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After weeks of scouting and dozens of conversations with college, high school and club coaches, Inside Lacrosse is pleased to reveal the Top 25 Young Gun Sophomore Rankings and Watchlist.
It definitely helps that rising sophomores have become much more visible during the summer due to the ever-evolving recruiting process, and many coaches and experts I spoke to believe this could be the most talented class to come through in years. With that said (and keeping in mind not only the difficulty of the task at hand but also player development throughout their high school few years), expect alot will change between now and next year's Top 50 rankings for this class.
As always, the rankings are compiled using a combination of lengthy conversations with college coaches, high school coaches, club coaches, first hand evaluation by Geoff Shannon, Casey Vock and myself and submitted highlight reels and film.
Some quick points of interest:
— It was significantly more difficult to anoint the honor of No. 1 this year compared to past years. Lots of different deserving candidates and, depending on who we talked to and what event we were at, so many answers were different. Aitken may turn out to be the top high school and college player, but a plethora of recruits will be gunning to take over that top spot for next summer's Recruiting Issue.
— Extremely impressive amount of versatility in this class. Many of the top offensive prospects have played or can play either attack or midfield and so many longpoles can flourish at both close defense or up top at LSM.
— Not as a strong of a year at the goalie position. It can sometimes be tough to evaluate goalies at showcase-style events like Maverik Showtime, Nike Blue Chip and Adrenaline Black Card, but below are a handful of keepers who tickled recruiters' fancy the most. Even on the watchlist below, tough to say who is the top goalie prospect.
-There are more top flight prospects coming out of Colorado, California, Texas and other non-traditional areas than ever before. Players from Maryland, Long Island, Central New York, Philadelphia, New England and New Jersey still make up a large chunk of this list, but not by a wide margin.
1. Dox Aitken, A/M, Haverford (Pa.), Commitment: VIRGINIA Athletic, smooth and dynamic, the Mesa Fresh product can create from all spots of the field with either hand - a rare skill for a sophomore. Though recruited as an attackman (he's projected to be a quarterback for the Wahoos), Aitken stood out for a young Fords midfield this spring. Whether it's at X, on the wing or at the midfield, his skill set and lacrosse IQ will make him a big time player for Haverford and beyond.
2. Mitch Gordon, A, St. Paul's (Md.), Commitment: NORTH CAROLINA There wasn't a player on the recruiting trail as consistently impressive as Gordon was this summer, flourishing at both showcases and in team events. The 6-2 righty dazzled with his knack for dissecting the defense at X and also proved to be a lethal off-ball shooter. Expectations are high for the Baltimore Crabs product, who can also be a key cog running out of the box. He might be the Crusaders' most talented recruit since Conor Gill in the late '90s.
3. Jared Bernhardt, A, Lake Brantley (Fla.), Commitment: MARYLAND Bernhardt is an explosive, two-handed slashing type from behind the goal with the IQ and field sense you'd expect from the youngest of a family of athletes. A prize prospect among top recruits, Bernhardt stood out at the Under Armour Underclass Games and at Nike Blue Chip, where he often made defenders look silly when attacking behind the goal. He tallied 56 goals and 16 assists as a freshman. Also the starting quarterback for Lake Brantley's football team, excelling against legit Florida competition on the gridiron. Penn State, Duke and Maryland are considered the favorites to land Bernhardt with Hopkins and UNC still in the running.
4. Terry Lindsay, M, Georgetown Prep (Md.), Commitment: DUKE Playing with Greene Turtle South, Lindsay was a big part of their breakout summer thanks to his athleticism and shot on the run with either hand. Has excellent work ethic, toughness and smarts, all of which are traits that will make him a mainstay for the Little Hoyas in the future before heading to Durham, where he'll fit in perfectly with their midfield. Lindsay looks to be the most college ready of the midfield class.
5. Kevin Quigley, M, Ridge (N.J.), Commitment: DUKE A first line middie who put up 29 goals and seven assists for New Jersey's top squad, the lefty separates and finishes better than most players his age. The 5-9, 160-pound recruit impressed at Maverik Showtime, the Under Armour Uncommitted Game and in events with Leading Edge. Also a standout between the lines, Quigley has all of the tools to be a successful scorer in the ACC.
6. Latrell Harris, LSM, Denis Morris (Ont.) Harris put on a show playing with Jamie Munro's 3D program, demonstrating an excellent motor, footwork, range and strength to overpower his opponents. An elite athlete, he also thrives playing box with St. Catharine's, where he hones his stick work during the summer. Wide open when it comes to choosing a college destination, the sky is the limit for this young Canadian who all Division I coaches rave about.
7. Matt Gavin, A, Manhasset (N.Y.), Commitment: DUKE One of many highly skilled lefty attackmen in the sophomore class, Gavin had an excellent spring with the Indians, notching 40 goals and 26 assists in a starting role. Made stops at Nike Blue Chip, Maverik Showtime and at tournaments with the Long Island Express, where he showed off his ability to catch and finish. Several schools, though mainly ACC and Ivy League programs, are still in the running for Gavin's services.
8. Beau Kush, M, Avon Grove (Pa.), Commitment: NORTH CAROLINA Possessing an advanced lacrosse IQ, Kush was an All-ChesMont pick as a freshman, helping his squad to their best season in program history. He demands attention from longpoles with his speed between the lines and a fantastic split dodge, which he used to his advantage this summer balling with Mesa Fresh. The two-way Philly product has a strong upside as a two-way midfielder and will be a welcome addition to the Tar Heels.
9. Henry Adams, A, Cherry Creek (Colo.), Commitment: MICHIGAN While new to the attack position, the 5-7, 150-pound lefty sparkplug makes up for his lack of size with phenomenal explosiveness, ability to finish and grittiness . Adams followed up a first team All-Conference spring with at individual events and with 3D. The most intriguing offensive prospect to come out of Colorado in years, he has the versatility and athleticism to play a number of different roles at Michigan.
10. Reilly Walsh, A, Brunswick (Conn.), Commitment: DUKE This right-handed dodger is a physical wing attackman capable of filling up a stat sheet, something which he'll hope to do after transferring from Bronxville in New York. A member of the Long Island Express, Walsh gets to the island and scores impeccably well and has impressive size and savvy. Many college coaches predict he could make the move back to midfield in college.
11. Jamie Trimboli, FO/M, Greece-Athena (N.Y.), Commitment: SYRACUSE
12. Christian Ford, M, Bishop's School (Calif.), Commitment: MICHIGAN
13. Milan Murray, M, New Hampton (N.H.), Commitment: VIRGINIA
14. Jack Rapine, LSM/D, Upper Dublin (Pa.) Commitment: JOHNS HOPKINS
15. Sam Offutt, FO/M, Landon (Md.) Commitment: VIRGINIA
16. Beau Botkiss, LSM/D, Torrey Pines (Calif.) Commitment: CORNELL
17. Nigel Andrews, M, Deerfield (Mass.), Commitment: IVY LEAGUE
18. Sean O'Keefe, M, Marin Catholic (Calif.), Commitment: GEORGETOWN
19. Tommy McNamara, M, Haverford (Pa.), Commitment: NOTRE DAME
20. Patrick Lyons, LSM/D, Salesianum (Del.), Commitment: NORTH CAROLINA
21. Will Weitzel, LSM/D, Roxbury Latin (Mass.), Commitment: IVY LEAGUE
22. Brendan O'Neill, M, Haverford (Pa.), Commitment: JOHNS HOPKINS
23. Ethan Walker, A, Culver (Ind.), Commitment: DENVER
24. Tim Dick, LSM/D, Rivers School (Mass.), Commitment: GEORGETOWN
25. Dalton Follows, A, Hill Academy (Ont.), Commitment: IVY LEAGUE
Gerard Arceri, F/O, Smithtown East (N.Y.) - PENN STATE Harry Bogle, A, Culver (Ind.) - MICHIGAN Dan Confort, D, Garden City (N.Y.) Jared Conners, LSM/D, Pittsford (N.Y.) - VIRGINIA Alex DeMarco, G, Haverford (Pa.) - PENN Anthony Drouin, LSM/D, Salisbury (Conn.) Preston Faecher, A, Redondo Union (Calif.) - MARYLAND Philip Goss, G, Deerfield Academy (Mass.) - BROWN Adam Goldner, A, Malvern Prep (Pa.) Michael Guerin, A, Kent School (Conn.) - NORTH CAROLINA Jarrett Jones, LSM/D, Palos Verdes (Calif.) - GEORGETOWN Luke Keenan, M, Holy Trinity (Ont.) - PRINCETON Casey Kimmel, M, Massapequa (N.Y.) - TOWSON Zach Kissick, M, Southlake Carroll (Tex.) - NORTH CAROLINA Charlie Leonard, D, Arapahoe (Colo.) - NOTRE DAME Jack Lyne, D, Middlesex (Mass.) - JOHNS HOPKINS Jackson Morrill, A, McDonogh (Md.) - IVY LEAGUE Nick McEvoy, M, Gonzaga (D.C.) - PENN STATE Ryan McNulty, LSM/D, Bishop Shanahan (Pa.) - LOYOLA Cullen Morgan, M, Fox Lane (N.Y.) - SYRACUSE Jack Pezzulla, G, Boys' Latin (Md.) - NORTH CAROLINA Phillip Robertson, A/M, St. Anne's Belfield (Va.) - NORTH CAROLINA Dan Rooney, A, Smithtown East (N.Y.) - OHIO STATE Mitch Schaefer, M, Canandaigua (N.Y.) - PENN STATE Forry Smith, A, Haverford (Pa.) - JOHNS HOPKINS Brian Smyth, M/FO, Westminster (Conn.) - DUKE Michael Sowers, A, Upper Dublin (Pa.) - PRINCETON Matt Stagnitta, M, Montgomery (N.J.) - JOHNS HOPKINS Ryan Tierney, A, Massapequa (N.Y.) - HOFSTRA Griffin Thompson, G, Lawrenceville (N.J.) - VIRGINIA Cole Willard, A, Cazenovia (N.Y.) - PENN STATE Cole Williams, A, Loyola Blakefield (Md.) - JOHNS HOPKINS Jack Wilson, A/M, Radnor (Pa.) - MARYLAND Logan Wisnauskas, A, Boys' Latin (Md.) - SYRACUSE Jack Zullo, G, Chaminade (N.Y.) - NOTRE DAME
Ty Xanders is in his fifth year covering high school and recruiting for Inside Lacrosse. The Baltimore-based freelancer is also a big contributor in our coverage of Division III. Reach Ty at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @tyxanders.
The rest of IL's 2013 Recruiting lists can be found in the October issue of Inside Lacrosse. It is available as a digital edition and in print. Here is select content from the issue:

