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Wheezing is a whistling noise of varying pitch and loudness that
occurs when the small airways of the lungs become narrower because of inflammation or a
buildup of mucus and dead cells in the airway. As these small air passages
become narrower, wheezing may be heard when the person breathes out. As the
passages continue to narrow, wheezing may be heard when the person breathes
both in and out.
When a person has severe difficulty breathing, wheezing may no
longer be heard because very little air is moving through the narrowed
A doctor may order a chest X-ray or breathing test (spirometry) to
determine the cause of a person's wheezing. Some causes of wheezing include
bronchitis, allergies, or asthma. Treatment depends on the cause of the
wheezing and may include medicines, an inhaler, or a machine to help a person
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Sportline 303 ThinQ Pedometer (ORANGE)
At only 3mm thick, this is a super-thin, comfortably portable pedometer. It accurately tracks your footsteps to gauge distance travelled and can tally your calorie burn. It's a great way to motivate yourself to be more active.
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Israeli fighter jets rocketed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, hours before the first meeting of the five-nation group formed to monitor the U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli planes hit Hezbollah targets in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in two pre-dawn strikes.
There was no immediate report of casualties in the air attacks, which came after Hezbollah gunmen killed an Israeli soldier, Staff Sgt. Aslan Tehauhu, in the security zone earlier this week.
The monitoring committee devoted its first meeting in the southern Lebanon town of Nakoura to planning how it would operate.
The group, which has representatives from the United States, France, Israel, Syria and Lebanon, will deal with violations of the April 27 cease-fire that ended 16 days of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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The recently-announced line-up of musical acts includes Kid Millions, the Fatty Acids, Jaill, the Saltshakers, Colleen Green, Rio Turbo and more.
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Baldwin-Whitehall board considers credit increase for phys-ed classes
Physical-education credits could increase for students at Baldwin High School during the next school year.
Andrea Huffman, director of curriculum, and Jonathan Peebles, Baldwin High School vice principal, spoke to the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board earlier this month about increasing the credits per semester for physical education from one quarter to one half. The credit increase would enable students to complete the physical-education graduation requirement as early as his or her sophomore year.
"We want to create as much flexibility in a schedule as possible," Huffman said.
School board members are scheduled to vote on the credit increase in December.
Huffman said some students aren't able to take certain classes because they have to fit in the physical-education requirement. In other cases, students choose to take a class instead of taking a lunch period.
Students who would like to take physical education past the graduation requirement would do so as an elective course, Huffman said.
"I think it gives our students options," said Denise Sedlacek, assistant superintendent. "Physical-education classes are a scheduling nightmare."
Physical-education classes at Baldwin have as many as 40 or 50 students in them because of scheduling issues, Huffman said. Increasing the credit requirement would reduce the number of students per class.
The initiative is not intended to reduce physical-education staff, she said.
School board member Larry Pantuso said he would like to see how many students would benefit from increasing physical education credits, how many students choose to take classes instead of a lunch and the body-mass-index numbers at the high school before voting.
"I think we need everything together to make a decision," Pantuso said.
Also, allowing students to complete physical-education requirements as sophomores might not be beneficial to their health, Pantuso said.
"That may be the only physical activity those children get," Pantuso said.
Timothy Laughlin, a physical education teacher at Baldwin High School, said he and the other physical education teachers were approached for feedback by the administration. They share some of Pantuso's worries about increasing the credit amount.
"We do have a lot of those concerns," Laughlin said.
The following items were voted on at the Nov. 14 Baldwin-Whitehall School Board business meeting:
• Fee increases for certain groups using Baldwin-Whitehall facilities will be postponed.
The school board, in a 5-3 vote, tabled a motion to revise the charges for groups to use district facilities. School board members Kevin Fischer, Diana Kazour and John Schmotzer dissented.
School board member Nancy Crowder said she didn't like the category in which parent-teacher groups fit into for the fee revisions. Those groups are an extension of the classroom, she said.
"This is a slap in the face for parent involvement," Crowder said. "I won't support (it) this way."
• The board approved the retirement of Lorraine Murray, a bus attendant for more than 18 years, and John Odoski, a bus driver for more than 11 years.
• The school board unanimously approved accepting the 2011-12 audit report by Cottrill, Arbutina & Associates P.C., which gave the district an unqualified opinion, the highest it could receive.
• The administration recognized Daniel Constantini, Mark Salera and Laney Barone for receiving Steel Center Vocational Technical School extra-effort awards for carpentry, food services and health assistance, respectively.
• The administration recognized Michaela Woods, Emilee Spozarski, Stephan Kisty, Jacob Kemerer, Sam Barbano and Samantha Jurczyk for leading the J.E. Harrison Middle School's Sumdog mathematics competition team to a second place title in the nation.
Harrison's team took second place out of 432 schools nationwide. Forty-three Harrison students answered 32,594 mathematical questions correctly during a seven-day period.
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Yamaha CLP565 Digital Grand Piano, Polished White
Yamaha CLP565 Digital Grand Piano, Polished WhiteDetails
The Yamaha CLP565P Digital Grand Piano is a Clavinova with a grand design and sound and appearance that will enhance any environment.
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To make it as easy as possible for you to get the gear you want, we offer a range of instant finance options. If you spend £250 or more online, you can choose to pay over 48, 36 or 24 months. The majority of decisions are given instantly, so you could get your new gear sooner than you thought!
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Applying for finance couldn't be easier - if your order totals £250 or more, simply proceed through the checkout as normal, then select Pay by Finance on the payment page, then click the orange APPLY FOR INSTANT FINANCE button. This will start your application with V12 Retail Finance, our finance partner, and completing this form should take approximately 10 minutes.
You should get an instant answer on whether your application has been successful, though in some rare cases V12 may need to look at the application in more detail.
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"Real Grand Expression"
A phrase that defines the expressive capability of Clavinova. It is the key components of the sound, the touch and the pedals, together with the application of technology developed through a history of acoustic piano manufacturing. These elements are combined perfectly into a single instrument, creating the exact sound you want through the touch of the keys and the feel of the pedals. When you play a Clavinova, you can imagine that you are playing a grand piano.
Two of the world's finest grands
The CFX, Yamaha's finest concert grand selected and played by the winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition and the Imperial from Bösendorfer, a brand held in high esteem by pianists throughout its long history. These renowned pianos are characterised by distinctive traits such as power, versatility, subtlety, lightness and mellowness. Both of these superb pianos' voices are featured in the Clavinova. Tuned to perfection by a highly experienced piano technician with the sound from each key sampled individually, Clavinova truly captures the unique tonal character of each of these outstanding instruments. With Clavinova, you can enjoy the exquisite beauty of the sought-after tone that the Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial deliver.
VRM Physical Modelling
In a grand piano, sound resonates throughout the body of the instrument, producing a rich reverberation that envelops the listener in sound. This phenomena is reproduced perfectly in the Clavinova through Virtual Resonance Modelling (VRM), which calculates the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes on the keyboard from one instant to the next, allowing vivid, richly-varied expression that reflects the limitless number of factors inherent in playing the piano such as which keys are pressed, the strength with which the keys are played and pedal timing.
Smooth Tonal Transitions
A pianist changes the volume and dynamics of the sound by varying the pressure applied to the keys. A Clavinova responds perfectly to give the player an outstanding level of performance control. By using long, carefully-sampled recordings of notes on a piano and unique Yamaha technologies to achieve smooth tonal transitions, rich sonic detail is delivered in response to the touch of the player.
