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May is National Walking Month and Greenwich residents are encouraged to put their best foot forward and join in events.
There are 20 free guided walks on offer aiming to raise awareness of the health benefits of walking, co-ordinated by Living Streets, Greenwich Council and Charlton Athletic Community Trust.
Included in these are a wheelchair accessible walk on May 7 at 2pm, beginning at The Forum@Greenwich, in Trafalgar Road, with options for either a 15 or 30 minute walk available.
There is also a 'Leisurely Lollies' walk on May 14 at 10am kicking off at The Thames in Woolwich and accompanied by Greenwich Council's school crossing patrol.
Plumstead GP and Executive Member of NHS Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group Dr Ranil Perera said: "The health benefits of taking regular exercise are recognised by all GPs – and walking is one of the best, and cheapest, ways to do this.
"You don't have to walk great distances to start to have an impact on your health.
"The key thing is to try and make it something you do regularly. You can walk alone, or with friends or family, and you can choose a distance and a pace that suits your lifestyle and your level of fitness."
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SARASOTA, FL. - The Sarasota County Sheriff's Department is being sued for negligence resulting in the drunk driving death of a female jogger.
The Mallard Law Firm announced the filing of the suit on Thursday. The intent to sue was announced in April of this year.
Deputies say an accused drunk driver, Blake Talman, hit and killed Donna Chen while she was jogging last January.
Chen's family filed the lawsuit. It claims Talman was drunk on the beach when deputies told him to leave. The suit contends that by doing so, the deputies created a risk of injury that resulted in the death of Chen.
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Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to George W. Bush have designated public land as national monuments, using a federal law to protect from development sites judged to have natural, historical or scientific significance.
Now some House Republicans, saying the 105-year-old law has been misused, have introduced bills to limit or block the president's ability to make such designations without approval from Congress.
GOP Rep. Denny Rehberg of Montana compared the 1906 Antiquities Act to the mythical sword of Damocles, calling it a weapon that can be used against rural communities at any time without warning.
Residents of Montana and other Western states "must cope with the constant knowledge that, one day, we could wake up to find that with the stroke of a pen, the president declared their back yard a national monument," Rehberg said Tuesday.
For many living in the West, "it's no myth," Rehberg said, citing a 2001 designation by then-President Bill Clinton creating the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana and Clinton's 1996 designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.
Rehberg, who is running for U.S. Senate against Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., sponsored one of six GOP bills to overturn or limit the Antiquities Act.
The bills respond to outrage expressed throughout the West last year after an internal Interior Department memo was made public. The memo listed 14 sites in nine states that could be designated as national monuments. The plan was never formally proposed, but opponents said its existence showed the need to reform the law.
"This isn't about preventing future monument designations. It's about making sure those designations aren't forced on people who frankly don't want or need them," Rehberg said.
Jerry Taylor, mayor of Escalante City, Utah, testified in favor of the bills. He said the 15-year-old Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has been "devastating" to his small town and cost many people their jobs.
The 1.9-million acre monument "has hurt the local economy, driven our residents to find work elsewhere and burdened local government to provide uncompensated services," Taylor told the House Natural Resources Committee Tuesday.
Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based research group, said economic data does not support Taylor's claim. Rasker's group studied the economic performance of communities adjacent to 17 national monuments in the West.
"In all cases there was growth of employment, real personal income and real per capita income. In no case did we find that the creation of a national monument studied led to an economic downturn," he said.
No one from the Obama administration appeared at the hearing, but the Interior Department submitted testimony opposing all six bills.
The Antiquities Act helped establish some of the nation's most familiar monuments, from the Grand Canyon to the Statue of Liberty and Muir Woods, the statement said.
"Without the president's authority under the Antiquities Act, it is unlikely that many of these special places would have been protected and preserved as quickly and as fully as they were," the statement said. "Who among us today would dam the Grand Canyon or turn Muir Woods over to development? These sites ... speak eloquently to the wisdom of retaining the Antiquities Act is its current form."
Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, whose office first made public the internal Interior Department memo, said he has received assurances from the Obama administration that none of the sites listed will be designated as monuments in the president's current term.
But he said a law is needed just to make sure. "I take them at their word, but I don't want another Clinton to ever do it again," Bishop said.
Environmental groups blasted the GOP bills, saying monument designation has boosted tourism and preserved cultural wonders.
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John Abraham is one such actor, who has struggled a lot to make a niche for himself in the Bollywood industry. From acting to producing films, John has balanced both the fields successfully. In fact, on the personal front too, things are going great for John. The good looking actor has recently admitted that he has become more responsible, after he got into a relationship with Priya Runchal.
During an exclusive interview with Oneindia, John Abraham said that ever since he started dating girlfriend Priya Runchal, he became more responsible and has been investing more. Reportedly, John is in a committed relationship with Priya and wishes to marry her after a couple of years.
John Abraham will be next seen in the film Madras Cafe, that will also feature Nargis Fakhri in the leads. Abraham, who is known for his chiselled body, had to shed a lot of weight for the film. Commenting on the same, the actor said that he has a natural body. In fact, he has also appreciated Salman Khan for his role and acting in Ek Tha Tiger. John also said that he respects Sallu a lot.


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Description: Morenci is an open-pit copper mining complex that has been in continuous operation since 1939 and previously was mined through underground workings.
Did you know? We have expanded our mining and milling capacity at Morenci to process additional sulfide ore identified through exploratory drilling. The project targets average incremental annual copper production of approximately 225 million pounds through increases in milling rates to 115,000 metric tons per day (mtd).
Background: Phelps Dodge & Company invested $50,000 in the property in 1881, marking the New York mercantile's first venture into mining. Through acquisition, Phelps Dodge & Company consolidated all mining operations in the district by 1921. Initially underground, Morenci transitioned to open-pit mining beginning in 1937. The operation nearly doubled its production capacity during World War II at the urging of the U.S. government to meet wartime needs. Morenci's first SX/EW plant was commissioned in 1987. Once home to two smelters, the last smelter ceased operation in 1984. Both have been demolished and reclaimed.
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Curly Pasta with Feta, Spinach, and Pine Nuts (adapted from Nigella Lawson)
Shells with Feta, Broccoli and Pecans
1/4 cup pecans, rough chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion, sliced
1/2 pound short pasta like shells (mine are brown rice shells - gluten free)
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 pound frozen chopped broccoli
3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Heat water to boiling. Once it's come to a boil add the pasta and cook until tender.
Toast the pecans in a dry pan over medium-low heat until they are golden brown. Set aside.
Heat the olive oil in large sauce pan and add the onion. Cook until the onion is tender.
Add the broccoli and continuously stir until the frozen broccoli heats up. Add the allspice.
Once the pasta is finished cooking, save a small amount of pasta water before draining and add to the broccoli mixture.
Add the feta to the spinach mixture and stir it around until the feta has melted. Then add the Parmesan cheese and continue to stir.
Add the drained pasta to the sauce and toss everything well to combine.
Serve warm and top with the toasted pecans.
Eat and enjoy.
This is for Potluck Week at the I Heart Cooking Club. There are many wonderful chefs to choose from and since I have not cooked anything from Nigella in a while, it was easy to choose her.


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Australian real estate executives who attended the Citigroup global property conference last week reported strong investor interest in local groups despite some concerns about the macro-economic outlook.
Citigroup hosted about 800 investors, analysts and property companies in Hollywood, Florida, for its major annual event. About 110 groups presented and more upbeat observers said the mood was very much "the bull market is back".
Australian executives including Dexus Property Group's Victor Hoog Antink, Stockland's Matthew Quinn and a senior team from Westfield Group attended, and presented a more restrained message.
Citigroup's head of real estate, Simon Ranson, said that Australian companies "got a warm reception from investors looking for better value than offered in other markets".
Colonial First State Global Asset Management head of property, Darren Steinberg, said some US investors continued to struggle with Australia from a top down macro viewpoint.
With the US recovery gaining pace, he said, the focus on smaller markets had lessened.
In the case of Australia, global investors saw further monetary tightening as inevitable.
However, global institutions remain focused on larger, more liquid stocks in Australia, particularly as a way of gaining leverage to Asia. He added that a strong Australian dollar was not as much of an impediment as some observers thought because many large players could hedge their investments.