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Note: This thread will be updated as i test BT5 on Asus 1001px
Note2: To avoid installation problems, i recommend to disable the FastBoot option in the BIOS.
For the ones interested in trying bt5 in one of these cool pieces, i can say that almost everything works out of the box.
CPU: Intel ATOM N450 1.66 GHz
Chipset: Intel NM10 Express
Graphics adapter: Intel GMA 3150 DVMT4.0
Display: 10.1-inch, 1024 x 600-pixel TFT LED
Memory: 1GB DDR II 667 mhz
Hdd: 250 GB, Serial ATA-300, 5400 rpm
Versions tested: BT5 Gnome 32b and KDE 64b (present one)
Bugs founded:
- Wireless driver (ath9k for AR9285) causing system to freeze when connecting to wpa encrypted networks
- Audio not working (Gnome DE)
- startx not working (KDE 64 bit, didn't try the 32b)
- Bootsplash not working (fix-splash doesn't work, since the resolution detected when booting is 640x480)
Wireless driver:
- For people with problems with Atheros 9285 wireless cards hanging the system upon wpa encryption, i have found a fix. Just download the compat-wireless 2.6.39 stable drivers and execute:
Audio:Code:tar -xf /path/to/compat-wireless-driver.tar.bz2 cd /path/to/compat-wireless-driver-folder ./scripts/driver-select <driver-name> make make install make wlunload modprobe ath9k
- For people with problems with Audio not working under Gnome:
Thank you "2901119" for the fix (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...m-respond.html)Code:navigating to System>Preferences>Startup Applications > add > name: Audio > command type: /usr/bin/pulseaudio > reboot
As the fix presented by "fnord0" (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...x-problem.html)
run these before the "startx":
Resolution of the grub start:Code:rm /root/.kde/cache-root/icon-cache.kcache rm /root/.kde/cache-root/plasma_theme_Volatile.kcache rm /root/.kde/cache-bt/icon-cache.kcache rm /root/.kde/cache-bt/plasma_theme_Volatile.kcache rm -rf /tmp/vmware-root reboot
Ok managed to get the grub to boot at 800x600 resolution at 32b (since 1024x600 is not supported by our grub), editing /etc/default/grub and adding/changing these options:
In /etc/default/grub find the lines:
and change it to:Code:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset vga=791"
&Code:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash"
underneath that line insert:Code:GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600x32
then in /etc/grub.d/00_header find the line:Code:GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600x32
then insert below itCode:if [ "x${GRUB_GFXMODE}" = "x" ] ; then GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600x32 ; fi
In the same file, but farther down the page, find the line:Code:if [ "x${GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD}" = "x" ] ; then GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=800x600x32 ; fi
Code:set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}insert below that line:Now runCode:set gfxpayload=${GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD}
Still need to fix the fact that the terminal on grub loading is of the same size of bootsplash, covering the entire monitor screen and hiding the splash behind it.Code:# update-grub2
My best regards.
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In my post (http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...tml#post196236)
I can't install bt5 on my ASUS 1001px via Live USB.
How did you get bt5 to boot on your laptop? maybe you know the solution.
Well, i used Unetbootin 549 to create an usb live drive, started from the usb drive, installed bt5, removed the pen, rebooted and it started normally. One thing i recommend, is to disable fastboot on BIOS. And press ESC at Asus screen to enable the boot options
I had the same problem because ubiquity doesn't see the USB drive so you can not complete the installation.
i dowloaded the iso KDE 32b two times but i got the same bug in the ubiquity so i did it manually!!
Azkrath what iso did you install ???
and then for the grubbt ~ # swapon /dev/sda5
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt5
bt ~ # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/bt5/
bt ~ #
bt ~ # cp --preserve -R /{bin,boot,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sb in,var,share,NONE,srv,lost+found} /mnt/bt5/
bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt5/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp}
bt ~ # mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/bt5/dev/
bt ~ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt5/proc/
bt ~ # grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/bt5/ /dev/sda
bt ~ # chroot /mnt/backtrack/ /bin/bash
bt ~ # grub-update
i installed the KDE-32 iso via USB live on my asus 1001PXD
the problem is that ubiquity doesn't see the partitions table with the usb drive mounted!!!
if i remove the usb the installation crash, so i did it via command shell after created the two partitions (sda5->swap,sda4->/ )
and the i installed the grubCode:bt ~ # swapon /dev/sda5 bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt5 bt ~ # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/bt5/ bt ~ # bt ~ # cp --preserve -R /{bin,boot,dev,home,pentest,root,usr,etc,lib,opt,sbin,var,share,NONE,srv,lost+found} /mnt/bt5/ bt ~ # mkdir /mnt/bt5/{mnt,proc,sys,tmp} bt ~ # mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/bt5/dev/ bt ~ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/bt5/proc/
the bootsplash doesn't work but all the devices(wireless,audio,ecc.) works fineCode:bt ~ # grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/bt5/ /dev/sda bt ~ # chroot /mnt/backtrack/ /bin/bash bt ~ # grub-update
I installed the KDE 64bit version. What usbloader did you use? Some people refered that they had problems with unetbootin, however i used the 549 version without any problems. About the bootsplash, what error are you having? I have everything working except the backtrack picture on the framebuffer terminal after grub, but its probably a resolution problem, i think it was meant to run at 1024x768 only on BT5, since resolutions above or below doesnt seem to show it.
i used the same version of unetbootin (549). but my problems were with ubiquity and the usb drive.
for the boot splash i changed it with another theme (spinfinity):
then set it as defaultCode:sudo apt-get install plymouth-theme-spinfinity
now select the spinfinity themeCode:sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/spinfinity/spinfinity.plymouth 100 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
and save it with
or withCode:sudo update-initramfs -uif you get the errorCode:sudo update-initramfs.distrib -ureboot and you will see that the spash goes right !!Code:update-initramfs is disabled since running on read-only media
now i' m gonna modify the bt one and see if goes!!
i forgot that i changed another line in the /etc/default/grub
ciaoCode:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash elevator=noop rootflags=commit=100"
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I am also using backtrack 5 in a EEE pc 1001 PX, but i am having a bit of a problem with my USB connection...I am trying to connect with a HUAWEI technologies model: E 1550 and Wine isn´t settinp up properly. I have already updated the usb pen and still nothing witk both Mac an Win drives. And how do i make the connection work with backtrack? Any kind of help here would be precious as i am newbie also