Key counterweights
Counterweights are embedded in the keys of a grand piano to balance the weight of the hammers and offer more precise control when playing delicately at low volumes. The Clavinova features carefully-adjusted counterweights for improved playability when playing pianissimo and better key return in rapid passages. The keyboard of the Clavinova has been fine-tuned to offer optimal balance, emphasizing its superb playability and grand piano response.
88-key Linear Graded Hammer action
This action faithfully reproduces the subtle differences in the weight and return of every key. No two keys are exactly alike which gives the player the best possible feel and response from the instrument.
GP Response Damper Pedal
The GP Response Damper Pedal offers a grand piano-style resistance curve, starting out light to the touch and growing heavier as the pedal is depressed further. This allows players to become accustomed to the nuances of delicate pedalling.
Full-bodied tone and resonance
The sound of a Clavinova is calibrated in fine detail, with speaker positioning and body materials checked to ensure that the entire instrument resonates optimally. To create a sound field that is very close to that of a grand piano, the Clavinova features tone escapements in several locations throughout the body that allow the sound from the speakers to be projected to the listener without being trapped inside the instrument.
Acoustic Optimiser
The body of the Clavinova contains Acoustic Optimisers that regulate the flow of sound and control tone. A new technology developed from Yamaha's intimate knowledge of the acoustic properties of musical instruments, Acoustic Optimisers deliver a natural, smooth sound across the entire keyboard.
- Piano voicing sampled from Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial grand pianos
- 34 voices
- Graded Hammer 3X (GH3X) keyboard with Synthetic Ivory keytops and escapement
- 303 lesson songs
- 16 track recording and USB audio recording
- Mini Grand Cabinet
- Custom-designed sound system
- Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC)
- Acoustic Optimiser
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Courier Delivery
When you add this product to your shopping basket, you will be provided with our standard courier delivery option free of charge, which is a 'to your door' service. You may need to help the delivery driver as this product comes packaged in large boxes!
This option may not be suitable if you are unable to help the driver if required, or if you need the piano delivering upstairs but you don't have anyone else available to help. Please consider whether this is the most appropriate delivery service for you, as other delivery options are also available for an additional cost.
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If you select this option, two delivery personnel will deliver the piano boxes to any ground floor room of your choice, rather than just your front door. Please note that this service will take a few days longer than the standard courier service and the courier company will call you to arrange a convenient delivery date after you have placed the order.
Delivery & Installation
This is our premium service and includes full delivery, installation and setup in any room you wish. The installers will also take away the packaging.
For the 2 man or delivery and installation services, please call us if your home is on the 2nd floor or above or has unusual access circumstances on 0843 155 0800.
The product price includes 2 years' warranty and 30 day money back guarantee.
However, the Gear4music extended warranty scheme provides an enhanced service, and is designed to offer a higher level of protection than many 'free' warranties offered by some retailers and manufacturers.
The highlights of this enhanced warranty service are:
- Warranty is extended to 6 years from the date of delivery.
- Our Money Back guarantee is extended from 30 days to 90 days (terms apply after 30 days)
- Collection and delivery costs are included for the first 2 years
- Claim 50% cash back on the cost of the policy after 6 years if it has not been used!
- Warranty is transferable if the item is re-sold
- Loan or replacement equipment will be provided if the product isn't repaired within 30 days
- If an item can not be repaired, a similar alternative product or cash discount (as defined in this policy) will be offered
- The policy can be cancelled within 30 days, and at any time after that for a pro-rata discount
Please note that this extended warranty is currently only available on products sold within the EU or EEA, and is subject to the terms and conditions as detailed on the extended warranty certificate provided.
For customers in outlying areas of the country, the price of the Extended Warranty may be marginally higher, due to the potential for higher collection and redelivery transport costs.
This enhanced warranty is in addition to the standard Gear4music and manufacturer warranty policies, and the Gear4music terms and conditions of trade. No statement or condition of sale contained within these terms affects or restricts your statutory rights as defined under the Consumer Contracts Regulation 2014.
Once the product is delivered, you have 30 days to decide that you definitely want to keep it. If you decide it is not suitable for any reason, you can return it back to us for replacement or full refund, including standard delivery charges.
All Products are new unless stated, and include a minimum of 2 years warranty.
Some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging, and in the case of software, unregistered. These items include:
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We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package, such as computer system built to a customer's personal specifications. Exceptions may only be possible with prior agreement of the vendor, and may be subject to a cancellation fee.
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The health care sector will be one of the most active areas in all of IT in 2012. With the advent of electronic health care records and greater enforcement of compliance rules, the pressure on health care IT professionals is going to rise exponentially in 2012.
The folks at ID Experts, a provider of data breach security and compliance management tools, have put together a list of some of the things IT health care professionals should specifically be watching for in 2012.
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dkwanwrote a review of Big Agnes Air Core Sleeping Pad - Mummy on November 13, 2014
Good Pad
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What is COPD?
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a medical condition that encompasses chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It is a smoking related lung disease that causes shortness of breath, cough and wheezing.
Who gets COPD?
Tobacco exposure is the main risk factor for the development of COPD. Patients with COPD will experience chronic shortness of breath, fatigue, chronic cough and an overall poor quality of life. Other risk factors include indoor pollutions, chemical fumes and industrial dust.
How common is COPD?
Approximately 23 million people in the U.S. have COPD, and world-wide estimates are around 200 million. COPD recently became the 3rd leading cause of mortality in the U.S.
What are the symptoms of COPD?
Symptoms vary, but usually include shortness of breath, constant cough, wheezing, fatigue and limited activity. Symptoms may suddenly get worse during something that is called a "COPD exacerbation", and may result in hospitalization.
The Tulane Lung Center is a comprehensive clinical program to evaluate and manage patients with COPD. You can make an appointment with our physicians by calling 504-988-8600.
People with COPD have a higher risk of lung cancer than people without COPD. The first line of treatment involves tobacco cessation and formal evaluation of the respiratory status using pulmonary function test (PFT). The vast majority of patients get significant relief with the use of inhalers or nebulizers. In more advanced cases oral medications, home oxygen and pulmonary rehabilitation are required. Tulane Pulmonary Physicians are involved in multidisciplinary teams to give the best care to COPD patients. We also work together with lung transplant specialists for very advanced cases.
Please give us a call if you or a loved one has COPD or the symptoms described above. The Tulane Lung Center will be an essential part of your recovery from this condition.
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the 1720 should not have any problems handling this.
By the way take a look at http://www.cymru.com
Depending on your setup you can use Cisco template configs or even
automate the bogon-list via BGP.
That's much easier than updating your ACLs by hand...
This could also be a nice feature for m0n0wall.
Don Munyak wrote:
> We have a cisco 1720 border router curently configured to do nothing
> but route packets. No filtering. I have been thinking about putting an
> "INGRESS" acl list on the serial link to block bogus inbound packets.
