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Ricky Jay is a magician, actor, and writer from New York. He is best known for his incredible sleight of hand skills and his work on the HBO series Deadwood. He has also appeared in the films Heist, Magnolia, Tomorrow Never Dies, Boogie Nights, Forrest Gump, and The Prestige.
Find out what became of all your favorite characters from the classic movie "Sluggers".
World renowned magician, Ricky Jay somehow manages to get stuck in an elevator with two stupid girls, he must use magic to get himself out of this harrowing situation.
This lost masterpiece of pornography was recently discovered in a woodworking shop of a Beverly Hills dentist. June Crenshaw (Kristen Bell) was known as the 'sex kitten' of the Supreme Court.
Riley Steele is an adult film star from California. She is best known for her work in the porn films Body Heat, Mothers & Daughters, Babysitters 2, Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, and In Riley's Panties. Riley has won multiple AVN awards and also appeared in the mainstream film Piranha 3D, and the television shows Manswers, NTSF:SD:SUV::, and The Girls' Guide to Depravity.
Piranha 3D is leading all of the Best Movie categories and this video solidifies why Piranha 3D is the front runner.
Rip Taylor is an actor and comedian from Washington, D.C. He is best known for his appearances in the films Indecent Proposal, Jackass: The Movie, and Wayne's World 2. He has also appeared on the shows Life With Bonnie, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Emperor's New School, and The Aquabats! Super Show!
Are you ready for the future of comedy? The Internet's hippest, hottest new comedy site is Ehhhhhhhh.com. Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, and Rip Taylor give you all the details.
A recently unearthed Christmas classic from 1982, starring most of your favorite Tron characters and laser bikes.
Korean pop star HyunA and singer/actress Rita Ora go toe-to-toe in a battle of walks.
For just $25,000 you could enjoy the totally not fake "Weezer Experience" with Rivers Cuomo and take an exciting trip to the Galápagos Islands for some birdwatching and a catamaran ride. Watch as their very first customer Rainn Wilson is taken on a journey that only the famous rock band Weezer co...
Two nerds (Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte and Mad Men's Marten Holden Weiner) attempt to create the ultimate babe (Alessandra Ambrosio) in their basement with a little help from some strange chemistry.
Rob & Big is a duo comprised of professional skateboarder, Rob Dyrdek, and his best friend and bodyguard, Christopher "Big Black" Boykin. Their reality show aired on MTV for three seasons and spawned the follow-up show, Fantasy Factory, which aired for seven seasons.
Fair weather over all of Hollywood today, except for one spot. Looks like rain.
Rob Corddry is a comedic actor from Massachusetts. After cutting his teeth with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC, Rob began his television career as a correspondent on The Daily Show and went on to appear on the shows Arrested Development, Happy Endings, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Wedlock, Community, Party Down, Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy Bang! Bang!, and Ballers. He also created and starred in Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim. Rob's film credits include The Way Way Back, Old School, Warm Bodies, In A World..., Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, The Winning Season, Muppets Most Wanted, and Hot Tub Time Machine 1 & 2.
Rob Corddry preps his friends when he recognizes a one-night stand across the bar.
Things are going great for Rob Corddry, star of 'Hot Tub Time Machine 2'!
Love and shrimp comes between the famous '60s folk duo Pollard & Sprout.
An ordinary day at the park turns into that championship season. With a hotdog. Guided by Voices new album "Motivational Jumpsuit" in stores 2/18/14.
Funny or Die's first ever web only mini-movie, "The Smallest Co%k in Porn: The Don Dolmes Story" is a mockumentary that spoofs the legend of John Holmes.
Rob's not-so-rare medical condition scares off a new bro.
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Rob Delaney is writer and comedian from Massachusetts. Rob rose to fame by growing a massive following on Twitter, earning the Funniest Person on Twitter Award at Comedy Central's 2012 Comedy Awards. He went on to appear in the shows Key and Peele, Catastrophe, Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins, and UnCabaret. He also has written for Vice, The Guardian, and released his own book, Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage in 2013.
Tasha van der Sloot interviews Rob Delaney about his new boardgame, "War of Words." Available to preorder now. Comes out May 15th: http://say.ly/UgM5OpN
Tasha van der Sloot interviews Rob Delaney about his new boardgame, "War of Words." Available to preorder now. Comes out May 15th: http://say.ly/UgM5OpN
Ayn Rand has a new public access talk show, full of celebrity guests, topical comedy and long angry diatribes against the government.
The Funny Or Die/Yahoo News cyber debate is here.
Mormons want to be president like REAL BAD.
To kick off our political site, we gave the 2012 Presidential candidates a chance to speak to the internet with Darrell Hammond, Mike Tyson, Rob Delaney, Erin Gibson, and Reggie Brown.
A sneak peek at the film version of the sexiest Gronk fan fiction starring model Charlotte McKinney and New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski.
Rob Huebel is a comedic actor and writer from Virginia. He is best known for his work on the shows Human Giant and Childrens Hospital. He has also appeared in the films The Descendants, I Love You Man, Despicable Me, Horrible Bosses 2, The Other Guys, and Little Fockers. His television appearances include Arrested Development, Archer, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, How I Met Your Mother, The League, 30 Rock, Key and Peele, Party Down, Upright Citizens Brigade, Bob's Burgers, Transparent, The Goldbergs, Reno 911!, Happy Endings, NTSF:SD:SUV, Funny Or Die Presents and Drunk History.
Tammy Cashman (Melora Hardin) and Len Novak (Rob Huebel) work through their rivalry issues during a free therapy session with Life Coach Laura Milton-Kaufberger (Carrie Aizley). Season 4 of Transparent Premieres Friday September 22.
Did you think your protest vote wouldn't have consequences?? Guess what... You're F*ckin' High!
Have friends that think a protest vote might be the way to go? You may need to remind them that they're f*ckin' high!
The #FODTrumpMovie is available on Netflix. Click here to watch it now! https://www.netflix.com/title/80114549 . | Donald Trump has it all. Money, power, respect, and an Eastern European bride. But all his success didn't come for nothing. First...
Le Club boss Igor Cassini (Rob Huebel) enumerates just a few of the most redeeming qualities of his business partner Donald Trump (Johnny Depp), and raises some concerns about Trump's immense machismo and philandering tendencies.
The GOP has been looking for their own answer to the Boss, and they may have finally found the perfect conservative rock icon.
Ray Liotta, Michael Bay & Jon Favreau talk about the future of CGI with motion capture experts, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel.
Rob and Paul take a moment to interview Cocoa Rodriguez of "War Horse" and watch a clip from his new upcoming film.
Welcome to the world of Mike Detective, PI. In this episode, we get to know the gritty world of crime and puns in which Mike lives, and the beautiful ladies who keep his business afloat.
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant explain how they made a BILLION DOLLARS at the box office and YOU CAN TOO!!!
Based on the "Manifesto for Conscious Men," balance your energies and allow for a new wave of evolution on our planet. See the original at http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cf2ffccba6/dear-woman-original
Matt Howard gives some tips for success
Rob Huebel wants to show someone a dead body, luckily his friend Rob Riggle shows up and is equally interested in seeing a dead body.
A sneak peak at episode 6 of Funny Or Die Presents with an exclusive look at the newest episode of Want to See a Dead Body with Rob Huebel and Rachael Harris. To see the whole thing tune in this Friday at midnight on HBO!
Rob Huebel asks Warren Sapp "Do You Want To See a Dead Body" and the ex-NFL star is very excited to see one. Tune in for the premiere of the second season of Funny Or Die Presents on January 14th at midnight only on HBO.
Three men grapple with their past as a Human Centipede.
When the lights go out at the school assembly, a young Rob Riggle seizes the moment, and attacks! If you like this video, check out more great Comedy Fights Malaria moments at www.Facebook.com/MalariaNoMore
When your kid finds out their sick, it's normal for them to make a bucket list of all the things you guys ever wanted to do.
A new organization tells you exactly why they don't want gays serving in the military.
