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Pace Presents DAVID T. LITTLE'S SOLDIER SONGS, Beginning 1/11
Soldier Songs is an evening-length multimedia event from composer David T. Little that combines elements of theater, opera, rock-infused concert music, and animation to portray a chilling and realistic view of our media-crazed, war machine culture, and of the nature of power in war. It delivers tough questions and tells tough stories through its poignant libretto, driving music, and surprising visual counterpoint. Created by the composer, the libretto was adapted from recorded interviews with veterans of five wars. Soldier Songs traces the shift in perception of war from the age of 6 to the age of 66. We follow the abstract character through the three phases of life: Child (playing war games) Warrior (time served in the military) and Elder (aged, wise,reflective).
A Beth Morrison Projects production, Soldier Songs is presented in partnership with the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, featuring Newspeak Ensemble and baritone Christopher Burchett as the Soldier. The work was first performed in a concert version with Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble in 2006 and was work-shopped by Beth Morrison Projects at (le) Poisson Rouge in 2008 before the world premiere of its current production by Yuval Sharon at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in 2011. With PROTOTYPE, Soldier Songs receives its fully produced New York City premiere. A post-performance discussion will follow the show on Thursday, January 17.
David T. Little's potently dramatic music draws upon his experience as a rock drummer, and fuses classical and popular idioms to powerful effect. Often undertaking political and existential themes, his music has been described by The New York Times as "dramatically wild...rustling, raunchy and eclectic," showing "real imagination." New Yorker critic Alex Ross declared himself "completely gripped," noting that "every bad-*** new-music ensemble in the city will want to play him."
YUVAL SHARON, named a "Face to Watch in 2012" by the Los Angeles Times, has been creating an unconventional body of work that explores the boundaries of music, visual art, and concert theater. His productions have been described as "dizzyingly spectacular" (New York Magazine) and "ingenious" (San Francisco Chronicle). Yuval directed a landmark production of John Cage Song Books with San Francisco Symphony and Carnegie Hall with Joan La Barbara, Meredith Monk, and Jessye Norman. He also founded and serves as Artistic Director of The Industry in Los Angeles, where his inaugural production of Anne LeBaron's hyperopera, Crescent City, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "reshaping LA opera."
Pace Presents: David T. Little's Soldier Songs
Ticket prices for David T. Little's Soldier Songs at The Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University range from $30 to $55. $5 Student rush tickets available day of performance with valid student ID. The performance will take place on January 11-13 & 16-18, 7:30PM. Running Time: 60 minutes
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit http://schimmel.pace.edu or call toll-free (866) 811-4111.
Pace Presents performances take place at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts located at 3 Spruce Street between Park Row and Gold Street in downtown Manhattan.


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Rodney's ChildhoodIn Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.
To lighten the mood at your next school board meeting, you decided to crack a few jokes. Only one problem; Jack (a jealous rival board member) got nosy and thought it would be funny to switch up the order of the phrases. Can you figure out the quotes and who said them in time?
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2. Oid arad narets aotae rews y othta bym. Emde tahs tner ap y mta htll etdlu oci.
3. Tell awsi h hti we maco hwdi kehtf oe rutc ipeh tdn uor a se ir racreht afym.
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AnswerThe quotes were backwards! You showed that lousy Jack. You were a hit at the meeting
1. When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
2. I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
3. My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.
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STUDENTS at Pershore High School took on eating challenges in their very own Man vs Food event, to raise awareness of a catering survey taking place.
Set up like the popular food show, Man vs Food, the inter-house competition was organised by sixth form students.
The competition was set up in several rounds, each a little more difficult than the last and saw students racing to be the quickest to eat four dry crackers, eating donuts suspended from a string with no hands and eating a bar of chocolate with a knife and fork whilst wearing oven gloves.
Each round eliminated students until there were just three left who had to eat jelly from a bowl with no hands.
Ben Neal, Magellan House Captain, came first earning points for the house.
It was done to raise awareness of a catering survey taking place in which students were invited to share their views on food choices in the dining room so the service can be constantly updated and enhanced.
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A young man was transported in critical condition this afternoon to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide in his Randallstown area home. The patient's mother and brother also were transported to Shock Trauma with less severe symptoms of CO poisoning.
Fire and EMS personnel responded to the 8200 block of Rockdale Avenue at 2:32 p.m. for a call possibly involving CO exposure in a single-family home. Gas meters carried by BCoFD personnel began sounding as soon as they entered the home and detected extremely high levels of the lethal gas.
Fire and EMS crews found the most seriously ill patient, who appears to be a young adult or older teen, unconscious. The patient's mother said she and her sons had been at home all day. The most seriously ill son had been watching TV in the basement and came upstairs to say he felt ill when he fell unconscious. The mother said she and her second son (also an older teen or young adult) also suffered symptoms consistent with CO poisoning.
Firefighters' gas meters found CO levels in the home at 776 parts per million. At this level, CO can produce unconsciousness or death within a few hours.
Crews immediately evacuated the home, conducted a search and ventilated the building until CO readings returned to 0 ppm. A preliminary inspection by fire crews indicated that a faulty furnace may be the source of the CO buildup. BGE was dispatched.
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Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Tales" gathers twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman.
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Biographical note -- Introduction -- Translator's foreword -- The Canterbury tales -- General prologue -- The Knight's tale -- The Miller's prologue -- The Miller's tale -- The Steward's prologue [the Reeve's prologue] -- The Cook's prologue -- The Cook's tale -- Introductory words to the Man of Law's tale -- Prologue to the Man of Law's tale -- The Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale [of disputed authenticity] -- The Wife of Bath's prologue -- The Wife of Bath's tale -- The Friar's prologue -- The Friar's tale -- The Summoner's prologue -- The Summoner's tale -- The Cleric's prologue -- The Cleric's tale -- Chaucer's happy song -- The Merchant's prologue -- The Merchant's tale -- Epilogue to the Merchant's tale -- Introduction to the Squire's tale -- The Squire's tale [unfinished] -- The Landowner's prologue [the Franklin's prologue] -- The Landowner's tale [the Franklin's tale] -- The Physician's tale -- Introduction to the Pardon Peddler's tale [introduction to the Pardoner's tale] -- The Pardon Peddler's prologue [the Pardoner's prologue] -- The Pardon Peddler's tale [the Pardoner's tale] -- The Shipman's tale -- The Host's merry words to the Shipman and the Prioress -- Prologue to the Prioress's tale.
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But there's a lot more to this refit than is visible. In fact, 75 percent of the work involved engineering and systems upgrades. Virtually everything behind the fabric-covered walls and beneath the new wool carpeting was upgraded. The "brains" of Polar Star were rebooted with a whole new A/V room and touchscreen remotes now control all in-room entertainment—hundreds of movies are available through Jetstream, AppleTV, and satellite television. And iPod jacks by each TV make sharing photos easy. Wireless Internet access is reliable and available at high speeds throughout the yacht—even outside on the aft owners' deck. (I found the starboard U-shape sofa an ideal place to test the improved connection.) And perhaps best of all, the sundeck can be turned into an outdoor movie theater, which makes watching Avatar almost worth the time commitment.
Brawn definitely was not ignored either. Polar Star's twin Caterpillars and most of her pumps were rebuilt. The team at Rybovich even rebuilt the three Cat generators from the blocks up.
So what do all these changes mean for guests? For one thing, peace and quiet. During our brief cruise around the island, the yacht was silent—no hums, rattles, or any shakes of any kind. And no rocking either, thanks to the upgraded Quantum XT stabilizers.
After ticking off all of the changes, Capt. Ainsworth explained that while she was in the yard, Polar Star's to-do list had continued to grow exponentially. "When you take the cover off, you have to fix it," he explained.
