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Z-z-z-z-z-z. Pardon my napping, and welcome to yet another episode of the not-so-Amazing Race! I am clearly disgruntled, as this was the most boring episode of TAR ever. Or maybe I just have strange standards, I don't know. I apologize in advance, as most of this episode takes place in the airport, and I may doze off again while recapping. Last week we saw Uchenna & Joyce come in last, but lucky for them it was a non-elimination leg. They have to come in first tonight, or incur a 30 minute penalty. Will Uchenna & Joyce make up enough time? Will Charla & Mirna annoy me? Gee I can hardly wait, let's go!
The fifth pit stop was in Mozambique, so that's where we're starting from now. Yes, I'm Miss Obvious here. First out of the gate, Charla & Mirna, who I not-so-affectionately refer to as "the bitch & the midget." Hey, while I'm at it, I got slapped with a complaint from S.H.O.R.T. (Society Honoring Only Really Teeny) just like I predicted. And you know what? That bunch of midgets can kiss my furry rear! Moving on....
Charla & Mirna are wearing matching shirts that say "Too Hot to Handle" and I will just leave comments about THAT to myself. Sheesh. They depart at 9:07 PM, and Charla gets the honor of ripping open the clue. Fly to the city of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Teams must now travel 1400 miles to Dar Es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. When they land, they must travel 10 miles by taxi to a ferry terminal. Once there, they must pull a number for one of the traditional sailing boats called "dhows", and sail to Zanzibar, where they'll get the next clue. Man, that's a long clue. Anyway, the other teams leave in this order, at these times:
- Dustin & Kandice - 9:47 PM
- Teri & Ian - 10:13 PM
- Oswald & Danny - 10:18 PM
- Joe & Bill - 10:32 PM
- Eric & Danielle - 10:33 PM
- Uchenna & Joyce - 10:36 PM
They have $124 for this leg of the race. Charla & Mirna say they just have to take risks, and proceed to annoy the crap out of their taxi driver. See? Their annoyance factor is global. Dustin & Kandice take time out to snark on Charla & Mirna's matching shirts, and that's why I don't have to do it. Ian yaks on and on about how he's gruff but has character and honor. And paper underwwear, don't forget about that! Oswald & Danny, who are my preferred team, talk about having fun on the race, and go to find their driver, Andre. In a reality-tv-crossover moment, they do a perfect Tim Gunn "Where's Andre?" impersonation from Project Runway, and my love for them grows ten-fold. Joe & Bill say they know now that they can't trust anyone. Seriously, just now they know that? Danielle says about Eric "I don't really just lay back and let him take charge". Well, that's clearly enough about their sex life, isnt it? Uchenna says "We know we have to rely on ourselves." I am officially turning my Miss Obvious crown over to him.
Charla & Mirna have arrived at Maputo International Airport, and Mirna is already doing her HIGHLY annoying thing of talking in the fake accent to the taxi driver. I have no idea why on earth she thinks that talking to people with faux-accented broken English will somehow make them understand her better. I find it condescending as hell. Just talk in your normal voice already! Bitch. They find one office open, and they lady there is talking better English than Mirna's faux-accent. They're told that there is a flight to Tanzania in the morning at 8:30 AM on LAM, but that they don't open until 5:00 AM. Mirna says "You call for me South Africa Airlines?" and the lady says "Right now? It's not possible." Mirna says "What number you have to dial out?" Charla dives into it with a fake Italian accent complete with hand gestures, asking "Just try please! You just dial beep beep beep" and I wish with all my might for that office lady to knock that annoying midget across the room. They give up and go back to the hotel, since they have hours until the ticket office opens.
Dustin & Kandice arrive to the airport and find out the same information, so they go back to the hotel as well. Teri & Ian arrive, and Ian wants to stay in the airport. Teri wants to go back to the hotel, but Ian says that traffic will be horrendous, and insists they sleep in the airport. Teri is mad, as that means six hours in the airport until that office opens. Joe & Bill say they're staying there too, but they don't show whether that's true.
The next morning, all teams are in line at the LAM counter, and all are told that they 8:30 AM flight for Dar Es Salaam is full. Teri & Ian ask for stand-by, but Charla & Mirna slink off to find out what else is available. They find a 7:00 AM flight to Johannesburg that connects to Dar Es Salaam, but the connecting flight is full, and they'd have to try to get on stand-by for the connecting flight. Charla & Mirna decide to chance it, and book the flight to Johannesburg. None of the other teams do, as they think it's too risky to chance not catching that connecting flight. These other teams are all told that it's a no-go on LAM, to head on over to South African Airlines to find out their fate.
Meanwhile, Charla & Mirna land in Johannesburg, and accost some airline worker named Cristo, pleading with him to get them on the flight to Dar Es Salaam. Cristo is being very kind to Charla, even kneeling down to her level to talk to her face-to-face, but of course Mirna can't stand this and yanks him up to hold hands and demands he prays that they get on the flight. They get the tickets, and Mirna grabs the hand of the lady handing her the tickets and kisses it. Ewwww, Mirna-spit. Nice. They hop on their flight to Dar Es Salaam at 9:55 AM.
Back at South African Airlines, the teams are just sitting there, waiting for them to open at 9:45 AM. It's only 9:00 AM, but Eric notices a door to South African Airlines opening upstairs. He and Danielle go up there, followed by everyone but Teri & Ian and Joe & Bill. These last two teams think it's a waste to walk all the way upstairs. The teams that are upstairs are told that there is a flight on Air Tanzania, that'll leave Johannesburg (once they're there) at 1:15 PM, and will arrive in Dar Es Salaam at 6:30 PM, but it's full. They are all put on stand-by. Downstairs, Teri & Ian and Joe & Bill get on the same stand-by list, but because they waited for the office to actually be open, they're last on the list. At 12:53 PM, all teams head to Johannesburg.
They hit Johannesburg and make a run for it. Some guy says he has a list of eight of them, and those with tickets will be checked in immediately. He calls Oswald & Danny, Uchenna & Joyce, Dustin & Kandice and Eric & Danielle. In other words, everyone who went upstairs in the last airport. Those teams scurry off to the plane, thrilled that there are two teams behind them. But wait! The airport guy wants to know where Eric & Danielle are, then he goes to the plane and boots them off, saying they were given someone else's tickets. HEE! Eric asks if anyone wants to get off the plane so he can stay, for $50. No one takes him up on it. The airport guy tells them that there may be a flight tonight, while Danielle is having a meltdown. They're finally told that there's a strictly stand-by flight the next day at 9:55 AM, arriving in Dar Es Salaam at 12:55 PM. They are upgraded to "priority" stand-by. Teri & Ian and Joe & Bill are also put on stand-by for that flight, and Teri is livid about spending another night in an airport.
