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Taking care of some promotional duties, Katy Perry was spotted at the Canal Plus TV station in Paris, France last night (March 20).
The "Hot N Cold" songstress was in the house to record an episode of "Le Grand Journal," and took a few minutes to sign autographs for her fans before heading off to EMI for a showcase.
Later on in the evening, Ms. Perry and her entourage hit up the Montana Nightclub where Baptiste Giabiconi, Katy's rumored boyfriend, also showed up.
And during an interview on BBC Radio 1, Katy took a subtle, perhaps unintentional shot at Beyonce Knowles' collaboration with Shakira "Beautiful Liar" when asked about a duet with Rihanna.
"I want it to be like that Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin song 'Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves,' not 'Beautiful Liar.' How disappointed would you be if that song came out and it's no good? Sometimes you have to wait for greatness."
Denying any such diss at Beyonce, Katy later took to Twitter to write, "F*** all y'all (press) dat thinks I dissed anyone, puhlez, u havin a slow news day or what?! Get a life, cuz it's not mine! #hoodratcominout."
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From: Anders Pålsen <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Fennoscandia Biographic Project - Pilot
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:41:27 +0000 (GMT)
Whats new?
a) added 3 new reference populations belorussians, lithuanians and CEU (Utah, USA residens of western and northern european descent)
b) increased number of markers to 495k.
c) added graph of population averages (saami admix individuals excluded).
a) Identified 4 different clusters
- 1) GREEN: CEU and French -> may be interpreted as the western and northern european cluster.
- 2) RED: Lithuanian and Belorussian cluster -> may be interpreted as the eastern european cluster.
- 3) BLUE: Finnic and Saami cluster -> may be interpreted as a north-east european cluster.
- 4) PINK: Orcadians -> British isles.
b) All finns except 2 individuals appears to cluster fully with the BLUE cluster.
c) All norwegians except 2 individuals (likely saami admix) appears to cluster mainly to the GREEN cluster.
d) All swedes except 1 individual (likely saam/finnc admix) appears to cluster mainly to the GREEN cluster as norwegians but shows increased affinity to RED the lithuanain cluster compared to norwegians.
e) All saami cluster fully to the BLUE cluster.
Enclosed regional ADMIXTURE graph including all individuals and ADMIXTURE graphs with population averages.
Whats next?
a) Increasing K.
b) get more individuals
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1975 was the Centennial of the RCMP in Alberta.
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Botticelli: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botticelli_%28game%29

I play with the confirmation requirement, and only one question in each direct round before returning to indirect rounds.Ā You'll want at least 4 people to play.

Ghost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_%28game%29

Also, I definitely second Sean's recommendation of Mafia.