And fix it they did. "We've raised the comfort level of the vessel," Ainsworth says, "and we're looking forward to getting her out and chartering." (Under the charter management of International Yacht Registry, Polar Star is preparing for a summer charter season in the Med, heading first to Antibes.) And when he says "we," he really is speaking for the entire crew of 17, many of whom have been onboard for multiple seasons due in large part to owners who treat the yacht's staff as family.
"At the end of the day—no matter the headaches—[she] came out of the yard, and she's back to being a rather exceptional yacht," Ainsworth says. Though her captain may be a little biased, anyone will have to admit this Polar Star shines bright, day or night.
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Two full months of traffic statistics at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport validate what this community was told from the outset about its attempts to lure Southwest Airlines here. The promise was simple: Traffic will increase and fares will decrease for most carriers at GSP if the nation's leading low-fare carrier comes to the Upstate.
It has, and in a big way.
The airport saw a 48.7 percent increase in traffic this May as compared to a year ago, according to a report in The Greenville News late last month. The increase in traffic made the month the second-best May in the airport's history. All told, nearly 163,000 passengers passed through the airport in that month. And the increase continues a trend. In March 140,000 passengers went through the terminal and in April 155,000 passengers used the airport. Both of those figures also were year-over-year increases, according to the newspaper report.
The increases are due to "lower fares and other changes" airport spokeswoman Rosylin Weston told The Greenville News.
Those lower fares are owed to the so-called "Southwest Effect" that has been seen at many airports when Southwest Airlines begins service. Other airlines drop fares to compete with the low-fare carrier and all of the airlines see traffic increase. Obviously that happened here, too.
Southwest began its service in Greenville on March 14. The airline reported strong traffic from the outset and has said that it is pleased with the traffic it has generated in the Greenville-Spartanburg market. It also has been successful in Charleston, where it began service in March, as well.
The good news is that the traffic increases aren't unilateral. According to an airport news release, "almost every airline operating out of GSP saw a significant increase in passenger enplanements."
That's exactly what was promised when the community was putting together an unprecedented coordinated effort to bring Southwest here. That effort included promises by major employers to use Southwest for their business travel and demonstrated that the community would support the airline if it came.
Prior to Southwest, GSP had among the highest fares in the nation. The airport was losing about two-thirds of potential travelers to airports — primarily those in Atlanta and Charlotte. With the competition brought by Southwest, fares are down and the passengers are coming back in droves.
The problems experienced by the airport had been having an impact on the region's economy. After all, one of the things that employers seek when looking for a home is affordable and accessible travel. For corporate offices or headquarters, convenient air travel is essential. It stands to reason that an airport with high fares and few options can stifle economic growth.
In short, affordable air travel is vital to economic development. It's also important to the quality of life for a region's residents. Employees who are relocating to an area — or even those who've lived here all their lives — want air travel to be easy and economical. .
It will take time to determine how much of an impact Southwest and the lower fares and expanded options that it has brought will have on the Upstate economy. But the early returns are very, very encouraging.
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Rory McIlroy will hope the weather is not the only thing that is completely different in this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
McIlroy was the world number one when he followed a missed cut in Abu Dhabi - his first event with his expensive new Nike equipment - with a first-round defeat to fellow Irishman Shane Lowry, in a match delayed 24 hours by heavy snow at Dove Mountain.
It marked the start of a largely miserable 2013 for McIlroy, who struggled on the course and found himself involved in legal battles off it, before a late-season rally culminated in his only win of the year at the Australian Open in December.
The 24-year-old comes into this year's event ranked seventh in the world, although he is the top seed in the Ben Hogan bracket thanks to the withdrawals of Tiger Woods, Adam Scott and Phil Mickelson, and faces former US Ryder Cup player Boo Weekley in the opening round on Wednesday.
Rated a 14/1 favourite to win a first World Golf Championships title and the £915,000 first prize, McIlroy has shown some good form in 2014, finishing second in Abu Dhabi after a costly two-shot penalty for taking an improper drop in the third round, as well as a top-10 finish in the Dubai Desert Classic.
However, the two-time major winner flattered to deceive somewhat in Dubai, following a stunning opening 63 with rounds of 70, 69 and 74, slipping from second place to ninth in the final round.
Victory over Weekley could set up a clash with Ryder Cup team-mate Lee Westwood in the second round - Westwood faces rising star Harris English - with 10 of Europe's heroes from the 'Miracle at Medinah' in the 64-man field.
Also in the Ben Hogan bracket, 2010 winner Ian Poulter takes on American Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia faces Australian Marc Leishman - the European pair could meet in the last 16 - while US Open champion Justin Rose is top seed in the Gary Player bracket and takes on Scott Piercy.
The winner of that match will face the winner of the clash between Ernie Els and debutant Stephen Gallacher, while past and present BMW PGA Championship winners Luke Donald and Matteo Manassero face each other in an intriguing contest.
Francesco Molinari takes on Danish veteran Thomas Bjorn, while Austria's Bernd Wiesberger has the daunting task of taking on defending champion Matt Kuchar.
Kuchar has a 15-3 record in this event having reached at least the quarter-finals in the last three years, but does not believe match play requires a large change in strategy from stroke play.
"It's rare that the occasion pops up where I deviate from how I would play a stroke play event," Kuchar said. "I think you have to try to hit the best shot for the situation, just like you would in stroke play.
"There are pins that aren't ever worth going for. You may occasionally have to change a strategy or maybe be more aggressive if you know that the opponent is in with a tap-in birdie, but for the most part my strategy stays the same."
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano also has a tough task against American Hunter Mahan, who is 11-1 over the last two years after winning the title in 2012 and losing out to Kuchar in last year's final.
Ryder Cup hero Martin Kaymer takes on Japan's Hideki Matsuyama, Graeme McDowell faces the big-hitting Gary Woodland and Mikko Ilonen is up against the in-form Bubba Watson, winner of the Northern Trust Open on Sunday.
European number one Henrik Stenson is the top seed in the Bobby Jones bracket and faces Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, although he may have been facing a different opponent - at least by name - were it not for an unusual decision nine years ago.
"In Thailand we believe in luck," explained Aphibarnrat, who was formerly known as Anujit Hirunratanakorn. "When I was a kid with my old name I won a lot. But when I started to train, for the first year I had no success at all.
"My family and I went to a temple in northern Thailand to change our name. We believe if you have the right letters, you get more luck. After I changed my name I had more luck."


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AMD Completes FirePro Refresh, Adds 4 New FirePro Cardsby Ryan Smith on 8/12/2014 8:00 AM EST
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Shinshin - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkWhat is the market segment for W4100 or W2100? who are the people that do "lightweight 2D and 3D workloads over 1-2 monitors"?
Isn't the GPUs that are bundled with Intel's CPUs or AMD's APUs enough for this exact segment?
Maybe it's the software support?! Reply
nevertell - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkThere are workstations that use CPUs without integrated graphics. Take a look at lga2011. Reply
Shinshin - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkYou're right... I haven't thought about LGA2011... Reply
6129(15) - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkI do 'light' 3D work, think of designing in Rhino and light/simple assemblies in Solidworks. These new, low end/low mid rang cards are excellent replacements for older generations. I'd be happy to upgrade from my V4800 now to a W4100. Reply
PhoenixEnigma - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkPartly software support, yes - for high end photo/graphics work, you might well want a 30bpp display chain (which is currently a workstation card only feature) but not care too much about overall graphics performance. Reply
Derjis - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkJust a heads up: the "next-gen" cards in the new Mac Pros have been causing no end of problems for folks in the video production industry. It's at least partially due to a catastrophic screw-up by Apple, but here's hoping that these cards don't introduce the same glitches on PC... Reply
chizow - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkYep, Apple thought they could circumvent the industry leader (Nvidia) and overcome AMD's driver/support shortcomings with their own in-house support and are learning the hard way. I know there's a purchasing freeze on all new Mac Pros (garbage can design) in our environment right now, the current recommended guidance for anyone needing an upgrade is to upgrade their existing Mac Pro towers with Nvidia Quadro-based solutions.