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
> access-list 101 deny ip 0.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 any log-input
> access-list 101 deny ip 220.127.116.11 0.255.255.255 any log-input
> access-list 101 deny ip 22.214.171.124 0.255.255.255 any log-input
> access-list 101 deny ip 184.108.40.206 0.255.255.255 any log-input
> {snip}
> But instead of applying an "EGRESS" acl to the same cisco serial link,
> I was thinking of entering these filters to the LAN & DMZ link of
> m0n0wall. I am thinking that if some rogues application is trying to
> phone home, by applying the filter to the m0n0wall link(s), I can see
> which local host is passing the bad packets. Or would I just apply the
> filters to the WAN link?
> access-list 102 deny ip any 0.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 log-input
> access-list 102 deny ip any 188.8.131.52 0.255.255.255 log-input
> access-list 102 deny ip any 188.8.131.52 0.255.255.255 log-input
> access-list 102 deny ip any 22.214.171.124 0.255.255.255 log-input
> {snip}
> Our layout looks like this
> --(s0)1720(e0)------m0n0wall----LAN
> |
> |
> What are your thoughts ?
> Thanks,
> -Don
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AnyStock is a flexible Flash-based solution to create interactive and attractive stock and financial charts. It supports large datasets and provides great scrolling options. It features built-in technical indicators (SMA, EMA, MCAD, Bollinger Bands, etc.), drawings (lines, shapes, Fibonacci tools), and localization support. It is driven by an XML/JSON interface and is easily used. All scripting languages (ASP, PHP, Ruby, Perl, etc.) are supported.
SecQua is a tool that quantifies the security of a given Information System, using a novel security metric. It tries to provide a deterministic, unbiased, objective, and efficient measurement. The approach is vulnerability driven and uses the National Vulnerability Database. A security metric must answer questions such as "How secure am I?", "Am I better compared to my last checkpoint/year?", "Am I spending the right amount of money for security?", "How do I compare to my peers?", and "What risk transfer options do I have?". SecQua can state that a system is now 60.2% secure, when last month it was 46.5%. Moreover, it tries to depict how vulnerability patterns expose the information system over time.
Madrona builds on the Django Web framework and PostGIS DBMS to offer a flexible set of building blocks for creating cutting-edge tools for decision support and area-based planning. It provides an automatic RESTful API for the GeoDjango feature models you create, with full CRUD operations and support for GeoJSON and KML, robust features for sharing and collaborative design amongst users, JavaScript libraries for quickly developing sophisticated client-side UIs, and the ability to use any 2D or 3D mapping client, including the Google Earth Web plugin.
Midi Converter for Mac is a small and simple utility designed mostly for musicians who compose music using their computer. However, it can be very useful for anyone who wants to convert MIDI music files to MP3 or other popular formats. It is around 10 times faster than the other competing programs, because it converts the files directly rather than having to record them first. The program is very easy to use, and a trial version is available. It also allows you to embed a player, and has a number of other features. It does not rely on your sound card with regards to the quality of the final output, so you can expect high and consistent quality, regardless of what sort of computer you are going to use it on.
selector is a command line utility for dynamic string selection. It reads the content of the specified files, and as the user types a list of strings separated by ";" (or a regexp), the display is updated in real time to show only the lines containing all the said strings (or matching the regexp). This command was mainly designed as a way to search in the shell history, for which it is substantially more efficient than the standard readline ^R binding. With the -v option, it injects the selected line into the tty input buffer, hence allowing the user to edit the line and execute it as a standard command.
A simple but relatively effective trojan scan tool.
A command line FOURCC changer for MPEG4 or DivX files.


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text: Zac Efron stars with Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner in the romantic drama The Lucky One , directed by Academy Award-nominated writer/director Scott Hicks (Shine), based on Nicholas Sparks bestseller The Lucky One. U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a photograph he found of a woman he doesnt even know. Discovering her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm. Special Features: Zac Efron Becomes a Marine Watch the Sparks Fly Zac and Taylors Amazing Chemistry Please Note: Must redeem UltraViolet offer by 26th August 2014. Not compatible with all devices. Restrictions and limitations apply: go to http://ultraviolet.flixster.com/info for details. Consumer must reside in the United Kingdom (excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) and register for a Flixster account and an Ultraviolet account. Must be 18 years or older to create Ultraviolet account. Ultraviolet service providers may charge for continued cloud access. No additional charge for continued access to content once downloaded. Licensed Digital Copy Not for resale.Check stock and price


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This fictional account of the search and discovery of the Golden Candelabra (Menorah) from the Second Temple in Jerusalem begins at a wedding in New York City, continues on to an archaeological dig in the State of Israel, and culminates in the Italian capital city of Rome. All historical facts cited within these pages are accurate.
The election of a new Pope is a fascinating sub-plot to this extraordinary tale of adventure. A blind Italian young man serves as the guide who leads the newlywed searchers through the lengthy 600 miles of catacombs that snake beneath the city of Rome. The newlyweds are a college professor and a famous journalist who chronicles their adventures for the purpose of constructing a future article to advance her career in her chosen field of endeavor.


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Frilly Little Thing
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The FAFL Cup for Women kicks off in Melbourne on Saturday and many of our Women's players will be joining forces with Vipers & Magic players to play in the Macarthur Heart strip and take on the best Australia and New Zealand have to offer.
The tournament, which is endorsed by Nike, will be televised on futsaloz.tv and sees 2 pools of five teams competing to be crowned champions. As well as the team from New Zealand all Eastern States will be represented bringing the best club players from the region together for the first time in many years. The quality of the players and the standard of play we can expect in this tournament will put the Women's game on the map.
Jimmy Gilligan will coach the Heart girls and will be ably assisted by his father, former Futsalroo Player and Coach Scott Gilligan and Erkin Osman, another former Futsalroo and current NSW Thunder Womens Coach. Jeanette Donaghey will certainly not be missing the chance to travel to Melbourne to look after the girls as Manager. The Heart players are:
- Dana Buttigieg (GK)
- Ceyda Cambaz
- Logan Garard
- Mel McCauley (GK)
- Kathryn Mladineo
- Doris Osman
- Lauren Ralston
- Madison Strutt
- Justine Vella
- Claire Walsh
- Sharon Walsh
This trip for the Heart players would not be possible without finacial support from some very generous sponsors. The players would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge their sponsors and urge you to support them:
The sponsors for FAFL Womens Cup Tour are:
Major Team Sponsor – Bella Arts visit www.bellaarts.com.au or call 0402 287 591
Bella Arts is committed to being a "multiple resource graphic design studio" for their clients. Visual creativity is first and foremost. Bella Arts' sole passion is to convert ideas and thoughts into meaningful creations.
Tour Sponsor – Sydney Helicopters visit www.sydneyhelicopters.com.au or contact 02 9637 4455
Sydney Helicoptors specialise in scenic flights, full day tours and adventure tours.
Supporting Sponsors
Captive Hair Studio – add them on facebook or contact 4731 3036. Specialising in colour, cutting, weddings, styling, extensions, and brazilian blowout treatment. Located at 20-22 Woodriff Street Penrith.
Elba Kitchens – visit them at www.elbakitchens.com or contact 9756 2898.. Elba Kitchens specialise in kitchens, vanities, entertainment units, laundries and home offices.
A&H Fencing and Landscaping – visit them at www.ahfencing.com.au or call 0439 887 717. Specialists in glass fencing, metal fencing, metal lattice, gates and automatic gates, timber fencing and decking, timber retaining walls and color bond fencing and gates A&H Fencing and Landscaping has the fencing, gate and decking solution for you.