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 > could remember the positions of all those games, he said, "Simple, I just
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... maybe I should have specified "for intelligent adults with a
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 I have a preference for ones that can be done sensibly when walking
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Two-thirds of the journalists said the agencies outright prohibit the reporters from interviewing employees at least some of the time. Eighteen percent said that happens most of the time.
Eighty-four percent of the journalists said their interviews with agency employees have been monitored in person or over the phone by public information officers.
The journalists in the survey—of whom 95 percent are full-time journalists--overwhelmingly agreed with the statement that "the public was not getting all the information it needs because of barriers agencies are imposing on journalists' reporting practices," the society said in a report on the survey results released on March 12.
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Maybe since the press has stopped being such a lapdog entity, resentment in D.C. is governing...or maybe it is too many embarrassing skeletons in the closet that may be discovered.
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An article by Joseph Farah on WorldNetDaily calls President Obama's gun-control plans, specifically, the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, the way "that every mass-murdering tyranny in the history of the world started."
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The slippery slope argument that the right-wing gun-rights people like to use is intended as a broad appeal to the fear of the people, or, put another way, intended to make us scared of our government, intended to make us "dead certain" that they are coming to take our guns and make us defenseless. Farah writes in his piece,
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President Bush's repeated veto threats against the bipartisan children's health care bill are just more examples of his signature "go it alone" style. The compromise bill, worked out with both Republicans and Democrats at the table, has garnered broad bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate. However, the most curious thing about the President's veto threat is that he was for CHIP before he was against it. During the 2004 campaign he repeatedly called for covering more kids under the CHIP program. Similarly, while he now decries the bill for providing coverage to kids whose families make more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, his Administration has provided waivers to numerous states to provide coverage to kids from higher income families, touting the Administration's efforts to give states the flexibility to tailor their programs to meet their citizens' needs. It's time for President Bush to end his hypocrisy on CHIP and sign this bipartisan bill to ensure that America's low-income children receive the care they deserve.
During the 2004 campaign, President Bush pledged to enroll millions of low-income children in CHIP:
During the 2004 Campaign, President Bush Pledged to Enroll Millions of Poor Children in CHIP. "America's children must also have a healthy start in life. In a new term, we will lead an aggressive effort to enroll millions of poor children who are eligible but not signed up for the government's health insurance programs. We will not allow a lack of attention, or information, to stand between these children and the health care they need." [Bush Speech the 2004 Republican National Convention, 9/2/04]
During the 2004 Campaign, the White House Touted Bush's Plan to Expand CHIP Enrollment. "The President will launch an aggressive, billion-dollar effort to enroll children who are eligible but not signed up for the government's health insurance programs. The goal will be to cover millions more SCHIP and Medicaid-eligible children within the next two years." [White House Fact Sheet, "Making Health Care More Affordable," 9/2/04]
During the 2004 Campaign, President Bush Called for Expanding CHIP. "In order to make sure that health care is available, we need to expand the government insurance program for children…. We've got a billion dollars available in the budget to encourage families to take advantage of government-sponsored health care for children, for low-income children. It makes sense to make sure that the programs are fully utilized in every aspect of our – in every corner of our country." [President Bush, Focus on Health Care, 9/13/04]
During the 2004 Campaign, President Bush Called for Improving Outreach Efforts to Make Sure Low-Income Kids Were Enrolled in CHIP. "We got more to do on health care. We got to make sure health care is available and affordable. We'll have a safety net for those with the greatest needs…. We'll do more to make sure poor children are fully subscribed in our programs for low-income families." [President Bush, 10/21/04]
Bush Administration also touted the success of CHIP, vowing to cover even more children …
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Thompson Took Pride in CHIP's Coverage for Millions of Children. "'Working with governors, we've made tremendous progress in providing millions of children with needed health coverage,' Secretary Thompson said. 'These new numbers show that even in economic hard times, the states place a high priority on getting needed health insurance to children. As a result, more children now have needed access to regular health care services.'" [HHS News Release, 2/12/04]
Secretary Thompson Vowed the Administration Would Make Children's Health Care a Priority. "The Bush Administration will continue to work together with states to find ways to improve the health and welfare of our children." [HHS News Release, 8/28/03]
Former CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Said He Was Committed to Enrolling As Many Eligible Children as Possible in CHIP. "CMS wants to build on the successful enrollment in SCHIP and is committed to finding and enrolling as many eligible children as possible. As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the program, I am excited for the opportunity to take stock of the success of SCHIP and begin the process of working with you to reauthorize this landmark health care program." [Mark McClellan Written Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, 7/25/06]
Now, White House is threatening to veto the Bi-partisan CHIP bill:
President Bush Said He Would Veto CHIP Bill. "I believe government cannot provide affordable health care. I believe it would cause — it would cause the quality of care to diminish. I believe there would be lines and rationing over time. If Congress continues to insist upon expanding health care through the S-CHIP program — which, by the way, would entail a huge tax increase for the American people — I'll veto the bill." [President Bush, 7/18/07]
President Bush Said Bipartisan CHIP Bill Would Be a Step Toward Federalization of Health Care and that He Would Veto the Bill. "I believe this is a step toward federalization of health care. I know that their proposal is beyond the scope of the program, and that's why I'm going to veto the bill." [President Bush, 9/20/07]
- The Bi-Partisan CHIP Proposal Operates as a Public-Private Partnership. The Children's Health Insurance Program is a public-private partnership that focuses on providing low-income children with health care coverage. The bi-partisan proposal encourages public and private solutions to cover children.
Secretary Leavitt Said Bush Would Veto CHIP Bill. "The bill that the President will veto will — is represented to offer 2.6 million insurance. However, 1.2 million of those already have private insurance, and 900,000 of them already qualify." [Secretary Leavitt, 9/20/07]
Press Secretary Dana Perino Said President Bush Would Only Sign a CHIP Bill that Was Limited to His Request of a $5 billion Spending Increase Over 5 Years – Not Enough to Continue Coverage for Children Currently Enrolled. Asked if there are any circumstances under which President Bush would sign a CHIP bill from Congress. Dana Perino responded, "Yes, the President would sign an S-CHIP bill today if they sent him one that was an extension and — he's asked for an extension; I think it's $5 billion more over five years." However, the President's proposed increase would not be enough to continue coverage for all of the children currently enrolled in the program. [White House Press Briefing, 9/18/07; New York Times, Editorial, 9/25/07]
Bush Administration supported covering children living in states with high costs of living …
Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Touted Bush Administration's Flexibility to Allow States to Best Meet the Needs of Their Residents. "'Working with governors, we've made tremendous progress in reaching millions of children with needed health coverage,' Secretary Thompson said. 'Since President Bush took office, we have given states more flexibility and freedom to develop SCHIP plans that best meet the needs of their residents. The strategy is working for children across America, but we must and will do more.'" [HHS News Release, 2/5/03]
CMS Administrator Mark McClellan Supported Granting States Flexibility to Set CHIP Eligibility Above 200 Percent. In written testimony before the Senate Finance Committee, McClellan wrote:"SCHIP eligibility requirements vary by state and are based on the structure of the individual state's program. This flexibility allows states to use [their] SCHIP funding in the most appropriate way to respond to [their] unique demographics. Currently, 36 States have eligibility levels up to and including 200 percent of the FPL. An additional 14 States cover children above that level and five of those States set their eligibility up to and including 300 percent of the FPL." [Senate Finance Committee, 7/25/06]
Examples of Bush Administration Granting Waivers to States:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Granted New Jersey a Waiver to Increase Eligibility For Children in Families With Incomes Up To 350 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level. "CMS indicates that you will deny State requests to extend eligibility under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to children in families with effective family income levels above 250 percent of the Federal poverty level (FPL). This is in direct opposition to the position that CMS has consistently taken in recent years. In fact, SCHIP was designed with bipartisan support to provide states with the tools and the flexibility to address the distinct needs of each of our populations. In New Jersey, where we face a high cost of living, this has allowed us to expand coverage up to 350% of poverty to insure more children in need since 1998. We have undertaken this coverage pursuant to multiple approvals from CMS – most recently just last year. [Office of the Governor of New Jersey, 9/10/07]
- Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Approved Georgia's CHIP Plan To Increase Eligibility to 235 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level. "President Bush and his administration will work closely with states to ensure flexibility at the local level to get health insurance to children who need it…. This is just an example of how the federal government can let states make decisions that make sense for them and their citizens…. Georgia's decision to widen eligibility and streamline re-determination demonstrates how popular this program is with states and how vital it has proven to be for the families enrolled." [HHS Press Release, 6/4/01]
- CMS Approved of Hawaii's QUEST Program, Expanding CHIP Coverage of Children in Families with Income between 200 and 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level. "The extension of Hawaii's Section 1115 demonstration in January 2006 continues the State's current coverage while also expanding coverage to children from 200 percent through 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level using Title XXI [CHIP] funding." [CMS Fact Sheet, 1/30/06]
- CMS Approved Massachusetts' Plan to Provide CHIP Coverage For Children With in Families with Incomes Up To 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level. "Effective July 1, 2006 Massachusetts expanded eligibility up to 300 percent FPL in their separate child health program."[CMS Fact Sheet, April 11, 2007]
- CMS Approved Pennsylvania's Plan to Provide CHIP Coverage For Children In Families with Income Between 200 and 300 Percent of the Federal Poverty Level. "CMS on Thursday [February 22, 2007] approved an expansion of Pennsylvania's Cover All Kids program to provide health coverage to children of parents with annual incomes up to 300% of the federal poverty level. [Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, February 26, 2007]
And the White House wll not consider providing coverage for children in struggling families:
President Bush Claimed Bipartisan CHIP Proposal Would Cover Kids From Households with Incomes Above $83,000 Per Year. "Their proposal would result in taking a program meant to help poor children and turning it into one that covers children in households with incomes of up to $83,000 a year." [President Bush Press Conference, 9/20/07]
- Under the Bi-Partisan CHIP Proposal, States Determine Eligibility Levels. The Children's Health Insurance Program is a federal-state partnership where states make the determination as to eligibility levels. The CHIP reauthorization agreement puts the lowest income children first in line by phasing in a new requirement for coverage of low-income children as a condition of receiving CHIP funding for coverage of children above 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Under the bipartisan bill, only the Administration has the authority to grant approval for states to cover children in families earning $83,000. [HR 976, 2007]
President Bush Complained Bipartisan CHIP Proposal Would Cover Middle-Income Households. "The proposal congressional leaders are pushing would raise taxes on working Americans and would raise spending by $35 to $50 billion. Their proposal would result in taking a program meant to help poor children and turning it into one that covers children in some households with incomes of up to $83,000 a year." [President's Radio Address, 9/22/07]
- Americans Overwhelmingly Support Increasing Taxes on Tobacco to Fund Children's Health Care. The bi-partisan CHIP proposal is paid for with a slight increase in the tax on tobacco products. According to a recent survey, two-thirds of Americans support a tobacco tax increase to fund children's health care and most want to vote for a candidate who does as well. [American Medical Association Press Release, 6/19/07]
Secretary Leavitt Said Bush Administration Efforts Have Been Focused on Providing Coverage for Children from Families Who Are Under 200 Percent of FPL. "And so our effort has been to focus on those who have under 200 percent and to lay out guidelines to say, before we start going to those who are in 300-400 percent of the poverty line and moving them from private insurance to government insurance, let's focus on those who are poor. This is a program for low-income children. We still have many to reach, and that needs to be our first objective." [Press Briefing by Secretary Leavitt, 9/20/07]
- Over a Million Children and Pregnant Women Could Lose Coverage Under the President's CHIP Proposal. According to the Congressional Budget Office, under the Administration's proposal, the number of children and pregnant women covered through CHIP at some point during the year would decline from 7.6 million in 2007 to 6.2 million by 2012, a reduction of 1.4 million enrollees. [CBPP Statement On New Congressional SCHIP Agreement, 9/21/07; Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, 3/13/07]