I fully expect the next Mac Pro to go back to Nvidia-based solutions. Reply
akdj - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkI'm with iwod (not really. He's somewhere, I'm in Alaska) but any chance you can point me as well or link us challenges with the nMP in enterprise, production or computational jobs? I've got a buddy with the Octa/512/7000 and with Premier/AE, FCPx and Davinci with some PS usage he's never been happier. I'm duriuos Reply
tcube - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkIt is chizow he's an nvidia fanboy and troll that allways thinks he's got all the anwers and spews only unsustained halftuths or blatant igorant lies... that's the person that's your answer.
Other then that i have seen many 2d designers with light movie editing and light 3d more then happy even with a kaveri... with consumer grade drivers so i can only speculate but even though amd has put only latelly an emphasis on pro line graphics its drivers and software support will only get better. Reply
iwod - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkWow, any links? Google Search turns up garbage. Reply
Senti - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkI have being using several AMD and nV workstation and "gaming" cards and I can say that I like FrePros the least. Awful loud reference cooler with no alternative as Radeon line has and quite bad drivers. Seriously, killing Aero when enabling 10-bit color when on Quadro it just works? When installed both FirePro and Radeon drivers they conflict with each other?! I can see why industry doesn't like FirePro at all even when they are much cheaper than Quardo cards. Reply
mapesdhs - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - link
So it's the same as it's often been in the past with gamer cards from each vendor:
Price? Often AMD has the edge.
Quality? NVIDIA has the edge.
Performance? Bounces back & forth.
No wonder pro users tend to favour NVIDIA, since such users are the very people who
will be happy to pay extra if necessary for a more stable platform.
Ian. Reply
Senti - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkNot really. It was only talk about workstation line.
For "gaming" line Radeons are better in like everything if you don't touch bad reference coolers. Even drivers: proper OpenCL support, OpenGL is not crippled, 10-bit output is possible,... Reply
tcube - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkWhy would you want to run drivers for both since it's a known fact you need to do a completelly clean install when you swith from one to the other. Also why would you run anything in 10bit color scheme? Just curious! Reply
Senti - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkDrivers: because I usually want 2 cards installed: cheap workstation for workstation-quality specifics in programs and "gaming" for compute workload. With nV you can even install just one "gaming" driver and it would recognize workstation card (and even with most workstation features working anyway), with AMD you have to install separate ones and they are way less happy to work together than nV ones.
10-bit: not sure what your question is about, 10-bit is per component, so total is 30-bit color which is obviously better than 24-bit for capable applications. Reply
tcube - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkWell, i have no idea how the 2 driversets work together but i suspect that this problem is due to the less matured pro line drivers. AMDs pro line is after all a newish effort. As to the 10bit i'm still not 100% i got it, true collors use 32bit definitions and is way out of human spectrum. I don't think there are more then 10 people on the planet capable of making a distinction between 1 increment of shade in 32bit. Also i don't think normal people can distinct 16bit shades at 1 increment distance. Anyway should't the number be something like 10.6.. bit/chanel? A round 30bit souns really odd since it's not divisible by 8... just saying. That is why the question. Reply
Senti - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkThere is no 32-bit color. "32-bit" is actually 24-bit color + 8 bit wasted for padding (or alpha where it's needed). 10-bit per channel is still packed in 32-bit, but for padding/alpha only 2 bits are used.
Plenty of people can distinguish 8-bit and 10-bit gradients easily (on good monitor, of course). And in special circumstances I can even distinguish individual steps of 10-bit gradient, so it's not a limit of human eye perception yet. Reply
tcube - Thursday, August 14, 2014 - linkThanks for the info & explanation, i think i got it now! Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkEven though it doesn't matter since it will be in a case, that W7100 is a fantastic looking card. So sleek and slim for something of that performance level (presumably at or above the R9 280X). Reply
hechacker1 - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkI agree. I have a 6950 I've been wanting to replace. This will probably give better performance, in a 1 slot design (that's rare to find now). And if I could SLI them... Reply
Senti - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkYou are probably missing that W7100 would be LOUD. There is a reason powerful videocards are made in 2-3 slot designs nowadays. Reply
tcube - Saturday, August 16, 2014 - linkWell... seeing as it will be in a server and the server in a datacenter... who cares :D. Other then that using a server gpu in non server environment might prove fatal to the gpu lol. You usually maintain a chilling 7-15 C (if it is not a special purpose datacenter in which case temperatures can go a lot sub 0 C) in a datacenter so the air passing through is really cool, if you suddenly pass summer air through it you would most likelly fry it. Reply
Tikcus9666 - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - linkStill think AMD could release an APU to cater for the W4100 market and down
AMD Opteron APU with Fire Pro graphics (and drivers)
Charge 3 X the price for the same spec AMD A series with radeon graphics
enough cpu and gpu for entry level CAD Reply
tcube - Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - linkA ps4 specced apu with ecc and ddr4 and 4 steamroller cores instead of the 8 jaguars or alternativelly 8 4-5 ghz puma+ cores would make for a genius entry level workstation and get rid of the absolute low end fire pro line Reply
atlantico - Thursday, August 14, 2014 - linkThe price/performance ratio of FirePro GPUs is the best in the market now, as is the OpenCL performance. Competition is good. Reply
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UNIVERSITY Centre at Blackburn College will have 10 new courses on offer from September to cope with increasing demand.
The centre is gearing up towards September 2015 when the cap on university numbers will be lifted – a move that will allow more students to study locally in Blackburn.
The new courses will include full-time foundation degrees in Public Service Management (Uniformed Services), which has been designed with a particular focus on the army, fire and rescue service and police, and Public Service Management (Housing).
Both are validated by Lancaster University, ranked in the top one per cent of universities in the world.
Dean of higher education at UCBC, Dr Janet Thompson, said: "We have seen huge economic and social challenges facing students and graduates throughout the UK and are witness to some of the highest figures for youth unemployment on record.
"There are many organisations out there attempting to address these issues.
"We are playing our part by offering courses to meet the demands of industry as well as bringing organisations from our region with different backgrounds together to share good practice, formulate strategies, encourage dialogue and develop appropriate curriculum through collaborations."
There will also be new BSc (Hons) Construction degree courses, covering building services engineering, building surveying, civil engineering, project management and sustainable design in construction, also validated by Lancaster University.
Meanwhile, a foundation degree in Paralegal Studies, approved by the University of South Wales, has been developed in response to the growing demand for suitably skilled and qualified paralegals.
Further collaborations with the University of Cumbria will see the start of a foundation degree in Complementary Therapies.
The programme is set to include pathways for sports massage, reflexology and holistic massage specialisms.
The University Centre will also offer a HNC/D in Computing and Software Development from September, an addition to the existing IT curriculum specifically designed for those already in employment.
Construction is also under way of the new £5.5m Motor Vehicle Centre, which will consist of five classrooms, two computer labs, an MOT lane, a diagnostic lab and a refinishing centre.
The centre, for students looking to pursue careers in the motor vehicle industry, will also open this September.


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About the Book
Each person experiences the world through their senses. Sight is one of them. And each Person has a unique Perspective on the world - the way they see the world.
This book features pictures of some of the way the world was experienced this year from one of those perspectives.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
60 Pages
- Publish Date Aug 11, 2011
- Tags Hollywood, Image, Art, Photography
About the Creator
BRIAN S. KALATA, wrote the original feature film "Dinner Rush" along with Rick Shaughnessy, available on DVD from New Line Home Entertainment. He has done freelance writing in print, commercial and Internet content development. Brian has continued to develop projects including an adaptation of the Sherwood Kirraly book, "Big Babies". He is also currently in production on a documentary project about the Digital Revolution and the Emerging New Media explosion, including the new user generated content phenomenon. Brian is a member of the Writers Guild of America - East. He has been a member of the creative team on a number of television and feature film projects including: Californication, Oceans 12, THe Road To Perdition, I Love You Man, The Middle, The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Many More..