THE SHUTTERBUGS are BACK but now they work as KID STUNT COORDINATORS (originally aired on the 2010 MTV Movie Awards)
Rob Lowe is an actor from Virginia. He is best known for his appearances in the films The Outsiders, St. Elmo's Fire, Tommy Boy, Wayne's World, the Austin Powers films, Thank You For Smoking, and Contact. He also appeared in the television shows Brothers & Sisters, West Wing, Parks and Recreation, The Larry Sanders Show, Californication, and Franklin & Bash. He has been nominated for five Golden Globe awards.
The newest release from the Warren Klein Voicemail Archive shows Warren's skill at handling a client in crisis -- in this case, Brat Pack-er Rob Lowe. In the 1980's, Warren Klein was the most powerful agent in Hollywood. He represented the biggest stars of the era. Presumed lost, the Warren Klei...
The cast of Parks & Recreation react to coming back to television and Rob Lowe has trouble understanding how people have survived without seeing his beautiful face.
Rob McElhenney is an actor, director, producer, and writer from Pennsylvania. He is best known for creating and starring in the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He has also appeared on the shows Lost, Free Radio, Law & Order, The Mindy Project and Glee, and in the films Wonder Boys, Latter Days, Civil Action, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, and The Devil's Own.
This time, we go to Hollywood.
Rob Reiner is an actor and director from New York. He is best known for his Emmy-winning role as Michael "Meathead" Stivic on All in the Family. Along with appearing in the films The Wolf Of Wall Street, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, and Good Will Hunting, he has also appeared on the TV shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show, New Girl, Frasier, 30 Rock, The Andy Griffith Show, and Hannah Montana. He directed the films Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, and This is Spinal Tap.
The remake of 'When Harry Met Sally' that everyone has been waiting for is finally here. Starring Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren and featuring the many talents of Rob Reiner, Adam Scott, Mike Tyson, Rob Riggle, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Mike O'Malley & Josh Fadem.
Rock band Steel Panther came to Funny Or Die to play a few tracks from their new album "Lower The Bar" including their first single "Poontang Boomerang". They also answered a few questions with super fan Rob Riggle.
If there is one thing Rob Riggle loves more than golf, it's Veterans! On December 5th, Rob brings these two things together with the help of We Are The Mighty to present the first ever #InVETational Golf Classic. The event will help raise money for the Semper Fi Fund that provides immediate and l...
An animated (NSFW) music video from the upcoming motion picture "Hell and Back" opening October 2nd. With Susan Sarandon and Danny McBride, featuring Bob Odenkirk,T.J. Miller, Rob Riggle, Nick Swardson, Brian Posehn, Kerri Kenney, and Wayne Kramer.
The Blue Angels help Rob Riggle with an audition tape for Top Gun 2.
Rob Riggle wants to claim your farts as his own.
What happens in your bed when you're on vacation?
Rob Riggle isn't leaving anything to chance as he prepares to host the 2012 ESPY Awards.
Rob Riggle and Got Your 6 got your back.
This Valentines Day get your lover the classiest gift in the world.
If you're a dictator of a country and need a celebrity to come to your birthday, these booking agents will get the job done.
The never before seen commentary track from Enrique Iglesias video is here.
Finally, the Navy Seal member of Seal Team 6 who took the fatal shot that killed Osama Bin Laden has been revealed and he is definitely an American Hero.
Two of the producers of Michael Bolton's 'Said I Loved You...But I Lied' sit down to talk about the inspiration behind the music video and Michael Bolton stops by to offer his thoughts as well.
The remake of 'When Harry Met Sally' that everyone has been waiting for is finally here. Starring Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren and featuring the many talents of Rob Reiner, Adam Scott, Mike Tyson, Rob Riggle, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Crystal Foley, Mike O'Malley & Josh Fadem.
Rob Huebel wants to show someone a dead body, luckily his friend Rob Riggle shows up and is equally interested in seeing a dead body.
When the lights go out at the school assembly, a young Rob Riggle seizes the moment, and attacks! If you like this video, check out more great Comedy Fights Malaria moments at www.Facebook.com/MalariaNoMore
Watch a Sneak Preview of ADULT SWIM'S 1st Action Show NTSF:SD:SUV TERRORISTS YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
Premieres Feb. 19th on HBO @ Midnight
Premiering on Funny Or Die Presents Feb. 19th on HBO @ Midnight
While packing for his new job, a rabid USC superfan begs Coach Pete Carroll to stay.
Rob Schneider is a comedic actor, director, and screenwriter from California. He is best known for his time as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and for his roles in Adam Sandler's films. He has appeared on the shows Seinfeld, Real Time with Bill Maher, Coach, Inside Amy Schumer, Ally McBeal, Hot In Cleveland, and in the films Grandma's Boy, 50 First Dates, Demolition Man, Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, Click, Bid Daddy, and The Longest Yard.
"Naked Dawn" Trailer (w/ Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari and Vinnie Jones) Re-Uploaded and Safer-For-Work
What if the Russians attacked the U.S.? What if Rob Schneider was our last hope? What if he was naked?
See if you can spot the Kickstarter backers in this leaked scene from the new Veronica Mars movie with Kristen Bell. They're very subtle.
Rob Thomas is a singer-songwriter from Florida. He is best known as the frontman of the band Matchbox Twenty. He won three Grammy Awards for his collaboration with Carlos Santana on the track "Smooth," and has also appeared on the shows The Voice, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Punk'd. He was awarded the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Starlight Award in 2004. Rob is also an outspoken advocate for animal rights, and the legalization of same-sex marriage.
The newest show on TV features Rob Thomas and the rest of Matchbox 20 in the thrilling crime drama, "SMOOTH".
Robert Ben Garant is a comedic actor, director and writer from Tennessee. He is best known for his role Deputy Travis Junior on Reno 911! He is also popular for his involvement in the seminal MTV sketch show The State, and was a contributing writer on the screenplays for Night at the Museum, Taxi, Herbie Fully Loaded, and Balls of Fury.
#FreeShez! The comedy community is behind you Shez. Here are some messages from Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Tony Hale, Machine Gun Kelly, Chris Mintz-Plasse, Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant, Horatio Sanz, and Wayne Federman
This time, we go to Hollywood.
The Sons are back this fall and more rambunctious than ever.
Comedians and musicians audition to honor 30 years of Weird Al in a Broadway style cabaret review. Things get weird. To see more art work featuring Weird Al, please go to http://nineteeneightyeight.com
A Trailer for the Harvard Lampoon Parody, spoofing The Hunger Games movie, based on the popular book series, which may or may not be a ripoff of a Japanese movie, based on an even earlier book. STAY HUNGRY.
For the first time ever, we present to you the final play that Noel Coward ever wrote as performed by Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant from The State and Reno 911! It is a VERY classy affair.
During Wednesday's GOP debate, Rick Perry had a brain freeze. This is the team that spins the story!
The grittiest, sexiest, scariest reboot of this fall stars the cast of MTV's 'Teen Wolf' (Dylan O'Brien, Colton Haynes, Tyler Hoechlin & Holland Roden).
Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant & Cathy Shim (Reno 911) join Ed Asner & Mindy Sterling to offer a modest, sensible solution for your environmental concerns!
The deputies train a squad of policemen from Baghdad. The Iraqi officers, played by Robbie Moore and Assaf Cohen, begin to take advantage of the stupidity of the Reno sheriffs.
Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant explain how they made a BILLION DOLLARS at the box office and YOU CAN TOO!!!
See the Movie of the Week - Terrorist on Flight 77, starring Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, featuring Assaf Cohen and Robbie Moore.
Ice Pick is a drug dealer and he wants you to vote no on proposition 19 if you live in California. It's good for his mom-n-pop drug dealing business!
A new organization tells you exactly why they don't want gays serving in the military.
Tom and Ben review the Reno 911 XXX Parody and all the ins and outs that are captured on screen with Sexy Dangle, Sexy Junior, Sexy Clemmy and the rest of the gang.
On March 12th, 140 Twitterers will come together on one stage to read their best tweet to help build schools in Haiti. Inevitably one person will suck. Ben Stiller doesn't want to be that guy. So he hired writers...
World famous Luge Olympian GUNTRAM MÜLLER's lifestyle system MüllerCize It! will have your body feeling like Friday Night! TGIF for fitness Windervar. Watch Guntram and his assistants Odin Georg and Gurda Taubenlecher demonstrate how to harness body, brain and sexual magic and help you to MüllerC...
