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According to Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Vikings formally opted out of the bidding for O.J. Atogwe Friday when coach Brad Childress said his team has "no interest" in the free agent safety.
Vikings formally opt out of Atogwe bidding
Nobe says: Jun 4, 2010 4:55 PM
Formally, as opposed to, I suppose "informally" which would have meant they can get back in or change their minds….oh no wait, they can do that anyway!
VegasChris says: Jun 4, 2010 5:01 PM
I can't blame the owner for not spending much in free agency this year considering the cold shoulder and indifference shown by the state of Minnesota to the stadium issue.
JimmySmith says: Jun 4, 2010 5:08 PM
I think just the opposite, remember last year when Childress denied all reports of Favre joining the team and then two weeks into camp, Klink is running down to the airport acting like a NYC cab driver. (looks and smells like one too)
Klink will say and do anything but its his actions that really tell the tale. For example, he tries to act really smart but with the Superbowl just a field goal away, he sends in the 12th man into the huddle. Ah, you get the picture.
I think the Vikings wouldn't mind signing Atogwe at a lower price so this is all a smoke screen (thanks to Percy Harvin for providing that blue smoke) to get him. Its not like they really think their existing safeties are the best they could do. They will find out in Week 1 that they do need to improve that position before they fall to 0-2 to start the season.
xxx says: Jun 4, 2010 5:21 PM
the dolphins r still in it
SlimPickens says: Jun 4, 2010 7:07 PM
makes me wonder if teams know something we dont. like a previous failed substance test and arent willing to give out the $$$ for a guy who is one step from a 4 gamer
WHODAT says: Jun 4, 2010 7:07 PM
He wanted to go to a Championship contender anyway…lol
Satanic Hell Creature says: Jun 4, 2010 7:25 PM
JimmySmith says:
June 4, 2010 5:08 PM
Klink is running down to the airport acting like a NYC cab driver. (looks and smells like one too)
Since you happen to know just what Childress smells like, that officially makes you a bigger Vikings stalker than your identical twin sister, Bob Nelson.
TiceWasBetter says: Jun 4, 2010 8:38 PM
Yea… cause Tyrell Johnson and Madieau Williams are soooo much better.
Kay Bee says: Jun 4, 2010 8:41 PM
The Vikings are a joke….just move to LA already.
bleedpurple says: Jun 4, 2010 9:39 PM
whodat,I can not wait until the VIKES destroy the aints on opening day. What a ASS you are.
mike says: Jun 4, 2010 9:50 PM
We have no money we cant even afford to build our own stadium.
seals says: Jun 4, 2010 10:50 PM
Hey Ladies, Hockey trumps football tonight but I want to throw in my two cents.
Zygi & Rick would be working him if he fit what we are looking for no matter the cost. This ain't red we are talking about and Zygi is the biggest rube of all of us. Zygi is our Rube God.
In Rice we trust,,,,,,,,,,if we don't want em we don't need em.


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Rockpool Bar & Grill, the Sydney power diner known affectionately as "Global HQ", reopens on Wednesday after a kitchen fire forced its closure three weeks ago.
The repair job has cost
Lost turnover is estimated at a further $1 million.
"Missing that cash flow really hurts," says Perry. "But Allianz dived in straight away. We wouldn't have been able to do this without their commitment straight off the bat to expedite the whole thing. They've been fantastic, so if they want me to do an Allianz commercial, I'm up for it."
But what cannot be insured is the booking momentum behind the 3000 customers served each week at the historic CMLA Building on the corner of Bligh and Hunter streets.
"That's 9000 dinners and lunches that have been eaten somewhere else so I suppose there's a lot of other happy restaurateurs in Sydney," says Perry, who will now be hoping he can tempt those diners straight back.
Diners who were evacuated on the evening of April 2 were sent vouchers to compensate.
"Their night was ruined, and not through any fault of ours or their own, so we really wanted them to come back and enjoy the restaurant."
The man famous for his ponytail appreciates things could have been even worse. The restaurant's staggering $40 million wine collection was entirely unscathed after quick thinking staff sealed the wine vault from water and smoke with tablecloths.
Second kitchen fire
Despite the closure, he's also held on to his floor staff. The highly trained and experienced waiters and sommeliers rely heavily on tips.
"If it were another couple of weeks, a few of them would've had to go and find other jobs," says Perry. "It's a bit dire for them, but they got paid [their base salaries] and they got Easter off, which is very unusual in this business."
The opening of Perry's new Rockpool six months ago – which relocated from The Rocks to the Burns Philp building on Bridge Street – also helped soften the blow. "Yes, certainly with this closing, there has been a few bumped down [to the new Rockpool]."
The fire, then, might just have been the world's most expensive marketing campaign for a new restaurant.
The incident is the second kitchen fire in a high-profile Australian restaurant this year, after Frank Van Haandel's iconic Stokehouse in Melbourne's St Kilda burned down in January.
Perry denies there are endemic safety problems in our commercial kitchens. "They are two situations amongst hundreds of thousands of [non-issues].
"We thought an area of the kitchen was being cleaned but it wasn't. Our cleaning company should have notified us. But we've redesigned the entire extraction so this can never happen again."
As for the grand reopening, Perry is expecting a few familiar faces. "All the guys are really excited, and going into the Anzac Day weekend, we are expecting a terrific Anzac Day crowd. Any kind of Friday public holiday tends to be a bit of a celebration so a few martinis [will be consumed], I'd say."
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Good head coaches win a lot of games. Great head coaches win Super Bowls, they don't lose home games to 3rd string quarterbacks by kneeling on the ball at the half.
FTR, I am not convinced that this team has superior talent--or rather, I think the evidence shows that the talent level is pretty ordinary in a number of key areas. It's not just with Flacco that they don't know what they have--e.g., they won't really know how bad the OL needs upgrading until & unless they shitcan Moeller & replace him with someone competent.


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In Humorous Video, Dad Shares Downsides Of Kid's Holiday VisitClothes all over the house, milk left out of the fridge, loud gatherings with friends. These are some of one dad's complaints about his college daughter being home for Christmas.
FAFSA Opens Application 3 Months Early!College students can start applying for FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid three months early!
Best Winter Break Destinations In The U.S.A look at five of America's best winter break destinations for college students
The Common Money Mistakes College Freshmen MakeMany college freshmen will soon be moving to their new campuses. They may have all the essentials they need for college, but when it comes to financial education, experts say many of them deserve an "F".
SMU Students Mark History Milestone With Trip To SelmaThey are marching back in history to mark a major milestone. Students from Southern Methodist University loaded into buses Friday and set off -- bound for Selma, Alabama.
Data Crunchers Help North Texans Choose A CollegeData crunchers hope to help North Texans choose a college.
UTA Hosts 14th Annual Auto Cross WeekendUTA is hosting its 14th annual Texas Cross weekend. The university invites students from all over the country to come out and race formula cars.
Cell Phone Addiction Factors Focus Of Texas StudyWhat you may have suspected is now confirmed. You may be a cell phone addict. That's not a good thing.
Bill Would Let Students Earn Tuition With Community ServiceSome good news for Texas families worried about paying for college. A bill filed in the state legislature would give high school students the opportunity to earn tuition credit for doing certain community service work.
College Student Prep: Must-Have Items For Every Dorm RoomThe bags are packed and the move-in date is coming up fast. Now all that's left before moving into the dorms and starting a new life at college is dorm-room shopping. Here are some essential items to put on that shopping list.
Survey: Colleges Check Applicant's Facebook PagesGetting into college is already a challenge for many students, and now they have something else to be concerned about.
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The Occupy Wall Street movement (or Occupy, or OWS, depending on points of view on what the movement is attempting to accomplish) appears to be here for the long haul, and to have a chance of bringing about significant economic, political and social changes. The inclusiveness of the movement allows for participation of libertarians, joining the Occupiers where there is common ground. We at the Libertarian Party of San Francisco believe there is an additional reason for libertarian involvement in the movement – to offer solutions other than that of bigger and more intrusive government.
Although Occupiers are not in complete agreement as to their demands (or whether to have any demands at all), their overall message calls for jobs, educational opportunities, debt relief, reduction in the influence of corporations, and a more equitable distribution of wealth. It would be difficult to argue against the desirability of any of these objectives! The tools of implementation, however, do leave room for argument. For example, instead of demanding that the government wield hefty minimum wages, libertarians might suggest removal of the infinite number of regulations that keep small business from thriving, competing, and hiring at higher wages.
In summary, we offer the following list indicating what in the Occupy movement we support and what we oppose.
1. Engaging in peaceful freedom of assembly in public spaces. Open, inclusive dialogue, and non-hierarchical decision making.
2. Demanding an end to corporate welfare, corporate bailouts, and the cozy relationship between Wall Street and Washington DC.
3. Calling for abolition of the Federal Reserve Bank .
4. Shrinking the military-industrial complex's spending on endless wars.
1. Destruction of private property. Deliberate interference with commuters or blocking traffic
2. Calling for tax increases (government forcibly taking and redistributing the people's money). Forcing non-government institutions to forgive loans to private individuals.
3. Encouraging class warfare against the wealthy (many legitimately earned their money through hard work).
4. Focusing on solutions that will result in a bigger, more intrusive government.