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>Running 101>Long run distance
12 Monkeys
When training for a marathon, what benefit is there to long runs of 22, 24 or even 26ish miles? Galloway recommends this. Serious discussion...
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
old woman w/hobby
i am very interested in the answers to this question.
i am following master run coach in prep for my first marathon.
and i'm getting nervous with long runs that is even shorter than these.
Just run.
Runners run.
What kind of training would support that?
Consistently Slow
When training for a marathon, what benefit is there to long runs of 22, 24 or even 26ish miles? Galloway recommends this. Serious discussion...
None. 3 --- 20 miles. Galloway also recommends walking. To tired to find the quotes.
Run until the trail runs out.
The pain that hurts the worse is the imagined pain. One of the most difficult arts of racing is learning to ignore the imagined pain and just live with the present pain (which is always bearable.) - Jeff
But Mikey, you have 24000 lifetime miles, with well over 2000 a year. That's not enough?
What kind of training would support that?
Bobbie, for a beginning marathoner, it will take many weeks to gradually build up your mileage and long run and allow your body to adapt to them. Although it is tempting to think that you should do a 26-mile long run, few beginners have the base mileage to recover from a training run this long or the biomechanical integrity to do this without risking injury. So longer runs should only be done by experienced marathoners who are running more miles and are willing to put in the extra time and risk to improve their performance.
A 20-mile run at a proper long-run pace (about 80% as fast as your per-mile marathon goal pace), will put you on your feet for about the same length of time it will take you to do the marathon. This is adequate to develop the long-term energy metabolism you need to complete a marathon and to get used to running for the duration of the marathon.
Patti and Warren Finke are RRCA-certified coaches who have helpedrunners and walkers for over 25 years. They are the founders anddirectors of the Portland Marathon Training Clinic and authors of Marathoning, Start To Finish.Patti, M.S., is an exercise physiologist and the Chairman of the RRCACoaching Committee. Warren is the webmaster of a number ofrunning-related websites, including rrca.org.They have both completed over 170 events at the marathon distance orlonger and teach coaching-certification seminars. For more information,visit teamoregon.com.
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But Mikey, you have 24000 lifetime miles, with well over 2000 a year. That's not enough?
Technically the 24,000 miles just in the last 9 1/2 years or so. It's somewhat more than that lifetime.
But the question for me was never whether I could finish a 24 mile training run, that was never my goal. My goal was to race a single marathon as fast as I could, or at least as fast as I could on a work-a-day hobbyjogger's training schedule. I never felt like doing 24 or 26 mile training runs was the best use of my training time and energy, in the context of everything else I was doing.
I think, as we've covered ad nauseam on this board, the long run is way over rated. Most people would do better to worry about all the other aspects of their training (i.e. the other 6 days of the week) than to do longer long runs. But hey, to each his own.
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I'd suspect that it depends how long of a marathon you're interested in. Seems like you do some of the longer ones, sometimes.
As for me, I suspect the main problem with my long runs is that they aren't nearly long enough.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
"It's not how long you make it, it's how you make it long."
(cigarette slogan from the 60s)
Feeling the growl again
I think, as we've covered ad nauseam on this board, the long run is way over rated. Most people would do better to worry about all the other aspects of their training (i.e. the other 6 days of the week) than to do longer long runs. But hey, to each his own.
I've got limited use for anything over 20 miles. If a 22-miler takes about as much time as racing a marathon, why do I need to run over 22 miles in practice?
Given the training mileage of the average marathoner today, I think they need to justify to me why they think they can even benefit from 22+ milers.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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Mikey's pretty much nailed it. Psychologically it can be good for first time marathoners to go that long. Physically, it's probably not beneficial and maybe even detrimental in the sense that it will keep you from the regular day-in-day-out work that is what makes a runner a runner.
The Logic of Long Distance
I'm not sure why Galloway recommends it, and I don't have any desire to read his advice. (I'm pretty unscientific when it comes to training which I'm sure will sneak up on me someday and derail any serious aspirations, but whatever.) However, our local marathon star does his training based on time with his longest run being as long as he plans to spend running the actual race--2:30 or 2:40, I assume. At his pace, I'm sure that works out to beyond 20 miles.
I can only imagine that it is some kind of psychological thing. I know the 20 mile wall has been built up to scare people (and maybe it should, but I don't know because I've never run a marathon). Maybe getting people to go beyond that wall breaks some kind of psychological barrier in the mind?
MTA: I see this has been covered by those above.
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The Human Race
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
The human race was a race traditionally held every year during the dead of winter in Paris. It was originally created to distract Frenchmen from the fact that they were cold, probably losing a war, and depressingly French. From France, the practice slowly spread throughout the globe. Today, the practice is banned in northern Canada and southeastern Australia (due to the fact that it involves nearly every human right violation to date) but is encouraged elsewhere for the same reason.
edit Objectives
The main objective of the human race is to find out what the race's purpose is. While some are able to find their purpose through years of meditation, and reading, most fail. Some participants find false purposes such as gaining as much money, power, or fame as possible during their run. These lost participants step all over other members of the race to reach the "top." Others maintain that the purpose of the race is to find "Love" despite the fact that recent studies have proven that love does not actually exist. Of course, most people naturally assume that the goal is to gather as many pinecones as possible using only trained armadillos (like it is in most games).
edit Game play
The participants line up at the start and wait for a handgun to be fired. (Note: some variations of the game require the handgun to be fired randomly into the audience, to cause excitement and drama). After it is fired, they participants run until they pass out, after which they lie on the ground for several hours. Nobody is quite sure what happens after this or how the game is played, as most surviving spectators have either fallen asleep or left by this point. Some people speculate that the players eventually play a game similar to soccer for points. These people are called lunatics.
edit Entering the Race
Entering your human in the Human Race is quick and easy! First, acquire a human (preferably a useless peasant or other equally expendable person) through dragooning, kidnap, abduction, capture, taking them hostage, arrest, or any other socially acceptable means. Then, simply fill out a straightforward and concise 37 page wavier, which, in clear 1 point font, lists a few of the possible…… um… risks involved with the game. After that, package and ship your human, along with a $27 shipping and handling fee, to PO box 4503 Old Mill, British Columbia. If your human passes our 12 point inspection, you are free to race it at all AHA (American Human Association) approved tracks in America. (For an easy to understand guide on registering in other countries, click here.)
edit Things Not To Enter
Here is a list of things that if entered into the human race, will be instantly disqualified,
- Penguins
- Menstruating snow gerbils
- Pumpkins
- Giraffes
- Aluminium Oxide
- Venezuelean Beaver Cheese
- Potatoes
- Yellow Snow
- Grue
- Lady Ga Ga
- Your Mom
- Clocks
- Chipmunks
- Scrabble Boards
- Paris Hilton
- And anything else that is not human...
edit Controversy
edit Weather
Some scientists have concluded that since the race is always run directly against the earth's rotation, it effects the lengths of days. They feel that overtime, the earth could start "goin all crazy an shit" which could potentially cause severe weather or "other stuff" in China, Vermont, London, and Middle Earth. After over six years of research into the matter, their opposition has come to the consensus that "it's all bullshit." In a prepared statement to the Associated Press, the protagonists defended their original argument with "no it isn't."
edit Some Other Thing
There's some other controversy about the race, it has something to do with all the deaths and hardship and stuff it causes, but I won't bore you with all that.
edit Advertisements
Of far more relevance and interest to us all, are the complicated legal arguments surrounding the race! Essentially, the owners of a team wanted to advertize as allowed by statement 44EF-C of France's legal system. However, since the race was never held in an official stadium, 44EF-C was nullified due to the measure stated in section 3 paragraph 37. Of course, the defending attorneys tried to argue the case in fact fell under the jurisdiction of statement 67A4-9 due to the particulars defined in section 5 (pages 38-956). Unfortunately, their argument was complicated by law #435-Q, since it clearly violated the terms as stated under section 77-E. Nevertheless, because the race was registered under 88-4C regulations, it qualified for treatment listed in section 77-K rather than 77-E. But, paragraph 84 of 77-K seemed to undermine the entire argument. Obviously, they counter argued using the 1st and 3rd sentence of paragraph 84, thus temporarily avoiding the whole mess. Seeing through this charade, the opposition enacted section 36 of WH-9. As you have probably guessed, the defenders eventually settled under conditions 77-T9, allowing them the benefits as listed on page 65. Still, the topic is still fervently debated outside of court by students for fun.