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'Oh no, I haven't finished reading my Book Club book.' I've heard this lament more than once from friends who love reading but are pressed for time, juggling work and family. They spend more time driving children to sport or music lessons than they do sitting down with a book.
"It's classic busy life syndrome; you are in a book club to keep up your reading and literary horizons, and you can't find the time to finish the book.' says Carol Jenkins. She is the founder of River Road Press which publishes audio CDs of contemporary Australian poetry. 'I became addicted to audio poetry, but most of what I found was from the US. There was a real need to record Australian poets reading their own work.'
"I've always read vociferously, the year after I finished my B.Sc. I read 300 novels, you can do that if you don't work long hours, don't have children and don't have a TV. But over the next decade I got a serious career, post-grad study, a house to renovated and a baby. My reading mix moved more to include much more poetry and short stories.
It was poetry that had the hook. It's the ristretto of the literary world, a great potency and swift effect, in good poetry everything is heightened, language, meaning, even narrative. Then about three years ago I started listening to poetry on my Ipod, to get more out my time spent walking or driving. Really listening to the spoken word is a much underrated aspect of literacy.
'So, I went looking for audio of Australian poetry, and there was a bit recorded in the 70's hidden in the National Library but nothing available.
Morgan Smith from Gleebooks put it like this "
Carol Jenkins is a poetry lover who wanted to be able to listen to poetry on her iPod, so she just got out there and made these recordings.
'One of my aims in producing the River Road Poetry Series was to provide a user friendly media for literature. The CDs each have somewhere around 35 to 40 minutes of poems, except for Susan Hampton's fabulous verse novel The Kindly Ones which runs for 80 minutes
Though people might initially balk at the idea of analysing a collection of poems, they needn't worry, whatever you can say about a novel, there is an equivalent in a poem. Poems have a storyline and an emotional message -the emotional content is usually the first thing that arrives -Often I find I've got the emotional impact way before I've even understood analytically what I've read. A good poem thrives on repetitive reading, it's carried by the natural music of the poem.
Luke Davies told me he had been playing the same CD of someone reading John Donne in his car for months. Now imagine if you could hear John Donne reading John Donne. A buzz? That's what I want, for people in the year 2308 to hear Luke Davies read Totem Poem and Judith Beveridge read "How to Love Bats".
You can just listen to the poem and say how it make you think, what it inspires in you, how it makes you reflect on your own history . Or you can talk about the formal elements. In every poem there is a narrator, a form, like a sonnet, you might get a rhyme pattern, figurative language and, most importantly, a point. You can pick recurrent themes, references and layers of meanings.
The poet's reading gives a lot more interpretative information, their intonation, accents and pitch, this all works to help the listener understand the poem.'
Australian poetry is thriving and the River Road Poetry Series is a great introduction to the best of it. Load them into your MP3 player and talk a walk, or listen to the CD while you're in the car on the way to Book Club.


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Responding to this news, Martin Dalby, CEO commented:
"We continue to invest in the training and development of our staff and this is reflected in our strong staff loyalty and industry-leading labour turnover figures. We have had a record year with over 95% annual average occupancy, which goes to show that good customer service means our short breaks are ever-more popular".
However, Center Parcs doesn't intend to rest on its laurels; after spending over £130m improving accommodation, leisure facilities and restaurants over the last 2 years, next week they launch an ambitious new company-wide customer service programme, 'Delivering Excellent Service'.


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In Hamlet act 3, why is Hamlet so brutal to Ophelia?
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Hamlet is so brutal to Ophelia because he cannot trust her. In Act 3, Hamlet and Ophelia are on stage together for the first time. Sadly, however, their meeting is a set up, devised by Claudius and Polonius to determine the cause of Hamlet's seeming insanity. Polonius is trying to prove that Hamlet is insane because he is heartbroken after Ophelia, as Polonius instructed, broke up with him. Claudius suspects that Hamlet may know something about the death of his father, and is worried that Hamlet may suspect Claudius of foul play.
When viewed in this light, it becomes clear that much of Hamlet's anger is directed not at Ophelia but at the eavesdroppers. While he tells Ophelia repeatedly to "get thee to a nunnery," he calls Polonius a fool and threatens Claudius' life. He seems to be well aware that the conversation he is having with Ophelia is not a private one.
Ophelia begins the meeting by returning the tokens of love that Hamlet had given her. Hamlet reacts with pain and astonishment. He immediately asks Ophelia where her father is, and she lies, telling him that Polonius is at home. Hamlet knows then that Ophelia has chosen to side with her father. Although Ophelia is not trying to hurt Hamlet, she does so by being so obedient to her father.
We can easily see why Hamlet is so cruel. Here he is with a murdered father, his mother married to the man who murdered him, and his girlfriend breaking up with him and reporting to her father all that he says and does. Hamlet reacts as many young men would--with cruel words designed to make Ophelia suffer as he is suffering.


