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Eminem got the city behind him… On "Detroit Vs. Everybody", Slim Shady joins forces with the Detroit emcees Royce Da 5'9″, Big Sean, Dej Loaf, Trick Trick and Danny Brown. The Statik Selektah produced cut is part of the upcoming SHADYXV compilation LP. Enjoy! Read More »
Classic Drug References Vol. 1 [Album Stream]
Previously only released as a 3 x 7″ Box Set, today marks the digital release of Classic Drug References Vol. 1. Put together by Sweeney Kovar the project features contributions from artists, Danny Brown, Blu, KNX, Ras G, Zeroh, Pablo Ygal, Quelle Chris. Stream Below! Read More »
Danny Brown: Sweeny Song
Brand new unreleased Danny Brown! Read More »
Just Released Today [10/08]
Two long awaited records are hitting the shelves: Danny Brown's Old and Pusha T's My Name Is My Name is in stores today. Also in stores is the new RJD2 project More Is Than Isn't, which features guest appearances by Phonte, Aaron Livingston, Blueprint, P. Blackk, STS, and Khari Mateen. As always, tell us what you cop below. [poll id="414″] Read More »
Danny Brown: The Return (feat. Freddie Gibbs) [prod by Paul White]
Danny Brown slides through with this ill new joint, "The Return," featuring Freddie Gibbs and production from Paul White. Look out for it on Brown's upcoming project Old dropping Oct. 8th. Read More »
Danny Brown: Dip [Music Video]
Danny Brown trips through the video of "Dip", the latest video release from his Old LP. Old drops on October 8 so you better get ready. Read More »
Danny Brown: Side A (Old)
My man Danny Brown comes through with an ILL new single off of Old, which is set to drop on September 30th. "Side A (Old)" is reminiscent of the Hybrid days when I first started fucking with Danny's music. After hearing some of the other cuts coming off of Old this is a very pleasant surprise. Danny Brown has always been a monster and "Side A (Old)" is an example that he will continue to kill shit regardless of the style HE chooses. Detroit what!?! Read More »
Danny Brown: ODB [Music Video]
Danny Brown drops the official music video for the lead single off of his Old project. The album is now scheduled to drop on September 30th. Read More »
A$AP Ferg: Reynolds (feat. Danny Brown)
The Traplord A$AP Ferg linked up with Ol' Dirty Brown for "Reynolds", a track that sadly won't end up on Ferg's Traplord album which drops tomorrow. Read More »
Danny Brown: The Old Documentary
For fans of Danny Brown, The Old Documentary, should serve as an exciting and personal look into the mind of the emcee as his growth in the game was rising yet he was still by all means heavy in the streets. Featuring interview and live footage with Detroit band, Gorilla Funk Mob, this is definitely an inspiring documentary giving a true BTS view into the daily grind of a rapper on the come-up. Peep! Read More »


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The NSW inquiry into the $1 billion-plus funding hole in the vehicle James Hardie created to handle asbestos injury claims will not report its findings for two months but there's next to no doubt that the building products group will be writing a very large cheque to account for its considerable contribution to the human and financial disaster.
It is still not likely that Hardie will pay the entire amount, however. After weeks of sensational evidence Hardie last week acknowledged its leading role in the affair by proposing that it contribute to a new statutory body that the NSW Government would create to handle claims.
But it did so without admitting that it was legally liable and it has formidable defences, built around the so-called legal "corporate veil" which ensures that the debts and obligations of companies are quarantined even when they are part of a vertical ownership chain.
Hardie shifted its headquarters to the Netherlands in 2001 and, ahead of the move, created a body called the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation to meet existing and future asbestos-related claims.
The shares and assets of Hardie's main two Australian operating companies, Amaca and Amaba, were injected into the foundation to create a funding base. Amaca, the former James Hardie & Co, made and sold building and construction products that contained asbestos until 1986. Amaba made and sold brake products that contained the deadly mineral until 1986.
The foundation's assets were valued at $293 million at inception, an amount derived from an estimate of future claims by actuaries Trowbridge that the inquiry has been told under-estimated the size of likely payouts - Trowbridge was not given up-to-date data by Hardie - and underestimated how long it would take for the number of claims to peak. More recent estimates of the total amount that will need to be paid now range between $1 billion and $2 billion.
In deciding how the funding gap occurred, the inquiry will examine the parts played by Hardie directors, executives and advisers, including Hardie's legal adviser, Allens, and Trowbridge.
It will examine decisions taken in the nineties, when the Australian parent of the Hardie group extracted $183 million in management fees from its key operating subsidiaries and dividends from them, including a $42.3 million payout in 1996 which may not have been covered by profits in that year. The payments reduced the value of Amaca and Amaba and could be open to legal attack.
It will also assess the work done by Hardie and its advisers to decide that $293 million was enough to cover present and future asbestos claims.
