text: Initiative process comes under siege in Colorado By Ernest Luning on June 17, 2011 An unlikely alliance of some of the state's leading liberal and conservative voices are sounding the alarm that Colorado's ballot initiative process is facing an unprecedented assault from established interests and lawmakers. "In Colorado, there has been attack after attack after attack on the initiative process," said Paul Jacob, president of the Citizens in Charge […]This content is only available to subscribers. Login or Subscribe Share this:EmailTwitterFacebook Current News, Default, Ernest Luning, The Colorado Statesman


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Five key questions for the Argonauts heading into Monday's game against the Eskimos.
1. Will Cory Boyd have a successful return against his former team?
2. Argos are the CFL's worst team scoring TDs from the red zone. Will Ricky Ray still have trouble scoring majors against the Eskimos?
3. It's Ricky Ray versus Steven Jyles. Who will have the better game?
4. Swazye Waters has kicked nine straight field goals. Will he continue to provide Toronto with all-star calibre field goal kicking as well as punting?
5. Chad Kackert nearly ran for 100 yards in his debut replacing Cory Boyd as Toronto's No. 1 rusher last week in Calgary. Does he also have a big game in his first start at home?

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Rice Paper Cutouts
These pieces incorporate one or more sheets of cut rice paper floating freely. In some, the cutout paper is stained with gouache; in others a background sheet is stained instead.
Morphing Technology Series
USB Night Lily
Corded Red Squirrel
Corded Buck Running Amok
USB Honeysuckle
Corded Parakeet
Corded Lionfish
Taking Over
Budding Limb
Budding Weed
Corded Jellyfish
Corded Starling
Corded Goose
A Life of Its Own
Full Of Buds
Shaping of a Lake
Non-Native Species
Rare Monogamy
Nothing Single
Celebration Series
May Days
November 2
Late January
Illicit Celebration I
Illicit Celebration II
Cultivated Immigrants
Benedict's Decree:
Denial of Nature I
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Denial of Nature II
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American Restaurants Series
These papercuts were inspired by real ethnic restaurants throughout the USA. Each piece is four layers, suggesting the hybridity of cuisine.
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THEIR music comes with a 'Parental Advisory' warning - and South Lakeland three-piece Gritty Britain are building up a reputation for their risque lyrics and catchy tunes.
Perhaps the best way to describe them is as a 'blue' version of The Lancashire Hotpots, and track titles such as Beer Goggle Eyes and Swingers' Paradise give you an idea of the subjects they like to sing about.
But on listening to their music. what strikes you almost as much as the eyebrow-raising lyrics is the musicianship of the trio, made up of bassist Colin Salter, singer and guitarist Tom Heywood and drummer Andrew Slater.
There is no doubting that their debut album Good For Nothing, with its Banksy-esque cover depicting an elderly woman spraying graffiti on a wall, features some impressive playing.
They say they are providing 'risque social commentary on contemporary society' and with lyrics such as 'the girls are looking fitter as I drink more bitter', it's clear that a sense of humour is required.
Colin said: "It is all original stuff and we like to describe it as 'alco-pop'. Tom writes the songs and he has been travelling around the world quite a bit so he just writes about the characters he sees."
Their live shows are rocking affairs and they have gained fans from playing regularly at Lancaster pubs such as Ye Olde John O'Gaunt, The Robert Gillow and The Lord Ashton, plue Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in their home town of Arnside.
Colin added: "We have built up a bit of a following from our gigs. We'd like to make a living out of it but it is hard to make any money out of music these days.
"But they are just great songs and we just want as many people as possible to hear them."
Good For Nothing, which was recorded at Shireshead Studios, in Forton, near Lancaster, is out now on Scallywag Records and can be bought on eBay.


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June 2014 – Bandstand Flag Notice
Jerry Lee Davis
June 13, 1943 – October 30, 2012
The flag flying over the bandstand during the month of June is in honor of Jerry Davis.
Jerry enlisted in the Army, May 25, 1964, and served until May 24, 1967. He serving a tour in Vietnam. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Expert Badge (M-14 Rifle) at the time of his discharge.
After returning from the service, he was employed in the tire industry in Des Moines, Oskaloosa and then as a tire representative for Sieberling Tires, covering Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. In 1972, Jerry returned to Oskaloosa and purchased Lytle Insurance which evolved to Davis Insurance. July 1, 2001, Jerry sold his business and in November, he and his wife, Barb bought a home on Neely Henry Lake in Glencoe, Alabama. Jerry was a member of the V.F.W., the American Legion and the Elks Club in Oskaloosa.
If you are interested in flying the flag of a veteran above the bandstand, contact Shawn Langkamp at Garland-VanArkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel at 641-672-2181 or at www.gvlfuneralchapel.com Contact Us Link.