"The value investors we saw are really starting to look at Australia with interest," he said, adding that they saw the local sector trading at a discount to net tangible asset backing and underlying earnings as achievable.
Charter Hall Group joint managing director
He questioned how long US real estate investment trusts would trade at premium to net tangible asset backing while the local sector traded at a discount.
Mr Harrison predicted this would reverse and added that the recent falls in the Australian dollar – relative to the US dollar – made the market cheaper for US groups, particularly pension funds, investing in Australia.
Some pension funds unable to buy directly are buying into REITs.
GPT chief executive Michael Cameron said: "US investors were extremely happy with how the sector in general had improved capital positions and strengthened balance sheets, achieved better credit ratings and reduced debt."
Mr Cameron said they were impressed with our high occupancy rates.
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In the past 6 months, Toyota (NYSE:TM) increased 44.24% in price. But this is not the most amazing part of the story: TM 's performance is naturally a clear reflection of the Japanese headquarters (TYO: 7203), the biggest market capitalization in Tokyo Exchange, which experienced an astonishing 74.51% price increase since Abe took power. It is the main mover of the Nikkei 225.
After a 3 months 44.24% increase in stock price, is there further room for growth? In this article we provide a bullish view on the matter, by focusing on both the macroeconomic environment and the fundamentals of the firm. Let us start with the macro first:
1) Toyota and Macroeconomics
My thesis is that Toyota never stopped being a company with excellent products, supply chain management and outstanding value.
However, both the Japanese macroeconomic environment and the U.S. recession hit the biggest auto maker in the world hard, especially after the 2007-2008 crisis, causing the stock to be massively undervalued. But the stock never lost its intrinsic value, even in the worst days of the crisis. Relatively speaking, Toyota did extremely well after Lehman, especially if we consider that it did not receive the kind of government support that its American competitors did.
However, now that the U.S. aggregate demand is recovering and that Abenomics is causing a strong yen depreciation (and monetary-based economic growth), Toyota finds itself in a very comfortable macroeconomic environment. Furthermore, I believe that there is a strong historical correlation between yen depreciation and stock performance.
The following graph shows the 10 year stock price history of Toyota in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. From this long perspective, 5480 yen per share doesn't seem high. But the most important lesson this graph tells us is that there seems to be a strong positive correlation between Japanese depreciation and stock performance: periods associated with strong yen deflation are exactly the same periods when Toyota experiences massive decreases in stock price. For example, the period between 2007 and 2008, when Japanese currency appreciated 15% against the dollar, is the same period when Toyota stock price decreased from 7460 yen to 5020 yen per share.
This relation is not just historical. Let us now focus on right part of the graph: the 6 past months performance.
This period starts basically at the same time Abenomics does. Abe officially took power on December 26th but he was expected to be the next prime minister ever since he defeated Shigeru Ishiba in a run-off vote to win the LDP presidential election on September 26th. His rhetoric favoring quantitative easing and reforms in the Bank of Japan were causing yen depreciation since then.
The following graph shows how Toyota performed under Abenomics so far. You can see how strongly Toyota (both in Tokyo Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange) stock price and the USD/JPY correlate.
So far, we understand that yen depreciation and Toyota stock performance have been (and continue being) positively correlated. I will explain more details about the origins of this relation in the next section of the article, but for now it is enough to understand that the statistical relationship is very strong. The more yen depreciation, the higher the odds that Toyota will continue outperforming the markets. Our next question is, will the yen continue depreciating?
From now on
I explained in my previous article "Japanese Economy And Monetary Policy: What To Expect This Week" why I believe that the yen will continue depreciating for the next several weeks. I do not want to repeat the same reasons. Instead, I will mention 3 other sources that also believe Abenomics is just starting:
- Roubini Global Economics: They believe that the combination of expansions in the monetary stimulus program and some regulatory and fiscal reforms scheduled for this year will cause further yen depreciation in Q2, taking the cross rate to around 105 by mid year and higher by year end.
-Robert Khan believes Abenomics is here to stay. This article explains why Abenomics is more than momentum. Abenomics is a change in monetary policy paradigm.
- Paul Krugman believes Abenomics could work.
In a nutshell, it is very probable that the yen will continue depreciating, causing Toyota stock price to further increase. After 5 years, the Japanese macroeconomic environment is finally favorable to Toyota. For decades, many have believed that when Toyota does great, so does Japan. It seems that this year, however, Japan will do great first and Toyota will follow.
2) Why Toyota benefits from a weak yen
But how does Toyota benefit from a weak yen? After all, it is an export driven company. 72% of Toyota's vehicle sales in 2012 were outside Japan (25% coming from North America).
Wouldn't a weak yen have a negative effect on reported revenue?
Toyota benefits from a weak yen due to lower production costs. It might be hard to believe, but Toyota actually exports more than 2 million vehicles from Japan annually. According to an analysis by Deutsche Bank, 27% of the models Toyota sells in the U.S. are imported, compared with 10% of those sold by Honda Motors (NYSE:HMC). Even Toyota's North American factories will benefit from a weaker yen, since 15% to 35% of the parts employed in Toyota's North American built models come from Japan.
In this way, yen depreciation gives Toyota a significant financial gain on very car it sells. According to Morgan Stanley, the currency boost is approximately $1,500 per car. Detroit is deeply worried about this:
"We're concerned about what the long-term ramifications are"
Joe Hinrichs, Ford motor Co. (NYSE:F) North American chief
"We did'nt need this, to put it blunty. It's going to make life tougher"
Sergio Marchionne, CEO, Chrysler Group LLC and Fiat SpA
3) The microeconomics of Toyota
Let us finish our article with a brief analysis on the microeconomics of Toyota. I find 4 bullish signals here:
A strong balance sheet: A very small debt, compared with the size of accumulated cash. Toyota's consolidated cash and cash equivalents surpass ¥2.7 trillion (about 16% of the current market capitalization). According to Morningstar, the company also has unused long-term credit lines valued at ¥10.1 (60% of the current market cap).
No "pension liabilities" issue: Unlike the Detroit Three, Toyota has significantly lower pension costs. This is a strong competitive advantage.
Excellent quality and "Just in time" supply chain management: Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, Toyota always strives for continuous improvements (Kaizen). Its superior production system allows the firm to enjoy cost efficiency by:
- Eliminating unnecessary inventory (all parts are "just in time")
- Reducing shipping distances (key suppliers are located near to the main assembly plant).
- Strong collaboration with suppliers to set fair pricing and quality goals.
Toyota is still growing: Having a huge market capitalization of ¥17.5 trillion is no impediment for Toyota to continue growing. Recently, Toyota projected that its global sales would rise 2% to a record next year. It seems the fully recovered from a plunge in production after the Tohoku earthquake (the Aqua model was produced in Iwate, in the north of Japan).
Final Remarks
Rate: Buy
Investment Horizon: 1 year
Strategy: Value, Global Macro
Uncertainty: Middle
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Pitt running back calls pain in his sprained left knee a 'minor setback'
Pitt running back James Conner, wearing a brace on his sprained left knee, met Pitt great Dan Marino on Saturday night at the Central Catholic High School charity auction where Conner promised to return from the injury in "just a couple of weeks."
"It's a minor setback for a major comeback," he said.
Conner was invited to the event at the Westin William Penn with his friend, Michael Gallagher, a Central Catholic graduate.
Conner said his "heart dropped" when he saw Marino enter the banquet hall.
"It was a blessing to meet Mr. Marino. He gives you those words of wisdom, and you just take everything in," he said.
"It was a life-changing experience. I'm trying to follow in his footsteps and be a Pitt great."
Conner called his injury Friday during spring practice "a freak accident."
"I was just going out of bounds and stepped on it the wrong way," he said. "Just a couple weeks. It will be good."
Conner said he knew immediately that keeping the injury private would be difficult.
"When I was holding my knee, I could tell the word was going to get out," he said.
"That's how social media works these days. It was a huge reaction, but it's good to know people care about our program and care about the team so much."
Conner, who received an MRI shortly after he was injured, said he was watching ESPN later when he saw a report of a major-league baseball player who suffered a similar injury.
"They said he was going to get an MRI in a couple days," Conner said. "It kind of shocked me. I got one within hours. I felt pretty special at that point."