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From: Claire Turner <>
Subject: Help Reading Street Name on 1891 Census
Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 18:40:12 -0700 (PDT)
Hello Everyone.....
Wondering if somebody help me read a street name on
the 1891 Census. My G Grandmother Catherine LIDDEL was
staying as a visitor at #103 (and what looks like)
Winitanly/Wonitanly/Winstanly Road
Having not had much practise at reading "old"
handwriting I was wondering if anyone could give me a
more definite idea of the road name?
Also can any one confirm her occupation, to me it
looks like it say "starch jacky"?
The 1891 Census info is as follows:
Folio: 40
Page: 11
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer
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Hiya, My name is XXXXX XXXXX I've been repairing and upgrading computers for over 10 years, I will help you to the best of my ability.
Good evening, how are you?
a little frustrated with hubby! ha!
Hahaha, you have confirmed you are human!!
Now, you left a book on the keyboard for a few mins and now the keyboard doesnt work correct?
Is it showing any signs of life at all?
hubby did; this is the simple answer; have more info if you want it but complicated...
My wife does that too :-) Blame the husband hahaha
Yes if I can have as much info as I can
Every detail that you have
okay, here goes: he has a MacBook Pro laptop that runs snow leopard; we have a VMware on loaded on it so he can switch to Windows XP; he also has a wireless keyboard from Apple (and a wireless mouse) that he uses too (in addition to the keyboard and touch pad that is on the laptop cause he has a large monitor that he uses for his "PC" side -- able then to look and run Mac programs on the laptop monitor...); today he left a book sitting on the wireless keyboard and after he removed it, he keyboard will not type on the "PC/Windows XP" side... It will type when he is on the "Mac" side... The mouse is working on both sides... Help!
I would say the chances are that the book was able to enable some kind of shortcut that stops the keyboard from functioning. Its not a driver issue or a hardware issue as it works fine in the Mac side. Are you getting any lights even coming on within the xp side? even though it doesnt type?
what do you mean, any lights; i am able to manipulate from the PC desktop with the mouse and open, close programs, etc. just the not type...
Lights on the keyboard to show you if its on
Such as the numlock key light
i know that it is on, cause i am typing to you now on the apple wireless keyboard; yay! just won't type when i am in windows xp...
Right, but what i am asking is, does it light up in xp mode?
it does not have any lights like that on it, it just shows one small green light when you first power it on... this happened once before and my husband cannot remember what shortcut key/s he used to make it work again in Windows XP...
Which keyboard model do you have?
I will need to find out how it is laid out
model #A1314 by Apple
I am going to opt out of this question as I do not know what keys could have caused this. I have your keyboard pulled up but unfortunately apple keyboards are a different language to me. It may be beneficial to you if I changed the cat of this question to MAC where they may be able to tell you much quicker what you can press. The last thing I want to do is waste your time.
okay; you are switching me to a Mac tech?
Yes I will send this question to them
One thing I cannot tell you is how long it will take
It could be 30 seconds or 2 hours. I show there are alot online so I think you will be fine for a quick response
okay but what is wierd is that the keyboard is working on the MAC side; just not the PC side; so may need someone that knows both! :)
Yeah possibly, I just cannot fathom what could have been pressed to not let you type anything at all
i agree...
To my knowledge there isnt a shortcut to simply turn it off
i agree
There are dozens of shortcuts as you know to do many many things but turning it off isnt one of them
okay; will take a couple min break, then come back and see what tech may be here, thx!
Your welcome
sorry i could not help you though
anyone there?


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Times of London and the UK's Channel 4
Television into a campaign linking the MMR
children's vaccine with autism.
| Go to part I: The Lancet scandal | Go to
part II: The Wakefield
documents obtained by Brian Deer included
papers relating to a battery of
investigations on autistic children,
carried out under sedation or general
anaesthetic in the Royal Free hospital's
paediatric gastroenterology department
during 1996 and 1997. In this letter, the
senior clinical investigator, Professor John Walker-Smith, acknowledges the
"high risk" of the tests, and
argues that the patients - many of whom
he had not yet seen - had a
"hopeless prognosis in relation to
their cerebral disintegrative
states: "I can confirm that
children would have these investigations
even if there were no trial".
Oddly, however, after the first series of
autistic kids, whose details were published in
the Lancet and the journal Gut, upper
endoscopies and lumbar punctures were
suddenly discontinued, with hundreds more
such children never being subjected to
these allegedly clinically-indicated
procedures, despite being admitted to the
hospital with similar symptoms and
After being arraigned by the UK's General Medical Council in 2007, Walker-Smith changed his story, and claimed that no research was ever carried out