There is a spectrum of behaviour that could explain the short-changing of the foundation, ranging from innocent error to calculated deception. The odds on an attempt to legally force Hardie to cover the entire shortfall, perhaps involving specific legislation to allow the veil to be pierced in such circumstances -as occurs in the United States - depends on the gravity of of the commission's findings. But short of a finding of institutionalised deception, the corporate veil will be a major hurdle for those seeking full compensation from the group.
The corporate veil is often mentioned in this affair as a barrier that protects James Hardie's new Dutch parent company from Australian asbestos- related claims. But it is actually multi-layered.
The asbestos claims that have prompted the NSW inquiry are almost all against Amaca and Amaba.
In Australia, their parent was James Hardie Industries Ltd. JHIL was a manufacturer and seller of asbestos-related products until 1937, when the business were handed to Amaca and Amaba. There are some residual asbestos claims against the JHIL, which has been re-named ABN60. But ABN60 has not been found to be liable for any of the claims against Amaca and Amaba.
ABN60 is also the company which in 2001 issued partly paid shares to the new Dutch group parent. If called, the partly paids would have required the Dutch company to pay $1.9 billion to ABN60 and their ability to cover asbestos claims was affirmed by Hardie in a 2001 NSW Supreme Court hearing which cleared the way for Hardie's restructuring and relocation overseas.
The cancellation of those partly paid shares in March last year without any public announcement is staggering given that a huge contingent liability on Hardie Netherlands' books was extinguished. It will no doubt be closely scrutinised by Australian regulators.
But Hardie's argument is that the assurances it gave to the Supreme Court about the safety net the partly paids offered related to claims against ABN60, the issuing company (and the company before the court), and not the downstream units, Amaca and Amaba. Allens told Supreme Court Justice Kim Santow in 2001 that ABN60 had at times been joined to asbestos legal claims against Amaca and Amaba but had "always successfully resisted any claims against it".
Enough information has been given to the NSW inquiry to conclude that Hardie is at the centre of a financial and human catastrophe. The building products group has to fund the bulk of the solution.
At this stage the group is still most likely to be the largest of several contributors to a new funding pool, either as part of the new statutory fund it is now proposing or through another structure that, like a statutory fund, eliminates lawyers from the mix, at a saving of over $440 million, according to the latest actuarial estimates.
Remember that asbestos did not become outlawed in this country until 1987, after Hardie stopped using it. Asbestos victims must not be shortchanged. The prospect of taxpayers contributing to the final solution is real.
Almost any settlement will be a sharemarket positive for the group.
Hardie shares traded at $7.79 last October and closed at $6.07 last Friday, up from $5.93 on Tuesday, the day before the group floated its idea for a statutory fund.
The slide since October has slashed Hardie's price-to-forecast earnings multiple from 17 times to 13 times and Merrill Lynch analysts Simon Archer and Campbell Morgan calculate that Hardie can pay up to $1 billion without further harming its share price if the settlement results in the company regaining its 17 times earnings multiple.


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Stephen Amell Posted Another Workout Video
Stephen Amell has been working out again and it's just as intense as the last time.
I don't know if you guys are you ready. Are you sure you're ready?
Seriously. Click-through with caution. Alright so you think you can handle it, huh?
Post by Stephen Amell.
You can't handle it. You can't handle it at all. Stephen Amell is the best at working out. Bow down.


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The "second bit" Chris mentions could probably be put into Monowall
without a lot of trouble. Monowall has an included file that is in
every page, as it relates to the authentication (code I wrote a few
years back to ensure the specifically logged in user's priv's allow them
access to the specific page they are trying to get to). All that would
probably need to be done would be to do a "local IP check" routine
there. This could be a check specific to the config of the monowall (is
this IP from a local LAN segment?) or it could be a generic check (is
this a private IP?). Since the "local IP check" code would be hit on
every page load, it would need to read from a newly added
"approved_non_local" file to see if the current user's IP is already
approved. IPs not approved could be redirected to a warning page,
allowing the user to make a selection to continue on anyhow (note - this
warning page would need to avoid the "local IP check" routine - no
endless loops please!), and when the continue, Monowall could append
their IP to the "approved_non_local" file located in the /tmp directory.
Since the file containing approved non-local IPs is in the /tmp
directory, it would be cleared every time Monowall was rebooted.
So, the first time the user logs in remotely, they authenticate with
basic auth, the "local IP check" routine finds they aren't coming from a
local IP and their IP isn't in the "approved_non_local" file, so they
would get redirected. After hitting "Continue" on the warning page and
getting directed back to the page they originally attempted to go to,
the "local IP check" routine would again see that they aren't from a
local IP, but it would find their IP in the "approved_non_local" file,
so it would allow them through...
This may not be the best way, but it's one way without having to switch
to a different web authentication method.