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"If I don't know how to connect in my mess, I miss a lot of loving. " It is an odd moment to be a favorite.But it's mine.My favorite liturgical moment of the church year happens today, Ash Wednesday, in the middle of the service. It is the moment when I exchange the peace of Christ with my neighbors in the midst of ashes on my head and theirs.It is an experience somewhat foreign to me: connection in the middle of mess.For most of my life, I lived in the context of a faith traditi … [Read more...]
Messy and connected
A Holy Rant
Why is it that most Christians assume that spirituality is a unisex reality?Why have I, in 55 years of church attendance, never heard a sermon on gender differences in spirituality and only one that even acknowledged it as real (thanks Bob C.)?Why is it that in a culture where we talk more and more about gender difference in how we shop and have heart attacks and think, we neglect to talk about how we experience God differently?Why is there not a course in gender different … [Read more...]
Geography and spirituality
"She (Sarah) planted herself not on the edge but in the center of God's land of promise..."Kathleen Norris opened her book Dakota with this quotation from Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gassett: "Tell me the landscape in which you live, and I will tell you who you are." Of equal intrigue to me is this quotation that I found a few years ago, carved into a stone in front of Palmer Auditorium here in Austin. It was penned by a well-known Texas legend, J. Frank Dobie. "Great literature … [Read more...]
Self-compassion and resistance
"We tend to believe that we welcome compassion; that the world could never have enough. At the same time, we often resist compassion,..."She was my first introduction to these thoughts on our resistance to compassion. I have to admit that every time I read the words of this early review of my most recent book, My Own Worst Enemy, I still flinch. "Out of everything that I disagreed with the most in this book I can't complete this review without stating that adultery is NEVER okay. Yo … [Read more...]
Greater love and messy hope
"The story of transformation and the story of fixing are two different story lines."- Bob CarltonIt is a simple observation actually, but powerful in its implication: The love of heaven is greater than the love of Eden. Most of us are inclined to want to go back to Eden: innocence, perfection, the cool of the day, rest.But God has lovingly blocked that gate to draw us, okay force us, to seek another way, a greater way.The love of heaven is a proven love, a tested love, a … [Read more...]
Uni-sex spirituality?
"Though the church may have missed noticing gender different spirituality, God had not missed writing it into that ancient sacred book."Many of us in the Christian world grow up with an assumption of a unisex spirituality. Though we readily admit that men and women are different biologically and psychologically, we often stop there in our thinking. In 54 years in church, I've never heard a sermon on gender different spirituality.If we do think further, sometimes we realize that the forms … [Read more...]


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During last night's American Idol episode, former judge Simon Cowell tweeted, "Maybe the winner of @TheXFactorUSA this yr should compete with winner of The Voice & Idol in a super final. Just a thought. I'd be up for it." Why would he be up for for such a thing, you might ask? Possibly because Cowell realizes his show is getting his head handed to it by the others, and he hopes to get The X Factor some attention by riding the coattails of the more successful shows. Of course, if you're the producers (or winners) of American Idol or The Voice, you know you've got absolutely nothing to gain by even acknowledging Simon's comments, much less taking them seriously. Sounds like Cowell's got bigger problems than just finding another female judge.
• Chris Sligh is one of the stars of October Baby, a coming-of-age film that deals with issues of adoption and abortion. The film, which also stars Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, Jasmine Guy and John Schneider, is set to open March 23.
• Kris Allen introduced several new songs during a show at Los Angeles' The Mint last week. New tunes include Monster, Better With You, Out Alive, Teach Me How Love Goes and Vision of Love. He also did a "girl pop" medley featuring Rihanna's We Found Love, Katy Perry's Firework and Lady Gaga's Just Dance. Fans got video of all the performances.
James Durbin has received a Best Lead Vocalist nomination for Revolver's Golden Gods Awards. He'll also present at the April 11 awards show at Los Angeles' Club Nokia, which will be carried live on Xbox LIVE, as well as on the Xbox and Revolver Facebook pages. Fans can vote for James on the Golden Gods website through April 1.
• Season 8 finalist Scott MacIntyre starts performing with the Women of Faith One Day Tour Saturday in Billings, Mont. The Season 8 finalists autobiography, By Faith, Not by Sight, is scheduled for an April release.
• Bo Bice and Bucky Covington are among the acts participating in a benefit concert for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Autism Research March 13 in Nashville. Autism Speaks Presents "Autism Sings!" will feature Bo, Bucky and several other acts will perform acoustic sets at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


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Ayocote Blanco
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Super-rich mid-sized white bean. Ayocote Blanco hold their shape through long cooking but manage to stay creamy. A versatile runner bean.
Suggestions: Salads, casseroles, soups, pot beans, dips, cassoulet, baked beans, pasta e fagioliWhat's big and fat and creamy and makes everyone say "Wow?" If you said me, I wouldn't be offended, but we nominate the Ayocote Blanco. There really isn't a task in the kitchen it can't handle. When fully cooked, it's somewhat starchy and has a mild potato flavor, which screams for bacon or pancetta. Keep cooking and they go from dense to creamy and even a little buttery. You can make an elaborate dish like a cassoulet or you can just drizzle your best olive oil on the top and enjoy them with no fuss.
Originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, the Ayocote family was one of the first cultivated crops of the New World. They are grown all over central and northern Mexico but seem to have lost favor with Mexicans except in specific indigenous communities. If you plant them, you can enjoy the flowers, eat the pods as a broad bean or shell them fresh for shelling beans, but the best way to enjoy them is dried so you can experience their fully developed flavor.
Latin name: Phaselous coccineus
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Yes, some audits I've done with reaver have taken over 8 hours. Some have taken an hour. Your mileage may vary.
I have everything running fine, and it's doing like 5 seconds a pin, but it'll run smoothly for a few minutes, then hit a timeout error, then retry the same pin...so I put in a movie and checked when it was over: it took over 2 hours to get to 15%. Is that normal? I only have the one computer, so I couldn't keep it running. I might borrow someone's laptop, though...
Yes, some audits I've done with reaver have taken over 8 hours. Some have taken an hour. Your mileage may vary.
it also depends how easy/hard the wpa(2) passphrase is as well...but the best thing about reaver is that you can stop it turn computer off and come back and resume where you left off with that bssid+essid. 8-)
here are some commands that might help speed things up and go a little smoother for you..
reaver -i mon0 -b XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX-v -S -L -d 5 -t 10 -x 10 -l 120 -c XX
(might want to play around with -d -t -x) this is my setup and when i normaly get stuck at 1 pin, it usually kicks its self out, every couple hours i might have to stop it and change mac then resume..
I also found out that, if you change your mac address and resume it, it will go to the next pin and won't be stuck any more.. so you might have to check it from time to time.
Wiffy-Auto-Cracker - was the best thing that ever happen to me. :) Wo0oT :)
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better using the Wifite + Reaver
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Actually it doesn't matter what the wpa passphrase is. You can make it a 64 completely random character password it it will still get it in about the same time as if it were "Bob", as long as the wps key stays the same. It's the wps key that reaver is brute forcing. Some access points deal with reaver differently. Some will only allow so many tries, then lock the wps system until an administrator unlocks it. Others will unlock after a few minutes. Still others just freaking lock up the whole damn access point...
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69