Jerry DiPaola is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or via Twitter @JDiPaola_Trib.


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- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 1146.80% to $614.04 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -65.57%.
- The current debt-to-equity ratio, 0.35, is low and is below the industry average, implying that there has been successful management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.76 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems.
- 46.82% is the gross profit margin for KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV which we consider to be strong. Regardless of PHG's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 4.58% trails the industry average.
- PHG, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 0.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 3.0%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. When compared to other companies in the Industrial Conglomerates industry and the overall market, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV's return on equity is below that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. The Industrial industry as a whole closed the day down 2.1% versus the S&P 500, which was down 1.8%. Laggards within the Industrial industry included Bonso Electronics International ( BNSO), down 6.3%, Lime Energy ( LIME), down 1.8%, Ultralife Batteries ( ULBI), down 8.3%, Tecumseh Products ( TECUB), down 2.6% and Highway Holdings ( HIHO), down 1.6%. TheStreet Ratings Group would like to highlight 3 stocks that pushed the industry lower today: Royal Philips ( PHG) is one of the companies that pushed the Industrial industry lower today. Royal Philips was down $0.66 (2.1%) to $30.88 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 1,110,481 shares of Royal Philips exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 709,900 shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.83-$31.17 after having opened the day at $31.04 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.54. Koninklijke Philips N.V. is engaged in healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting businesses worldwide. Royal Philips has a market cap of $29.3 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. Shares are down 14.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there is 1 analyst who rates Royal Philips a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. TheStreet Ratings rates Royal Philips as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Highlights from TheStreet Ratings analysis on PHG go as follows:


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When it comes to summer traditions, the opening of The Fair at the PNE has been a long-time favourite for Lower Mainland residents.
And this year is no exception with the Dal Richards Orchestra — and his two Tri-City singers — again kicking off the two-week event, with his famous big band sound.
Coquitlam's Jennifer Hayes and Diane Lines of Port Moody will be on the PNE stage for two free evening shows: Saturday, Aug. 16 (opening day) with pianist Michael Kaeshammer and Thursday, Aug. 21 with trumpet player Bria Skonberg.
Hayes and Lines will also perform with the 96-year-old and his band on Monday, Aug. 4 for a free concert at the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver. The dates are among two dozen private and public gigs they'll have this year with the legendary conductor.
"We love working with him," Lines said. "He's been a wonderful mentor and we love that style of music. Not only is he keeping it alive but he's probably the only person in the world that actually played big band music during the big band era."
Added Hayes, "He does what he can and it's amazing at his age that he can still do that.... He really is an icon in the industry and to be able to play music for so long really speaks to the quality of his work."
Hayes joined the Dal Richards Orchestra in 2001 after he heard her sing with a trio at an event for Tourism Vancouver, where she was working at the time.
Lines was recruited as a pianist two years later. They were on the same bill at the Orpheum Theatre when, back stage, Lines boldly asked Richards, "When are you going to hire me?"
He did and she hit it off with Hayes immediately. "It felt like we had been signing together all our lives," said the alto singer who has worked with Michael Buble, Jim Byrnes and Shari Ulrich and is the assistant musical director/arranger for the Universal Gospel Choir.
For the past decade, the pair has not only performed and recorded with Richards but also sung in smaller ensembles together, including recently in Whistler for a corporate function, and with the Diane Lines Trio (it will also be at the Harmony Arts Festival on Aug. 3 for her show called Jump!, A Celebration of Swing, Booie and the Jump Blues).
Now, Hayes and Lines have launched Student 2 Stage — a vocal training program that encourages singers in a master class setting and through a month-long series of workshops. They hope to bring Student 2 Stage to schools as well, teaching youth about music techniques, jazz phrasing and improvisation. Hayes feels the sessions are especially important for young people "as the music and arts funding are being cut back" by boards of education.
• Space is still available for their Sept. 21 Student 2 Stage workshop at Treetops Studios. For more information, go online at jenniferhayes.ca or dianelines.com.


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The Watertown Daily Times reports higher milk prices have prevented dairy farmers from expecting the worse as feed prices continue higher.
Higher production per cow and stronger export demand allow farmers to break even and potentially make a profit early in 2011. Dairy producers aren't as concerned about their financial situation as they were in 2009 because of the positive market situation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts higher output per cow will cause total milk production to increase to 196.1 billion pounds. Heavy demand in China and other countries will keep milk prices strong.
As the milk price is higher, industry leaders at the USDA's annual outlook conference said feed costs could dampen 2011. Roger Hoskins, economist of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, and others advised farmers to use forward contracts to protect themselves from higher costs for corn, soybeans and other key feed ingredients.
Hoskins predicted net cash income to decline from 2010, but expects it to remain near the highest levels since 1996. One producers at the conference shared ways he's increased cash flow on his farm by pasturing his cows, switching to organic production and making ice cream for high-end stores and restaurants.
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The Great British Bake Off to provide Christmas cheer
The Great British Bake Off will be returning to TV screens for two seasonal specials this Christmas.
The popularity of the BBC series shows no sign of waning, with a staggering 13 million viewers tuning in to watch Nadiya Hussain crowned the winner of last year's season.
And now fans of the show have reason to rejoice, after BBC One boss Charlotte Moore confirmed news of two festive treats.
Each episode will feature four previous contestants of the baking competition, who will compete to produce the best Christmas classics, such as Christmas cakes and Yule logs.
They will then be judged by Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, with hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins providing their hilarious commentary.
"Mary, Paul, Mel and Sue are the perfect recipe for the festive season," Charlotte said of the new specials.
It won't necessarily be past winners of the show who will be chosen to take part in the seasonal specials, but those who have won over viewers with their big personalities.
Viewers have speculated already that one of the Christmas episodes could see the return of Iain Watters and Diana Beard, who hit headlines due to Baked Alaska-gate - when Diana was accused of deliberately sabotaging Iain's frozen dessert, leading him to throw the sloppy mess in the bin and walk off in a strop.
It's hoped The Great Christmas Bake Off can emulate the success of the Sport Relief versions of the show, where groups of
celebrities compete to raise money for the charity.
News of the Christmas shows comes after it was revealed the Bake Off Masterclasses, which saw Paul and Mary detail how to produce some of their finest creations, have been axed from the BBC's winter schedule.
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Sony Tablet S benchmark tests
From the short time we've been playing around with the Honeycomb 3.1 flavored tablet, we're greeted with the usual fluid movement with its homescreen – even in portrait where we're normally accustomed to seeing some choppy executions. Running their customized interface, it does add some visual flare to the usual looking stock Honeycomb experience. In short, the real-world usage is undoubtedly more than tolerable to our liking, but we need to spend a little more time to make a final judgment.
Even with its modernized dual-core processor, the Sony Tablet S unfortunately doesn't put up spectacular benchmark scores with Quadrant – and in fact, it's only able to get results ranging from 1,566 and 1,734. Sadly, it's actually one of the lowest scores we've seen with a Honeycomb tablet thus far and pales in comparison to the numbers offered by the Motorola XOOM and HTC Jetstream. Conversely, the AnTutu benchmark overall score is surprisingly better than the competition at 4,711, which is well above the mark we've seen so far with Honeycomb devices.
Again, benchmark scores are one thing, but they don't necessarily portray the real life performance of the tablet. So in the meantime, we'll be getting more comfy with the Sony Tablet S to see how it's able to perform throughout various tests and tasks.
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1. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
sony come on... ur ps3s used to have the best hardware out there...
6. cheetah2k (Posts: 1746; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Unfortunately, they're all limited to the Tegra II CPU, which really doesn't perform that brilliant at tablet resolutions (which is farked really)..
Maybe when Kal-el hits the shelves, we'll get some decent performance in comparison to the iPad 2...
On the flip side, the Samsung 7.7 tab is running a speed bumped Exynos CPU - and its about the most fluid UI looking tab out there, but who knows when it'll actually hit the shelves......
7. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
not really.. isn't htc not a tegra 2?