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Six people are in hospital in a serious condition after a stolen pizza delivery car involved in a police pursuit crashed on the Central Coast.
About 10.30pm on Friday, police were patrolling Showground Road in Gosford when they attempted to stop a car, believing it to be stolen.
Despite using lights and loud sirens to signal the vehicle, the driver failed to stop and the police initiated a pursuit.
After chasing the car for a minute, it collided with another vehicle.
Five teenagers were found to be in the car and were trapped for a short time before being taken to hospital in a critical condition.
The vehicle involved in the chase is believed to be a pizza delivery car stolen in a car-jacking incident at The Entrance on January 18.
Weapons, including an imitation pistol and a knife, were allegedly found in the car, which police say will soon undergo forensic investigation.
One 17-year-old male from the vehicle has already been arrested in relation to outstanding warrants. He now remains under guard at Gosford Hospital.
Four other 17-year-olds, one female and three males, remain in serious but stable conditions at Royal North Shore Hospital, John Hunter Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.
The other car was being driven by a 43-year-old woman, who is now in a stable condition at Gosford Hospital.
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This video has spread through our office like wildfire. You typically expect the bridal party to do a fun and funky entrance at the reception, but this couple has raised the bar with a hip hop entrance to the ceremony!
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Top China Stories from WSJ: Graduate Glut, Rare-Earth Export Quota, People's Daily
Your daily round-up of the best of the Journal's China coverage:
China's Graduates Face Glut: Slowing growth underscores a fundamental challenge to China's economic development: the underemployment of huge numbers of graduates that Chinese colleges are churning out. Experts say that many of the graduates lack skills such as critical thinking, foreign languages and basic office communications that businesses are looking for. (Free)
More Area Schools Embrace Chinese-Immersion Method: The Bay Area is now home to 23 such Mandarin Chinese-immersion schools, according to one count, many of which have opened in the last few years. (Free)
Beijing Raises Rare-Earth Export Quota: China has increased its 2012 rare-earth export quota for the first time since 2005, amid growing international pressure on Beijing to loosen its hold on the key minerals. (Subscriber Content)
Website of People's Daily Doubles Profit: People.cn Co., the website of the Chinese Communist Party's flagship newspaper, the People's Daily, more than doubled its first-half profit, as the news portal took advantage of strong government support.


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I've been really disappointed with my DICE unit so far. The controls and everything work great but I have had massive problems with background noise both while in ipod mode and while in aux mode with my satellite unit. I never had any problems with my old BMW ipod interface.
The problem was much worse with the satellite so I installed a ground loop isolator between the DICE unit and the stereo mini-jack for my satellite (I am using shielded cables too). While this helped with *some* of the alternator whine, it still did not completely fix it. I also get the alternator whine when in iPod mode and when there is nothing plugged into the AUX port as well. The other really annoying thing is this "dit-dit-dit" sound which is relatively faint however, I tend to crank up my stereo a lot and it really ruins a lot of songs as it is quite audible at higher volumes.
I tried a few experiments and here were the results:
1) Unplugged the sat radio unit from power and unplugged the aux port on the DICE unit: still heard background noise and "dit-dit" sound while the DICE unit was in aux mode. Worse when revving engine, of course.
2) Killed engine and listened in both AUX and iPod mode: no whine but still hearing the "dit dit" sound.
3) Paused iPod while in iPod mode: more whine and the annoying dit sound.
I saw you had another power isolator on your site that you mentioned previously. Will this completely eliminate the alternator whine? If so, why doesn't DICE ship the unit with one integrated into the cable? Also, do you have any instructions on how to integrate that isolator into my installation (where, how, etc)? Will this also help with the "dit-dit-dit" sound?
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It's because it's hardly ever needed. The DICE kits rarely exhibit any type of engine whine. You could be picking up inteference from other devices in the vehicle. Try relocating the wire to see if the noise diminishes or goes completely away.
See if relocating the cable (away from other wiring or battery cables) helps first - then we can use the noise filter if needed.
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Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today in response to press reports that U.S. intelligence analysts assess al Qaeda has rebuilt its operating capability to pre-Sept. 11 levels:
"Given President Bush's stubborn dedication to keeping our overextended military mired in an Iraqi civil war, it is not surprising that al Qaeda has been able to reorganize and rebuild. Democrats are continuing to fight to change course in Iraq so we can refocus our nation's efforts on a strategy to more effectively fight terrorism.
"It is a travesty that Osama bin Laden remains at large nearly six years after the 9/11 attacks and appears to have found new sanctuary to operate freely in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions. The Bush Administration and most Congressional Republicans would rather stubbornly stick with a flawed strategy and fight a war that senior military leaders say cannot be won militarily, than adapt to fighting the enemy who attacked us nearly six years ago. It is essential that we dedicate our resources and attention to al Qaeda and the real threat it poses."
Administration officials have discussed al-Qaeda's alarming new safe haven along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. These and other assessments by experts explain why it is imperative for our nation's security to redeploy from the Iraqi civil war and re-focus on fighting terrorism:
John Kringen, Head of CIA's Analysis Directorate, Says al-Qaeda Has Terrorist Safe-Haven along Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. "Sooner or later you have to quit permitting them to have a safe haven" along the Afghan-Pakistani border, he told the House committee." [AP, 7/11/07]
Iraq War Czar Lt. General Lute Admits Al-Qaeda Has Sanctuary on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border. "I don't think there's any question that the relative sanctuary for, especially, Taliban senior leadership in Pakistan, today, in the border regions of Pakistan, is a major factor in the ability of the Taliban to be resurgent and probably quite active military this spring in Afghanistan. There's no question that that sanctuary exists and that it's a major asset for the Taliban." [Senate Armed Services Committee, 3/1/07]
National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell Says Al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan is Much More Likely to Guide the Next Attack on the U.S. Than Terrorists in Iraq:
- Senator Jack Reed (D-RI): "Well, the question would be: If you had to establish a probability of a successful attack being organized and directed against the United States, would it emanate from Pakistan, with this newly revised Al Qaida leadership, or would it come out of Iraq?"
- National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell: "My belief is the attack most likely would be planned and come out of the leadership in Pakistan." [Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, 2/27/07]