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From: Chris Buechler [mailto:cbuechler at gmail dot com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:38 PM
To: Andrew White
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The second bit is if accessing by an IP address that is not a locally
configured IP (any interface's IP, or any configured virtual IP), the
login page shows a warning that it is not a local IP and if the user
did not configure this forwarding they could be seeing a man in the
middle attack. That isn't specific to DNS rebinding, but is a good
check to have. That one is more difficult with m0n0wall as it uses
HTTP basic auth, these checks were added to pfSense 2.0 which uses
session auth where it can easily display a warning on the login
screen. In that case, login is still permitted, it's just a warning.


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People who received postcards saying their energy use was being tracked reduced their consumption by 2.7 percent.
Revisiting Ernest Callenbach's controversial portrait of a more sustainable America.
The key, according to a new report, is forming partnerships with farmers.
For starters, don't tell them it'll help fight climate change or "protect the environment."
According to a new study, urban and developed land areas will increase 41 percent.
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> Any ideas of how this can be fixed?
I'd suggest using a machine running OpenVPN at either end. Create the
VPN, make sure each machine is able to forward packets, create the
static routes on the m0n0walls and you're done (see howto at
openvpn.net for better information). Make sure each network is on a
different subnet though.
Sorry it doesn't answer your question but I think it's the best solution.


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Becoming an Artist
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Becoming an Artist is a celebration of our cultural vitality and the need to ensure its continuance. The documentary features acclaimed artists across the disciplines, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Robert Redford, Rosie Perez, Bill T. Jones, Frank Gehry, John Guare and Kathleen Turner working with some of the nation's most talented students selected by the National YoungArts Foundation.


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American Eagle Outfitters is looking to connect with its customers where they spend the majority of their time: on their cell phones. The junior apparel retailer has launched a mobile commerce program that allows customers to browse and purchase items on the chain's Web site from their mobile device. Customers can also get assistance in finding a store near them.
"We know that AE customers are using their mobile devices for just about everything, from communication to entertainment," said Mike Dupuis, VP marketing, digital channels, American Eagle Outfitters, which operates 954 namesake stores, 122 Aerie by American Eagle outlets, and 28 Martin + Osa outlets.
In November 2008, American Eagle Outfitters initiated an opt-in SMS texting program whereby customers sign up to receive targeted messages about special offers, new product introductions and promotions on their mobile phones. The program has been highly successful, according to the retailer. Hundreds of thousands of customers have opted in to date, and the numbers are increasing daily.
By enabling customers to experience the functionality of the Web site, including commerce, American Eagle is looking to take the mobile experience to the next level.
"Mobile commerce is still in its early stages, but as an early adopter of technology and a leading lifestyle brand, it is important to AEO to be among the first to offer it to customers as another way to interact with our brands," said Dupuis.
With the expanded functionality, customers now can look up the American Eagle store nearest them, and get a map and directions. In addition to purchasing directly from their mobile devices, they can access "Wish Lists" to help with shopping in the store, and they can e-mail their Wish Lists directly to a parent or friend.
"American Eagle Outfitters' mobile strategy is designed to make our brands accessible to customers anytime, anywhere, as well as bridge the gap between online and stores," Dupuis said.
The ultimate goal, he continued, is to create "a seamless experience in which each channel—store, mobile and traditional online—work together to the mutual benefit of all three."
Accessing the AE Web site from a mobile device is easy and requires no downloads or special Web address entries. The technology detects when a customer is accessing the site from a mobile device and serves up the appropriate Web experience that is customized for whatever device they happen to be using.
American Eagle Outfitters is partnering with Usablenet, a New York City-based mobile Web platform, on its mobile commerce solution.


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Over the past two seasons, the Moore League softball race has been nothing short of a dogfight, with perennial champion Lakewood High battling Wilson and Millikan.
The Lancers won their fifth title in a row in 2011. The Bruins claimed their first one in 20 years in 2012. And the Rams are narrow favorites to wear the crown this season.
"It would be about time," said Rams coach Don Harper, whose team hasn't won a league title since sharing it with Lakewood in 2007.
"This is one of our best teams. We will be right there."
Millikan, which has finished third the past two years, is loaded with talent, experience and a desire to claim the title.
The Rams, ranked No. 3 in CIF-SS Division 2, return six starters in the field and their top two pitchers. They are strong up the middle with C/1B Liz Snow (.408, 35 RBIs, 25 runs, 5 HRs), 2B Sara Foster (.419, 32 RBIs, 25 runs), SS Megan Estacio (.410, 29 runs) and OF Linnea Goodman (.465, 39 runs, 19 stolen bases) and have new looks in the circle in LHP Megan Liter (13-6, 2.27 ERA, 96 strikeouts) and RHP MacKenzie McGill (8-3, 2.85 ERA, 91 strikeouts).
Millikan possesses maybe the best lineup in the area, with the likes of Snow and 1B/DP Kaycee Makemson (.375), and a sound defense led by the speedy Goodman in center field.
With the additions of freshman 3B Angelique Ramos and sophomore OF Payton Stroppe, the Rams could be even better than last year.
"We finished in third place, but I felt we were better than that," said Harper, whose last two teams have made nice playoff runs. "We are expecting good things."
