is a true hot red with the slightest suggestion of orange, which gives the shade a surprisingly teeth-whitening effect. Its semi-matte finish is more cream than chalk, so it goes on with ease, but use a small lip brush for the best, cleanest result.
- Stila Eye Shadow in Copper: With tons of shimmer particles, this shadow is one you'll want to apply with a light hand (read: a soft, fluffy brush). Line the inner rims of eyes with your favorite dark kohl or gel liner, then sweep the shadow over lids and past the outer corner diagonally and below the eye for a slightly winged shape.


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'Death by chocolate' plot to kill Sir Winston Churchill
Source: telegraph.co.ukA historic letter indicates the Nazis planned to assassinate Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime prime minister, with a bar of exploding chocolate.
A Nazi plot to kill Sir Winston Churchill with a bar of exploding chocolate during the Second World War has been revealed in historic papers.
Giving a new meaning to the dessert name "death by chocolate", Adolf Hitler's bomb makers coated explosive devices with a thin layer of rich dark chocolate, then packaged it in expensive-looking black and gold paper.
The Germans apparently planned to use secret agents working in Britain to discreetly place the bars - branded as Peters Chocolate - among other luxury items taken into the dining room used by the War Cabinet during the conflict.
The lethal slabs of confection were packed with enough explosives to kill anyone within several metres.
But the plot was foiled by British spies who discovered the chocolate was being made and tipped off one of MI5's most senior intelligence chiefs, Lord Victor Rothschild, before the wartime prime minister's life could be endangered.
Lord Rothschild, a scientist in peace time as well as a key member of the Rothschild banking family, immediately typed a letter to a talented illustrator seconded to his unit, asking him to draw poster-size images of the chocolate to warn the public to be on the look-out.
His letter to the artist, Laurence Fish, is dated May 4, 1943 and was written from his secret bunker in Parliament Street, London.
It was unearthed by Mr Fish's wife, journalist Jean Bray, as she sorted through his possessions after the artist's death at the age of 89 in 2009.
The letter, marked "secret", reads: "Dear Fish, I wonder if you could do a drawing for me of an explosive slab of chocolate.
"We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.
"Inside there is high explosive and some form of delay mechanism…When you break off a piece of chocolate at one end in the normal way, instead of it falling away, a piece of canvas is revealed stuck into the middle of the piece which has been broken off and a ticking into the middle of the remainder of the slab."
Read the full article at: telegraph.co.uk
Story comment win:
"A deadly bar of chocolate, 'foiled'. Glad they wrapped that one up!"


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Anchorage man charged with trying to kill his wife
Officers say a neighbor may have saved the woman's life
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage woman is alive thanks to a neighbor who heard her screams and ran to intervene.
John Bagley told police he wanted to kill his wife Judy because she was divorcing him. Wednesday night he almost made good on that promise.
There were blood drops in the driveway and in the snow Thursday at the Ocean View home where John and Judy Bagley have lived for years. Paul Sanchez is the neighbor who lives just across the street.
"We've been friends with them ever since we got into the neighborhood; they're fantastic people," Sanchez said.
Sanchez watched the couple's home when they wintered in Arizona. But this year, he said, they came back early.
"When I went to take the key back he told me he was having a marital problem and said I will talk to you later," Sanchez said.
Wednesday night that problem came to a head, and Thursday the 73-year-old Bagley faced charges of attempted murder. Police say he stabbed his wife in the chest with a butcher knife, first inside the house, then in the driveway, when she slipped on the ice and fell.
Her screams alerted a neighbor who was outside walking his dog. Police said the neighbor happened to have a gun.
"He had a weapon on him so he fired a warning shot and at that time the suspect stopped stabbing her," said Lt. Anthony Henry. "He made eye contact with him and at that time he decided to move forward and pushed the suspect off of the victim."
The neighbor was able to get a knife and a gun from John Bagley and hold him at bay until police arrived. Officers call the man a "lifesaver" and Judy Bagley agrees.
"All through this drama, one of the things that she had pointed out, even loading into the ambulance is that this gentleman saved her life," Henry said.
At last word Judy Bagley was in critical but stable condition.


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I'm currious what that does to the GTK GUI if any thing. I don't really care because I use the bash shell but I'm wondering if there is a new GUI included which would overwrite the other one?
I am in a tutorial mood so here goes.
I am assuming that you all know how to use the tar command or at least drag and drop extraction in Konqueror.
1. Download and extract the Apache Portable Runtime and the APR utils source tarball from http://apr.apache.org/download.cgi.
At the time of writing the current versions are apr-1.2.11 and apr-util-1.2.10.
2. Compile and install APR and then APR-Util
EDIT: You may need to run ldconfig after installing APR, before you install APR-Util
3. Download and extract the THC Hydra 5.4 source tarball from http://freeworld.thc.org/thc-hydra/Code:./configure make make install
4. Configure THC Hydra
5. Open the makefile using the editor of your choice and look for the following lines at the topCode:./configure --prefix=/usr/local
6. Append the following to those lines:Code:XLIBPATHS=... XIPATHS =...
**Double check the APR library locations, APR may end up in /usr/lib/aprCode:XLIBPATHS=... -L/usr/local/apr/lib XIPATHS=... -I/usr/local/apr/include/apr-0
7. Save and close
8. Now compile and install. This will overwrite Hydra 5.3 included with BT2
HTH,Code:make make install
I'm currious what that does to the GTK GUI if any thing. I don't really care because I use the bash shell but I'm wondering if there is a new GUI included which would overwrite the other one?