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Frysville (GNIS FID: 1203640) is a populated place located within the Township of Ephrata, a minor civil division (MCD) of Lancaster County.
The elevation of Frysville is 358 feet. Frysville appears on the Terre Hill U.S. Geological Survey Map. Lancaster County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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ArchDaily Building of the Year 2012
ArchDaily is currently the most visited Architecture website in the world. With more than 6,000,000 visits and more than 60,000,000 pageviews a month, it is recognized as the ultimate source of inspiration for thousands of architects, a community of global professionals that once again has acted as the jury for the Building of the Year Awards. It was the collective intelligence formed by our own readers that chose, out of nearly 3,000 projects, the best architecture worldwide.
Last month, ArchDaily partnered with HP to launch these unique awards for the architecture community. On February 14, after more than 70,000 votes from all over the world, the winners for ArchDaily's Building of the Year Awards 2012 were announced.
It has been 4 exciting weeks where readers chose their favorite building. Divided into 14 categories, this year's winners vary from emerging young architects like MVN Arquitectos or Luis Rebelo de Andrade & Diogo Aguiar to the most prestigious offices of MAD Architects and OMA. The project range from an artistic church made only of steel in Belgium or a low-cost Training Centre that improves social conditions of workers in Indonesia to the Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympics, or a 30,000 sqm urban space in Denmark, every project noted for their unique and innovative designs.
You can see all the winners here: http://www.archdaily.com/building-of-the-year/2012.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. - Saint Leo junior left-hander Rick Teasley has repeated as the Sunshine State Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Monday by league officials.
Teasley, tossed another gem in the Lions' 6-1 victory at Eckerd. Working all nine innings, he surrendered one earned run on six hits with no walks. He struck out nine Triton batters.
The Port St. Lucie, Fla. native is one of 24 Saint Leo student-athletes to be named SSC Player of the Week in 2011-12, and one of three Lions earning the honor this week.
Now earning votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association's South Region poll, the Lions will take their 7-3 overall record to Lake Wales, Fla. and face Warner University on Tuesday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions' Baseball, visit SaintLeoLions.com.
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Irene Grieco, manager, media investment and partnerships, Unilever, discussed the strategy behind Unilever's partnership with Cooking Light magazine.
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How to Handle Market Trauma2/6/2014 6:00AM
Kathleen Weber of Morgan Stanley is helping nervous investors feel safe - while also making sure they stay invested in stocks.
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I'll ... what they want to see going forward about life ... in one case he said somebody ... had some priorities a decade ago the were among the sub look like just last week was in for a review of facts to cut about ... I want to come and now I want to see how close I am to retirement eligible ... and this was a very high aam stressed out of an individual who ... was looking for how quickly could she possibly the for jobs ... and a real plane when it came down to you is we talked to realize that the stress and it was understandable for my perspective and industry it's not like change ... and what we determines was that she was in pretty good shape for what where she wanted to be when a couple of minor tweaks ... and suffered sample we look that ... that's um ... it's eco I'd I'd just work five days a week for the next eighteen months when her lease was ... up ... maybe she could work for a couple of hours a couple of days a week ... of prayer few more years beyond that and that seemed like a solution to her when actually need to change the portfolio in this case so that was good news in her case I'd you know the feeling that maybe a lot of investors whether or not they had of life change specific to them ... our source suffering from PTSD is you put it yet you know we really we as a society have been through collective trauma we were all in the stomach together ... in a way don't I I mean everything around us looked like it was shifting ... we didn't know where that was solid ground for a while in many cases ... and the few people are just cutting getting their legs back at them again and getting beginning to get more confident to bury success ... and ... this this will go through this financial time people are adjusting ... their reassessing what Risk means that were having a lot of conversations about what does Risk mean to you and he said a lot of people are just things I wanted to catch ... well porch light not too many of my clients can we know that would be very smart it will be very smart tickle long-term ... investment strategy and converted overnight to something that will absolutely not return ... to the best are in this interest rate environment ... but people are perhaps one in a little bit more cash on hand ... to feel comfortable to sleep well at night perhaps will but more than they did ... for ten years ago ... so their level of cash that they want to or at least accessed liquid investments which look through what are they afraid of what are their concerns what keeps them appetite What does this mean to them ... what this means to my clients today is different than ten years ago ... they're worried about if your children will be laid off from their jobs ... they're worried about mortgage payments not just their spot extended family members ... and they're worried about private tuitions for grandchildren ... so today many individuals are asking a lot more of their money and they're ... the web of inter dependence is a lot more than it once was so high commuting said I want this cash or cash equivalent on hand ... but obviously I'm looking at that the market and seeing them ... earn about zero pm ... before inflation much less apt reflection ... of where T suggests that maybe I look for something say that the book until the return ... over to look at your sources of income ... or don't look at you have a wager a salary or consider Sosa Security or dividends ... over to see how much of what you need in your daily life is that ... by sources you feel recently caught the end ... and that what we might do is just look for ... a highly liquid investments that produce dividends ... that would be BBB ETF for example that would produce a dividend Whelan excess of the cash return where you're comfortable with the market fluctuation it out because we really don't know if your the back half trees are ... ok speaking of market fluctuations ... recently the market has not been fluctuating too much it's pretty much gone up the lease in twenty thirteen Dow up where does that leave you feeling about equities for long-term investors ... 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Galleries are where you can post photos for other people to see. Every person and team in Korrio has a Gallery.
Who Can Add to Galleries
Anyone can post photos to his or her own Gallery.
Only team personnel can post to the team Gallery. Coaches and Managers can do this by default, but they can also give rights to other people to manage the team Gallery — for instance, a parent can be made Team Photographer. To do this:
- The Coach or Manager should go to Roster and add that person as new team personnel.
- To just give Gallery and Wall rights, choose type "Other".
- Give the person a title such as "Team Photographer" (you can make it whatever you want — entering this is optional). If provided, that title will show on the person's player card.
To start adding pictures, first you need to create an Album. Click on Create an Album (just under the tabs) and follow the instructions.
- Enter a title and a description (if you like). You can choose to make the album visible to anyone, or just the team.
- Choose a file from your computer (up to 4MB in size) and click Upload and Save. This will kick off the uploading. When it's done you'll see a thumbnail of the photo and you can give it a name (the default is the original filename), and a caption. You can also choose to make that picture the album cover.
- To add more pictures to the album, go back to the album and click "Add More" in the navigation above. You can add as many pictures as you like, in the same way as before.
- From the Album page, you can also Edit Album Information (to change the name, the privacy, etc.) and you can remove individual pictures using the "Remove" button.
- You can also delete entire albums by going to the main Gallery page and clicking "Delete" under the album you want to remove.


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Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, from Kitigan Zibi, Quebec have been missing without a trace since September 6th 2008. Both girls were 16 years old at the time of their disappearance and to date, there are no clues as to their whereabouts.
Maisy Odjick is described as 6' tall, weighing 125lb, with brown hair and brown eyes. She has three facial piercings: two on her bottom lip and one in her nose. Shannon Alexander is 5'9" and weighs 145 lbs. She has pierced ears and acne scars on her face.
The families are asking for your help by donating for a reward offered to anyone who locates Maisy and Shannon or provides vital information leading to them being found. You can donate by clicking on "donations" to the left.
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SWINDON Town manager Mark Cooper has warned his players that they are playing for their futures at the County Ground.
The Robins chief is determined not to let this season fizzle out into nothing after admitting that the League One play-offs is probably out of their reach following Saturday's 2-1 defeat to MK Dons.
With 11 games of the current campaign remaining, including tonight's visit of table-topping Wolves, Cooper wants his charges to force their way into his plans for next term.
Eighteen players are believed to be out of contract this summer and while talks have begun with controversial star striker Nile Ranger, the Town boss is yet to begin talks with anyone else.
The likes of Troy Archibald-Henville, Jay McEveley, Dany N'Guessan and Jack Barthram are all in the final year of the current deals.
And while finishing in the top six is an extreme long-shot, Cooper insists that there is still plenty to play for.
"Players are playing for their futures for next year," said Cooper when asked how he intends on stopping this campaign from petering out.
"They have to make sure that they are in our thoughts for next year."
The Swindon manager insists that the club are in no hurry to secure Ranger's services for next term with the club having the option to extend his deal beyond the summer.
The former Newcastle United striker is out for the season after tearing his hamstring.
"We are speaking to Nile," Cooper confirmed. "He has got a hamstring problem at the moment, but he is our player.
"We have an option on him for next year so there is no great urgency."
Cooper also said that the club has not renewed Jacob Murphy's loan after the Norwich striker's temporary deal at the County Ground expired over the weekend.
"At the moment we won't be extending that," the Swindon manager said.
"We have got some players that are contracted to the club for next year and we need as the season goes a long to have a look at them to decide if they are going to help next year."
Meanwhile, Cooper revealed that goalkeeper Wes Foderingham returned to training yesterday for the first time since he injured his groin a fortnight ago and could come in to contention for Saturday's trip to Bristol City.
On tonight's game with Wolves, who have set a new club record after winning eight successive matches, Cooper is hoping to upset the form book.
"Everyone will say that (it will be a comfortable Wolves win)," he said. "But how many times have you seen the apple cart being upset.
"We are going to go and try our best, try our hardest and we are going to try and ask questions of Wolves. We are focused on Wolves now, we are going to give it our best shot and see if we can cause an upset."