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How can I get Wyvern Stones? I got one from the rewards from the high rank khezu quest! Thanks in advance! Ripper 18:58, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, that's where I've gotten mine from, high-class Khezu. I don't remember if I've gotten more from any other area. PitchBlack696 20:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Guess I will be farming khezu then eh? Ripper 20:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and I've gotten from Trenya. Giving 1,000 points. I'm not sure which area though. Maybe volcano. PitchBlack696 20:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
All trenya trips for 1,000 points can give wyvern stones. But I can't be bothered to do that XD Ripper 07:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
kill any high ranked wyvern, including blosses and piscine's, and there's a small chance you will receice one as a reward TheOnEhunter 16:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
yeah, ive gotten one from + quest (i know, old school) basarios. Truerurouni 20:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I get one almost every Silver Rath run. BladeBlade 03:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm trying to get 5 for Dark Aka Helm, and I got mine from High Rank B Diablos, S Los, and once or twice from G Ian. I want to find easier Quests, though, because I use too much time on these. Any ideas? Duskfatalis2 15:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Silver los or Gold Ian, with onslaught 15 min kill, good wyvern stone reward chance TheOnEhunter 15:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Silver los has more of a chance for some reason. ive gotten 3 wyvern stones in one reward along with 2 los rubies.
Lucky bastard >.< TheOnEhunter 16:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
If you want a better chance get the ultra lucky feylene powerup
I see that >.< Ripper 18:25, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I got those pedky Wyvern Stones when fighting a G rank plessy, I think it has a bigger chance as a reward PDD 14:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Well, I got a wyvern stone at the Nargacuga...I repeated killing Narga a lot of times....and i got some....Kururu18 17:52, 7 May 2010


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The food was excellent but my compliments were not passed on to the chef as requested. Thankfully I saw him to tell him myself. Beds were clean and comfortable. The place needs a thorough clean. Standards of cleaning need to be lifted. Air conditioners rattled..held together by black tape. No hot water in one unit. No replacement for "Handyman" who was away, so problems could not be addressed. Baby Toad in my bathroom first 2 nights so had to leave the light on all night to keep him away.
It was good.
business when booking I will make sure I ask for a ground floor unit
Cheery staff
close to airport
The free internet was a good feature, although I understand that all Bundaberg motels are now offering this. Still it makes a change from being charged exorbitantly for this essential service. I'm very tired of motels that offer one or two cable channels but cannot get it together to have a digital feed to their televisions. ABC2, ABC24, SBS2, GO and 7Two are much better than cable and wouldn't cost you anything once you'd got your central digital receiver in place.
friendly service. excellent food at restaurant, central position husband would like soap instead of body wash
The restuarant
Quiet location. Very central & easy to locate The mattress & pillows were not very comfortable. The room needed an upgrade. Paint on the walls needed work
Position and comfortable clean room Wanted to sunbake - no deck chairs around pool...overall a minor complaint!