It may be noteworthy to mention that when I configured apr-utils I had to add a flag with the apr file path
./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr/bin
maby it was just my crazy set up but there it is if any one else has a issue. great job elzar
installed fine... i had to add ./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr/bin like purehate did.... only thing is, was wondering is how to open the gui? it doesnt create shortcut anywhere... dont mind me.. im still new... just installed BT2 mmkay....
So I have a question: I just noticed that there is no longer ssh support but there is ssh2. So what i was wondering is if any one knows if the algorithm is the same and the ssh2 attack will work against old ssh or not or should I just STFU and test it myself. Any way if not what shall we use for ssh?


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on a note on top of that, maybe a email that would go out giving a status
of the monowall. I think the idea of the WAN IP changing is good, but thats
just for people that want to basically use the MONOWALL like a static but
not actually pay for a static ip address.
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> It would be nice to be notified by email that the WAN IP address has
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I still laugh out loud when I catch bits from the '80's movie, Airplane! Who can forget the classic scene of Ted Striker's thoughts echoing as he desperately tries to land the plane in stormy weather:
I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate… I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate… Hello?... hello... hello... Echo... echo... echo... Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota... Mota.
With passengers panicking, and a nun singing Aretha Franklin's Respect, Striker (sweating buckets) and Elaine eventually land the plane skidding past gate after gate. It makes me smile just writing about it.
Striker's mantra to "concentrate … concentrate" is apropos for how to invest part of your equity allocation. Rather than buying ETFs that cover the broad general indices (S&P 500, EAFE, etc.), consider pairing a few funds that together cover some portion of all market sectors but hold only the "best of breed" securities by given style, market cap, or risk orientation. This creates a diversified multi-strategy portfolio, with a risk profile somewhere between buying the entire market and selected stocks.
Other reasons to "concentrate":
- The ETF space is extremely competitive. Guggenheim Investments, Invesco PowerShares, and BlackRock iShares (highlighted below) want to win. They have built up research capabilities, hired quantitative analysts and staff with hard science expertise, and forged alliances with specialty firms. The ETFs discussed are spawned from these alpha seeking teams, and provide access to strategy tilts formerly available only to institutional investors.
- A portfolio of pure style funds gives you control to measure and customize the weightings of distinct categories that will invariably outperform or underperform.
- Truly exceptional stock pickers are a rare breed. The concentrated index approach may provide better risk-adjusted returns along a narrower theme without getting burned from someone's failed "best idea."
- Pooling together several concentrated funds to allow reasonable diversification results in a unique hybrid of active and passive management, with a cost around .50%-.70% (versus 1.5% for many active mutual funds).
This approach has the potential to deviate from the norm, both positively and negatively. The industry disclaims this fact in disclosure documents with rather circular legalese:
Concentration Risk - If the fund concentrates in an industry or group of industries, the fund's investments will be concentrated accordingly. In such event, the value of the fund's shares may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries.
The fund sponsor then usually unveils a close cousin of concentration risk:
Non-Diversification Risk - The fund may invest in a limited number of issuers and therefore may be considered non-diversified. If the fund focuses its investments in a limited number of issuers, its NAV per share, market price and total returns may fluctuate more or fall greater in times of weaker markets than a more diversified fund.
Now that you have been both tempted and warned, perhaps you will heed Striker's advice to concentrate... concentrate. Below are some relevant ETFs to consider:
U.S. Focus
With RFG, you are buying 91 mid-cap companies with collective annual earnings and cash flow growth above 20%. You will pay a high multiple, but should continue to see strong performance as GDP recovers. The "defensive trade" captured by DEF has generated substantial alpha with the lowest beta of the group (a touch over half SPY's), resulting in a 3-year Sharpe Ratio of 1.55. DEF focuses on 101 quality, low volatility securities and pays a dividend in excess of the benchmark. In this schizophrenic environment, DEF should continue to thrive even as investors reach out for more cyclical growth orientation. PWV is a large-cap value and recovery story. Its 50 holdings have a Price/Cashflow ratio around 75% of SPY's, Price/Sales around 50% of SPY's, and Price/Earnings of 63% of SPY's. CVY is like a bond surrogate, as its price has trailed SPY while paying a healthy 5%+ dividend. Its portfolio of 150 REITs, MLPs, Closed-End Funds, preferred and other income producing securities should do well in an inflationary environment for financial and real assets.
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Developed International Focus
Since its launch in 2011, EFAV has been a rock among the volatile set of developed market ex-US products. It holds 173 lower risk companies from the EAFE index (Europe, Australasia and Far East) with reasonable earnings if not recently flat cashflows. EFAV has outperformed the EAFE index over the past year by nearly 4%, with a beta of .66 and Sharpe Ratio of 1.23. PIZ is positioned to soar in a continued uptrending market (witness its nearly 26% return since mid-Dec 2011), but would have less protection during a strong correction. It holds 100 names in more cyclical sectors using Dorsey Wright & Associates' technical screen for relative strength. PIZ's valuation multiples may be more expensive than the others, but it shows strong earnings, cashflow and sales growth. IDV is your income and recovery play, a way to generate yield from various foreign currencies diversifying away from the dollar. Its 101 companies posted a combined annual dividend yield of 4.75%, Price/Sales ratio of .68, and Price/Cashflow ratio of 5.63.
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Source: Fidelity.com
Disclosure: I am long CVY, DEF, EFAV, IDV, PIZ, PWV, RFG. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is accusing the owner of ZeekRewards.com and Zeekler.com of a $600 million Ponzi scheme.
"Unbeknownst to its investors, ZeekRewards is, in reality, a massive Ponzi and pyramid scheme," the SEC said in the official complaint.