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Seattle Downed 4-3 By Chicago - Kevin Millwood Takes Loss
Chicago got 1 inning of work from Nate Jones en route to a 4-3 victory over Seattle on Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field.
Chicago was favored by -152 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 9.5.
Nate Jones earned the victory for the White Sox, throwing 1 inning of work, striking out 1, walking 1, and allowing 0 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Tyler Flowers in the win.
Seattle's starting pitcher Kevin Millwood worked 6 2/3 innings, giving up 7 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Justin Smoak in a losing cause.
Chicago outhit their counterparts 8-6 in the game.
Chicago looks to continue its winning ways next game with a battle against Baltimore. Seattle will aim to get back on the winning track at Minnesota.


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A pub refused to serve soldiers back from Afghanistan who had just staged a town centre parade.
The troops had been awarded the Freedom of the Borough but were not allowed to treat themselves to a drink after six months bravely fighting the Taliban.
The soldiers had just marched past but bar staff are said to have told them: "We are not allowed to serve squaddies."
The astonishing ban was imposed after the 600 soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment had a homecoming parade in Romford, Essex.
Their families and friends had joined thousands of locals and VIPs to cheer and salute them in the high-profile event ahead of Remembrance Day.
And Denise Coe, whose son serves in the Royal Anglians, blasted The Bull pub in the town's Market Place for the snub.
Furious Mrs Coe, of Romford, said: "I think it was absolutely disgusting and they should all be ashamed.
"What is the point of them having the Freedom of the Borough when the soldiers can't even go to get a drink in a pub in the town?"
The 1st battalion, which has had 16 men killed in Afghanistan, held the parade to mark the end of its final tour there.
The battle-hardened unit – nicknamed The Vikings – had Cpl Alex Guy killed in action fighting the Taliban on June 15 during its latest stint of duty in Helmand Province.
Romford resident Christine Clark, 70, who was with her solider grandson and five of his comrades from the regiment on Tuesday, said: "There were about 15 soldiers just standing outside the bar and they told us that they wouldn't serve them.
"When we went in to the pub they told my grandson and his friends that they are not allowed to serve squaddies.
"I felt so embarrassed. Romford is my grandson's hometown and he wanted to take his friends to the pub to get a drink."
But a spokesman for The Bull, which dates back to 1890, said: "This was a mistake.
"We absolutely welcome the armed forces into The Bull and we apologise for any offence caused to the soldiers.
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No WOW Factor..!!!.....Azamara Cruise = Bland Cruise: Azamara Journey Cruise Review by BEEZLEE
Overall Member Rating
No WOW Factor..!!!.....Azamara Cruise = Bland Cruise
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
Our thoughts are that there is lots of competition and Azamara needs to wake-up or risk loosing market share....expect getting repeat cruisers to return to Azamara is a problem they are currently experiencing and this cruise line could go the way of the Dodo bird, unless they can somehow make each cruise something "special"...
SHIP - Journey - satisfactory at best...easy to observe that ship is getting tired and needs a good freshing-up - pool area grungy - tiles fallling out - workers cleaning with very smelly chemicals on sunny afternoons with pool area full is completely unacceptable - deck chairs - need to More clean / replace chair towels - smoking area should be designated "outside only" and NOT allowed in the 10th deck lounge
CRUISE DIRECTOR + MANAGER - they do a good TV gig, but are invisible on the ship. - seen only on rare occasions...should be out and about, mingling, participating in various events (other than bingo / trivia)....think they are afraid of the sun, as rarely seen on the outside decks - suggest they have outside activities (ping-pong / pool games etc)...may be an older crowd, but still like to participate or perhaps even watch some action around the pool
ENTERTAINMENT - good evening variety and rate 7 out of 10 - suggest ongoing daytime music poolside....mix of upbeat and tranquil....pretty quiet with only short music sets from time to time - we understand, contracts for live music bands are not being renewed as Azamara is replacing with music discs / ipod music to save $$$$....expect that won't go over too well !!
DINING (menu / atmosphere) - Main dining room - rate 6 out of 10 - Aqualina - rate 6 out of 10 - Prime - rate 7 out of 10 - Cafe / Breeza for evening dining - rate 9 out of 10 - good selection of food and great atmosphere... dining in the open air at rear of ship...this is a hidden jem...
ROOM (Oceanview) - adequate, nothing special - "butler" lady was exceptional and did provide the best service on the ship (Rosalea)
ITINERARY - highlight: St. Maarten's - airport beach, low flying planes landing so close you can almost touch them - lowlight - Guatemaula - very poor area; suggest they select another docking area or take this port off the intinerary....we heard nothing but bad things about this port
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Any student on all Ashland University locations, who are in need of Disability Services, may receive asisstance through Disability Services. Students who use services through this office are more successful if they know how their disability impacts classroom performance. Our goal is to facilitate students to become self-advocates within the academic environment
Click here for an accessible PDF covering details of disability services at Ashland University.
Click here for information from the U.S. Department of Education regarding students with disabilities.
Accommodations available through Disability Services include:
- Adaptive Software
- Classrooms Moved for Accessibility
- Sign Language Interpreters
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Designed by the Grenville Brothers, the original Gee Bee's shape was intended to accommodate the Pratt ® Whitney R-1340 engine - the largest and most powerful engine of its day. With Jimmy Doolittle in the cockpit, the Gee Bee won the prestigious 1932 Thompson Trophy race and set a world landplane speed record of 476 km/h (296 mph) in the Shell Speed Dash. ElectriFly has recreated this unique design using foam construction, with a brushless electric power system and 4 micro servos already in place. It's ready for simple, fast, no-glue assembly - getting pilots to the field within minutes of radio and battery installation!
Wingspan: 38.5 in (980 mm)
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Respect.Now.Always. campaign at ACU
Published: Tuesday 11th October 2016
ACU, along with all other Australian universities, has been participating in the national Respect. Now. Always. campaign since February.
The campaign is aimed to:
- raise awareness of sexual assault and sexual harassment issues and lifting the profile of support services for students
- obtain prevalence data to guide further improvements in university policies and services
- assist universities to share best practice materials and resources across the sector
As part of this campaign, a national survey of randomly selected university students, including ACU students, has been conducted from 21 September until 21 October.
ACU does not tolerate sexual assault, harassment or disrespect. Your help in ensuring all ACU students enjoy their right to study in an environment free from discrimination and harassment is appreciated.
Please help us to promote awareness of this important campaign and completion of the survey to our students.
If students feel distress about the issues raised by this survey or the campaign, support is available by calling 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732). ACU counsellors are also available by making an appointment online at ACU Counselling Service.
Find out more at #RespectNowAlways.
Please note students are encouraged to report any incidents of sexual violence and harassment at university.
- Contact ACU Campus Security on 8888 on campus or 1300 729 452 off campus.
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Birmingham-Southern College announces five faculty appointments
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern College has announced the addition of five faculty members beginning with the 2007-08 academic year. They include:
Clare Emily Clifford, visiting assistant professor of English. Clifford earned a bachelor of arts from Virginia Tech, a master of arts from Northeastern University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama. She will serve a one-year appointment at BSC.
Susan Cockrell, associate professor of accounting. Cockrell earned a bachelor of science and a master of administrative science degrees from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama.
Amy Cottrill, assistant professor of religion. Cottrill earned an A.B. degree from Earlham College, a master of divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Emory University.
Mark Rupright, assistant professor of physics. Rupright earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kelly Russell, instructor of education. Russell earned a bachelor of science degree and a master of education from UAB. She has completed all coursework toward her Ph.D. in early childhood education.
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You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalk in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Overcoming Monolingualism 04 - Barriers Where We Want Bridges
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September 25, 2011
I'm currently reviewing an article by Greg Thomson regarding strategy and community in language learning. But here's one of my brief summaries thus far regarding the greatest barriers to effective language learning:
- bilingualism in a shared language among the target language community (i.e.- the people you're hoping to learn from already know English)
- limited access to the language community either by geography or attitude towards outsiders (i.e.- you can't make people talk to you!)
- cultural differences between your home and host cultures (i.e.- you can't make people like you!)
- the relationship between languages that you know and the language you are seeking to know [sounds, grammar & syntax, shared vocabulary] (i.e.- it's a lot harder for English speakers to learn Arabic than French)
- objective difficulty in certain languages [morphological complexity, rate of irregularity, agreement among words, high/low forms] (i.e.- Mandarin Chinese is just plain harder than Spanish)
- the individual learner [aptitude, motivation, personality, learning style, thinking patterns] (i.e.- get to know yourself and get ready to get over yourself)