edit Legacy
While the game has had many lasting effects on our society, the UN has felt the most profound effects. While drafting their ineffective and often ignored list of human rights, the UN was inspired by the human race to add some new rights. These include, but are not limited to:
- The right to at least one orange a day
- The right to not be burned alive, packed into a sock, and thrown with a trebuchet to the finish line to save time (although catapults are acceptable)
- The right to fair treatment by referees
- The right to all limbs (even arms)
- The right to not be pursued by large trained animals of any kind
- The right to not be forced to pursue large trained animals of any kind


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• flagitious •
Pronunciation: flê-ji-shês • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Brutal, vicious, atrocious, inclined toward heinous crimes. 2. Nasty, mean, irresponsibly wicked.
Notes: Remember, in words borrowed from Latin, G tends to be pronounced soft before the front vowels, I and E (vowels pronounced in the front of the mouth), so this G will be pronounced like J. Before back vowels, G is generally pronounced hard in all English words: gorge, gurgle, garish. The adverb is flagitiously and the noun flagitiousness. (Flagitiosity has reared its ugly head a time or two but, mercifully, hasn't stuck.)
In Play: Today's good bad word is difficult to joke about; its reference is very, very serious: "The flagitious regime of Saddam Hussein cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Iranians." However, as the second definition indicates, this meaning is softening a bit in use: "He was so flagitious as to criticize her hair when she had just left the beauty parlor."
Word History: If this word conjures up images of Indiana Jones cracking a whip above his head, it is because the Latin word for "whip" shares an origin with today's word. Flagitious came from the Latin adjective flagitiosus "shameful, disgraceful". This adjective rose up from flagitium "a shameful act, a protest", itself from flagitare "to importune, to demand vehemently". The point of origin is PIE bhleg- "strike, hit", which also underlies Latin flagrum "whip". The same root provided Icelandic with blása and English with blow "act of hitting". (It would be bordering on the flagitious not to thank our Agoran of the Day, named appropriately enough M. Henri Day, for suggesting today's Good Word.)


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Onislam.net, an Islamic web site published in both English and Arabic from Egypt, continues to publish Harun Yahya's articles on a regular basis. The author's article, titled 'The Prophet (saas)'s Patience', was published on the 12th of July, 2012.
|So be patient in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with praise before the rising of the sun and before it sets. (Surah Qaf, 39)
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The Chandler Public Library is working hard to make sure that all of the books, music and movies that are borrowed by the public get returned. There is a series of steps involved in the return process in order to recover items that have been checked out and are overdue.
The number of books, CDs and DVDs that go unreturned every year is anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500. Chandler Public Library Services Coordinator Peter Perreault said that the number was "quite small" considering the fact that there are about 80,000 active users and a total circulation of about 2 million items per year. "Approximately one tenth of one percent of checked out items per year are not returned," Perreault said.
The first step in the return process is to e-mail a library user (if their e-mail was provided) with a reminder about the due date two days prior to it. If the items have not been returned two days after the due date, then an e-mail is sent out with an overdue notice.
Ten days after the due date, the customer receives a phone call and another overdue e-mail. After 21 days the process changes a bit, and customers are contacted through the mail, and with another overdue e-mail. These notifications inform library members that the items are now considered lost and that the customer may be responsible for paying the replacement costs along with a processing fee.
Thirty-five days after an item is not returned, the customer receives another letter and e-mail telling them again that they could be responsible for overdue fees and that if the fees are not paid or the item is not returned, then the account might be referred to a collection agency. At this point, the customer has been notified up to eight times.
All of the library staff is trained to handle customer questions regarding overdue materials on their account. E-mails are automatically generated and sent out, giving the employees more time to specialize in direct customer service.
After 45 days, any items and material not returned are considered to be lost and the library member is now fully responsible for paying the replacement cost of every overdue item checked out plus a processing fee. Depending on how much the items cost, the account may be turned over to a collection agency for further action.
Perreault said that library members with overdue materials who do not clear their account in full after it goes to collections will have a debt reported to the credit bureaus."We use a collection agency as a last resort," he said, "but we have a responsibility to the citizens and taxpayers of Chandler to protect their investment."


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Most of agriculture, and particularly dairy and livestock producers, consider the Congress to be the Christmas "Grinch" for its failure to approve a successor to the expired 2008 Farm Bill. It ceased to exist on Oct. 1, and three months later the Congress may be no closer than Feb. 27 in addressing itself to a renewal of farm policy.
While cash and futures markets are continuing to operate without problems, while wheat remains dormant, and while USDA employees continue to report for work, what could be the problem, if there is any problem? If the U.S. farmer and consumer can survive three months without a Farm Bill, why can't they survive three more months, or three more years? There are reasons.
The lack of a 2012 Farm Bill, which soon will be re-labeled a 2013 Farm Bill, may not have an impact at the grocery store today, or in the feedlot today, or in the machine shed today, but overtime a finely tuned food machine will begin to show wear and tear without the daily maintenance that is necessary.
Where we are now
When Congress recessed for the election, the Senate had passed its Farm Bill proposal that cut $23 billion from the 10-year baseline for agricultural appropriations. The proposal included a stronger crop insurance program and nearly full funding of USDA's nutrition programs. In the House, only the Agriculture Committee has approved a proposal, which cuts $35 billion from the 10-year baseline spending, half of that in nutrition programs.
House leadership has not called the bill for a vote, contending there are insufficient votes to pass anything. Since the election recess and the lame-duck session, there has been no overt effort to approve farm legislation and the Chairman and ranking Democratic member of the House Agriculture Committee both say they cannot see the opportunity to address the issue before the end of February.
What is the impact of the delay?
Any government support programs, such as direct payments, marketing loans, ACRE are in effect for a commodity until the end of the current marketing year. For example, that will be June 30, 2013 for wheat and August 31 for corn and soybeans. However, the dairy support program ended September 30, 2012 without any replacement. Under 1949 Permanent Law, parity prices become effective January 1, 2013 for any commodity for which the Permanent Law has not been suspended. (Typically, each new Farm Bill suspends the 1949 legislation, but that has not happened.) Subsequently, at the expiration of the current marketing year for a commodity, familiar commodities will have some unfamiliar prices that the USDA says producers shall be paid. USDA economists calculated those prices at the end of November to be:
Corn $12.00 per bushel
Soybeans $28.90 per bushel
Wheat $18.30 per bushel
Beef cattle $292.00 per cwt.
Hogs $160.00 per cwt.
Milk $52.10 per cwt.
(Note: Dairy prices are to be set at 75 percent to 90 percent of parity, so a $52 parity price would be adjusted to $39 to $47.)
Parity prices for a multitude of other commodities are calculated monthly by USDA statisticians in the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The November 2012 report of commodity prices contains parity prices on pages 30 and 31.
Parity prices are part of an economic base for agriculture using the relationship between market prices and the cost of production between the years of 1910-1914. While this formula worked 100 years ago, there are few, if any, who believe it would work today. Nevertheless, that is where we are.
What does that mean for 2013?
That is very interesting to contemplate. If we don't amend the permanent legislation, the 2013 crop will be covered by an ancient non-recourse loan program. A floor would be put under prices at between 50 and 90 percent of parity. Parity is based on a 1910-14 purchasing power index. That means we have a 100-year-old policy.
