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Watched Ultramarines, which apparently is an official Games Workshop Warhammer 40K movie. It's like a long cutscene from a pretty generic game, but where even a generic game might involve you in some way, the movie just leaves you to watch.
The graphics and animations switch between okay and terrible (the spacemarines look like plastic game miniatures most of the time, which doesn't do much for immersion, and there are some weird scenes where depth of field and such is screwed up so it feels like you're looking at toys. That could be on purpose, I suppose, but if so it doesn't work very well, especially not when other scenes look decently realistic).
I'm not an expert on W40K, but it seemed to me there were also a number of things that weren't true to the mythos.
The intro cutscene in Dawn of War made me feel a lot more than this movie did.Steam: Gundato
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Red Dawn (2012). Not really anything much. Mostly it just made me wonder why newer action-ish movies are often so poor at character development, depth, and sense of time passing. The old Red Dawn was 114 minutes and as iffy as it was, it did manage to give a sense of progression and some kind of character depth. The new is 93 minutes and it just feels kind of static.
Dredd. I quite liked this, which was something of a surprise. It feels like 'a day in the life of Judge Dredd' rather than 'Judge Dredd saves the world' which was refreshing. Dredd is also sort of in the background while the rookie, in particular, and the main badguy (who is a woman) are far more fleshed out. It works pretty well, I think.
Team America: World Police (2004) - Hadn't seen it in a while. Forgotten how good it actually is. Both funny and right on.
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Okay. Pacific Rim. Here's what I have to say about it.
Go. Watch it. NOW. Weird acting aside, I came to see giant robots killing giant monsters, I get giant robots killing giant monsters. Personally, I think tjis movie needs more Jagers. Having a couple of them blowing up in each scene was a bummer, especially what happened to Cherno Alpha
Definately one of the better movies I've seen this year.
PAcifc Rim--man is this a hard movie to rate. The script is loaded with cliches, cardboard characters, and brilliant ideas that it never develops at all. But the action sequences are completely brilliant, perfectly choreographed, and some of the best CGI I've seen in a movie this year.
Which, I guess, makes it brilliant/awful?
I haven't been this divided on a movie since House Of Flying Daggers which had some of the most brilliantly choreographed and beautifully filmed action sequences ever, yet all attached to a completely shit script.
Still, despite its flaws, I liked parts of Pacific Rim overall enough to recommend it (the Hong Kong sequence is the best action sequence I've seen in the past several years). As a Del Toro film (aka the dude who did "Pan's Lanyrinth") it was kind of a disappointment. But as a mindless summer action spectacle it was really great.
Killing Season starred by John Travolta and Robert De Niro.
Not an impressive movie title, nor the story just at the first glance. It seems just like tons of cheap survival-horror movie out there. But then I saw the names of the two great stars: John Travolta and Robert De Niro!! So I told myself I not gonna miss this one.
Story started back in 1992, Bosnia. The introduction statement states that war started when Serbs "invaded" Bosnia, starting one of the most bloody war in modern European history. This sounds so politically correct but it's hundred miles away from the truth. It's not a war among sovereigns. It was a civil war which led to the breakdown of a once great nation called Yugoslavia. I don't know if youths these days know much about this history, but back then it was one of the events that catch so hot international attention. I almost thought if people in Sarajevo would live in siege forever. So Yugoslavia grouped several Slavic peoples under one sovereigns, and as I know before the communists overrun the whole Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia was under monarchy, yet after the Second World War it became a communist country, a unique one, so unique that it broke away from Soviet bloc by directly denouncing Stalin. (Stalin's political theories seem to be orthodox, I barely recall some I learnt in high school and college. Anyway I gave those theories back to my teachers once I pass the exams.) Yet obviously it was so much benefited from the status quo from the Cold War. Once the great USSR was desolved (it seemed to treat us as enemy, yet I personally so much admired this true and powerful communist country we once had), all factions formerly under control immediately get loose one by one. Ethnic groups in Yugoslavia were definitely one. All Bosnian, Croatians all seem to be Slavic people like Serbs, but they have different religions, the fact that seems to drive them away from each others. Croatians were Roman Catholic and Bosnians were Islamic, and Serbs are Orthodox. Anyway all except Serbs wanted to leave Yugoslavia to start their new nations. That started a series of bloody civil wars in Yugoslavia (which finally ceased to exist as of now).
So ethnic cleanisation, or what you call genocide, were everywhere. In Bosnian, the US Army assaulted one such Serbian concentration camp imprisoning some Bosnians. Serb force guarding the camp was immediately outgunned and forced to surrender. Horribly the US GIs didn't take in prisoners. They executed all captured Serbian guards but one. This one surviving Serb, 18 years later, finally gathered enough intel to identify the US military officer in command that day, came to the state for retribution. The US military officer had long retired and in his leisure time do hunting. In one such hunting he met this middle aged man with heavy foreign accent. They helped each others, talked all night and became good friends. But their encountering was not accidental. This middle aged was, as you can imagine, the Serb he spared on that day. So, hunting was on and only one could walk out of the jungle, alive. Who will that be?
This is not a simply hunting excitement for audience. The Serb demanded one thing from the former US Army Colonel: confession. He didn't just try to kill the colonel nor torturing him in capture just for enjoyment. He sought one simply answer: Why he committed the war crime on that day? The colonel condemned the Serb for torturing Bonsians, so was this the justification of executing the POWs on that day?
But this movie itself is so damn bloody. You've been warned.
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A Field In England - This is definitely a kind of midnight cult movie which I actually think is a good thing, this also has an interesting release pattern which I think for independent film and probably for artier movies is definitely the future. The film itself is...very strange and disturbing on the surface its about some guys running away from the Civil War and then being kind of captured by this guy who wants to find treasure, but it seems to be so much more then that. There is really disturbing imagery in it and you can't really tell why its disturbing because its like images of a big black circle coming towards you or after hearing lots of screams the guy coming out in slow motion and just looking and walking really wrongly but not really seeing anything. The best way I can describe it is a kind of psychedelic western but I don't know if that's describing it well. Well all I can say I recommend it and its definitly a film I'd need to watch a few times to truly get it.
The plot is very predictable, but it feels like the closing arc of a six-season TV series (in fact it does leap forward six years after the intro) with few surprises left but all the stakes raised. I didn't mind the extremely archetypal characters so much, as they were still extremely likeable, and I was really rooting for the good guys towards the end.
Not to get too spoilery, but for me nothing tops the extended action sequence around the "double event" in the harbour and city. I was on the edge of my seat throughout.
Also it's possible the best movie of the year. I went with my girlfriend and another couple. Neither of the girls were particularly enthused about the idea of giant robots vs giant monsters, especially compared to me and the other guy. By the city fight both the girls were having a grand old time watching the fight sequences.
I thought the characters and the story, although all quiet two dimensional still worked. I know it's an argument people hate, but I figure they where all like that because they were meant to be. Like the two Russians who are just like something out of Street Fighter 2 or the japanese girl who looks like she wouldn't be out of place in NGE.
Totally going to see it again."Halo is designed to make the player think "I look like that, I am macho sitting in my undies with my xbox""
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The Man with the Iron Fists - You can immediately tell it was written and directed by Rza. The dialogue is awful and the story mundane even for a kung-fu movie, so it's a good thing the action holds up. If want to see an eyeball get punched out of someone's face (and you do), then this movie is a must watch.The Medallion of the Imperial Psychopath, a Napoleon: Total War AAR
The Red Blades, a Battle Brothers AAR
Oh Rza, why did you have to be in GI Joe."Halo is designed to make the player think "I look like that, I am macho sitting in my undies with my xbox""
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Watched GI JOE few days ago,it was really bad. Kinda strange because i really liked first one when it came out and i bet its very similar to second one. Then i went to watch Fast and Furios 6,again i stopped after 20 minutes of watching..
First movie put all the Joes in knock off Iron Man suits and had them using the suits to give them faster, better everything.
Second movie is an 8 year old boys movie that he'd made up in his head while playing out his back garden with an assortment of action figures like actual Joes of knock of Joes (Corps)."Halo is designed to make the player think "I look like that, I am macho sitting in my undies with my xbox""
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The best thing in Pacific Rim: the characters. All amazingly likeable. My favourites are the Russians.
I can't remember the last time I liked so many characters - and so much - in a single movie.
The fight scenes were cool but it seems that Man of Steel ruined every action movie for me because nothing here was that impressive. Not sure what I expected. Emmerich's Godzilla is still a better monster-in-city spectacle.
I imagine everyone at Warner and Legendary is scrambling to rewrite next year's Godzilla on set now that PR bombed.
Since my wife is pregnant, I've been "watching" Lifetime movies with her. Fun, I know.
Looks like I'll be watching the Logan's Run remake. Ken Levine, of all people, will write it.
Stake Land (2010). I didn't expect anything much from this, but ended up being pleasantly surprised. The ending is a bit annoying, or perhaps just rather abrupt, but it does kind of make sense.
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Passchendaele from a few years ago. Not sure where it is from, nor that I recognize any actor/actress, though I found them all quite handsome/beautiful.
A First World War movie about Canadian participation in the war on the British side. Don't know why they fought in a war which was not theirs. Maybe Canada back then was not as independent as it is nowadays? I learnt this movie when once it appeared randomly while I was browsing Youtube. The battlefields in the Western Front were all worse than hell. It was a time where rifles had been well developed that infantrymen no longer need to stick together in column to increase survivability, yet armored vehicles had yet to be massively introduced to hasten the rythm. Most men died needlessly in those ferocious yet stupid infantry and artillery actions. I was stunned by the Youtube (which is dramatic, of course) so I shopped around, and in one such DVD store I was lucky enough to get one. I was told there are two battle scenes in this movie, one as introduction and another one to conclude the movie. This movie also protroyed in the way Canadians took the war as their own, and it would be shame for a Canadian at the time to not serve in the military to fight in a continent too far away from home.
Passchendaele is a location in Belgium, there was a major battle there during the Great War, with Canadian Army participation on the British side. Of course, I know you guys know much more about your own history than I do. I don't know this place Passchendaele before this movie.
Too busy to watch a movie, and will watch it once I have time. I am working my whole day in just one Computer Science homework, and hell I just flunked one of three. I was wise not to pick up majoring in Computer Science, otherwise I would have be university dropout. Yet I really want to acquire this essential skill of computer programming, to survive in this new age.