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Hollywood speaks out to help insurance companies
Homeland Security checks out some suspicious activity at the San Diego Convention Center.
Robert Davi is an actor and jazz singer from New York. He is best known for his role as Franz Sanchez in the Bond film Licence to Kill. He has also appeared in the films The Goonies, Showgirls, The Hot Chick, and Die Hard, and on the TV shows Profiler, Stargate: Atlantis, Batman Beyond, and Criminal Minds.
An injured cop secretly fights crime with prototype deadly roller blades… Watch the rest of the FOD 1986 Lineup here: http://www.funnyordie.com/fod_1986


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Topic: Liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma
Hi all, today I've read a lot of articles regarding liver transplantation for cholangiocarcinoma. It is noted that liver transplantation has a great outcome for this kind of disease, with higher 5 years survival oportunity in compared with normal resection.
Anyone here has experience on this treatment?? BTW, Mayo Clinic was considered as the best place for cancer treatment, is it right? If it is the case, maybe we have to research more and go there in case of reoccerence for my Mum's case.
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Robert Wood
Electrical Engineer; 2014 Emerging Explorer
Photograph by Kevin Ma and Pakpong Chirarattananon, Harvard Microrobotics Lab
Photograph by Eliza Grinnell
Electrical engineer Robert Wood is an expert in robots that fly, robots you wear, squishy robots, and tiny robots the size of a nickel. He founded the Microrobotics Lab at Harvard University, where he leads a team that invents and develops entirely new classes of microrobots and robots made of soft materials that may one day play a transformative role in medicine, search-and-rescue missions, and agriculture. For years, the team has focused on creating autonomous flying microrobots called RoboBees that could be sent on missions deemed too dangerous, remote, or tedious for humans or animals. The machines have a housefly-size thorax, three-centimeter wingspan, and a weight of 60 milligrams. The latest prototype flaps wings 120 times a second, hovers, and flies along preordained paths. In the field of soft robotics, the lab invents new materials and embodies them with electrical or mechanical functionality so that they can safely interact with humans. For example, his team has created sensors and actuators for applications in rehabilitation and human-robot interactions that are as soft as skin.
Where were you born?
Upstate New York
Where do you currently live?
Cambridge, Massachusetts
How did you get started in your field of work?
I have always been a tinkerer and fascinated with the idea of robots. I received my first "robot" when I was five years old—and I still have it in my lab. My dedication is due primarily to two factors: first, the promise of robotics and automation to improve our lives—from new biomedical tools to automated manufacturing to robots that explore our world and beyond. Second, there is a tremendous opportunity for robotics to impact education. I believe the tangible nature and "cool" factor of robotics can be used to excite students of all ages to explore careers in science and engineering.
What has been your most rewarding or memorable experience in your field?
The most rewarding part of my job is the creation of something new and unique. Most often this is something you have been working on for years that finally comes to fruition. But even more rewarding are the (rare) times that you discover something you weren't looking for. For example, we set out to build novel robots and along the way we sometimes create new sensors or artificial muscles or even new ways of making robots and other complex devices.
What's a normal work day like for you?
Get in to the lab and start building robots and interacting with students. We have lots of brainstorming sessions. I strive to promote a highly creative and collaborative environment.
What advice would you give your younger self?
Be patient and be methodical. It's fun to build things, but it's even more fun to build something that works!
In Their Words
There are no standard solutions for creating robots like this. Inventing them from completely new materials and on totally new scales generates a world of novel questions.
Robert Wood
More About Wood's Projects
Tiniest Drone?
A Harvard team achieves controlled flight with a drone the size of a housefly.
Optical Flow Sensing
Bio-inspired optical flow sensing for altitude control of flapping-wing microrobots


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SOEC inks five-year deal with Jehovah's Witnesses
Following up on an announcement that was leaked last August, the South Okanagan Events Centre announced the signing of a five-year contract with the Jehovah's Witnesses of Canada today.
"We are looking forward to returning to Penticton, after an absence of many years," said Stanton Hill, Jehovah's Witnesses of Canada convention organizer. "Penticton offers a beautiful place to visit and we are very much looking forward to enjoying the hospitality of this fine city."
The annual conventions are a spiritual highlight for Jehovah's Witnesses, focusing on bible education. Annually, seven million Jehovah's Witnesses meet in 236 countries.
The first Penticton convention will run from June 21 to 23 of this year, bringing up to 3,500 delegates to Penticton for a minimum of four nights. This is the same weekend as the Peach City Beach Cruise and the weekend before the annual Penticton Elvis Festival, which runs from June 28 to 30 this year.
That should make for a very busy start to the summer tourist season in Penticton, especially for those in the accommodation industry.
"Before selecting those dates, I did my research," said Sally Pierce, assistant general manager of the SOEC complex. She found that while hotels in the north end of the city fill up quickly for large conventions, it is slower for those in the Skaha Lake area.
"The reason why the accommodators are excited is because the business will extend and include everyone," said Pierce. "That's a win, absolutely. That's what we strive for."
News of the deal broke in late August 2012, when the Penticton Hospitality Association issued a release announcing the Jehovah's Witnesses would be coming to Penticton this year.
Both the Jehovah's Witnesses organization and Global Spectrum, who manage the SOEC and the Penticton Trade and Convention centre, were reluctant to confirm the PHA release.
"They specifically asked us not to announce, because they wanted to make the announcement to their convention delegates and they were going to do that in December," said Pierce. "The five-year contract is subject to the success of the first year."
Pierce said she has been working on securing the contract since 2009, the result of following a lead from managers at another Global Spectrum-managed facility.
"The Jehovah's Witnesses group has worked with many Global Spectrum managed facilities in Canada and the United States," said Pierce, who explained that it isn't unusual to take that length of time to secure a contract of this size.
"When you are coordinating that amount of people, it takes some time and you've got to co-ordinate the accommodation and the travel, there is more to it than just booking the convention space," said Pierce. "Jehovah's Witnesses is a prime example, you've got up to 3,500 delegates. The booking lead-time for an association, especially a large association, is three to five years. That's very common."
Dates will soon be finalized for future Jehovah's Witnesses conventions. They are scheduled to fall between June and mid-July in Penticton.
The Jehovah's Witnesses of Canada have more information available online in the form of a video clip.


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Miller under control as Cards roll through Padres
Righty settles in, issues no walks; Taveras hits second career homer
SAN DIEGO -- The Cardinals fortified their rotation during a three-day stay in San Diego, first with the acquisition of Justin Masterson and then with John Lackey. The rotation complexion change leaves Shelby Miller as the staff's most inexperienced starter, though his performance on Thursday showcased why he can still be a critical piece.
Miller limited the Padres to a pair of solo home runs in his six-inning start, and the offense showed up behind him to lift St. Louis to a 6-2 win in the series finale at Petco Park. Right fielder Oscar Taveras led the charge with a two-run homer, giving the Cardinals as many runs with the second-inning swing as they had scored in the first two games of the series.
The victory was veiled in heightened emotion, as the Cardinals learned just hours before taking the field that teammates Allen Craig and Joe Kelly had been traded for Lackey. Miller, in particular, was shaken up by the news. He and Kelly were longtime best friends, having grown up together in the organization as members of the 2009 Draft class.
"Going into it, obviously earlier today telling him goodbye, you get a little emotional," Miller said after the win. "Even now, it upsets you a little. But you have to keep going."
Miller did so in a big way, showing again that there is positive payoff to the Cardinals' decision to build in a 16-day period of rest in between starts earlier this month. Miller bugged manager Mike Matheny throughout the downtime, asking when he'd start again while constantly trying to decipher if there was an ulterior motive for the move.
Matheny asked Miller to buy into the process, and Miller now understands why. Since returning, he has scattered four runs on six hits in 11 2/3 innings. Especially notable is that he hasn't walked a batter. Miller had issued at least one walk in his previous 19 starts this year.
"I think he's getting stronger and that was kind of the hope of giving him a little bit of rest, being able to watch him have that great life and carry what we see early into those later innings," Matheny said. "I think he's looking stronger and more consistent mechanically, and then execution also."
That is allowing Miller to pitch deeper, too, which was his deficiency earlier this season. Miller finished six innings on 85 pitches Thursday. After giving up the two second-inning homers, Miller retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced.