Polercise Penrith – visit them at www.polercise.net.au or call 4732 2226 Polercise offer fitness options that include classes, 8 week courses, practice sessions, workshops, Hens nights and corporate events. Their workouts are popular and strengthen your core and improve your flexibility.
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The team's schedule is:
10.00 AM Saturday vs Cobras Futsal
2.00 PM Saturday vs Brisbane Futsal
9.00 AM Sunday vs Canberra FS
12.00 PM Sunday vs Warriors
5.00 PM Sunday Semi
8.00 PM Sunday Final
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Southern notes: Seager stays untouchable
Still a Dodger, shortstop continues to shine early on with Lookouts
By Guy Curtright / Special to MiLB.com | August 5, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Corey Seager may have been one of the few players or fans not closely following the action as one big deal followed another before the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31.
"I don't really get into that media stuff," the Chattanooga Lookouts shortstop said. "It's kind of a family thing that way."
Of course, by "family" he's referring to oldest brother Kyle, Seattle's All-Star third baseman, and middle brother Justin, a pitcher in the Mariners organization -- but excluding another very important member.
"I'm sure my mom was glued to the TV and the computer," he said. "She probably hasn't cooled down yet."
The Los Angeles Dodgers had insisted that they wouldn't include any of their top three prospects in a deal -- even for David Price -- and they stuck to it. That meant Seager remained in Chattanooga, outfielder Joc Pederson in Albuquerque and pitcher Julio Urias in Rancho Cucamonga.
The Dodgers want to win now and later as well, meaning the 20-year-old Seager stayed untouchable. The first-round pick in the 2012 Draft is No. 17 among MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects, ranking immediately ahead of Pederson and Urias.
Seager tore up the Class A Advanced California League, and his bat didn't cool off after he was promoted to the Double-A Southern League following a trip to the All-Star Futures Game.
The 6-foot-4 left-handed hitter's average was .350 through his first 92 games at the two levels, and he had 39 doubles, 18 homers and 75 RBIs. Not bad for someone who came into the season determined to concentrate on his defense, not his offense.
"That's been my main focus, because I knew I had some things to work on," Seager said.
The extra work has paid off. After committing 42 errors last year, he has just 14 so far this season.
It's at the plate, though, where Seager really stands out. His .352 average was second in the California League while at Rancho Cucamonga, and he led with a .633 slugging mark and 1.044 OPS.
The Southern League is a tougher place to hit, but Seager has been up to the challenge.
Seager had at least one hit in his first six games with the Lookouts, going 8-for-23 with four extra-base hits, and then had two hits in three consecutive games against Birmingham.
Through his first 12 games with Chattanooga, he was hitting .340 with seven extra-base hits and five RBIs.
For Seager, the only real difference between leagues has been the weather.
"I've had to get used to the humidity again," said the North Carolina native.
Seager joined the Lookouts after experiencing the dual highs of playing in the Futures Game at Minnesota and then getting to watch brother Kyle in his first All-Star Game.
"It was awesome," Corey said. "It was great of the Dodgers to let me stay there for everything, and the whole family got to enjoy it."
Kyle Seager spent the first half of the 2011 season with Jackson en route to Seattle, but he didn't really feel it necessary to give his brother a primer on the Southern League.
"We talk all the time, but that didn't come up," Corey said.
What does come up frequently is being careful to take your baseball journey one step at a time and not think too far ahead.
"He always says to treat each level [of the Minors] as your Major League and make sure to master it," Corey said. "That what I do."
So far, the philosophy has worked as Seager has shown the production, as well as potential, to back up his status as a key piece of the Dodgers' long-term future.
In brief
Moving up: Mobile third baseman Jake Lamb, leading the Southern League with 79 RBIs, was promoted to Triple-A Reno on Aug. 1 along with outfielder Zach Borenstein. Lamb, Arizona's No. 5 prospect, was also first among qualified players for the batting race with a .318 average, to go along with 35 doubles, five triples and 14 homers in 103 games. Lamb, a first-round pick by the Diamondbacks in 2012 out of the University of Washington, had a .399 on-base percentage and .551 slugging mark. His OPS of .949 was second behind former Tennessee third baseman Kris Bryant, also now in the Pacific Coast League.
Sidelined: Montgomery second baseman Ryan Brett, sixth in the league batting race with a .306 average, went on the disabled list with a sore left shoulder. He hurt it for the second time this season diving for a ball at Chattanooga on July 24. Brett, 22, was 3-for-3 in that game and was hitting .425 over his last 10 contests. Tampa Bay's No. 8 prospect had 34 extra-base hits and 24 stolen bases in 91 games. When Brett, the Rays' third-round pick in the 2010 Draft, went on the DL, Leonardo Regginato was promoted from Class A Advanced Charlotte, where he was hitting .316.
Comeback trail: J.R. Graham is on a strict innings limit after a stint on the disabled list, but the Mississippi right-hander looked sharp in consecutive two-inning starts. Dropped down to No. 11 on MLB.com's Atlanta prospect list, he retired all six Pensacola batters he faced on July 27 and then allowed just an infield single July 31 against Mobile, striking out one each time. Graham, who didn't pitch after May last season because of shoulder problems, was out for three weeks with triceps tendonitis this year. The 24-year-old is 1-5 with a 5.26 ERA in 19 starts covering just 63 1/3 innings.
Guy Curtright is a contributor to MiLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The Business Council of Australia has warned the Federal Government's decision to reject ADM's proposed takeover of GrainCorp takeover could put at risk critical foreign investment in the future.
Treasurer Joe Hockey on Friday announced the decision to reject Archer Daniels Midland's $3.4 billion bid for the eastern grain handle, saying he had to take the national interest into account.
But the BCA has hit out at Mr Hockey's decision, suggesting it undermines the Government's message that Australia is "open for business".
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Virgin boss John Borgetti says any Government support for Qantas should be extended to his airline.
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Business editor Peter Ryan analyses the Government's decision to reject the GrainCorp takeover.
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GrainCorp silos at Tabbita, NSW.
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Barnaby Joyce says his government has made the right decision to reject the GrainCorp takeover.
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Treasurer Joe Hockey has rejected the sale of GrainCorp to American agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland.
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The Federal Opposition has labelled the Government's decision to reject the sale of GrainCorp to American agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland as "weak" and "pathetic".
Announcing the decision this morning to reject ADM's $3.4 billion bid for the eastern grain handler, Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey said he had to take into account the national interest.
"I consider that now is not the right time for a 100 per cent foreign acquisition of this key Australian business," he said, adding that it "could risk undermining public support for the foreign investment regime and ongoing foreign investment more generally".
The proposed sale of GrainCorp had represented an early test of unity for the new Coalition Government, being strongly opposed by grower groups, the National Party and some country Liberal MPs in the eastern states.
Opposition treasury spokesman Chris Bowen said Mr Hockey had failed his first big credibility test as Treasurer, and suggested he had been "bullied" by his Coalition partners and Cabinet colleagues into rejecting ADM's bid, with profound consequences.
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Canadian dairy giant Saputo has again sweetened its takeover offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter amid a three-way bidding war.
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Much of the debate over the $3.4 billion proposed sale of Australia's largest grain handler to giant US agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland has focussed on the issue of foreign investment.
Yet many grain growers believe what's really at stake is competition in the grain handling and logistics business.
In southern New South Wales, harvesters are busy working their way through this year's winter crop.