"Parity prices for 2013 include wheat at $18, corn at $12, beans at $27, cotton at $2 a pound, milk at $52 a hundredweight. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be required to hold producer referenda by April on marketing quotas and production controls on wheat and cotton.
"Who loves this? Our competitors. Our Canadian friends think it's great because we'll put a floor price down and they'll beat us on prices and our grain will be in government storage. I don't think agriculture has awoken to this. I don't think they know how inept this is."
One of more immediate issues is the impact of the lack of farm policy on the U.S. dairy program. Beginning January 1, 2013, the lack of a dairy program will force the USDA to begin implementing the 1949 Permanent Law for dairy producers. In brief, that will require the USDA to purchase milk, store it as cheese and powdered milk, and remove enough of it from the market to cause prices to rise from the current $18 per cwt to the adjusted parity price of $39 to $47 per cwt. Such a shortage of milk is expected to push consumer prices to $6 a gallon or more.
One of the more outspoken critics of the lack of farm policy inaction is U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) who addressed the Senate on Dec. 21. He said, "The Secretary of Agriculture and his staff have been -- quite literally -- dusting off old paper files and mimeographed notes from the 1940s and 50s to review the Agricultural Act of 1949….This archaic law will force the Federal Government to spend billions of dollars to buy and store dairy products to help raise the price of fluid milk for dairy farmers. The Secretary will have to keep spending until he is able to raise the price of fluid milk by 60 or 70 percent…..Never before has the Farm Bill expired like this. And now on January 1 we will implement market-distorting dairy policy so old that 49 current members of the Senate -- including the Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee -- were not even born when it was signed into law by then-President Harry Truman."
The Sept. 30 expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill without a replacement was not a crisis on Oct. 1. However, three months later, it is beginning to look like that. On Jan. 1, the U.S. dairy industry will see prices determined by parity, which is based on a 1949 law that uses economic formulas developed 100 years ago and will push milk prices to the $6-8 per gallon range. As commodity marketing years expire, the 1949 Permanent Law will take effect and raise prices as the government is forced to impose production quotas to keep enough of the commodity off the market that will allow prices to rise to established levels that are two to four times current market prices.
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Church to dedicate building on Sunday
Published: Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 11, 2013 at 4:39 p.m.
North Central Baptist Church, 8001 NW 23rd Ave., dedicates its new educational building Sunday during its worship service at 9:30 a.m.
The new building is the culmination of a two-year project in which the members evaluated the current campus needs and the growth of the church.
"It is a miracle what the Lord has done here at North Central," said the Rev. Calvin Carr, pastor of the church since October 2007, in a written statement. "Our people have raised the funds to build this building and have reached the people to fill it up."
The building was constructed by the Flanagan Companies Inc., and includes 16 rooms.
"This building will help us reach families, youth, college students, internationals, and gives us the added space we need to continue to grow," Carr said. "We are expecting to provide new Bible study times as well as new worship times as a result of our people's faithful vision for reaching this city for Christ."
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Macy's revealed five new floats which will be featured in this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade and we can't wait to see them make their way through Manhattan!
Macy's revealed five new floats which will be featured in this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade and we can't wait to see them make their way through Manhattan!
One of the most iconic Thanksgiving Day traditions is watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and cheering on your favorite floats! Macy's recently revealed five new floats that will be featured in this year's Thanksgiving Day Parade and we can't wait to see them on Thanksgiving morning along with Santa's first appearance of the season! In anticipation of the big day, here's a sneak peek of the new floats that we're excited to see in action.
The minions will be making an appearance on an adorable bakery themed float named "Despicably Delicious" based on "Despicable Me 2"! We have no doubt that these guys will be stealing the show and we can't wait to see them boogie down on this despicably sweet float.
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Cirque du Soleil will be presenting a massive "flying" pirate ship float called "Dreamseeker", featuring two trampolines and twenty acrobats! Performers will be flipping their way through Manhattan to entertain onlookers, who we're sure will already be amazed by the size of this float!
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Sea World's beautiful aquatic float, "Sea of Surprises", celebrates their upcoming 50th anniversary with Sea World's beloved sea animals! This float features Sea World favorites from fish and sea turtles to dolphins and even Shamu!
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Royal Caribbean's float, "A World at Sea from Royal Caribbean", features giant 3-D postcards and a performance by Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth! The set depicts scenes of surfing, zip lining and other fun adventures.
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Lindt Chocolate's float, "The Enchanting World of Lindt Chocolate" features live puppets and kitchen spoons operated by a Lindt Master Chocolatier! To say the least, this float will satisfy any onlooker's sweet tooth.
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As for a traditional part of the parade, we're of course excited to see Santa make his first appearance of the season at the finale of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! With Christmas right around the corner, Santa will be gearing up for his Christmas Eve sleigh ride across the world!
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Wait, Fox's Chris Wallace Now Example of "Mainstream Press" Treating Michele Bachmann Unfairly?
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That seems to be the case that Mark McKinnon makes in The Daily Beast today. The former Bush advisor insists the "mainlining media" relentlessly portray Michele Bachmann in an unflattering light:
Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.
McKinnon makes passing reference to just two media put-downs of Bachmann. The first is that she's been derided as a "delusional, paranoid zealot." McKinnon cites no source for the quote and Google and Nexis searches for that phrase come up empty, but I'm guessing he's referring to a recent, unflattering piece in Rolling Stone by columnist Matt Taibbi.
McKinnon's second example? Fox News' Chris Wallace, who over the weekend asked Bachmann if she's a "flake." (He quickly apologized.) That's right, Fox News is one of the two examples McKinnon offers as proof that the "mainstream press" is treating Bachmann and "conservative women in politics" very, very badly.
Does that mean that Wallace is now part of the despised liberal media?
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The year got off to a tragic start when Alexander McQueen committed suicide on February 11, the first day of New York Fashion Week, just weeks after his mother died. Despite an outpouring of grief and shock, PPR (which owns the McQueen brand) showed his final collection, which was almost finished, in Paris just three weeks later. By the next Fashion Week, Sarah Burton, McQueen's assistant, would be named creative director of the brand.
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In 2009, Alber Elbaz told The New Yorker, "I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don't want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister." But in 2010, H&M proved persuasive enough, and the Israeli-born designer collaborated on a collection with the Swedish megastore, Lanvin (Hearts) H&M. Every image, video, quote, and hint was chronicled on the Internet until it finally debuted at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, and editors and celebrities alike tumbled down the blue-velvet stairs to get their hands on a $200 ruffle.
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I'm currently trying to deal with the explanations in Chinese given in Practical Chinese Reader I.
At this moment one particular character gives me a head ache; i cannot find it in my dictionary, nor in the various online dicos.
The context is:
The missing character consists of two parts: the part on the left is 齿 (trad. 齒); the part on the right is 艮.
Could somebody help me out?
Thanks in advance,
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My guess, like yours, was first founded on the context that the sentence explains how to articulate a phoneme. After I checked my Sanseido Jp-Ch dictionary, I am sure that ya1yin1 is booth bed in Chinese. Ya is tusk and yin is tooth + root.
As I am writing this from a Mac, I cannot pinpoint the kanji we are talking about. But hope this makes sense to you.
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The 'Blush' Book Tour Has Started!
First stop on the 'Blush: The Unbelievably Absurd Diary of a Gay Beauty Junkie' tour—Las Vegas!
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What is up with this economy, ladies? I don't know about you, but my recent budget has been tighter than any Man Spanx I put on to look thinner (by the way, thank you, Spanx for coming out with the boy version)! I've been receiving SOS emails, tweets, Facebook messages and frantic texts from women across the country about how to spend less yet remain fabulous! Where do all of our beauty pennies go?
Over the next months, I will be focusing my column on tips to help you find the best deals on all things fabulous, as well as easy ways to make extra cash on the side. As you know, my new book is about my life in the cosmetic industry. I love beauty. As the title says, I am a Beauty Junkie. It has always put bread on the table and paid my bills. The "Harvey Blush Tour" has several different sponsors who will make it possible for me to meet you girls across the country.