"Last game, I felt strong as well, but going forward even into this start, I felt a little stronger," Miller said. "That's the key thing right now. I'm trying to make the second-half push. You want to feel really good and healthy and like you're on top of your game. I felt like that's where we need to be right now."
Though the Cardinals will rely heavily on their rotation to pitch them into October, the offense remains the wild card. It was lively on Thursday, reaching a double-digit hit total for just the second time since the All-Star break. Taveras' two-run homer, which followed a two-out single by A.J. Pierzynski, cut the building tension.
"Oscar getting something going was definitely a shot in the arm for us," Matheny said.
"I prepared for the game by watching video of the pitcher and seeing what he throws," added Taveras, speaking through a translator. "I was looking for a changeup, and he threw it. I got a good result."
Matt Holliday's two-run single in the third helped the Cards regain the lead after the Padres had erased it. The club scored twice more with two out in the sixth off starter Odrisamer Despaigne, as Peter Bourjos delivered an RBI single and Matt Carpenter drew a bases-loaded walk.
"With Odrisamer, we saw the same sort of package of stuff, but he just couldn't seem to wiggle out of some difficulties," Padres manager Bud Black said. "They just sort of bunched some hits together against him."
With Kevin Siegrist, Pat Neshek and Trevor Rosenthal pitching perfect innings behind Miller, the Cardinals were able to avoid being swept in a three-game series for the first time in more than a year. They head home with a .500 road trip, poised to meet the Brewers in a big weekend series.
"These days here prove some of the toughness that we talked about these guys developing through the season," Matheny said. "There have been different kinds of adversity through this season with injuries and struggles. This is a little different time. When it gets time to jump in, they put things aside and get the job done."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FARINGDON Town A enjoyed a prolific afternoon in North Berks League Division Five as they thrashed Appleton Stars 21-0.
Martin Key netted an astonishing seven times, Matt Curtis grabbed a double hat-trick, Ryan Sharp and Lee Ruddle bagged a brace apiece, and John Lovegrove, Tim Smith, Andy Munns and Trevor Sear also scored in the rout.
Andie Sampson, Mennan Calvo and Stuart Newport all scored for Berinsfield Reserves in their 3-2 win over Sutton Courtenay Reserves to maintain top spot.
Challow are in third following a 4-1 win at Hagbourne United Reserves. Sam Nicholls, Martin Turnbull, Jack Eyley from the spot and Eammon McGowran scored their goals.
Jamie Dutton and Luke Chambers will be fighting over the match ball as both hit hat-tricks for Radley Reserves in their 7-0 home win over Grove Rangers Reserves.
In Division Three, Harwell International Reserves moved level on points at the top of the table following a 4-2 home win over Hagbourne United.
Doubles for Jason Evans and Dan Oyston gave Faringdon Town Reserves a comfortable 4-0 win at East Hendred Reserves, while Didcot Casuals Reserves ran out 5-1 winners at home to Marcham Reserves.
Hanney United maintained their 100 per cent record in Division Four with a 2-0 home win over previously unbeaten Westminster. Second-placed Drayton Reserves were on the wrong end of an 8-0 thrashing by Turnpike Sports.
Grove Rangers and Wootton & Dry Sandford Reserves drew 3-3, while Coleshill United Reserves secured their first league win of the season by defeating Warborough United 2-1 with Luke Adams and Jon Keany scoring their goals.
In Division Two, Jonny Eudell helped himself to a massive 10 goals as Ardington & Lockinge ran riot at home to Benson Lions, winning 18-1.
Marcham came back from behind to secure a 2-2 draw at home to Coleshill United.
Matt Banks and James Foster scored their goals after Shane Blake had given Coleshill a two-goal lead at half time. Drayton upset the form book to win 3-1 at home to Dorchester.
Luke Ingram hit a hat-trick for Wootton & Dry Sandford as they become the new leaders of Division One after a convincing 5-0 home win over Childrey United.
Arran Gray scored in 14 seconds to send Harwell International on their way to a 3-1 win at Long Wittenham Athletic. Sutton Courtenay lifted themselves off the foot of the table with a 2-0 win over East Hendred. Kintbury Rangers won 2-0 at Benson AFC.
Chris Murphy scored in an incredible three seconds for Berinsfield to send them on their way to a 7-0 Oxfordshire Intermediate Cup second round win over Kidlington Reserves.
There was no such good fortune in the third round of the Berks & Bucks Intermediate Cup as all four sides representing the North Berks League were dumped out.
Didcot Casuals went down 2-1 at REME Arborfield after extra time, Faringdon Town lost 1-0 at home to Frilsham and Yattenden, while Saxton Rovers were thrashed 6-1 by South Reading.
Cezar Grosu scored for AFC Wallingford who lost 3-1 at home to Letcombe.
There was a real surprise in an outstanding first-round tie in the North Berks Charity Shield as Radley from Division Three won 4-3 on penalties against Division One Crowmarsh Gifford.
Division Four Blewbury Reserves produced the only upset in the second round of the Nairne Paul Trophy, winning 3-2 at home to Third Division Kintbury Rangers Reserves.
Division Three leaders Childrey United Reserves needed extra time before finally beating Steventon Reserves 4-1.
Abingdon United Reserves won 4-0 at home to Saxton Rovers Reserves.
Oliver Saunders scored two Long Wittenham Athletic Reserves but is was not enough as they succumbed 4-2 to Lambourn Sports Reserves, who scored through Mike Peacock, Gary Fisher, Dale Pedder and an own goal.
Wantage Town A won 4-0 at Third Division Milton United Reserves, while Ardington & Lockinge Reserves lost 3-2 at Stanford-in-the-Vale Reserves.


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Representatives from about 600 schools responded to this year's survey. Among them were some 80 schools that identified themselves as career and technical institutions, which we compiled in a separate ranking. To create these rankings, we scored schools' survey responses based on what veterans have told us is important to them, as well as on our own editorial judgment. For the first time, we also factored in Education Department statistics commonly used to track student success and academic quality. Broadly speaking, schools were evaluated in five categories: university culture, student support, academic quality, academic policies and financial aid. While the value of each section was comparable, university culture and student support were worth the most, and financial aid was worth the least. Many factors other than those listed in the chart were considered when developing the rankings. When a star-rated item is left blank, it means a school received no stars.
2012 enrollment data are as reported by the schools in our survey for the fall 2012 semester, except where otherwise indicated. Military enrollment figures apply to service members and veterans actually tracked by a school, not just those on military-related benefits, except where otherwise indicated.
Accepts ACE-recommended credits means a school grants at least some academic credits for military training as recommended by the American Council on Education.
At or below TA cap means no program at a school exceeded the $250 per-credit-hour military tuition assistance limit for active-duty students in the 2012-13 school year.
At or below Post-9/11 limits means all programs and tuition rates at a school, both undergraduate and graduate, were fully covered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill in the 2012-13 school year. Public schools must waive out-of-state tuition rates for this to be the case; private schools must not exceed the $18,077.50 cap.
Yellow Ribbon rates a school's participation in the Yellow Ribbon program, under which a school and the Veterans Affairs Department partner to partially or completely make up the difference between a school's tuition rate and the amount covered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Schools with "n/a" indicated that Post-9/11 fully covered their tuition costs, so Yellow Ribbon would not be needed. Stars are awarded based on the proportion of students receiving Yellow Ribbon scholarships and the value of those awards. Best rating is four stars.
Staff support rates the number of staff members a school has dedicated to veterans issues, the amount of time they spend on veterans issues and the scope and frequency of military-related training for teachers and administrators throughout the school.
Academic support rates the types of academic help a school provides, such as tutoring, mentors and learning communities, and considers both what is offered and whether there is a separate version of these types of support for veterans. The ratings also consider a school's withdrawal and re-enrollment policies for deployed service members.
Extracurriculars rates the number and activity level of student veteran groups at a school as well as whether the school supports the groups financially. The ratings also consider initiatives to support military spouses and families, as well as non-academic school events, such as service projects and Veterans Day programs.