While all other teams are stuck in airports, risk-takers Charla & Mirna are hitting the tarmac at Dar Es Salaam at 2:52 PM, a day before the last two teams are scheduled to arrive. They catch a taxi to the ferry, and pick the first seat on boat 1. But they're told due to the weather between there and Zanzibar, it won't leave until the next day at 5:30 AM. As they're being told this, it's bright and sunny and one little cloud is beginning to cover the sun. Of course this may not be representative of the weather between there and the island, but c'mon, I hate Charla & Mirna and find that particular bunching up just bit too set-up and obvious.
That night the next flight lands at 6:50 PM, carrying Oswald & Danny, Uchenna & Joyce and Dustin & Kandice. They rush to the ferry, and Oswald grabs the second seat on boat 1, leaving at 5:30 AM. Dustin & Kandice are told that boat 2 won't leave until 8:30 AM. Uchenna & Joyce run up and grab the last seat on boat 2.
At 4:30 AM, Oswald & Danny are at the ferry waiting, and Oswald is playing like he's a prostitute picking Danny up. It's pretty funny, and when Charla & Mirna arrive, he keeps it up, saying "this is our corner, we work this bench" but Charla & Mirna totally don't get it as they are humorless wenches. Once on the boat, Oswald is still joking around, saying to Mirna "we're going to trade you for food now" and she still doesn't get a joke. Whatever. Charla starts blowing chunks overboard, and I'd laugh if only the puking sounds weren't so gross. Oswald takes pity on her on puts a wet cloth on the back of her neck, while Mirna just lays there like the unhelpful witch she is, and says "you guys know a lot of beauty tips." Oswald tells her that it's not beauty tips, it's like first aid. Mirna then says it's nice to have other companions with them. They're CAPTIVE on the same boat, Mirna, it's not like they chose to be with you.
Boat 2 leaves (yes, I know they're called "dhows", I really do.) Uchenna & Joyce and the Beauty Queens are aboard, and Uchenna is talking about how slaves took this same voyage. Then he does some pirate impersonations, and is having a good time all-around. This boat is much more fun than the puking one before it.
At Johannesburg airport, Eric is getting all mouthy about "honoring the line" even though the airport is very empty. He's got some serious bed-head going on, and is hatless, so we can tell that he's rockin' a receeding hairline that goes all the way back to his EARS. Dude, put your hat back on. Teri & Ian arrive and Ian tells Eric for them to not fight over stand-by. Joe & Bill and a bunch of nameless travelers show up, and they're told that there's only room for two on stand-by. Eric & Danielle are the lucky recipients to get on that flight. Ian is told that Air Malawi has a flight at noon. He and Teri, as well as Joe & Bill, all get on that flight. Bill says he's never been so happy to leave a country in his life. I'm just waiting for you all to get out of airports so I can have something, anything else, to write about.
Zanzibar! (and no more stupid airports)
Boat 1 dumps out Charla & Mirna and Oswald & Danny, and they're all on foot looking for a marked kiosk. They find it, and with it find the detour, "Solve It or Schlep It". In "solve it" teams make their way 1/3 of a mile to a hotel, where they must assemble a 62 piece puzzle in a style of artwork known as tinga-tinga. It looks like peacock feathers made out of fish with a boat on top. The pieces are painted on both sides, making it more difficult. In "schlep it", teams must make their way one mile to Kijangwani lumber yard, chose a local handcart, and load two 50 lb. logs onto it. Then they'll take the logs to a shipyard. Both Charla & Mirna and Oswald & Danny decide to do the puzzle. Oswald & Danny finish first, getting the next clue- make your way to Kikungwi, where you'll find your next clue. They leave, and decide to stop and buy some fruit. In the meantime, Charla & Mirna finish, and pass them.
Charla & Mirna make it to the next clue first, and it's a roadblock "Who's On Target?" Teams must toss a wooden mallet called a "rungu" 65 feet to destroy a clay target, and receive their next clue. Mirna is going to do it, since there's pretty much no way that Charla could throw it high enough to get up there. They miss a lot, to the amusement of the onlookers, and Oswald & Danny arrive with Danny deciding to do the roadblock. Mirna hits her target, then does cartwheels. She rips open the next clue - make your way to the next pitstop, Old Fort. Teams must now go 15 miles through Zanzibar to Stone Town and find the Old Fort.
Danny hits his target, and he and Oswald are off to the pit stop, munching on their fruit along the way. Charla & Mirna go to the wrong building, and Danny & Oswald go to the wrong side. Charla & Mirna hit the mat first, each winning a 12.5 foot catamaran. When they hear of their prize, they go "huh?" and Phil explains to them that it's a sailing boat. Oswald & Danny come in second and are happy, hopping around.
Back to the boats, boat 2 had arrived with Uchenna & Joyce and Dustin & Kandice. Uchenna & Joyce choose "solve it" while Dustin & Kandice choose "schlep it". Uchenna & Joyce make quick work of their puzzle, while Dustin & Kandice dump their logs once, but otherwise do a fine job. Uchenna gets to the roadblock first, and decides that he'll throw the runga. He jumps around with the locals for a bit, hits his target, and jumps some more. He's so happy that he actually shows Joyce some affection for once. They get to the pitstop, are told by Phil that they're the third team to arrive, but that they have to wait 30 minutes to be checked in since there's marked for elimination. The 30 minutes passes with no other teams arriving, so they are team number 3. Dustin & Kandice are now at the roadblock, with Dustin throwing the runga. They get their clue and hit the mat as team number four.
Eric & Danielle get to the ferry, get a seat on boat 3, and while all the other tags also say "3", they don't have to wait for other teams, they have a boat to themselves. Teri & Ian and Joe & Bill get to the ferry station, and are told they have to wait until 8 PM. Eric & Danielle arrive in Zanzibar, and pick "solve it". The puzzle is no problem for them, so they go off to the roadblock wth Danielle throwing the runga. She doesn't actually hit the target, she hits the pole but it makes the target fall off and break, so that's good enough. They get to the pitstop, where Phil looks a little tired. They're team number 5.
Finally, finally, Teri & Ian and the Guidos arrive in Zanzibar and both teams decide to "solve it" and do the puzzle. Joe & Bill finish first, and head to the roadblock where Bill does the throwing. He finishes and they leave before Teri & Ian even get there. They make it look like Ian breaks the target immediately, but who knows. They show both the Guidos and Teri & Ian going to the wrong place, trying to up the suspense here. The Guidos make the mat first, and Phil really looks sleepy-headed now. Joe & Bill are team number 6. That leaves Teri & Ian, who get eliminated.