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The Department encourages citizen involvement and volunteer programs in all of its correctional institutions and program areas. Volunteers generate a variety of services for inmates and parolees. Below are some examples of volunteer opportunities:
Volunteers can also develop skills and knowledge for utilization in their careers through the required volunteer training. This comprehensive training incorporates an overview of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services philosophy and operation, familiarization to the institution/program where the volunteer will be working, overview of inmate/parolee characteristics and background, guidelines for working with inmates/parolees, security, emergency situations, contraband, ethics, sexual harassment policy, statutory provision regarding sexual conduct with inmates/paroles and victim services.
By volunteering your time, you can experience a sense of reward and challenges that strengthens your professional and personal capacities. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, please complete the volunteer application. Mail the completed application form to, Attention: Volunteer Coordinator of the Facility that you are interested in providing services for. Facility addresses are located under the Institutions link on this page.


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By Steve DiMeglio, USA TODAY
The first tee shot of the 2009 season hadn't been hit when the LPGA tour got whacked again as a result of the global economic slump.
Already down three tournaments from 2008 and missing Annika Sorenstam, the 72-time winner who has "stepped away" from competitive golf, taking her drawing power with her, the tour found out in January that Ginn Resorts was abruptly ending all professional golf sponsorships, including the Ginn Open near Orlando.
That leaves the tour with 30 tournaments in 2009. And the departure of the Ginn Open and its $2.5 million purse — the third largest in 2008 — means golfers will be playing for roughly $53 million, down about $7.5 million.
Also gone are tour stops in Hawaii, South Carolina, Oklahoma and another in Florida. Of the 30 remaining events, 13 are outside the U.S. mainland. The tour also has to finalize which golf courses will be used for three events.
The 2009 schedule also creates a daunting quirk for some golfers.
With the U.S. Women's Open starting July 9, followed by the Evian Masters, the Women's British Open and the Solheim Cup, a player who hasn't qualified for any of those events wouldn't play in a tour event from the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic the first week of July to the Safeway Classic the last week of August.
All news hasn't been bad, however.
On Wednesday, the tour signed a 10-year agreement with Golf Channel that starts in 2010, the first time the LPGA will have an exclusive cable partner.
Also, according to Golf World, the tour is set to sign a multiyear TV deal with South Korean cable outlet J Golf worth more than $4 million annually.
The tour recently secured a three-year deal with Mirassou Winery to be the title sponsor of the Phoenix LPGA International, which moves to Papago Golf Course, and the tour returns to Thailand this year.
Further, this is a Solheim Cup year, and the Europeans and Americans will face one another in August.
"It's no secret that the road ahead, particularly 2009, is going to test our mettle," LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens says.
Next year won't be any easier. About one-third of the LPGA's sponsorship deals are up for renewal this year.
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I am 24 and usually have a 28 day cycle. my last period was on the 12/4/13 the one before that was 18/3/13. I was due period on the 15th of april however started on the 12th. As my period was early I am now confused as of my ovulation dates. I have tested every day since period stopped with OPK and all came back negative except last friday (19/4/13) which I got a very light positive. Instructions on packet say to read that as a negative, so fingers crossed that I have not missed my big O. I have been checking my CM everyday, yesterday very tacky, today wetter but still slightly sticky. Cervical position up until today was low, firm and closed. Today it is higher, softer but still closed, hoping this means that I should be ovulating on usual time (23-28/4/13, had ovulation cramping both yesterday and today around both ovaries felt around hip bones and lower back. fingers crossed I have still to go through big O and haven't missed it Have i missed it? Answers, opinions or advice welcom
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Intercontinental business jets
A look at current business aircraft development shows large-cabin long-range transonic jets will lead the way.
Representative large-cabin intercontinental bizjets showing maximum range in nautical miles.
And a new fiber/metal laminate exhibits superior strength, resistance to metal fatigue, and damage tolerance.
It is so light that a transport-aircraft wing made from the laminate would be up to 20% lighter (13,230–17,640 lb) than one made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites, netting lower manufacturing, maintenance and fuel consumption costs.
Wing design. NASA says the ability to cut drag by controlling the amount of laminar flow offers potential improvements in fuel efficiency, range and payload that "far exceed" any known single aeronautical technology. Fuel savings of up to 30% for subsonic commercial aircraft have been suggested.
MEA. First implemented commercially on the Airbus A380 airliner, more electric architecture (MEA) is an advanced design concept which replaces hydraulic and bleed air systems and plumbing with electrical alternatives, possibly coupled with fiber optic or carbon nanotube cabling.
This makes more aircraft weight available to passengers, fuel and mission payloads. Another application would be electrically driven nose landing gear for engineless taxi.
FBW. Fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control reduces pilot workload and provides envelope protection functions which complement inherently stable designs. The world's first FBW business jet, the Dassault Falcon 7X, has now been joined by the Gulfstream G650. The concept is mature and will be incorporated in more new designs.
Flightdeck. Large-format displays—incorporating navigation, weather, traffic and terrain avoidance, communication, flight controls, engine monitoring and enhanced vision into one cockpit system—will evolve into a synthetic virtual windshield, replacing the HUD and possibly the windshield itself.
PBN. Qualifying a business aircraft fleet for performance-based navigation (PBN) operations involves new equipment, procedures and pilot training. There are 2 categories of PBN procedure—area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP).
Each requires increasing levels of navigation performance, with RNP authorization required (RNP AR) requiring the highest level. This enhanced mode of PBN ensures that an aircraft can fly predetermined, precise flightpaths, shorter tracks, in congested airspace and in difficult terrain.
Innovations for 2030 aircraft may include hybrid electric types.
RNP AR procedures rely on a combination of GPS navigation and the aircraft's flight management computer.
Four-dimensional trajectory based operations (4-DTBO) are at the core of NextGen and Europe's Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program.
Cabin management systems.
Client-driven cabin design goals include improved convenience, connectivity, comfort and control. Many aspects of aircraft cabin management systems are driven by consumer electronics (such as Android mobile operating system or Apple iPad).
They include touchscreen user interfaces, advanced connectivity for voice, data and entertainment, flight planning, cabin (moving maps, satellite TV, content subscription management) and maintenance services (wireless updates of FMS and other databases and charts, fault histories and LRU diagnostics, anywhere).
Going supersonic
Long-term interest in a supersonic business jet (SSBJ) persists because it is a segment of the private transport market where air commerce economics don't apply. Small groups of high-net-worth or high-value passengers (such as executives or heads of state) may find value in higher-speed transport.
Given the diffuse nature of today's global activity—and no Concordes being available for emergency use—interest in an SSBJ is rekindled.
No SSBJs are currently available but several designs have emerged. An SSBJ would be about the same size as traditional subsonic bizjets, transporting 6–12 passengers and 2 crew, and costing $80 million or more.
Synthetic vision systems, such as this NASA display, will evolve using 4D to provide pilots with a visually familiar but virtual means of understanding aircraft condition, trajectory and operating environment.
It would be transatlantic-capable with sonic boom characteristics enabling it to fly over land (at least in defined corridors) in the 2025 timeframe.
Current designs predict a 90,000 to 114,000-lb MTOW, and a range of 4200–4900 nm at M 1.4–2.0 while cruising at FL510–600.
The main environmental issue is the sonic boom which proved so problematic for earlier generation supersonic transports. NASA will continue to aid the international community in defining a defendable modification of rules that today severely limit the economic viability of the technology—including FAA's ban on overland supersonic flight.