2. Cinnamon (Posts: 87; Member since: 16 Jun 2011)
Wooh Samsung Galaxy S II
3. phbelov (Posts: 124; Member since: 25 Mar 2011)
My HTC Incredible S scores 2453 with Cyanogenmod7 + Chainfire3D
9. jogutier (Posts: 324; Member since: 12 Feb 2010)
my wifi onky galaxy 10.1 get 3100 on the quadrent.
4. remyrz (Posts: 205; Member since: 28 Oct 2010)
gosh the SGSII allways makes me jeezz! awww yeaaah! i want you baby
8. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
Tegra 3 Tegra 3 Tegra 3! Exynos Exynos Exynos!
11. YLOD (unregistered)
I'm not buying another Sony product. I've been burnt by Sony too many times.
The PlayStation 3's are all doomed to fail eventually. Do an Internet search on YLOD (Yellow light of death) on the PS3. I want people to see how Sony takes care of their customers who have helped them become the juggernaut that they are.
PlayStation Network was hacked not once but twice. Not a big deal for me since I didn't have my credit card info up there. Sony offered two free games which was nice, but I didn't get a chance to download in a timely manner and the offer expired (which was never written anywhere). I called customer service and asked to get my two free games now that I bought a new PS3 after my old one YLOD on me. They still wouldn't unlock or send me any of the offered games.
Another biggie is the SWG MMORPG failure. Always fun to Google that one, and read about how Sony listened to their customers to keep them happy.
14. CW12 (unregistered)
I have a sony vaio 8 years old PC and still runs fast. I have a Sony HDTV 5 years old and still works like new. I still have the sony walkman (the first ever portable music player) and it still works. AND I have the launch 60GB PS3 that still works better than my new slim PS3!
The fact is, the YLOD (Yellow light of death) on the PS3 problem is very rare compare to the xbox360 RROD problem which happens to 80% of all first generation xbox360 system. people isn't very looking into the facts but the percent of the YLOD is very low compare to the dreaded RROD issues.
The PlayStation Network being hacked is not Sony to blame. If you're a target, you will get hacked no matter how advance of a security you have. Hell even the Pentagon got hacked. So if the government can get hacked what makes you thing other company can't? As long as you're a target for hackers and hacker wants to hack you, you will get hacked!
As for Sony offering two(actually 4 free games if you count the PSP titles) free games, they did sent out an emails clearly stating that you have 30 days to download it. Everybody knows you have 30 days to grab the two games. It's not sony's fault you didn't read the email or sony's blog.
Stop trying to make something look bad just cause you hate it.
12. dacastrator (unregistered)
Sony is a great company, I will buy this Tablet S. You dont take good care of your PS3 that's why it's wrecked now. You should blame your self, not Sony.
13. YLOD (unregistered)
Took great care of my PS3. I'm not a hardcore gamer and used it mostly for movies. Just do a Google search on the subject, and do a little reading and research before you buy that tablet.
I'm just trying to get my money's worth by protecting you all that still thinks Sony is a great company.


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In December 2008 we jointly filed a lawsuit with Interflora Incorporated based in Illinois against Marks and Spencer and Flowers Direct Online for breach of trade mark law.
Prior to May 2008, Google's policy throughout the whole of Europe was to allow trade mark owners to object to the use of their marks in this way by competitors. This changed in the UK and Ireland in May 2008 but it is still the position in mainland Europe. Just because Google's AdWords policy allows this kind of advertising, it doesn't make it legal.
Marks and Spencer and Flowers Direct started bidding on the wordmark 'Interflora' which is a registered trade mark. Our case argues that sections 10 (1) and 10 (3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 are being breached by Marks and Spencer and Flowers Direct.
Section 10 (1) is breached by making use of a sign which is identical to another's trade mark, in the course of trade, in relation to goods or services identical to those for which the trade mark is registered.
Section 10 (3) is breached by making use of a sign which is identical or similar to another's trade mark, and where the use of that sign without due cause takes unfair advantage of, or is detrimental to, the distinctive character or the repute of the trade mark.
Below is an example of Marks and Spencer bidding on the wordmark 'Interflora' which is a registered trade mark.
Commenting on the legal action our Marketing Director, Michael Barringer says,
We consider this is a clear case of trade mark infringement; it's the internet equivalent of asking for a Coca Cola and being given a Pepsi.
By advertising on 'Interflora' Marks & Spencer and Flowers Direct are free-riding upon the fame of our brand. Our brand is our most valuable asset and we will not tolerate competitors taking advantage of it and infringing our rights. We are very proud of the rich history we have built on our brand and protecting our brand is key.
The legal action we have started represents the beginning of a broader strategy to defend the Interflora mark against infringers.
In March 2009 our case against Flowers Direct was settled with Flowers Direct agreeing to cease bidding on 'INTERFLORA' for the time being.
The High Court in London has decided that the law is not settled on whether brand bidding on a competitor's brand is lawful and has referred certain questions to the European Court of Justice for determination. This clearly goes against Marks and Spencer's position that the practice is "not unlawful". The High Court has denied Marks & Spencer permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in respect of the nature of the questions referred to the European Court of Justice.
In his judgement, Mr Justice Arnold commented that Google's decision to operate a different policy in the UK and Ireland to that in the rest of Europe is "fairly remarkable given that the relevant law is, or should be, essentially the same throughout Europe."
We are currently waiting for the European Court of Justice to deliver their ruling, watch this space…
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9:00 p.m. ET Another faux Grindhouse introduction for Wednesday (April 15) night's "American Idol" in honor of Tuesday's guest mentor Quentin Tarantino, complete with degraded images and projector failure. Unlike last night, though, Ryan Seacrest gets to deliver "This is 'American Idol.'" Perhaps Tarantino realized he has a movie he's supposed to be editing before Cannes?
9:02 p.m. Our votes are in, but Ryan doesn't tell us the results, which means that no records were broken after Tuesday's Songs of the Cinema performances.
9:03 We only have two more weeks for the Judges' Save to come into play. My hunch? Only Adam, Danny and Allison would get saved this week, but next week or the week after, the judges may use the save just to add drama the following week. After all of the hype of its introduction, do you think the producers are really going to let the Judges' Save become vestigial?
9:04 p.m. The Ford commercial is set to "Freeze Frame" and features all of the Top Seven getting exposure on the cover of fake magazines. Matt Giraud ogles the covers, buys a handful and drives off giving them a dirty look as if he's just purchased the fresh issues of Hustler, Swank and Naughty Girls of American Idol.
9:05 p.m. With Simon watching in horror, the Top Seven pour down from the stage to the judges' podium lip-synching to "[She's a] Maniac." Nobody's bothered to tell the director where the singers will be appearing from, prompting confusing and nauseating zooms and pans. Hands up if you'd rather have just watched Adam Lambert do the song alone…
9:11 p.m. Guess what? Last night the Top Seven got to go to the premiere of a new movie. A poorly coached Allison Iraheta isn't able to tell us what movie they saw. It turns out that it was "17 Again," starring Allison's personal crush Zac Efron. They walk the red carpet and meet the stars, who are all more-than-eager to tell the cameras how unique and hilarious the movie is. Unique, that is, if you never saw "Vice Versa," "Like Father, Like Son," "Dream a Little Dream," "Freaky Friday" or "18 Again."
9:15 p.m. After the movies, the "Idol" singers get to give their reviews. Anoop Desai loved it. Adam loved the cheerleaders. Wait. Really? "They were funny," he clarifies. Oh. That makes much more sense. Lil Rounds says that she wouldn't want to go back. Wait. She wouldn't want to go back to see "17 Again" again? That's not a good plug, Lil. Oh. Nevermind. She wouldn't want to go back in time to when she was 17. Because that four-year journey back in time would be so darned disorienting.
9:16 p.m. Efron hasn't washed his hair, but he made it to the crowd anyway. He urges America to go see his movie.
9:17 p.m. On to the Bottom Three. Allison is up first and she's safe. Cheerleader-Loving Adam listens to the warm words from the judges and gets Simon to admit that his Rocky Horror Show joke from last night wasn't meant as an insult. Quote Whore Anoop says he's feeling more comfortable on stage before Ryan sends him to the Bottom Three again. Anoop is rapidly becoming this season's Kristy Lee Cook.