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Ice Cream Cone cupcake pan
Watch their eyes light up when they see these cakes and try to decide whether it is ice cream or cake! Great idea for a child's birthday party or when taking cupcakes to school. Small amount of decorating and it looks like a professional made them.
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801 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN (map)
The original and still my personal favorite, Sunday night Dog walk. During the colder winter walks this a one to two hour walk around downtown with a stop for hot drinks along the way. When it's warmer we'll be sitting down for dinner with the dogs at a variety of local pubs and restaurants. Parking for this meetup will be at the white river state park parking lot or the museum parking garage. When there is an event downtown (Colts game or concert) parking is generally offered at the zoo for free. All other times the state parking lot uses unattended pay machines. No one who has forgotten to pay has ever received a ticket or a tow so this may only be enforced during the week and the aforementioned special events. In the case of special events we will generally start a little later so everyone has time to walk over from the zoo using the foot path and bridge. Make sure to dress appropriately for the weather, we walk in EVERYTHING but rain. Questions? Don't hesitate to ask. My phone number is in several of the archived meetups and the groups message archive as well. Can't wait to see everyone there!
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The Dollar Is Soggy, and Still Sliding
America, accustomed to being the world's economic powerhouse, isn't laughing about a feeble euro anymore. The European currency, which fell to 87 cents in March, is back above a buck; at yearend, it hit nearly $1.05--a 17% loss of value for the dollar. Since late November alone, the greenback has slipped 6% against its European rival and now is at a three-year low. "America certainly doesn't have the attraction [for investors] it did in the second half of the 1990s," says Volker Dosch, head of U.S. equities at DWS Investment, a unit of Deutsche Bank and Germany's largest fund manager.
A one-time jolt due to global jitters over the fallout from a war with Iraq? Hardly. An array of other pressures ranging from the huge trade deficit and low U.S. interest rates to the narrowing advantage in economic growth are also weighing on the greenback. Many currency traders figure the slide against Europe's common currency could be just the start of a broad decline. "The dollar needs to correct lower," says Ashraf Laidi, chief currency analyst at MG Financial Group in New York. Many believe that the euro could rise to $1.07 in coming months. Moreover, the dollar, which has lost 5% against the yen since early December, could sink below 115 Japanese yen from its current 118.
A modest further drop in the dollar probably would be good for the faltering U.S. economy on the whole. It clearly would benefit domestic manufacturers who export or who compete with imports; the combination of a high dollar and tough competition from countries with low-cost production has cost the manufacturing sector 2 million jobs since 2000. By lowering the prices of their goods in terms of euros, yen, and other foreign currencies, a lower dollar would let producers regain market share and maybe even raise prices a bit. "We are gratified to see that the dollar has been easing down. We think it has further to go before it reaches what we think is a fair level," says Hank Cox, assistant vice-president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
But a decline in the dollar has domestic downsides as well. It hurts U.S. consumers by raising the price of imports. It also could bump up interest rates if foreign investors demand higher returns because they risk currency losses when they switch back into their home currencies. That may be why the Bush Administration hasn't come out in favor of a lower dollar. "It's too risky because you just never know how your actions are going to be interpreted," says Thomas D. Gallagher, senior managing director in Washington for Wall Street consulting firm ISI Group.
For America's trading partners, a much weaker dollar would be a big negative that could smash fragile recoveries. America's tireless consumers have been the heroes of the world economy, and if higher prices lead them to buy fewer imports, growth abroad will be hit. Stronger foreign currencies would hold down overseas inflation rates--but inflation is the least of the problems in countries like Japan and China that are battling outright deflation.
It's unlikely, though possible, that the decline of the dollar will start to feed on itself and accelerate, much like a crash in the stock market. That would force the U.S. to jack up interest rates to keep foreign investors from bailing out entirely. The U.S. trade deficit would shrink, but in the worst possible way: A deep recession would slash consumers' buying power, while the dollar's devaluation would make imported goods impossibly expensive.
Although a dollar disaster is unlikely, the forces arrayed against the greenback likely will keep it falling for at least a while. The immediate cause of weakness seems to be the market's fears that a conflict with Iraq could be costly, damage U.S. interests in the Middle East, and prompt more terror attacks against American targets. Each step toward war has jolted the dollar a bit lower against currencies that are more removed from the conflict.
Indeed, while the dollar typically has served as a refuge during international crisis, it has behaved more like a risky asset lately, according to an analysis by Boston's State Street Bank. In 2001, the dollar tended to do well whenever investors seemed risk-averse. But since last January the dollar has begun to move in sync with State Street's Risk Appetite Index. That means investors have been buying dollars when their appetite for risk grows and selling when they get cold feet--making it the opposite of a safe-haven play. "The U.S. has become a prominent component of current geopolitical concerns," says Laidi.
Beyond war and terrorism jitters, the dollar's recent slide comes against the backdrop of a growing deficit in the U.S. current account. America is importing way more than it exports, while the income it gets from foreign investments is less than what it pays out to foreigners on their investments in the U.S. Of course, the U.S. has run a current-account deficit for years. But the gap has been growing, and at an annualized rate of $500 billion, the deficit is now close to 5% of gross domestic product. That's a level at which smaller, less creditworthy nations often see a run on their currencies.
Rather than exchanging goods for goods, the U.S. is paying much of its import bill with paper--that is, claims on U.S. assets such as stocks and bonds. Dollar bulls say it will be easy to get foreigners to keep accepting American IOUs on the grounds that, for all its problems, it remains the world's best place to invest. But already there are signs that the U.S. is having a harder time attracting the kind of long-term, patient capital that makes for a stable currency, notes Michael Metcalfe, a senior strategist in London for State Street Bank. The U.S. attracted $130 billion of foreign direct investment in factories, real estate, and corporate acquisitions in 2001, but only $24 billion worth through the first three quarters of 2002. Meanwhile, purchases of U.S. securities other than Treasuries fell from $407 billion in 2001 to an annual rate of $300 billion through the first three quarters of 2002. "It will be increasingly difficult for the U.S. to draw enough capital to compensate [for the trade deficit]," says Dosch, the German fund manager.
Another reason for foreigners' diffidence is that America's growth advantage is likely to shrink in 2003. While it is growing faster than most industrialized nations, economists expect its growth rate to increase by only 0.4 percentage point this year. Improvement elsewhere will be stronger: Britain and Europe expect to see 1 percentage-point gains, while Japan could rack up a 1.5 percentage-point gain in 2003, according to a survey by newsletter Blue Chip Economic Indicators.
Nor is the dollar getting any help from U.S. interest rates. To stimulate the economy, the Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate to a 42-year low of 1.25% over the past two years while it has been pumping up the money supply. After subtracting inflation, the real return on two-year U.S. Treasury notes is just 1.7%. That's below the returns available on the two-year notes of Britain and the euro zone. Even Japan, with its famously low interest rates, does better. Although the nominal yield on Japan's notes is just 0.9%, consumer prices in Japan are falling 0.9% a year, so the effective return on the notes for yen-based investors is 1.8%.
Of course, the bears could be wrong. The dollar has weakened before only to spring back. While its decline against the euro is pronounced, the greenback has held up well against most other currencies. In the long run, though, it's almost inevitable that the dollar will lose altitude--there's a limit to how long the rest of the world will keep extending credit to the American consumer. The healthiest outcome would be for the dollar to sink gradually in response to accelerating growth abroad. A planet as big as this one needs more than a single engine of growth.
By Peter Coy in New York, with Jack Ewing in Frankfurt, and Laura Cohn in Washington