Approximately 98% of ZeekRewards' total revenues, and the purported share of 'net profits' paid to current investors, are comprised of funds received from new investors, according to the SEC.
Zeekler.com and ZeekRewards are currently shut down.
Paul Burks, the owner of the penny auction sites, along with Rex Venture Group, is being accused of raising more than $600 million from about 1 million investors nationwide and overseas since 2011. The SEC says this was done by making unregistered offers and sales of securities through the ZeekRewards website via "premium subscriptions and VIP bids."
The SEC claims that the $225 million in investor funds that the defendants currently hold are at risk of depletion. The $225 million in question is what authorities have frozen.
"I was in shock," an anonymous Zeek user told International Business Times after learning of the company's alleged deceit. "I thought it was going to be a rather simple inquiry and investigation and they would reveal to the attorney general that it was a very profitable business model and that everything was going to be OK."
Zeek users affected by the scheme are encouraged to call a hotline the North Carolina Attorney General's has opened: 919-716-6046.


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Well, That Certainly is Change… Obama Completes 180 on FISA
No more illegal wiretapping of American citizens, no more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime, no more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war, no more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are, and it's not what is necessary to defeat the terrorists.
To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.
— Barack Obama Campaign Statement, October 2007
Reporter: Senator, last January, you pledged to support a filibuster of a warrantless surveillance bill if it included retroactive immunity for telecommunications…
Senator Barack Obama: Right.
Reporter: Last week, the House passed a bill that effectively gives the telecoms that immunity. You said you would support it.
Obama: [nods]
— Barack Obama explaining his decision to vote for the FISA Amendments Act at a news conference after securing the Democratic Presidential nomination, June 2008
Oh, that's Change all right, but it's not the Change I Can Believe In.
Physical searches and seizures, telephone taps and electronic monitoring without any warrant or approval of any kind for periods of 67 days, and then even if a judge finally makes a review after 67 days and says "NO" at that point, the President can keep whatever information he's obtained anyway? That's the FISA Amendments Act. That's the law, thanks to Barack Obama who voted for it.
That's all history. Here's where we come to current events:
Today there are victims of this American surveillance without warrants, victims who want to take their case to court. Barack Obama wants to shut them up and take away their rights. Just this week, President Barack Obama sent his lawyers to shut down a court case by Americans who were spied on without the warrant required by the Constitution of the United States of America. The Obama administration's position? It would hurt national security for Americans' constitutional rights to be upheld in a court of law. Violations of Americans' constitutional rights are a "state secret" that must be kept secret for Americans' own good.
That was the position of George W. Bush. It is the position of Barack Obama.
That's not Change I Can Believe In. And it's not even a Change from the Bush years. It's a Change from the promises Barack Obama made to win the primaries, a Change he made in favor of his own presidential power.
Don't make Barack Obama an unquestioned hero figure. Make him accountable.
Did you write a letter to the editor of the newspaper when you found out that Americans were being spied on without warrants? Did you criticize George W. Bush for his defense of it? Then be consistent: write a letter to the editor criticizing Barack Obama for his defense of it, too. Bring it to people's attention. Ask people what they think. Ask your member of Congress what their position on the FISA Amendments Act is. Ask why not one member of the House or Senate has introduced a bill to change the law to put it back into alignment with our Constitution.
P.S. Yesterday, a federal appeals court rejected the Obama-Bush position that violations of people's constitutional rights should remain a state secret. The courts are the last piece of the government to defend constitutional rights in this country. Watch very carefully when President Barack Obama nominates new judges to sit on the federal courts. Watch what the nominees say about the Constitution. Watch what they say about your rights.


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If you're the type of traveller who walks the opposite way to the crowd, you should experience the sophisticated cities, the marvellous beaches and equatorial rainforest on a tailor-made holiday to Colombia.
Sometimes, when experienced travellers are gathered around a dinner table, the 'where've-you-been-what-did-you-see' chat can be quite competitive. Quietly dropping 'Colombia' into the conversation tends to stop everyone in their tracks.
Especially when you start talking about the sizzling modern cities with their chic restaurants, the vivacious clubs and bars and the thriving arts and cultural scene. Mixed in with an unspoiled region of Amazonian rainforest and a tantalising Caribbean coast.
Tell them about the colonial streets and squares of Cartagena, or the fading gentility of Mompox on the Magdelena River, or the beautiful artistry in gold on display in Bogota's Gold Museum. Or you could try describing the Vallenato music that originates from the tropical north.
Then show them the photographs. The astounding desert landscapes, the rugged but beautiful mountains, Tayrona National Park, the fantastic Easter parades in Bogota and the carnival in Barranquilla.


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What started as a small Fire is fast becoming a conflagration. Amazon is planning a 10-inch version of its popular, low-cost Kindle Fire tablet, according to an analyst in the know.
NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim says that the world's biggest bookseller will start production of a 10.1-inch Fire in the third quarter this year. The big tablet will have a 2560x1600 pixel display which, if you do the maths, works out to be 299 pixels per inch, significantly sharper than the 264-pixel-per-inch "Retina" display on the Apple iPad.
Just when you thought tablets were supposed to be getting smaller. Nope.
Mr Shim says that Amazon is also working to improve the resolution of its existing tablets, bringing them in line with that 300-ppi benchmark it has now set for itself.
Amazon started the small tablet craze a couple of years ago, when it released the original, dirt-cheap 7-inch Kindle Fire, based around a heavily modified version of Google's Android. Then late last year, just as Apple was coming out with the iPad mini, a shrunk-down version of the iPad designed to compete with the Fire and Google's Nexus 7, Amazon added an 8.9-inch version of the Fire. So, clearly, the bookseller is not averse to bucking the trends it has itself started.