No one is just going to hand over the league title to Millikan, especially Lakewood, which is No. 5 in Division 2.
Coach Andy Miramontes' Lancers are similar to Millikan. They are stocked with hitters, good pitching and one of the best players in the area.
Outfielder Jessica Scroggins (.448, 32 runs, 21 RBIs, 5 HRs) is a game-changer. First baseman Brittney Witts and 2B/3B Taylor Manning carry big bats, and SS Alexis Carrillo and C Lexi Rother are back after successful freshman seasons.
Janel Hayes (22-5, 2.66 ERA , 120 strikeouts, .416, 26 RBIs, 21 runs), in shape and "throwing harder than ever," might be the pitcher in the league. She's also among the team's leading hitters.
"We'd like to get back to winning the league title," said Miramontes, noting it was one error last season that cost his team the crown.
Wilson will have a hard time repeating a feat that was two decades in the making.
The Bruins, who have a new coach in Mike Hunter, return a solid core of senior talent that can hit the ball and field it about as well as any team in the area. Catcher Alleah Laxamana (.440, 20 RBIs, 24 runs) is one of the top players in her position in the state, 1B Alexis Schiff (.395, 34 RBIs, 3 HRs) and 3B Unique Whitehurst (.343, 3 HRs) own powerful bats and OF Joanna Perrucio (.304) and SS Kori Cochran (.361, 26 runs) are solid contact hitters.
"In my 20 years of coaching, this is without a doubt the best defensive and hitting team I've ever had," Hunter said.
The player who will either make or break the Bruins is pitcher Gabrielle Juarez, a senior who has been waiting in the wings and is facing a great deal of pressure.
"Without a doubt," Hunter said when asked if pitching is his team's biggest question mark. "Pitching is king. If the pitcher does the job, we are gonna have a good day."
Poly might not be at the level of Millikan, Lakewood and Wilson, but the young Jackrabbits continue to make strides to close the gap and are good enough to steal games from the big three if they don't come ready to play.
Pitcher Anessa Cepeda should be even better than what she showed in her freshman season, and 1B Merina Ili and SS/3B Melissa Diaz make up a solid 1-2 punch in the order, and OF Ally O'Neill is an up-and-coming player in center.
Outfielder/third baseman Annie Adamos is an impact newcomer.
"I'm not sure we have what it takes to win league, but we are going to give people a good battle," coach Ken Munger said. "We've got potential, but we need to show some consistency and learn to compete pitch by pitch."
The bottom half of the league could be interesting, too, despite Jordan, Cabrillo and Compton not being among the playoff contenders. That trio should battle well against each other.
The team might come out ahead might be a surprise - Compton.
The Tarbabes have been winless for as long as anyone can remember, but Armando Padilla, who raised the level of competition at Cabrillo over six seasons there now is in charge at Compton and breathing life into that program.
Compton, led by P Brenda Mendoza, C Saira Toscano, 3B Daisy Valenzuela, OF Alyssa Ibarra and SS Diane Orozco, already has won a handful of games for the first time since "the 1990s would be a guess," Padilla said.
"We will compete with Cabrillo and Jordan," Padilla said. "We will be playing better ball than anyone has ever seen Compton play."
The Panthers are led by 2B Jasmin Reza, 2B Olga Pardo (.257, 11 RBIs), 1B/P Joanne Guevara, P Amber Roman (5-8), OF Jasmine Guest (.345) and UT Jacquelyn Araujo.
"We are not as strong as we used to be," coach Carter Kendrick said. "We've got a lot of work to do."
Cabrillo, under coach Gabriel Tablada, will cast its lot with the likes of P Jennifer Rubio, 2B Stephanie Deanda, OF/1B Karina Navarez and SS Karina Rodriguez.


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Eight workers to be fired after Mercy for Animals Canada releases video of abuse of cattle in Chilliwack
(Editor's note: Warning—the video below is extremely disturbing.)
Canada's largest dairy operator says it will take action after undercover video revealed workers kicking, whipping, and punching animals at its factory farm in Chilliwack.
Mercy for Animals Canada released the video, which was taken by a former employee.
Chilliwack Cattle Sales says it will fire eight workers who are seen mistreating the animals.
The opening scene shows a cow being pulled up by its neck by a front-end loader as an employee hoots with joy.
On its website, Mercy for Animals Canada has a message to Saputo, which buys from Chilliwack Cattle Sales, calling on the company to "adopt meaningful animal welfare policies for its dairy suppliers".
That includes "zero tolerance for animal abuse", "proper care and treatment of sick and downed animals", and "video monitoring systems streamed live on the Internet to prevent abuse".
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Myra Lanctot
Jun 10, 2014 at 5:56pm
Absolutely horrified about the cruelty to these cows on this farm in Chilliwack, there is no excuse for this kind of treatment of these gentle creatures. I hope charges are laid against these so called human beings. They need to be held accountable. Thanks to Mercy for Animals and the SPCA for bringing this to the light of day.
eggs benny
Jun 10, 2014 at 7:50pm
i knew this guy back in the day who used to work with chickens, either on a farm or processing them.
he would brag that he and a few co-workers used to throw the chickens into an exhaust fan for fun!
he loved being that guy from surrey, he relished it.
he got hit by a kharma...real hard!