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Understanding Dead Media Redux
Over the weekend, the Sunday NY Times carried an article called "When Data Disappears," by assistant professor Kari Kraus at the University of Maryland. While the lament that digital data is fragile is not debatable, what to do about it is. And having misconceptions does not help.
Her article was triggered by author Bruce Sterling's donation of his papers to the University of Texas. All were exactly that, papers. There were no floppies or CD's or anything else. You'd expect a hard disk perhaps.
This is not a surprise because Sterling has been documenting so-called dead media for over a decade and he has a formidable list. He has no confidence in modern media. But handing over a bunch of papers that are essentially print-outs is asking for trouble since 50 years from now they will probably all be scanned in by Google then kept only as a digital archive. The better idea would be to pound all the documents into thin sheets of zinc.
Another trick would be to reproduce all the documents on bound papyrus which is unlikely to be thrown out.
Anyway, I've been on the bandwagon with Bruce for years about this problem. I like to highlight the fact that the oldest two-inch AMPEX quad-head video tapes from the 1960's are frantically being copied over on a daily basis by the few machines left in existence that can read the tapes. Experts says the last machine will crap out before the last tape is copied over. And that will be that. Meanwhile many old low-tech kinescopes from the 1950's will still be watchable.
Some technologies just have more legs. Everyone has to pick one as an archive medium and hope for the best. (I'm buying zinc).
What distressed me about Dr. Kraus's article were these comments:
Like Egyptian hieroglyphs, whose code was indecipherable until the rediscovery of the Rosetta Stone, the string of 1s and 0s on a floppy is meaningless in the absence of a set of computer instructions for translating them. If you don't have a copy of WordPerfect 2 around, you're out of luck. No wonder preservationists often wax ominous about the "digital dark ages."
Of course, there's always the option of migrating data from old to new media. But migration isn't as simple as copying files — it's more like translating from Japanese to Hungarian. Information is invariably lost; do it enough times and the result will be like the garbled message at the end of a game of telephone.
This is blatant bullcrap. Do editors ever fact check on these sorts of assertions?
First of all, nobody needs a copy of WordPerfect to read a WordPerfect file. Does she actually think this? And yes, migrating data from old media to new media is as simple as copying files. What exactly is she getting at here?
Perhaps, if you are moving 1970 era mag tapes to DVD-ROM there are some barriers. But anything after 1981 should be easily transferable. 5.25-inch floppy drives are still for sale on eBay and elsewhere. These still work and can read the old disks. And yes, Dr. K, you simply copy them.
Perhaps she is referring to the difficulty one might have with an old stringy floppy drive, or reading an old Kansas City Standard cassette. I don't know. But I can assure you that there is little data worth worrying about on an old cassette and probably nothing on a 5.25-inch floppy either.
Most of us have been transferring files to new media for years and will continue to do so. I don't really keep a lot of notes and assume some people will be archiving the publications where my writing may appear.
That said all my online writing for CNet in 1993 then early ZDNet is all missing in action and the only copies are in my own archives.
The point is, I totally disagree with the premise that it's difficult to move forward through the technologies with various forms of content. It's actually easy, but someone has to do it. And digital will probably save more content than what is lost.
I ran into a cache of old slides recently. While the Kodak slides have faded a little bit, they can be boosted digitally and stored for the future. Meanwhile, I now regret ever buying Ansco film. Every slide is a bright blue. I can save the images with Photoshop and re-balance the colors, but the colors will be choked down a bit and probably not as accurate as they would have been. But here is another example of digital helping preserve the past.
There are tons of books being scanned in by Google and Archives.org and many will be safer in digital form as long as someone makes sure to keep redundant libraries backed up around the world. I personally think the likelihood of their existence continuing will be higher than with a paper archive somewhere. Libraries burn down.
The fact is that many of us are very aware of the problems with longevity and modern media. The awareness is why I'm not too worried about it. The lack of awareness years ago is why all the content on those Ampex tapes is struggling to exist.
I think this "problem" is under control. At least for now.
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One of two types of blood vessel cells
"inner lining" of the artery
Recognizes the needs for flow and repair and uses chemicals to control these processes
Critical to the development of atherosclerosis, injury to these cells promote atherosclerosis initiation and progression
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One of two types of blood vessel cells
The more smooth muscle in an artery the larger and more elastic the artery is
Aging, hypertension and atherosclerosis can make arteries less elastic
Inner most layer of artery
Contains endothelium and some smooth muscle cells
Middle muscular layer of artery
Made up of mostly layers of smooth muscle cells and collagen protein. The more layers the more elastic and large the artery.
If the media breaks down, than an aneurysm occurs.
Outer, external layer of the arteries.
Acts as the coat of the vessel, may contain nerves and blood vessels that contribute to the function of the artery.
Made up of collagen, etc.
Muscular arteries function
Large vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body
More elastic to deal with the pressure load coming out of the pumping heart.
Regulate flow of blood to various body parts.
Nerves attached to them and chemicals control them to regulate flow to various organs
Resistance Vessels
Another name for muscular arteries.
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the smallest elastic arteries.
Provide dynamic regulation of flow by constricting or dilating depending on flow needed to the organs they serve.
May be prone to damage due to their small size and structure
Intermediate vessels between arteries and veins.
Mostly endothelium
Serve as a semi=
Calcification and fibrosis of the arterial media
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Cholesterol laden plaque in arteries
Damage due to factors associated with atherosclerotic plaque build up leading to acclusion/rupture
atherosclerotic blockages, accumulation of lipid
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Fatty streak
Complicated lesion
Final stage of plaque buildup
Can rupture leading to embolism/thrombus (body tries to clot the rupture)
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Smoking tobacco
Cholesterol disorders (high LDL, high triglycerides, low HDL)
Lack of physical activity
Obesity (especially with fat around the middle)
Male gender
Older age
Inflammatory protiens
Acute vascular occlusion
"closure" of an artery
Can lead to heart attack, stroke, or death of an internal organ or extremity (gangrene)
Chronic vascular narrowing
a weakness in the wall of the artery causing a dilation or ballooning out of the vessel, which can rupture leading to serious damage
Most common in the aorta and cerebral vessels
Can be congenital or acquired
Complications: circulation impaired, ischemai due to emboli or dissection, rupture
Surgery for large or symptomatic
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If pressure and flow increase in these vessels, they can rupture, but with less serious physical consequences than with arteries
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If you're dealing with a version of SQL Server greater than SQL Server 2000, at this point I'm going to say yes. The reason I say yes is looking at the files that are updated. For instance:
What is clear is that it's more than just SSRS specific files being updated. Therefore, it looks like it is best to patch all installs of SQL Server 2005-2012. SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services was a stand alone component, so I don't believe this should affect anything other than specifically SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, June 17
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva - Trend:
The California Assembly recently voted to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh (a region that is internationally recognized as part and parcel of Azerbaijan) as an independent nation, Mallory Moss blogged on The Hill website.
"I can explain this in only one of two ways: the Assembly members were swayed to vote for this by the Armenian community, or they simply didn't know any better," she wrote.
"Wake up, ladies and gentlemen. Would you vote to create a Boko Haram [a terrorist group] independent nation ensconced within Nigeria? I think not," Moss stressed.
"I have also seen the passion in which the Azerbaijani citizens continue to fight the international community for not only remembrance but recognition that the genocidal acts in Khojaly during the Nagorno-Karabakh war even happened," she added.
On February 25-26, 1992 Armenian occupation forces together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops stationed in Khankendi committed an act of genocide against the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.
Some 613 people were killed, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people. Some 487 civilians were disabled during the genocide.
Eight families were totally exterminated, 130 children lost one parent and 25 children lost both.
Some 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 people remains unknown.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
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Hi everyone,
I am using SQL Server Denali to create 2 tables with a 1-many relationship. But I got the result of a query just like there was no relationship at all.
Anyone please tell me if this is a bug of Denali, or there is something to do to make the relationship to work.
Thank you.
please show your CREATE TABLE statements, and show your query
Problem solved by creating the relationship manually in query builder.
Query builder does not show up any relationship created by CREATE TABLE statement whereas Database Diagrams does. Is there any way to get the relationships from the database to query builder?