But, really, a 10-inch Kindle Fire? What would it be for? Clearly it wouldn't be for reading books.
It's all moot, of course, now that BlackBerry boss Thorsten Heins has announced that there won't be any reason to own a tablet five years from now.
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Tilt and Telescopic Steering wheel control
I replaced the drivers seat control module on my 2002 X5. The seat memory settings and steering wheel tilt and telescope controls were not working. I removed the old seat module and plugged in the new seat module. Now the lever on the steering collumn that is supposed to move the steering wheel, moves the drivers seat. What might I have done wrong? Is the steering wheel control separate from seat control module?
The seat module controls both the driver's seat & steering wheel movement...but I have no clue as to what is going on with your replacement module. You didn't mention any part nbrs either...did you check the part database to see if there are multiple numbers based on build date? Is your replacement module for the X5...or could it be for another model like the X3? Only ask because you didn't give any part nbr info.
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Does a laptop use an internal psu or is it part of the cord? What I want to do is hack apart an old compaq and build a new laptop preferably for cheap. Basically Im thinking if I replace the motherboard and the hard drive on my compaq it will be good as new.
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Moon base
The base would probably be set up near to one of the Moon's poles because such a location would afford moderate temperatures, a high percentage of sunlight for supplying solar power, and more opportunities for launches. There is also the possibility that some deep craters in the polar regions may harbor ice, which could be tapped as a water supply.
It remains to be seen whether NASA's ambitious plans will be backed by the greatly increased government funding needed to make them become a reality. Many schemes for human outposts on our closest celestial neighbor have been aired over the past few decades but have failed to progress beyond the printed word.
HistoryThe idea of a colony on the Moon has long been a favorite of science fiction writers and space visionaries. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky described such a base, as did others as long ago as the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the 1950s onward, a number of quite detailed concepts and designs have been suggested by scientists, engineers, and science writers.
In 1954, Arthur C. Clarke proposed a lunar base made of inflatable modules and covered in lunar dust for insulation. A spaceship, assembled in low Earth orbit, would be launched towards the Moon and land on Mare Imbrium, near Mons Piton. Astronauts would then set up igloo-like modules and an inflatable radio mast. Subsequent steps would include the establishment of a larger, permanent dome, an algae-based air purifier, a nuclear reactor to supply power, and electromagnetic cannons, also known as mass drivers, to launch cargo and fuel to interplanetary vessels in space.
In 1958, the U.S. Air Force began a study called Lunex (Lunar Expedition) with the goal of putting a military base on the Moon by 1968. The following year, the U.S. Army went through a similar exercise, known as Project Horizon, with the aim of establishing a military presence on the Moon by 1967. Project Horizon was led by H. H. Koelle, a German rocket engineer of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. The first landing would have been carried out by two "soldier-astronauts" in 1965. More construction workers would soon have followed and, through numerous launches (61 Saturn I and 88 Saturn V), 245 tons of cargo would have been transported to the outpost by 1966.
Various schemes for lunar bases have been explored by other nations, most notably the Soviet Union and China. And before the cancellation of the Apollo Project there were also plans to extend Apollo into the era of human habitation on the Moon. This would have been the ideal time for such a segue, but the political will and public interest to support such a venture had waned and funding for Apollo dried up.
In the decades, that followed the first Moon landing, various presidents announced their intention of revitalizing efforts to colonize the Moon. However, these proved to be little more than public rhetoric. Most recently, in 2004, President George Bush, Jr., called on NASA to "gain a new foothold on the Moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own," including a return to the Moon by 2020. This led to the scheme for a lunar base announced in 2006.
Moon Base 2020
The space agency points to six key aims for lunar exploration:
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Okay, Beliebers, prepare yourselves for what we're about to say. In the best contest of all time, we're giving you the chance to MEET Justin Bieber in New York City. Yes, you read that right. And all you gotta do is enter.*
*This sweeps ended on 11/14/11 at 12:00pm ET. Check the winner's page to see if you won!
Win an autographed copy of Under the Mistletoe instead!


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Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte exited Thursday night's 23-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the third quarter after a suffering an ankle injury, and now it seems we have some clarity on its severity.
A source close to Forte told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport on Friday that Forte has suffered the dreaded high ankle sprain, adding that the Bears have no timetable on Forte's return.
Timetable aside, let's be clear about something: This is awful news for Forte, who missed the final five games of last season with a knee injury.
Ankle sprain? Tape it up, he's good to go next week. High ankle sprain? We've know better than to believe this is going away anytime soon.
This is certainly a blow to the Bears offense, as Forte carries the load and provides stability for Jay Cutler, but it's not the end of the world. The silver lining here is obvious: This is why Chicago signed Michael Bush in the offseason.
"That's why I'm here: They brought me here to pick up where (Forte) left off, if something went wrong," Bush said following Thursday's loss, via the Chicago Tribune. "It's the insurance plan, I guess. I'll be ready."
Bush was ready last season with the Oakland Raiders, when he stepped in for injured Darren McFadden to start the final nine games. Bush finished 2011 with 977 yards rushing and seven touchdowns.
While he isn't the receiving threat out of the backfield that Forte is, Bush should be good enough to keep the Bears' ground game going strong.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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What Does A Bankruptcy Trustee Do?
A bankruptcy trustee is an official appointed by the bankruptcy court to handle the administrative tasks associated with a particular bankruptcy case. Trustees are not judges; they might be lawyers, but that isn't a job requirement. The trustee's tasks include reviewing the filer's bankruptcy forms, conducting the meeting of creditors (also called the 341 meeting), and managing the filer's bankruptcy estate.