Nancy Deni
Jun 11, 2014 at 6:17am
People who do this to animals don't treat people any better. These individuals may have been fired but they'll continue to behave this way to any living thing, human or otherwise. My other concern is with the corporate culture at this company. Perhaps management doesn't treat their employees very well or pay them enough and this kind of behaviour can also stem from that. Frustration with their work can be taken out on the animals and if the corporate culture doesn't change, this behaviour will be seen again at this company.
John Shoust
Jun 12, 2014 at 7:57am
Can anyone tell me who buys this milk so we can put financial pressure on this producer? I refuse to believe owners don't know what's going on with the injuries shown and if they don't they are negligent in their jobs as owners.
If anyone can share who buys this milk for resale it's important to pass along so we can boycott now and forever.
r ray
Jun 12, 2014 at 8:22am
This is very disturbing footage, however I don't like the end phrase of "ditch dairy". Most dairy farmers are kind to their animals. There is no benefit to them being cruel and they know that. DON'T MAKE IT LOOK LIKE ALL FARMERS DO THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T!!!!!!!


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Hawaii: Paradise Found
Hawaii, and all of its islands, is a deeply spiritual place. Modern high-rise hotels and packed beaches soon give way to less populated lands and small towns that boast a more ancient way of life where beliefs forged over two thousand years ago still hold sway.
Born of volcanoes with an environment so lush that flowers grow on top of flowers and tropical fruits grow so fat in their juices that they drop from trees. Paradise is never so reaffirmed than when you have to step over mangoes like fallen pine cones. And no matter where you are it seems like the deep blue Pacific is following you.
The 50th State is an archipelago and an individual island all in one. It's no wonder why this the most isolated group of islands in the world, is also one of it's most desired destinations. Even it's name sounds like a prayer to the relaxation gods. With rain forests and waterfalls, dramatic surf and black sand beaches and an erupting volcanic crater adding new land almost every day.
Hawaii is part finished masterpiece, part heavenly work in progress.
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Dear Alice,
I have recently started a low-sodium diet to lose water weight. I have one burning question though... Does salt substitute make you retain water like salt does or not? It tastes very similar but it is potassium instead or sodium chloride. Please help me.
Thank You,
Dear Ashley,
The simple answer to your burning question is no, salt substitute will not make you retain water like salt does. As you had mentioned, salt substitute is different from salt because it contains potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride. Sodium chloride is a water-soluble molecule, which means that a high salt intake will cause your body to hold onto excess water. The same is not true of potassium chloride, which hasn't been shown to cause water retention.
However, salt substitute is not a good option for everyone. Too much potassium in the body can build up in your kidneys and can cause damage. For individuals on certain medications, particularly to treat heart, kidney, or liver conditions, using potassium chloride may contribute to potassium retention. For these folks, salt substitutes are not recommended.
So, what are some other options for reducing your salt intake? Try experimenting with your cooking (or maybe start cooking more often — over 75 percent of the salt we eat comes from processed foods and eating out!). Instead of adding salt to your food, try using lemon juice, garlic, or garlic powder. Dress up your meals with fresh herbs like rosemary, tarragon, mint, or sage, and expand your horizons with spices like peppercorn, chili, and paprika.
It's also a good idea to play close attention to food labels. If a product is labeled "sodium free" or "salt free," this means it contains less than 5mg of sodium per serving. "Reduced sodium" means that the product contains at least 25 percent less sodium than the regular version. But buyer beware: some products still have very high levels of sodium to begin with. For example, a cup of reduced sodium chicken soup might be labeled "low sodium," but that reduction could be from 500mg to 300mg, which is still a lot of sodium for one serving! "Lite" means that the product contains at least 50 percent less sodium than the regular version, and "no salt added" or "unsalted" means there hasn't been any extra salt added. But again, beware: sodium doesn't only come from salt; many other ingredients are also high in sodium. Try to steer clear of products that include ingredients like monosodium glutamate (MSG) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).
As you explore your new food choices, you can check out the Go Ask Alice! Nutrition and Physical Activity archives for tips on healthier eating. You might also consider talking with a health professional or registered dietitian before making major changes to your diet.
The good news is that salt is an acquired taste – by slowly reducing the amount of salt in your diet, you will gradually rely on it less. Over time, some salted foods might even taste too salty for you!Alice!


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FuryBand is a roguelike computer game created by The Fury and set in Middle-earth. He based it off of the engine of ToME (Troubles Of Middle-Earth), while borrowed some stuff from other ToME modules. ToME itself is a variant of the game of Angband.
Originally, FuryBand was FuryMod, a module for ToME. By forking the code base of ToME, The Fury gained some more freedom for what he was doing.