Accreditation indicates a school's institutional accreditation. "[R]" indicates regional accreditation, which is generally the most respected type of accreditation in the academic community and usually makes it easier to transfer academic credit to another school. Regional accreditors: MSCHE: Middle States Commission on Higher Education; NCACS: North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The Higher Learning Commission; NCCU: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; NEASC: New England Association of Schools and Colleges; NYSBR: New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education; SACS: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; WASC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges-Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities; WASC-ACCJC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges-Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Non-regional accreditors: ACCSC: Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges; ACICS: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools
Student-faculty ratio data, from the Education Department, shows the average number of students per one faculty member in fall 2012.
Graduation rate data, from the Education Department, indicates the percentage of first-time, full-time students who graduated within 150 percent of the expected completion time for the degrees they were pursuing. The percentage reflects those students who started in 2009 while graduating by 2012 if seeking an associate degree and started in 2006 while graduating by 2012 if seeking a bachelor's degree. Among all schools tracked by the Education Department, the average graduation rate was 56 percent for four-year schools and 34 percent for two-year schools for students graduating by 2011, the most recent year for which data is available. Graduation rates consider only first-time, full-time students, a category that current and former service members rarely fall into. However, the rate provides some indication of academic success for the general student population. The number in parentheses is the school's transfer-out rate for the same period, which, if added to the graduation rate, could give a more accurate representation of student success.
Default rate data, from the Education Department, indicates the percentage of students from the 2009 graduating class who defaulted on loans within two years of beginning to repay them. Among all schools tracked by the Education Department, the average default rate was 11 percent for four-year schools and 20 percent for less-than-four-year schools.


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KARON Nougher, a parent governor whose son Leon attends the school, said: "From the moment I looked around Montacute School I knew it was the right place for Leon. It is a warm, welcoming, happy place with staff dedicated to getting the best out of the children. My son is really happy there and progressing well."
PAM Henderson, chair of governors whose son was a pupil for 17 years, said: "He loved it. His abilities were maximised and his health problems dealt with expertly. My husband and I felt very supported in the difficult job of bringing him up. I love the school and what it gives to special children."
CHARLOTTE Dowding, 16, said: "I particularly love doing art and different art projects. I helped design a new logo which I enjoyed. The teachers here are very helpful and supportive and I have got good friends."
CLAUDIA Taylor, 19, said: "I feel happy when I'm with my friends and I've got good friends here. I like band music and I work alongside the boys from the grammar school. I also like swimming at the Dolphin swimming pool."
SALLY Pugh, a post-16 teacher, said: "I love the fact we are preparing these guys for the real world and the fact that we really make the most of our local community facilities."
RUTH Payne, assistant head of the upper school, said: "We offer the children a huge range of opportunities, from horse riding to the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. "We've also taken children abroad to Europe, which has helped them with their independence in a different context. I've been here for over 20 years, it's just a wonderful place."


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I'm Pretty Sure Kate Hudson Using Her Ass To Help Her Son Sell Lemonade Is Cheating
Part of having a lemonade stand as a small boy is to learn the joy of independent entrepreneurship while snorting the sweet cocaine of American capitalism into your nose until it's 3 a.m. and you'll do fucking anything for more of it. Anything. Valuable lessons that go right out the window when your mom has to come out and help you like Kate Hudson did with her ass when she used her cheeks to squeeze the lemon straight into the cups. You might not see it in the pictures, but trust me, it happened. Otherwise, why was she even out there? It's not like somebody's going to walk by and go, "Ohmygod, remember Bride Wars? I should buy that lemonade."
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Cisco Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty
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• The Cisco Aironet 1140 and 1250 Series Access Points warranty will change from a 90-day warranty to a limited lifetime warranty effective April 27, 2010. To accommodate recent orders, any products purchased within 90 days prior to Apr 27, 2010 will have the limited lifetime hardware warranty. Products purchased before those dates will continue to be covered by the 90-day warranty.
• Cisco Aironet 1040, 1260 and 3500 Series Access Points will be covered by the limited lifetime warranty from the first day of shipment.
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I don't get it.
Is it some sort of joke or did you type the wrong character. Because that is shāng. (I copied and pasted it into Wiktionary and shāng came up so it has to be shāng.)


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They are located between Yeppoon and Emu Park on the stunning Capricorn Coast. A 40 minute drive from the city of Rockhampton. The Capricorn Coast is part of the Southern Great Barrier Reef and is situated on picturesque Keppel Bay close to Rosslyn Bay Boat Harbour, with Great Keppel Island only 30 minutes away. Coolwaters has the spectacular Kinka Beach at the front, natural bush walks at the back, all set on the banks of the iconic Causeway Lake.
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Coolwaters offers a wide selection of accommodation options. They have spacious powered and unpowered caravan and camping sites, with or without slabs and 32 self contained cabins and units. If it's camping, caravanning, self contained cabins, units or camp and conference facilities they have it all at Discovery Parks – Coolwaters.
Parkview units are fully self contained with all linen supplied. Full kitchenette, open plan living area with air conditioning. Queen size bed in one room and a set of bunks in an alcove.
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Welcome to Tuesday's The Crap We Missed, which you can probably tell by today's lead pic choice is almost completely devoid of breasts. Unless you count whatever this Tracy Anderson guy stuffed under his blouse. Wads of trash? I'm going with wads of trash. So with that said, welcome to one of the most random collections ever scraped from the emptiest of barrel bottoms. We've got Johnny Depp in the role John Travolta's agent is calling "Goddamnit, I'm so fucking fired," Emma Thompson's guide to safe Ecstasy use on the red carpet, and Joan Rivers delivering the kill stroke on NYPD's stop and frisk.
*sniffs, wipes tears, hands over badge and gun* "You don't understand, Chief. She wouldn't let me stop. She kept saying she hasn't been manhandled like this since the night Ed McMahon went crazy on highballs and poppers."
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This article was published 26/1/2013 (1669 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A grocery story that has been a North End mainstay for more than half a century is pulling out.
Extra Foods, at 1445 Main St., was telling customers on Saturday parent company Westfair Foods is shutting the store at the end of March. The closure is viewed as another blow for the North End economy.
Store personnel would not comment to the Free Press. However, shoppers were being told the bad news inside the store on Saturday.
"I think it's disgraceful," said Ellen Parsons, who was told of the closure by a staff member at the checkout counter. "I've been shopping here for 32 years. I think it's absolutely terrible, especially for a lot of seniors in this area. Many people who don't own a vehicle shop here regularly."
That includes Vera Senchuk, who was shopping at the store with her husband Wolodymyr.
"I like this store and I like having Safeway and Extra Foods together. And this store is within walking distance for us," she said.
The store was a Loblaws about half a century ago, then morphed into an EconoMart, then into Extra Foods, according to one shopper. It has always coexisted with a Safeway next door. That has provided healthy competition for prices and products.
"It's hitting a low-income neighbourhood. It's terrible," said another shopper, Sid Blum. He viewed it as another hit for the North End.
The closure caught many people by surprise, because Extra Foods replaced its entire parking lot last summer at considerable cost.
It's not known how many people could be laid off. Westfair's administrative office was closed Saturday and officials could not be reached for comment.
Westfair recently announced it is closing its grocery store in Steinbach as of Feb. 23. The United Food and Commercial Workers union could not be reached either. Extra Foods workers are part of the union.
"I was just in there yesterday," said Judy Wasylycia-Leis, a former MP for the riding who lives in the area, of Extra Foods. "The store's always busy. I'm quite surprised."
"For seniors and people without cars who rely on public transit, this will certainly be a hardship."
Wasylycia-Leis said there aren't many grocery stores left "between the tracks and north of Jefferson, if you're looking at the old North End."
People are hoping Neechi Foods gets up and running soon at a new location on Main Street, but its opening has been delayed.
"It's just getting investors lined up. It seems to be progressing and held some open houses. It will be an important addition to the neighbourhood," Wasylycia-Leis said.


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An amendment to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) proposed by Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) has failed yesterday on a 65 to 34 Senate vote. The proposed amendment would have removed protections for LGBT victims of domestic violence, allow for new restrictions on U visas given to immigrant victims of domestic violence, prevented tribal courts from prosecuting non-Native defendants who are accused of assaulting Native women on tribal lands, and would even eliminate the language "woman" from the largest grant program within VAWA."The proposed substitute bill would remove fundamental points of fairness that are at the core of this legislation. We need to cover everyone who experiences domestic and sexual violence in this country," Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), sponsor of VAWA, said.In late January, Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reintroduced a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bipartisan-supported Senate VAWA includes expanded protections for Native American women, LGBTQ individuals, students, and immigrant women.