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One of America's largest farm unions is warning against Australia selling Graincorp to ADM.
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As the Treasurer Joe Hockey weighs the arguments over the takeover bid of GrainCorp, one of the oldest farm organisations in the US has warned that increased concentration in the industry will be bad news for Australian farmers.
The National Farmers Union says it has watched the negative impact of foreign takeovers in its own country and says Australia should reject the deal offered by Archer Daniels Midland.
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Archer Daniels Midland is confident political disagreement will not get in the way of its GrainCorp bid.
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The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of Western Australia says the protracted debate over the potential sale of a major eastern states grain handler to an American company is sending a "terrible message" to foreign investors.
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The head of American grain group Archer Daniels Midland says the company is committed to maintaining access to ports and silos if its takeover bid for GrainCorp is successful.
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Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says a proposed foreign takeover of Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has again highlighted problems with Australia's foreign investment laws.
The board of the south-west Victorian dairy processor has backed a bid of $8 per share from Canadian dairy company Saputo.
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The Abbott Government is being warned not to let politics get in the way of the sale of Australia's largest agribusiness, GrainCorp, to a US conglomerate.
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Warrnambool Cheese and Butter's board backs a takeover by a Canadian company after rejecting Bega's bid.
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There were no promises, but a good hearing for farmer representatives who came to Canberra on Thursday, to lobby against the proposed takeover of GrainCorp.
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Queensland's AgForce grains president Wayne Newton, NSW Farmers Association Grains Committee chairman Dan Cooper, and president of the Victorian Farmers Federation's Grains Group Brett Hosking formed part of a farm organisation delegation who came to Canberra to lobby politicians and government officials against the sale of GrainCorp to Archer Daniels Midland. ABC Rural's Anna Vidot caught up with them at Parliament House.
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A Sunraysia aged care home has told residents they should not notice any change to services, despite merging with another provider
Topics: aged-care, healthcare-facilities, company-news, takeovers, mildura-3500
The state Member for Maryborough says the Fraser Coast Council's bungled bid to take over Wide Bay Water Corporation is damaging the region's reputation.
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David Jones offloads management of struggling electronics division to retail chain Dick Smith.
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'American Idol' Results Recap: Meet The Top 10
Mariah Carey looks especially good at the judges' panel. Nicki Minaj does, too. Keith Urban seems more excited than the contenders and Randy Jackson looks a bit nervous to me.
The guys are nervous and rightly so. It's too bad they're still splitting spots evenly between men and women.
It would be interesting to see how the final 10 would shake out without those pesky parameters. My guess is they would end up with an extremely uneven lineup, in favor of the girls.
If this results show is any indication of how the season will go, I think we're in for a winner! If you ask me, America really got it right.
So, who made the cut?
Paul Jolley is first to steal a seat in the Top 10. As soon as Ryan Seacrest announces the news, I know I'm in for some shockers. He's one of my least favorite guys. He sings a victory song and I'm bored. Get on with the results!
Burnell Taylor is next to get good news. It's no surprise he's going to Hollywood. He's one of the best guys in this game. The judges are ecstatic to welcome him back to the stage. He sings "Ready For Love" by India Arie and it's flawless. His look is better than last night, too. Thank goodness.
Devin Velez is safe, as well. Nicki loves his connection to Spanish-speaking people. "I think you should stay in that lane," she says.
Lazaro Arbos takes the last spot. I'm so relieved and so is he. He makes a smart move by choosing "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the first song that captured our hearts weeks ago. Mariah looks so proud when she tells him, "Every time you get on the stage, you seem to have grown, whether it's your confidence or everything. America's watching, and they love you."
Vincent Powell, Nick Boddington, Cortez Shaw, Elijah Liu, and Charlie Askew are going home.
One will have the chance to earn a spot on the post-season tour when they compete against the sixth girl next week. I'm rooting for Cortez and Elijah. Both had real potential and I'm sad to see them go.
It's finally time for the girls to learn their fate.
Candice Glover seems surprised to learn she's staying. Maybe she's just being modest, because there was no doubt in my mind. She chooses Mary J. Blige's "I'm Going Down." The judges are delighted at America's choice. "This girl can really, really sing!" exclaims Randy. "That was unbelievable! We all love you. Congratulations."
Angie Miller is next to make the cut. She's in tears when she starts to sing Beyonce's "I Was Here." Keith is welling up too. "All you needed was a break, a chance for America to hear you and know who you are… You're so ready to go, baby, I'm so happy for you." Sweet.
Now that we're down to the final two, I'm getting a little antsy. I'm certain one spot is for Kree, but I'm uncertain about the other.
Kree Harrison sings Susan Tedeschi's "Evidence," after earning the final spot. Was there any doubt that she would? She's going far for sure.
That means Aubrey Cleland, Tenna Torres, Adriana Latonio, Breanna Steer, and Zoanette Johnson are heading home too. Nothing too surprising there.
Take a look at the first photo of the Top 10 below.
Did America get it right? You tell us, voters!
Re-watch Charlie Askew's top 20 performance again below.
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The little crackhole city past Redlands. Full of cool people who like to drink and smoke pot. If you are from Mentone, than you are definitely proud to say it.
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Every time an internet user watches Gangnam Style on YouTube, packets of digital data course through the global telecommunications system, converging on an iPhone, a tablet or a laptop.
Having missed out on most of the lucrative revenue that the explosion of digital content has generated for internet companies, telecommunications providers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere now want to charge them for carrying this traffic.
No way, the content providers say.
This commercial and ideological clash is set for a showdown next week, when representatives of more than 190 governments, along with telecommunications companies and internet groups, gather in Dubai for a once-in-a-generation meeting.
The ostensible purpose of the World Conference on International Telecommunications is to update a global treaty on technical standards needed to, say, connect a telephone call from Tokyo to Timbuktu.
The previous conference took place in 1988, when the internet was in its infancy and telecommunications remained a highly regulated, mostly analogue business.
Critics of the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations agency that is organising the meeting, see a darker agenda. The blogosphere has been raging over supposed plans led by Russia to snatch away control of the internet and hand it to the U.N. agency.
That seems unlikely. Any such move would require an international consensus, and opposition is widespread. Terry Kramer, the U.S. ambassador to the conference, has vowed to veto any change in how the Internet is overseen.
Hamadoun Touré, secretary general of the telecommunications union, has repeatedly said that it has no desire to take over the internet or to stifle its growth. On the contrary, he says, one of the main objectives of the conference is to spread internet access to more of the four and a half billion people around the world who still do not use it.
And yet, groups as diverse as Google, the Internet Society, the International Trade Union Confederation and Greenpeace warn that the discussions could set a bad precedent, encouraging governments to step up censorship or take other actions that would threaten the integrity of the internet.
"This is a very important moment in the history of the internet, because this conference may introduce practices that are inimical to its continued growth and openness," Vinton G. Cerf, vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google, said during a conference call.
Google set up a web site last week, "Take Action", encouraging visitors to sign a petition for a "free and open internet." The campaign is modelled on the successful drive last winter to defeat legislative proposals to crack down on internet piracy in the United States.
Analysts say the outcry over censorship and internet governance is a red herring; the real business of the conference is business.
"The far bigger issue largely obscured by this discussion are proposals that are more likely to succeed that envision changing the way we pay for internet services," Michael Geist, an internet law professor at the University of Ottawa, said by email.