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"Racism Is a God-Damned Thing": Father John Markoe, S.J.
As a whole, the Catholic Church was slow to get fully involved in the Civil Rights movement of the mid-20th century. Whether or not Catholics publicly endorsed segregation, they certainly accepted it in their churches and schools, North and South.
Many Catholic institutions weren't fully integrated until the 1960s, but before that era there were some exceptions to that general reality, usually forged via an informal network of laypeople, priests, and nuns who were long-committed to promoting racial justice.
One of these was a Midwestern Jesuit who led sit-ins, marches, and boycotts long before they made national headlines. Tall and handsome, John Markoe looked like a movie star, and in fact his story would actually make a good movie; it is the story of a lumberjack, football star, soldier, alcoholic, priest, teacher, activist. Markoe's biography, a peer noted, "reads like fiction." NAACP leader Roy Wilkins said Markoe "fought the Civil Rights battle long before it became respectable, or even popular."
Born in 1890 to a blueblood family whose ancestors included Benjamin Franklin, John Prince Markoe was the son of a prominent Minnesota doctor. At 18 he was accepted to West Point, but deferred the appointment in order to go west, to work on the railroads. In 1910, he entered the military academy, where his friends included Dwight Eisenhower. He played football against Knute Rockne and Jim Thorpe, and was named an honorably-mentioned All-American.
When he graduated in 1914, the yearbook said: "Possessing unlimited abilities, there is very little which he is incapable of performing." But he earned his classmates' contempt when he stood up for Marcus Alexander, the Point's only African-American cadet. His final class ranking might have been higher, had Markoe not been a full-fledged alcoholic by his senior year.
Lieutenant Markoe was assigned to the Tenth Cavalry, a Black regiment. He welcomed the opportunity, fraternizing with his troops more than was deemed appropriate for a white officer. But nine months after graduation, heavy drinking cost him his commission. He never fully forgave himself. Back in Minnesota, he entered the lumber business and enlisted in the National Guard.
In 1916, during the unofficial war against Pancho Villa in Mexico, he regained his commission. Down in Mexico, Markoe got letters from his brother Bill, a Jesuit working with African-Americans. These piqued his interest, and he started thinking about another kind of life than the army. After his discharge in 1917, Captain John Markoe joined the Jesuits in Missouri. He and Bill took a private vow to work for the "salvation of the Negroes in the United States." (Bill later worked with their cousin John LaFarge, also a Jesuit, for racial justice.)
As part of his training, John was assigned to St. Louis, a highly segregated city. African-American Catholics were relegated to separate parishes, denied a Catholic education, and banned from Catholic hospitals. (The local archbishop was notoriously racist.) John worked in Black parishes and attended NAACP meetings. In magazine articles, he argued that racism was a moral issue, even a heresy. His work was not well-received by local whites, Catholics included.
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How do you get an Android smartphone on the cheap and have it delivered to your door step? Oppo Singapore has the answer to that - selling their (already) affordable Oppo Find 7 with online shopping retailer, Lazada Singapore.
This marks Oppo's debut through an online retailer, giving shoppers 24-hour access to Oppo products from the comforts of your own home, in your jammies with no one judging you.
But hold your horses, there's still a few more hours to go before it officially becomes available on Lazada Singapore. The Oppo units, including its Find 7a and Find 5 Mini, will go on sale from 24 June.
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What might spark your interest though is the premium markdown of its Find 7 smartphone. Exclusive only on Lazada Singapore, you'll be able to purchase the model at a discounted price of S$649 (that's a S$70 saving from its original price of S$719).
To further sweeten the mix, each Find 7 smartphone will come with a phone cover and limited edition World Cup themed keychain.
But, there's a catch – this flash offer will only be available for seven hours – between 3pm to 10pm on the day of launch (24 June), so you better be quick if you want to take advantage of the deal.
"We recognise the evolving needs of Singaporean shoppers and have identified that many are turning towards e-commerce platforms," Oppo electronics Singapore managing director, Sean Deng, said. He also mentioned that introducing Oppo smartphone accessories on Lazada Singapore is in the pipeline for later this year.
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Gwen Stefani Greets Fans at Fashion's Night Out
Gwen Stefani showed her support for Fashion's Night Out on Friday when she handed out free Harajuku Lover's gifts to passersby in New York.
Perched in an ice cream truck in front of the Sigerson Morrison store in SoHo, Gwen smiled for the cameras and graciously handed out free stuff to fashion-hungry fans. The No Doubt singer managed to keep a big grin on her face through the whole process – that takes some real effort from a celeb who is used to the good life!
Just because she was handing out gifts from an ice cream truck didn't mean she could look fabulous: Gwen sported an adorable strapless top and ruby red lips.
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Nelson, C. A., & McCleery, J. P. (2008). Use of event-related potentials in the study of typical and atypical development. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(11), 1252-1261. [pdf] (IF=4.8)
McCleery, J. P., Zhang, L., Ge, L., Wang, Z., Christiansen, E. M., Lee, K., & Cottrell, G. W. (2008). The roles of visual expertise and visual input in the face inversion effect: Behavioral and neurocomputational evidence. Vision Research, 48(5), 703-715. [pdf] (IF=2.33)
McCleery, J. P., Allman, E. A., Carver, L. J., & Dobkins, K. R. (2007). Abnormal magnocellular pathway visual processing in infants at risk for autism. Biological Psychiatry, 62(9), 1007-1014. [pdf] (IF=8.92)
Oberman, L. M., McCleery, J. P., Ramachandran, V. S., & Pineda, J. A. (2007). EEG evidence for mirror neuron activity during the observation of robot actions: Toward an assessment of the human qualities of interactive robots. Neurocomputing, 70(13-15), 2194-2203. [pdf] (IF=1.23)
McCleery, J. P., Tully, L. M., Slevc, L. R., & Schreibman, L. (2006). Consonant production patterns of young severely language-delayed children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Communication Disorders, 39, 217-231. [link] (IF=1.29)
Ge, L., Wang, Z., McCleery, J. P., & Lee, K. (2006). Activation of face expertise and the inversion effect. Psychological Science, 17(1),12-16. [link] (IF=4.81)
Oberman, L. M., Hubbard, E. M., McCleery, J. P., Altschuler, E. A., Ramachandran, V. S., & Pineda, J. A. (2005). EEG evidence for mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders. Cognitive Brain Research, 24, 190-198. [pdf] (IF=2.88)
Recent Invited Talks and Conference Presentations (Selected):
McCleery, J. P., Graham, K. A., Richards, J. E., Allen, H. A., Ceponiene, R., & Nielsen, D. (November, 2011). Neural mechanisms of pre-lexical speech processing: A view through repetition suppression. Poster presented in session Language: Auditory, Comprehension, and Gene Studies, at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC.
Stefanidou, C., Ceponiene, R., & McCleery, J. P. (September, 2011). The development of neural mechanisms for the perceptual processing of auditory gestures. Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
McCleery, J. P. (February, 2011). Social and non-social processing in infants at risk for developing autism. Talk presented in seminar series Language and Development, in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
McCleery, J. P., Ceponiene, R., Nielsen, D., & Graham, K. A. (September, 2010). Neurodevelopmental mechanisms of speech versus non-speech processing: A view through repetition suppression. Talk presented in symposim Event-related potentials studies of the development and maturation of auditory sensory and perceptual processing mechanisms, at the British Psychological Society Developmental Psychology Section Conference, London, England.
McCleery, J. P. (March, 2010). The neurodevelopmental basis of social and non-social functioning differences in children with autism. Invited seminar talk presented in the International Symposium on the Development and Education of Logic and Sensibility at the Global Center of Excellence Center for Advanced Research of Logic and Sensibility, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
McCleery, J. P., Singh, C., Petrozziello, G., & Nelson, C.A. (October, 2009). Electrophysiological correlates of directed attention to face features. Poster presented in Poster Session I at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Berlin, Germany.
McCleery, J. P., Wang, Z., Ge., L., Jiliang, Y., Tian, J., & Lee, K. (November, 2008). Neural correlates of the other-race effects in individuation and categorization. Talk presented in symposium Social Cognition: Making Social Decisions at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
McCleery, J. P. (September, 2008). Early functional neurodevelopment in autism. Invited seminar talk presented in the Massachusetts General Hospital / Massachusetts Institute of Technology Autism and Developmental Disorders Colloquium Series, Boston, MA.
McCleery, J. P., Dobkins, K., Geal-Touhy, S., & Carver, L. J. (March, 2008). Facial emotion processing in 10-month-old infants: Happy versus disgust. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
McCleery, J. P. (November, 2007). Integrity of face-related neural systems in infants with a family history of autism. Invited talk presented in the Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT.
Carver, L. J., Cornew, L., Dobkins, K. R., & McCleery, J. P. (May, 2007). Social referencing in children at risk for autism: Behavior and brain activity. Talk presented in symposium Autism Phenotype at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.


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Am I abnormal? Maybe. Am I perverted? Probably. Am I a sissy? Definitely! This blog is about those things that make a sissy swoon... at least this sissy. Topics that interest me include chastity, enemas, fisting, cock sucking, sounds, tampons, condom sucking, makeup, analingus, forced feminization, debutantes, ball gags, douches, corsets, bimboism, prostate milking, orgasm denial, fashion, erotic hypnosis, sexual humiliation, petticoats, panties, transgender fiction and a whole bunch more!
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I don't remember these posts. But regardless I love themReplyDelete
I do somewhat remember them, as I do so love them n so love Shiny's thoughts are my desires, as are they with Samantha Bandler n Isabella.ReplyDelete
Outs like I'm so alive and so loving my place in life haha. ThankUReplyDelete
I so love the posts sissifyyourself, as doo I find myself to keep coming back here obviously, as all are from me n my old posts. I often wish I knew who was our is doing this to me, but I guess I should thank them. I'm really quite miserable these days. As do I so hate my job our career choice. I've changed over the past few years n not all good really. It's like ado just wanting to be me, I often think it's someone for whom really hates me. NOT sure as to why. Always questioning myself.ReplyDelete
I thought it may be the Hypno to the hormones, as have I asked others whom are on female hormones like I a.m., as I feel way more weaker our submissive maybe. I'm not getting any younger. As shoo I have virtually no friends left, as are the ones for whom are left, are tired off writing down different phone numbers every other month. It's destroying me little bit every day. Often times it's like I think I'm better off on my knees or in the adult industry, as at least I can be me & live my life, the way I feel in girl world.
For whom events blog this is, thank you, as it's interesting to look back on my shit life. I'm not really in good spirits these days, as assign tired of thinking about it. It's a touring event in my life.


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[MLS] In Saturday's rematch of teams that have already met, New England gets a chance to atone for a 2-0 loss in San Jose, for which Bobby Convey's excellent form – five assists – kindled faint hopes he might get a call. He didn't.
When he came back to MLS last spring, Convey discussed how his national-team prospects faded with a change in head coaches from Bruce Arena to Bob Bradley and problems with injuries at English club Reading. Since Bradley took over following the 2006 World Cup in which Convey played all three games, he's appeared just four times for the USA.
"It's competitive, but there's a lot of players in my position on the national team, so it's been extremely disappointing to not go with the national team," Convey said in March 2009. "Through the injury situation I was in, I would have loved to have some support from the national team. That was difficult. I played well before and I want to come back and play well now, but it was disappointing to have guys in the same situation as me in Europe and still would be coming in, and I'm the only one who doesn't. You get on with it. The coach chooses who he wants to choose. It is what it is. I haven't spoken to Bob. I've talked with him a couple of times. Obviously I wasn't in the plans. There's a reason behind that. It's not just playing."
Convey hasn't offered details of a rumored falling-out between him and Bradley. His play last year didn't merit a recall, but this season he's been fitter and stronger, and the national team is far from deep at left mid.
If he'd been in this form and shape throughout 2009, and was able to play left mid consistently instead of toggling between that position and center mid and left back, who knows if he'd be lower down the ladder than Robbie Rogers and Alejandro Bedoya.