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Ramen Yamadaya is known for its 20-hour tonkotsu, a broth that will get you practically drunk on pork. The long simmering of pork bones gives the soup an impossible richness. It's essence of pig, a liquid carnivores will sink their teeth into.
Japanese restaurants fall into a variety of categories, from sushi bars to izakaya. Before this year, only a couple of spots in Orange County served good ramen. Lovers of the Japanese soup rejoiced when this outpost of a favorite L.A. chain opened in Costa Mesa.
The bestseller, appropriately named the Yamadaya Ramen, starts with its lauded tonkotsu broth, then adds chashu, or roasted pork. The meat proves so tender it pulls apart at the touch of a chopstick. Noodles are thin and firm, a mass of chewy starch. I get more than my fill from the regular serving, but the restaurant will add more for starving students if you show a school I.D. The other traditional toppings round out the densely packed bowl, including salty sheets of nori (seaweed), bamboo shoots (menma) and fresh green onions. A halved boiled egg shows off a yolk that's perfectly creamy, a fitting contrast to the luscious broth.
To up the ante, order pork belly as the protein. In the hot soup, it's essentially molten, bringing a new level of unctuous bliss to each already over-the-top bite.
The bowls are smaller than the tureens that go for single-serving bowls at some other Asian restaurants, but there's plenty to satisfy. Stalwart stomachs might add an order of takoyaki, fried balls of dough and octopus, or crunchy chicken kara-age. I, for one, have completely dedicated mine to the consumption of ramen.