In one submission to the conference, the European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association, a lobbying group based in Brussels that represents companies like France Tlcom, Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia, proposed that network operators be permitted to assess charges for content providers like internet video companies that use a lot of bandwidth.
Analysts say the proposal is an acknowledgment by telecommunications companies that they cannot compete in the provision of digital content.
"The telecoms realise that they have lost the battle," said Paul Budde, an independent telecommunications analyst in Australia. They are saying, "We cant beat the Googles and the Facebooks, so lets try to charge them."
The European lobbying group says that without the new fees, there will be no money to invest in the network upgrades needed to deal with a surge in traffic. Regulators have required European telecommunications operators to open their networks to rivals, and the market for broadband is fiercely competitive, with rock-bottom prices.
In the United States, by contrast, most telecommunications companies have been permitted to maintain local monopolies or duopolies, with cable companies in broadband, keeping prices higher. And U.S. regulators have ordered broadband providers to give equal priority to all Internet traffic. Such "network neutrality" is incompatible with charging content providers for carriage.
Analysts say this may explain why U.S. telecommunications companies have not joined the European call for a new business model.
People who have been briefed on the conference submissions say that not a single European government delegation has endorsed the telecommunications operators proposal, and the European Parliament has passed a resolution denouncing it. Only governments, not private groups or companies, can put items on the meeting agenda.
Elsewhere, the idea may have wider support. While many documents prepared for the conference remain secret, several people who have seen submissions say there is broad support for internet connection fees in French-speaking Africa and among Arab nations countries in which many telecommunications companies are still owned or heavily regulated by governments.
Without taking sides on these proposals, Mr. Tour said during a speech in June that he thought it was fully appropriate to discuss the cost of building and improving broadband networks.
Some have said that there is a need to address the current disconnect between sources of revenue and sources of costs, and to decide upon the most appropriate way to do so, he noted.
Mr Cerf said, however, that charging content providers for carriage was inconsistent with Mr Tours stated goal of expanding access to the internet.
It would have a very significant impact on pricing on the internet very harmful in my opinion especially for start-ups in developing countries, Mr Cerf said.
Much of the attention before the 12-day conference has focused on a proposal from Russia that would effectively remove control of the internet's infrastructure from a collection of decentralised and apolitical organisations, mostly based in the United States.
Member states, Russia proposed, shall have equal rights to manage the internet, including in regard to the allotment, assignment and reclamation of internet numbering, naming, addressing and identification resources.
Those functions are performed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a private organisation with an international board that operates under contract with the U.S. government.
Russia also proposed that member states shall have the sovereign right to establish and implement public policy, including international policy, on matters of internet governance, and to regulate the national internet segment, as well as the activities within their territory of operating agencies providing internet access or carrying internet traffic.
This was widely interpreted as a call to legitimise domestic censorship of the internet. Yet analysts note that governments inclined to filter the web, like China and Iran, have not felt the need to wait for U.S. permission to do so.
In any case, Mr Kramer, the U.S. envoy to the conference, said he would reject the Russian proposals as well as those from telecommunications companies to charge content providers. Like most U.N. agencies, the telecommunications union customarily operates by consensus, so there is little chance that any proposal drawing broad opposition could end up in the final document.
Mr Kramer said during an interview that he was nevertheless concerned that if the proposals for fees gained traction at a high-profile international conference, they could resurface elsewhere, or individual governments could try to impose such fees unilaterally.
"Models that try to force payment terms between nations and telecom operators run a huge risk of cutting off traffic, he said. Liberalised markets are the only way to expand the success of the internet."
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"Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet" 11352
(Four Color 408) Donald sails the north seas searching for a Viking helmet that will prove who really discovered America; and "The Lost Peg Leg Mine" (DD52); and "The Dog Catcher" (originally untitled, DD45) Donald becomes an overaggressive dog catcher.
"Daisy and Donald 7 from Daisy's Diary" 11353
reprints "The Librarian," "The Double Date," "Donald's Party," and "The Beauty QUeen" from Daisy Duck's Diary Four Color 1055; and "A Sticky Situation," "Ring Leader l Roundup," and "Ruling the Roost" from DDDFC 1150, all stories with Donald and Daisy (limited).
"Uncle Scrooge the Golden Fleecing" 11355
(Uncle Scrooge 12) Scrooge and the ducks sail to fabled Colchis in search of the mythical Golden Fleece; and "Billions in the Hole" (US 33) Scrooge's engineers invent a subtractor, which the Beagle Boys steal to shrink the old duck's money bin.
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Sorry I am new to BMWs so sorry if this is a stupid question. This is my first oil change on a BMW.
I am totally not a DIY person as I am a girl and would rather pay a bit more to get things done. So I live in Los Angeles and an Indy wants to charge me $118 for an oil change on my 2001 530i. Does the price seem right?
tell your boyfriend to get under the car and change the oil for you!!
actually you can buy one of those oil extractors so you dont even need to get under the car.
I have something like this..
the only thing you will need to do is change the filter which is on the top of the car. so you probably wont even get your hands dirty. I usually get my oil from costco when its onsale for like $30 for a case of 6 . and the filters are like $5.
so you figure about $35 worth of parts and your time or pay someone $120 ? you do the math.
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Stakeholders, policy makers and executives from across the ICT sector are preparing to come together and shape the future of rural connectivity. Join them at the CTOs latest Connecting Rural Communities Asia forum and meet the people with the funding and expertise to transform Rural Connectivity.
Over three hundred leading ICT decision makers have already joined us at this series of annual conference. Plans have been initiated, funding opportunities identified and fruitful future partnerships struck. Ensure that this year you are able to join them.
Crucial points to be discussed include; How can governments best support the creation of self-sustaining rural connectivity initiatives that benefit local people? Step-by-step practical guidance on overcoming the most pressing technical challenges Developing a world-class telecentre rural development programme Progress on delivering the promise of the United Services Obligation Fund Realising the benefits of greater rural connectivity though the delivery of E-services Mapping the future need for connectivity: Identifying choke points in the delivery network Training and empowering rural populations to make full use of the potential inherent in greater connectivity
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Although Journey has been together for the past five years it is only recently, with the addition of lead singer Steve Perry and the release of their 4th album,
, that they've begun to attract national attention.
Known as an 'instrumental' band with a dynamic stage show - featuring the talents of guitarist Neal Schon, drummer Aynsley Dunbar, Ross Valory on bass and Gregg Rolie on keyboards - Journey is making a concerted effort to appeal to a wider audience.
"This album is absolutely more accessible," says Gregg Rolie. "That was one of the prime reasons we decided to emphasise vocals, we wanted to broaden our audience but we didn't want to lose the following we already had so the logical choice was a more tune-oriented album. We still want to do solos, but the focus is on the songs.
"Having a lead vocalist join the group was a natural progression for us," he adds. "We weren't looking for that intensely but we talked about it for a long time and one day, when our manager Herbie (Walter Herbert) came in and asked us if we wanted to try it, we said 'sure'. It was that simple.
"Even with Steve in the group, I'm singing just as much now," (Rolie shares leads with Perry and sings lead on their latest single, Anytime.)
The choice of Roy Thomas Baker (best known for his work with Queen) to produce their last album was seen by some as an attempt to change their image and develop a more commercial approach. But after the experience of producing their last two albums (Look Into The Future and Next), Gregg is quick to point out the advantage of having someone else handle production.