9:23 p.m. Jennifer Hudson is described as "the only 'Idol' Finalist to *win* an Oscar." Ryan emphasizes "win" as if Kevin Covais had been nominated for "College" and Katharine McPhee had picked up a Golden Globe win for "House Bunny," but been snubbed on Oscar night. Since it was widely reported that Hudson shot her "Idol" appearance several weeks back, some of the spontaneity of this moment is missing.
9:29 p.m. Ryan and Jennifer go through the usual boring banter. Ryan asks softball questions and misuses "begs the question." I tune him out.
9:31 p.m. The commercial from "17 Again" uses a number of quotes from critics of ill-repute, but it doesn't include Anoop's blurb. Opportunity missed.
9:33 p.m. Teaser for FOX's "Glee" mocks me for missing a set visit tonight to recap "Idol."
9:34 p.m. Anoop, on the Stool of Shame, admits to frustration at this latest Bottom Three appearance. Paula says she's also a little surprised, what with his magical voice. Simon disagrees tersely.
9:35 p.m. Anoop looks lonely. Who will join him? Will it be Kris Allen, who had the nerve to sing a song from a tiny indie masterpiece? Or will it be Lil, who had the nerve to tell Simon off? Simon, who didn't get to comment on Kris' performance last night, tells him that he was brilliant. Kris is safe. This is the second straight week that Kris has been at the bottom on DialIdol and yet hasn't made the Bottom Three. What an odd phenomenon.
9:37 p.m. That leaves Danny Gokey and Matt for the last Bottom Three spot. Who are we kidding here? Even Matt admits that in retrospect, he wouldn't have over-sung. This week? Last week? Every week? After a wee bit of teasing, Ryan tells Danny that he is… safe.
9:39 p.m. Anoop, Lil and Matt are your Bottom Three. Put on the spot, Kara says it's the correct Bottom Three. I applaud that honesty. Paula refuses to do the same. She just says that at this stage in the competition, it's tough every week.
9:40 p.m. Who will be sent back to safety first? It's Anoop.
9:45 p.m. Miley Cyrus scares me like Michael Flatley used to scare Chandler Bing. Wait. The same Chandler Bing who was played by the co-star of the new movie "17 Again"? Why yes! See, Allison? That's how you bridge into a plug.
9:47 p.m. Miley has a terminal case of bedhead.
9:49 p.m. Simon says he would consider saving one of the Bottom Two. He adds that it might be a surprise to that person. Ryan, ever the clever one, whips out his Enigma device and cracks Simon's code, asking if he's referring to Lil.
9:54 p.m. It is the moment of truth, or so Ryan tells me. Over 36 million votes were cast last night (meaning that voting has been flat for weeks now) and Lil will continue on. That leaves Matt at the bottom and forced to sing for his life.
9:55 p.m. The judges discuss their dinner reservations as Matt moans and groans through his Bryan Adams cover. The conferring ends in a hurry, leaving Kara and Paula to link arms and sing along.
9:57 p.m. The audience chants enthusiastically for the judges to use the save. The judges make a pyramid. Simon tells Matt that he doesn't have any chance of winning the competition… But then he says, "Matt… It's good news."
9:58 p.m. If you ask me, this is a ridiculous move on the part of the judges. Simon was right about Matt's chances of winning. I almost home Danny gets voted out next week and they blew the chance to save him.
9:59 p.m. Two people are going home next week. That's one piece of bad news. The second piece of bad news? Next week? Disco Night.
10:00 p.m. Gonna go out on a limb and say that Adam is going to blow the roof off the joint next week.
Would you have saved Matt?
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Dream Dictionary Bus AccidentTo dream of a bus accident suggests that you have been trying to work more communally lately. You have probably been active in your community trying to enact legislation and get people involved in causes. This is one possibility for a reason that you would be dreaming of a bus. If you havenât been getting involved in the community at large then perhaps you have just become more involved with your more localized community within your life such as your main group of friends. Are you making an active attempt to be friendlier and more accepting of those around you? It will probably show.
However, to dream of a bus accident suggests that what you have been doing has not been working. Despite your best efforts, your advances are being rejected. You have been trying to foster a sense of community with those around you or you have been trying to insert yourself in the lives and communities of others, but it has simply not been working. To see the bus crashing, this means that the whole community is being brought down with it.
It is possible that it is your fault that the bus is being brought down. Maybe the people around you that you have been trying to help were better off without you and you are just making things worse now. Perhaps your attempt at being more friendly or making friends with those around you has caused all of those people that you were friends with to lose their friendship with each other. You have created an interruption or distortion in the equilibrium and it is causing you to bring down the entire group. You might want to take this opportunity to bow out before you cause too much damage.
Another meaning that is possible for a dream in which you see a bus crashing is that you see some kind of horrible tragedy happening soon. A car crash is a big deal, but for two cars crashing into each other, even if every car was back to the brim and everyone died would kill maybe ten people at maximum. A bus packed to the brim can hold fifty people or even more on some occasions depending on how many people the bus driver is willing to let in. To see all of these people dying in the crash could mean a significant worse tragedy or interruption than anything that could come from a normal car crash. Try to avoid doing anything that you know is dangerous and try to avoid making any controversial decisions for a while until you feel like you are in the clear. This is how it will work in the end and it will make it easier on you to accept. You cannot save everyone in situations like this so you must focus on saving yourself.
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Jonteria 2017-06-23 08:57:33
I just woke up from a dream where i was coming from my home city and i was close to bridge getting ready to cross it to go home and it was a school bus in front of me that lost control flipped over and hit a John Deer tractor and everyone that was on the road tried to save the kids but by the time we got to them they where dead and lifeless like dolls.
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Myra 2017-04-26 13:42:23
I saw a bus full of people and suddenly it was fell down. I saw men died on the spot and full of blood. The road is sleepery and there was rain. Again another bus fell down with people inside and again so many dead body scattered on the road. I was watching on the side walk and i shouted too much for help. I was holding umbrella. I noticed that the sorrounding is getting dark. Then suddenly i woke up like it was happened in reality.
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Mariah 2017-03-31 06:06:09
I had a dream last night that i had finally met my cousin's child. She was running around all over the place. When we found her we started walking back towards the park. As soon as we got there i heard a loud bang. I turned around and there was no bus in sight but i saw people sitting in bus seats that flew out off the bus. No more than 20 seconds later i saw a lady and her husband bleeding really badly while still in the bus seat. I called 911 and firefighters showed up. Everyone seemed to be okay on that side of the bus but the other side of the bus and the bus was no where to be found.
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Scott 2017-02-10 22:23:25
I had a dream just now. I was with my mom at a park downtown. I had just awoken from a short nap on a bench, maybe a half hour long. She wasn't near me and there were homeless around, so I checked my pockets to make sure my keys and phone were there. They were, which made me relieved.
I caught up to my mom and we started walking. Not talking, just walking together. We went past a presentation being given by a group of fire fighters complete with firetruck and podium. Then we went past a group of religious protestors.
I heard somebody scream and knew something bad was about to happen, but didn't know what. When I looked in the direction of the scream, I saw a city bus driving at a good 40 mph coming off the road and plow through the protestors and anybody else who had been on the sidewalk and in the grass of the park.
My first thought was "there's nothing I can do to help." The bus had disappeared somewhere. It was just gone. No tire tracks or anything. I ran away from my mom into the carnage. My first thought was too call for help, so I took out my phone. But I figured somebody else would be calling too.
Looking around, there were people making calls of their own. So I switched to camera mode and instantly felt bad about it, but I looked for a worthwhile photo. No sooner had I remembered the firefighters than I noticed them rushing over to help. I hadn't realized how far I'd gone. There were injured people all around me. I felt there wasn't much more time for me to be there before somebody would tell me to leave.
I snapped a pic. It auto focused, zoomed in on the firetruck a clicked. No time to take another and dissatisfied, I ran back to my mom. We walked away quickly.
It felt like I was being carried under somebody's arm and made to forget. It had somehow become night after a short distance.
I thought the picture would remind me of what I had seen. I remembered my phone was still on capture mode. It was illuminating the sidewalk as we escaped further. Then I woke up.