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Last week, four Japanese carmakers announced a worldwide recall for vehicles with faulty airbags. According to USA Today, "Toyota, Honda and Nissan need to track down 3 million vehicles around the globe," and with Mazda later added to the roster, the number rises to almost 3.4 million. The defect has been blamed on Takata Corporation, the Japanese company that manufactured the airbags, which may "deploy abnormally" in a collision and spray pieces of broken plastic on the front passenger-side seat. In some models, the bags don't deploy at all. Takata's share price dropped as much as 15 percent after the news broke, though the automakers themselves managed to escape the wrath of investors. In fact, three saw their share prices go up by 3 to 6 percent on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, despite the fact that the recalls will cost them billions of yen.
In line with the Japanese media's unwritten policy of exercising caution when reporting stories that might reflect badly on the domestic automotive industry, the announcements were covered in a low-key fashion, as something that was mostly happening overseas. BBC News devoted several in-depth reports to the story, as did the major American news services.
On the one hand this difference in scale matched the numbers involved. The majority of the recalled vehicles were sold in North America and Europe, while in Japan 732,000 cars come under the recall. That's still quite a few, so local news outlets, by trying not to draw too much negative attention to the recall and embarrass existing or potential sponsors, would seem to be avoiding their responsibility to provide information that is in the public interest.
Recalls are difficult processes to carry out effectively. In February, following a fire that killed four people in a Nagasaki nursing home and which was traced to a faulty humidifier, NHK ran a feature on its morning information program, "Kurashi Kaisetsu" ("Explanations for Living"). The reporter on the show pointed out that in 2006 the Consumer Product Safety Law was revised with a regulation that said manufacturers must report to the government any accidents involving their products.
Since then, the number of annual recalls has doubled, with the national Consumer Affairs Agency receiving more than 500 notifications a year. However, this information doesn't always reach consumers. The NHK reporter said that during the course of his research he discovered that there were half a dozen items in his own home that had been the subjects of recalls in the past.
In the Nagasaki case, the humidifier, manufactured by TDK Corporation, has been on the company's recall list since January 1991. After the defect was discovered, TDK bought advertising space in newspapers all over the country announcing a recall, but about 5,500, or a quarter of the number sold, were never returned, and it wasn't clear whether or not those units were still in use. Even after the recall went into effect there were 43 reported cases of humidifiers catching fire.
NHK then looked at the numbers since the 2006 revision and found that the situation has improved only marginally. In 2012 alone, there were 125 cases of death or injury involving products that had been recalled but not returned.
The onus falls on manufacturers. The government has said that makers must do whatever they can to find every single product that is subject to a particular recall. In 2005, two people died of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a dysfunctional water heater manufactured by Panasonic, and a recall was launched. The company bought commercial airtime on TV, complete with an apology, to inform consumers that if they had the heater in their homes they should contact relevant dealers. Panasonic also sent postcards to all buyers who had registered the purchase for the purpose of warranties, and then even pledged to buy back the units for ¥50,000 a piece. As of the beginning of this year, however, there were still 35,000 unaccounted for and possibly still in use.
Manufacturers may know who sold recalled items but not necessarily the people who bought them, so they have to resort to expensive media campaigns that are still limited in scope. In 2010, Bridgestone recalled a defective child seat for bicycles, offering replacements, cash refunds and premiums, but it had very little data on who had bought the seats so it carried out a blanket notification campaign by sending flyers to kindergartens and day-care centers all over the country. It even hired monitors to check bicycle parking lots at supermarkets in major cities to look for the products in question. The company located only half of the 1 million seats targeted by the recall.
Consumer groups believe that only the government can make a difference and have been lobbying related ministries and agencies to bolster recall efforts further. One common recommendation is to mandate retailer cooperation. The electronics discount chain Bic Camera, for instance, has customer information for 90 percent of sales thanks to its point-card system. Any item that's subject to a recall can be referenced in the store's database and anyone who bought it can be contacted directly. In addition, if those customers don't respond but come in to buy something else, their presence can be flagged so that salespeople can talk to them face-to-face.
Such methods flirt with privacy issues, but in fact the main obstacle to successful recalls is public nonresponse. The Consumer Affairs Agency maintains a list of products designated for recall since 2007 on its website, but that means the public has to take the initiative and actually look at it, so in the end the media's role in reinforcing recall efforts is indispensable. Car companies factor the cost of possible defects into their budgets and don't lose anything but face in the event of a recall. It's not the media's job to help them save it.


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Senator Martins: State Aid to Long Island Schools Doesn't Add Up
I flipped through hundreds of pages until I found it. I was scanning the proposed budget released by Governor Cuomo last week, looking to see how our district fared with state aid, in particular the amounts for our school districts. I guess to say I was disappointed by what I saw is an understatement – the governor had proposed increasing state aid to education by 4%, yet time and again our districts were shortchanged.
It's no secret that I happen to agree with many of Governor Cuomo's efforts to get New York's fiscal train back on track. For too many years, the obvious truth that many in Albany were all too happy to ignore was that New York was well on its way to financial ruin. But in tandem with Governor Cuomo we were able to change that paralyzing mindset. In fact, the nine State Senators from Long Island were instrumental in helping to close last year's $10 billion budget gap, capping taxes and reducing overall spending. This year, we face a $2 billion budget shortfall but we remain as committed as ever to balancing the budget without increasing taxes or raising fees.
In that light, I like where this budget begins. At $132 billion it's basically flat overall and calls for minimal increases in spending for Medicaid costs and education offset by cuts elsewhere. It also seeks to boost a sluggish economy by investing in infrastructure projects and tax breaks while bringing our skyrocketing public pension costs into focus. Those are all good things.
But not even DiMaggio batted a thousand. The Governor then outlines increasing school aid by 4% overall, but not to our Long Island schools. Why? Because his new state aid formula declares we're wealthy enough that we don't need as much assistance.
Let's talk turkey. Long Island is a great place to live and, though we complain, our economy is the envy of other regions, and even some small states. Traditionally, we as Long Islanders have put much of that money into our children's educations. We're known for it and families move here from everywhere precisely to be a part of that successful system. Our students regularly excel and are widely accepted at the best universities around the country. But we do pay handsomely for those results.
No matter how you cut it Nassau and Suffolk remain two of the most heavily taxed counties in the nation. Along those lines, we send approximately $7 billion dollars more in taxes to Albany than we get back in overall aid. Although this has been the norm for decades, when it comes to education we've been getting the short end of the stick for so long I think it's time to draw a line in the sand.
According to a 2010 report by the Long Island Education Coalition and the Long Island Association, Nassau schools received only 16.9 % of their budgets from state aid. Excluding Suffolk County and New York City, the rest of the state received an astonishing 40.5 %. It also emphasized that while 20.5 % of state aid is directed to our schools here on Long Island, our state income tax liability is well above the median with Nassau and Suffolk among the top three most highly taxed counties in the state. Furthermore, we're also tops among generating sales tax revenue for the State, outside of New York City. It all boils down to us sending much more than we get back.
Now the Governor proposes increasing overall education aid while shorting our Long Island schools? Once again, the proposed fix comes at our expense. It's clear that our school districts are struggling with budgetary issues and our overburdened taxpayers are having as much difficulty as anyone else. While we want what's best for New York's children, it makes no sense that it should come by diminishing opportunities for our kids here at home. This inequality has been common for years, but as resources are now so scarce, the disparity is even more glaring.
I can't even speculate as to what this means in the classroom, but it's not a done deal. At this point of the process we will go to the table and fight for fair distribution of state aid. To be clear, while I support a budget that doesn't increase taxes, the proposed allotment of funds is simply unfair to our taxpayers and to our schools.