The trustee is paid a percentage of what he or she can collect for the filer's creditors, either through taking and selling the filer's nonexempt property in a Chapter 7 case or through a Chapter 13 filer's repayment plan. This gives the trustee a strong incentive to make sure a filer's creditors receive as much as possible in the bankruptcy process.
The Trustee's Role in Chapter 7 Cases
In a Chapter 7 case, the trustee reviews the filer's bankruptcy forms and might investigate the filer's financial situation, at least briefly. For example, a trustee might search public records to find out whether the filer owns real or personal property (such as a vehicle) that wasn't reported in the bankruptcy forms. The trustee also conducts the creditors' meeting, at which the trustee and any creditors who show up can question the filer about his or her bankruptcy forms and financial situation.
If the filer owns any nonexempt property -- property that isn't protected by a state or federal exemption -- the trustee can take it, sell it, and distribute the proceeds to the creditors (less the percentage the trustee gets to keep from the deal). Exemption laws vary from state to state, but they often protect basic necessities, such as an inexpensive car, clothing and household furnishings, and some equity in a home, among other things. (You can find out more in Bankruptcy Exemptions: What Do I Keep When I File for Bankruptcy?, which includes links to each state's exemption rules.)
In many Chapter 7 bankruptcies, all of the filer's assets are exempt, which means there's nothing for the trustee to take. Here are some examples of property that might not be exempt:
- If the debtor has substantial equity in a home, beyond the amount that's protected by the exemptions available, the trustee will determine whether the cost of taking the house and selling it would be worth the amount creditors would be likely to receive from such a sale.
- If the debtor owns an expensive car (or more than one car, regardless of their value), the trustee will evaluate whether it's worth taking, storing, and selling the car.
- If the debtor owns luxury or expensive items that are not protected by an exemption, the trustee will weight the costs of sale versus the expected sales price. For example, if a debtor owns a boat, a grand piano, a valuable collection of fine art, or high-end electronic equipment, the trustee might decide to take and sell it.
If you have valuable nonexempt property that you want to keep, you may be able to negotiate an arrangement with the trustee. For example, perhaps you have a roughly equal amount of exempt property you are willing to give up. Or, you may be able to "buy back" your nonexempt property by coming up with a cash payment, perhaps by borrowing money from friends or family.
The Trustee's Role in Chapter 13 Cases
In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the trustee reviews the filer's paperwork and finances, and handles the meeting of creditors, just as in a Chapter 7 case. The trustee also handles the centerpiece of a Chapter 13 case: the repayment plan. In Chapter 13, the filer repays some or all debts over three to five years. Some debts (such as child support and back taxes) must be paid in full in Chapter 13; others can be paid only in part or not at all, depending on the filer's income and expenses. While the plan is in effect, the trustee will collect the filer's monthly payments and periodically send the filer information about who has been repaid and how much.
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London, (ANI): Lady Gaga"s choice to wear meat dress at MTV Video Music Awards is now being linked to the Beatles, for the band once promoted their album using animal flesh on cover.
In 1966, the Beatles released the album 'Yesterday and Today" and used a controversial cover dressed as butchers and draped in joints of meat and decapitated baby dolls.
In 1983 Punk group, the 'Undertones" released their singles titled 'All Wrapped Up" with a female model covered in meat whereas rock group B.A.L.L in 1988 also promoted their music albums using the Bird flesh.
However, the use of meat to promote music has remained controversial. "Lady Gaga"s job is to do outlandish things, and this certainly qualifies as outlandish because meat is something you want to avoid putting on or in your body. No matter how beautifully it is presented, flesh from a tortured animal is flesh from a tortured animal," the Telegraph quoted Ingrid Newkirk, the president of animal rights campaign group PETA.
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Libya has begun to produce poison gas at its chemical plant at Rabta, which was designed and equipped by a West German chemical firm, government officials here confirmed.
The quantities so far have been negligible and experimental, according to a West German customs officer, Klaus-Peter Rieke. But Libyan agents have approached many West German companies in recent weeks to obtain more of the substances needed to go into full-scale production, Rieke told the news program "Tagesthemen."
Jurgen Immhausen, the owner and manager of the company that built the Rabta plant, has been in prison in Mannheim for four months awaiting trial. He allegedly provided Libya with the know-how and materials to produce poison gas.
Prosecution officials made available to television blueprints of the Rabta plant prepared in West Germany and photographs of the plant as it now stands.
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Investigators here said full operation of the Rabta plant may be only weeks away and would depend on the ability of the Libyans to get more assistance from West Germany.
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A Top Progressive On The Correct Response If SCOTUS Nixes Obamacare,expanding Medicare
A veteran of the long ideological fight between liberals and conservatives over popular safety net programs thinks President Obama and Democrats will have to turn to expanding Medicare if the Supreme Court throws out big parts or all of the Affordable Care Act.
In so doing, he becomes the latest high-profile progressive and reform advocate to conclude that an adverse Court decision will leave the party little choice but to move back to the left on the issue of health care.
If they throw out major portions of the reform the most important thing for Dems to talk about right now is how Republicans and the Court are leaving us to the mercy of the private insurance companies, said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for Americas Future, in a phone interview. And thats not just the Supreme Court decision, but its the Ryan budget. Republicans are trying to impose austerity because they say that Medicare is bankrupting the country, and Dems should point out that Republicans want to dismantle the one functioning part of our health care system Medicare that actually works for people, that actually controls cost. And what theyre proposing is incredibly unpopular with the voters.