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Annakay 2017-02-01 15:38:32
Last night I had problems falling asleep but when I finally fell asleep for less than 10 mins, I had a dream that I was on a bus I have no idea where I was going ( somewhere in flushing NY) but the bus ran off the street and there was no stopping, I jumped out of my sleep in shock and fear. I was so afraid when I woke up from my sleep, I know I wasn't asleep for long because I went to bed a few minutes before 11 and when I woke up it was 10 mins after 11. Now I'm afraid of traveling on buses because on more than one occasions the bus driver drives insanely crazy and nearly ran into multiple cars.
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Georgia 2016-12-03 00:29:48
Scarily accurate...
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Nil 2015-12-21 21:34:50
I had dream of accident , in that dream I am with my family on road facing huge disaster like situation actually we were safe, we were there after accident happened , its about 4-5 km accident chain cars, buses collides each other no one is alive all died we pass through this , huge no. Of died people with blood, but first half of this is dream is positively happy suddenly this happen?¦ What this dream means,,,
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cosmo 2015-12-07 06:37:19
pretty negative interpretations
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Nenna 2015-09-17 21:01:39
I had a dream last night that someone was sponsoring me to go back to high school and get my diploma (I dropped out and got my GED before my class graduated.) I was having a miserable time and I was moving at a super-slow pace getting ready and going to my classes, and it seemed like me and one of the teachers got into some sort of petty argument. The school was placed on the property the my ex-boyfriend's father owns. Where his house sits as a matter of fact. I rememeber one class that was outdoors, there were white and blue desks with a concrete court beneath (not unlike a half-basketball court you might see at a community center. As I was walking there I noticed a girl that I went to school with. I waved and through a smile I said hello, she looked at me but didn't respond. I went to my class. The sky was dark and rather cloudy, yet sunlight peeked through the clouds over the tree-line. There was an overall gloomy feeling about it though. When it was time to go home me and my classmate's walked to our bus which was located at the top of a mountain. (I live within the Appalachian Mountains.) The roads were narrow and unpaved, because of this there was a trolley system rigged up beneath the bus to take you safely from the top to the bottom and would then disconnect once you activate a lever at the end of the tracks. There was a pump lever that you use to get the bus started down the mountain. I took it upon myself to pump the mortal SH*T out of it. After pumping you were to pick a few songs (this part is strange) and the trolley would move according to the pace of the songs.) After selecting your songs the bus would take off. I chose 4 fast tempo tunes. We were hauling A**. Once arriving at the bottom of the mountain I noticed that there were cars lined up onto the tracks for a good 50 or more yards. We made collision, one after another. At least a dozen cars on this narrow road were stricken and pushed off of this last hill into a dirty pond. Other cars were parked in the trenchy areas where the pond was, all along the banks. As the cars dropped in the water-level rised. Ridiculously rised. The water was near level with the yard of the school, there was no trench anymore. The bus took it's final spin and was facing a rockwall in the side of the mountain (safely) but then the bus continues to spin and over the edge me and my bus mates go. I'm sitting in a seat on the right side of the bus (wishing that I would have hopped out of a window when I had the chance) but then immediately felt guilty for thinking that knowing well that this was all my fault for being reckless. I brace myself for the crash. I hold my left arm tight against the back of my seat and fit my right arm inside of the cushion to my right that has a tear in it. As the bus drops off the hillside into the water we flip forward. People are flying everywhere. I am hanging on, well. All of a sudden I am on the bank, I don't remember escaping the bus. There are witnesses everywhere and I'm looking for bubbles on the surface for people who need help. Two boys on the left side of the bank are pointing at the water pulsating and causeing ripples. I rush over and see two dirty hands reaching up from the brown water, the hands are covered in mud and what looks like tar. i grabbed his hand and pulled, he was a lot bigger than me and i was pulled into the water, but i braced myself against the bank and got him out of the water, then another, then another. The next person I pulled out was an old friend and I was surprised to have seen him there in that predicament. Then I pulled out another friend from the same "click" as the last one. And then someone said "Danny has been down there for a long time, he's a goner, I guess his time just ran out." Danny was also part of this old "click" of friends. I can't kill Danny! I look around behind me to see who said that.... And I see Danny sitting on the bank smiling at the sky like he's comepletely content and happy, oblivious to the disaster going on around us (Danny has for the past year been attending church regularly. I am not particulary religious. But I thought I would just throw that out there, maybe that has something to do with him staring at the sky smiling anyway.) I was dumbfounded. Then I hear someone say "Adam has been down there like 30 mins, he's dead for sure." And same as Danny I'm thinking NO! I CAN'T KILL ADAM. And then I woke up
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Lineo 2015-09-17 03:59:50
I just had a dream where I entered a big white house with my kids but when I look at the pictures on the wall there were about 4 small people with very black long hair and somehow they seemed to doing some sort of a demonic prayer, I tried to run out the house with my kids but the door shut us inside, I tried to call out God's name but my tongue just kept rolling, eventually the door opened itself and we ran outside only to come face to face with a woman wearing black telling me that I have to die because I saw the witches plans and she tried to scratch me with her dirty nails but suddenly I woke up. What could this really symbolize.
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Consolate 2015-05-18 08:18:59
I dreamt that a bus full of people crashed down from a cliff killing all people on board and human flesh was scattered all over. It missed to land on my car which was parked below the cliff . What does this mean?
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Poe 2015-03-28 06:12:55
My nightmares have been more realistic, ( consisting of people or details from reality ) and less gory..and now people talk in my dreams. for many many years, no one talked in my dreams including myself.
i had a dream last night, i dont remember how it started or how it ended exactly but what i do remember was that i was in a school bus, with some old friends from school. everything was normal until the bus chrashed off the bridge, into the water. then i woke up in my old best friend's bed, she was asking what happened and thought that i was the one who crashed the bus or was driving it at the time although i wasnt and was sitting in one of the bus seats during the entire accident. after that i went on a trip,then suddenly i was in a club like scene, taking pictures on my phone and just hanging out. then i was in front of my mom who had a phone that was identical to mine, who was reading off text messages that had said i spent a large amount of money while on my trip and insisted that i had done that although i didnt. she then asked me what i did and i pulled out my phone to say that the phone she had wasnt mine even though i was showing her my real phone and the pictures i had taken. but she wouldnt believe me. no one would.
the night before this i had a dream that I was anxious, anxiety was my only friend in the world that was a theatre mixed with a forest. walking to the another line of people waiting after being pulled out by some other people for obviously not belonging in the class line. i was once again escorted to the parking lot where i had before seen the students in costume for the play, i almost killed them, they were dressed in dark robes and walked in a perfect like with emotionless faces. i thought they were what has been after me, since here it seemed as if everything was after me. i was anxious, rash and scared.
i found out the students in robes were only in costume for the school play when i recognized some of the students, the cruelest ones, but luckily i got swept away in time and to the class line again. this time i was kicked out even quicker, but by another classmate who brought me to the front of the line. there i was confronted by a woman i didnt think spoke the same language as i so i kept trying to speak but she was unable to understand, she eventually left and a baby like creature struggled but eventually made it's way in-between the bars in front of me and onto the balcony type thing us students were in. the baby creature was here to warn me that everything that was after me wasnt going to stop, it was a strong baby but it never got me and just kept warning me about others that were after me including itself, making my anxiety rise. a student next to me asked who i was and said her mom may be able to help me as she was the ( i dont remember ) of this forest and pointed in the direction of where her mom would be, but when i looked at the the girls face i seen that her eyes were yellow and catlike. end of dream.
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Coralie 2015-03-27 01:08:15
I had a weird dream last night...
I was sitting in the back seat with friends on a highway-like road in Haiti, where I currently live. I look out the window and I see a car to my left which slowly drives off a cliff off the mountain. Later on that same road to my left, I see a bus going the wrong way on the road and skids off and flips over and rolls a few times.
Then we drive closer passing it by. I see corpses on the pavement. Already some bodies are covered by the ambulance. But then, I see some flesh hanging on a rack near the vehicle. We drove by and I was on to the next part of my dream... Crazy. I feel like something big is going to happen here soon.
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Allen 2015-03-10 00:33:36
I had a dream to where it was night, and I was walking home. As I walked down a slope, I heard a bus horn honking. I stopped and saw the massive yellow bus full of children drift and fall onto its side, with an explosion later. I went to check it, out only to see the bodies of children laying everywhere, on fire. I screamed to a point where it was so high that my skin peeled. My face peeled of, then I woke up, shocked.