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Discussion in 'The Lobby - Misc Discussion' started by OneBigClam, Aug 29, 2012.
I'm sorry about that.
That happened to me before with hotmail on two different email addresses at the same time.
I scanned my PCs fearing a keylogger but there wasn't one, so either they just forced their way in with password generator or do to poor security from MS took my address and password from them.
It all ended up ok and I'm using the same emails.
Also not really related but you should stop using IE.
I'll kill them all.. mutter, mutter... bane of mankind... arrrh.
My Yahoo account gets hacked about once every 6 months. I don't get it. None of my other accounts get hacked, and I've never otherwise been the victim of any kind of identity theft or hacking that I'm aware of, and I have tons of different kinds of accounts across many web sites.
Although cheetos would sound totally good if I was smoking weed. Which I'm not. I miss weed.
I agree.
Even worse are the virus makers they don't gain anything they just cause problems.
wow how F-ing cool you made some guy lose all of his data and family photos don't you feel like a big man.
They should executed.
It's all Chrome's fault!
Didja get phished? Happened to me once, a friend got hacked, sent me a link and boom, there went my myspace... which is just fine now I guess.
Are you sure it's not just Chrome being incompatible with something? I've had the occasional compatibility issue.
I reckon it was just MS doing a security revamp - I had it on mine as well 2 days ago.
This was Windows Live telling me I couldn't play Dark Souls.
But it's still connected to an email right? I had to make an email for xbox live account.
If so do you have anything important on there like bills paypal info etc?
So I followed the on screen help and changed my password, but I can't get unblocked. I don't have a phone that will receive text.
Two-step verification for Google allows for non-text phones (you get robo-called each time you require a 2-step authorization).
You must have a friend with one.
It's not Microsoft's fault it's clam's fault for not having a good enough password, I'm sure it even told him it was a week password when he made it.


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Rain began to fall steadily on the roof. Naruto had been gone for nearly an hour, but Sasuke found himself afraid to call or text him. He kept having these irrational thoughts, too, about how maybe Naruto had been so upset he'd gotten into a car accident and at this very minute, he was dying in a hospital somewhere as Sasuke sat around brooding. More than likely, Naruto had gone somewhere to clear his head, and Sasuke couldn't help himself from (jealously) wondering if he'd ended up at that bistro where Neji worked. Were they close enough Naruto would confide in him? He couldn't be sure.
Even so, Naruto wasn't like that. He didn't know how to be intentionally cruel, so it was rather easy to have faith in him. Therefore, Sasuke did the dutiful thing and just waited for him to come back before jumping to any conclusions.
But, another hour passed without a word from Naruto.
The rain had lightened to an insistent sprinkle, and Sasuke dragged himself off of the couch, the carpet somehow rougher under his feet than he remembered. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and went toward the bedroom. The door wasn't closed all the way, so he pushed it open. Naruto's stuff was all there - his suitcase, clothes strewn across the bed and floor, a stack of books on the table beside the bed. His laptop was on the desk, turned off and shut.
Sasuke breathed in deeply. It smelled like Naruto in here.
He felt unexpectedly morose, nostalgic for another time. Hell, he'd have been fine going backwards to only a few days ago. He would've refused to come out here, and then things between them wouldn't be so tenuous and annoying. He could've kept him from finding out, could've held it in like he should have if he didn't want things to change between them.
It was hard, he guessed, while going around the room picking up socks or t-shirts and tossing them along the back of a chair, to come to a point in life where things - no matter how badly you wanted it - could never be the same as when you were younger. It wasn't just about the fact Naruto now knew his deep, dark secret, but that... the time when they were growing up as kids could never happen again. It could never be about the two of them anymore when they weren't even able to do normal things out in public together without someone recognizing Naruto and wanting a photograph or autograph or hug.
Dejected and tired of cleaning up Naruto's shit, Sasuke took a heavy seat on the foot of the double bed. Naruto's scarf was hanging off the side of the mattress, trailing on the carpet and tangled up in a sandal. Sasuke grabbed for it, winding it around his hand and wrist. He ran his fingers over it, half-wondering if it had been a gift from that girlfriend who'd been into astronomy. He rubbed it across his lips, smelling Naruto's cologne. He moved to the other end of the bed and rested his head on one of the pillows.
"Where are you, idiot?" He mumbled, a troubled crease appearing between his brows as he shifted onto his side and grabbed for another pillow, pulling it close to his chest.
He closed his eyes, listening to the gentle sound of the rain, feeling a little homesick for the city, where it was much more easy to stay apathetic about life.
Maybe Naruto had it all wrong, because Sasuke was pretty sure there was absolutely nothing relaxing about the countryside.
He'd fallen asleep, and when he awoke, there was definitely someone else in the room, watching him. He raised his head off of the pillow and saw Naruto sitting on the corner of the bed. The sky through the windows was a dark, abysmal gray, but it had stopped raining. Although, he almost wished it would start again, because the silence between them was not in any way comfortable. Sasuke turned over onto his back, his eyes on Naruto, irritated he hadn't said anything yet. He was the one who'd stormed off, after all.
"I was worried," he told Naruto when his friend still hadn't said anything after a few minutes. "You could've at least called or sent a text so that I didn't think you were in a mangled Lotus somewhere."
"Sorry," Naruto said quietly. He had his hands in his lap, fidgeting with them, playing with that one ring.
"Did you...," Sasuke paused, making an attempt to swallow his jealousy and paranoia but failing miserably, "Go anywhere?"
Naruto glanced over his shoulder at him, looking somewhat annoyed by the question. "Go? Where would I go? There's nothing out here."
Sasuke absorbed his biting tone. "I don't know. I thought maybe you'd gone back to the bistro."
"Why would I go there?" Naruto asked, sounding genuinely curious about the answer.
"I dunno," answered Sasuke. "I guess I thought - "
"That's my scarf," said Naruto, interrupting him.
Sasuke had forgotten about it being wound around his wrist. He felt warmth in his cheeks and started to unwind it. "Sorry. You're always such a slob, leaving your crap everywhere. I picked up some of your stuff from off the floor. I think every time we stay somewhere, you end up forgetting something."
"Ah" was all Naruto said.
Then that terrible silence reared its ugly head again. In the dim light of the room, Sasuke studied his friend, not knowing where to start or if he should wait to hear what Naruto had to say before initiating the conversation he now knew they could no longer escape. He didn't appear particularly nervous, so whatever decision Naruto had come to, he was firm in his resolve, and since he also didn't look terribly overjoyed, Sasuke could take a wild guess that Naruto, in the time he'd been thinking on it, hadn't miraculously come to the conclusion that he also held long-time (repressed) gay feelings for Sasuke.
Because, well, that might've been a bit too much to hope for on his part. That was fine. He could accept that truth, couldn't he? So what if it felt like his heart had just shriveled to the size of a pea? No big deal.
He gazed at the ceiling, unable to look at Naruto any longer. "Have you made your decision?"
"It wasn't really a question of coming to a decision, was it?" asked Naruto. "I couldn't even believe it at first, and I was so fuckin' angry at you. That you'd keep this from me, Sasuke. That maybe, because you're more than capable of it, you would've never told me if you'd hadn't come this weekend."
"Can you really blame me for not running to you to confess?" he asked, the bitterness he felt showing up in his tone.
Naruto sighed and, while leaning over, grabbed for the other end of the scarf. He proceeded to wrap it around his wrist, just like Sasuke had done.
"I don't blame you," Naruto answered him calmly. "Because I hadn't ever thought of you like that before today."
"Fair enough," he said, though it hurt to hear it. "I figured as much. And did you have any breakthroughs?"
"Are you gonna be a sarcastic asshole the entire time we have this conversation?"
"It wouldn't surprise me, no." Sasuke sunk his teeth into his bottom lip. "It's not like you to be evasive, Naruto. That's my job. Please don't hold back how you feel on my account."
"I don't want to hurt you," he said.
"That's life," Sasuke replied, "You go about your day, not purposely trying to hurt people. Sometimes it happens. It's worse to drag it out. C'mon, Naruto. Put me out of my misery."
"Sasuke - " Naruto looked pained.
He knew he was being a jerk but couldn't help himself. Sasuke sat up and reached for Naruto's arm. "If anyone's going to do it, I want it to be you."
Naruto glared. "This isn't a game or anything. I'm not tryin' to toy with you, asshole, and I'm not wanting to enable your masochistic side by purposely making you suffer."
"Ah." Sasuke let go. "Is that what I'm doing?"
Naruto shook his head. "If you want me to feel bad, believe me, I already do."
"Because you, what, don't feel the same way? Can't you just say that much?"
"Just to be clear. You didn't tell me how you felt, so, when I left... I wasn't sure what it is you want. Like, more time with me? Because," Naruto sighed, sucking on the inside of his cheek. "I know we don't get to see each other much anymore, and I know how that makes me feel sometimes. That things now are so different than how they used to be. But I honestly never thought it bothered you, which is why it never occurred to me that - "
"I love you?"
"No, I knew you loved me," said Naruto. "As a friend at least. Even if you never said it. I love you, too. That much is clear."
Sasuke nodded, lowering his head. He swiped his tongue over the sharp edges of his teeth. "But you're not in love with me."
"No. I don't think so. At least not right now."
Sasuke looked up at him. "... Not right now. What does that mean?"
Naruto rubbed at the inside corner of his eye. "It means that I'm still surprised, alright? I feel stupid for not realizing earlier. I'm pissed off at you for making me force you to do all those scenes without tellin' me you'd be bothered... that maybe you didn't trust me... I dunno. I need..." He let out another long sigh. "I need to be able to trust you. Always."
"Are you serious?" He almost kicked him. "Are you really saying you think you can't trust me?"
"Sasuke," he growled. "Y'know what I mean. You didn't tell me because you were scared, right? You probably figured I'd throw you out or something or would want to quit being your friend."
"No," Sasuke argued and felt his body moving on its own so that he was much closer to Naruto. "I didn't say anything because - "
Naruto's eyes narrowed when he hesitated. "Because?"
"Because I didn't see how it could fucking work!" he shouted. "I know it can't work. Because of all the reasons you stated earlier. You think I wanted to feel this way about you? About someone I couldn't even be with?"
He didn't know what hit him when his back slammed into the mattress. Naruto was heavy as he lay halfway on top of him, an arm thrown around his neck.
"What the hell, Naruto?" He started to push him off, but Naruto clung on stubbornly, and Sasuke could see the tears.
It shocked him into silence and he stopped struggling, suddenly very in tune with the unnerving sound of Naruto's uneven breathing. After a while, he managed to get his arm out from under him and started to rub his back. "I'm the one being rejected here," he whispered. "I should be the one crying."
"I do love you," Naruto said, pushing his face against Sasuke's neck. "But only as a friend."
"I know." Sasuke leaned his head against Naruto's, trying to comfort him though it felt like his own heart was breaking. "It's okay."
Naruto lifted his head, his eyes already red and swollen. "Maybe you could get me drunk," he suggested, obviously joking since that's what Naruto did when he felt uncomfortable. "And we could go at it, huh? I've never been with a guy."
Sasuke gave him a small smile and brushed his hair out of the way. "And I could agree to it. I'd convince you that it'd help you expand your acting repertoire. We could even do it now, and you'd have some real experience to work with once rehearsals start Monday."
Naruto sniffled and wiped his nose with his sleeve. Sasuke loved him this way, too, even with his bloodshot eyes and snot dripping from his nose. Because Naruto, after all these years, still needed him, cried for him, and loved him enough not to want to hurt him. Eventually, he put his head back down on Sasuke's chest, and Sasuke kissed the top of it. He shifted around Naruto's arm until it lay across his stomach. Sasuke grabbed for his hand, and Naruto didn't resist. He clasped their fingers together, giving them a squeeze.
Rain began to fall again, beating at the windows like it wanted inside.
Here, where it was warm.
"It's okay," he repeated, lips brushing Naruto's hair.
He closed his eyes and felt his fingers trembling where they remained joined with Naruto's. Sasuke placed another kiss to the top of his head, voice shaking only a little. "Maybe one day I'll get you to change your mind."