Some notable features are:
- Swords that launch walls of fire with every attack
- Over 1500 new monsters, some borrowed from other variants, some new inventions
- Many new classes and races
- Many new skills, such as Ninja and Phasing
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Mr Kaplan, 51, known as the Caliph of Cologne went missing on Wednesday after a court ruled he could be extradited to Turkey to face treason charges.
But now, another court has ruled he can stay in Germany for two months to have the chance to appeal and the arrest warrant has been lifted.
For 24 hours, Mr Kaplan was the most sought-after man in Germany.
His lawyer, Ingeborg Naumann, says her client is still in the city.
She said Mr Kaplan would report to the police next week as he is obliged to do by law.
The confusion caused by the two court rulings and Mr Kaplan's disappearance has sparked a political row in Germany.
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Mr Kaplan is wanted in Turkey to face charges that he plotted to attack the mausoleum of the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, with an aeroplane.


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With one exception, these are people he admitted to hacking in 2006 by his guilty plea.
Every commander-in-chief since Franklin Roosevelt, with the exception of John F. Kennedy, has had both a library and a memoir.
And despite his anti-hero, anti-corporate persona, the iconic Cobain is not the exception.
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From: Kay Allen AG <>
Subject: Re: Age of competency
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 1990 08:23:38 -0700
Renia wrote:
> Kay Allen AG wrote:
> > Renia wrote:
> > >
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> > The copies of the records also do not seem to have the ususal
> > stipulations that the master should take care to educate him in reading
> > and writing which appear in the apprenticeship papers of young children.
> How usual was this? Penty of later apprentices I have come across, years
> after
> their apprentices finished, could not read or write. Perhaps it was the
> custom in
> certain areas, at certain times, but not at all times.
This was Puritan Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and it appears to be
a fairly common stipulation. In any case, he could at least sign his
name in a neat, legible hand.
> > This is one reason that I felt that he might be an older lad already
> > able to read and write. And there are cases of adults apprenticing
> > themselves to a trade for a longish period of time which would end after
> > the 21st birthday.
> I don't know. In this case, 11 years is so long, that it's more probable
> that he was a young apprentice, rather than an older one, in order that
> someone was financially responsible for him. (Is it possible, that the
> signature was that of his father, bearing the same name?)
There is no trace of any parentage on this side of the pond. I will have
to re-read the document, but I believe it says that he is apprenticing
Kay Allen AG
> Doubtless, others will enter this interesting discussion with their
> views.
> Renia
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The SAT Prep Game
There's no doubt that familiarity with a test format -- and studying material that will specifically be on a test -- can raise scores. I was thinking about that when I came across this item from Wired News on a new SAT Prep video game. (As they point out, with a market this big, what took so long?) A few years ago, I received a review copy of one of the first of a new genre of SAT Prep novels (see this link for the SparkNotes version; lots of companies do these now). SAT vocabulary words are spaced throughout the book, with definitions in footnotes, so you learn while reading. Of course, kids have always learned new words by reading, but this satisfies that parental urge to make sure no time is wasted learning unimportant words... (sigh).
Anyway, there's no doubt that a kid who plays the SAT prep video game, and reads the SAT prep books, and takes a Kaplan course, will have some advantage over someone with no familiarity with the test. But here's something to think about: the vast, vast majority of people who use these aids do not score a perfect 2400 on the SAT (that number still looks weird to me, I still think in terms of 1600!)
Why not? If the test can be gamed through these tools, why doesn't everyone ace it?
The reality is that -- for all the prepping -- tests like the SAT still measure your ability to solve problems quickly when faced with new information. Even if you've seen 1000 math problems before, you haven't seen this exact one. You haven't seen this exact reading passage, so you haven't been asked these specific questions. For all their flaws, standardized tests still measure your ability to synthesize information and think on your feet.
For this reason, I don't think the test prep industry changes things as much as it might - either for the SAT, or for other tests. The fairest thing to do is probably just what NYC did -- make sure everyone has a copy, and then see what happens.
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"But here's something to think about: the vast, vast majority of people who use these aids do not score a perfect 2400 on the SAT"
True. But I would guess that the vast majority who score perfectly on the SAT or ACT have utilized test prep options.
Most serious students don't use silly games and books that just divert them from their core goal. Most serious students are using private agencies like Advantage or online companies like Prepme these days.
- DrBurst| College Intention said...
@ Anonymous. Do you think students are robots. We do need a break once in a while. I can see the value of having a game prep ystem. furtheremore, a DS is easier to wipe out then a book. allowing for prep during bus rides. All and any prep is of value. The SAT is just a long grind.
Actually, I suspect that most of the students getting the really top scores in SAT do almost no prep. The tests are quite easy for the smartest students, and the prep work really only helps kids in the middle of the range.
One of the biggest things about showing children these tests and sitting them down to practice with them, is the actual preparation of doing the test itself, regardless of what the questions are.