"It can become a little tedious. There's a lot of work checking things out and it's easier to have someone there who'll tell you when you have to do something again. You can get bogged down with your own work when you produce yourself. You get too close to it."
The group is pleased with the album and is planning to work with Baker again in the future. "It would be silly to change horses in mid-stream," says Gregg. "The next album will be pretty much in the same vein with a little more up tempo material. I think people like that and we do too."
Talking with the members of this band, it becomes clear that they're serious musicians who are enjoying their success.
"We were never discouraged," says Gregg, "because every time we've gone out on the road, there's been growth. We've learned more about each other, the music and the industry.
"Journey is a democratic situation that will last because everyone is a little older now and more aware and that's the only way a band can work. Everyone has their own musical taste and their own ideas but we've learned how to use them to improve the group."
Although they spend almost 10 months a year on the road, Rolie doesn't mind the hectic life: he likes playing onstage and thinks of it as "a very necessary part of music".
"I'm sure that I'll eventually have a more normal life when I'm not travelling so much. I don't want to do this for the rest of my life, but I do want to do it for about another ten years
"This is what I always wanted to do play rock and roll and the musicianship in the group is really excellent. To be in a band where everyone wants to do the same thing is really great."
As for solo projects, Rolie says: "I'm totally into a group effort because I think it's the best way. When you get a bunch of good musicians together whose ideas coincide and who understand that it's not one man's show, it's really terrific.
"I'm not interested in doing any solo projects right now. The best vehicle for my music is Journey; to do anything by myself would be kind of frivolous. We are all pretty much in agreement. It will happen at a later date for each individual, but right now the focus is on Journey."
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VCU continues to move people from Lotus Notes to Google appsforVCU. Gmail is a new kind of Web mail, built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful. The Atomic Learning tutorial will help you become familiar with features of Gmail and will guide you through its use.
Check out other tutorials on the use of Google Apps as we begin exploring the potential of Google appsforVCU. To stay up-to-date on the transition process, visit http://go.vcu.edu/gonegoogle/.
Atomic @ VCU User Guide - If you need assistance using the Atomic Learning Tutorials, review the Atomic @ VCU User Guide. The Help and FAQ webpage may be accessed from this page as well. A VCU eID and password is required to login to Atomic Learning.
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Recently I read the big trend for 2010 is simplifying your life. I'm on board, are you? I think a lot of us are feeling that way as we are worn down by clutter, a constant and overwhelming stream of e-mail, voicemail, advertisements, long commutes, and chaos at work and home.
One way I am simplifying is by getting rid of things that I don't wear or use any more. It's a real pleasure to look into a half-empty closet full of only the things you like to wear and an uncluttered garage. It also can be satisfying to know that many items I have given away to friends or donated are being re-used by someone else. My office is next.
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Under CA state law, the gym contract must contain a provision that gives you the right to cancel "any time prior to the midnight of the fifth business day of the health studio after the date of [the] agreement, excluding Sundays and holidays."
To cancel, mail or hand deliver to the gym's address in the contract a signed and dated notice stating that you are canceling the agreement. The gym has to refund your money within 10 days of cancellation, minus the cost of any services you've already received.
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Practice makes information literacy perfect: Models of educational collaboration at QUT
Callan, Paula A., Peacock, Judith A., Poirier, Jocelyne M., & Tweedale, Robyn (2001) Practice makes information literacy perfect: Models of educational collaboration at QUT. In Frylink, L. (Ed.) Partners in learning and research : changing roles for Australian Technology Network libraries. University of South Australia Library for Librarians of the Australian Technology Network, Adelaide, S.A..
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A number of teaching and learning initiatives which aim to develop the generic skills of commencing undergraduate students are currently underway at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a range of educational models have been adopted. QUT Library has taken a leading role in the development of information literacy and has collaborated closely with faculties to integrate information skills and concepts into the curriculum of a number of foundation units.
This paper presents three such case studies. It describes these cooperative Library-Faculty units and indicates the ways in which information literacy has been integrated into the course curriculum and structure. The case studies highlight various practical issues, such as collaborative planning and organisational processes, and explore in detail the logistics of delivery, skills assessment and program evaluation.
The paper also examines the educational and organisational context of these initiatives, including their relationships to generic graduate attributes, the University's Teaching and Learning agenda and the Library's "Information Literacy Framework and CoRE Strategies".
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On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 21:41, Claude Hecker wrote:
> Yes, as well I use the giveb IP address by the m0n0wall.
> That, what I don't understand is ,
> everything works from the pptp client side to the lan1 and to the lan2.
> Yoo're also able to get access from the lan1 to the pptp client, but not
> from the lan2 behind the ipsec tunnel.
Witch ip-ranges are involved in lan1, lan2 and pptp-clients? And witch
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Music From This Episode:
"Rock The Casbah" by The Clash (Plays over the closing credits.)
When Homer and Marge go into the windmill at the golf course, there is a heart on the wall with the words Homer+Marge in it.
Animation goof: After Homer pushes over the windmill to buy time for him and Marge to escape; Principal Skinner looks like he should have been decapitated by the windmill blades.
Goof: When the farmer watches the warehouse, the door is open, but when the camera goes inside to Marge and Homer, the door is closed!
As Homer and Marge are going to buy a new engine for the fridge, the radio airs an ad on divorce; the music which can be heard is "Spanish Flea", played by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.
When Homer and Marge look at the wedding cake, the groom has a top hat, but in the close up shot of the wedding cake, the groom isn't wearing the top hat. And after the close up of the cake, the groom has his top hat back on.
In 2006 this episode was ranked #8 in Matt Groening's list of top 10 episodes of all time.
When Homer and Marge are scoping out the windmill the blades are turning pretty fast but when they run up to it and crawl through the trap door there are no blades turning at all.
When Homer and Marge are in the Windmill at the Golf Course Homer mentions that it was in the Windmill that Bart was conceived. Yet it was really in the castle obstacle as seen in "I Married Marge".
In the beginning of act 3 when there is a shot of all people stretching in to reach for the ball, Rod is speaking, and his hair is the same grey color as Principal Skinner... it should be reddish and we see it just later when Mrs. Krabappel says that whatever is in the windmill smells like a bear.
The Khlav Kalash salesman was last seen in the episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson".
Items in Homer's drawer: a gun, a bag of peanuts, a bag of Chippos, a half-eaten sandwich, a plutonium rod, a pencil, a playing card, a stick of gum, a wrapper for a peanut butter cup, a comb, a lotto ticket, a jar of nuts, various wrapped candies, and the glue Homer gives to Bart.
Gags that are sold at the joke shop include: A Krusty mask, an alien mask, gag spiders, a giant 8 ball, chattering teeth, gag anvils, seltzer bottles, and Groucho glasses.
Look Closely: In the joke shop there are three different types of powder. The powders are called: itching powder, heart attack powder, and impotence powder.
When Milhouse rings the doorbell at the joke shop he is sprayed with water. This is very similiar to when Homer rang Krusty's doorbell in the episode "Bart's Inner Child".
When Homer says, "Please, I have a family," at the plant, the audio doesn't match up.
When Lisa says "In twenty minuets we'll be in a three hour…," the audio doesn't match up.
When Bart is at the doctor's office, Dr. Hibbert walks to his desk. In the background, Maggie's bow disappears.