Now that I'm numb from writing about all of this airport activity, and you are probably numb from reading it, I want to address something...equalizers. In the forums, you'll often read complaints about equalizers, where teams will lose their lead because of bunching at airports, or areas that don't open until a certain time. Some people think that's fair, and makes for a more intense race. Others think it's not fair, and penalizes the ones racing really well. Personally I hate equalizers if a team I like is ahead, and love them if I team I like is behind, simple as that. I'll say this, the lack of bunching in this episode made it very non-Amazing about how the teams would finish, and as you could see, Phil checked teams in on different days. How will this affect the race next week? Tune in to Waywyrd's double-good recap with a double April Fool's Day episode!
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A field naturalist by training, Mosco is a science communicator whose work has included comics, field workshops, websites, videos, podcasts and games. In her own unique style, she has created innovative work for a variety of prominent publications, for organizations such as the National Park Service and Mass Audubon, and for her own website, birdandmoon.com.
In her presentation, Mosco will reflect on the use of comics and other unusual media as tools for science advocacy, and explain how to turn research into an engaging final product that can be found taped to the Dean's door as well as the grandparents' fridge. Along the way, she'll share surprising facts about familiar flora and fauna.
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When I heard about Johnny Depp playing Tonto in the new Lone Ranger reboot, my first thought was, Hello, have the producers not heard of Adam Beach?
Beach is charismatic and easy on the eyes. He's worked in some award-winning films.
And, crucially, he's an actual First Nations man, not just the dress-up version.
After seeing The Lone Ranger, which is an unworkable mix of nastiness and forced fun, I think the Manitoba-born Beach might have dodged a (silver) bullet. Still, even if Beach didn't want a role that required him to wear a taxidermy crow on his head and talk without using complicated "white man" verb tenses, he, and other indigenous actors (Lorne Cardinal? Billy Merasty?), should have had right of first refusal.
There have been a few defences of the decision to cast Johnny Depp as Tonto. Let's try them out:
Yes, I know. Actors put on costumes and makeup and pretend to be other people, like pirates and vampires and guys with scissors for hands. That's what they do. But if an ethnic role requires you to use spray-on body-paint and adopt a "funny" accent, that's probably a sign that you've crossed a line into cultural insensitivity.
While making vague claims to one-sixteenth Cherokee blood (why is it always Cherokee?), Depp is pretty white. In fact, in Tim Burton films, he's super-white, really working the extreme pallor thing. He's undeniably donned a kind of "red-face" for the role of Tonto.
The issue also involves simple fairness. It's not as if we're living in some post-racial utopia of colour-blind casting. The movies are still heavily weighted toward white stars. For most action heroes and romantic leads, the default setting is white. So when you finally get a major role that is specified as a First Nations character, gee, why not match it with a First Nations actor?
Well, the road to hell and all that.
I don't think he means to be offensive. Depp has said in press interviews that he was struck, even as a child, by the idea that Tonto got a lousy deal. In this project, he's hoping "to take some of the ugliness thrown on the Native Americans, not only in The Lone Ranger, but the way Indians were treated throughout history of cinema, and turn it on its head."
It's true that The Lone Ranger makes Tonto less of a stoic sidekick and more of a comic lead, with the less-known Armie Hammer playing hapless straight man as the titular masked man. And Tonto's pragmatism is often contrasted with the ridiculous, fancified notions of the white characters. But it still feels like an outside view, an updated gloss on the idea of "the noble savage."
Granted, it's not like The Lone Ranger is pretending to be historically accurate. It's got horses jumping onto moving trains and enough explosions to blow up Monument Valley. It's a Jerry Bruckheimer movie machine, engineered to crank out sequels and theme-park rides and fast-food tie-ins.
But this blockbuster Disney movie still has pretensions to being a revisionist western full of Big Ideas. There's a kind of Occupy Dodge City theme in The Lone Ranger, in which the bad guys are all part of the military-industrial-capitalist complex, while the good guys are all African-Americans, American Indians, Chinese railway workers and women.
Of course, this clunky politically-correct line would be more convincing if the white guys didn't get almost all of the lines.
There is a sense that Depp transcends the usual rules because of his megawatt star power and cut-glass cheekbones. Because of his sheer Johnny Deppness.
But it feels as if his aura is starting to fade (though the cheekbones are, admittedly, still impressive). His recent roles feel less like performances and more like elaborate impersonations, whether he's channelling Michael Jackson for his daffy take on Willy Wonka or a drunken Keith Richards for Captain Jack Sparrow.
In The Lone Ranger, Depp's Tonto is kind of a stone-faced Buster Keaton with a smidge of Alice Cooper and a finishing flourish of the Forever 21 "tribal" summer line. So yes, his performance is aggressively offbeat. But it's not that great.
Why a man who's signed on for five Pirates of the Caribbean outings still gets billed as a rebel, I'll never know. Showing up at movie premieres looking like a hobo is not the same as challenging the Hollywood status quo.
For a guy who starred in one of the most revisionist anti-Westerns ever made, Jim Jarmusch's 1995 film Dead Man, Depp seems to have lost his way. As Tonto says -- several times, in his preordained role as spiritual sage -- "Nature is out of balance." With this last questionably "quirky" role choice, so is Depp's career.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - NOAA Fisheries reminds boaters and fishermen right whales are on the move through the waters off the coast of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia from mid-November through mid-April during calving season for the endangered species.
Scientists estimate there are as few as 400 right whales, left making them one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world. Each winter pregnant right whales head south, more than 1,000 miles from their feeding grounds off Canada and New England to the warm coastal waters of Georgia and northeastern Florida to give birth and nurse their young. These southern waters are the only known calving area for the species.
"Right whales are dark with no dorsal fin and they often swim slowly at or just below the water's surface," said Barb Zoodsma, NOAA Fisheries' southeast right whale recovery program coordinator. "Many assume that due to their size right whales would be easy to see, but just a slight difference in the texture on the water's surface is often the only clue that a whale is present."
North Atlantic right whales are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. To reduce the risk of collisions between right whales and boats, federal law requires vessels 65 feet long and greater to slow to 10 knots or less in Seasonal Management Areas along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, including the calving and nursery area in the southeastern U.S.
Speed restrictions are in place in various areas along the mid-Atlantic from Nov. 1 through April 30, and in the southeast U.S. calving area from Nov.15 through April 15. For more information on seasonal ship speed restrictions, visit nmfs.noaa.gov.