Hickey has been prescient in the past. In 2005, he influenced the strategy Democrats ultimately adopted to thwart President Bushs attempt to privatize Social Security. Then in 2009, in a break with single-payer backers, he joined the coalition supporting President Obamas push to overhaul the countrys health care system.
(Thom Hartmann said the same thing yesterday)
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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:37 PM
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1. I think that was the backup plan.
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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:46 PM
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2. There's not a chance in Hell the House will approve an expansion of Medicare.
It just becomes another election year football. We'd have to keep the Senate (many Democratic Senators would have to move Left) and take the House back to get anything like a Medicare expansion. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the chances of such a happy outcome are slim to fanciful.
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Stepping In As Ruth Ellis Interim: Margaret Warner
By Crystal A. Proxmire
Originally printed 1/17/2013 (Issue 2103 - Between The Lines News)
DETROIT - In the mid-1960s Margaret Warner's parents sent her to a small, private women's college in the northern suburbs of Chicago where she diligently studied sociology, and refined the manners and social skills that her parents expected of a young woman raised in the era of "Mad Men." But it was trips to the south side of Chicago that had the most impact on the career path of the woman stepping in to serve as interim executive director of the Ruth Ellis Center.
"The interest of the school was to prepare you for the real world, and giving back was part of it," Warner said. "I volunteered as a tutor helping children from families in need. That exposure to social issues drove me to work in public and child welfare."
And that she certainly did. For over 44 years Warner worked in various locations for the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS), including taking the lead role as director in several counties including the Oakland, and as the Child Welfare Director for Wayne County DHS.
Though she retired from agency work last April, she could not resist coming back to manage Ruth Ellis Center when Laura Hughes announced she would be leaving the director position.
Warner connected with the Ruth Ellis Center several years ago when Hughes reached out to the DHS in her efforts to forge new partnerships for the organization. In her position as Child Welfare Director, Warner joined the then state director of MDHS for a tour of the house where otherwise homeless LGBT youth found shelter, food and care. The bond between the activists was instant and they began working together on two key projects.
The first was helping Ruth Ellis become licensed for the state's foster care program. Warner's department worked with Hughes and her staff to be in the position to apply for a contract that reimburses them for the care of the foster youth they serve at their residential facility. Ruth Ellis Center can now house up to five youth through their foster care program, in addition to the five young adults who can take advantage of their federally-supported transitional living program.
The other key collaboration came in the form of the LGBT Workgroup, which to this day brings key service providers to the table to address the needs of LGBT youth in the foster care system. Professionals from the Ruth Ellis Center, DHS, Detroit-Wayne County CMH and other private child-placing and mental health agencies have been developing strategic plans and setting goals for the foster care community to meet the needs of youth who identify as LGBTQ in foster care. They have also benefited from consultation and support from Casey Family Programs, part of the Casey Foundation network, who brought in out-of-state child welfare agencies, and national experts to collaborate and learn from the Ruth Ellis model.
Hughes' magnetism has kept Warner involved, and helped lure her into the interim director chair. "Laura has this unique ability to connect with any kind of group regardless of who they are. It could be agencies, foundation, community organizations or youth. She has this incredible ability to connect. The thing that always impressed me is her courage to just approach people. She was so committed to the vision and mission of this agency."
Warner is also impressed with the staff, the board, and the plethora of services the center offers. "We service not just foster care and transitional living needs, but our drop in center offers mental health services, HIV/AIDS testing, emergency services, food, housing referrals, clothing, and opportunities for LGBT youth to freely express themselves in an accepting environment and interact with other youth of similar interests and needs." In addition, questioning youth can come with their families or alone, and have a skilled professional help them sort out their concerns.
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Marry her? Going to marry her? Impossible! You mean a part of her: he could not marry her all himself. It would be a case, not of bigamy, but trigamy: the neighborhood or the magistrates should interfere. There is enough of her to furnish wives for a whole parish. One man marry her!–it is monstrous. You might people a colony with her, or give an assembly with her, or perhaps take your morning's walk round her,–always provided there were frequent resting-places, and you were in rude health. I once was rash enough to try walking round her before breakfast, but only got half-way, and gave it up exhausted. Or you might read the Riot Act and disperse her. In short, you might do anything with her but marry her.
And this, I've realised, is how I've come to feel about reviewing games. Review a game? You mean a part of it, surely. No-one could review a game all herself. There is just so much going on there, so many thousands of interesting design choices to talk about, so many experiences to share. I'm simply not equal to the task of reviewing a whole game anymore, nor willing to keep deleting the dozens of interesting little points in order to make way for the big, sweeping statements. So instead I'm taking little walks around them, with frequent resting places. Five minutes at a time. The second of the columns was about Minecraft – I'm hoping to reply to some of the very astute comments it generated here later. Next month I suspect I might be finding even five minutes of play too daunting, and talk about some particularly juicy menu screens. I think Rev'd Smith would approve.


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Lost Fortuna Mine. In Pima County, a few hours east of Tucson.
Lost Geronimo Gold Mine. In Yavapai County, in Sycamore Canyon between Parkinsville and Jerome, close to the Verde River.
Lost Gila Bend mine. The Spanish opened this silver mine in the early 1700s and abandoned it around 1750. Many of the rocks and caves in this area have Indian petroglyphs
Lost John Lee Placer Mine. In Coconino County near The Vultures Throne in the Grand Canyon.
Lost John Nummel's Mine. In Yuma County, on the Colorado River between Yuma Wash and Norton's Landing.
Lost La Purisima Concepcion Mine. In Santa Cruz County, in the El Pajarito Mountains about 15 miles southwest of the Tumacacori Mission.