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Tina 2015-03-07 21:59:07
I had a dream that I was staring down one street and I saw one bus turn the corner. While the 1st bus turned it flipped to its side and caught on fire. then, the second bus came around the corner, flipped and caught on fire another time. When the second bus caught on fire I was horrified and thought of the many people on the bus that are on fire and died. That made me hesitant to ever ride a bus in that dream. I don't know the meaning of this dream.
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Bigfoot nothing but a rubber costume
Rick Dyer and Matt Whitton both claimed to have the corpse of Bigfoot.
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The supposed corpse of Bigfoot has been revealed as nothing but a rubber costume, and the two US men who boasted about its discovery are now - like the real Bigfoot - missing, an investigator says.
Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer, announced to the world last weekend that they had found a corpse of the legendary ape-like creature in a secret forest location in their home state of Georgia.
But the organisation that arranged that press conference, Searching for Bigfoot Inc, says it was all "a lie" and a "fraud".
Investigator Steve Kulls wrote on the Searching for Bigfoot website that, after the supposed frozen corpse was examined on Sunday, it was found to be a fake.
"I extracted some [hair] from the alleged corpse and examined it and had some concerns," he wrote.
"We burned said sample and said hair sample melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair.
"At that time we contacted [Searching for Bigfoot CEO Tom Biscardi, who was present at the press conference] who gave us permission to begin an expedited melting process.
"Within one hour we were able to see the partially exposed head, as I was now able to touch it, I was able to feel that it seemed mostly firm, but unusually hollow in one small section. This was yet another ominous sign.
"As the team and I began examining this area near the feet, I observed the foot which looked unnatural, reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot.
"Later that day, Tom Biscardi informed us that both Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer admitted it was a costume."
Mr Whitton and Mr Dyer agreed to meet Mr Biscardi at a hotel later that day to provide a written admission of what they had done, Mr Kulls said.
But when Mr Biscardi arrived at the hotel, the pair had vanished, he said.
"The motives behind this fraud are still unknown at this time," Mr Kulls said.
"It is still unclear why Whitton who, being a police officer for the Clayton County Police Department in Georgia, got up before the world and lied and was complicit in a scheme to defraud in a felonious manner."
It was also revealed that Mr Biscardi paid an "undisclosed sum" to Mr Whitton and Mr Dyer as an advance on the returns expected from the "marketing and promotion" of the Bigfoot discovery announcement.
FoxNews.com reported the sum was rumoured to be $US50,000 ($57,000).
Loren Coleman, who runs Cryptomundo - a website devoted to cryptozoology, the study of hidden animals - said the whole scam appeared to be about money.
Despite the message on Mr Biscardi's company's website, which distanced him from the fraud, Mr Coleman said he was likely to have been part of the sham.
"He's a huckster, a circus ringmaster," he told FoxNews.com.
"It's all about money with him. It probably didn't matter to him whether it was real or not.
"[Mr Whitton and Mr Dyer] probably started out small, as a way to promote their Bigfoot tracking business, and got in way over their heads.
"These are not very intelligent individuals."
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 27/3/2012 (1972 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
About the Jets
Lost Monday at home, making it the first time in more than two months the team was defeated in regulation in consecutive games at the MTS Centre... Now with six games to play, Winnipeg is eight points off the eighth position in the Eastern Conference and have no games left against both teams (Buffalo, Washington) it is chasing... LW Evander Kane (5 games) and RW Kyle Wellwood (8 games) snapped goalless droughts Monday... RW Antti Miettinen had a two-goal game Monday, his second in a row at the MTS Centre... G Ondrej Pavelec has started 12 in a row, 63 on the season and is No. 7 in minutes played in the NHL this season.
About the Rangers
Faced the Minnesota Wild in St. Paul on Tuesday; will meet the Jets for the fourth time this season but first when they have played the night before... Winnipeg lost both games in New York this season when playing elsewhere the previous night... G Henrik Lundqvist (35-16-5) had made 56 starts up to Tuesday and was No. 11 in minutes played in the NHL... RW Marian Gaborik, the team's leading scorer, had 37 goals and 68 points heading into tonight's game... The Rangers, first in the East heading into tonights action, had won three of the last four, two of those in extra time.
31 Ondrej Pavelec
50 Chris Mason
4 Zach Bogosian
5 Mark Stuart
6 Ron Hainsey
8 Alexander Burmistrov
9 Evander Kane
12 Randy Jones
13 Kyle Wellwood
14 Tim Stapleton
15 Tanner Glass
16 Andrew Ladd
17 Eric Fehr
18 Bryan Little
19 Jim Slater
20 Antti Miettinen
22 Chris Thorburn
24 Grant Clitsome
26 Blake Wheeler
33 Dustin Byfuglien
36 Mark Flood
39 Tobias Enstrom
46 Spencer Machacek
49 Ben Maxwell
80 Nik Antropov
30 Henrik Lundqvist
43 Martin Biron
4 Michael Del Zotto
5 Dan Girardi
6 Jeff Woywitka
8 Brandon Prust
10 Marian Gaborik
17 Brandon Dubinsky
18 Marc Staal
19 Brad Richards
21 Derek Stepan
22 Brian Boyle
24 Ryan Callahan
26 Ruslan Fedotenko
27 Ryan McDonagh
28 John Scott
32 Anton Stralman
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Vast majority of fans want Roethlisberger disciplined or traded
More than eight of 10 Pittsburgh Steelers fans agree that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger should have been disciplined or should be traded, according to a Tribune-Review poll.
In the survey taken Tuesday and Wednesday, before National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Roethlisberger's six-game suspension, 61 percent of those who called themselves Steelers fans said he should be fined or suspended, and 23 percent said they want a trade.
Only 9 percent favored no disciplinary action. The rest were undecided or refused to answer.
"I guess I look at this as, Pittsburgh fans are like a parent who has to deal with a son or daughter that did something bad," said Jim Lee of Susquehanna Polling & Research, which conducted the telephone survey. "I mean, the tough love has to kick in at some point. They don't want to kick them out of the house, but they need to be reprimanded."
Goodell took the action after Georgia prosecutors declined to charge Roethlisberger with sexually assaulting a 20-year-old female student last month in a Milledgeville bar. Roethlisberger is fighting a lawsuit filed last summer by a Lake Tahoe hotel worker who claims the quarterback raped her. He has denied any wrongdoing.
The Trib survey of 652 Western Pennsylvanians has a margin of error of 3.84 percentage points.
The survey results were mostly similar along gender lines, with 61 percent of the women and 59 percent of the men favoring disciplinary action, and 24 percent of the men and 20 percent of the women endorsing a trade.
However, 12 percent of men favored no disciplinary action, compared with 5 percent of women.
Younger fans preferred a trade more than older fans. Among women in the 18-29 age group, 38 percent want the Steelers to go with another quarterback. No other female age group reported higher than 25 percent. The 28 percent of men ages 18-29 supporting a trade was higher than any other age group.
"Moral values, integrity," said Cynthia Lichius, 51, of Turtle Creek, explaining why she wanted the Steelers to sack Roethlisberger. "This is a national news thing, and it happened to Pittsburgh, and our guy did it."
Lichius said the "multiple accusations" against Roethlisberger swung her decision.
"One time, it's like, 'OK, the girl could have exaggerated,' but more than once it (might be) an accusation based on truth. He thinks he's a big guy and he can get away with what he wants."
Lichius termed the suspension as "pretty fair" and said she hopes Roethlisberger "straightens out and realizes he's not the king."
Filomena Andreani, 74, of Coal Center was one of the few women who said she was undecided. But she agrees with the suspension -- as long as it's four games and not six.
Goodell said he would reduce Roethlisberger's suspension by two games if he complies with recommendations from medical experts and stays out of trouble.
"I think it's significant enough," she said. "When I heard about it, I thought six games was a little too much. He wasn't indicted. I didn't approve of the way he behaved, but because there was no legal action, I was kind of undecided about what kind of suspension he should get."
Arnold Mathe said he would be happy if Roethlisberger left town.
"I never liked him from the beginning," said Mathe, 76, of West Mifflin. "He's arrogant. He's a show-off. I guess I never took to him."