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If (God Forbid) I ever have to choose my last meal, it would have to be either Fried Pork Chops or Steven Raichlen's Piri Piri Wings. This is absolutely, without a doubt, my very most favorite recipe that Steven has ever created.
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Since my wife is at the beach with her family, I am a Bachelor tonight. I thought I'd treat myself right and serve the wings on my very best China.
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- "For one thing, the lack of common words for chemical concepts and processes, as well as the need for secrecy, led alchemists to borrow the terms and symbols of biblical and pagan mythology, astrology, kabbalah, and other mystic and esoteric fields; so that the even the plainest chemical recipe ended up reading like an abstruse magic incantation."
- —Libatius Borage, Advanced Potion-Making[src]
Paganism is a blanket term used in various different contexts to refer to groups who are defined by either their religious beliefs, or in some cases lack thereof. In keeping with this, there is no one universally accepted definition of "paganism", with it being used alternatively to refer to a wide variety of different groups.
In English of the 20th century onwards, it generally indicates non- and pre-Christian groups of worshippers, often with some connotation of a lack of culture or sophistication.[1]
Alchemists, because of the lack of common words for chemical processes as well as the need for secrecy, borrowed terms from pagan mythology and other esoteric fields.[2]
The book The Decline of Pagan Magic by Bathilda Bagshot studied the decline of the use of pagan magic[3].
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Debate raging across United States over new hospitals
Like McDonald's versus Burger King or Wal-Mart against Target, U.S. hospitals spent $17 billion on new buildings the past two years to get your business.
"If there's a new hospital, somebody has to pay for it," said Nancy Griffith, 67, a hospital volunteer in Illinois.
Unlike 36 states, Pennsylvania doesn't regulate hospital construction. The Trib looked at two states that do (Illinois and North Carolina) and one that doesn't (California).
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ASHEVILLE — In this city of more than 83,300 in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a proposal by Mission Health System to construct a medical facility near two existing hospitals erupted into a statewide controversy this fall after its spokeswoman boldly described her firm's market dominance.
"There was a lot of talk about the fact that we are a monopoly, and we are," Janet Moore, Mission's then-communications director told a national meeting of marketing professionals. "We're kind of the 500-pound gorilla in North Carolina."
Moore's bosses fumed, calling her comments ill-advised. They were also ill-timed: Mission, a six-hospital chain that controls 90 percent of the market in Buncombe County, wants to expand into neighboring Henderson County.
Moore's resignation in October left behind a simmering health care battle and a trail of critics who pointed to her remarks as open admission of the health system's real intent.
"Everybody knows that they're buying this whole town," said Dr. Nathan Williams, a gynecologic oncologist who performs surgery at Mission Memorial, the system's 730-bed flagship.
Williams and other critics question Mission's plans to build a $30 million medical facility in the city of Fletcher, about 10 miles south of its flagship hospital in Asheville and four miles north of rival Park Ridge Hospital in Henderson County. The proposed facility would include an urgent care center, an endoscopy suite and physician offices.
Critics say it would duplicate existing services, including six endoscopy suites in Henderson County, and they want the state certificate of need review board to reject the plan.
"Something of that magnitude is a dagger aimed at our heart," said Park Ridge CEO Jimm Bunch. "If the state does nothing, in two or three years, Mission will be the only game in town."
If Mission Health is on a mission to dominate the market, critics contend it has done so with the blessing of state law. North Carolina legislators in 1995 approved the nation's first certificate of public advantage, or COPA, which gave Mission immunity from federal antitrust law so it could merge with its Catholic, across-the-street neighbor, St. Joseph Hospital. The law restricted Mission's ability to increase prices and hire primary care physicians.
Mission CEO Dr. Ron Paulus said he finds it offensive that anyone would describe Mission as a predatory organization. Although Mission has acquired several physician practices in the past several years, Paulus said, some practices would have gone belly-up without Mission. About 72 percent of Mission's patients are covered by Medicare and Medicaid, which pay hospitals much less than commercial insurers.
"We can and should be criticized if we're wasteful or if we profligate, but the only reason why we're here is to try to care for the community the way we've done for the last century plus," Paulus said. "It's a reality that the total dollars are getting smaller, so we have to re-engineer ourselves. We have to lower our average cost of care. We have to find lower cost delivery settings ... because nobody is going to pay us anymore."
He said patients in Fletcher drive about 10 miles north to receive care at Mission Memorial, the region's only facility that offers cardiac surgery and psychiatric care. Staying closer to home and getting care at the proposed facility would be less expensive than receiving treatment in a costly, inpatient hospital, he said.
Mission does not intend to expand west to Tennessee or east to nearby Charlotte, Paulus said. The health system's website includes a section titled "Is Mission a monopoly?"
"We don't have a massive headquarters in Orlando that governs our operations," Paulus said, referring to Adventist Health, the Florida-based, 43-campus hospital network that owns Park Ridge Hospital. On a recent weekday, Park Ridge's emergency room was nearly empty. "We're happy being a western North Carolina health system."
Williams said he doesn't buy it.
He organized a group of Mission's opponents, who persuaded the state department of health to conduct an independent study of COPA. The study found that the law allowed Mission to "impose excessive rate increases" and provided limited protection to consumers because it didn't limit the health system's ability to buy physician practices.
Based on the study, North Carolina legislators responded by creating an 11-member committee that is gathering public input on the state's certificate of need program. The committee, which held public meetings throughout the state this fall, is expected to make recommendations next year.
State Rep. John Torbett, who chairs the committee with Rep. Fred Steen, said he hasn't made up his mind about revisions, but he believes in competition.
"Complete and open competition is what keeps costs down," he said. "If a state regulatory process prohibits free competition, then how is that keeping costs down?"
ELGIN — Sunlight streams through a wall of windows at Sherman Hospital as visitors and employees in blue scrubs sit together in a busy cafeteria overlooking the 15-acre geothermal lake that heats and cools the building.
Upstairs, however, 40 percent of the rooms are empty many days. The lack of patients threatens hospital finances, two years after the facility opened in this area about an hour northwest of Chicago.
As bad as things seem, they could be worse, said Mary Martini, Sherman's vice president of business development. Competing health systems wanted to build two hospitals in nearby McHenry County that would have eaten into Sherman's service area and that of five other hospitals.
"It's not like Burger King. Health care is expensive," Martini said. "Why spend that money if there's capacity in existing hospitals?"
Illinois is among 36 states that have certificate of need programs, which require hospital administrators to prove demand exists for beds, medical equipment and services before they can build or expand. Pennsylvania lawmakers allowed a similar law to expire in 1996.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, which oversees the certification program, estimates that McHenry County will need an additional 178 hospital beds by 2018.
Centegra Health System, based in nearby Crystal Lake, proposed building a $233 million, 128-bed hospital 15 miles from Sherman in Huntley. Mercy Health System in Janesville, Wis., proposed a 70-bed, $115 million facility 13 miles away in Crystal Lake.
"As a community grows, its needs for health care tend to change as well," said Rich Gruber, Mercy's vice president of community advocacy, noting that many cornfields have become residential buildings during the past 20 years.
A Centegra spokeswoman declined to comment when contacted by the Trib, but the company said in a statement that "numbers from the state's own staff confirmed that a new hospital is needed here."
Officials at Sherman and two other hospitals objected to the state's projections, issuing their own report saying that they average more than 300 empty beds every day. In an independent survey by the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, more than half of McHenry's residents said they have good access to health care, finding it easier to obtain than getting a college education or reaching elected officials.
"We already have the hospital, the nurses and the technology, so why duplicate those services when the new hospital would not be that far away?" said Dr. Daniel Wool, an independent surgeon on staff at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in nearby Barrington.
The geographic chess match exemplifies tensions playing out across the country as hospitals look to expand service areas before changes in the federal health care law take effect, said Dr. Matthew Stilson, medical director for Sherman's emergency room. If incentives change so hospitals are rewarded for keeping people healthy, hospitals want to have large patient populations.
"Health systems are strategically positioning to find areas, capture market share and hope their competitors close," Stilson said.
A community of two-story frame and brick homes built during the housing boom of the past decade sits across from a muddy farm field where Centegra's Huntley hospital would have been built. When residents need a hospital, for newborn babies or broken arms, they travel about 20 minutes.
"We're about almost right in the middle — close enough that they can justify not building the hospital but still far," said Matt Mikutis, 39, whose wife works for Centegra.
Many residents of the nearby Sun City Huntley retirement community moved in about 11 years ago when their homes were built and are reaching the age where they need frequent medical treatments or emergency care.
"It's always nice to have a hospital close by," Wayne Kelsey, 64, said while taking a break from working on a train display at the community center. "We have access to hospitals nearby ... but it would be nice to have one here in town."
Although the review board denied the two hospitals' proposals on Dec. 7, Martini said she thinks the Centegra proposal could come back before the board next year. The Centegra vote ended in a 4-4 tie — one short of approval, with one of nine board members absent. Mercy got two votes in support.
"I don't understand how any of them could have voted yes when there is no need," Martini said. "We're wasting health care dollars at a time when all eyes are on health care to try to reduce health care costs."
Within San Francisco's 49 square miles, six hospitals costing nearly $5 billion are being built or planned.
Health systems across California are responding to a state mandate to meet more stringent seismic standards. It's "renewal by earthquake," in the words of Wanda Jones, president of New Century Health Care Institute, a San Francisco-based nonprofit.
Rather than reinforcing old buildings, many hospitals have decided to build.
"Nobody has talked about it in those terms, but there might be a little competition in all of that," said Ron Smith, senior vice president of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California.
In the city, The University of California, San Francisco, is spending $1.5 billion to build a hospital with 289 beds and specialized facilities to treat children, women and cancer patients. Three miles away, California Pacific Medical Center has proposed spending $250 million to renovate an 80-bed hospital as part of a $2.5 billion spending plan that would construct two hospitals elsewhere in the city.
Even San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, owned by the city and county, is spending $887.4 million on a 284-bed facility. The steel frame building will rest on base isolators, allowing it to move 30 inches in any direction during an earthquake.
Thirty-five miles away in Palo Alto, Stanford University Medical Center is spending $5 billion to renovate one hospital, modernize and expand a children's hospital and construct another hospital.
All this construction comes at a cost. Lawmakers estimated in 1994 that the earthquake mandate would cost about $24 billion statewide. The final tab of new construction with long-term financing could top $250 billion, according to the California HealthCare Foundation.
Patients will bear much of the cost, Jones said. "It's like a tsunami about to hit the beach."


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Adnan Oktar: Adnan Oktar: Turkeywill be a great country by Allah's will. The Turkish-Islamic Union will be constituted. Turkey will EMBRACE ALL OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ALL OF THE BALKANS, ASIA WITH THE ESSENCE OF BROTHERHOOD INSHAALLAH. And if you pay attention to this; an agreeable system will arise. The Caucasian treaty will be constituted again, there is a railway project, you know. There are Petrol pipe line and Natural gas pipe line projects. The Islamic Union meetings are in progress. There are some movements that are done to make the Turkish Union stronger. They are all advantageous InshaAllah; you know, Anatolia (the asia minor) is always a cradle to civilizations. Anatolia is such a kind of a place. You also know the Ottoman period. THEY (THE OTTOMANS) DIRECTED ALL THE MIDDLE EAST, ALL THE BALKANS, THEY DIRECTED THE THREE CONTINENTS FROM HERE (TURKEY). INSHAALLAH; IT WILL BE LIKE THAT AGAIN BUT; WITH LOVE, FRIENDSHIP AND IT WILL BE IN THE ESSENCE OF BROTHERHOOD.
Habervaktim, April 21- 2010
While telling the vision of Turkey the minister of foreign affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu who joined trio meetings with the Serbia and Spain ministers of foreign affairs stated; " from Belgrade to Skopje, from Sarajevo to Edirne we will be united under the single flag".