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We are developing an interactive application in jQuery and WordPress in which the data is assembled in an array and passed to the application's initializer function (of course a javascript function) and based on that array the entire UI of the application is generated.
Will our application be SEO friendly if we generate the entire UI with jQuery?
We can go the other way that is to generate the UI with php but if SEO is not going to be a problem with jQuery generated UI then we will go with jQuery for now because of time limitations.
The ideal design is to have a UI that works without js, then make it more fancy by adding js/jQuery on top.
If it's an application and not a classic website… then, probably, the user interaction needs to be the main target in the design.
Why do applications need SEO ? The application's website, landing page and other hoopla need SEO , not the app itself.
Or is it an interactive page and we're getting confused over semantics?
Search engines parse any HTML data in the text served from the server, not any HTML data created by JS/JQuery within the browser. So in all likelihood the answer to your question is no.
I'm sure some of the more advanced search engines (aka: Google) have a small amount of JS processing they do when they fetch the page and index, but nothing at the level you're talking about.
That said, these guys are right, there's no point in re-doing it. Just make the PHP output a div with all the relevant data listed out and you've got your SEO , then have jQuery replace that div and do the same stuff it does now so your user has their GUI
There are a few things you can do to make sure your application is still indexable by search engines.
Make use of meta tags in your HTML head, those should be static and not generated by JavaScript.
I suggest you read up on the Unobtrusive JavaScript paradigm and view, controller, model separation.
For example, to help search engines you'll want as much indexable content in static HTML .. so instead of doing something like this:
var li = $("
Home
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Do something like:

Home

 ... $("#nav ul li.home").click(function() { ... });
That's a very basic example, but as a general rule of thumb try and keep as much of the logic for how your application will look in HTML and CSS . Then use JavaScript for changing how it behaves.
This will also lead to a much cleaner, more maintainable code base.. which is arguably more important than SEO .
thanks guys for the advice and now we know what should we do.
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Nats catcher Jesus Flores forced to leave game with hamstring injury
Yet another Nationals' catcher has sustained an injury. This time it's Jesus Flores, who departed Sunday night's game against the Braves in the seventh inning with a strained hammy.
In what's beginning to resemble a pandemic of sorts, yet another Nationals catcher has been injured.
In the seventh inning of Sunday night's Nats-Braves contest, Jesus Flores strained his right hamstring while running the bases and had to leave the game. CBSSports.com's Scott Miller reports that the Nats, at this early juncture, don't believe it's a serious injury.
Previously, the Nats lost starter Wilson Ramos to a season-ending knee injury, and then Sandy Leon hit the DL with a sprained ankle. Now it's Flores.
Washington already has 10 players on the disabled list, so their hope is that Flores, after sitting out Monday's game against Miami, is back in the lineup on Tuesday and thus won't require a roster move.
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Persistence of Vision (POV globes) are awesome enough when they look like the planet. That wasn't enough for Jason Hotchkiss; he made his globe look like the Death Star. He constructed it (all the technical details are at his blog) and then calculated the bitmap values to insert in the code to change the pattern.
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Killeen police Wednesday identified a woman found dead inside a home in the 2700 block of Taft Street.
The body of Robin Ann Hetherington, 56, was found Tuesday. Property records list Hetherington as the owner of the home where she was found.
Police were patrolling the area when they heard an alarm, which was traced to Taft Street. Officers looked through an open window and saw a woman lying on the floor. Officers entered and found Hetherington dead on the kitchen floor.
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Hello! > One question which I have is why would you ever want to continue polling > if there is no work to be done? Is it a tradeoff between the amount of > time to handle an IRQ vs. the time to do a poll? Yes. IRQ even taken alone eat non-trivial amount of resources. Actually, I remember Jamal worked with machine, which had no io-apic and only irq ack/mask/unmask eated >15% of cpu there. :-) > An assumption that if > there was previous network traffic there is likely to be more the next > time the interface is checked (assuming you have other work to do between > the time you last polled the device and the next poll)? Exactly. Note also that the testing of "goto not_done" was made in pure environment: dedicated router. Continuous polling is an evident advantage in this situation, only power is eaten. I would not enable this on a notebook. :-) > Is enabling/disabling of the RX interrupts on the network card an issue > in the sense of "you need to wait X us after writing to this register > for it to take effect" or other issue which makes it preferrable to have > some "hysteresis" between changing state from IRQ-driven to polling? "some hysteresis" is right word. This loop is an experiment with still unknown result yet. Originally, Jamal proposed to spin several times. I killed this. Robert proposed to check inifinite loop yet. (Note, jiffies check is just a way to get rid of completely idle devices, one jiffie is enough lonf time to be considered infinite). Alexey
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Here's an uncomplimentary note to the Answer Man, regarding what I thought was a fine item on lower premiums for some uninsured people under the Affordable Care Act:
Well, I see you are now an expert on health care and the effect of Obamacare! You proudly state "the price is coming down for people who have no insurance and have a pre-existing condition". Premium prices WILL drop by almost 40% on July 1st for these folks. WOW! What a great deal. Let me tell you about the real world of health care. I' m responsible for my own insurance premiums. I don't work for the govt (oh but I actually do but that's another discussion) where I would get free health insurance. I actually write the check to Blue Cross every month. So, what is my annual renewal rate effective July 1st.......I get to pay an additional 18.9%. Do you suppose I could draw the conclusion that I now have the privilege of subsidizing the premium costs for other folks pre-existing conditions? After all, my health care costs are supposed to go down too, right? What this is is an extension of the welfare state. We have food welfare, housing welfare, welfare welfare, and now health care welfare. Answerman, you're in way over your head on this one..leave the politics out of your column, especially when you don't present all sides of an issue. You do a good job of finding out what color that house on 1st avenue was 40 years ago, leave the rest alone!
Good Writing,
Regarding the "politics" of health care, that Answer Man item was devoid of political references. It was all about health care and the law of the land, the Affordable Care Act.
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It seems to me that there are three forces preventing the availability of Plan B OTC : politics (pro life), doctors (Rx vs OTC) and pharmacists (OTC vs Rx). The FDA shouldn't be influenced by any of these forces. It's job is to assess efficacy and safety only.
If the FDA justifies it's stance, forbidding Plan B to be available only by prescription, it can only be based on safety. To justify it based on its use as an abortifacient means that IUDs should be outlawed too. Of course this form of abortion is only available in a doctor's office. Therefore, it is Okay??? Do not get into this argument. It is all political.