Federal law also prohibits approaching or remaining within 500 yards of right whales either by watercraft or by aircraft. NOAA and its partners use planes to fly over coastal waters from December through March. The information from these aerial surveys is used to alert boaters of the presence of right whales, allowing ships to alter their course to avoid potential collisions with the whales.
NOAA Fisheries encourages people to report sightings of dead, injured, or entangled whales to NOAA at 1-877-WHALE-HELP or 877-433-8299.
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1. Understand how date and time are determined by flex (player on the client machine)
From flex doc we can see:
"The Date class lets you retrieve date and time values relative to universal time (Greenwich mean time, now called universal time or UTC) or relative to local time, which is determined by the local time zone setting on the operating system that is running Flash Player. "
This mean if one user's machine is using "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes", the time displaied in flex app may be different with another user who is running the same flex app without "Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes" on his machine.
"Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes" can be checked from
Control Panel –> Date and time –>Time Zone.
2. Understand how date and time are determined by Java ( On server machine)
1). The JVM determines the correct Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by comparing the QUTCOFFSET value to the local time for the system
The JVM returns the correct local time to the system by using the Java system property user.timezone.
The default value for QUTCOFFSET is zero (+00:00).
The QUTCOFFSET value allows the JVM to determine the correct value for the local time. For example, the value for QUTCOFFSET to specify central standard time (CST) is -6:00. To specify central daylight time (CDT), QUTCOFFSET has a value of -5:00.
The user.timezone Java system property uses UTC time as the default value. Unless you specify a different value, the JVM recognizes UTC time as the current time.
See more details in here
2). you need correct patches for Java to get correc date and time.
— There is a patch for jdk you may want to double check:
— if you are using Solaris, you may need this patch
— if you are using 1.4.2_10 or lower version of JDK, you need this patch
3). To verify your time zone setting in JDK, read this
Download time.jsp from there, and run it on your server.
To change timezone setting in Java, you can use java arg:
If you are using Jrun as app sever, this can be change in JRun_install/bin/jvm.config file:
java.args=-Xms32m -Xmx384m -Dsun.io.useCanonCaches=false -Duser.timezone=Etc/UCT
3. synchronize time znoe on client and server
If you want to enter time in the client's local time – regardless of the timezone your in at the time of data entry, and keep the date in UTC zone on both server and client side, see example
Note, don't forget you also need to set JAVA VM timezone to UTC for this example.


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Looking to get away over Memorial Day weekend? Interested in juried crafts and artisan works? If so, you do NOT want to miss Vermont's 19th Annual Open Studio Weekend.
Over Memorial Day Weekend (May 28 & 29), yellow signs will dot the Vermont landscape as artists and craftspeople open their studios to the public. This statewide event is a celebration of the visual arts. More than 226 sites will be open during this event, with over than 300 artists and artisans participating. This is a unique opportunity to meet a wide variety of artists and craftspeople in their studios, some of which are only open to the public during this weekend.
Watch these amazing artists in action – glass blowers, jewelers, printmakers, potters, furniture makers, weavers, ironworkers, painters, sculptors, quilt makers and wood carvers. Many galleries will host gallery talks and feature special exhibits in conjunction with this event.
Guests return for Open Studio every year because the tour is different each year. The studio and gallery sites changes each year providing a continually "new" annual event. The Vermont Crafts Council publishes a free map booklet with directions to participating sites. The Vermont Studio Tour Guide is available at Vermont Information Centers, from individual studios and galleries, and by request. You can download a PDF of the Tour Guide. FYI – The map is broken down into counties. Rabbit Hill Inn is in Caledonia County.
The Vermont Crafts Council launched Open Studio Weekend 19 years ago to increase the visibility of artists and craftspeople in Vermont and to foster an appreciation for the creative process and the role that artists and craftspeople play in the vitality of Vermont's communities. Open Studio Weekend is supported by the farmers who own Cabot Creamery, The Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing.
Additional information about Open Studio Weekend can be found online at www.vermontcrafts.com or by calling the Vermont Crafts Council at 802-223-3380.


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He's a rap star, a fashion icon, a music mogul, and now he's taking over television! SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS may be known by several names, but they all spell success. He's sitting down with Ellen to discuss his latest exciting venture: creating his very own TV network! Get ready for an inside look at Revolt TV this Thursday!
Then, her career has spanned over 30 remarkable years in projects like "Back to the Future," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "The Help," "Elf," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and so many more. Now MARY STEENBURGEN is taking on "Last Vegas," a film with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood! She's here today to talk to Ellen about it all.
Plus, get ready for a special performance by one of the best duos from "Dancing with the Stars"! It's ELIZABETH BERKLEY and her dance partner, VAL CHMERKOVSKIY!
Speaking of "Dancing with the Stars," Ellen's got a special guest DJ... DEREK HOUGH!
There's something for everyone this Thursday on Ellen


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WSJ Lets Rove Publish Distortions That Benefit His Financial Interest
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The Wall Street Journal is letting Karl Rove pen distortions that directly benefit his financial interest in defeating President Obama in November.
Rove, a Fox News contributor and former George W. Bush adviser, co-founded the GOP super PAC American Crossroads in 2010. Crossroads has devoted itself to defeating Obama and assisting Republicans in congressional races in 2012. As of April, Crossroads and its sister group, Crossroads GPS, had raised nearly $100 million for the election. The groups plan to raise at least $240 million ahead of Election Day.
Last week, a Bloomberg Businessweek article declared Rove "back" after leaving the White House five years ago, and reported that "[a]long with the billionaire Koch brothers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other conservative allies, the Crossroads-led offensive is collectively poised to spend more than $1 billion on the 2012 elections, according to Republican operatives."
Despite the fact that Rove is raising money to influence the presidential election and congressional races and has a financial stake in the outcome, The Wall Street Journal gives the Republican strategist space in its pages to comment on the election. Or more specifically, the Journal gives Rove an opportunity to publish distortions against Obama that directly benefit his financial interest.
In his August 1 Journal op-ed, Rove highlighted three of what he claims are recent gaffes by Obama and speculated that "the president may be nearly exhausted":
"If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Despite President Obama's effort to walk back these remarks, the damage they've caused to him remains. And that's because what he said in Roanoke, Va., on July 13 came across as a true expression of his worldview.
The president's vivid words did not come out of nowhere. While pushing for higher taxes on upper-income people, Mr. Obama often refers to the wealthy as "fortunate" (such as at a Democratic National Committee event last September) and "incredibly blessed" (at a campaign event on July 23). Translation: Successful people don't really deserve to keep what they earn.