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after trying to use the hybrid driver. I dont get any wireless connections at wicd (I've activated it), i can now see the driver in the new menu system-administration-hardware drivers, it says its activated but not in use. I also tried pretty much everything, but this seems to be the newest driver and I assume its for an old kernel and I cant think of another solution except maybe downgrading kernel. I am using the 32bit gnome. Is there any solution to this, I cant find anything in any ubuntu forums and I havent had such problems with a wireless card before (first time using linux on this laptop though - hp probook 4515s). There is a thread with people confirming it can inject etc., but I cant seem to fix the drivers in any way. I can show ifconfig and any results if it will help.


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1:160 scale General Electric E44 - loco 4414 rebuilt
First delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1960, the E44 heavy freight locomotives were a development of the earlier E33 design then running on the neighbouring New Haven railroad. Their class designation denoted the 4400 horsepower available to first sixty locos delivered. Locomotives 4460-4465 were to an upgraded design capable of 5000 horsepower, using silicon diode rectifiers in place of the ignitron type in earlier batches. The Pennsylvania Railroad, and its successors Penn Central and Conrail, gradually upgraded the original locomotives to the higher specification.
When Conrail abandoned electric operation in 1981 all E44s were withdrawn. Some were sold to Amtrak and New Jersey Transit for passenger working and switching, but saw little use and all were scrapped by the early 1990s with the exception of 4465, preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
There were many detail variations within the E44s between different batches and as they were upgraded to silicon diode rectifiers. This model has the correct details for loco 4414 following its upgrade to silicon diode rectifiers.
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Exploded View - front and left
Exploded View - rear and right
Sprue of separate parts
Included in the model are the main body and a sprue with all the handrails and other parts which need to be added separately, as illustrated in the diagrams above.
The model is designed to fit over an Atlas Alco C628 chassis. Some metal will need to be removed from the chassis block for it to sit inside the body, and a small amount of plastic needs to be trimmed from the outer corners of the truck frames to allow them to rotate freely.
The part-relief underframe equipment detail should be attached to the side of the chassis block.
I recommend using acrylic paints for this model as they work well on the Frosted Ultra Detail plastic. Enamel paints have been reported to take an excessive amount of time to dry on Frosted Ultra Detail so should not be used.


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In our municipality we offer waste management services through curbside garbage pick-up, recycling pick-up and the operation of a Transfer Stations at the Wilno site and Combermere site and a full waste disposal site at Bark Lake, which also includes a Re-use Centre.
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I have a bed of fringed bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa 'Luxuriant'. What can I interplant with this small plant that also has pink flowers but later in the season?
Add some autumn crocus, Colchicum speciosum. These hardy bulbs send up leaves in March. The leaves fade about the time the bleeding heart is filling in. In September you will be surprised by the leafless crocus-like flowers peaking through the bleeding heart foliage. Plant the bulbs as soon as you can find them, usually late summer. Some other perennials of various sizes that will provide pink flowers summer include garden phlox, dianthus, sweet pea, aster, turtle head, and some sedums. Match the plant to the growing conditions where it will be planted. In addition, deadhead your bleeding hearts to keep them lightly blooming throughout the summer. For help with bloom time and flower colors see Joseph Hudak's book Gardening with Perennials Month by Month published by Timber Press.
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excellant service and parking cacilities
Excellent service and food. Nothing was too much trouble and they catered for my wife's food allergy. Bedroom needs a bit more class (E.G. old tv).
The hotel was welcoming, the staff friendly, the rooms immaculate (we stayed in a newly refurbished wing). However, the hotel was immaculate throughout. The pool facilities were excellent as was the food. We would thoroughly recommend this hotel to friends and family for a relaxing stay with excellent facilities. Nothing major. Tea/coffee making facilities in the room would have been welcome.
We had a great time in Parkhotel Flora. Everything was perfect and we could just enjoy our holiday. Staff was very friendly, room was nice and clean and the food was great. And because we had an extended stay and were with a 3-year old, we had a free upgrade to a junior suite because they had it available, super! We highly recommend this hotel.
Excellent family driven country side hotel. Very friendly staff and a great restaurant with excellent German food. Good value for the money. Nothing to complain about.
The decor was lovely, the staff very helpfull and friendly, and the food was wonderful.
The staff were all very friendly and helpful. The room was incredibly clean, and I felt right at home. It was nice to have a restaurant just downstairs. The food is quite good. I had some forelle and my first piece of Schwarzwaelderkirschtorte, which were both excellent. I unfortunately missed the breakfast because I had to begin hiking by 7:30 to make it to the next town. It doesn't start until 8am. All in all, a really great place that I would recommend to anyone.
Beautiful construction with typical German Black Forest decoration that includes several paintings by local painter Hans Thoma. Friendliness from everyone; from the owner at the reception desk to the waiters at the restaurant, to the personnel cleaning the bedrroms. Excellent food and wine (Antonio can make really good recommendations regarding wine and liquors). The place is cosy and "gemütlich!" Nothing to complain about!
This is an excellent Black Forest hotel, with friendly, efficient staff, spacious rooms ( we had a balcony with a lovely view )and very good meals. It is a good centre for touring the southern Black Forest and for walking. It was excellent value for money. Our experience was very good - I think it would be difficult to reach without a car, but we did not try local transport.
My husband and I really enjoyed staying at this hotel. The rooms are fitted out comfortably and modernly. The onsite restaurant located downstairs is run by the hotel owners and has excellent food and wine. The menu changes daily. A tasty breakfast is included in the price of stay. The hotel is a little over one kilometer from the main Schluchsee attractions, which is the perfect distance to help work off all the food you'll eat while staying here.
Immaculate, comfortable rooms, friendly helpful staff, great food, quiet location
It's on a mountain brook - lovely setting
Excellent location and very comfortable and welcoming
The owners made us feel like family
This hotel is gem. It's location is breath-taking and the staff are very freindly and eager to help in any way they can. Will definately stay again. Please remember this is a small hotel with some luxuries (spa/jacuzzi) but it does not come with all the facilities of a major hotel chain.
It was in a beautiful location and extremely peaceful and relaxing. The hotel offered everything that I would want and was truly comfortable. We would enjoy staying at the hotel again in the future.
very nice vieu, silent 1. the hotel has twe names . in the official papers the name is Seehotel Hubertus .2. for 4 stars hotel i expect more facilities ..
Our hosts, Felix and Monique, were very caring and tried to anticipate our every need. In all of our travels in Europe, we have never felt so welcomed and pampered. Felix's mother, Monica, is a delightful lady. We enjoyed talking to her so much. The Seehotel Hubertus is extremely beautiful, very clean, with spectacular scenery on the lake. The food was wonderful, both for breakfast and for dinner. We enthusiastically will recommend this hotel to family and friends. One day we would like to return for another visit. There is nothing we did not love about Seehotel Hubertus. It's the best.
Suggestive stay lakeside. Romantic breakfast with amazing view. Clean rooms and efficient spa. Reccomended.
beautiful hotel, very pretty location, excellent food and friendly staff
Very beautiful lakeside setting; large clean comfortable room and shower room; nice reception staff; nice breakfast
atmosphere the way to the hotel was small
Lovely views, clean and new and luxurious rooms and bathroom
Excellent location, very nice views of the lake. Poor service. The restaurant closes at 20:00 !!! No newspapers, etc. The wireless did not work in the room and there are no common room spaces available.
Very pleasant place and nice people, who try to do their best for the clients. Ideal for relax. The internet is not free... The swimming pool is closed during the night (22 to 7).
The Hotel Albtalblick is situated approximately half a mile outside Hausern. This is not a problem since the hotel has its own restaurant and pool. The Wutach Gorge, the Schluch dam and St Blasien are both within easy reach and the hotel provides you with a free bus and train pass to Freiburg. We found all the staff friendly, the hotel is well organised and the food excellent. We have no hesitation in recommending this hotel and we would definately use it again should we re-visit the Schwarzwald.
The swimming pool and sauna's were great. They were new and fresh. They need to do a little update on their rooms (maintenance).
The place is great! Rooms are nice and clean, breakfast is great. Pool and spa are outstanding!
quiet place, good to relax.
Brilliant location overlooking the cathedral. Welcoming staff with comfortable rooms and pleasant decor.
Location, facilities small room
It was very central and a nice room. The staff were very helpful particularly as we could not speak German It was very noisy with the Dom bells ringing early in the morning.