Lost Lead Mine. In Yuma County near the extreme north end of the Harguahala Mountains.
Lost Lord Duppa Mine. In Maricopa County near Wickenburg.
Lost Major Peoples' Mine. In Santa Cruz County, southeast of Congress Junction in the hills near the Hassayampa River.
Lost Morgan Mine. In Coconino County a few hours walk south of Flagstaff.
Lost Nigger Ben's Mine. In Yavapai County eats of Congress junction at the foot of Antelope Peak.
Lost Nugget Mine. In Mohave County near Wikieup.
Lost Orphan Mine. In Pima County, in the Cabeza Prieta Mountains near Tule Tank.
Lost Papago Gold Mine. In Pima County within five miles of Ajo.
Lost Pick Mine. In Maricopa County about 25 miles northwest of Fort McDowell in Bronco Canyon.
Lost Opata Silver Mine. In Santa Cruz County in the western foothills of the San Cayetano Mountains. Said to be a two-hour walk east from the San Pedro Mine.
Lost Organ Grinder Mine. In Yavapai County, in Peoples Canyon on Cottonwood Creek, west of Prescott.
Lost Rancho de la Yumas Mine. In Yuma County, on the east bank of the Colorado River about 40 miles north of Yuma.
Lost Renia de Espana Mine. In Apache County near Canyon Chelly National Monument.
Lost San Pedro Mine. The Spanish worked this mine up to 1648. The mine is supposed to be about six miles west of the former Tumacacori Mission in Santa Cruz County.
Lost Sanders Mine. In Gila County 10 miles from the headwaters of Coon Creek on the north slope of the Sierra Anchas Mountains.
Lost Silver Monument Valley Mine. Apache County near Mitchell Butte.
Lost Six-Shooter Mine. In Yuma County, about 15 miles northeast of Parker between the ghost town of Planet and Quartzite on the Bill Williams River.
Lost Skeleton Mine. Cochise County somewhere around Skeleton Canyon.
Lost Soldiers Mine. In San Carlos County between East Boulder and Needle Canyons.
Lost Sopori Mine. In Yuma County, in the Cerro Colorado Mountains near the foothills of Black Princess Peak.
Lost Spoon Gold Mine. In Pima County between Arivaca and Tucson.
Lost Squaw Mine. In Yuma County between Phoenix and Yuma.
Lost Squaw Hollow Mine. In Maricopa County, Squaw Hollow about 40 miles northeast of Phoenix.
Lost Trigos Silver Mine. In Yuma County, in the Trigos Mountains, near the foot of Clip Mountain.
Lost Tonto Apache Mine. In Coconino County within two hours walk of Sedona.
Lost Virgin de Guadalupe Silver Mine. The Spanish worked this mine until 1648. Mexican miners also worked it. Located in Santa Cruz County somewhere near the ghost town of Tubac. It is said to be north of the San Ramon River in the Tumacaori Mountains.
Lost Waggoner's Mine. In Pima County, in the Superstition Mountains between Miner's Needle and Weaver's Point, on the south slope of La Barge canyon.


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July 6, 2014 Show: Tracing Evolution Through Ape DNA and Chasing the Ebola Virus
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Peggy Jackson sold her restaurant in Mobridge, The Wheel, in 2004, but said she "couldn't get the hospitality out of my blood." Now Peggy is going on six years as head cook for the Mobridge Senior Meals Program.
The Mobridge Senior Meals Program is one of three separate concerns that operate out of the Senior Citizens Center. The other two are the Mobridge Senior Citizens, of whom Chuck Fenske is in charge; and Senior Transportation, which is overseen by Daniel Schilling and Janet Kalsbeck. Daniel drives the van for elderly and handicapped persons who, for a small fee, need a ride to their doctor or another location in Mobridge, and Janet delivers meals to people who cannot drive or are homebound for some reason.
Peggy says her work at Mobridge Senior Meals has been a joy. She and assistant cook/baker Marcie Bieber prepare the noontime meal for around 80 people, which includes meals delivered to those unable to travel to the Senior Center, down about 20 from two years ago.
Peggy said, "Meals are prepared for individuals age 60 and older at a cost of $4 each, but anyone can dine at the Senior Meal Site for the full cost of the meal for $7."
All Senior Meal Sites are nonprofit, self-supporting organizations that rely on federal and state government funding, participant donations and local community support to help cover meal costs. With the head count down, government funding doesn't cover all costs, so Peggy initiated the annual Valentine Banquet fundraiser. This year $4,600 was successfully raised to meet rising costs.
The Senior Meal Site menu is published in the Mobridge Tribune and is also on display at the Senior Citizens Center. If the meals on Tuesdays for a particular month, for example, are not to an individual's taste, they can tell Peggy that they won't be at the Center on those days. That way Peggy and Marcie adjust the amount of food they prepare so nothing is wasted.
Marcie Bieber has been assistant cook and baker at the Senior Meal Site for about two years. She is married to Rod and they have two children, Ariel and Wyatt.
Marcie said she "loves her job, loves cooking and baking, and so this job is perfect and the hours are great. I enjoy visiting with the people and listening to stories from the past."
Marcie's worst cooking disaster happened at the Senior Meal Site when she made oatmeal cookies and did not know the oven wasn't working properly—it was way too low. "The cookies didn't look so good," she said, "but they ate them anyway."
Peggy was testing a homemade product—she cannot recall now what it was—in the convection oven on a lightweight aluminum pie plate. But the fan sucked everything up into itself. There was no more food and the pie plate was smack against the fan in the oven.
So Peggy cleaned the fan, the oven and pie plate, made more of whatever it was, put it in a heavier plate, and it turned out fine.