"You didn't build that" is not Mr. Obama's only recent problematic statement. In a June 8 news conference, he said "The private sector is doing fine. Where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government." And in Oakland, Calif., on July 24, he told donors that on the economy, "We tried our plan and it worked!" These comments make voters wince.
But what Rove claimed are gaffes have been revealed as distortions by journalists and independent fact checkers.
Slate's Dave Weigel called it "insanely misleading" to claim that Obama, while discussing his own economic policies, said "we tried our plan -- and it worked." Weigel pointed to Obama's full quote, which made it clear that he was referring to economic policies during the Clinton administration that taxed high income earners at a higher rate than they are today.
Jonathan Chait described it as "highly misleading" to claim that Obama said the "private sector is doing fine." The New York Magazine writer explained that "Obama was clearly noting the decline of the public sector as a way of refuting the right-wing caricature of his policies, as the full remarks clearly indicate."
And Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler said that portraying Obama's "you didn't build that" remark out of context and as an attack on business owners -- as Rove did -- is highly deceptive. Rove's American Crossroads previously released an ad that similarly distorted the president's "build that" remarks.
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Guess who's pitching tomorrow...the guy who normally gets lit up by left handed hitting, and our only left handed starter can't pitch tomorrow...good move Dusty.
Guess who's pitching tomorrow...the guy who normally gets lit up by left handed hitting, and our only left handed starter can't pitch tomorrow...good move Dusty.
1st pick of the 2022 baseball amateur draft
That last inning was terrible. They look like they're not even trying tonight. I was hoping they would somehow pull out a win tonight but realistically didn't expect it. I surely didn't expect such a demoralizing effort.
The bullpen has pitched very well....if somehow we get to game 4 I wonder if we will see Travis Wood or maybe Homer? But we have a lot of work to do in order to get there!
That Joey Votto is some kind of Man Candy!
"For them to boo me like that, it lets me know they dream about me at night. -- Brandon Phillips on Cards fans.
if this was gonna happen to anyone but the reds i'd be siked right now
Hello people, we don't play tomorrow. We play friday.
our offense has been exposed tonight for feasting on all the bad teams and not ever able to hit good teams
I hope someone gets a hit here. This is a joke.
i want payback from the game we gave up the 7 run lead
No hit in the first playoff game in 15 years. Wow.
how funny would it be if cairo broke up the no hitter
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I have a table with records like this:
| Id | Message |
| 01 | Test1 |
| 02 | Test2 |
| 01 | Test3 |
| 03 | Test4 |
| 02 | Test5 |
| 01 | Test6 |
I want to create a query that returns the results as this:
| Id | Message |
| 01 | Test1, Test3, Test6 |
| 02 | Test2, Test5 |
| 03 | Test3 |
I've been trying to do it but I'm still yet to succeed. Any ideas?
we have two forums, [databases and [url=http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/databases-88/forumdisplay.php?f=182]mysql](http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=88), and i notice you did not post in the mysql forum
you can do what you want easily in mysql, but it's not really worth attempting in any other database system because it's quite complex, and it's better to do it in the application
which database system are you using?
In MySQL:
SELECT Id, GROUP_CONCAT(Message SEPARATOR ', ') AS Message FROM Table GROUP BY Id;
In any other database, assuming you have a limited number of messages per id, you can do a denormalization query to accomplish a similar output, although a UDF would be a preferable solution (UDFs are easy to implement in Most DBs, and there's probably a group-concat equiv out there already - check google):
Denorm Query:
SELECT i.Id,
MAX(CASE WHEN d1.Message IS NOT NULL THEN d1.Message ELSE '' END),
MAX(CASE WHEN d2.Message IS NOT NULL THEN CONCAT(', ', d2.Message) ELSE '' END),
MAX(CASE WHEN d3.Message IS NOT NULL THEN CONCAT(', ', d3.Message) ELSE '' END),
MAX(CASE WHEN d4.Message IS NOT NULL THEN CONCAT(', ', d4.Message) ELSE '' END),
MAX(CASE WHEN d5.Message IS NOT NULL THEN CONCAT(', ', d5.Message) ELSE '' END),
MAX(CASE WHEN d6.Message IS NOT NULL THEN CONCAT(', ', d6.Message) ELSE '' END)
) AS Message
(SELECT DISTINCT Id FROM Table) AS i
LEFT JOIN Table AS d1 ON i.Id = d1.Id
LEFT JOIN Table AS d2 ON i.Id = d2.Id
AND d2.Message != d1.Message
LEFT JOIN Table AS d3 ON i.Id = d3.Id
AND d3.Message != d1.Message
AND d3.Message != d2.Message
LEFT JOIN Table AS d4 ON i.Id = d4.Id
AND d4.Message != d1.Message
AND d4.Message != d2.Message
AND d4.Message != d3.Message
LEFT JOIN Table AS d5 ON i.Id = d5.Id
AND d5.Message != d1.Message
AND d5.Message != d2.Message
AND d5.Message != d3.Message
AND d5.Message != d4.Message
LEFT JOIN Table AS d6 ON i.Id = d6.Id
AND d6.Message != d1.Message
AND d6.Message != d2.Message
AND d6.Message != d3.Message
AND d6.Message != d4.Message
AND d6.Message != d5.Message
GROUP BY i.Id;
Not sure if that's exactly right, but you get the idea... it's REALLY inefficient, in case you can't tell LOL.
You would really need an index on both Id and Message, although your Primary Key is already technically Id + Message.
Thanks for your answers I'm doing this in SQL Server 2008.
In the meantime I found a query that actually does what I need. What do you think of this:
SELECT i.Id,
STUFF(g.y, 1, 1, '') AS Msgs
SELECT Id
GROUP BY Id
) AS i
SELECT DISTINCT ', ' + CAST(Message AS VARCHAR(100))
FROM [TABLE] AS s
WHERE s.Id = i.Id
ORDER BY ', ' + CAST(Message AS VARCHAR(100))
) AS g(y)
you don't want to know :x
In MS-SQL, try this:
CREATE FUNCTION ConcatMessages (@MessageId int) RETURNS varchar(max) AS
DECLARE @Output varchar(max);
SELECT @Output = CONCAT(@Output, (CASE WHEN @Output IS NULL THEN '' ELSE ', ' END), Message)
FROM Table
WHERE Id = @MessageId;
RETURN @Output;
Then your query can look like this:
SELECT Id, ConcatMessages(Id) AS Message FROM Table GROUP BY Id;
microsoft sql server has a CONCAT function?