So once again, beauty is making my dreams come true. Nerium International, the maker of NeriumAD Age-Defying Treatment is one of my proud sponsors for my very first book party that happened on August 21 in Las Vegas.
As a beauty junkie, you know I love many products. This NeriumAD Age Defying Treatment ($110, expert.nerium.com) is a nature based product that's safe for all skin types. It addresses multiple concerns at once: fine lines and wrinkles,hyperpigmentation, uneven skin texture, and sun damaged skin. Wait till you see the before and after shots. Unbelievable! This night cream has the most incredible story and might be a way for you to make extra money! Alisanne Frew, Senior Director for Nerium can give you the 411 to see if it's right for you. A breakthrough night cream that gives you fabulous skin and can add coins to your beauty purse? Sounds fabulous!
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I'm pleased to announce that our Member of the Month, selected based on his constant participtation and the high quality of the content he posts here, is ServerStorm.Get yourself a coffee and read this interview to get to know him a little better.
Congratulations, Steve.
I first want to say thank you so much to the SP staff and the members of this site for making this such a great place!
How did you first come across SP and what made you stay?
In 2005, the life I lived allowed for little else than work, so I decided to leave my job as a VP Big Wig to spend time with my new kiddies. At this same time, I decided that I liked what was happening with the relatively early stages of the modern web. So, not knowing much at all about it, I searched for books and information on the Web and found 'How to Build a Database Driven Website' by Kevin Yank. I spent the next couple of months configuring web-servers and getting my own company website built using this book as a foundation. After that SP became a valuable source for growth for me and my new business.
Do you expect your life will change as a result of becoming Member Of The Month? In what way(s)?
In the public domain, I think that things move so fast these days that it changes life a little but in a year the only place this will still exist is in SP Archives and maybe my online information. In my personal life, I will like this forever.
Is there a story behind your choice of Sitepoint username?
In my early working years 1991 - 1994, I had a stretch where I would touch a computer monitor or a server and to my dismay they would start on fire! At a early Unix Widget company I worked at making Macromedia multimedia presentations on floppy disc, I touch a monitor and it burst into flames, the fire alarm in the building was tripped (luckily no sprinklers). When calm returned they nicknamed me ServerStorm. For years, when working on equipment, I wore insulated gloves. I always thought it was just bad timing, but the gloves gave the people around me 'Peace of Mind'.
Many people wonder about my header and footer: Foozle Reducer and Ictus, so I put the definitions in the 'about me'; for those too lazy to go and look
Your profile mentions the Music and a few other things. But when you are NOT on Sitepoint what are you doing? Any interesting hobbies?
I love to fly fish. This causes me to stay in great shape for belaying down cliffs, jumping from boulders to boulders over treacherous, boiling water, wading in swift currents, meeting really interesting people and getting bit by dangerous poisonous spiders (Ask me about this some other time) . When you fly fish you don't have to do these things, I choose this to get to some of the most magnificent areas that are rarely visited. I almost purely practice catch and release but love it from the beauty, rhythm and peace of fly fishing. It is Zen like for me and I encourage others to try it.
Other things:
What is YOUR answer to the question of "Life, the Universe and Everything"?
Wow and you asked me to write 'Short Paragraphs' ! I like Quantum Physics and I think the M-theory and p-branes are an interesting and somewhat plausible take on the Universe; however we lack to tools and math to really prove out this so at the time being I think that at least for me I am somewhat unknowing about the Universe. Quantum Physics is a big topic so my answer might sound a little vague; interestingly many physicists find M-theory too vague, so I guess it is appropriate ?
One of the benefits of MOTM is this chance for shameless, unmoderated, self promotion... Is there a website that you'd like to draw our attention to?
At this time I don't have much to promote, I just sold my company and am considering what to do next, so instead, I invite people to focus 3 days out of their lives on a cause that involves less fortunate people in their communities or more generally, the world. There are so many people in need, that if all 1 million plus SP'ers did something to help we could make a real difference.
Any final words?
Thanks so much for this honour!
Please join me in congratulating our April MOTM, @ServerStorm;.
{I want to also recognize ServerStorm as a good sport. He insisted we continue the April Fools MOTM post for a few additional days - stealing a few days from his honored role}
Congratulations, ServerStorm! As usual, another very interesting interview. It's always fascinating to find out what people do away from the computer.
Congratulations! I had a feeling it would come soon. I actually checked the logs to see if you already had one. Go server! Keep it up
Congratulations, Steve! I'd rather call you Steve than ServerStorm as I'd like to keep my computer equipment for some time to come.
A really nice interview.
wow... a unicycle!! :eek:
this is a well deserved award... congrats :award:
Congratulations Steve and interesting interview
Congrats, Steve! Well deserved! Great interview and great sport for letting us have some April Fools fun
A very interesting interview and a well deserved award, congratulations Steve!
Congratulations ServerStorm!And good job with the interview ParkinT.
Interesting list of hobbies. When is that book going to be published?
Is that Half of a Sine Wave?
Thanks to all of you!
I appreciate it @ParkinT; (For the interview), @ralph_m; , @RyanReese; , @kohoutek; , @r937; , @Paul_O_B; , @DaveMaxwell; , @TheRaptor; , @guido2004; .
I am not sure just changing my name will protect your computer equipment, but I am willing to give it a try, but are you?
guido2004, I have the rough draft of the book plus most of the illustrations already done, my Sister who is a trained Screen Writer is trying to convince me that it would be better for a short film, so at this point I am contemplating whether I find a small publishing house or fund it myself as a independent short film. Once I get it to its' final home then I will let people know in the News section, but I promise I won't make it a 'commercial' pitch
I think this is really more about the anit-string-theory camp about splitting time from space
Do both! Harry Potter docet. And yes, please let me know, I would love to see the result.
Well deserved.
Congratulations, ServerStorm, on a well deserved award and to you and ParkinT for such an interesting interview.
I'm another one who'll be eagerly awaiting the book/film/both.
You don't have Scots ancestors, do you? I think we may be related. In one of my first jobs, I was banned from using the office photocopier, because every time I did, I fried its circuits. :lol:
Congrats Steve, what a fun interview...so much we don't know about our fellow members, gotta love MOTM! Well deserved and enjoy it! :spf:
Kudos to ParkinT for some corker questions :tup:
@TehYoyo; , @TechnoBear; , and last but not least @mizwizzy; , thanks so much for your kind words and thoughts, I appreciate it greatly!
My Mother's maiden name is Cameron. My Grandfather came from Scotland, so I am 3rd generation Scott We may be related, maybe weird electrical currents run in Scottish blood?
To this day, I ground myself before touching any electrical device, including remotes, fridge, and car radio. If I wear a watch the battery is dead within a few days. I bought one of those citizen eco drive watches and fried it in two weeks and it didn't even have a battery. The only cool part about it is that when I am at a party and someone who drinks too much become obnoxious :cheer:, I wist by them and put my hand lightly on their metal beer mug or back and give them a big electrical shock, enough so to stop their verbal assault. I always apologize of course
Thanks for the encouragement for the book. You can't trust your family or friends when wanting critical assessment of ideas as they generally find good in it even if the idea stinks, so I was surprised to see some people mention the book.
I have enjoyed learning about all the other MOTM, it is so neat. What shouldn't surprise but does strike me none the less, is that their really does seem to be a pattern of highly creative yet analytical people in a Web/Technology driven site. I guess that is what is needed to be a good web person. I bet if we interview 100, 000 SP members we would find similar stories. Yet when posting we direct so much our attention to asking questions or posing answers that we never peel that layer off the onion, so it is not until something like this until we see how same we are to others... it is great!
Thanks also to ParkinT for the great interview and indeed corker questions. Where is Shyflower when neat words are used?:weyes:
I'm noticing a very strange noise in my machine...
Well done, ServerStorm. And a great interview.