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Are you sick of the election yet? Do you turn pale and feel a tiny bit nauseous when you see the smiling faces of Cameron, Clegg and the grimace of Gordon Brown?
Well too bad. Because here at Community Care we are obsessed with it…especially the complete absence of anything to do with children's social care that has so far marked out this particular election campaign. Funny thing to be obsessed with something that doesn't actually exist…slippery slope to madness I feel.
However, an article in The Guardian shows that even when something like child poverty pops up in all three party manifestos there can still be a lack of clarity about what will actually be done on the issue after the election.
It would appear that only high profile tragedies, such as the torture case in Edlington, has the power to motivate politicians on the issue of child protection. News today that the two boys have lost an application to appeal their sentences. Seems such a short time ago that newspapers were demanding the government "do" something about the child protection system in this country following the court case of these two boys. Yet there is barely a mention of the case in today's papers or on the campaign trail.
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3rd Public Meeting
The final public meeting for the University Southwest District Plan will be held on Monday, April 8th.
The meeting is an open house and the public is welcome to attend anytime between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. The open house will be held at Quorum in the University City Science Center, 3711 Market Street.
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The draft of the University Southwest District Plan will be presented to the Philadelphia City Planning Commission at the monthly Commission meeting of April 2013. This meeting takes place at 1pm at 1515 Arch St on the 18th floor on April 18th.
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Shot taken inside the abandoned Harperbury Asylum in Radlett.
Featured in 'No More Color', August 2011.
Harperbury was one of the 'London 5' asylums or 'colonies' built to 'house' London's burgeoning 'mental defectives' or 'insane' (the preferred terms of the time).
Harperbury was built in the 1920s to house c.2,000 people in male, female and (unusually) child 'villas'. It is in a semi-rural location surrounded by fields; to keep the inhabitants in or to keep the mentally ill out of sight for the public?
Harperbury had a school on site too for children we would now class as having Autism, Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy and so on. Large parts of the site are now derelict and totally abandoned. Some are still operational.
There is a large amount of information about Harperbury on the internet. An excellent article can be found here This article details the story of someone who worked at the Asylum.
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Breeds affected: Dachshund. This is a rare disease of unknown cause seen exclusively in Dachshunds. It begins with subtle symmetrical hyperpigmentation in the armpits. The early lesions then progress slowly to hair loss. Greasy, smelly debris accumilate in more severely affected dogs. The abdomen, groin, chest, anal area, forelimbs and hock may all be involved.
Acanthosis nigricans describes a clinical reaction pattern in dogs characterized by axillary and inguinal hyperpigmentation, lichenification, and alopecia.
Acanthosis nigricans is a clinical sign, not a diagnosis. The pathogenesis is poorly understood, but clinical signs are invariably a result of inflammation due to constant friction and the resultant dermatitis. It can be primary (idiopathic) or secondary. Primary acanthosis nigricans is rare, occurs almost exclusively in Dachshunds, and has no sex predilection; it is considered a genodermatosis. Clinical signs are usually evident by 1 yr of age. Secondary acanthosis nigricans is relatively common and can occur in any breed of dog, most commonly those breeds predisposed to the following common underlying causes: conformational abnormalities, obesity, endocrinopathies (eg, hypothyroidism, hyperadrenocorticism, sex hormone abnormalities), axillary and inguinal pruritus associated with atopy, food allergy, contact dermatitis, and skin infections.
Clinical signs typically consist of bilaterally symmetric axillary or inguinal hyperpigmentation and lichenification. The edges of these lesions are often erythematous; this is a sign of secondary bacterial and/or yeast pyoderma. With time, lesions may spread to the ventral neck, groin, abdomen, perineum, hocks, periocular area, and pinnae. Pruritus is variable and may be caused by the underlying disease or a secondary infection. As the lesions progress, secondary alopecia, seborrheic dermatitis, and infections (staphylococcal or Malassezia dermatitis) develop.
The physical findings compatible with a clinical diagnosis of acanthosis nigricans are not difficult to recognize. Primary acanthosis nigricans is a diagnosis of exclusion; acanthosis nigricans in a juvenile Dachshund is not always caused by a genodermatosis. A careful history and physical examination should be performed to identify an underlying cause. Skin scrapings should be performed to rule out demodicosis, especially in young dogs. Impression smears are useful to identify bacterial and Malassezia infections. Depending on the nondermatologic signs, endocrine function tests for thyroid and adrenal disease may be useful; endocrine skin diseases are not pruritic unless accompanied by secondary skin infections. Intradermal skin testing, a food trial, or both may be necessary. Skin biopsies are usually nondiagnostic but may be helpful in some cases to identify secondary bacterial infections not previously recognized. The presence of such infections is common but often overlooked. In most cases, it is useful to treat the secondary bacterial and/or Malassezia infections before proceeding with other diagnostic tests.
– The main aim of treatment of Acanthosis Nigricans lies in terminating the underlying disease process.
– Treatment of the lesions of acanthosis nigricans is for cosmetic reasons only.
– Correcting hyperinsulinemia may also help control the condition.
– If the condition is caused due to an external cause like the side effect of a medication, it will go away once the medicine is stopped.
Primary acanthosis nigricans
Early cases may respond to shampoo therapy and local topical glucocorticoids, eg, betamethasone valerate ointment. As lesions progress, more aggressive systemic therapy may be useful. The following systemic therapies have been used, alone or in combination, with varying degrees of success: vitamin E, 200 IU, PO, bid, for 2-3 mo; systemic glucocorticoids, 1 mg/kg, PO, sid for 7-10 days, then on alternate days; melatonin, 2 mg/dog, SC, sid for 3-5 days, then weekly or monthly as needed. The concurrent treatment of secondary bacterial or Malassezia infections is helpful and is required before systemic glucocorticoids are administered; antimicrobial therapy is compatible with the other therapies. Antiseborrheic shampoos are often beneficial for removing excess oil and odor.
Secondary acanthosis nigricans
The secondary form of the disease is much more common. The darkening of the skin occurs because of one of three underlying conditions. 1) Friction caused by obesity or conformational abnormalities. 2) Endocrine imbalances including hyperthyroidism, Cushing is disease, or sex hormone imbalances. 3) Hypersensitivities due to food, inhalant (atopy), or contact allergies.
In addition to blackening of the skin, secondary acanthosis nigricans is often associated with chronic hair loss and/or itching and other skin problems. If an owner sees these skin conditions developing, she should have the dog examined by a veterinarian and the underlying cause of the condition should be identified.
The treatment for secondary acanthosis nigricans usually consists of treating the underlying condition, e.g., through weight loss, thyroid medication or allergy relief. In more severe cases, steroid therapy at low doses has helped to reduce inflammation in the skin. In addition, Vitamin E supplementation has shown to help in the recovery of some cases, but offers a relatively-nontoxic aid to therapy. The majority of time the condition will improve once the underlying condition has been identified and properly treated.