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Mike Florio takes a look at what should be on the Broncos' to-do list this offseason. He says that they have the passing game under control now with Peyton Manning, but they need up upgrade the running game. The Broncos also need to acquire a killer instinct in order to take their regular season talents deep into the postseason.This video is no longer available. Click here to watch more NBC Sports videos!
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This name carries a legacy of reconciliation (St. Francis was famous for his outreach to the Muslim world), and of self-sacrifice.
Your capacity for self-sacrifice grows when you feel unbearable pain.
It may just require some self-sacrifice like, say, selling your car to afford the chemo.
Both followed wars; people were tired of idealism and self-sacrifice and were determined to enjoy a self- indulgent materialism.
The struggle was soon over, and the impulse of self-sacrifice had conquered.
They are highly characteristic of the courage and self-sacrifice of the writer.
"There is no happy life for woman—the advantage that the world offers her is her choice in self-sacrifice," wrote Mr. Howells.
The self-sacrifice of a human being is not a lovely thing, Violet.
She had a clever scheme, concocted by herself and Mary Lou while they mingled their tears over this recital of self-sacrifice.
Is this the manner in which the spirit of self-sacrifice can be roused in the masses?


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Half (52 per cent) of new malware strains only stick around for 24 hours or less. The prevalence of short lived variants reflects a tactic by miscreants aimed at overloading security firms so that more damaging strains of malware remain undetected for longer, according to a study by Panda Security.
The security firm, based in Bilbao, Spain, detects an average of 37,000 new viruses, worms, Trojans and other security threats per day. Around an average of 19,240 spread and try to infect users for just 24 hours, after which they become inactive as they are replaced by other, new variants.
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Just a quick note to say I'm operational (I don't know about the "rational" part of that term), and you should be hearing from me with more substantive posts later today. Although I've been undergoing the severe trauma known as "moving" for the last couple of weeks, and in a semi-news blackout, I know there's been a bit of Idol activity: David C. getting signed by the BMG group (RCA, home of Kelly, Clay and more), David A. getting signed by the BMG group (Jive, home of Jordin -- a label historically very good at creating and obtaining radio hits), and some more gossipy stuff that crossed my path briefly and that I'm sure I'll read about more when I catch up to your comments.
As soon as the rest of my worldly goods arrive (Tuesday, I hope), I should be able to find my Idol file and execute a few planned posts as well as we look back on the past season. Meanwhile, thanks as always for your support.
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield began writing about music for USA TODAY in 1997 and took over Idol Chatter just before the start of Season 8. He co-authored Make Me a Star: Industry Insiders Reveal How to Make It in Music, and while he has never auditioned for American Idol, he did sing Boot Scootin' Boogie at Disney World's American Idol Experience the day the attraction opened (he lost). More about Brian | E-mail Brian