(To read original article, visit this Ms. Magazine link)
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Eyewitnesses have notoriously bad memories. Many studies have been conducted where a group of people watch a simulated crime and are then asked to describe the details of the event. It is very rare for the criminal to be described accurately. Perhaps this is because people always have a difficult time describing a face, even if it is right in front of them. Faces do not have features that can be easily articulated with vocabulary that we posses. How would you describe your own nose to someone over the phone?
Police use artists and kits full of different face parts to help witnesses piece together a face. Even with this help, an accurate portrayal of the suspect is rarely achieved. In fact, two eyewitnesses to the same crime often produce wildly different portraits. Perhaps this is because memory can get distorted under stress, or maybe it is because when people are trying hard to remember something, they will sometimes fabricate a false memory to satisfy themselves and their questioner.
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Spotted Greenwings are relatively small nocturnal dragons. Easily recognizable by the fleshy appendages growing off of their head and rump, they are most commonly seen in forests at night, leaping and soaring from tree to tree. While generally social, spotted greenwings are very quiet and rarely make any sort of vocalization. Their bodies are unusually warm to the touch, though they are unable to breathe fire. Greenwings are voracious feeders and will consume nearly any living thing that they can fit in their mouths.
Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.
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The most epic line ever! In which cracken means a huge, man-eating octopus. Used in Pirates of the Caribbean, Clash of the Titans, etc. Can also be used in moments of silence to be later turned into moments of awkward silence.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed into a crane on top of one of Europe's tallest residential blocks on Wednesday, killing two people as it burst into flames and spiralled down into rush-hour traffic close to the Houses of Parliament in central London.
Police said there was nothing to suggest a terrorism link to the crash on a foggy morning on the south bank of the River Thames, less than a mile from Britain's parliament, its secret services headquarters and the site of a new U.S. embassy.
In parliament, later in the day, Prime Minister David Cameron said helicopter flights over a city with an increasing number of huge skyscrapers needed to be carefully examined.
"There was a big bang and bits started showering down, then there was an explosion down the road," said truck driver Ray Watts whose vehicle was hit by falling debris.
"We saw the fireball down there and the smoke. We didn't know what way to run because there were bits coming down everywhere."
Witnesses said the helicopter hit a crane on top of the as-yet unoccupied 185-metre (200-yard) high cylindrical block - The Tower, One St George Wharf - spun out of control, fell to the ground and burst into flames, setting nearby buildings alight.
Wreckage was strewn across roads close to Vauxhall train station, a major transport hub near the south bank of the River Thames, which was packed with thousands of commuters at the time of the incident shortly after 0800 GMT.
A Reuters reporter at the scene said tangled bits of crane could be seen hanging off the side of the tower, the top of which was still shrouded by low cloud an hour after the crash.
"It is something of a miracle that this was not many, many times worse given the time of day that this happened," police Commander Neil Basu told reporters. The fire service said it had rescued one man from a burning car.
Basu said the helicopter was believed to be flying from Redhill, south of the capital, to Elstree, home to famous British film studios north of London, but had been diverted to a heliport near the crash site.
The metropolitan police later confirmed it was a scheduled commercial flight.
The pilot, named as 50-year-old Peter Barnes, was killed. There were no passengers, the police said. Another man, 39-year-old Matthew Wood, was found dead near the wreckage. Five others were taken to hospital for minor injuries and seven were treated at the scene.
The helicopter involved was an Italian-made twin-engined AgustaWestland 109, the company's best selling VIP corporate helicopter, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Edmir Pishtar, who was in a van outside the site, said he spoke to the operator who was about to get into the crane cab.
"He was literally shaking because he was getting ready to climb into the crane and he was late," Pishtar said.
Roads around the area including a route over the Thames were closed off, and bus and rail services were affected.
The Department of Transport's crash investigation unit said it had launched an inquiry and it could be several months before it produced a definitive report.
Neither the tower's developer, Berkeley Group (BKGH.L), nor police would speculate on the cause of the crash.
Helicopters should normally fly 500 feet (150 metres) above tall structures. Despite its proximity to landmarks such as the headquarters of Britain's MI6 international intelligence agency, police quickly ruled out an attack by militants.
"There's nothing to suggest any terrorism link," said a spokesman for London's Counter Terrorism Command.
A local lawmaker said authorities should re-examine where and how helicopters were allowed to fly over the capital, where a number of skyscrapers - including the Shard, the highest building in western Europe - have been built in recent years.
Helicopters in London are generally supposed to fly along the River Thames and the nearby London City Airport said its flights had been disrupted due to low visibility.
"I'm sure they (helicopter flights) will be looked at as part of the investigations that will take place," Cameron said.
Builder Brookfield Multiplex said the tower's 52 floors house 212 luxury flats which media reports have suggested could sell for as much as 50 million pounds. (Additional reporting by Kate Holton, Paul Sandle, Tom Bill, Louise Ireland, Tim Castle and Rhys Jones; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden; Editing by Louise Ireland)


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Place the first nine ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth. Remove and place in a bowl. Mix in the cucumber, red bell pepper and black beans. Chill for 1 to 2 hours. Place in serving bowls, add a drop of hot sauce to each and garnish each with scallions.
Per serving - 204 calories, 7 gram fat (32% calories from fat), 8 gram protein, 27 gram carbohydrate, 7 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 342 milligram sodium


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Homemade Churrosby Robin Miller in Uncategorized, February 25, 2013
My kids love churros. Most people do. Considering they're deep fried, cinnamon and sugar-coated pastry sticks, who wouldn't dig them?
I realize my boys are kids and they'll burn off the 200-400 calories and 12-14 grams of fat in a flash, but I hesitate to buy them nonetheless. One day (at SeaWorld actually), I let my boys share one. Twenty minutes later, Kyle's stomach was churning (and it wasn't the new coaster's fault). At that moment, I vowed to make a healthier version he could enjoy without stomach cramps. And one they both could enjoy more often. My baked version is a breeze to prepare and super fun to eat with your hands. Chewy on the inside and crisp on the outside, with a nice dusting of cinnamon and sugar to boot. The way a churro should be. Let me know what you think!
Cinnamon and Sugar Churros
Cooking spray
1 cup water
1/2 cup light butter spread (preferably Brummell & Brown with yogurt)
4 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a medium saucepan, combine the water, butter spread, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and salt. Set the pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the flour with a wooden spoon. Stir until the mixture forms a ball. Stir in the egg until the mixture is smooth and glossy.
Transfer the dough to a pastry bag or freezer bag fitted with a large tip (preferably star-shaped). Pipe the dough onto the prepared baking sheet, making 12, 8-inch long strips. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the churros are golden brown.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar and cinnamon.
Spray the baked churros with cooking spray and sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture over top. Flip the churros and repeat on the other side. Serve warm.
Serves 12
Nutrition Info Per Serving
Calories: 84
Total Fat: 4 grams
Saturated Fat: <1 gram
Total Carbohydrate: 11 grams
Sugars: 3 grams
Protein: 2 grams
Sodium: 147 milligrams
Cholesterol: 15 milligrams
Fiber: <1 gram


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Oracle to Postgres Conversion
From PostgreSQL wiki
Note: This page was originally carried on the OpenACS Website, but seems to have been lost over the ages and so is now reproduced here. by James Shannon, Ben Adida, and Don Baccus
What you should know before you begin
You should know SQL relatively well. Knowing the details of Oracle SQL and Postgres SQL are obviously tremendous advantages, but the hints in this document should quickly bring you up to speed on what the differences are.
If you're porting Oracle SQL to Postgres SQL for the ACS/pg, you should also be quite familiar with AOLserver Tcl, especially the AOLserver database APIs.
In this document, we're talking about:
- Oracle 8 and 8i
- Postgres 8.4, and sometimes this also works for earlier versions.
Grammar Differences
There are a handful of grammar differences in Postgres for functionality that is actually the same. ACS/pg attempts to perform these changes automatically, leaving only the major functionality differences to be ported by hand. This is done by db_sql_prep which performs a number of regular expression substitutions on a piece of SQL.