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Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global
history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological
happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate that emphasizes
only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of
the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people of New Guinea, where he has done
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The Mystery of Leavenworth's 'Underground Economy'
"Leavenworth residents have been unknowingly walking around above an underground city, and no one seems to know who created it or why. Windows, doors and narrow paths beneath a title company at South Fourth and Delaware streets lead to storefronts stretching several city blocks and perhaps beyond."
"Katy Ryan is the editor for LV Magazine and has been researching the mysteries below."
"'You know, you just think of the underground as such a dark, spooky place, but to think that this could have maybe been some kind of vibrant economic center is just kind of baffling really,' Ryan said."
"Construction workers are in the middle of a streetscape project, and some worry the history will be erased."


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Selected speeches and writings of Theodore Roosevelt / Theodore Roosevelt ; edited and with an introduction by Gordon Hutner.
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- ISBN: 9780345806116 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0345806115 (pbk.)
- Description: xviii, 365 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Random House LLC, 2014.
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| "A Vintage Books Original"--Title page verso.
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| Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-348) and index.
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| The man in the arena as man of letters -- Culture and society : The American boy ; The strenuous life ; "Professionalism" in sports ; At the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis ; National unity versus class cleavage ; The parasite woman; the only indispensable citizen ; The American Negro and the war -- National politics : The control of corporations ; The colonial policy of the United States ; The new nationalism ; National preparedness-military-industrial-social ; The League of Nations -- Campaigns and controversies : The enforcement of law ; At laying of cornerstones of gateway to Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana ; Natural resources-their wise use or their waste ; How I became a progressive ; The case against the reactionaries ; The leader and the cause -- Observations and travels : Hunting the grisly ; "A Chilean Rondeo" from A Book-Lover's Holiday in the Open -- Biography : "The struggle with the nullifiers" from Thomas Hart Benton ; "Minister to France" from Gouverneur Morris -- History : "Champlain" from The Naval War of 1812 ; "The spread of the English-speaking peoples" from The Winning of the West ; "The cavalry at Santiago" (The Battle of San Juan Hill) from The Rough Riders -- Arts and Letters : History as literature ; An introduction to American literature ; Nationalism in literature and art.
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The Artistic Flaws of the Modern Music Industry
What determines the quality of music? Is it the professionalism of the recording or the musical quality of the song itself? This has become a fundamental question in today's digital recording age. Millions of people are able to create high quality recordings of songs on a relatively small budget, and this has been the primary cause of the home recording boom that has occurred in the last decade. Technology innovation has been the leading reason for this expansion. As recording technology increases, companies are able to offer better quality products for cheaper prices, allowing more home recording enthusiasts to buy better sounding equipment for less. This has both helped and harmed the music industry.
There are a number of technological advantages that recording engineers now possess that were simply not available in the past. Yet, high-budget recording studios are not the only individuals benefitting from this technology. Through pitch correction, Auto-Tune, and electronic instrumentation, every musician and non-musician is able to make quality recordings on a low budget. In a world in which anyone, talented or not, can make a very powerful musical recording, how does one determine real musicians from people who just know how to push buttons and turn knobs without having traditional musical talent? With the possibilities of this technology now available to anyone, it doesn't even seem that traditional musicianship is necessary. In this article I will discuss the potential of music creation and recording in the digital world and hopefully leave you thinking, what is real, quality music, and why?
There are many examples of technology that can be used by anyone nowadays to better musical recordings. One production tool that has become increasingly common in today's music, so much so that it is extremely odd not to hear it being used, is pitch correction. This term appears to be synonymous with the term "Auto-Tune", when in fact the two are quite different. The goal of Auto-Tune is to tune a singer's voice with as little work as possible for the recording engineer. The most common way to do so is to tell a program such as Antares Auto-Tune or Waves Tune to tune every note to 100% pitch accuracy as fast as it can, resulting in unnatural sounding note changes. This creates a robotic effect and can be heard in this recording:
On the contrary, pitch correction's goal is to tune a singer's voice and make it sound as natural as possible. This is done in post-production, after the entire recording process has been completed. An example of this can be heard in the recording below.
Both examples achieve the goal of tuning a singer's voice. The engineer's vision will determine which method is used. His goal is to find the best way to fit the edited voice into the song. Auto-Tune is more common in songs with electronic instrumentation. Pitch correction is prevalent in songs with real instruments such as guitars and drums. Just for comparison purposes, here is the recording shown above with absolutely no editing:
These two forms of digital assistance allow singers who may or may not be talented to create fantastic recordings; it lets them hide their actual abilities. This again raises the question; if artists can sound however they like, where does the need for talent come into the mix?
Another new technology, that has bettered the ability of non-musicians, is electronic instrumentation. Through MIDI, an electronic instrument interface, many different forms of electronic pianos can record the audio of almost any instrument. This can be done on a home piano like this one in my dorm room:
I am able to create any kind of musical sound I want, without knowing how to play any other instrument. Though the piano can be used, I don't even need it! As long as I have knowledge of the piano, and a basic understanding of musical timing, I am able to recreate any instrument right on my computer without ever touching the real thing. I have done this in the following recording:
Once again, this technology allows any individual to create whatever kind of sound he or she wants, with very little musical ability. Also, if creating music doesn't actually require that much musical talent per se, and instead is simply the product of technological abilities, what is the real compelling characteristic of music that people look for? Seeing as talent cannot be that much of a universal factor based on these facts.
Music is becoming an art form that does not require the same technical capabilities or discipline that other art forms do. Few painters can create a masterpiece without spending years studying and perfecting their technique. Few writers can write a bestselling book without going through years of learning about literature and writing styles while developing their own through years of practice. An individual with little musical talent or practice can create a form of musical "art" that millions will love, just by spending a few hours with a computer program. Why is this acceptable?
These computer programs are only a few of the thousands of tools people can use in the modern age of digital recording to make fantastic audio recordings. However, there is no amount of musical ability required to accomplish any of these tasks. One may assume those who use computers in this way must have some form of sonic talent to achieve such feats, right? Wrong. These programs, including Melodyne, Waves Tune, Antares Auto-Tune, Pro Tools, and hundreds more all have countless presets for one to pick from when adjusting a sound. Melodyne has a "Quantize pitch" setting so all someone has to do is drag the slider to 100% and Melodyne tunes the voice instantly to the necessary pitch. It then even informs the user of the key the song is in. A picture of this screen is shown here:
Any person utilizing programs such as Melodyne may have also heard on the Internet, "Equalization is one of the most powerful tools in your sonic toolkit," (Soundonsound.com, 1995). For clarification, Equalization (EQ) is adjusting the individual frequency ranges within a sound. It is useful for making a recording sound more clear. All this person then has to do is add an EQ plugin to the recorded instrument or voice and choose a preset for it, for example, "Rap Vocals." The EQ plugin then automatically adjusts its parameters and creates a well EQ'd voice.
Rap artists are a perfect example of a group capable of using this technique. Creating a beat is relatively simple as I have shown previously, and all Rap artists then have to do is Auto-Tune the voice, which is tragically easy as I have shown, add EQ to the vocals to clean them up, also easy as I have shown, and record the audio. One may argue that the writing of the rap itself also requires talent. This is true in some cases, but there are quite a few well-known artists whose true lyrical prowess is questionable. But I'm not here to attack a specific genre. Any song that focuses on the voice and not the instruments has the capability to be just as simple as the examples I've given above, seeing as any instrument can be created without musical talent through MIDI and the voice can be edited to sound as accurate as a professional singer without much effort. This really exposes how dreadfully simple it is to create great sounding music.
In conclusion, all of these tools can be used by anyone who is able to use a computer. So next time you listen to any song on the radio or on the Internet on a site like YouTube, just ask yourself whether or not the music not only sounds good, but is truly worthy of the word "Art."