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The Crap We Missed – Monday 11.18.13
Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed with Gerard Butler as our lead-off, because he posed with attractive women and this is the Internet, so we now all assume said women enjoy sex in temporary pooping structures. There's a formula here, people. We've also got the freakishly youthful Kimmy Gibbler, as well as Brooke Mueller innocently playing with her children and not in reality trying to fight off the alien spiders that keep smoking her meth. Then finally – and I honestly can't believe it's taken this long – Toronto mayor Rob Ford makes his first appearance in this shameful collection of pop culture diarrhea.
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TOWSON, Md. - In a game that was delayed nearly two full hours by lightning delays, the University of Pennsylvania men's lacrosse team used dominant performances in the second and third quarters to cruise past Towson Tuesday night at the Tigers' Johnny Unitas Stadium, 15-9.
Penn (8-3) was down after one quarter, 3-2, but outscored the Tigers 4-1 in the second and 6-3 in the third to roll to its fifth straight victory.
Towson (8-6) got on the board first on Tuesday night, Justin Mabus scoring unassisted just 57 seconds into the contest. Joe McCallion opened the scoring for Penn, off a Kevin Brown feed, before Peter Athens scored for the Tigers. Brown scored unassisted to again tie the game, but Mabus scored off a Thomas DeNapoli feed to make it 3-2 after one quarter.
Isaac Bock had the first two goals of the second quarter, the first one seven seconds into the period and the second at the 5:06 mark. Towson tied the game at 4-4 on a Ryan Drenner goal (Mabus assisting), but Nick Doktor scored the final goals of the half to give the Quakers a lead they would not relinquish. Brown assisted the first of Doktor's goals, while Drew Belinsky assisted the second.
Penn blew it open quickly in the third. Belinsky, Zack Losco and Chris Hilburn all scored before the half was two minutes old, and then Andrew Staller scored just four minutes into the period to make the score 10-4. DeNapoli ended the Quakers' run with a goal off a Mabus feed, but Mike Power matched him (Brown assisting). Max Siskind's goal for Towson was matched just six seconds later when Danny Feeney won the face-off and took it all the way to the goal for the score.
Hilburn, Reid Tudor and Doktor all scored for Penn in the fourth quarter. For the defenseman Tudor, it was his first career goal.
Penn outshot Towson, 46-33, and won the face-off battle, 17-11 (Danny Feeney going 12-of-21 at the X). Brian Feeney had another standout performance in the Quakers goal, with 13 saves, before John Lopes replaced him for the final minute and made one stop. At the other end, Tyler White made seven stops before being relieved in the final three minutes by Matt Hoy.
Penn will close out the regular season on Friday night, playing St. John's at Radnor (Pa.) High School as part of the annual Katie Samson Lacrosse Festival. The Quakers and the Red Storm will face off at 7 p.m.
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Warm and friendly greetings from the College of Pharmacy during January and as we start 2012. I hope you and your family and friends had an excellent holiday season. As we start the spring 2012 semester, it is exciting knowing the many happenings that will be occurring in the months to come. We will be offering courses for students in the third professional year which include a focus on additional pharmacotherapeutics, clinical pharmacokinetics, advanced drug information and outcomes research. The College will also be offering a series of new elective courses for students in all professional years. We are looking forward to our spring awards ceremony, chartering our Phi Lambda Sigma – The National Pharmacy Leadership Society chapter, the second pharmacy gala and charity event as well as a program to recognize students as they move on to their advanced pharmacy practice experiences. Students and faculty members will attend the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans in March. Our next accreditation visit will also occur in the middle of March.
Our faculty members continue to advance their scholarly activities. Dr. Lisa Pagnucco recently represented the College of Pharmacy at the "Collaborating across Borders" meeting which focused on interprofessional collaboration from concepts to preparation to practice. Dr. Leslie Ochs has received grant support from the University of New England Office of Patient and Population Oriented Research to investigate the factors affecting antipsychotic medication use in children and adolescents in Maine.
In Jon Gordon's 20 tips for a positive 2012 he mentions the importance to "Live with the 3 E's: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy," "Stay Positive" and "Take a Walk of Gratitude or Thankfulness Each Day." As I read these tips, it occurred to me that these traits of energy, enthusiasm, empathy and positivity are exactly the traits of our dedicated students, faculty, staff, administrators, community members, organizations and preceptors that have contributed to the success of the College over the last few years. I am honored to enjoy walks of gratitude each day through the College; I experience enthusiasm daily as we all work together to educate pharmacists that you will want on your team.
Finally, I would encourage you to watch an excellent video on You-Tube that clearly demonstrates the energy, enthusiasm, empathy and positive nature of our students. This video was produced by our students for the 2011 PharmFlix and can be found HERE. I hope you, your family, friends and colleagues will have an excellent start to 2012. I would enjoy the opportunity to talk with you to answer any additional questions or if you would like any other additional updates about the College. I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 207-221-4500.


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A ONE-MAN volunteer litter patrol has collected his 100th bag of rubbish.
Brian Cavill is a 76-year-old retired photographer who lives in Ridge Nether Moor, Liden.
In June, appalled by litter strewn around his neighbourhood, he donned a high-vis jacket, armed himself with refuse bags and a mechanical grabber, and set out to battle the plague.
Within a month he'd filled 17 bags and by August the total had reached 50.
His 100th bag was filled on a patch of fenced-off ground near the Liden branch of Tesco.
The public-spirited pensioner has no intention of ending his crusade.
He said: "Doing this gets me out, keeps me fittish and gives me something to do. Otherwise I'd be sat at home going to sleep.
"I'm very pleased to be clearing the litter, but at the same time I would rather people didn't drop it in the first place.
"I wish people would just put it in a bin or take it home with them."
In the past five months, Brian has filled bags with thousands of drinks cans, plastic bottles, snack wrappers, fast food trays, crisp packets and other rubbish. He's picked up car wheels, broken electrical goods and in one case an intact VCR. Everything is taken away by the council.
Members of the public regularly stop to congratulate him.
Brian tries not to become angry about the littering but sometimes it's difficult.
"What really annoys me," he said, "is coming down Liden or Eldene Drive and seeing things that have just been thrown out of cars."


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It's been a busy couple of weeks in the land of Twitter, @BurgerKing and @Jeep were hacked and @MTV and @BET pretended to be.
If you were following Twitter closely, you might have also seen the Twitter spat between Justin Bieber and the drummer from The Black Keys, Patrick Carney.
The Black Keys had enjoyed a successful night at the Grammy's with three wins for the band and another for the lead singer Dan Auerbach. Afterwards, Carney was interviewed by TMZ and asked whether Bieber should have got a Grammy by now. He replied with "He's rich, right?… Grammys are for music, not for money… and he's making a lot of money. He should be happy."
Bieber then took to Twitter to publish this Tweet to his 34 million followers.
Almost immediately, Bieber's loyal following had waged war against Carney. While this would have sent many running for the hills and deleting their Twitter accounts, Carney held his own by replying to comments using humour and retweeting particularly funny 'disses'.
Finally he boldly started to assume the singers identity by gradually changing his name to Justin Bieber and replying as if he was the singer. This of course, further infuriated Bieber fans – as well as picking up some unsuspecting followers who thought he was the real deal.
Aside from annoying a small number of his real fans with a few days worth of 'Justin' tweets, he actually managed to ride the storm by meeting it head-on and he also got a lot of love from how he was handling the angry Bieber-fan onslaught.
So what can brands learn from how he handled himself?
Carney dealt with the situation swiftly, without fear and he let his personality work for him.
He was of course, able to be far more 'cheeky' than most brands could hope to get away with and while we would never advise brands to use these particular tactics, there are some take away lessons here for brands posting their day-to-day content or experiencing their own social media crisis.
Don't be scared.
Carney didn't shy away from dealing with negative comments. Brands – particularly if they are new to social – can be tempted to bury their heads in the sand when dealing with difficult posts (or sometimes, any posts) and may choose to ignore them, hoping they'll go away.
Ignore the 'wrong' one and it could have the potential to turn a customer service issue into a full-blown social media crisis. Rule number one — Make sure you respond quickly to questions or problems.
Carney was swift to act, replied to posts and also retweeted them so it was clear to everyone who visited his profile or anyone following his updates that he was dealing with the situation and may have even discouraged some angry tweeters from joining in. We've seen a lot of high profile cases recently where people have been driven off Twitter by a furious mob, simply because they felt like it was easier to run away, rather than weather the storm.
For these larger, social media crises, make sure you have a process written down for managing this type of event – while we're sure Carney didn't have his plan in place before the Grammy's, his quick thinking did help him survive the fallout. Brands may have to go through a series of different stakeholders before a plan can be acted upon, so it is essential that this process be nailed down.
Be yourself. Be human.
We've all heard it before, but it's true. Social should be social. People aren't interested in interacting with boring staid messaging. They want to feel like a brand or person has an identity. Whether that's in everyday posts or in how they handle a crisis.
Behind all the big strategies, campaigns and messaging should lie a human heartbeat. Carneys' decision to go bold and his brilliant use of light-hearted humour in the face of some pretty nasty and sometimes homophobic posts, made this into a much more positive news story that it would have been if he'd hidden away from it. He could have passed this over to an agency and released a statement but he chose to ride the storm with his own personal brand of humour.
For brands, you will know when posts require a serious response but it's just as important to know when it's okay to interact in a more human, relaxed way.
People want to feel like they are interacting with a real person. I'm sure everyone following Carney's news feed feels like they know him a bit better, even when he was masquerading as Bieber, and if you manage to convey this type of messaging for your brand, it will go a long way to help building some brand love amongst your following.
Use humour.
Don't be afraid to use humour in your messaging if the situation or your branding allows it. A serious customer service issue would not be the place for this method but as Carney saw, treating his crisis with light humour, worked pretty well for him. You also saw this with the recent Burger King hack on their Twitter account. Once they had regained control, instead of releasing a very serious statement, they made it light-hearted and recognised that they had picked up a lot of new followers.
Carney, Burger King and Jeep have all have seen this positive side of their recent social media crises as they've added some hefty numbers to their Twitter follower count. It goes to show that if dealt with in the right way, a negative can be turned into a positive. If they keep the right mix of entertainment, value and transparency and let their 'brands' personality shine through, they may just keep all their new followers happy.
Keep this mix in your social feeds and you'll start to reap the benefits too!