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Salons don't require any special licensing requirements per se to open the facility. A beautician's or cosmetologist's license is required, however, once a customer sits in the chair and the styling process begins. While specific salon and general business license requirements are governed by local and state authorities around the country, some rules are a constant.
Beautician's License
No beauty salon can service customers without a licensed beautician present. A valid beautician's or cosmetologist's license issued in the state where the salon is located must be posted in full view on the interior wall of the shop during business hours or anytime a customer is present. All workers in the shop must also hold a license or be currently enrolled in an accredited program that will lead to a beautician or cosmetologist license issued by the state. Operating a salon without a license on display or allowing unlicensed workers to serve customers can result in fines and the loss of the salon owner's license.
Business License
Your salon business will require a business license issued by the secretary of state where the shop is located. The license must be renewed annually in most cases, and notification of the business creation must be announced for a period of two weeks in a local newspaper or other designated publication. Your valid business license must be posted in a visible position on an interior wall of the shop at all times.
To keep your salon business finances separate from your personal liabilities, you should obtain a limited liability corporation license from the state where your salon is located. You must perform a name search to ensure that no other business has taken the name you prefer. Once completed, the LLC must be filed with the secretary of state and a fee paid. You must create an outline of the business organization that lists the officers of the company and their roles, then select one partner as the contact for all legal and business paperwork and issues.
Business Insurance
Business insurance is essential for any salon to have in place before opening to serve the public. Business insurance protects beauty salon owners from being sued by clients for any number of liabilities including injuries that occur on the premises or loss of equipment due to theft. Business insurance is also required by many localities and state governments for certain types of businesses, especially those that involve worker-client contact, such as hair and nail salons.
Tax ID
A tax ID is required by the local, county or state government in most cases. Tax ID numbers are provided by the department of taxation that governs the area where the business is located. Tax IDs provide your business with the permissions required to collect and submit sales tax on every transaction made in the salon. Sales taxes are typically calculated and submitted on a quarterly basis, although some states don't have them at all. If your state does, no retail or service business that deals with the public and sells product through a storefront or other retail space can operate without one.
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Property tax deferrals signalled
Introducing the amending legislation to the Finance Local Property Tax Act, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan told the Dail today the Government had to pass the legislation last year to meet a troika commitment.
A homeowner in a debt settlement or personal insolvency arrangement may qualify for a property tax deferral for the duration of that agreement, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said.
Householders whose homes are affected by pyrite will be exempt from the tax for three consecutive years and properties used by charities will also be excluded where their property is used for recreational purposes. Local authority housing will be liable for the lowest valuation charge (a property value up to a maximum of €100,000) and payment will be deferred until 2014.
Introducing the amending legislation to the Finance Local Property Tax Act, which was passed in December and is to be implemented in July, Mr Noonan told the Dáil today they had to pass the legislation last year to meet a troika commitment.
The amending legislation, the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill sets out exemptions, deferrals and penalties for non-compliance.
But Fianna Fáil finance spokesman Michael McGrath said neither Fine Gael nor Labour had a mandate from the electorate to introduce a property tax in its current form because both had campaigned in the general election against such a tax.
Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty hit out at the "snitch" clause. He said it was not right to ask citizens of the State to inform on their neighbours. "That's what the Revenue are there for." Citizens should comply with the tax if they wished to, he said. People would have to comply with the law to declare the value when they bought the property.
Independent TD Catherine Murphy said the tax was being imposed solely to fund the national debt and would not provide any further services. She said a guillotine was being imposed to allow the Revenue Commissioners to send out tens of thousands of letters to people about the tax. She said there would be no vote on the Bill today because "they did not want a debate and most of the bloated Government head out to do constituency clinics and attend local events".
The Kildare North TD questioned what people were being asked to pay for. She said there was a shortfall of €534 million in the local government fund. The property tax at best would bring in €500 million, so that "knocked on the head" any chance of additional services being provided, she said.
"The property tax was all about funding the national debt but the Government was giving the impression it was going to provide extra services such as parks maintenance, leisure services and street cleaning, and this was pure nonsense," Ms Murphy said.
Outlining details of the Bill, however, the Minister said those in personal insolvency may qualify for a deferral of the local property tax during the period for which the insolvency arrangement is in effect, where a valid claim is made to the Revenue Commissioners.
The Bill also allows exemptions for three years for those whose homes have pyrite and regulations to be introduced by the Minister for the Environment, will stipulate how residential properties should be tested for pyrite-induced damage.
A home adapted for a person with a disability could qualify for a reduced tax if the adaptation was grant-aided by a local authority. If a home is adapted for an incapacitated individual, an exemption may apply so long as its cost is more than 25 per cent of the value of the home.
Mr McGrath highlighted Mr Noonan's comments when, as Fine Gael finance spokesman before the general election, he said an annual recurring residential property tax on the family home is unfair. Mr McGrath said this was the view expressed in the party's election manifesto.
Mr McGrath added Mr Noonan had also said what may be viewed as fair in South Dublin might be viewed as unworkable in rural Clare.