LMAO.... been a while... I'm MySQL-Brained!!! Use + instead of CONCAT().
FYI, I was confusing COALESCE(), which is a standard function that's in virtually every DB... was thinking it was CONCAT() that's on every DB for some reason... not sure why.


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A widow whose husband died from an asbestos-related disease has issued a plea to his former work colleagues for help.
Sheila Higgins, 65, is seeking help from workers at Potterton Boilers (now Baxi Heating UK Ltd) in Roehampton.
Her husband, Roger Higgins, 67, died from mesothelioma, a terminal cancer of the lining of the lung, on April 17, 2014. Mr Higgins came into contact with asbestos during the 1960s when he worked at Potterton Boilers in the labs and on the factory floor.
Now Mrs Higgins is appealing for anyone with information about the asbestos used in the boilers to come forward.
She said: "I have been devastated at losing my husband, who was previously fit and healthy up until his diagnosis only eight weeks before his death.
"Roger passed away at the local hospice on April 17, 2014, leaving behind three step-daughters and five step-grandchildren of ages seven to 20, three of whom live in Australia and two in Surrey. "We had been planning to visit family in Australia.
"Roger's distress at the end of his life was compounded by the fact that he was diagnosed so late and he was not able to have any treatment whatsoever. He died within eight weeks of being given the heart breaking news of his terminal condition."
Mr Higgins grew up in Weybridge and qualified as an independent financial advisor in the 1980s. He set up his own business, Roger Higgins & Partners in 2005, and moved to Cornwall in 2008 before retiring in 2011.
If anyone has any information on Potterton Boilers contact Helen Grady on 0800 884 0555 or visit www.novumlaw.com


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Goldman Sachs Launches YouTube Channel
We've recently launched the Goldman Sachs YouTube channel and have posted over a dozen videos, and plan to add more regularly. Visitors to the channel can subscribe to receive alerts when new videos get posted.
The channel features videos of our people discussing their careers; our experts interviewed on topics such as the global economy; our clients discussing the work we've done with them; our corporate citizenship programs in action, and more. Videos on the YouTube channel are also available on our Web site.
Last month we expanded our presence on LinkedIn, which now has over 90,000 followers.


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The perfect horror prop for budget conscious home haunters. Kit includes unpainted and untrimmed version of our lifesize foam rubber brain prop. This do-it-yourself Halloween prop offers a top quality customizable piece at deep discounts. Unpainted and Untrimmed. Material: Urethane Rubber, Urethane Foam Paintable with: Latex Paint, Acrylic Paint, Spray Paint, Airbrush Paint, Stage Blood, Urethane Gloss, Flexible Gloss, Spray Gloss Note: Unpainted items are not normally kept in stock but are made to order. Please allow an additional 1-2 business days to manufacture unpainted pieces.Please check our current manufacturing times. If you need customization, please contact us.


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| We would like to invite you to Customer Appreciation Event and Family Fun Day at Maxwell Subaru Volvo. We have retained the parking lot at the old Cox Toyota building next door to use for the event and parking, there will be plenty of room for people to set up swap tables if they would like. Please come out and help us support several good causes, including Alex's Lemonade Stand, a fundraiser in conjunction with Volvo for childhood cancer. We hope to see a great turn out. For more information and details, click on dropbox link below to view Maxwell Event Flyer;
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Michigan Promise and Competitive Scholarships under the Budget Knife
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September 25, 2009—
As part of the ongoing budget strife in Michigan, the Michigan Promise and Competitive Scholarships were cut Wednesday and restored Thursday. The debate will be ongoing until the budget is voted on next Tuesday, September 29. If these programs are eliminated, it will reduce approximately $3 million in funding for more than 1,800 Michigan Tech students. Since 2003, the Michigan Legislature has cut higher education funding by 27 percent. This cut continues to reflect the state's lack of support for higher education at a time in our state's history when education is more important than ever.
To express your concern, click on the links below to let your legislators, key lawmakers around the state and Governor Granholm know that you want the state to keep its promise to our students and that you are opposed to the elimination of these programs.
Find your State Representative http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp
Find your State Senator http://www.senate.mi.gov/FindYourSenator/michiganfys.asp
Governor Granholm http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995---,00.html
Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan http://www.michiganpromisescholarship.com
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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East Texas Weekend Happenings: March 29-31
Spring has sprung all across East Texas and it's the time of the year that many East Texans get out of the house and look for something to do outdoors. Planning something outdoors this weekend though could be a bit chancy though because Mother Nature has plans to water her garden all weekend! If you don't mind dodging some hit or miss showers all weekend get out and check out these events:


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Happy toddler zone
Everything parents need to know about raising happy, healthy little ones. more
Teens are often affected by acne. This acne has one primary cause - hormones! Although there are other forms of acne, hormonal acne is the culprit of many a teenager's angst.
Somewhere between the ages of 11 and 14, the hormones go nuts. Androgen, the hormone responsible for acne, causes the pores to enlarge and the sebaceous glands (the oil-producing glands) to go into overdrive. Adults can be prone to hormonal acne as well, especially during pregnancy or menstruation.
Sebum, the oil produced by the sebaceous glands, is responsible for keeping the skin moisturized and soft. But, in large quantities, it sticks together with dead skin cells and bacteria and causes tiny plugs and infections in the pores.
One way to avoid the effects of hormonal acne is to keep the face clean and exfoliated. This reduces the oil and dead skin cells and lessens the chances of pores clogging in the first place. Once acne has formed, over-the-counter medications can be used to help clear it up. Severe hormonal acne may need to be treated by a dermatologist.
Written by Rebecca Stigall for Kidspot, Australia's parenting resource for family health. Sources include Better Health Channel, NSW Health, and Health Insite.
Last revised: Sunday, 18 July 2010
This article contains general information only and is not intended to replace advice from a qualified health professional.


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James Kochalka's 'Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork' Coming Soon To iOS [Video]
Nearly four years after a Kickstarter campaign netted $11,200 for its development, Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork from developer Pixeljam and cartoonist James Kochalka is about to hit your iOS device very soon.
The game is due out during the first quarter of this year (and that's already a third over). It mashes up Space Invaders and Galaga-style shooting with platforming for a major retro gaming experience. Check out a trailer after the jump.