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A FIRE which started at a recycling plant in Swindon is still burning.
Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service were called out to the blaze at Averies Recycling in Marshgate, Swindon.at 5.51pm yesterday.
As a result of the fire, 1,000 tonnes of general waste and building waste well alight. A skip lorry and various pieces of machinery have also been affected.
At the height of the blaze, there were six fire engines, two water carriers, an operational support unit and an incident command vehicle in attendance.
Firefighters were supported by military firefighters, with a specialist appliance brought in from RAF Brize Norton to assist.
The amount of firefighters in attendance reduced overnight andat 6.30am today, there were four fire crews at the scene.
It is expected that firefighters will need to remain at the site for some days.
The service has been working with Local Resilience Forum partners, including Swindon Borough Council, Public Health England, NHS England and Wiltshire Police, to ensure public safety, and air quality monitoring is expected to take place over the course of the day.
Smoke is still rising from the site and local people have been advised to keep doors and windows closed if they are concerned about the plume, especially if they have a respiratory condition.


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Cool story, bro. Needs more substance and stuff.
This was NEWS in 2007 and even then common knowledge...
I know I would like a slide out keyboard don't lie apple touch screen is good and all but I can't type fast without making 100 mistakes and apple not knowing the simplest autocorrect and also Apple it's rare that I start off a text saying to stop correcting my yo lol
I got the iPhone 1 then 1 month later got a iMate JasJam which has the fold out keyboard and that kicked *** over the iPhone.
The JasJam is better than the iPhone 1, 3G and 3GS. The iPhone 4 and IOS4 is when it started to equal to the 5 year old phone.
iPhone is so way behind. The latest Android kicks *** over the iPhone and it'll be another year at least before iPhone can equal the Android that is released now.
PS What would be cool is a Apple device museum where they are allowed to display models that didn't make it. It would be cool to see that keyboarded iPhone. Hey, it could happen. TC just doesn't seem to be as much a tight ares as SJ. Sayin...
Different people want different things so if you're happy with what you've got, great. But the only thing the JasJar had that the iPhone 3G didn't was a physical keyboard - but you then go on to say that Android is better and AFAIK no android device has a physical keyboard?
You can argue that Android is 'better' than the iPhone - personally I prefer the iPhone but to argue that the JasJar is better than the 3G, let alone later models does stretch the limits of your credibility.
But, each to his own.


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After promising start, NHL labor negotiations produce more of the same
NEW YORK — Tension ramped up in the back-and-forth NHL labor saga.
Owners and players — without the presence of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr for a second consecutive day — exchanged specifics during meetings Wednesday at the Westin Times Square hotel. An afternoon session lasted nearly four hours, and talks resumed late after a two-hour dinner break.
Still, the sides were no closer to a new labor contract, and the remaining December schedule is in peril if significant progress is not made by the weekend.
A group of moderate owners, led by Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle of the Penguins, have pledged to remain in New York until the next labor contract is agreed upon in principle. But even those moderates — the Penguins, Tampa Bay, Winnipeg, Toronto and Los Angeles — have held firm with hard-line clubs, such as Boston, that owners need immediate financial relief in the next contract.
Players hoped to hear something different from the likes of Burkle, especially after his cool and measured delivery at meetings Tuesday generated traction for stalled negotiations.
Instead, even from Burkle, they heard more of the same.
Owners want an immediate 50/50 division of revenue and some changes in the definitions. They claim a daily $20 million loss because of the lockout has lessened money available to honor current players' contracts. Also, they are seeking changes to free agency and max contract term limits.
The talks Tuesday struck positive notes because there was little vitriol, mostly thanks to the example set by Burkle and Penguins franchise player Sidney Crosby. Burkle and Lemieux have hoped to parlay their like-minded thinking with Crosby into progress between owners and players.
So far, no good.
The sessions Wednesday were similar to failed federally mediated negotiations last week. Common ground is scarce, and there remains deep distrust from players because of past labor disputes, including one from 2004-05 that forced the cancellation of the entire season.
Negative reaction by sponsors and fans to another labor dispute only eight years later is a concern to Burkle, who told players Wednesday he favors a 10-year contract that would guarantee a lengthy period of stability.
The union has not proposed a contract longer than five years.
A previously scheduled Board of Governors meeting was held before the owners-players meetings, and the Penguins were represented by Lemieux, Burkle, CEO David Morehouse, COO Travis Williams and general manger Ray Shero.
The Penguins and Flyers, bitter on-ice rivals but occasional teammates on league issues — most recently realignment — were the last clubs to leave the Governors meeting.
Bettman, who last week suggested these talks not include him and Fehr, said after the Governors meeting that he was "pleased with the process that is ongoing."
A few hours later the process seemed to be going nowhere.
Rob Rossi is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-380-5635.