There is no doubt that getting an understanding of the types of questions is a good thing... but HOW to answer and HOW to conduct yourself during the test, is where the most benefit is gained.
In this regard Gifted Kids are no different from the average student.
Gifted Parent Educator
I really must wonder. Why prep at all? Test cold and you'll really see who the gifted kids are.
You can't prevent all the test hype and preparation mania. But I wish we could. Because when a kid hires a private tutor and preps and preps and preps, what are we truly measuring? To me, all that prep defeats the entire purpose. Are we assessing how well a student can take a test or their aptitude?
An ode to all those PG 2e kids who can ace a test without preparing! But their grades are something else entirely. The test is the feather in their cap.
- Kevin said...
If the purpose of a test is to predict who will do well in a particular program, then the test should be related to the content of the program. If the program expects kids to spends hours studying for each assignment, then a test which one does better on by doing hours of test prep is appropriate.
Of course, for most gifted programs, this sort of test is not a good fit to the content.
Kevin wrote:
If the program expects kids to spends hours studying for each assignment, then a test which one does better on by doing hours of test prep is appropriate.
I see your point but I disagree. Yes, the gifted program for which the student is attempting to test into would be rigorous so your thinking goes, apply rigor to test preparation.
I'd rather see how these kids do cold. I'm measuring for aptitude, critical thinking skills. My daughter took the SAT in 7th grade as a 12 year old for continued CTY (Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth) eligibility. She did not prep. She didn't have time, too much school homework. Our family played a ten minute analogy game the night before and that was the sum total of all the prep.
Daughter did even better on the geometry portion than the algebra. She'd not yet taken geometry at this point, that was coming up next. She still did very well. For her, the test measured how she applied her accumulated knowledge and critical thinking to completely new problem solving.
I suppose her score might have been higher had she prepped. But it was cool getting a raw baseline of what she could do without all that test prep.
As said, you can't stop the test prep mania. But I know kids who take that test every month in 7th grade, prepping endlessly for each. To me, that's hothousing. You either have it or you don't. CTY's Talent Search is looking for those kids who are several years above grade level.
My daughter doesn't spend hours studying for each assigment in school. Sadly, she doesn't have time. She's EG/PG 2e and her homework alone takes hours and hours. There's no time left for test study. I wish there was. I tell her, get a good night's rest and you'll do better on the test without studying than staying up late to cram. I'm usually right!


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A Utah-based social justice group is seeking the public release of expenditures by the Attorney General's Office to date on its legal defense of an enforcement-only immigration law being challenged in federal court.
United for Social Justice announced it filed the open-records request under the state Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA).
"It is the only way we can protect our society from further irresponsibility by those we trust enough to place into office," said group representative Mindy Hatch in a statement.
The lawsuit involving Rep. Stephen Sandstrom's HB497 has been tied up in U.S. District Court since May when the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center sought an injunction against it being enacted.
Last week, the federal government joined the lawsuit against Utah and U.S. District Court Judge Clark Waddoups combined the lawsuits and set a hearing for Feb. 17.
The law dubbed "Arizona Light" in the United for Social Justice statement would require local police to check legal status of those arrested for felonies or major misdemeanors. Lesser crimes would give local police the option to check status of those they believed might be in the country illegally.
In Arizona, the legal defense of SB1070 the model for HB497 cost the state at least $1.5 million. Several components of that law were held up under a federal judge's ruling and Gov. Jan Brewer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.
Paul Murphy, spokesman for Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, said the costs to the office wouldn't approach Arizona's cost.
He also said the office had yet to receive the request, but pointed out that there won't be any documents to turn over. He said the office has attorneys working on different lawsuits and they don't track hours separately.
"HB497 would be one of 20 different lawsuits they might be working on," Murphy said.
He said they would respond to the GRAMA request and they might be able to provide an estimate.
But United for Social Justice claims in its statement that any amount of money spent on defending HB497 is wasteful.
"Since Sandstrom's initial press conference and into the 2011 legislative session, USJ has maintained that state-led immigration reform is unconstitutional and Utah's lawmakers should prevent passing along such a tax burden onto citizens in a time of economic distress," the statement said.
The law was signed by Gov. Gary Herbert on March 15 along with a series of other immigration reform bills. It was only in effect for a few hours before the judge granted a temporary restraining order.
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A capability maturity model for data acquisition and utilisation
Murphy, Glen D. & Chang, Artemis (2009) A capability maturity model for data acquisition and utilisation. In Proceeding of the International Conference of Maintenance Societies, 1-4 June 2009, Sydney.
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In this paper we adopt a capability maturity management (CMM) approach to the issue of data management and utilisation. Applying a CCM approach in conjunction with a newly developed engineering data typology allows engineering managers and practitioners a framework to assess the maturity of their data management processes and the extent to which they are utilizing the data within their organization. Used appropriately it may also help to identify areas requiring additional focus or resource investment to ensure not only data quality, but maximum data utilisation. Consistent with a CMM approach we identify 4 key outcomes with increasing levels of maturity that engineering asset organizations may wish to achieve as a result of acquiring engineering data. Further, we consider the types of data required in order to achieve those outcomes. Finally we consider the contextual factors at both an organizational and asset level, that may impact on the ability of an organization to achieve improvements in their data management maturity. In doing so we provide some indicators for engineering personnel as to under what conditions may an appropriate maturity level may be desired - depending on asset type, organizational strategy and risks associated with the asset class for example.