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A retro logic game where the objective is to connect all the same colored bases with paths. This is an expansion pack to Linx, providing forty additional levels.
The goal of the game is to connect all the same colored bases with paths on a grid. Paths of different colors can not intersect and each tile on the grid can only contain one color or be blank with no colors. There are also areas on the grid where the paths can't cross. If you are having trouble distinguishing colors, the game features a colorblind mode. The instructions in the game are available in four languages, English, Polish, French and Dutch.
Pick a color (or a texture in colorblind mode) by clicking on a node, then click and drag to draw lines on the grid with that color. If you make a mistake, you can use the eraser to remove lines or you can reset the entire level. The idea is to connect all nodes of the same color without any differently colored lines crossing each other.
The concept of the game is similar to the 3D Logic series of 3D spatial logic games, but in 2D and with additional puzzle elements. There can be any number of bases of the same color and they all have to be connected in order to beat the level. There are also single bases which needs to be connected to themselves, taking up space on the grid.


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2008-03-21 / Health & Wellness
Health tips for feeling nifty after 50
Young baby boomers are feeling younger than ever. Despite their advancing age, boomers continue to feel mentally fit, but physically, they are starting to feel the aches and pains of aging. By taking the right steps before pain slows them down, boomers can maintain their active lifestyle long into their senior years.
The Pain Poll, sponsored by the makers of Tylenol and supported by the Arthritis Foundation, found that more than three-quarters of baby boomers think that "50 is the new 40." But eight in 10 said that their bodies could not do the things they used to do.
Overall, the Pain Poll found that 92 percent of 50-somethings have experienced aches and pains, and 52 percent said they experience aches and pains on a daily basis.
The following simple tips can help boomers keep moving as they keep aging.
•A little goes a long weigh. For overweight boomers, losing just five to 10 pounds can lessen the stress on knees and hips and help reduce arthritis pain. For every 11 pounds lost, boomers may be reducing their risk of joint pain and stiffness by as much as 50 percent. For every pound lost, the pressure on the knees is reduced by four times.
•Cut calories to lose pounds. Cutting even 250 calories a day means losing a half-pound a week. Look for small ways to cut calories out of an everyday diet. For example, drop the fries from a fastfood order and cut out 300 calories or more. Drink water instead of soda or fruit juices; switch to no-fat or low-fat dairy products; use noncaloric sweetener instead of sugar; replace highercalorie ingredients like cheese and meats in omelets, sandwiches and sauces with vegetables and commit to fruit as a snack instead of chips, candy and other high-calorie treats.
•Get stronger, move better. Muscles are the "shock absorbers" for the joints. If muscles are weak, they are less able to protect the joints.
•Learn to bend. Joint stiffness is a symptom of arthritis that gets worse without exercise. Flexibility exercises can help joints be less stiff and can make them move more easily.
•Slow and steady. For most healthy adults, their exercise goal might be working out most days of the week, for about 30 minutes each time. For people with arthritis, a good starting goal might be exercising three days a week, 10 to 15 minutes each time.
•Have heart. Most healthy adults should aim for a target heart rate of 60 to 80 percent of their maximum heart rate during exercise. A goal for people with arthritis might be a target heart rate of 40 to 50 percent.
•Everyday activities help. Everyday activities translate into burned calories. Gardening for 30 to 45 minutes or washing and waxing a car can burn up to 150 calories. Raking leaves for an hour can burn 300 calories.
Talk to a doctor before beginning or revising an exercise program.
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Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader, has urged supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to reach out to voters and assist them to have better understanding of the party's manifesto.
This, he said, would assure the NPP of a resounding victory on December 7.
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame, was inaugurating the party's constituency youth wing at a rally at Suame.
Its 10-member executive is chaired by Mr Mustapha Owusu.
The MP accused the ruling National Democratic Congress of poor performance, which, he said had led to widespread economic suffering, rising cost of living and joblessness.
The NPP represents hope for the nation and cannot afford to disappoint the people in the pending general election.
He said the party's Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, would provide strong and effective leadership to transform the economy and make things better for the population.
Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu insisted that the free senior high school promise is not just a campaign tool to win elections. He asked the people to ignore the mischief and desperate attempts by the party's political opponents to discredit it.
The minority leader appealed to the people to vote massively for the NPP to put the nation on the path to real development and wealth creation.
Nana Kofi Senyah, the assembly member for New Suame, commended the MP for his tremendous contribution to the development of the area.