The super-glue Homer pulled from the drawer had a chunk of drawer stuck on the bottom. When Bart got home and Marge read the label front and back, the drawer wasn't attached anymore.
Lisa's seatbelt disappears when Homer is telling her about risks and that his left arm is tingling.
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Greetings on this lovely Thursday! Last night I enjoyed a double feature on the couch: First up was Lola Versus, which got some negative reviews when it came out, but I really enjoyed it. Greta Gerwig is luminous as usual (she plays a woman getting over a bad breakup), and Zoe Lister Jones is hilarious as her best friend. (Jones also wrote the screenplay.) As a bonus, the soundtrack also is great, with songs from Dan Deacon, Class Actress and other indie acts.
Next I saw Cabin in the Woods. I'll just reiterate what everyone else has said and tell you it's not the movie you expect! I skipped it in theaters because horror can make me squeamish, but of course Joss Whedon throws in a heavy dose of humor. Check it out; it arrived on DVD this week.
- Nick Offerman talks about the new season of Parks and Recreation.
- The new season of Top Chef debuts in November.
- Ricky Gervais has launched an iPhone app.
- Netflix has picked up a new Ricky Gervais series.
- Lady Gaga smoked marijuana on stage in Amsterdam.
- Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson is engaged.
- Former SNL star Jenny Slate is writing a Looney Tunes movie.
- Yoko Ono will give a peace award to the band Pussy Riot.
- Neil Patrick Harris believes this is the last season of How I Met Your Mother.
- HBO has ordered a pilot starring James Gandolfini.
- Neil Young says he has given up smoking and drinking.
- Here's the official press release about Portlandia's Season 2 DVD set.
- Watch a promo for the upcoming Jon Stewart-Bill O'Reilly debate.
- Cyndi Lauper talks to Time about her new memoir.
- Kevin Smith talks about some of his favorite movies/TV shows.
- And finally, Pretty in Pink stars Jon Cryer and Andrew McCarthy had a little reunion backstage at The View. Cute!
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Scientists at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana have developed a new form of stretchable silicon integrated circuit that can wrap around complex shapes such as spheres, body parts, and aircraft wings. The circuits can operate during stretching, compressing, folding, and other types of extreme mechanical deformations, without a reduction in electrical performance.
The new designs and fabrication strategies could produce wearable systems for personal health monitoring and therapeutics, or systems that wrap around mechanical parts such as aircraft wings and fuselages to monitor structural properties.
The researchers constructed integrated circuits consisting of transistors, oscillators, logic gates, and amplifiers. The circuits exhibited extreme levels of bendability and stretchability, with electronic properties comparable to those of similar circuits built on conventional silicon wafers.
The new design and construction strategies represent general and scalable routes to high-performance, foldable, and stretchable electronic devices that can incorporate established, inorganic electronic materials whose fragile, brittle mechanical properties would otherwise preclude their use, the researchers report.
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i'm working on a site that's going to have videos from a conference on accessibility.. obviously the videos should be accessible as possible! But I don't know much about how to facilitate that. I'd rather archive the videos through vimeo or youtube to decrease our own development time and increase exposure, but I don't know what concerns might arise with that. Or are there players out there that support closed captioning etc?
Obviously don't enable 'autoplay' since the user should be in control. Also including transcript of all dialogue probably would be useful for some groups. You want make sure users can activate the video via the keyboard too.
Seconded, and you also simply will not reach everyone with video.
I say go ahead and use Youtube, and as xhtmlcoder suggested put a transcript up for the people who can't access the video.
Besides, when it comes to things like lectures or roundtable discussions, I personally would rather read a transcript than sit through some slow video where I'm screaming "For crying out loud, get to the point!" (just with more profanity)
See why I can't STAND video tutorials.
See why I can't STAND video tutorials.
Ditto. I had too much trouble with John Allsopp's courses here for that reason: it was almost 100% video... slower than reading, and difficulty reading the text there was on the video.
Transcripts can cost you some money if you hire a company to do it for you, but usually when colleges/universities need transcription they do it themselves. If you have any sponsors then possibly they could pay for them.
It depends how strict you want to be on yourself in terms of accessibility. I've previously had to validate a video site to WCAG lvl2 and it can be quite difficult.
I would echo whats already been said. Go with a service like Vimeo or Youtube and provide transcripts. Transcripts are good for
So, apart from development costs they are a win win!
I'm also looking into accessible video - not sure what decision you took - but I found this in an older thread #post4213809:
"We had our site audited by Anysurfer, and they approved the use of downloadable versions as an accessible alternative to the embedded version. According to them, the advantage of this is that users can use a video player that's familiar to them rather than be forced to use yet another custom-built Flash player. Just make sure to include captions."
It seems a reasonable alternative - if there are problems with using keyboard shortcuts on other players - the alternative is the visitor can download the content to view in their own player set up with their preferences.
Yes, I'm not sure that was mentioned above, but you can add captions via YouTube, which is a handy option.
I sometimes download a video to watch later, and indeed I prefer to watch it in my own desktop video player.


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This recipe came from the files of a retired cafeteria manager from Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Serves 65.
2 1/2 pounds plain flour
1/2 cup dry milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1/4 cup instant yeast
3/4 cup melted, cooled butter or shortening (room temperature)
3 cups lukewarm water
Sift together all of the dry ingredients. Mix well,
Add yeast, lukewarm water and cooled melted butter. Beat 15 minutes (important). Let rise.
Roll out to 1/2- to 3/4-inch thick. Cut out rolls with cutter. Place on greased pans. Let rise again.
Bake at 350 degrees F until done.
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- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 large shallots, minced
- 7 medium tomatoes (about 2 1/4 pounds)—peeled, seeded and chopped
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 large thyme sprig plus 3/4 teaspoon thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon minced rosemary
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 5 sheets of phyllo dough
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter—6 melted, 1 softened
- 1 3/4 pounds medium shrimp—shelled, halved lengthwise down the back and deveined
- 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads
- 1 tablespoon finely shredded basil
Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the garlic and shallots and cook over moderately high heat until softened but not browned, about 3 minutes. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, thyme sprig, rosemary and a generous pinch each of salt and pepper. Cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 20 minutes. Discard the thyme.
Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. On a work surface, brush 1 phyllo sheet with some of the melted butter and top with a second phyllo sheet. Continue brushing and layering the phyllo to make a stack of 5 sheets. Using a 5 1/2-inch plate as a guide, cut out 6 stacked phyllo rounds. Transfer the rounds to the baking sheet and cover with a sheet of parchment paper. Bake the phyllo rounds for about 12 minutes, or until crisp and golden. Discard the top paper.
Using the same plate, cut out 12 parchment paper rounds and brush 6 of them with the softened butter. Arrange the shrimp on the buttered paper rounds, cut side up, in a radial pattern, overlapping them slightly. Cover with the remaining paper rounds and refrigerate until chilled, or for up to 3 hours.
Preheat the oven to 550°. Working quickly, spoon 1/4 cup of the sauce over each phyllo base. Remove the top paper from each shrimp round and invert it onto 1 of the phyllo bases. Remove the remaining paper rounds and sprinkle the shrimp with the saffron, thyme leaves, salt and pepper. Drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and bake for about 7 minutes, or until the shrimp are pink and cooked through. Garnish with the basil and serve immediately.