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Media Asset Management--with its inevitably central still and motion image database-handling aspect--has certainly seen a great deal of technology development and even heavier duty marketing over the past five years. The market target emphasis may have shifted at times from scientific/medical visualization fields to big media entertainment to e-commerce, but pros understand that intelligent handling, organizing, sharing, exploiting and protecting of all this imagery and related data impacts a variety of markets--and that demands will impact next-generation development of these systems.
Advancd Imaging thought this would be a good time to check back with IBM and Virage, two organizations that are among the most experienced and innovative in the world in bringing image recognition capabilities to this area of ever-increasing attention, to see where we've been--and where the needs of real customers are likely to take the market.WHERE ARE THE SYSTEMS ACCEPTED?
John Peterson, Virage (right): Media asset management systems are typically perceived as the front ends to large digital archives, leading people to the conclusion that their benefits are limited to those large media and entertainment companies. The reality is that with the dramatic growth of digital content and electronic distribution channels, even organizations with moderate amounts of digital media can benefit from software or services that facilitate management and distribution of content.
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SCHOOLS in Weymouth are coming together to raise money for a children's ward at a hospital in Kenya.
Westfield Arts College is hosting a concert tonight with students from seven schools performing a range of musical items. The Weymouth Ukuleleans will also perform.
Money raised from the concert will go towards connecting an electricity supply and installing fittings in a new children's ward at Baragu Hospital near Chogoria, Kenya.
The hospital was started in 1999 by students from the Dorset Expeditionary Society.
It has developed each year since with fundraising from schools, expedition teams and volunteer groups organised by Martyn and Josie Hastings.
Other community projects have included building school classrooms, sponsoring orphaned and needy children and building new homes for families in the local area.
Baragu Hospital now provides a wide range of services including a maternity unit, a TB and HIV clinic, and a dental surgery.
Josie said: "We just want as many people to come as possible really just so we can get this children's ward finished.
"It's lovely that the children here get involved. I think the children are really interested here and they do want to help.
"We need everybody in the community to support the children: the children here and the children out there."
The completion of the new Chesil Children's Ward will provide a much needed local facility.
Karen Bidwell, deputy headteacher at Westfield Arts College, said: "We would encourage anyone to come along to support a fantastic cause.
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on 05 August 2009
A depot for hundreds of quirky items available from galleries and museums (mostly in the U.K.), Culture Label is a boon for those who've never been to Britain—or who didn't have the time, energy, money or foresight to plunder its gift shops at the time.
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly "Metamorphosis"
What we tend to overlook, when we are first attracted to butterfly observation, is that the butterfly is the result of a much longer journey......a journey that is quite different from that of many creatures on this planet. The flight stage is the final statement......the last hurrah so to speak.
No doubt that during your early adventures you will become increasingly aware of these other facets of a butterfly's life span but for many these stages remain a mystery. Actually what occurs prior to the flight stage of development is by far more intriguing and captivating. As you gather information on the stages of butterfly development, scientifically known as metamorphosis, please keep in mind that the way in which it ultimately plays out can be species specific.
Egg Larva Pupa Butterfly
Obviously newly hatched caterpillars are minute little creatures, some virtually invisible to the naked eye but they are eating machines that grow very quickly. Growth does not occur during the flight stage. It is done strictly while in the larva stage and they can multiply in size by more than a thousand fold in no time. In a matter of a few weeks they can go from an egg, to a caterpillar, to a chrysalis, to another egg laying butterfly. For some species this process occurs only once during our season but for others two or three cycles can be completed before diapause, hibernation or migration must occur.
It all starts with the eggs which are very tiny to microscopic and generally, but not always, laid on the underside of host plant leaves either singly or in clusters. Host plants are located by the adult butterfly's ability to distinguish the plant's chemical signature. For many species the growing season for their host plants can extend for many months allowing for multiple broods.
Eggs may also be deposited near the area in which the host plant may be found. This condition arises when specific host plants have died off at their season end and the eggs are required to overwinter in order to take advantage of the following season's crop. So, depending on the time of year the eggs are laid will dictate when the eggs are predetermined to hatch. If they are laid early enough in the season they will come full term usually within a week or so, again depending on the species. If they are deposited late in the season the eggs may be required to wait until the following season to complete the remainder of the journey. An example of this scenario is best demonstrated by many of the Fritillaries that feed exclusively on violets. These violets die off part way through the Fritillary's flight season thus the eggs of the last brood are required to over winter in order to take advantage of the following seasons crop of their sole host plant.
As a caterpillar their appearance can be even more diverse than in their final stage as a butterfly. They can be naked, hairy or have varying amounts of bristles or spike like appendages adorning their tubular form. Colours range from dull bland singular colours, that serve to camouflage, to mixtures of bright stripes or blotches that serve to warn. Essentially they are harmless even though they can appear to be quite menacing.....like the Swallowtail caterpillars. Some are distasteful and others poisonous to predators as is the Monarch, Cabbage White and Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars. Caterpillars of this type are usually brightly marked to serve as an unmistakable reminder that they should be avoided. Never-the-less, it is this stage that tends to go largely unnoticed as they go quietly about their business.
Throughout the larval stage a caterpillar has to shed it's skin several times in order to accommodate further growth. The time between these sheddings is called an "instar" of which there are usually an average of five and spans two to four weeks. When we use the term a "third instar" caterpillar we are saying that it has shed twice. Immediately upon shedding it's old skin the larva fills with air. This allows the new skin to take on that size giving the caterpillar as much room as possible to grow into this new size. After each of these transformations it is possible that the caterpillar can be a different colour or appearance from the time before. Therefore, depending on which instar a caterpillar is in, understanding the instars can play a roll in the identification process.
When the final instar occurs what emerges is the pupa, which when completed, usually resembles part of the plant they are on........this serves as camouflage. This stage may last a week or so at which time the final stage an adult butterfly is produced, that either carries on the next generation locally or migrates, like the Monarch, to warmer climates before winter. Or they might over winter in this stage and emerge the following season to complete their predetermined task. In any case the transformation, while in the pupa stage, is truly a miracle. What emerges from this case in no way resembles the caterpillar that produced it. Basically what happens is the complete disassembly of the cells that made up the caterpillar and the reassembling of those cells into it's new form....a butterfly. Upon emergence the swollen body immediately begins to pump fluids into the tiny shrived up wings. Within a couple of hours the wings are full size, dried, become more rigid and are capable of flight.
A few varieties, such as the Mourning Cloak or Compton Tortoiseshell, choose to hibernate here as adult butterflies and complete their cycle the following season. Others, like the Crossline Skipper, overwinter in their larval stage and some Elfins do so during the pupa stage. Still another way to beat winter is to do so as an egg as with the Bog Copper. Some Hairstreaks do this but they have an obstacle to overcome by choosing this method. As you are now aware eggs are laid on or near host plants so when the eggs hatch the food supply is right there. Since Hairstreak hosts are trees, rather than plants and if the eggs were laid traditionally on the leaves, they would fall to the ground in the fall presenting a food source proximity problem the following spring. This is overcome by depositing the eggs on the buds at the base of the leaf stem so the egg will remain in the tree close to the food source when the time is right.
These timelines can be complex and require a little more determination to follow in their entirety but it is very rewarding to observe the slightly different approaches to all four stages of the journey. As you can see from this page all butterflies follow the same scenario but not necessarily the same timeline when confronted with a seasonal environment. Even within the same species and the same season the timeline can vary between broods. Adaptation is the key to survival for any butterfly.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The U.S. Treasury Department's latest changes to the mortgage modification program will deliver significant benefits to mortgage insurers, according to analysts at FBR Capital Markets. "
Treasury's release on Friday points towards attaining greater GSE participation, particularly given higher incentives for modifications that include principal reduction. Recall: GSE modification is not a claimable event for MIs, so greater participation from GSEs should lead to more delinquent borrowers becoming current and lower incidences of loss for MIs," said Steve Stelmach and Edward Mills wrote in a report. On Friday, the Treasury Department released an updated guidance for the Home Affordable Mortgage Modification Program (HAMP), extending the program by another year to the end of 2013 and targeting an increase in principal reductions. The government will now triple the incentives paid to servicers who reduce principal. Servicers will be paid between 30 cents to 63 cents for every $1 of reduced principal on early-stage delinquent loans compared to 10 cents to 21 cents earlier. For loans that are more than 6 months delinquent, the compensation has been increased to 18 cents from 6 cents earlier. More importantly, the revised program will also pay Fannie Mae ( FNMA) and Freddie Mac ( FMCC) incentives to reduce the principal on loans. Greater participation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in principal reductions could deliver a $4 billion benefit to the mortgage insurance industry, according to the analysts assuming the latest program is atleast as successful as the earlier version. The analysts point out that loan forgiveness benefits mortgage insurers in one of two ways. They could either completely avoid a claim or at the very least it could also lower the claimable amount, as insurance now applies to the newly modified loan amount, not the original loan value. MGIC Investment ( MTG) and Radian Group ( RDN) may be among the companies that benefit. Shares of Radian were up nearly 2% after being down by more than 5% earlier in the session on Monday. Shares of MGIC were also rebounding, down about 1% after declining nearly 6% earlier in the session.


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Michael J's Three Clues
1-This Star is known to occasionally enjoy some FireBall Cinnamon Whiskey
2- This Star wrecked his dirt bike back in February and ended up in the hospital
3-This Star JUMPED OUT of an Airplane!
Here's The Answer Tyler Hubbard from Florida- Georgia Line!
After the Adrenaline Rush of jumping from the sky, Tyler chilled on on his Jet Ski ride!