:eek: Eek, what a party trick! Damn, I wanna be able to do that (:
Exactly, it's great, I always love reading the MOTM threads. Most times it's always something that makes you go "ooh, imagine that" and it's usually the non web stuff that's the real eye opener! And I do agree with you, there's so much we don't know about who we communicate with on here, for me, the most unusual thing is how "social" people are, I mean.. one might imagine that a person who invests a lot of time online, growing/maintaining a business in addition to managinig various web projects, would not have time to maintain a busy lifestyle outside of work but in most cases it's quite surprising that they do! Great to get a small insight into your life and I wish you all the best Steve with your projects, sounds exciting!
Thanks @Mikl;
Well I wafted through the Hamburg airport yesterday so who knows?
Maybe condition yourself on a Van De Graaff Generator each day and eventually it might come? Or come and visit me and I will pass it on:afro:


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This article was published 10/4/2013 (1594 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
About halfway from Swan River to The Pas, in one of the lonelier corners of Manitoba, Highway 77 swings across the north side of the Porcupine Hills. Driving west toward the Saskatchewan border, you'll come across the tiny town of Barrows and the road to Red Deer Lake, an even smaller community at the south side of the lake of the very same name.
According the 2011 census, Red Deer Lake had 13 occupied dwellings and a total population of 36 people. According to a 2006 provincial fact sheet, there were no businesses in the community and the combined value of all of its real estate was less than $200,000.
Since 1927, when the Red Deer Lake Mill shut down -- along with many other northwestern Manitoba sawmills -- this little village has gone all but unnoticed by the rest of the province.
But in the spring of 2013, obscure, out-of-the-way Red Deer Lake has the dubious distinction of facing the most severe flooding in all of Manitoba.
"Record flooding is expected near Red Deer Lake with all weather conditions," reads the third and final flood outlook by the province's hydrologic forecast centre.
According to the detailed provincial fact sheet, inflows into Red Deer Lake will exceed the capacity of the Red Deer River by two to three times, driving up the level of the lake, which also flooded in 2006 and 2011.
The plight of Red Deer Lake is important to consider during the spring flood of 2013, which is causing all forms of worry across the province, even though it will only threaten a handful of communities of considerable size.
While the Red River may rise as high and spread as wide as it did in 2009, all 18 Manitoba communities in the Red River Valley are protected by some form of ring dike. Some of those ring dikes will be put to use this spring, but none of those communities will be completely sealed off, flood forecaster Steve Topping told reporters on Wednesday during a flood forecast that included a more grim outlook for the Assiniboine River watershed but no change for the Red River Valley.
The town of Morris, for example, is protected from the Red and Morris rivers by a ring dike built up to 787.4 feet above sea level. The worst-case scenario for Morris this spring are floodwaters as high as 781 feet. Given the slew of recent unflattering headlines involving the town, another significant flood will be a welcome diversion, even if Highway 75 is submerged for another 35 days this spring.
Along the Assiniboine River, there's another ring dike around the only town where river levels would otherwise be a serious problem: St. Lazare, which sits at the confluence of the Qu'Appelle and Assiniboine. St. Lazare's ring dike is built up to 1,293.4 feet above sea level; the worst-case flooding scenario is 1,288 feet this spring.
The flood will be far more devastating for the townsite at Peguis First Nation, where the Fisher River is once again expected to spill its banks under all spring precipitation scenarios. The fact many Peguis residents were displaced by Fisher River floods in 2009 and 2011 points to the continuing need for some form of permanent flood protection in this north Interlake community. Negotiating such a deal is easier said than done, given the diffusion of responsibility between the province, Ottawa and the First Nation.
Very bad weather will also require additional flood protection for the Souris River towns of Melita and Souris, which both had close calls during the 2011 Assiniboine River basin flood. But even the worst-case scenario would not see the Souris rise as high as it did two years ago.
In all likelihood, the primary victims of the flood this spring -- aside from Peguis residents -- will be agricultural producers, who will once again find their farms submerged by overland flooding for weeks at a time. Some Red River Valley homes outside of ring dikes will be completely isolated, yet again.
But all in all, Manitoba has grown accustomed -- too accustomed -- to dealing with what now seems like a biannual hydrological event.
The ring dikes will be sealed, some roads will be submerged and the vast majority of Winnipeggers will spend their weekends cleaning their yards and grilling burgers, all but immune to the plight of the waters rising along Deadhorse Creek near Rosenfeld or the Antler River at Melita or Red Deer Lake at the tiny town that bears its name.


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TAMPA, Fla. - Both the Saint Leo men's and women's cross country teams concluded their 2009 seasons at the NCAA Southeast Regional, Saturday morning from Dover Park. The men concluded their 8K race in 15th-place and a team score of 464. The women, on the other hand, had a 12th-place showing and accumulated 315 points, as they wrapped up their 5K race.
Matt Attal set the pace for the Lions, as his consistent running once again allowed him to culminate the race as the Lions' top finisher. His time of 38:07 placed him 89th of 105 runners and 29 seconds ahead of his teammate Michael Berry. Berry, a top-finisher for the team all season, broke the tape in 88th-place with a time of 38:36. Freshman Eric Dirth was the next Saint Leo runner to cross the line, as his time of 39:59 landed him in the 92nd spot.
Carson Holton broke the list as one of top-100 finishers at the national event, polishing off the race with a time of 43:06. Robert Tester and Jeremy Doty finished back-to-back to round out the Lions' team. Tester topped–off the race with a time of 50:21, while Doty ended the race in 51:00 flat.
Overall, Daniel Kirwa of Harding University was the individual winner, closing the race with a time of 31:10. Kirwa's teammates captured three of the top four spots in the race as they won the Southeast Region Championship. 15 teams took part on the men's side, including four member of the Sunshine State Conference. Florida Southern claimed the second spot and Nova Southeastern rounded out the top-three.
As for the SLU women, freshman Jillian Brown ran a remarkable race for the Lions. She broke out of the pack and took to the lead group for the first three miles of the race. The freshman runner only slid back a few spots back from the lead group as she broke the tape in 38th-place out of 94 runners, and a time of 25:04. Kelsey Bradley was the next Lions' runner to finish, ultimately concluding action in 58th-place and a time of 26:13.Teammate Alison Luthman was nipping at the heels of her fellow teammates, completing the regional in 68th-place and a time of 26:39.
Freshmen Emily Egan and Mariah Moss gained some much needed national race experience, as they halted the race in 75th and 76th-place, respectively. Egan finished with a time of 27:18 and Moss followed just two seconds behind at 27:20.
Tanja Redmond wrapped-up action in 78th position (27:43) and Allison Cary rounded-out the seven-member team in 88th-place with a time of 29:20.
Overall for the women, Sara Trane from conference foe Florida Tech continued her outstanding year, finishing more than 20 seconds ahead of Jessica Butler from Tampa. However, Butler's second-place finish, along three other Spartans' top ten finishes, allowed them to take home the overall team title. Four SSC teams also took part of the 14-team field, with Florida Southern and Florida Tech each cracking the top-five.
Both teams will now begin training for the 2010-11 season. The men will return all of their runners and the women will only graduate one runner.


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HOUSTON - Houston police are investigating a possible murder-suicide in east Houston.
Police said the murder-suicide occurred Tuesday on Wiggins near Laurentide Street. Police received a call from a 24-year-old woman about 5:45 p.m. She and her 29-year-old life partner had been in a fight over a gun, according to police.
As officers were on their way, police said Belinda Espinoza, 29, shot Ana Flores, 24, to death before turning the gun on herself.
Sources told KPRC Local 2 the couple lived in the home for several years.
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HTC set a standard for Windows Mobile customization with TouchFLO, and last year Samsung made their entry into the market with the TouchWiz UI touting Omnia. The Omnia II I8000 is now here, and a 2 has been added to the end of TouchWiz as well. This new Omnia is bigger and badder, with just about everything getting a refresh...
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