Oracle uses the keyword sysdate to denote the current date and time in server's timezone. Postgres uses 'now'::timestamp for current transaction start date and time in session's timezone, which ACS/pg has conveniently wrapped in a function named sysdate().
ACS/pg also includes a Tcl procedure named db_sysdate which should be used every time the sysdate term appears. Thus:
set now [database_to_tcl_string $db "select sysdate from dual"]
should become
set now [database_to_tcl_string $db "select [db_sysdate] from dual"]
The Dual Table
Oracle uses the "fake" dual table for many selects, where in PostgreSQL we can write select just without from part at all. This table was created in postgres as a view to ease porting problems. This allows code to remain somewhat compatible with Oracle SQL without annoying the Postgres parser.
Oracle's sequence grammar is sequence_name.nextval.
Postgres's sequence grammar is nextval('sequence_name').
In Tcl, getting the next sequence value can be abstracted by calling [db_sequence_nextval $db sequence_name]. In case you need to include a sequence's value in a more complex SQL statement, you can use [db_sequence_nextval_sql sequence_name] which will return the appropriate grammar.
Oracle's handy decode function works as follows:
decode(expr, search, result [, search, result...] [, default])
To evaluate this expression, Oracle compares expr to each search value one by one. If expr is equal to a search, Oracle returns the corresponding result. If no match is found, Oracle returns default, or, if default is omitted, returns null.
Postgres doesn't have the same construct. It can be replicated with:
CASE WHEN expr THEN expr [...] ELSE expr END
which returns the expression corresponding to the first true predicate. For example:
CASE WHEN c1 = 1 THEN 'match' ELSE 'no match' END
Oracle has another handy function: NVL. NVL returns its first argument if it is not null, otherwise it returns its second argument.
start_date := NVL(hire_date, SYSDATE);
The above statement will return SYSDATE if hire_date is null. Postgres (and Oracle) has a function that performs the same thing in a more generalized way: coalesce(expr1, expr2, expr3,....) returns the first non-null expression that is passed to it.
Subquery in FROM
PostgreSQL requires a sub-SELECT surrounded by parentheses, and an alias must be provided for it. The alias is not mandatory for Oracle.
a query for Oracle:
SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table_a)
in PostgreSQL will look like:
SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table_a) as foo
Functional Differences
Postgres doesn't have all the functionality of Oracle. ACS/pg is forced to deal with these limitations with specific work-arounds. Almost everything can be done under Postgres, but some features are awaiting new versions of the open-source database.
Outer Joins
Outer Joins in Oracle work as follows:
select a.field1, b.field2 from a, b where a.item_id = b.item_id(+)
where the (+) indicates that, if there is no row in table b that matches the correct item_id, the match should still happen, with an empty row from table b. In this case, for example, for all rows in table a where there is no matching row in b, a row will still be returned where a.field1 is correct, but b.field2 is null.
In Postgresql:
select a.field1, b.field2 from a left outer join b on a.item_id = b.item_id;
In certain other cases where only aggregate values are pulled out of the outer-joined table, it's possible to not use a join at all. If the original query is:
select a.field1, sum(b.field2) from a, b where a.item_id = b.item_id (+) group by a.field1
then the Postgres query can look like:
select a.field1, b_sum_field2_by_item_id(a.item_id) from a
where you've defined the function:
create function b_sum_field2_by_item_id(integer) returns integer as ' DECLARE v_item_id alias for $1; BEGIN return sum(field2) from b where item_id= v_item_id; END; ' language 'plpgsql';
Postgres doesn't have connect by statements. It does, however, have WITH RECURSIVE. As WITH RECURSIVE is Turing-complete, it is simple to translate CONNECT BY statements into WITH RECURSIVE ones.
NO_DATA_FOUND and TOO_MANY_ROWS
This exceptions are disabled by default for selects in PLpgSQL. You need to add keyword STRICT after any keyword INTO in all selects, when You need to keep single row checking in stored PLpgSQL code. See documentation.
Empty strings and NULL values
In Oracle empty strings () and NULL values in string context are the same till latest versions. You can concatenate NULL result with a string and obtain this string as result. In PostgreSQL you will obtain null in this case. In Oracle You need use IS NULL operator to check whether string is empty. In PostgreSQL You will obtain FALSE for empty string and TRUE for NULL.
On conversion Oracle to PostgreSQL You will need to carefully analize all Your string handling code and separate NULLs and empty strings.
Postgres has decent CLOB support in the form of TEXT.
Binary large object support in Postgres is very poor and unsuitable for use in a 24/7 environment, because you can't dump them with pg_dump. Backing up a database that makes use of Postgres large objects requires one to knock down the RDBMS and dump the files in the database directory.
Don Baccus put together a hack that extends AOLserver's postgres driver with BLOB-like support, by uuencoding/decoding binary files before stuffing them into or extracting them from the database. The resulting objects can be consistently dumped by "pg_dump" while the RDBMS is up and running. There is no need to interrupt service while making your backup.
To get around the one-block limit on the size of a tuple imposed by Postgres, the driver segments the encoded data into 8K chunks.
Postgres large objects are scheduled for a major overhaul in summer 2000. Because of this, only the BLOB functionality used by the ACS was implemented.
To use the BLOB driver extension, you must first create a column of type "integer" with the name "lob" in the table that will store the BLOB, and a trigger on it that calls "on_lob_ref". You must use the name "lob". Here's an example:
create table my_table ( my_key integer primary key, lob integer references lobs, my_other_data some_type -- etc );
create trigger my_table_lob_trig before insert or delete or update on my_table for each row execute procedure on_lob_ref();
To put a binary file into "my_table":
set lob [database_to_tcl_string $db "select empty_lob()"] ns_db dml $db "begin" ns_db dml $db "update my_table set lob = $lob where my_key = $my_key" ns_pg blob_dml_file $db $lob $tmp_filename ns_db dml $db "end"
Note that the call to ns_pg to stuff the file into the database MUST be wrapped in a transaction, even if you're not updating any other tables at the same time. The driver will return an error if you don't.
To return a large object stored in "my_table" to the user:
set lob [database_to_tcl_string $db "select lob from my_table where my_key = $my_key"] ns_pg blob_write $db $lob
Note that you don't need to wrap the call to blob_write in a transaction, as the database isn't being modified.
The large objects are automatically deleted when no longer used. To replace the large object stored in an existing record, just allocate a new one by calling "empty_lob()" and assign the returned key to the "lob" column in your table.
External Tools
A couple of extension tools are available for Oracle migration.
- Full Convert
- Database conversion between Oracle (and 30+ other database engines) and PostgreSQL. With everything on localhost, typical throughput over 100k records per second.
- Oracle to Postgres data migration and sync
- Software is able to convert 1 Million of records in 4-5 minutes. Trigger-based database sync method and simultaneous Bi-directional synchronization help you to manage your data easy and efficiently.
- ESF Database Migration Toolkit
- A toolkit migrates Oracle databae to PostgreSQL in wizard. It connects to Oracle and PostgreSQL database directly, and migrate its table structure, data, indexes, primary keys, foreign keys, comments and so on.
- orafce
- The goal of the project is to implement some functions from Oracle database. Some date functions (next_day, last_day, trunc, round, ...), string functions and some modules (DBMS_ALERT, DBMS_OUTPUT, UTL_FILE, DBMS_PIPE, ...) are implemented now. Functionality was verified on Oracle 10g and module is useful for production work.
- ora2pg
- Ora2Pg is a Perl module to export an Oracle database schema to a PostgreSQL compatible schema. It connects your Oracle database, extracts its structure, and generates an SQL script that you can load into your PostgreSQL database.
- Oracle to Postgres
- Program to migrate Oracle databases to PostgreSQL server. It does not use ODBC or any other middleware software. Table structures, data, indexes, primary keys and foreign keys are converted. Command line support allows to script, automate and schedule the conversion process.


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Through the eyes of narrator Sal Paradise (Kerouac himself) the reader is transported from New York to Denver to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Along the way there's jazz, poetry and drugs. And there's Dean Moriarty, whose incredible thirst for life (and women) gives the book its extraordinary momentum.