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by Nora Calvillo
September 24, 2012
Last month the Adobe Type team released their first open source type family, Source Sans. To date, the fonts for Source Sans have been downloaded over 67,000 times from SourceForge. Today, the team is following up on the release with an open source monospaced type family adapted from Source Sans – appropriately named Source Code. Six weights of Source Code and source files can be download from the Open@Adobe portal on SourceForge and you can clone and fork the project on GitHub. The fonts are also available for web through Typekit, WebINK, and Google Web Fonts.
To learn more about the inspiration behind Source Code and how the design was adapted from Source Sans, refer to Paul Hunt's Typblography post.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Picking a gym can be a workout. Different facilities have various specialties and prices targeting different customers.
Additionally, many gyms may require you sign a contract. Before signing a long-term contract at a gym or fitness facility, experts recommend investigating what responsibilities come with that document — and what options exist to break it.
"If getting fit is the top of your New Year Resolution list, be sure you understand what you are signing yourself up for before you sign up for a gym, especially if you haven't been an avid fitness person before," warned Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List. "You want to make sure your contract has flexibility in case you change your mind."
While the fitness centers category on Angie's List received mostly positive reviews in the past three years, about 5 percent of members report frustrations with fitness centers' contract rigidity, poor service, and broken-down or too little equipment.
With some research, there are steps you can take to pick a gym or class that best fits your needs.
Angie's List Tips: Steps to take before joining a gym
- What do you want? Ask yourself what type of workouts you are doing and whether you plan to participate in classes. If you're looking to just lift weights and do cardio exercises, then a budget gym without a long-term commitment may be worthwhile. On the other hand, if you want water sports, fitness classes or plan to play court sports, you might want to splurge on a higher end program.
- Give it a trial run: Visit the facility at the time you'll be using it. Many offer free trials. Picking a gym can be a challenge because it simply is impossible to try out every gym in a given area for quality. Although using trial passes are a solid way to get a feel for if a gym is a good fit for you, using user reviews are a vital way to make a final decision. In particular getting user opinions on fitness centers is crucial because first impressions aren't everything and other gym members might notice things which aren't apparent during your trial run.
- Understand the details: Keep an eye open for long-term commitments and restrictions on the membership. While many gyms offer commitment free memberships, most high end facilities require some form of commitment. While this isn't unreasonable given the quality of the services, you will want to evaluate if the added services benefit yourself.
- Move or injury? Ask how an injury or move to a new area might affect your contract. Some gyms allow members to suspend or cancel a membership in the case of an injury or permanent disability, while others may not.
- Know your rights: Most states provide specific gym and health club cooling-off protections for consumers, typically ranging from three to five days, though some depend on what a consumer paid for the services. Check with your state's office of consumer protection or attorney general.
- Think it over: Before signing the contract, take it home and read it over, making sure it contains no blank spaces that can be filled in later. If you don't understand something, ask questions.
- Consider alternatives: Consider a facility that requires not contract or classes where you pay as you go. In addition, buying fitness equipment to use in your home may be the better choice for you. Before starting any fitness program, talk first to your doctor.
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Zotac Ion: No Support for Wake on USBby Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/25/2009 12:00 AM EST
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richgarry - Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - linkGlad I found your blog. I will be a regular reader!
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know of fence - Thursday, May 28, 2009 - linkMy netbook has no Wake-on-USB, under stand-by mode, which really is a minor issue. Furthermore I can still send it to stand-by per USB remote and instantly turn off main power to save stand-by energy for Monitor, PC and all the peripherals. If people care about energy (cost) conservation they will want to go all the way. (1W stand-by is about 2$ a year)
Is it possible (by now) to send a PC to stand-by and turn of main power?
I guess not, which would make Notebooks the best and greenest HTPCs.
Or maybe it's possible to compensate this flaw with a uninterruptible power supply (UPS)? Reply
cjb110 - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkLooking at this issue from another angle...is this a case of poorly written or incomplete specifications?
Shouldn't the creators of USB included this requirement in the specifications?
ChuckECheese - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkPut another slot in there for a Bluetooth radio! Reply
icrf - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkGet a case like below for it, then just use a USB BT device.
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kmmatney - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkI don't see this is beinga big deal. I'm assuming you can still getout of standby by using the power button (how I normally do it anyways). The bad thing about wake on USB is that I've seen computers wake up from inadvertent mouse movements, which can be annoying. I have wake on USB turned off on my desktop computer and just use the power button. I guess you can use a PS2 keyboard as well (alhtough those may be harder to get these days). Reply
icrf - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkI think a lot of people were looking at this board for an HTPC, where a USB remote would be the sole method of interaction with the system. Reply
FaaR - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkIf they're going to fix the wake-on-usb feature I sure hope they solder on an ATX power connector on the board as well.
Seeing Atom in a more regular desktop format is refreshing, but being locked in by proprietary power bricks is unfortunately rather stale, and won't help this new flavor of PC to grow. Reply
sprockkets - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkIt isn't. You can buy 240/120 to 12v bricks anywhere. Logic Supply sells them, or mini-box. Think pico power supply, without needing the pico part of it.
Besides, you can always buy the normal ATX version of the same board.
If you were into these kind of systems like I am, you would see that having the 12v directly to the board is something the embedded market goes for. Even Intel now has an Atom board that does this. Reply
kmmatney - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkThere is nothing too proprietary about this power supply, as you can see here:
It looks to have the same specs as my dell laptop power supply, which you can buy on Ebay for cheap. The motherboard has DC-to-DC circuitry that will allow it to take a small range of input voltages (just like any laptop will). Reply
sprockkets - Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - linkWell, it would have been better for them to use 12v, as this is more in line as to what most onboard DC-DC stuff does. Having it at 19v is kinda proprietary, but 19v is a common voltage for laptops. Reply
rei - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkA more serious failing is the lack of any BIOS recovery mechanism if one of their BIOS flash fails. Will the updated PCB have this? Can AnandTech ask this of Zotac? Reply
sprockkets - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkUnless the BIOS supports SATA drives upon BIOS recovery, it is more of a legacy issue more than a Zotac issue. I messed up on a BIOS flash on an Award BIOS on my Shuttle SG31G2s, and I could either use a floppy with all the usual files on it to flash, or a bootable cd with the same files (.bat file set to flash the exact file).
Since this board and more and more are not coming with IDE or floppy connectors, this will be an issue.
A better question to ask is, when the hell will companies start using EFI? Reply
sprockkets - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkZotac did this before with S3 standby on the nVidia 7100 board.
Hey Anand, are they planning to fix this on the Ion AND the LGA socket board? Reply
Jorgisven - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkFAIL. I suppose that it may have been better if they just didn't allow low power mode? It's light on the electric bill for sure, but why not just go the extra step? Seems kind of silly that they didn't. Reply
Shubhangi - Monday, January 11, 2010 - linkI agree with you.
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Cas07 - Monday, May 25, 2009 - link"better if they didnt allow low power mode" that would be rather short-sighted considering the device state can easily restored from other methods (e.g WoL, power button, software) it is just wake on USB that is not working.
Sounds like an oversight they thought could be fixed by a BIOS update but did not quite work out that way. It might be a pain for those people adopting the first batches of this board but at least they are fixing it for future revisions! What more could they do?
Reading this article reminded me of the original ATi remote wonder that was usb but cant wake from standby either, what a perfect pairing that would make ;) Reply
Jorgisven - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkIt's not supported by the PCB. It requires a hardware revision. Meaning a BIOS update will not fix this. Have to fix the hardware itself. Reply
tfranzese - Monday, May 25, 2009 - linkUp your reading comprehension or were you going for entirely redundant? Reply


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Help L'Occitane en Provence Build a Mill for Women in Burkina Faso
All it takes to show your support is a love for luxurious skincare products from L'Occitane and a promo code!
-Diana Denza
For many of us, taking a 10 mile stroll is a feat that doesn't happen often. But for women in Burkina Faso, making this trek is a daily occurrence. In order to feed their children, they must walk the equivalent of 200 blocks simply to obtain the flour they need.
But L'Occitane is working to help these women. Through April 30, 2012, you can donate 15 percent of your online purchase to building a grain mill for the women in Burkina Faso. Simply enter the code FOUNDATION at checkout. You could pick up this Peony Hugs & Kisses gift set ($25, usa.loccitane.com) for Mother's Day.
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The special offer coincides with L'Occitane's 3.5 mile walk in Manhattan on April 27, 2012 to provide further aid for these women.
A skincare treat to remember has never felt so good–inside or out!
Diana Denza is a regular contributor to BettyConfidential.


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Not so long ago computers for producing music were all seriously underpowered. I remember on my old Mac clone, a Power Computer PowerCenter Pro210 I could only open 2-3 plug-ins before the computer would click and glitch to a halt. However, today we live in an amazing time as far as music technology. I can load up my Macbook Pro all day long with plug-ins and it seems my CPU never jumps past 50%. It actually took me a few months to get used to piling on plug-ins without freezing or bouncing tracks. I realized I was wasting time bouncing everything by watching younger kids demo their Ableton and Cubase tracks on YouTube. My keen eye caught mountains of plug-ins placed frivolously over twenty plus channels. I realized I better "un-old fogey" myself and start painting with thick strokes of live effects or be left behind.
So today's quick tip is to start a song with plenty of effects placed on assorted channels before you ever even place a sound producing synth, sample or voice anywhere. What do I mean? Well how about putting Altiverb with a Neuman Mic IR (Impulse Response) on the Master Channel? Why not also put a nice compressor there too? Now as your build your song and mix as you go building into those plug-ins. In effect it's almost like you bought a new sounding mixer.
There's no reason to be subtle either. Try creating a sub-mixer of 6+ channels and on the Group's master fader and have a flanger set to 100% wet. Next place all your synths in your new flanger group and adjust the oscillators and filters toward the flanger not the other way around. The key is to start off fully loaded with effects on so everything you hear isn't the same ole, same ole…
Related post: Making Groups in Ableton Live is really easy.
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Phonofone II - Limited Edition Black
I've always been in love with the phonograph and here is yet another do dad that you can buy for your ipod to play your tunes. Be aware that this Phonofrone II does not use electricity to run. More suitable for the bedroom than your next party.