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Placemaking is Alive and Well in Denver
"We finished our first full day by driving up to Longmont's Prospect New Town, a mixed-use development built on the site of a former tree farm by owner/developer Kiki Wallace. Though this was my third visit to Colorado's first New Urbanist community, I had not previously spent as much time onsite, even though I wrote a brief case study on it for Terrain.org just before moving to Tucson. At 80 acres, Prospect is only two-thirds the size of Bradburn Village, and yet it feels larger-in many senses it feels larger than life, given the Modernist and otherwise highly eclectic architecture and mix of uses. The site plan was created by celebrated town planners Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, but the architecture is rarely neotraditional, especially in the second and third phases of the project, which at buildout is expected to house nearly 2,000 people.
Carolyn and I began the afternoon by having lunch at Two Dogs Diner, recommended by Petra. The diner and the broader Prospect 'downtown' did not disappoint. Located along U.S. Highway 287, Prospect's commercial area is readily accessible from the main north-south thoroughfare of the area, yet deep within the neighborhood there's also a town square, which not surprisingly is actually triangular, around which is a mix of single-family attached and detached homes and a corner restaurant reminiscent of the many corner stores and restaurants in older Denver and Boulder neighborhoods."


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IT WAS fiery, feisty, a real Christmas cracker of a game offering up many talking points and questions about the future for both teams.
Melbourne Heart boss John Aloisi felt his side had the better of the derby clash and should have got at least a draw, while Victory assistant coach Kevin Muscat believed his team controlled possession and much of the game.
Muscat argues that its last-gasp success, courtesy of Archie Thompson's 93rd-minute winner, speaks volumes about Victory's commitment and the attitude that has been inculcated by coach Ange Postecoglou.
Thompson, both after the match and at a news conference on Sunday, admitted the red-and-whites had the better chances and conceded that perhaps they did have more of the game. But, he emphasised, it was his team's mindset and self-belief that allowed it to snatch a memorable triumph.
The goal came in dramatic fashion, the ball striking the cross bar and bouncing down over the line, right at the end of a game played in a marvellous atmosphere that surely reminds anyone who had any doubts that the Melbourne derby is the marquee fixture of the competition.
These are the sort of wins that can make or break a season. Victory will surely feel it can use this result, against a side that had hitherto had the better of their derby meetings, as a springboard to chase down the top two on the ladder, Central Coast and Adelaide, who both dropped points in the pre-Christmas round.
The Reds were smashed 6-1 by West Sydney, while the Mariners drew in Wellington. Victory is now five points behind the South Australians, seven behind the club from Gosford, but only one ahead of impressive new bos West Sydney.
In contrast, Heart is eight points adrift of its crosstown rival and languishing in eighth position on a ladder that, over the next couple of weeks, will probably start to break into more clearly defined groups.
For the Heart, the queries will come thick and fast. Its inability to convert its chances haunts it, and while it plays these derby games with a passion and commitment that cannot be questioned, it doesn't always manage to reach the same tempo when it takes on other clubs.
It must now regroup and relaunch a challenge in the second half of the season as another few losses will leave it, as Aloisi admitted, floundering too far from the top six to have much chance of a second-straight finals appearance.
While never a bruising encounter, nine players were booked - testimony to the passions and desperation evoked in a derby game where the ramifications are much greater than the three points at stake.
Aloisi will have to dig deep into the depths of his squad for the trip to Wellington on Thursday. Simon Colosimo and Patrick Gerhardt are both now suspended, meaning teenager David Vrankovic and mature-age Irish centre-half Steve Gray, who has yet to play for the club, will form a rookie central defensive partnership.
Thompson was in ebullient mood on Sunday as he described how delighted he and his teammates were to get one back for the Victory fans who have so often been on the wrong side of the derby score, especially after the 2-1 round-one defeat.
''There were 42,000 people there and we let them down,'' said Thompson, revealing that Postecoglou had used the memory of that evening's disappointment to motivate his players for the return game on Saturday.
Victory's winning goal was like a training drill, he said, with Adama Traore making an interception, passing to Marco Rojas, who fed him. He was just delighted that the Gosch's Paddock rehearsals paid off ''on the biggest stage of the season''.


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NEW YORK (CBS 2) — In this week's Furry Friend Finder, Tri-State residents can adopt Jack, an 11-year-old Shih Tzu, from the Humane Society of New York.
Furry Friend Finder: JackNovember 13, 2011 1:51 PM
Jack is available for adoption through the Humane Society of New York. (Credit: CBS 2)


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Doesn't iOS 7 control center pop in from the bottom? Can NCSettings do the same? I'm using Lock Bar Settings Lite and it goes well with the iOS 7 theme I'm using.
This was a rough draft...not a final concept
Maybe someone can theme lock bar settings lite.
I'm not trying to use a scare tactic here. I'm just offering a slot. If you don't want it, then cool. If you do, then give me a shout.


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Wentworth Miller on His Past Struggle With Sexuality: I Tried to Kill Myself at 15
Wentworth Miller recalled his past struggle to come to term with his sexuality. Speaking at the Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, he revealed how hiding his sexuality led to multiple suicide attempts and the first time he tried to take his own life was when he was 15.
The "Prison Break" actor, who publicly came out of the closet last month, recalled at the September 7 event his days growing up as a closeted teen, "Growing up I was a target. Speaking the right way, standing the right way, holding your wrist the right way."
"Every day was a test and there was a thousand ways to fail. A thousand ways to portray yourself to not live up to someone else's standards of what was accepted and what was normal. And when you fail the test, which was guaranteed, there was a price to pay. Emotional, psychological. physical."
"And like many of you I paid that price," the 41-year-old star continued in his speech. "The first time I tried to kill myself I was 15. I waited until my family went away for the weekend and I was alone in the house and I swallowed a bottle of pills."
"I don't remember what happened over the next couple days, but I'm pretty sure come Monday morning I was on a bus back to school pretending everything was fine. And when someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I say no, because I told no one."
"When someone asks me if that was a cry for help, I say no. Because I've told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there is help to cry for. And I didn't need it, I wanted out... at 15."
His inner battle continued as he worked as an actor in Hollywood. "I had multiple opportunities to speak my truth, which is that I was gay, but I chose not to. I was out privately to family and friends -- publicly, I was not," he confessed. "I chose to lie -- when I thought about the possibility of coming out, how that might impact me and the career I worked so hard for, I was filled with fear."
"When I thought about kids out there who might be moved or inspired by me taking a stand or speaking my truth, my mental response was consistently, no thank you," he went on. But the "nagging voice" over the "persecution of my brothers and sisters in Russia" inspire him to finally come out. "I thought let me be to someone else, what no one was to me," he said.
Miller spoke publicly of his sexuality in an open letter to decline invitation to Russia's St. Petersburg Film Festival because of the country's anti-gay laws. "Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes," he wrote. "However, as a gay man, I must decline."
"I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government," he added. "The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly."
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