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'More Stability'
"We're seeing some more stability in some of the international markets for exporters and continued modest improvement here in the United states," Paul Mangus, head of equity strategy and research for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, said in a phone interview. His firm manages $170 billion. "You have revenue coming in sluggish, but that was pretty much as expected. Margins have come in a little higher than expectations, so there's a reason for an improvement in investor confidence."
The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, the gauge known as VIX that measures options traders' estimate of future price swings in the S&P 500, rose 0.9% to 13.43. The gauge has lost 19% so far this month.
AT&T Rally
Nine of 10 main S&P 500 groups advanced today, with phone and consumer-staples companies rising at least 0.8% to pace gains. AT&T Inc. jumped 2.3% to $36.39 for the biggest advance in the Dow.
Masco climbed 3.5% to $21.65. The company said it had sales of $2.2 billion last quarter, beating the average estimate in a Bloomberg poll of analysts for revenue of $2.1 billion. Adjusted earnings of 27 cents a share also beat projections.
Pfizer rose 1.7% to $31.28. Higher sales of its top vaccine and pain drugs also boosted profit. Pfizer is pushing to expand sales of Prevnar, a pneumococcal vaccine and its second- biggest product, since losing marketing exclusivity for Lipitor, once the world's top-selling drug.
Xylem surged 12% to $32.41 for the biggest gain in the S&P 500 and the most since being spun off from ITT Corp. two years ago. A 6% rise in orders in the third quarter, an ozone project in China and a pumping and control system for the Singapore Transport Authority helped Xylem post earnings and sales that beat analysts' estimates
Index Change
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. climbed 1.2% to $77.33. The luxury-goods company founded by the designer of the same name will replace NYSE Euronext in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on Nov. 1, S&P said. NYSE Euronext, the biggest U.S. stock exchange owner, is being acquired by Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange Inc.
International Business Machines Corp. rose 2.4% to $181.51 for the biggest advance in the Dow. The world's largest computer-services firm added $15 billion to its stock buyback fund. The company now has $20.6 billion in its repurchase program, and it will request more next October, it said.
Apple Inc. lost 1.4% to $522.60. The maker of the iPhone said revenue in the current quarter will be $55 billion to $58 billion, compared with the $55.5 billion average of analysts' estimates. Gross margins will be 36.5% to 37.5%, versus the 38% projection.
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Jethro Tull Biography
Jethro Tull was formed in Luton, England, in 1967 when Ian Anderson (10 August 1947, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; vocals, flute, piano) and Glenn Cornick (b. 23 April 1947, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England; bass), members of a visiting Blackpool blues group, John Evans Smash, became acquainted with Mick Abrahams (b. 7 April 1943, Luton, Bedfordshire, England; guitar/vocals) and Clive Bunker (b. 12 December 1946, Blackpool, Lancashire, England; drums), Abrahams colleague in local attraction McGregors Engine, completed the original line-up which made its debut in March the following year with Sunshine Day. This commercially minded single, erroneously credited to Jethro Toe, merely hinted at developments about to unfold. A residency at Londons famed Marquee club and a sensational appearance at that summers Sunbury Blues Festival confirmed a growing reputation, while A Song For Jeffrey, the quartets first release for the Island Records, introduced a more representative sound. Abrahams rolling blues licks and Andersons distinctive, stylized voice combined expertly on their 1968 debut album This Was - for many Jethro Tulls finest collection. Although the material itself was derivative, the bands approach was highly exciting, with Andersons propulsive flute playing, modelled on jazzman Rahsaan Roland Kirk, particularly effective.
The bands debut album reached the UK Top 10, largely on the strength of Jethro Tulls live reputation in which the singer played an ever-increasing role. His exaggerated gestures, long, wiry hair, ragged coat and distinctive, one-legged stance cultivated a compulsive stage personality to the extent that, for many spectators, Jethro Tull was the name of this extrovert frontman and the other musicians merely his underlings. This impression gained credence through the bands internal ructions. Mick Abrahams left in November 1968 and formed Blodwyn Pig. When future Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi proved incompatible, Martin Barre (b. 17 November 1946, Birmingham, England) joined the band for Stand Up, their excellent UK chart-topping second album. The band was then augmented by John Evan (b. 28 March 1948, Blackpool, Lancashire, England; keyboards), the first of Andersons Blackpool associates to be invited into the line-up. Benefit, the last outwardly blues-based album, duly followed and this period was also marked by the bands three UK Top 10 singles, Living In The Past, Sweet Dream (both 1969) and The Witchs Promise (1970). Cornick then quit to form Wild Turkey and Jeffrey Hammond (b. 30 July 1946, Blackpool, Lancashire, England), already a legend in Jethro Tulls lexicon through their debut single, Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square and For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me, was brought in for Aqualung. Possibly the bands best-known work, this ambitious concept album featured Andersons musings on organized religion and contained several tracks that remain long-standing favourites, including the title-track, My God, Hymn 43, and Locomotive Breath.
Clive Bunker, the last original member, bar Anderson, left in May 1971. A further John Evan-era acolyte, Barriemore Barlow (b. 10 September 1949, England), replaced him as Jethro Tull entered its most controversial period. Although 1972s Thick As A Brick topped the US chart and reached number 5 in the UK, critics began questioning Andersons reliance on obtuse concepts. However, if muted for this release, the press reviled the following years A Passion Play, damning it as pretentious, impenetrable and the product of an egotist and his neophytes. Such rancour obviously hurt. Anderson retorted by announcing an indefinite retirement, but continued success in America, where the album became Jethro Tulls second chart-topper, doubtless appeased his anger. War Child, a US number 2 album in 1974, failed to chart in the UK, although the following years Minstrel In The Gallery proved more popular. Too Old To Rock N Roll, Too Young To Die! marked the departure of Hammond in favour of John Glascock (b. 1951, London, England, d. 17 November 1979), formerly of the Gods, Toe Fat and Chicken Shack. Subsequent releases, Songs From The Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978) reflected a more pastoral sound as Anderson abandoned the gauche approach marking many of their predecessors. David Palmer (b. 2 July 1937, England), who had orchestrated a number of previous Jethro Tull recordings, was added as a second keyboards player as the band embarked on another highly successful phase, culminating in November 1978 when a concert at New Yorks Madison Square Garden was simultaneously broadcast around the world by satellite. However, Glascocks premature death in 1979 during heart surgery ushered in a period of uncertainty, culminating in an internal realignment.
In 1980 Anderson began a projected solo album, retaining Barre and new bass player Dave Pegg (b. David Pegg, 2 November 1947, Acocks Green, Birmingham, England; also Fairport Convention), but adding keyboard player Eddie Jobson (b. 28 May 1955, England; ex-Curved Air and Roxy Music) and drummer Mark Craney (b. 26 August 1952, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; drums). Long-time cohorts Barlow, Evan and Palmer were left to pursue their individual paths. The finished product, A, was ultimately issued under the Jethro Tull banner and introduced a productive period that saw two more band selections, plus Andersons solo effort, Walk Into Light, issued within a two-year period. Jobson and Craney had both left following A with Gerry Conway (b. 11 September 1947, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England; drums) and Peter-John Vettese (b. 15 August 1956; keyboards) brought into the line-up as their replacements, although the former was soon replaced by Doane Perry (b. 16 June 1954, Mount Kisco, New York, USA). Following the poor reception of 1984s heavily-synthesized Under Wraps the band embarked on a temporary hiatus. During this period Anderson became a renowned entrepreneur, buying tracts of land on the west coast of Scotland and opening the highly successful Strathaird Salmon processing plant.
Jethro Tull returned in 1987, minus Vettese, with the hard rocking Crest Of A Knave. The album was a surprise winner of the 1989 Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance and also restored the bands commercial fortunes. The lesser Rock Island followed in 1989. The bands first studio release of the 90s, Catfish Rising, although a disappointing album, was a return to Andersons blues roots. Ensuing studio releases Roots To Branches (1995) and the terribly named J-Tull.Dot.Com (1999) purveyed the standard Jethro Tull progressive rock, full of complicated time changes, and fiddly new age and Arabian intros and codas. The former album marked the final contribution from Pegg as a full-time member of Jethro Tull, although he returned to help out on the bands first seasonal album, the warmly-received 2003 release The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. Former member David Palmer had a sex-change operation and changed his name to Dee Palmer the same year. Anderson was awarded an MBE in the 2008 New Year Honours list.
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- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried lavender buds
- 4 large apricots, halved and pitted
- 4 nectarines, halved and pitted
- 1/2 pound sweet cherries, pitted
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated orange zest
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup mascarpone
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Eight 1-inch-thick slices of peasant bread
- 8 rosemary skewers, most of the leaves stripped off
Put the sugar and lavender in a spice grinder and grind to a powder. In a large bowl, combine the lavender sugar with the apricots, nectarines, cherries, lemon juice, orange zest and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Toss well and season lightly with salt and pepper. Let stand for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir the mascarpone with the honey and season with pepper. Brush the bread slices on both sides with olive oil.
Light a grill. Thread the fruit onto the rosemary skewers; reserve any juices in the bowl. Grill the bread over high heat until lightly charred and crisp, about 30 seconds per side. Grill the fruit skewers over moderate heat, basting a few times with the reserved juices, until lightly charred and just tender, about 4 minutes per side.
Spread the honey mascarpone on the grilled bread and halve each slice. Transfer to a platter. Slide the fruit off the skewers onto the bread, drizzle some of the juices over the fruit and serve.