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Place the juice, salt and agar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer about 15 to 20, stirring frequently until the agar flakes dissolve. Remove from the flame and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
While the juice is cooling, slice the strawberries and place them in a glass or ceramic cassarole dish. When the juice is is slightly cooled, pour it over the fruit. Place in the refrigerator and chill for about 1 hour or so until gelled. Remove, slice and serve.
Per serving - 66 calories, 0 gram fat (3% calories from fat), 0 gram protein, 17 gram carbohydrate, 3 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 20 milligram sodium


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Not sure if this would work, co worker shared this with me:Basically I have the body of several pages loading w/diff background images.However it gets tricky in wp as to simplify things I'd like to keep a single header.php. the header contains the main <body id="relative background image">.But when the page changes I want it to load the background image for that page Switch to <body id="new background image">.. So...
this is the original. Don't want/need button of course
$("button").click(function () {
$(this).replaceWith( "<div>" + $(this).text() + "</div>" );
was thinking...
$("#mainBody").onload(function () {
$(this).replaceWith( "#diffBody" );
and of course the css styling for each is in the main style.css pageThank youD
Try using the addClass() and removeClass() functions instead.
Or, you can manipulate CSS properties directly: http://api.jquery.com/css/
should this code work?
$("body").onload(function () {
$(this).replaceWith( $("techBody") );
guess it would have to be on each page. the default tag should have to be <body>.but how can I tell it to get the (for example) style for "techBody" that is in the appropriate stylesheet?
Something that works is to have a class called .techBody as your CSS:
.techBody { ... }
and you can then apply that style name to the element on the page:
But - why not just use another stylesheet with a specific body class to style it as tech stuff? Then you will be free'd from the scripting side of things.
this is what I have in wp:several pages whose body background is determined by the body tag.the header.php that is share by all the pages only has one body tag w/the id of "mainBody"
When the user load a new url I want the body tag to switch to the one for that page.
Okay, this may require the assistance of someone familiar with customising Wordpress then. I'll move this thread over to the CMS & Wordpress forum.
did the jquery site just go down? i get a 502 bad gateway
Yes it is - see for example: https://twitter.com/RedWolves/status/354422449976258561
You could use [Wordpress' Body Class function to add the default WP classes to your post, then, assuming that your posts are categorised you could add a filter to the body class function in your functions.php file as detailed [URL="http://bavotasan.com/2011/add-a-posts-category-name-to-body-class-in-wordpress/"]on this site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/body_class).
EDIT: Then it's just a matter of adding the CSS to our style.css file.
Thank you Franny_uk I think Pullo just brought that up that option yesterday to me as well. Will go try it out. D
Good luck. Let us know how you get on.


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Step 2: Scroll down to "Workouts" and select enter.
Step 3: Scroll down to "Interval" and select enter.
Step 4: View the many options. All four of them. Figure out which options you plan to use.
Step 5: Scroll down to your option and select the one you want. For this exercise, I chose "Time/Rest Time" 'cause that's what I'm doing tomorrow.
Step 6: Chose your options (time or distance for each interval and the number of "reps.") When the options are chosen, select "done" and you're ready to roll.
The watch will sort of "yell" at you with a fancy beeping when it's time to switch-up your interval. Run/bike/walk/climb/beat/nookie your first interval until you hear the fancy beep. Perform your recovery run/bike/walk/climb/beat/nookie until you hear yet another fancy beep. Rinse 'n repeat x amount of times, where x is a number of your choosing.
See? Intervals are Fun!


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Cricket has taken it place among other great Canadian sports with the news that Cricket Canada has been admitted into the Canadian Olympic Committee. The COC board, at their most recent meeting, took the decision on Canada's official national sports organization (NSO) for cricket.
The Canadian Olympic Committee is a national, private, not-for-profit organization committed to sport excellence. It is responsible for all aspects of Canada's involvement in the Olympic Movement, including Canada's participation in the Olympic and Pan American Games and a wide variety of programs that promote the Olympic Movement in Canada through cultural and educational means.
By virtue of its admission, Cricket Canada has crossed another hurdle in its quest to see cricket involved in multi-sport games domestically and around the world. Support from the COC is necessary for Canada to put forward initiatives such as the bid to get cricket into the 2015 Pan American games.
Cricket Canada Ranjit Saini spoke shortly after the announcement was made.
"We at Cricket Canada are delighted with the opportunity of having us become a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee. This is a dream come true and will now create opportunity for us to seek necessary support from our own Olympic committee to have cricket become a full sport in multi sport events such as Olympics, Commonwealth and Pan Am games"
"Furthermore it also allows us access to vast resources and experience that are available through the Olympic movement in Canada. We have now access to all the knowledge, and support of all those that have made Canada a great sporting country."
"I am fascinated with the prospects that in my lifetime there will be cricket in the Olympics and that we at Cricket Canada would have played our role in achieving that success. I take this opportunity to thank COC and all my colleagues, ICC Americas, Sports Canada, Martin Grant and all our other friends that contributed towards this effort. This has been a beautiful day."