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20 Dec 2005, 10:23pm by Michael David Smith
Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Tice, who was fined by the league last year for scalping Super Bowl tickets, has questioned why Vikings fans would sell their tickets to Steelers fans, thereby diminishing the crowd-noise advantage Minnesota had against Pittsburgh on Sunday. "It confuses me, I guess," Tice said. "Maybe they're not really diehard season-ticket holders or maybe they needed the money for Christmas presents. I don't know. One of the two."
26 comments, Last at 24 Dec 2005, 1:54am by Rodafowa
20 Dec 2005, 10:16pm by Michael David Smith
The AP reports:
Alcohol won't be sold during Monday night's game between the Jets and Patriots at the Meadowlands in an attempt to quell rowdy fan behavior.
The ban comes after nine fans were arrested during the Jets-Saints game Nov. 27. One man was charged with stabbing two fans in a restroom, and a state trooper broke his leg while trying to eject a fan who reportedly threw a beer bottle.
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20 Dec 2005, 10:10pm by Michael David Smith
Paul Tagliabue comes in at No. 2 on the Sports Business Journal's list of the most powerful people in sports. (George Bodenheimer, president of ABC Sports and ESPN, is No. 1.) Other NFL names on the list include Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones, Pat Bowlen, and Malcolm Glazer. As Deadspin.com and BlackAthlete.net have pointed out, players union head Gene Upshaw is one of only two African-Americans on the list (NBA players union head Billy Hunter is the other.)
9 comments, Last at 21 Dec 2005, 10:06pm by dCalla
20 Dec 2005, 05:50pm by P. Ryan Wilson
Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes look at NFL Matchup, arguably the best show on ESPN. Well, except for anything featuring Mario Lopez. (free registration/bugmenot required)
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20 Dec 2005, 03:38pm by Michael David Smith
Tuesday Morning Quarterback opines this week that manly men don't punt. I was especially surprised that Detroit punted with fourth-and-1 at midfield, down 24-7. I mean, you should go for it on fourth-and-1 at midfield almost all the time, but when you're down 24-7 and just playing out the string anyway, what can it possibly hurt to go for it?
I'm always a big fan of the all-unwanted all pros, and this year TMQ reminds us that Rod Smith was unwanted at the start of his college career and his pro career but may very well end up in Canton.
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20 Dec 2005, 01:53pm by P. Ryan Wilson
Until last night, the only thing Kyle Boller had in common with Tom Brady was Tara Reid. OK, nothing's changed on that front, but after throwing three TDs on 19 of 27 passing, Boller may have earned the right to return as the starter in 2006. The performance was easily his best as a professional, and at one point John Madden even described Boller's throwing motion as "a thing of beauty." (Must ... fight ... urge ... to leave ... snarky ... comment.)
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20 Dec 2005, 01:16am by Aaron Schatz
According to offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak, Denver has improved itself in the red zone by spreading the ball around to different receivers instead of just Rod Smith and Patrick Hape. Oh, I miss Patrick Hape. The NFL ranks the Denver offense sixth in red-zone efficiency. DVOA ranks Denver 11th -- but they were horrible in the red zone during the first three weeks. (Mentioning this was one of the reasons that the Denver fans were so angry at me.) DVOA ranks Denver fifth in the red zone during Weeks 4-15.
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19 Dec 2005, 09:52am by P. Ryan Wilson
OK, raise your hand if Rex Grossman was A LOT better than you expected. But hey, like Joe Thiesmann said last night, "[Grossman's] decisions are decisive," and I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. (bugmenot/free registration required)
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19 Dec 2005, 09:44am by Aaron Schatz
"Brady again proves he's amazing in win over Bucs," says Peter King. I thought the pressure Brady was getting on the offensive line was very impressive. Alex Smith in particular could not block Brady. New England is up to number two in Peter King's "Fine Fifteen." By the way, that loss to Kansas City apparently never happened.
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17 Dec 2005, 09:10pm by Aaron Schatz
New York Times readers, let me introduce THE SYSTEM. That, of course, is the infamous rule that Southern/dome teams struggle when playing in a colder climate after October 31. But wait, you say, THE SYSTEM hasn't worked very well this year. I've got three words for you: abnormally warm autumn. So instead, we checked out records by kickoff temperature rather than date. Since 2000, dome teams are 15-41 when the kickoff temperature is 50 degrees or below -- and 2-13 when the temperature is freezing or below.
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Our final part in looking at slot vs. wide targets focuses entirely on defenses. Which first-round rookie corners had tough times in 2016? Who was the weak link in Denver's No-Fly Zone? Also: the Falcons have a secondary to watch out for in 2017.


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Hodgson, Ann and Spours, Ken and Waring, Martyn and Gardner, Stuart and Gallacher, Jim and Gunning, Dennis (2011) Organisational arrangements in England, Scotland and Wales: how the systems work. In: Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning across the United Kingdom: policy, organisation and governance. IOE Press, London, pp. 76-104. ISBN 9780854739042
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Serves 4
2 tablespoons butter
1 bunch green onions, white portion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
12 ounces fresh spinach
3¾ cups vegetable stock
1 cup marscapone cheese
Freshly grated black pepper
Melt the butter in a very large saucepan. Add the green onions and celery and cook gently for about 5 minutes, or until softened.
Pack the spinach into the saucepan. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, and simmer, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes.
Transfer the soup to a blender and blend until smooth. Return to the saucepan.
Add the marscapone cheese to the soup and heat gently, stirring, until smooth and blended. Taste and adjust season with salt and pepper.


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Because of the performances of kicker David Akers and punter Andy Lee, the San Francisco special teams have garnered plenty of attention. But one of the common denominators among the four clubs playing Sunday is their excellent overall special teams play.
Worth noting is that all four teams have at least one coverage player in the top 10 in special teams tackles, and the Giants have two. The players: linebacker Jacquian Williams and safety Tyler Sash (both from New York), safety C.J. Spillman (49ers), wide receiver Matthew Slater (Pats), and defensive end Albert McClellan (Ravens).
The Pro Football Hall of Fame typically does a terrific job of keeping the results of its votes private – the balloting on the original list of 100-plus candidates to reduce the pool to 25 semifinalists (26 this year because of a tie), the reduction to the 15 modern-day finalists, and, of course, the vote on inductees – and this year certainly has been no different.
Word from a fairly reliable source, though, is that former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, a semifinalist since 2007, was 16th in the voting for a finalist berth this year, one slot short of qualifying for formal discussion by the 44 selectors.
"Tags" was a finalist three straight years, 2007-2009, but failed to receive the 80 percent vote required for induction. This marks the third straight year in which Tagliabue was among the pool of semifinalists, but did not advance to the finals. Selectors will convene in Indianapolis on Feb. 4, the day before Super Bowl XLVI, to elect the Class of 2012.
The emphasis when studying offensive lines generally is directed at the tackles, but this weekend's game will cast some focus on the interior blockers as well.
There are plenty of terrific inside defenders in the conference championship games – 49ers end/tackle Justin Smith, Baltimore tackle Haloti Ngata, New England's Vince Wilfork, the New York ends when they sink them down inside against guards in their "NASCAR" pass-rush scheme – and the centers and guards of the offensive units will have to play well for their respective teams.
The Ravens plan to try to exploit the middle, to exert pressure inside against Tom Brady, and the Patriots will have to be alert to that tactic. As much as in any week of the season, protection this weekend will have to be from the inside out.
The last word: "This is not going to be a cute football game. It's not going to be for the meek and mild. This is going to be a bloodbath, that's what it's going to be." – New York Giants' defensive tackle Chris Canty, per multiple New York-area newspapers, on Sunday's NFC championship game against San Francisco


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It is remarkable for its well-known seven stars, by two of which, called the Pointers, the pole-star is always readily found.
Some duties are so clear that they shine like the pole-star which guides the mariner.
The contracting couple are then shown the pole-star (Arundhati), and milk and fruit are given to them.
I knew that constellation, for by it one of the men had taught me to find the pole-star.
We again look first for the Great Bear, now near the zenith, and thence find the pole-star.
He looked around, seeking the pole-star, and found it on his left.
Let the constitution be the pole-star to direct you: without it there can be no happiness for you nor for us.
After the third round they gaze at the pole-star (Arundati).
Turning towards the north, we see Cassiopeia between the pole-star and the horizon.
The pole-star, Polaris, is in the extremity of the tail, and is of the third magnitude.