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Mulberry Spring 2014
"It was simple, really," said Emma Hill of her swan-song collection for Mulberry. "It was about an English country house, with a touch of the sixties, so the look was a little more cleaned up." It's hardly surprising that the concept of house and home was on Hill's mind, given that she has made hers at Mulberry for the last five years to considerable success. During her tenancy, it got a makeover so that it was glossy and bright and just ever-so-saucy and wink-wink in its attitude toward luxury, an approach that in turn made Mulberry recognized the world over. So who can blame Hill for getting a little teary as she chatted with the likes of Rebecca Hall and Brit Marling as they came backstage to give her their congratulations? Still, being who she is, Hill managed to imbue what was a highly emotional moment with her usual quick, irreverent wit. When an assistant handed her a tissue, she dabbed her eyes and then said with a laugh, "Don't you have anything softer?!"
Well, if it was softness she wanted, she could have looked to her clothes, a jaunty and fresh rendering of one of the sunniest and most evocative decades of the 20th century. The show opened with Cara Delevingne in a pearly gray brocade swing coat over matching Bermuda shorts, worn with platform sandals whose heels were faced in the same fabric while a discreet zippered envelope clutch was held close to her hip. From there, Hill kept everything light and easy and lovely. The English garden motif was there in 2-D pop florals on a square-cut top tucked into a leather A-line skirt, say, or pieced together as a suit comprised of a matching sportif shirt and wide-crop pants. She rendered the trickiness of spring's obsession with all things diaphanous into something more wearable, by contrasting bands of opacity and sheer, so that there was all the lightness without the total transparency. (Or maybe this is just a nod to the ever changeable British summer weather, one minute warm, wet the next?)
That graphic look also worked well in her leathers, whether it was a collarless streamlined coat with alternating hair calf and nappa or the latest version of the Bayswater purse, looking particularly chic here in elephant gray. And the breezy sixties athleticism continued with flared short pants and A-line skirts, in cotton or leather, whose sides were lined with silver snaps, which were worn with loose, matching shirts and tees. It leapt into evening too, influencing her optic white dresses scrolled with swirls or patterned with dots. Hill popped out at the end to give her customary cheery wave and, as she heads toward pastures new, she should keep in mind that even when you leave a house and move on, a part of you always reverberates there after you've gone.


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California Grabs $96.4 Million in First Round of Online Sales Tax Collection
Tiffany Kaiser
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This amount is strictly for the September-December 2012 quarter
Some U.S. states -- like California -- are starting to see new revenue from
sales tax on internet purchases
from the likes of Amazon.
The California Board of Equalization said it made $96.4 million in sales tax on internet commerce from September-December 2012, which is the first full quarter that the state started collecting. This is good news for the California Department of Finance, which has a forecast budget goal of $107 million in new e-taxes for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2012.
While these numbers look great for the state of California, they're a bit off from the estimates provided by a 2009 University of Tennessee study that said California would make $1.9 billion in 2012 revenue if it collected online sales tax. It also said states would miss out on $11.4 billion in 2012 revenue nationwide if they failed to collect online sales tax.
As of right now, Amazon collects sales tax in nine states (including California) and will collect in seven more over the next year.
Georgia is one the most recent to collect online sales tax. Amazon started collecting sales tax in Texas in July 2012, and California and Pennsylvania in September 2012.
Amazon has been fighting states that force it to collect sales tax for years (except in Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington). The e-tailer fled many states that attempted to force tax collection on the company, such as
and Illinois. But between states looking for ways to offset large financial deficits and brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy complaining about Amazon being unfair competition, the issue swelled.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said many times that his company would agree to collect taxes if there were some sort of federal legislation.
But eventually, Amazon finally broke down and started collecting sales tax in certain states, which allowed it to build more distribution centers within those states. For instance, Amazon announced that it would
collect sales tax in New Jersey
last May so that two Amazon distribution centers could be built. This led to faster shipping for customers, such as
Amazon's same-day delivery
program, making it more competitive than ever.
But earlier this month, Amazon and Overstock.com challenged a New York law passed in 2008, which forces companies with affiliates within the state to collect sales tax. However, Amazon said
this law is unconstitutional
because a 1992 Supreme Court decision said retailers that don't have a nexus of operation in a state does not need to collect sales tax. While New York said that websites with purchase buttons for Amazon as well as other national retailers are local solicitors because they receive fees for doing so, Amazon said argued that web referrals are less like solicitors or a local sales force and are more like advertising.
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I dont like this one bit...... more stuff on store = worse item quality ingame.
For example:
Ugly tier sets ---) good looking armor on store
28 slot bag by tailor---) 40 slot bag in store
Ugly offhands---) good looking offhands in store
Crappy vendor food that heals too slow---) Op food that heals you fast in store
Failbag droping crap---) use key to increase your change--- only 99 dolars
Pets = Pets on store (store one sucks in pvp)
No more vendor toys for gold---) Super duper ingame toys now in store
Gm ticket now long 7 days ---) Buy a speedticket , your game master will now contact you faster for only 40 dolars
Weapons look like total crap---) Store weapons look awensome--- only 200 dolars
This is how i see future in wow . They dont give you ingame advantage...but they give you good looks, faster service and speedy lvling
Also....i will laugh my ass hard if i see that blizzard sells ... FLY NOW book ignoring the no-flying patch and giving others a huge advantige.
Belive me...blizzard would make shitload of money if they did that.
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So glad I quit if this is the direction WoW is going.
there are plenty of armor that looks better than the store helms. they sold poorly, remember?
the food are probably stuff like the bubble gum from the ogre pinata. consumables that create funny effects.
the ticket part is probably a link for us to create tickets in case we have a problem doing a purchase or something. I really really doubt they'll sell GM tickets.
blizzard also said, regarding feedback from the store helms, that they will avoid putting on the store stuff that directly competes with dungeons and raid drops. for instance, instead of new helms themed after villains, they'll put stuff like halloween costumes or stuff like that. things that would just never be put to drop in a raid.
Warlorcs of Draenorc made me quit. You can't have my stuff.
Getting an space for your unusal stuffs lets you bring the main future benefits and fits according to that.
If they start selling shit other than cosmetic stuff I am outta here forever.
yeah vindicatorx you are write in the context but it depends upon the quality then we can assume that......
Now, the are discussing the point of buying 90's in the shop.
I remember some time back, players where against this, but now I do see players in favor.
Normally we couldn't buy anything in the store which gave an in-game advantage.... so I reckon buying a 90 isn't an in-game advantage then?
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Warlorcs of Draenorc made me quit. You can't have my stuff.
It quite painful seeing the more interesting looking gear and mounts go on the real-money store. It really needs to stop before it gets out of hand. The amount of icons being added to the real-money store is worrying too. I agree that one of the nicest things about WoW is that you pay your sub, log on and can work to achieve what you want based on your time and effort put in, not what you pay after you pay the sub.