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BROWNIES past and present will come together when the 10th Bolton (St Anne's Turton) Brownie Pack celebrates its 60th anniversary.
The pack will mark this milestone at Turton and Edgworth CE Primary School in Bolton Road, Edgworth, on Tuesday, January 21, from 6pm to 8.30pm.
Former pack members will be reunited with old friends and leaders and can reminisce by viewing the logbook on display.
The event holds particular significance for Sue Wilson, who saw many youngsters come and go during her 25 years as Brown Owl of the pack.
Mrs Wilson, aged 66, of Moorfield, Turton, retired as leader two years ago and is now an assistant with the group.
She said: "I'm very much looking forward to marking our anniversary. I hope to see as many Brownies and 'Owls' as possible.
"It's been so rewarding being involved in the pack. When people say to you 'your Brownies are absolutely marvellous', it makes it all worthwhile.
"I've spent a lot of time organising things and working hard to help brownies over the years, but it all works out in the end.
"It's still busy, but it's very enjoyable."
Mrs Wilson's successor Debbie Knight, aged 51, of Thomason Fold, said the event will prove an invaluable experience to young and old.
She said: "It will be fantastic for Brownies past and present to see how things have changed, and how they have not changed at the same time.
"The Brownies still have the same core values as all those years ago, which I think gives the pack its sense of identity.
"I hope that when the children meet the adults that came before them, they will be encouraged to continue with guiding. Hopefully, they will encourage their daughters to join the Brownies in years to come."
The pack meets every Tuesday at Turton and Edgworth CE Primary School.
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I have been a little absent from here lately, enjoying family occasions and planning for the future. 2012 looks set to be quite a year here at Spideracres and it began two Saturdays ago when my son married his delightful partner in Cambridge.
There were friends and family, a lovely baroque setting, a whole day and a night of celebrations, flowers and champagne, a wonderful bride made wedding cake, rose petals for throwing (carefully saved and dried since last summer) and a dance band that even had me and both of my left feet dancing.
It was a day we spent smiling and laughing, hugging and crying (a little), catching up with news, meeting old and new family members, aged from 4 days to nearly 90 years and I wouldn't have changed a single thing about it, except I wish I could have lived it twice. Here's wishing them all that is precious and wonderful for the future.


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THIS dramatic aerial photo shows the scale of the proposed building project at the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
EDF Energy, which has applied to build the new plant, this week released the picture, detailing how preparation works are progressing.
Spokesman Gordon Bell said the site has "dramatically changed" since work began on the site of the proposed Hinkley C.
He said: "Contractors have found significantly more asbestos materials left over from the construction of the A and B stations than expected.
"We anticipate that this work will be completed towards the end of this year, after which large-scale earth-moving activities should commence."
Meanwhile, a senior councillor at Somerset County Council has described the Hinkley building project as "bigger than the Olym-pics".
Speaking to the Mercury, deputy leader David Hall said: "The project is the biggest in Western Europe and will bring many opportunities, but also issues, to resolve."
Last week, the county council, Sedgemoor District Council and West Somerset Council gave their views on some of the written representations made about the EDF application so far.
The authorities backed calls from the police and fire services for greater work to be done on managing transport to and from the site.
Sedgemoor leader Duncan McGinty said: "The process of examining a project of this scale is new and relatively untested, and could be seen as daunting to the public.
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Healthy 'Tatersby Robin Miller in Uncategorized, August 13, 2012
I'm not gonna lie, I grew up eating Tater Tots. They're delicious, so what's not to love? Maybe the 160-200 calories and 8-10 grams of fat per 3-ounce serving, depending on the brand (yes, there are many copycats). And that's without cheese or fillings. I hate to bash such a yummy food, but I'd like to consider them an indulgence.
Thanks to my recipe revamp, there's no need to deprive ourselves of something we really want. We can enjoy the same culinary treat – golden brown, crisp on the outside, tender on the inside with hints of onion. I make my tots with shredded potatoes, egg whites, panko and dried, minced onion. I bake them in the oven until they're golden brown and, well, downright amazing. And get this, you can enjoy more tot for less, since you get almost 4 ounces for just 74 calories (and ZERO fat). I don't need to mention the savings; they cost less to make at home then if you buy them at the grocery store.
Baked "Tater Tots"
Note: I make my tots large so if you want smaller pieces, shape the potato mixture into 24 logs and everyone will have 6 pieces instead of 4. With smaller tots, start checking the oven after about 18 minutes and pull them out when they're nice and browned.
Cooking spray
2 cups packed peeled and shredded potatoes (any variety)
1/4 cup panko (Japanese-style bread crumbs)
2 large egg whites
2 teaspoons minced dried onion (from the spice aisle)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine shredded potatoes, panko, egg whites, dried onion, salt and pepper. Mix well to combine. Shape mixture into 16 little "logs" and arrange on prepared baking sheet (it's easiest when you shape the potato mixture into little balls and then shape into logs once the balls are on the baking sheet). Spray the surface with cooking spray.
Refrigerate 5 minutes.
Transfer baking sheet to oven and bake 25-35 minutes, until brown.
Serves 4
Nutrition Info Per Serving (serving size: 4 pieces/4 ounces)
Calories: 74
Total Fat: 0 grams
Saturated Fat: 0 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 14 grams
Sugars: Protein: 4 grams
Sodium: 280 milligrams
Cholesterol: 0 milligrams
Fiber: 2 grams


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As the wife of quarterback Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen isn't just a supermodel; she's the first lady of the New England Patriots. Married to the two-time NFL MVP since 2009, the 31-year-old Bündchen frequently goes to Patriots games and has even shown regional pride by attending Boston Celtics games with Brady. And even if the Patriots don't prevail on Super Bowl Sunday, Tom and Gisele will still be winners—Forbes recently named them the highest-paid celebrity couple.
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Take a peek inside the celebrity holiday homes I've desigined and find some inspiration to decorate your home this season.
From classic gold and white pallates to bright green, there's sure to be a look and feel you'll want to draw ideas from!
Although Joey Fatone lives in Orlando, I aimed to create a Colorado Chic-themed holiday décor, for a festive, wintry feeling – without the frosty climate! His foyer, pictured here, was decorated with a gilded Christmas tree, replete with plenty of presents, of course.
In keeping with this lavish gold motif, the staircase in the Fatone's foyer was adorned with oversized pinecones, cinnamon sticks and gold garland.
The vision for Joey Fatone's dining room was inspired by the painting of his daughter, Brianna, above the fireplace, which I had created. Once I saw the vibrant colors in the painting, I instantly knew that a monochromatic theme in shades of green would be the central focus.
When designing the tablescape at the Fatone house, I started out with a monochromatic theme, using shades of green, and then added a splash of brilliant gold. The opulent and abundant look of this tablescape is one of my signature looks.
Joey Fatone and his wife, Kelly Baldwin, welcoming guests to their home for some holiday cheer – complete with their three adorable and well-mannered dogs!
Inspired by traditions from both Christmas and Chanukah, I transformed the home of Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage) by decorating her dining room with a Menorah and Stars of David, as well as an ornate Christmas tree. I used a color palette that included metallic golds, silvers and ivory, which created an air of elegance without being too holiday-specific.
Another look at Emmanuelle Chriqui's luminescent tablescape, which was accented by candles of various sizes.
Little angel ornaments were placed on each plate on Emmanuelle Chriqui's dining room table for her guests to take home.
Seeing as Shaquille O'Neal stands at just over seven feet tall, everything in his Miami home needed to be accordingly large! I started with a 22-foot Christmas tree, which was then festooned with giant gold ornaments and yards of silk and satin ribbons.
Embellished with whimsical holiday figurines, Colorado pine cones, cinnamon sticks and a miniature sleigh, this sideboard table was transformed into a golden delight!
Singer Lance Bass at his Christmas-decorated Mulholland Drive residence. His front door was decorated with a wreath of silver orbs.
When decorating the home of Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven), I aimed to infuse her youthful and feminine spirit into her home décor. I created this vibrant tablescape using a color palette of purples, pinks, golds, and vivid blues, and added a playful touch with crystals and gems.
I garnished Beverley Mitchell's home with wreaths, candles and ribbons in a gleeful yet girly color palette.
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