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Three Ways China Will Change the Global Energy Equation
How will China change the global energy equation in the next five years?
MAZEN SKAF: China will continue to affect global energy markets along three dimensions: As a consumer with increasing emphasis on efficiency and energy mix optimization, as a producer investing in renewable energy and tapping unconventional resources, and as an important source of capital for global energy companies and projects.
As of 2010, China's energy consumption surpassed that of the U.S., making it the largest consumer of energy in the world. This highlights the importance of recent policies and initiatives aimed at reducing the energy intensity of the economy, improving energy efficiency, and optimizing the energy mix. China's current development plan (for the period 2011-2015) calls for a 16% reduction in energy use per unit of economic output by 2015. This will be achieved through a combination of expanding higher-value added economic activities that are not energy intensive and increasing energy efficiency. For instance, new car fuel efficiency standards will take effect in 2014-2015. At the energy mix level, China is on track to increase the share of non-fossil fuels to 15% of the total energy by 2020.
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China is projected to continue to affect dynamically global energy markets through optimizing its local consumption, expanding production and tapping unconventional resources, and contributing capital on a global basis.
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The top of the front page of Friday's Washington Post was all about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's press conference in which she accused the CIA of deliberately misleading her in 2002 about waterboarding. There were two stories up top and a box promising two more stories inside. So what about the New York Times? There was no Pelosi story anywhere on Page One, just a plug to a story inside – on page A-18.
Here's what went on the front page instead: Chrysler telling dealers to close, Mexican immigration plummeting, Afghans fault U.S. for airstrikes, the end of a pension case at the Carlyle Group, an advertising story headlined "Does Ranting Sell? Worth a Try," and the light story of the day: "For Frozen Entrees, 'Heat and Eat' Isn't Enough." It came complete with a photo of a Banquet chicken pot pie box.
Inside, Carl Hulse's report was headlined "Pelosi Says She Knew of Waterboarding by Early 2003." The story itself featured Pelosi's Republican critics and tried to square Pelosi's new claims with her public actions:
In her roles as both Democratic leader after 2004 and then speaker after Democrats won control of the House in 2006, Ms. Pelosi has been an outspoken critic of the administration's treatment of detainees, saying the specter of torture had damaged the nation's reputation and put military forces at risk.
But it was not until late 2007 that it was disclosed that, as the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Ms. Pelosi had been briefed to some degree on the interrogation methods.
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Examining the predictive value of fertility preferences among Ghanaian women
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Despite extensive research, doubts remain regarding the degree of correspondence between prior stated fertility preferences and subsequent fertility behavior. Preference instability is a factor that potentially undermines predictiveness. Furthermore, if other predictors of fertility substantially explain fertility, then knowledge of preferences may contribute little to explaining or predicting individual fertility behavior. In this study, we examined these aspects of the study of individual fertility preference-behavior consistency. Using a prospective multi-wave panel dataset, we modeled the monthly likelihood of conception, taking into account the dynamic nature of preferences, and controlling for changing reproductive life cycle factors and stable socioeconomic background predictors of fertility. We demonstrate from a sample of fecund married Ghanaian women that fertility preferences retain independent predictive power in the model predicting the likelihood of conception.
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Ivy Kodzi - Ohio State University, United States of America
David Johnson - Pennsylvania State University, United States of America
John Casterline - Ohio State University, United States of America
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Whitley, man, he was good again [2]. Really good. Got some good fielding behind him, too. Chad Jennings has the details. [3]
And the old man who can't hit, Derek Jeter, had 3 last night as the Yanks beat the M's, 6-3.
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Must Watch: First Trailer for Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island
by Alex Billington
June 10, 2009
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Paramount has debuted the first official trailer for Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow, and Jackie Earle Haley. It looks like Scorsese has finally decided to take on Hitchcock head on, and DiCaprio may finally get that Oscar he's been waiting for. Shutter Island is the first movie we've seen anything from that is a big Oscar contender this year. And wow does it look incredible. The performances all seem exceptional, DiCaprio and Kingsley especially, and I really can't wait to see this story unfold under Scorsese's direction.
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The story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like mental hospital for the criminally insane.
Shutter Island is directed by prolific filmmaker Martin Scorsese, of everything from Taxi Driver to Raging Bull to Goodfellas to Cape Fear to Gangs of New York to The Aviator to The Departed. The screenplay was written by Laeta Kalogridis, of Night Watch, Alexander, and Pathfinder previously. This is based on Dennis Lehane's novel. Paramount is bringing Shutter Island to theaters on February 19th, 2010 early next year.
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