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An archaeologist who has worked and taught throughout South America and the United States, Jack Rossen specializes in studying plant remains and stone tools to determine the organizational structure of ancient cultures. His expertise in archaeobotany and lithic technology was crucial to Tom Dillehay's paradigm-shattering work at the Monte Verde site in Chile in the 1980s.
Rossen currently focuses on native peoples in Hawaii and the Northeastern United States. His six-week summer field schools allow him and his students to investigate the origins of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy and to study the east shore of Cayuga Lake, the site of 43 Cayuga villages destroyed during the Sullivan Campaign of 1779. A co-founder of the college's Native American studies minor, he focuses his research on site protection and respecting sacred areas and burial grounds.
Among the courses he teaches are The Iroquois and the Neighbors; People, Plants and Culture; and Origins of Agriculture.
Research Focus
- Monte Verde, Chile
- Clovis, New Mexico
- South American prehistory
- North American prehistory
- Hunter gatherers
- Northeastern Native Americans
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Lithic technology
- Archaeology
- Eastern U.S. woodlands
- 10th century early Cayuga village sites
- Haudenosaunee
- Origins of agriculture
- Iroquois and their neighbors
- People, plants and culture
- Archaeology
- Protecting sacred Native American areas and burial grounds
Curriculum Vitae for Jack Rossen
University of Kentucky
Ph.D., Anthropology, 1991
University of Kentucky
M.A., Anthropology, 1984
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Flight cancellations plagued Orlando International Airport on Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Northeast, pulling cold air into Central Florida but temperatures are expected to warm up on Wednesday just in time for Halloween.
Local 6 chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells said temperatures are expected to be lows in 48 degrees on Orlando on Tuesday night with a daytime high on Wednesday of 75 degrees. There are no rain chances for Halloween, Sorrells said.
All flights to and from New York were canceled as of Tuesday night. Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he expects JFK airport to reopen on Wednesday, but it's not clear if LaGuardia will. OIA businesses say the lack of travelers has hurt their business.
"It's just been very slow, a lot of people have been going home early today," said Toni Riddle, a rental agent.
Meanwhile, Central Florida mechanics are urging residents to check their car because of the cold snap. Low temperatures early Tuesday dipped into the upper 30s in Marion County, with the Orlando area reaching the upper 40s. The record low in Ocala for Oct. 30 is 32 degrees, set in 2008. Orlando's record low hit 43 degrees in 1937.
The cool weather also forced Orlando water parks to close.
"Aquatica at SeaWorld Orlando will be closed today (10/29) and tomorrow (10/30) due to cooler temperatures. We will see you on Wednesday!" the park tweeted Monday morning.
Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park was also closed Monday.
"There's a good chance that the water park will continue to remain closed throughout Tuesday as well, as the forecasted high temperature for October 30, 2012 is 68 degrees," Disney said in a statement.
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park is down for refurbishment until January.
Local volunteers from the American Red Cross are being sent to New Jersey to aid victims after thousands were displaced from their homes and put in shelters. Nearly 8 million customers were without power in 15 states and the District of Columbia as of Tuesday night.
One estimate Tuesday from Kinetic Analysis Corp., which conducts weather hazard assessments, said the storm's economic impact could be up to $25 billion.
In Florida, insurance experts say the costs associated with losses from superstorm Sandy in the northeast should not affect homeowners. Sam Miller of the Florida Insurance Council said Tuesday that the Florida market is dominated by state-backed Citizens and local insurers who operate only in Florida along with a smaller number of Florida-only subsidiaries of a few national carriers.
Miller says none should experience significant losses because of Sandy. Lynne McChristian of the Insurance Information Institute says Sandy's effect on reinsurance markets should be minimal since much of the damage is from water and that is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program.
Florida business and homeowners have experienced sharp increases in recent years on property policies although the state has not seen a hurricane since Wilma in late 2005.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Maybe you've already given camping a shot and are ready for that next step in your camping experience. Perhaps you've never camped before, but are looking to find that perfect park to spend the night under the stars, far away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. You might even be an avid camper, but the idea of camping with a park ranger sounds intriguing and you just might learn something new. If so, Texas Outdoor Family's Adventure Camping Series is for you.
This spring, three of Texas' most beautiful parks will host the ever-popular Texas Outdoor Family program designed to familiarize families with the outdoors and show them how to tent camp, cook outdoors and make the most of their state park experience. Three jewels of the Texas State Park System — Palo Duro Canyon, Caprock Canyons, and Martin Dies, Jr. state parks — offer the perfect opportunity for families seeking to spice up their camping experience with a bit of adventure.
The Texas Outdoor Family Adventure Series dates are May 14-15 at Palo Duro Canyon, May 14-15 at Martin Dies, Jr. and a two-night workshop May 28-30 at Caprock Canyons. The cost for up to six people is only $65.
Highlighting the Palo Duro Canyon campout is a ranger-guided hike through the "Grand Canyon of Texas" to its famous geologic wonder, The Lighthouse. Hike through picturesque red canyon walls, 800 feet high, formed thousands of years ago by the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River. Be sure to bring your camera, as the views are second to none. The event also features "Cowboy Cooking" that teaches the fundamentals of Dutch oven cooking.
For water enthusiasts, Martin Dies, Jr. is the workshop to attend. After receiving instruction from certified rangers you'll spend three hours paddling in B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir and along the gently flowing Angelina River. Centuries-old bald cypress and other old-growth trees provide habitat for pileated woodpeckers, great-horned owls and other intriguing wildlife. Experience this mystifying park from the water in a way few others do.
The Caprock Canyons event features a two-night campout over Memorial Day Weekend at one of the most scenic parks in Texas. Highlights of this workshop include hiking and geocaching within the beautiful Caprock escarpment, a narrow rocky stretch of canyons cut through the high plains and Dutch oven cooking like the ranchers of the area did in the 1800's. Experience one of the best views of the night sky anywhere in Texas. Families should be on the lookout, too, for a glimpse of the official Texas State Bison herd started by legendary Texas rancher Charles Goodnight.
"These expanded programs are aimed at families who are looking for more adventurous camping experiences," explains Lindsey Davis, Texas Outdoor Family Program coordinator. "We recognize that many families want to expand their outdoor recreation knowledge, but are uncomfortable going alone to a remote site with limited facilities. The Texas Outdoor Family Adventure Camping Series allows the families to enjoy their time together in a safe environment with knowledgeable rangers to guide and assist at any time."
Texas Parks and Wildlife's Texas Outdoor Family program, which launched in the summer of 2008, has taught more than 1,300 families throughout the state, most of them from urban environments, how to safely enjoy the great outdoors. Families are provided with all the camping gear necessary for an enjoyable weekend campout. The workshop costs $65 per family (up to six people), and includes individual camping sites for each family, restrooms with hot showers, professional park ranger-led programs and instruction, park police officer-provided public safety and security, a curriculum tailored to the host park and state park Junior Ranger certification programs. The entire approach adopts a 'Leave No Trace' philosophy so it's environmentally friendly.
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Year Four offers a wide range of options incorporating required and elective curriculum, interview time, remedial activities, research, or additional course work. These elements allow students to design programs to fit their individual career goals.
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SHENANDOAH, Texas - Some thieves targeting backflow preventers at businesses along Interstate 45 in Shenandoah could cost owners thousands in repairs.
Backflow preventers are large, brass devices installed on the main water lines to prevent water from re-entering the main water system from a business or irrigation system.
Shenandoah police said the crooks busted several pipes overnight Thursday, which caused water to flow. Crews were later able to get the water shut off.
Police said a backflow preventer will net a crook around $20, and the whole night of destruction likely gained the crooks less than $100. But police said the business owners will be the ones to pay the price.
"The expense that they cause, these businesses and business owners, is far greater than anything they're going to collect," said Assistant Chief Bryan Carlisle.
While the crooks didn't get away with much, police said they'll be in hot water if they're caught. They could face destruction of property charges.
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A FORMER Colchester schoolgirl died from an accidental overdose, a coroner ruled.
Mum-of-one Lucy Simms, 26, died after taking a fatal amount of a legal high which was banned just six days after she took it.
The former Gilberd School student, whose father Brian and friends still live in Colchester, moved to Southampton to pursue a modelling career six year ago and began experimenting with drugs.
She died in June last year.
Hampshire's Coroner Court heard how Miss Simms kept notes which methodically recorded numerous experiments with drugs and how they affected her.
Coroner Grahame Short concluded it was an experiment that "went wrong" which killed the 26-year-old, ruling accidental death.
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Forget those green cans! It's summertime, and that means creamed corn made from fresh, sweet ears. Though all four of these easy from-scratch creamed corn recipes come from Food Network chefs with Southern roots, they offer very different takes on this classic side dish. Whose is your pick for summer corn season?
Paula's Creamed Corn
This one couldn't be simpler: Scrape corn kernels off the cob, add a stick of butter and cook in the microwave. Paula uses her favorite ingredient to turn fresh corn into a luscious and decadent side. No cream necessary. Too vegetarian for you? Try Paula's Fried Cream Corn, with bacon.
Alton's "Better than Grannie's" Creamed Corn
If you've seen Alton cook with his adorable Grannie on early episodes of Good Eats, you know that this recipe title is a high endorsement! He gets a little fancier than Grannie and Paula, adding turmeric, rosemary and cornmeal to the mix.
The Neelys' Southern Creamed Corn
Down in Memphis, Pat and Gina Neely use a triple-threat combination of cream, butter (though much less than Paula) and bacon fat.
Claire's Grandma Moore's Creamed Corn
Claire draws inspiration from her own Southern grandmother for this under-five-ingredient recipe. No cream, no butter: Just bacon, corn, salt and pepper. Who will win the battle of the Grandmas?
More Creamed Corn Riffs from Food Bloggers:
- Creamless Creamed Corn (via Chubby Hubby)
- Freezing Corn with Alison at Food2
- Candied Corn, and 4 more easy recipes from Toby at Healthy Eats
- Browsing Corn Porn with Michelle on Cooking Channel
- Nicole at Pinch My Salt: Creamed Corn with Bacon and Rosemary
- Margaret at A Way to Garden: Vintage corn Americana slideshow, and no-frills creamed corn
- Judy/Tuscan Diva: Fried Polenta Crostini with Porcini Ragu
- Jennifer of Gilded Fork: Corn: Sweet Versatility (history, uses & recipes from cocktails to cornbread
- Chef Mark: Gettin' Corny! (Musings from childhood, tips & fresh-corn recipes)
- Caron of SanDiegoFoodstuff: Chino Corn Risotto with Chanterelles and Burrata
- Caroline at The Wright Recipes: Pickled Corn with Summer Onion and Basil
- White on Rice Couple: BBQ Chicken and Corn Pizza
- Shauna at Gluten Free Girl: a sweet corn risotto (and how to make corn stock with husks and mirepoix)
- Tigress in a Jam: Cream Corn Scones (the perfect way to use up left over roasted or boiled corn)
- Alana at Eating from the Ground Up: Corn on the Kabob (invented by her artist husband)
- Cate O'Malley at Sweetnicks: Corn and Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps
- Kelly at Just a Taste: Caramel Corn (plus pics of corn in its various popping stages)
- Paige Orloff of The Sister Project: Life-Changing Corn Pancakes
- Tara at Tea and Cookies: Farro Corn Salad with Tomatoes and Herbs
- Food Network UK blog: Talking Corn
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