But Dave Allenbaugh of Ross believes no action against Roethlisberger is warranted.
"I don't think he should be punished," said Allenbaugh, 63. "He's accused of doing things. He hasn't been arrested or cited for anything.
"I think they're pretty harsh on what they did to him. If the man needs some psychological help or something, I can understand. But he's not guilty of anything."Additional Information:
How poll was done
The survey was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday with 652 randomly selected residents of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland counties who are 18 and older. Allegheny County residents comprised 50 percent of the survey.
The margin of error for a sample this size is 3.84 percentage points.
Residents were asked if they were aware, unaware or undecided concerning sexual assault charges made against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger even though no criminal charges will be filed.
They were asked, in light of no criminal charges, what they believed should be the proper course of action regarding his future. The choices were: suspend/fine; trade; no disciplinary action; undecided; or refuse to answer.
Residents were asked if they consider themselves to be Steelers fans, and asked their gender and ages.
Susquehanna Polling and Research used staff members and automated calls, and each call lasted approximately two minutes.


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There are moments in my photography career that will always, always haunt me. They're the moments that my nightmares are made of, the ones that can still reduce me to tears and panic attacks, the things that no amount of creativity can redo, because sometimes, even in photography, life is just life and when you blow it, you BLOW it.
I've been careful not to make mistakes – everyone is, I think – but being human means that they are going to happen, and you hope they happen on personal things, so that the only person they affect is you, so that you can merely re-tool your vision and move on, even if you're disappointed.
But inevitably, there's going to be a big one that reaches farther than you and your goals, and after my trip to California, I have a new big one to add to my panic attack list. Of course it happened on my biggest shoot. The one that brought me into contact with some of the people I admire the most in the entire wedding industry. The one that *had* to be perfect.
I remember standing in the hall once after a wedding my friend photographed, years before I ever thought I would become a photographer myself. My friend was loading the wedding images onto his computer, and he had lost over half the images he shot because of improper file handling. I felt bad for him as I waited there while he tried to recover things, but I didn't understand how *sick* something like that makes you feel until I lost one of my own destination shoots that way early last year.
It gives you PTSD. You've given something of yourself, shared something with a client or a model in front of your lens, thought you had earned something beautiful to bring home and give back for the gift of themselves that they shared with you – or for the money they paid you. And here you are left empty-handed, knowing that some things just can't ever be recreated.
But I am learning is that something is better than nothing, and while sometimes the "something" is a hard-knock lesson in how to be more careful and how to get up and keep going as a professional, putting yourself out there and being real with your humanity is still worth it.
You don't have to let your mistakes be the end of you. Just take responsibility for your mistake and take your next step. It's not always going to be pretty. Your mistakes will not always be approached with grace. But you are bigger than that moment, and the people who can't offer grace are probably not the people you were meant to work with anyway. Don't be afraid of the growth that comes with messing up. You don't know where the smallest things will take you, or when you will need the lessons you learn through failure.


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Leverstock Green have appointed Dene Gardner as their new first team manager.
Gardner will be assisted by Paul Faulkner and John Nolan, with Paul Miles assuming a coaching role at the club.
The Spartan South Midlands outfit will also be holding trial games for their Under-18 side on June 24 and for senior players on June 26, both beginning at 6.30pm.
For information, contact Gardner on 07950 750479.


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Readiness tests are meant to identify children who require special help in order to succeed in school. Most states, however, use readiness tests to screen children out of kindergarten. As this practice is so widespread, researcher in Virginia sought to determine how accurate readiness tests are in predicting academic success in the first years of school. Four commonly used tests were studied – the Brigance, the Daberon, the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-Revised (DIALR), and the Missouri Kindergarten Inventory of Development Skills (KIDS).
According to the results of this study, none of the tests could accurately predict a child's future performance on tests at the end of first grade. Of the children these tests identified as at-risk for failure, only about half performed in the bottom third of their first grade classes when allowed to attend kindergarten and go on to first grade. These tests, in other words, demonstrated no better predictability than the flip of a coin. KIDS, furthermore, was found to be particularly unreliable for measuring readiness in minority children or children younger than five years of age.
The authors of this study conclude that placement decisions based on these readiness tests are not defensible. They remind educators to use these tests for initial instructional or curriculum planning only.
"Using Readiness Tests to Route Kindergarten Students: The Snarled Intersection of Psychometrics, Policy and Practice" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Summer 1991, Volume 13, Number 2, pp. 159-175.
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WOOSTER -- Gene A. Kotouch, 84, of Wooster, passed away Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at his home.
He was born July 14, 1928, in Collinsburg, Pa., the son of Frank and Sophie E. Zorko Kotouch. He was a graduate of West Newton High School and Kent State University, with a bachelor of science in business administration.
Gene was advertising manager for Rubbermaid, Inc. in Wooster for 30 years, and was directly responsible for "making Rubbermaid a household name." He had previously worked as an account executive for Ketchum, MacLeod & Grove, Inc. and Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He had been a pitcher in the minor leagues of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Wooster, served as chairman of United Way in Wooster and was a member of Ducks Unlimited. He was also an avid hunter and fisherman.
Gene proudly served his country with the U.S. Army in World War II and Korea.
Surviving are his wife, Mariana Boes Kotouch; a daughter, Tracey Allyne Kotouch; a sister, Audrey Easter of Pittsburgh; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Wallace and Robert Kotouch.
A chapel service will be held in West Newton, Pa. Military services will be conducted by V.F.W. Post 33 of Greensburg.
McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home in Wooster, assisted with local arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made in Gene's name to any Veterans Organization; Wayne County Public Library, P.O. Box 1349, Wooster 44691; or Zion Lutheran Church, 301 N. Market St., Wooster 44691.


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|It has been suggested that GlusterFS be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since May 2015.
|Privately funded
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|Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy (CTO)
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Gluster Inc. was a software company that provided an open source platform for scale-out public and private cloud storage. The company was privately funded and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with an engineering center in Bangalore, India. Gluster was funded by Nexus Venture Partners and Index Ventures. Gluster was acquired by Red Hat on October 7, 2011.[1]
The name Gluster combined GNU and cluster. Despite the similarity in names, Gluster is not related to the Lustre file system and does not incorporate any Lustre code. Gluster based its product on GlusterFS, an open-source software-based network-attached filesystem that deploys on commodity hardware.[2] The initial version of GlusterFS was written by Anand Babu Periasamy, Gluster's founder and CTO.[3] In May 2010 Ben Golub became the president and chief executive officer.[4][5]
Red Hat became the primary author and maintainer of the GlusterFS open source project after acquiring the Gluster company in October 2011.[1] The product was first marketed as Red Hat Storage Server, but in early 2015 renamed to be Red Hat Gluster Storage since Red Hat had also acquired the Ceph file system technology as well.[6]
The GlusterFS architecture aggregates compute, storage, and I/O resources into a global namespace. Each server plus attached commodity storage (configured as direct-attached storage, JBOD, or using a storage area network) is considered to be a node. Capacity is scaled by adding additional nodes or adding additional storage to each node. Performance is increased by deploying storage among more nodes. High availability is achieved by replicating data n-way between nodes but comes at the expense of reliability.[7]
Public cloud deployment[edit]
For public cloud deployments, GlusterFS offers an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Amazon Machine Image (AMI), which is deployed on Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances rather than physical servers and the underlying storage is Amazon's Elastic Block Storage (EBS).[8] In this environment, capacity is scaled by deploying more EBS storage units, performance is scaled by deploying more EC2 instances, and availability is scaled by n-way replication between AWS availability zones.
Private cloud deployment[edit]
A typical on-premises, or private cloud deployment will consist of GlusterFS installed as a virtual appliance on top of multiple commodity servers running hypervisors such as KVM, Xen, or VMware; or on bare metal.[9]
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- ^ "Former Plaxo CEO takes top spot at Gluster". Silicon Valley Business Journal. May 19, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- ^ "New product names. Same Great features.". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
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- ^ Nathan Eddy (2011-02-11). "Gluster Introduces NAS Virtual Appliances for VMware, Amazon Web Services". Eweek.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- ^ "Gluster Virtual Storage Appliance". Storage Switzerland, LLC. Retrieved 1 September 2013.