I remember when I started playing WoW all the years ago, and hearing the fact that 2200 gear was tied to skill, and not paying something else suprised me, and made me think the game was alot better for it. (I thought you had to get the arena pass to access the 2200 Wrathful gear, by getting 2200 on the arena realm) lol.
Real-money store in this game will make the free alternatives feel cheap, its not a good idea.
Reading this forum makes me glad that Watcher has his head screwed on correctly.
What is the plan for this game any strategies till decided.
I wouldn't mind if they added the removed items in the store...
Yeah that's important drakesong


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In a measure announced yesterday, the government will collect an extra $675 million by lowering the threshold at which lost superannuation accounts are automatically moved to the Australian Tax Office.
At present, super accounts of people who cannot be contacted are transferred to the Tax Office if they hold less than $200 and there have been no contributions for five years.
But from January, lost super accounts will be transferred to the ATO if the account's owner cannot be contacted, there is less than $2000 in the fund, and there have been no contributions for one year or more.
With the nation's lost super accounts holding about $17 billion, the change will deliver to the budget $675 million in savings over the next four years.
The unclaimed money will be held in trust by the government, and will deliver a boost to budget coffers unless it is reclaimed its owner.
Members can reclaim their lost funds from the Tax Office, which will pay interest equivalent to inflation on their unclaimed super.
A spokesman for the Superannuation Minister, Bill Shorten, said the changes would mean people did not pay unnecessary fees on lost super.
The opposition's spokesman on superannuation, Mathias Cormann, accused the government of using lost super to prop up the budget.
Deanne Stewart, the general manager of superannuation at BT Financial Group, said it was a positive outcome for members with small accounts.
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Injured and in shock, Filadelfio DeLatorre recounted the horror he felt as armed men violently invaded his home in the 11000 block of Vanderford Drive.
DeLatorre said his wife heard a knock and innocently opened the front door around 10 a.m. He said she came face to face with two armed men who forced their way inside, standing feet away from the rest of the family, including his teenage son and a 5-year-old girl.
It's what the men said next that made DeLatorre believe his family was no random target.
"I think they see me with the gold on my neck and my bracelet because when they got it, they said, 'That's what I'm looking for,'" said DeLatorre. "So they know. They follow me."
DeLatorre said he doesn't know where the men may have followed him from, but he said with the robbers in his home, he didn't want to go down without a fight. He said part of that courage came from wanting to defend his family and also because the jewelry the thieves wanted had been passed down to DeLatorre from his dying father.
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After being bound with extension cords, pistol-whipped and kicked in the face, he said he gave in and watched the thieves run off with his jewelry to accomplices waiting in the car.
Houston police said they are looking for four robbers, including three men and one woman, who may have fled the scene in a dark gray Honda Civic. Detailed descriptions of them have not been released.
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I learned about my Waggener Edstrom (WE) public relations internship by attending the Gonzaga Portland Trek. That's where I met a Gonzaga alum and learned more about the WE opportunity. Since I previously had internships at both the Department of State and BHW1, I was well-prepared for the WE interview and hiring process, and knew P.R. or advertising would be the route I wanted to take. This internship, unlike previous ones, was paid and also had a chance for employment at the end. To make the deal sweeter, it was in my hometown of Portland and I could stay with parents to save money. Following the internship, I was offered and accepted a full-time position as an account coordinator.
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The motivation for discovering my "career preferences" happened when I realized I would be spending 40 (or more) hours a week in a job. If I hated the job, I knew I would not have a chance in succeeding and I also knew I couldn't "drop it" like I could a class. After finding some preferences of mine (I liked to write, read and understand news), I took a chance with some internships based on my interests and they paid off.
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1.) Don't get caught up in the short-term. College will not define your life. Most of us will live until 70 or longer, so 4 years (spent in college)/70= 5.71%. If you look at it from a numbers perspective, college is less than 6% of your total life!
2.) Look at what you enjoy doing and ask yourself the hard-questions early on to find opportunities that fit. Here are a couple questions to get started: Are you introverted or extroverted? Where do you want to live? How much does money/prestige matter to you? What do you like doing in your spare time? How driven are you? What kind of culture would you like working in (fast-paced, slow, stressful, etc.)?
3.) Live it up in college, but don't forget why you are there. This isn't your parents' college anymore, where you can graduate with an art degree and get a job in banking. Increasingly, in this economy, jobs are scarce. Employers expect you to know what you want to do because if you don't, they can find others that do. So have fun, but do not keep your eye off the ball, and use your time to find your strengths.
4.) Expand your professional online presence. Employers are increasingly looking online for background on potential candidates. To make sure they see all the positive things you have done, create a LinkedIn, weebly or about.me site. If you have any materials published online, try to link them to your accounts and show off your work. Better yet, use some of those business "case studies" you did in class and upload them online to your personal sites.
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Bransgore v Longparish.
Longparish slumped to a surprising defeat in a low scoring game at Bransgore.
Despite the absence of several first team regulars Longparish were favourites at the interval as Bransgore closed on 129-8 as Harry Martin took 2-17 and Alex Coetzee 3-20.
At 44-0 Longparish looked to be cruising but the introduction of Greg Jones to the Bransgore attack did for both openers and wickets subsequently fell at regular intervals before Jones returned to take nine, ten and jack in his final over to finish with 5-22 and secure a 17 run win for Bransgore with five overs remaining.
Longparish II v Littleton WH II.
Longparish II batted first and looked to be in trouble as they lost four wickets with only 20 runs on the board.
Bob Sturt rolled back the years with an eye catching 43 adding impetus to the innings and Warren Bonathan (16) and James Young (18) added late runs as Longparish II were dismissed for 144 with one over remaining.
James Young took 2-23 and U14 Scott Sturt 2-11 but wise owl Gary Taplin claimed the bowling laurels for Longparish II with a superb nine over spell that reaped 4-20 to secure a 32 run win.
Herriard III v Longparish III.
Longparish III travelled to Basingstoke based Herriard III and opted to bowl on a track that looked tricky for batting.
Harry Samways, Callum Giles and Nathan Smith all took a wicket each, Mali Colloredo 3-17 and Dan Bearpark 4-11 as Herriard III were all out for 82.
The Longparish reply started badly with the dismissal of opener Alan Longden, lbw early in the piece. William Samways, Rory Kerr and Callum Giles all batted well and Martin Bearpark added 28 down the order but could not prevent Herriard III claiming an 11 run win.