Meals at the Senior Meal Site are designed to be a healthy meal that includes one-third of the dietary intake as guided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Peggy and Marcie make sure they taste good. To make a reservation for Senior Meals, call the Mobridge site at 605-845-7204.
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8 (3-4 oz.) chicken breasts
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1 pkg. onion soup mix
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Mix together ranch dressing, onion soup mix and jelly. Pour over chicken breasts. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Makes 8 servings. Should work in Crock-Pot too.
Lemon Bake Fish
1½ pounds cod fillet (if frozen, oven it for a few minutes to drain excess water)
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¼ tsp. salt
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup mayonnaise
½ cup bread crumbs
2 Tbs. parsley flakes
¼ cup melted butter
Place fish fillets in baking dish. Combine pepper, salt, lemon juice and mayonnaise and pour over fish. Mix bread crumbs, parsley flakes and butter and spread over fish. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Makes 8 servings.
Roasted Veggies
Red, yellow and green peppers, cut into bite-size chunks
8 oz. mushrooms, sliced
Onions, cut into bite-sized pieces
3 small zucchini, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbs. olive oil
3 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
Mix all ingredients. Place in baking dish and bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes.
Honey Fruit Salad
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1 16-oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
½ lb. grapes
1-2 bananas, sliced
1 6-oz. ctn. plain or any flavor yogurt
¼ cup honey
Spray cup before measuring honey. Combine all fruits. Mix yogurt and honey, pour over and mix with fruits. Serve.
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3 cups flour
1½ tsp. baking powder
1½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. salt
4 eggs at room temp.
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla
14 oz. shredded zucchini (3-4 med. zucchini)
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The 'Whoa' rapper's new album will feature some fellow members of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All as well as Vince Staples, Casey Veggies and Mac Miller.
Earl Sweatshirt has announced the collaborators in his highly-anticipated debut album, "Doris". Fellow Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All members Tyler, the Creator, Frank Ocean and Domo Genesis are going to make guest appearances in the album.
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Previously, Earl announced that "Doris" was scheduled to drop on August 20 via Tan Cressida/Columbia. He also revealed the album, which was named after Earl's late grandmother, would feature 15 tracks, including "Hive", "Woah", "Guild", and "Chum".
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The international Red Cross on Monday appealed for more than one million dollars in aid for victims of heavy flooding in Vietnam.
"With large parts of central Vietnam still battling the after-effects of flooding, which has killed dozens of people and affected half a million residents, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an emergency appeal for 1,034,754 Swiss francs (1.08 million dollars, 772,216 euros) to assist survivors," it said in a statement.
Federation spokesman Paul Conneally told AFP the numbers affected included those who were displaced or who had suffered damage to homes, land or agricultural property.
Vietnamese authorities said on Monday that the death toll from floods caused by heavy rain in central Vietnam rose to 32, with an unknown number missing after a bus became submerged, and 150,000 homes were under water.
The Red Cross said fresh flooding since last week had added to damage from torrential rains earlier in the month, when rivers burst their banks and dams overflowed.
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Officials said most of the deaths were in the provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
More than 150,000 homes were under water after flooding in the two provinces as well as adjacent Quang Binh, officials said.
Local media showed pictures of residents poking heads or hands through the tile roofs of houses surrounded by water.
Some areas looked like inland seas, which rescuers navigated in boats, while television pictures showed transport trucks ploughing through flooded roads.
Police officers from Nghi Xuan district in Ha Tinh said the bus passengers disappeared after floodwaters on the main north-south highway submerged the vehicle.
"We guess there were about 30 people on the bus, and we have rescued 17," said one policeman, who declined to be named.
Another officer reached later was more vague, saying it was unclear how many people were on board and how many had still not been found.
"We have mobilised a big number of our force to join the search, using boats and anything we have," said the second officer.
One passenger, Luong Van Thanh, was quoted by the VnExpress news website as saying the travellers were asleep when they felt the bus topple into the water.
"Some of the passengers broke the window and crawled out. I am lucky to be alive because I can swim," Thanh said.
He added that the bus driver was rescued but "fainted many times" and would not talk to anybody after the accident, which happened where national Highway 1A passes between a river and rice fields.
The state Vietnam News reported water one-metre (3.3 feet) deep on the highway.
The mid-sized bus had a capacity of about 36 and was making a long journey between the Central Highlands region and the northern coastal province of Nam Dinh, police said.
One of the affected provinces, Quang Binh, was particularly struggling as it was already affected by flooding earlier this month that left at least 64 people dead in the centre of the country.
"Rain has eased Monday but water is receding slowly. We still have to evacuate people from high-risk areas," said Dinh Chi Lam, an official at the Nghe An provincial flood and storm control department.
State media reported that traffic between the north and south of the country was briefly interrupted as buses and trains could not move on the key national road and rail routes.
Nguyen Thi Thuy, a disaster official from Ha Tinh, said that although thousands of soldiers and others had been mobilised to assist flood victims, rescuers lacked equipment.
Vietnam regularly suffers from tropical storms and flooding at this time of year.
"The country is finding greater intensity of floods, greater intensity of droughts," the World Bank's vice-president for sustainable development, Inger Andersen, told AFP during an interview Monday in Vietnam.
Andersen, who is on an Asian tour, said climate change was the biggest sustainable development challenge facing Vietnam.
"Managing floods and droughts... becomes absolutely key to mitigating against climatic shocks and climatic events," she said.
Forecasters said Super Typhoon Megi, which killed at least one person when it struck the northern Philippines on Monday, was also likely to affect Vietnam.
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