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Angelo Rucker (b. ???? – d. ????) was a division commander in the Star League Defense Force during the Reunification War.
At the beginning of Operation UNION HOLD, the Star League invasion of the Outworlds Alliance in 2581, Angelo Rucker was a Major General in the Star League Defense Force and Commanding Officer of the 5th Division, one of three divisions that made up II Corps.[1] Rucker directed combat operations for the 5th Division throughout the Outworlds Alliance campaign, including taking charge personally of the search for hidden facilities or stockpiles on the Alliance world of Tancredi IV in 2582.[2]
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- The startup Plastic Logic is unveiling the prototype of its e-Reader device tomorrow. This reader is larger than the Kindle and the Sony Reader, which are currently the most popular devices for downloading eBooks. The company has deals with the Financial Times, among other publications and a newspaper aggregator, which will allow it to display magazines and newspapers at something closer to the size of their print versions.
The increasing competition among companies to secure a foothold in this emerging market should drive the cost of eReaders down, while the price of eBooks themselves is falling, courtesy of the work done by Smashwords and others.
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The major focus of our residency program is to support the diverse career goals of our housestaff. As the only University-based training program in the state of Oregon, we have a broad mission in serving the public interest. This mission ranges from training the finest practitioners in primary care to preparing residents for entry into investigative careers.
During a resident's 2nd and 3rd years they can choose to participate in the Primary Care Track or Global Health Track (or both). Residents may "track" in and out of primary care and global health if their desired career pathway changes.
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Residents rotate at a variety of clinical facilities. The majority of rotations are located at the OHSU Hospital and the Portland Veterans (VA) Medical Center located on the Marquam Hill Campus. An 1/8 mile skybridge connects the OHSU and VA Hospitals.
Residents may also have clinical activities at the OHSU Center for Health and Healing at the South Waterfront Campus a short 3 minute tram ride away from the main campus.
Second and third year Residents also rotate to other off-campus locations (including Kaiser Permanente) and have their sub-specialty clinics in a variety of locations both on and off campus.
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The Department of Medicine at OHSU is committed to practice and training in primary care internal medicine. We stress training in ambulatory settings, especially continuity of care, as well as the acquisition of skills in certain non-internal medicine disciplines.
Primary Care track Residents participate in a community-based Preceptorship their second year for three weeks, usually in a rural setting. In the third year of training they particiapte in a six week block of outpatient Primary Care medicine.
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The mission of the OHSU Internal Medicine (IM) Global Health Scholars Program is to supplement and enrich a robust internal medicine curriculum with opportunities in global health. OHSU IM Global Health Scholars will (1) participate in local interdisciplinary lectures and journal clubs, (2) learn from online modules and selected readings, and (3) rotate through local and international clinical sites during the second and third year of residency. The IM Global Health Scholars Program is an optional supplement to OHSU's Internal Medicine residency curriculum for those residents with an interest in Global Health.


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Eastmark passes more than 1,000 homes sold
Home sales continue at a strong pace in Arizona's fastest selling community and this month Eastmark celebrated 1,000 home sales since opening in 2013. By the end of 2015, Eastmark earned a top spot in two of the nation's real estate reports, RCLCO and John Burns Real Estate Consulting, ranking number seven and eight among… Read More →
Shea Homes announces grand opening at Eastmark
Shea Homes Arizona opened three new model homes, Saturday, featuring Shea3D innovation in Eastmark, a master-planned community in Mesa. Ambition at Eastmark, located Ray and Ellsworth Roads at Eastmark Parkway, will offer 99 home sites, with minimum lot sizes of 45 feet by 120 feet and homes ranging from 1,723-2,869 square feet. The Shea3D plans… Read More →
Shea breaks ground on Shea3D community in Estrella
Shea Homes Arizona will break ground in mid-September, on its fifth Shea3D community in the West Valley, anticipated to open this December. Inspire at Estrella will be the sixth Shea Homes community opening this year. Located in Goodyear, Estrella is a 20,000 acre resort-style, master-planned community set against the Sierra Estrella Mountains. Although it's a… Read More →
Estrella Makes List Of Top Master-Planned Communities
The Goodyear master-planned community of Estrella has been ranked 35th by the national independent research firm John Burns Real Estate Consulting (JBREC) on its annual list of Top 50 Master-Planned Communities of 2013. The rankings are based on new home sales and Estrella is one of only four Arizona communities to make the top 50.… Read More →
Texas homebuilder makes its East Valley debut
Gehan Homes, a Dallas-based homebuilder, announced the grand opening of its third community in Arizona, Palazzo at The Bridges, in the new Bridges at Gilbert master-planned community located at the southeast corner of Higley and Queen Creek roads. Two model homes are open at 3625 E. Cassia Lane in Gilbert, where move-up homebuyers can see… Read More →
Brookfield Communities Adds Sales Talent, New Brokerage
Phoenix-based Brookfield Communities has hired real estate veteran Craig Libby as its new sales team leader at its Verde Santa Fe master-planned community. In addition, Brookfield Communities has added Jack Hanson as a sales counselor at the community located near Sedona. Libby will lead the sales team at Verde Santa Fe, while Brookfield Communities is… Read More →
Vistancia Sees Record Sales for Planned Community
Vistancia a master planned community located in the rising foothills of the northwest Valley, is experiencing record sales for the first half of 2012 reporting 189 net sales representing a 78 percent increase in year-over-year sales growth. "We've eclipsed our 2011 total net sales during the first six months of this year and continue to… Read More →


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|F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter
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The F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter is a fighter plane in Just Cause 2.
It's a sleek, agile fighter jet with large wheels. The Dragonfly takes the place of the Rage-Johnston F6 Comet from Just Cause as the Agency jet fighter. It seems to resemble an F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-5 Freedom Fighter, but with dual tail fins and a rather strange looking cockpit.
Like most Agency vehicles, it can only be seen in black.
PerformanceEditIts mounted armament is somewhere between that of the Si-47 Leopard and G9 Eclipse, with four Miniguns and dual rocket pods mounted under the wings. As all other DLC, it's fully upgraded to 6 stars by default.
Being the most maneuverable and agile plane in the game, the F-33 DragonFly Jet Fighter is able to pull off aileron rolls with ease. The top speed of the aircraft is about 413.56 km/h (256.97 MPH), making it the fastest plane in the game. Click to see how it was tested (link to YouTube).
This aircraft is a part of the "Black Market Aerial Pack" downloadable content. After the transaction is complete, it can be purchased for $100,000 from the Black Market. It's fully upgraded to 6 stars by default.
- The wheels of the Aeroliner 474 were reused for this vehicle.
- Despite the name, this vehicle would be more of an attacker, considering it's only armed with rocket pods and miniguns.
- This vehicle could be a successor to the Agency Rage-Johnston F6 Comet from Just Cause (1). Both are modern high-end fighters and neither spawns in normal gameplay.
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CITGO integrates new loyalty system with the help of Pinnacle. CITGO announced that Loyalink, its loyalty platform, has been approved as a new offering with its Loyalty Bucks program. Loyalink allows retailers to create customized programs for their organizations and customer bases. CITGO partnered with a small group of loyalty solution and service providers in
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