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I was looking inside my computer and I noticed that I have several types of card slots. Some are short white ones, some are longer black ones.What's the difference?
The short white ones are PCI slots and the black ones are ISA slots. You may even encounter an AGP slot (usually looks like a displaced PCI slot, brown in color)
What's the difference? Here's a run down:
ISA (Industry Standard Adapter) – These are the long black slots. They are the oldest and slowest of the bunch. They support 8 and 16 bit cards (usually stuff like sound cards and modems). You usually won't even find these on newer computers.
PCI (Peripheral Connect Interface) – These are the current "standard" expansion slot. They support 32 bit cards, transfer data quickly, and take up less space on the motherboard. Usually white in color.
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port ) – This is a newer type of slot and it's designed for video cards. It bypasses the slower PCI & ISA slots and provides better / faster 3D video.
Other types have come and gone—and more are sure to follow—but these are the most common types found inside the typical PC.
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The Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 genome sequencing project
Reeve, W.G., Chain, P., Tiwari, R., O'Hara, G.W., Howieson, J.G. and Bräu, L. (2008) The Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 genome sequencing project. In: 8th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference, 30 August - 3 September, Gent p. 125.
Sinorhizobium medicae is capable of fixing nitrogen with Medicago arabica, M. murex, M. polymorpha, M. truncatula, and M. sativa, the last two of which are also hosts for Sinorhizobium meliloti Sm1021. S. medicae WSM419 is saprophytically competent in moderately acidic soils (>pH 4.9) that are challenging to other sinorhizobia; a feature that enabled pasture production to be extended in southern Australia by a further 1 million ha. We now report on the complete genome sequence of S. medicae WSM419. For the sequencing strategy, a shotgun assembly approach was adopted using four libraries; one of which was constructed in a functional genomics vector (pTH1522) [1]. Double-ended plasmid sequencing reactions were then performed at the US Joint Genome Institute. Approximately 92,100 sequencing reads were assembled, producing an average of 12.9-fold coverage across the genome. Processing of sequence traces, base calling, assessment of data quality and assembly were performed with the PHRED/PHRAP/CONSED package. The initial assembly consisted of 30 contigs with at least 20 reads per contig. Gaps in the sequence were closed by primer walking on gap-spanning library clones or genomic DNA-amplified PCR products. Sequence finishing and polishing added 638 reads. Automated gene prediction was completed by assessing congruence of gene call results from Critica, Generation, and Glimmer, and by comparing the translations to GenBank's nonredundant database. Analysis of the genome (6 817 576 bp) reveals a multipartite structure consisting of a chromosome (3 781 904 bp) and three plasmids (pSMed01, 1 570 951 bp; pSmed02, 1 245 408 bp; and pSMed03, 219 313 bp) with a GC content 61.15%. In total, 6523 protein encoding ORFs could be identified of which 4646 (70.53%) could be assigned a putative function. This presentation will give an update on the current state of comparative analyses and future research directions.
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text: Kale and Beef in Chestnut Sauce February 20, 2013 Leave a comment Wanna hear something funny? When I first started my blog, I intended it to be an even mix of meals, breads, soups, desserts, etc. that mirrored how we eat. When I re-did my recipe index, I realized that notion bit the dust a few years back, and surprise, surprise, it seems like my blog is brought to you by the letter C ... Read More »


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The countries range from developing nations to industrialised powers, with the Republic of Kazakhstan receiving its first invitation this year.
Spanish drama The Sea Inside won the 2005 Oscar for best foreign film in February, beating titles from France, Germany, South Africa and Sweden.
The 2006 Oscars will be held on 5 March at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
Since 1956, 99 different countries have submitted films to the foreign language competition.
Last year's award drew entries from 50 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan and China.
Only one picture will be accepted from each country and must be submitted to the Academy by 14 October.
The first Oscar for best foreign language film was awarded in 1947 to Italy's Shoe Shine, directed by Vittorio De Sica.


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Hey Chicks!
Guess who has officially turned 4?!
Me – that is right – OK well let's be honest I am 33 but FIT CHICKS is now 4 Years Old and we have a lot to be excited and thankful for over the past 4 years!
Since Laura and I started on this amazing journey together of getting Chicks FIT we have been so super ultra-fortunate to have had some of the best experiences ever!
Here is a just a quick snapshot of some the amazingness that we have been a part of to date in our mission to help all women uncover their inner FIT CHICK:
· We started our Bootcamp classes with only 7 chicks showing up and now have had the amazing privilege of sweating and laughing up a storm with over 5000 peeps across Canada!
· Featured on the cover of the Toronto Star Business Section
· Featured on radio shows, TV shows, Newspapers and awesome blogs
· Filmed our 20 Minute High Intensity Hottie Workout Video
· Become a training partner with the Weekend Walk to End Women's Cancer
· Participated twice in OXFAM Canada's 100KM Hike as Team FIT CHICKS – yes I said 100KM!!
· Raised collectively over $10,000 for charity
· Participate annually in Holiday Food Bank Drives and charity classes
· Started our FIT CHICKS Gear Merchandise line of super cute workout gear meant to keep you fierce and flawless
· Began offering Zumba(r) by FIT CHICKS classes to give chicks more fab fitness options
· Filmed and became TV Hosts of our `Shape UP With FIT CHICKS` Rogers TV show – which airs tomorrow September 11th!!
· Developed a partnership with Horseshoe Valley Resort in Barrie to run Fitness Retreats – the first being our Sweats & Sass FIT CHICKS 2012 Retreat on Oct 26th!!
Chicks, this list really can go on and on because we have been so lucky to be a part of something so special.
What I really want to do though is say THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us, sweat with us, watched us, read our blog etc , as it is each and every one of you that makes us love and appreciate what we do every day! It is also because of all of you peeps that we get to do what we love everyday and continue to spread the Healthy Love to all.
So to all of you out there – THANK YOU from the top to bottom of our hearts!
Amanda and Laura xo


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Mining Publication: Effect of Three-Winding Transformer Models on the Analysis and Protection of Mine Power Systems
Original creation date: May 1999
Computer-aided loadflow and fault analyses of mine power systems are routinely conducted to ascertain system performance and also to provide information to assist in the protection and coordination of these systems. Three-winding transformers are frequently encountered in mining applications, typically at continuous miner and longwall sections where there exists a need for dual utilization voltages. These transformers are often modeled as a three-bus system neglecting the secondary to tertiary winding impedance and the effect of base changes. This paper analyzes the impact of more accurate transformer models on voltages and fault currents which are realized from loadflow and fault studies of mine power systems.
Authors: MP Oommen, JL Kohler
Peer Reviewed Journal Article - May 1999
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20023222
IEEE Trans Ind Appl, 35(3), 1999 May; :670-674
See Also
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program


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BBQ Infographic: Girl vs Grill
Posted by Jason on May 22, 2013
What's more important to you, your significant other or your grill? The answer might not be so obvious for true BBQ Addicts. Luckily our friends at BBQ Guru put together a slick infographic that compares personal/intimate relationships to the relationship that people have with their grills. While intended to be light-hearted, the stats really do show that grilling is an important part of many people's lives. How do you stack up?


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East Texas Cheerleader to Appear in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade always has impressive floats, interesting performances from pop music and broadway, and it's a huge tourist draw for New York City.
One East Texas cheerleader is on her way! We'll watch for her on NBC next Thursday morning.